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The dual PI3Kδ/CK1ε inhibitor umbralisib exhibits unique immunomodulatory effects on CLL T cells

0 views | Feb 10 2022

Kamira Maharaj et al. suggested that the improved safety profile of umbralisib was due to its role as a dual PI3Kδ/CK1ε inhibitor that preserved Treg number and function. [Read the Full Post]

PI3Kδ/γ inhibition promotes human CART cell epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming to enhance antitumor cytotoxicity

173 views | Feb 10 2022

Christopher Ronald Funk et al. found that exposure of CART to a PI3Kδ/γ inhibitor during manufacturing enriched the CART product for CD8+ CART cells with stem-like qualities and enhanced efficacy in eliminating CLL in vivo. [Read the Full Post]

Paracrine production of IL-6 promotes a hypercoagulable state in pancreatic cancer

449 views | Feb 09 2022

Silu Wang et al. found the key role of the Jagged/Notch/IL-6/STAT3 feedback loop in the development of a hypercoagulable state in pancreatic cance. [Read the Full Post]

γ-Secretase inhibitors for breast cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma: From mechanism to treatment

450 views | Feb 09 2022

Hui Jia et al. thought that the γ-secretase complex was very important for activation of the Notch receptor and regulation of target-gene transcription. [Read the Full Post]

Pazopanib (GW786034) and cyclophosphamide in patients with platinum-resistant, recurrent, pre-treated ovarian cancer - Results of the PACOVAR-trial

0 views | Feb 08 2022

C Dinkic et al. found that Pazopanib 600mg daily p.o. and metronomic cyclophosphamide 50mg daily p.o. is a feasible regimen for patients with recurrent platinum-resistant EOC and showed promising activity in this previously treated patient population. [Read the Full Post]

Phorbol-12-myristate 13-acetate inhibits Nephronectin gene expression via Protein kinase C alpha and c-Jun/c-Fos transcription factors

280 views | Feb 07 2022

Mitsuhiro Kinoshita et al. suggested regulation of Npnt gene expression via the PKCα and c-Jun/c-Fos pathway. [Read the Full Post]

The Relationship Between the Distribution of Training Intensity and Performance of Kayak and Canoe Sprinters: A Retrospective Observational Analysis of One Season of Competition

182 views | Feb 07 2022

Manuel Matzka et al. showed that this seasonal analysis of the effects of training revealed extensive inter-individual variability. [Read the Full Post]

Role of KSP inhibitors as anti-cancer therapeutics: an update

415 views | Feb 06 2022

Rinkal Chamariya et al. thought that KSP inhibitors had exhibited promising results and continued exploration was greatly required to establish the clinical potential of KSP inhibitors. [Read the Full Post]

Efficacy and Synergy of Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting FLT3-ITD + Acute Myeloid Leukemia

397 views | Feb 06 2022

Javier Bregante et al. suggested WS6, ispinesib, ponatinib and cabozantinib as novel options for targeting FLT3-ITD+ AML. [Read the Full Post]

Potential effects and application prospect of angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor in diabetic kidney disease

386 views | Feb 05 2022

Xingjian Zhang found that ARNI has application potential in DKD, but there still need clinical studies that focus on DKD patients to determine its effectiveness, safety and underlying mechanism. [Read the Full Post]

Anti-Leukemic Properties of Aplysinopsin Derivative EE-84 Alone and Combined to BH3 Mimetic A-1210477

170 views | Feb 05 2022

Sungmi Song et al. demonstrated the synergistic cytotoxic effect of EE-84 with a BH3 mimetic, the Mcl-1 inhibitor A-1210477, against imatinib-sensitive and resistant K562 cells, highlighting the inhibition of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins as a promising novel senolytic approach against chronic myeloid leukemia. [Read the Full Post]

P90 ribosomal S6 kinase confers cancer cell survival by mediating checkpoint kinase 1 degradation in response to glucose stress

409 views | Feb 04 2022

Ying Ma indicates that p90 RSK promotes CHK1 phosphorylation at Ser280 and its subsequent degradation, which allows cancer cells to escape from checkpoint signals under the stress of glucose deprivation, leading to cell survival and thus contributing to tumorigenesis. [Read the Full Post]

Traditional Chinese medicine Lingguizhugan decoction ameliorate HFD-induced hepatic-lipid deposition in mice by inhibiting STING-mediated inflammation in macrophages

145 views | Feb 04 2022

Lin Cao et al. demonstrated that LGZG can ameliorate HFD-induced hepatic-lipid deposition through inhibiting STING-TBK1-NF-κB pathway in liver macrophages, which provides novel insight for elucidating the molecular mechanism of LGZG alleviating HFD induced hepatic steatosis. [Read the Full Post]

Screening of the ubiquitin-proteasome system activators for anti-Alzheimer's disease by the high-content fluorescence imaging system

0 views | Feb 03 2022

Yi-Ling Wang found that a novel insight into the discovery and development of anti-AD drugs. [Read the Full Post]

Effects of Combinatorial Ubiquitinated Protein-Based Nanovaccine and STING Agonist in Mice With Drug-Resistant and Metastatic Breast Cancer

144 views | Feb 03 2022

iFang Huang et al. indicated that this novel combinatorial immunotherapy with UPs-4T1/EPB vaccine and STING agonist is effective in mice with drug-resistant and metastatic breast cancer. [Read the Full Post]

Ascorbate Inhibits Proliferation and Promotes Myeloid Differentiation in TP53-Mutant Leukemia

237 views | Feb 02 2022

Carlos C Smith-Díaz et al. suggested that ascorbate could exert a beneficial anti-proliferative effect on AML cells harboring both TET2 and TP53 mutations whilst not interfering with targeted cytotoxic therapies such as Prima-1Met. [Read the Full Post]

A standard knockout procedure alters expression of adjacent loci at the translational level

283 views | Feb 02 2022

Artyom A Egorov et al. estimated that in as much as ∼1/5 of knockout strains the expression of neighboring genes might be substantially (>2-fold) deregulated at the level of translation. [Read the Full Post]

Transcriptome Analysis of Cells Exposed to Actinomycin D and Nutlin-3a Reveals New Candidate p53-Target Genes and Indicates That CHIR-98014 Is an Important Inhibitor of p53 Activity

226 views | Feb 01 2022

Barbara Łasut-Szyszka et al. thought that an unidentified kinase inhibited by CHIR-98014, participated in modification of p53 and enabled it to activate a subset of its target genes. [Read the Full Post]

Restoring p53 Function in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma to Improve Treatments

231 views | Feb 01 2022

Tycho de Bakker et al. described and discussed p53 regulation and its targeting in combination with existing therapies for HNSCC through a new classification of such cancers based on p53 mutation status and HPV infection. [Read the Full Post]

Role of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor-induced interferon pathway signaling in the head and neck squamous cell carcinoma therapeutic response

405 views | Jan 31 2022

Sean P Korpela et al. found that heterogeneous, tumor cell-intrinsic, EGFR/ERBB inhibitor-induced IFN pathway activation in HNSCC and suggest that individual tumor responses to oncogene-targeted agents are a sum of direct growth inhibitory effects and variably-induced participation of host immune cells. [Read the Full Post]