First-line immune checkpoint inhibitor-based combinations in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: current management and future challenges

A Rizzo, AD Ricci, G Gadaleta-Caldarola… - Expert Review of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Immunotherapy has recently taken on an extremely important role in medical
oncology, as first-or later-line treatment in several tumor types, and recent years have seen …

VEGF signaling: Role in angiogenesis and beyond

P Shaw, SKD Dwivedi, R Bhattacharya… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is a crucial process for tissue development, repair, and tumor survival.
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key driver secreted by cancer cells …

Modified benzoxazole-based VEGFR-2 inhibitors and apoptosis inducers: Design, synthesis, and anti-proliferative evaluation

A Elwan, AE Abdallah, HA Mahdy, MA Dahab… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
This work is one of our efforts to discover potent anticancer agents. We modified the most
promising derivative of our previous work concerned with the development of VEGFR-2 …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmacogenetics of the systemic treatment in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma

E De Mattia, E Cecchin, M Guardascione… - World journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for the majority of primary liver cancers. To date,
most patients with HCC are diagnosed at an advanced tumor stage, excluding them from …

Adjuvant therapy options in renal cell carcinoma—targeting the metastatic cascade

KN Fitzgerald, RJ Motzer, CH Lee - Nature Reviews Urology, 2023 - nature.com
Localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is primarily managed with nephrectomy, which is
performed with curative intent. However, disease recurs in~ 20% of patients. Treatment with …

Targeting hypoxia-inducible factor pathways in sporadic and Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome-related kidney cancers

R Iacovelli, D Arduini, C Ciccarese, F Pierconti… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hereditary and sporadic renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) are often associated with Von Hippel-
Lindau (VHL)-gene inactivation. Patients with VHL disease have an increased risk of RCC …

[HTML][HTML] Lenvatinib promotes antitumor immunity by enhancing the tumor infiltration and activation of NK cells

Q Zhang, H Liu, H Wang, M Lu, Y Miao… - American journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Based on previous reports, the efficacy of lenvatinib against cancer is mainly attributed to its
antiangiogenic activity and its ability to suppress tumor proliferation, which are mediated by …

New thiazolidine-2, 4-diones as potential anticancer agents and apoptotic inducers targeting VEGFR-2 kinase: Design, synthesis, in silico and in vitro studies

H Elkady, HA Mahdy, MS Taghour, MA Dahab… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background VEGFR-2 has emerged as a prominent positive regulator of cancer
progression. Aim Discovery of new anticancer agents and apoptotic inducers targeting …

[HTML][HTML] Lenvatinib enhances T cell immunity and the efficacy of adoptive chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells by decreasing myeloid-derived suppressor cells in …

M Lu, X Zhang, X Gao, S Sun, X Wei, X Hu… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Lenvatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has been approved for the treatment of
several cancers. However, its regulatory activity and related mechanisms on T cell …

New [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3‐c]quinazoline derivatives as vascular endothelial growth factor receptor‐2 inhibitors and apoptosis inducers: Design, synthesis, docking, and …

AE Azab, MS Alesawy, WM Eldehna… - Archiv der …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In continuation of our previous efforts in the field of design and synthesis of vascular
endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)‐2 inhibitors, a new series of [1, 2, 4] triazolo [4, 3 …