Targeting multiple signaling pathways: the new approach to acute myeloid leukemia therapy

JL Carter, K Hege, J Yang, HA Kalpage, Y Su… - Signal transduction and …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is the most common form of acute leukemia in adults and the
second most common form of acute leukemia in children. Despite this, very little …

BCL2 and MCL1 inhibitors for hematologic malignancies

AW Roberts, AH Wei… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2021‏ - ashpublications.org
BCL2 and MCL1 are commonly expressed prosurvival (antiapoptotic) proteins in
hematologic cancers and play important roles in their biology either through dysregulation or …

Venetoclax plus LDAC for newly diagnosed AML ineligible for intensive chemotherapy: a phase 3 randomized placebo-controlled trial

AH Wei, P Montesinos, V Ivanov… - Blood, The Journal …, 2020‏ - ashpublications.org
Effective treatment options are limited for patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) who
cannot tolerate intensive chemotherapy. Adults age≥ 18 years with newly diagnosed AML …

Venetoclax combined with low-dose cytarabine for previously untreated patients with acute myeloid leukemia: results from a phase Ib/II study

AH Wei, SA Strickland Jr, JZ Hou, W Fiedler… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019‏ - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Effective treatment options are limited for patients with acute myeloid leukemia
(AML) who cannot tolerate intensive chemotherapy. An international phase Ib/II study …

Discovery of Mcl-1-specific inhibitor AZD5991 and preclinical activity in multiple myeloma and acute myeloid leukemia

AE Tron, MA Belmonte, A Adam, BM Aquila… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Mcl-1 is a member of the Bcl-2 family of proteins that promotes cell survival by preventing
induction of apoptosis in many cancers. High expression of Mcl-1 causes tumorigenesis and …

BH3-mimetic drugs: blazing the trail for new cancer medicines

D Merino, GL Kelly, G Lessene, AH Wei, AW Roberts… - Cancer cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
Defects in apoptotic cell death can promote cancer and impair responses of malignant cells
to anti-cancer therapy. Pro-survival BCL-2 proteins prevent apoptosis by kee** the cell …

Chemotherapy and venetoclax in elderly acute myeloid leukemia trial (CAVEAT): a phase Ib dose-escalation study of venetoclax combined with modified intensive …

CC Chua, AW Roberts, J Reynolds, CY Fong… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020‏ - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE The B-cell lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) inhibitor venetoclax has an emerging role in
acute myeloid leukemia (AML), with promising response rates in combination with …

Hyperphosphorylation of BCL-2 family proteins underlies functional resistance to venetoclax in lymphoid malignancies

SJF Chong, F Zhu, O Dashevsky… - The Journal of …, 2023‏ - Am Soc Clin Investig
The B cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 (BCL-2) inhibitor venetoclax is effective in chronic
lymphocytic leukemia (CLL); however, resistance may develop over time. Other lymphoid …

[HTML][HTML] Venetoclax resistance: mechanistic insights and future strategies

F Ong, K Kim, MY Konopleva - Cancer Drug Resistance, 2022‏ - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is historically associated with poor prognosis, especially in
older AML patients unfit for intensive chemotherapy. The development of Venetoclax, a …

Venetoclax for AML: changing the treatment paradigm

DA Pollyea, M Amaya, P Strati… - Blood advances, 2019‏ - ashpublications.org
Venetoclax is a specific B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) inhibitor that can restore activation of
apoptosis in malignancies, the survival of which depends on dysregulation of this pathway …