Antiproliferative and Proapoptotic Activity of Sunitinib on Endothelial and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Cells via Inhibition of Akt and ERK1/2 Phosphorylation and by Down-Regulation of Cyclin-D1
Author(s) -
Teresa Di Desidero,
Anna Fioravanti,
Paola Orlandi,
Bastianina Canu,
Riccardo Giannini,
Nicla Borrelli,
Shan Man,
Ping Xu,
Gabriella Fontanini,
Fulvio Basolo,
Robert S. Kerbel,
Giulio Francia,
Romano Danesi,
Guido Bocci
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2013-1364
Subject(s) - sunitinib , anaplastic thyroid cancer , cancer research , cyclin d1 , vascular endothelial growth factor , protein kinase b , angiogenesis , vascular endothelial growth factor a , tyrosine kinase inhibitor , medicine , endocrinology , biology , pharmacology , phosphorylation , thyroid cancer , cancer , cell cycle , microbiology and biotechnology , vegf receptors
Recent experimental evidence suggests a rationale for the use of multitarget tyrosine kinase inhibitors for the treatment of thyroid cancers. Sunitinib showed promising preliminary results against anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), and it has been used for some patients who are ineligible for clinical trials.
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