Targeting CDK4 and CDK6 in cancer

S Goel, JS Bergholz, JJ Zhao - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) and CDK6 are critical mediators of cellular
transition into S phase and are important for the initiation, growth and survival of many …

Mammalian cyclin-dependent kinases

M Malumbres, M Barbacid - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2005 - cell.com
Cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) are the catalytic subunits of a family of mammalian
heterodimeric serine/threonine kinases that have been implicated in the control of cell-cycle …

MONARCH 2: abemaciclib in combination with fulvestrant in women with HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer who had progressed while receiving endocrine therapy

GW Sledge Jr, M Toi, P Neven, J Sohn… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose MONARCH 2 (ClinicalTrials. gov identifier: NCT02107703) compared the efficacy
and safety of abemaciclib, a selective cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitor, plus …

Efficacy and safety of abemaciclib, an inhibitor of CDK4 and CDK6, for patients with breast cancer, non–small cell lung cancer, and other solid tumors

A Patnaik, LS Rosen, SM Tolaney, AW Tolcher… - Cancer …, 2016 - aacrjournals.org
We evaluated the safety, pharmacokinetic profile, pharmacodynamic effects, and antitumor
activity of abemaciclib, an orally bioavailable inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) 4 …

Palbociclib (PD-0332991), a selective CDK4/6 inhibitor, restricts tumour growth in preclinical models of hepatocellular carcinoma

J Bollard, V Miguela, MR De Galarreta, A Venkatesh… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a lethal malignancy with limited
treatment options. Palbociclib, a well-tolerated and selective CDK4/6 inhibitor, has shown …

Specific inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 by PD 0332991 and associated antitumor activity in human tumor xenografts

DW Fry, PJ Harvey, PR Keller, WL Elliott… - Molecular cancer …, 2004 - aacrjournals.org
PD 0332991 is a highly specific inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (Cdk4)(IC50, 0.011
μmol/L) and Cdk6 (IC50, 0.016 μmol/L), having no activity against a panel of 36 additional …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic screen for CDK4/6 substrates links FOXM1 phosphorylation to senescence suppression in cancer cells

L Anders, N Ke, P Hydbring, YJ Choi, HR Widlund… - Cancer cell, 2011 - cell.com
Cyclin D-dependent kinases (CDK4 and CDK6) are positive regulators of cell cycle entry
and they are overactive in the majority of human cancers. However, it is currently not …

Living with or without cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases

CJ Sherr, JM Roberts - Genes & development, 2004 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Entry into, progression through, and exit from the G1 phase of the mammalian cell cycle in
response to extracellular mitogenic cues are presumed to be governed by cyclin-dependent …

A kinase-independent function of CDK6 links the cell cycle to tumor angiogenesis

K Kollmann, G Heller, C Schneckenleithner, W Warsch… - Cancer cell, 2013 - cell.com
In contrast to its close homolog CDK4, the cell cycle kinase CDK6 is expressed at high
levels in lymphoid malignancies. In a model for p185 BCR-ABL+ B-acute lymphoid …

Senescence as a therapeutically relevant response to CDK4/6 inhibitors

V Wagner, J Gil - Oncogene, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) phosphorylate and inhibit
retinoblastoma (RB) family proteins. Hyperphosphorylated RB releases E2F transcription …