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Enhanced anti-breast tumor cancer activity using nano-formulated TLR 7/8 agonist and PI3K inhibitor (Section 23; Poster Board #14) - Mar 14, 2023 - Abstract #AACR2023AACR_3959; were incorporated in poly(2-oxazoline) block copolymer polymeric micelle NPs...Enhanced adaptive T cell immunity against TNBCs and effective therapeutic improvement in immunocompetent mice following radiotherapy were only observed with simultaneous depletion of Tregs and MDSC. These data suggest radiotherapy in combination with nanoparticle co-delivery of immunomodulators inhibiting MDSCs and Treg, has promising potential for future clinical trials and translation for the treatment of TNBC patients.
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A user-friendly R Shiny app for predicting drug response of cancer using deep learning (Section 33; Poster Board #30) - Mar 14, 2023 - Abstract #AACR2023AACR_3355; In summary, the present R Shiny app is a user-friendly platform that enables in silico drug screening using deep learning with no requirement of programming experience. We expect the tool to foster accessibility of our deep learning prediction machine and facilitate the process of drug development in cancer.
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Cancer cells such as M3 had a larger drop in glycolysis than non-cancer parental M1 cells upon wave inhibition. These results provide a new explanation for the Warburg effect that increased cortical waves in cancer cells will accelerate and improve glycolysis, which will not only greatly contribute to our understanding of cancer but also the design of new interventions.
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Elevated Akt/mTOR signaling drives therapy resistance in ALM (Section 15; Poster Board #14) - Mar 14, 2023 - Abstract #AACR2023AACR_2516; CFAs with acquired-resistance cell lines also showed that combination inhibition decreased colony formation, showing the potential utility of concurrent CDK4i/6i and mTORi as an approach against acquired resistance. Our results show the efficacy of combined inhibition as an anti-tumor strategy.
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Protein kinase inhibitors, demethylating drugs, HDAC inhibitors, PI3K inhibitors, immunomodulatory drugs, Akt inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, and Bcl-2 inhibitors exhibited potential synergy in combination with CAR-T cell therapy. In this review, we will discuss the recent application of these combination therapies for improved outcomes of CAR-T cell therapy.
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Journal, Machine learning: The combination of machine learning and transcriptomics reveals a novel megakaryopoiesis inducer, MO-A, that promotes thrombopoiesis by activating FGF1/FGFR1/PI3K/Akt/NF-?B signaling. (Pubmed Central) - Mar 7, 2023 Similarly, inhibition of PI3K-Akt signal pathway by its inhibitor LY294002 suppressed MK differentiation, and PI3K, Akt and NF-?B phosphorylation induced by MO-A. Taken together, our study provides an efficient drug discovery strategy for hematological diseases, and demonstrates that MO-A is a novel countermeasure for treating RIT through activation of the FGF1/FGFR1/PI3K/Akt/NF-?B signaling pathway.
- |||||||||| Journal: Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of liposome entrapped iridium(III) complexes toward SGC-7901 cells. (Pubmed Central) - Mar 7, 2023
Western blotting showed that Ir1lipo and Ir2lipo inhibited PI3K (phosphoinositide-3 kinase), AKT (protein kinase B), p-AKT and activated Bcl-2 (B-cell lymphoma-2) protein and apoptosis-regulated factor caspase 3 (cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase-3) and cleaving PARP (poly ADP-ribose polymerase). The results demonstrated that Ir1lipo and Ir2lipo induce cell apoptosis through targeting the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), cause oxidative stress damage, inhibiting PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, immunogenic cell death (ICD) and inhibit the cell growth at G2/M phase.
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Additionally, recent trials have investigated combination therapies targeting the MAPK pathway, including MEK (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase), BRAF (v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1), FAK (focal adhesion kinase), and PI3K (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase) inhibition. In this review, we will outline these novel therapeutic strategies for low-grade serous ovarian cancer.
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Journal: The mutational profiles and corresponding therapeutic implications of PI3K mutations in cancer. (Pubmed Central) - Mar 4, 2023 Here we review the landscape of PIK3CA mutations in different cancers and efforts underway to define the functional properties of non-canonical PIK3CA mutations. In addition, we summarize what has been learned from clinical trials of PI3K inhibitors as well as current trials incorporating these molecular targeting agents.
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We postulate that the iKC maturity to become epidermal progenitor cells is key and requires further optimization of the culture medium composition based on our data on the small molecule targets. This will contribute to the future applicability of iPSCs as indefinite cell source for inflammatory skin disease modeling.
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