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ROCK Inhibitors as an Alternative Therapy for Corneal Grafting: A Systematic Review

843 views | Feb 15 2024

The review on ROCK inhibitors for corneal wound healing showcases their diverse therapeutic potential across various ocular conditions, offering promise as an effective alternative to human donor tissue for addressing the significant unmet medical need in corneal blindness. [Read the Full Post]

Inhibitors of One or More Cellular Aurora Kinases Impair the Replication of Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and Other DNA and RNA Viruses with Diverse Genomes and Life Cycles

0 views | Jan 10 2024

The discovery of aurora kinase inhibitors significantly impairing HSV-1 gene expression and replication, while also impacting other viral families, illuminates a promising avenue for broad-spectrum antiviral therapies targeting these pivotal cellular kinases. [Read the Full Post]

Antineoplastic effects of pharmacological inhibitors of aurora kinases in CSF3RT618I-driven cells

276 views | Dec 14 2023

The study demonstrates that aurora kinase inhibitors, particularly reversine, exert significant antineoplastic effects in Ba/F3 cells expressing the CSF3RT618I mutation, reducing cell viability, clonogenicity, and proliferative capacity, while modulating key molecular pathways associated with cell cycle and apoptosis in the context of chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL). [Read the Full Post]

Inverse Impact of Cancer Drugs on Circular and Linear RNAs in Breast Cancer Cell Lines

196 views | Nov 30 2023

The study investigated the dysregulation of cancer-related circular RNAs (circRNAs) and their linear transcripts (linRNAs) in breast cancer cell lines exposed to various anticancer drugs, revealing altered circRNA/linRNA expression ratios and identifying specific circRNAs associated with apoptosis, cell migration, and mutated pathways, thereby shedding light on their potential roles as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in breast cancer treatment. [Read the Full Post]

Overfit deep neural network for predicting drug-target interactions

642 views | Nov 27 2023

The OverfitDTI framework utilizes intentionally overfitted deep neural networks to accurately capture the intricate relationships between drugs and targets, enabling precise drug-target interaction predictions, as demonstrated by the successful identification and experimental validation of TEK inhibitors. [Read the Full Post]

PHA-680626 Is an Effective Inhibitor of the Interaction between Aurora-A and N-Myc

161 views | Nov 16 2023

The study identifies PHA-680626 as a dual-function inhibitor capable of disrupting the AURKA/N-Myc interaction, offering a promising therapeutic strategy for treating neuroblastoma by destabilizing this oncogenic complex. [Read the Full Post]

IL-17 Is a Key Regulator of Mucin-Galectin-3 Interactions in Asthma

278 views | Nov 15 2023

Galectin-3 (Gal-3) appears to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of asthma by regulating airway inflammation and mucin gene expression, suggesting that targeting Gal-3 could be a promising therapeutic strategy for the disease. [Read the Full Post]

Combined inhibition of aurora kinases and Bcl-xL induces apoptosis through select BH3-only proteins

0 views | Nov 08 2023

The study demonstrates that combining small-molecule inhibitors of AURK with BH3-mimetic inhibitors targeting Bcl-xL potently induces apoptosis and may overcome resistance to AURK inhibitors in colon cancer cells. [Read the Full Post]

AURKB Enhances Chromosomal Remodeling of Telomeric Genes and Accelerates Tumorigenesis of Uveal Melanoma

207 views | Oct 18 2023

AURKB inhibitors show promise as a therapeutic strategy for uveal melanoma by epigenetically silencing the expression of the oncogenic telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT). [Read the Full Post]

Selective Inhibition of Aurora Kinase A by AK-01/LY3295668 Attenuates MCC Tumor Growth by Inducing MCC Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis

212 views | Aug 26 2023

AK-01, a highly selective AURKA inhibitor, demonstrates potent tumor suppression through apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in MCPyV-negative Merkel cell carcinoma cells without RB expression, highlighting its potential as a promising therapeutic option for MCC management. [Read the Full Post]