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Bleeding by Bruton Tyrosine Kinase-Inhibitors: Dependency on Drug Type and Disease

417 views | Apr 30 2021

Philipp von Hundelshausen et al. thought that specific platelet function tests in blood might help to estimate the probability of bleeding of newly developed BTKi. [Read the Full Post]

P300/CBP inhibition sensitizes mantle cell lymphoma to PI3Kδ inhibitor idelalisib

352 views | Apr 29 2021

Xiao-Ru Zhou et al. provided a promising combination therapy for MCL and highlighted the potential use of epigenetic inhibitors targeting p300/CBP to reverse drug resistance in tumor. [Read the Full Post]

AZ304, a novel dual BRAF inhibitor, exerts anti-tumour effects in colorectal cancer independently of BRAF genetic status

213 views | Apr 29 2021

Rui Ma et al. found that the BRAF inhibitor AZ304 had broad spectrum antitumour activity, which was significantly enhanced by combination with Cetuximab in colorectal cancers in vitro and in vivo. [Read the Full Post]

Combined blockade of polo-like kinase and pan-RAF is effective against NRAS-mutant non-small cell lung cancer cells

244 views | Apr 28 2021

Siyeon Park et al. found that human NRAS-mutant NSCLC cells were moderately sensitive to pan-RAF inhibitors. [Read the Full Post]

Mini review: The FDA-approved prescription drugs that target the MAPK signaling pathway in women with breast cancer

240 views | Apr 28 2021

Fatemeh Khojasteh Poor et al. summarized the FDA-approved prescription drugs that targeted the MAPK signaling pathway in women with BC. [Read the Full Post]

Glutamine deficiency promotes stemness and chemoresistance in tumor cells through DRP1-induced mitochondrial fragmentation

467 views | Apr 27 2021

Parash Prasad et al. suggested that glutamine deficiency in the core of tumors could increase the cancer stem cell population and the combination therapy with MDiVi-1 and L-DON was a useful approach to reduce CSCs population in tumor. [Read the Full Post]

MLL1 combined with GSK3 and MAP2K inhibition improves the development of in vitro-fertilized embryos

561 views | Apr 27 2021

Xuejie Han et al. found that the application of 3i provided a new method for improving IVF embryo production in domestic animals. [Read the Full Post]

CDK9 inhibition improves diabetic nephropathy by reducing inflammation in the kidneys

221 views | Apr 26 2021

Xiaojing Yang et al. suggested that CDK9 might serve as a potential therapeutic target for DN. [Read the Full Post]

Loss of FADD and Caspases Affects the Response of T-Cell Leukemia Jurkat Cells to Anti-Cancer Drugs

460 views | Apr 26 2021

Zuzana Mrkvová et al. thought that a combination of TNF-α and smac mimetic could be a suitable strategy for overcoming resistance to therapy in cells unable to trigger apoptosis. [Read the Full Post]

H3K36 methylation reprograms gene expression to drive early gametocyte development in Plasmodium falciparum

635 views | Apr 25 2021

Jessica Connacher et al. found that H3K36me2&3-associated repression of genes was therefore involved in key transcriptional shifts that accompanied the transition from early gametocyte differentiation to intermediate development. [Read the Full Post]

Involvement of GLUT1 and GLUT3 in the growth of canine melanoma cells

467 views | Apr 25 2021

Yoko Suwabe et al. suggested that glucose uptake via GLUT1 and GLUT3 played a crucial role for the growth of canine melanoma cells. [Read the Full Post]

Paeoniflorin exerts antidepressant-like effects through enhancing neuronal FGF-2 by microglial inactivation

593 views | Apr 23 2021

Jie Cheng et al. found that paeoniflorin exhibited neuroprotective and antidepressant effects in mice, which might be mediated by activating neuronal FGF-2/FGFR1 signaling via the inhibition of microglial activation in the hippocampus. [Read the Full Post]

Synthesis and Evaluation of Biphenyl-1,2,3-Triazol-Benzonitrile Derivatives as PD-1/PD-L1 Inhibitors

596 views | Apr 23 2021

Suresh Narva et al. thought that compound 7 was thus a promising candidate for further optimization as an inhibitor of the PD-1/PD-L1 signaling pathway. [Read the Full Post]

In vitro antiviral activity of the anti-HCV drugs daclatasvir and sofosbuvir against SARS-CoV-2, the aetiological agent of COVID-19

637 views | Apr 22 2021

Carolina Q Sacramento et al. found that daclatasvir, alone or in combination with sofosbuvir, at higher doses than used against HCV, might be further fostered as an anti-COVID-19 therapy. [Read the Full Post]

Naturally Occurring Resistance Associated Substitutions in Non-Cirrhotic, Treatment Naive HCV-HIV Co-Infected Patients Does Not Affect the Treatment Response for Anti-HCV Antiviral Therapy

628 views | Apr 22 2021

Ekta Gupta et al. showed that BL-RAS were common in HCV-HIV co-infected patients. [Read the Full Post]

Therapeutic targeting PLK1 by ON-01910.Na is effective in local treatment of retinoblastoma

708 views | Apr 21 2021

Huan Ma et al. demonstrated targetability of PLK1 in retinoblastoma by efficiently causing cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. [Read the Full Post]

A Contaminant Impurity, Not Rigosertib, Is a Tubulin Binding Agent

741 views | Apr 21 2021

Stacey J Baker et al. found that these cells failed to proliferate in the presence of rigosertib at concentrations that are lethal to wild-type cells. [Read the Full Post]

Cediranib Induces Apoptosis, G1 Phase Cell Cycle Arrest, and Autophagy in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cell A549 In Vitro

562 views | Apr 20 2021

Menghuan Guo et al. suggested that CED could induce apoptosis and G1 phase cell cycle arrest in A549 cells. [Read the Full Post]

Optimal Therapies for Recurrent Glioblastoma: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis

540 views | Apr 20 2021

Wenlin Chen et al. indicated that bevacizumab (BEV) plus CCNU and regorafenib had a higher efficacy on the ORR, 6-m PFS rate and OS, and that BEV monotherapy or BEV combined with active drug therapies was advantageous for the ORR and 6-m PFS rate. [Read the Full Post]

The molecular context of vulnerability for CDK9 suppression in triple wild-type melanoma

373 views | Apr 19 2021

Samantha M Guhan et al. found that transcriptional blockade through selective targeting of CDK9 was an effective method of suppressing therapeutically-orphaned BRAF/NRAS/NF1 wild-type melanomas. [Read the Full Post]