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 …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins in preclinical and clinical studies: current overview in cancer

S D'Aguanno, D Del Bufalo - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The dynamic interplay between pro-death and pro-survival Bcl-2 family proteins is
responsible for a cell's fate. Due to the recognized relevance of this family in cancer …

MCL-1 is a prognostic indicator and drug target in breast cancer

KJ Campbell, S Dhayade, N Ferrari, AH Sims… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Analysis of publicly available genomic and gene expression data demonstrates that
MCL1 expression is frequently elevated in breast cancer. Distinct from other pro-survival Bcl …

Synergistic action of the MCL-1 inhibitor S63845 with current therapies in preclinical models of triple-negative and HER2-amplified breast cancer

D Merino, JR Whittle, F Vaillant, A Serrano… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
The development of BH3 mimetics, which antagonize prosurvival proteins of the BCL-2
family, represents a potential breakthrough in cancer therapy. Targeting the prosurvival …

MCL-1 inhibition in cancer treatment

W **ang, CY Yang, L Bai - OncoTargets and therapy, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Myeloid cell leukemia-1 (MCL-1), a member of antiapoptotic BCL-2 family proteins, is a key
regulator of mitochondrial homeostasis. Frequent overexpression of MCL-1 in human …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecules targeting protein–protein interactions for cancer therapy

D Wu, Y Li, L Zheng, H **ao, L Ouyang, G Wang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) are fundamental to many biological processes that play
an important role in the occurrence and development of a variety of diseases. Targeting the …

BH3 mimetics selectively eliminate chemotherapy-induced senescent cells and improve response in TP53 wild-type breast cancer

A Shahbandi, SG Rao, AY Anderson, WD Frey… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
TP53 wild-type breast tumors rarely undergo a complete pathological response after
chemotherapy treatment. These patients have an extremely poor survival rate and studies …

Mitochondrial involvement in migration, invasion and metastasis

TV Denisenko, AS Gorbunova… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria in addition to be a main cellular power station, are involved in the regulation of
many physiological processes, such as generation of reactive oxygen species, metabolite …

Homotypic biomimetic coating synergizes chemo-photothermal combination therapy to treat breast cancer overcoming drug resistance

K Guo, Y Liu, L Tang, QTH Shubhra - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is a leading cause of death in women worldwide and multidrug
resistance (MDR) severely limits its treatment since chemotherapy is the standard approach …

Understanding and modeling metastasis biology to improve therapeutic strategies for combating osteosarcoma progression

TM Fan, RD Roberts, MM Lizardo - Frontiers in oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Osteosarcoma is a malignant primary tumor of bone, arising from transformed progenitor
cells with osteoblastic differentiation and osteoid production. While categorized as a rare …