Kinesin spindle protein (KSP), a mitotic kinesin responsible for bipolar spindle establishment and maintenance, is currently the target of intense research for the development of novel anticancer therapeutics. Several...
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a hematological stem cell disorder caused by increased and unregulated growth of myeloid cells in the bone marrow, and the accumulation of excessive white blood cells. Abelson tyr...
In 2000, Wyeth reported that the 3-quinolinecarbonitrile ring system was a template for EGFR inhibitors. It soon became apparent that the group at C-4 of this core was responsible for kinase selectivity. A 4-(2,4-dich...
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors constitute a novel and growing class of anticancer agents that function by altering intracellular patterns of histone acetylation, the so-called epigenetic "histone code,&quo...
Heat shock protein (Hsp90) inhibitors are an increasingly interesting and important class of compounds where the first in class, natural product derived inhibitors such as 17-allylaminogeldanamycin (17-AAG), are enter...
Aromatase is the enzyme responsible for the conversion of androgens to estrogens and represents the main source of local estrogens in post-menopausal breast cancer tissue. Nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitors (NSAIs) are...