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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Exploiting Vulnerabilities with Targeted Agents

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Exploiting Vulnerabilities with Targeted Agents The field of oncology has been transformed over the course of the last 20 years in large part due to the enhanced understanding of cellular biology and cellular signaling. The indolent natural history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has permitted extensive study of cancer biology and can in some ways be thought of a model for understanding and translating concepts to other diseases. By systematically probing the biology of CLL cells and working out in stepwise fashion the transduction of signals from the surface immunoglobulin to nuclear transcription factors, investigators have paved the way for rational targeting of therapies at natural vulnerabilities that mimic oncogene addiction. These key targets include Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), Src, Bcl2, and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). In this review, we will consider these proteins and describe the current and future molecules designed to target them in CLL. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Current Hematologic Malignancy Reports Springer Journals

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Exploiting Vulnerabilities with Targeted Agents

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 by Springer Science+Business Media New York
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Hematology; Oncology; Geriatrics/Gerontology
ISSN
1558-8211
eISSN
1558-822X
DOI
10.1007/s11899-016-0299-0
pmid
26893063
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Abstract

The field of oncology has been transformed over the course of the last 20 years in large part due to the enhanced understanding of cellular biology and cellular signaling. The indolent natural history of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has permitted extensive study of cancer biology and can in some ways be thought of a model for understanding and translating concepts to other diseases. By systematically probing the biology of CLL cells and working out in stepwise fashion the transduction of signals from the surface immunoglobulin to nuclear transcription factors, investigators have paved the way for rational targeting of therapies at natural vulnerabilities that mimic oncogene addiction. These key targets include Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), Src, Bcl2, and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). In this review, we will consider these proteins and describe the current and future molecules designed to target them in CLL.

Journal

Current Hematologic Malignancy ReportsSpringer Journals

Published: Feb 11, 2016

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