1. Bruton Kinase Inhibitors in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
- Author
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Gozzetti A, Candi V, Brambilla CZ, Papini G, Fabbri A, and Bocchia M
- Subjects
- Adenine analogs & derivatives, Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase, Antineoplastic Agents chemistry, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Humans, Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell metabolism, Molecular Structure, Piperidines, Protein Kinase Inhibitors chemistry, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases metabolism, Pyrazoles chemistry, Pyrimidines chemistry, Structure-Activity Relationship, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell drug therapy, Protein Kinase Inhibitors pharmacology, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Pyrazoles pharmacology, Pyrimidines pharmacology
- Abstract
Abnormality of the B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling is correlated to origin of many B-cell malignancies. Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), is described as a possible target in a many B-cell neoplasms. Ibrutinib is the most used inhibitor of BTK and has great tolerability and efficacy in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. This review summarizes results with ibrutinib in clinical trials and novel BTK inhibitors of interest., (Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at epub@benthamscience.org.)
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- 2017
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