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ReviewClinical and translational medicine2024

Seize the engine: Emerging cell cycle targets in breast cancer.

Jesús Fuentes-Antrás, Philippe L Bedard, David W Cescon

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Review in Clinical and translational medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Integrative analysis of SEC13: a prognostic predictor and immunotherapeutic target.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  5. Genetic landscape of cancer: mechanisms, key genes, and therapeutic implications.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  12. The new era of siRNA therapy: Advances in cancer treatment.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Jesús Fuentes-AntrásDivision of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5805-2362
Philippe L BedardDivision of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
David W CesconDivision of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

Princess Margaret Phase I Consorium (PMP1C)UM1CA186644 · NCI · UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK · PI Philippe Bedard, Kevin D Courtney · 2014 to 2026
$16.6M
NCI NIH HHS UM1 CA186644
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer arises from a series of molecular alterations that disrupt cell cycle checkpoints, leading to aberrant cell proliferation and genomic instability. Targeted pharmacological inhibition of cell cycle regulators has long been considered a promising anti-cancer strategy. Initial attempts to drug critical cell cycle drivers were hampered by poor selectivity, modest efficacy and haematological toxicity. Advances in our understanding of the molecular basis of cell cycle disruption and the mechanisms of resistance to CDK4/6 inhibitors have reignited interest in blocking specific components of the cell cycle machinery, such as CDK2, CDK4, CDK7, PLK4, WEE1, PKMYT1, AURKA and TTK. These targets play critical roles in regulating quiescence, DNA replication and chromosome segregation. Extensive preclinical data support their potential to overcome CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance, induce synthetic lethality or sensitise tumours to immune checkpoint inhibitors. This review provides a biological and drug development perspective on emerging cell cycle targets and novel inhibitors, many of which exhibit favourable safety profiles and promising activity in clinical trials.

Indexed as

Aurora Kinase ANeoplasmsCell CycleCell DivisionCell ProliferationCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor ProteinsAurora Kinase ACyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteinsbreast cancercell cycle checkpointsclinical trialscyclin-dependent kinasesdrug developmentmitotic kinases

Identifiers

PMID38264947
PMCPMC10807317

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