The manipulation of apoptosis for cancer therapy using BH3-mimetic drugs

ST Diepstraten, MA Anderson, PE Czabotar… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is regulated by the balance between
prosurvival and proapoptotic BCL-2 protein family members. Evasion of apoptosis is a …

Mitochondrial apoptosis: killing cancer using the enemy within

J Lopez, SWG Tait - British journal of cancer, 2015 - nature.com
Apoptotic cell death inhibits oncogenesis at multiple stages, ranging from transformation to
metastasis. Consequently, in order for cancer to develop and progress, apoptosis must be …

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 …

Why do BCL-2 inhibitors work and where should we use them in the clinic?

J Montero, A Letai - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2018 - nature.com
Intrinsic apoptosis is controlled by the BCL-2 family of proteins but the complexity of intra-
family interactions makes it challenging to predict cell fate via standard molecular biology …

The lymph node microenvironment promotes B-cell receptor signaling, NF-κB activation, and tumor proliferation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Y Herishanu, P Pérez-Galán, D Liu… - Blood, The Journal …, 2011 - ashpublications.org
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), an incurable malignancy of mature B lymphocytes,
involves blood, bone marrow, and secondary lymphoid organs such as the lymph nodes …

Pathways and mechanisms of venetoclax resistance

P Bose, V Gandhi, M Konopleva - Leukemia & lymphoma, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The approval of venetoclax, a 'BH3-mimetic'antagonist of the BCL-2 anti-apoptotic protein,
for chronic lymphocytic leukemia represents a major milestone in translational apoptosis …

Navitoclax, a targeted high-affinity inhibitor of BCL-2, in lymphoid malignancies: a phase 1 dose-escalation study of safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and …

WH Wilson, OA O'Connor, MS Czuczman… - The lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Proteins of the BCL-2 family regulate clonal selection and survival of
lymphocytes, and are frequently overexpressed in lymphomas. Navitoclax is a targeted high …

How cell death shapes cancer

V Labi, M Erlacher - Cell death & disease, 2015 - nature.com
Apoptosis has been established as a mechanism of anti-cancer defense. Members of the
BCL-2 family are critical mediators of apoptotic cell death in health and disease, often found …

Bcl-2 antiapoptotic family proteins and chemoresistance in cancer

S Maji, S Panda, SK Samal, O Shriwas, R Rath… - Advances in cancer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer is a daunting global problem confronting the world's population. The most frequent
therapeutic approaches include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and more recently …

From pathogenesis to treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

T Zenz, D Mertens, R Küppers, H Döhner… - Nature Reviews …, 2010 - nature.com
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) has several unique features that distinguish it from
other cancers. Most CLL tumour cells are inert and arrested in G0/G1 of the cell cycle and …