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CDK 4/6 inhibitors sensitize PIK3CA mutant breast cancer to PI3K inhibitors.
Cancer cell - 14 Jul 2014
Vora Sadhna R, Juric Dejan, Kim Nayoon, Mino-Kenudson Mari, Huynh Tiffany, Costa Carlotta, Lockerman Elizabeth L, Pollack Sarah F, Liu Manway, Li Xiaoyan, Lehar Joseph, Wiesmann Marion, Wartmann Markus, Chen Yan, Cao Z Alexander, Pinzon-Ortiz Maria, Kim Sunkyu, Schlegel Robert, Huang Alan, Engelman Jeffrey A
Abstract excerpt
Activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway occurs frequently in breast cancer. However, clinical results of single-agent PI3K inhibitors have been modest to date. A combinatorial drug screen on multiple PIK3CA mutant cancers with decreased sensitivity to PI3K inhibitors revealed that combined CDK 4/6-PI3K inhibition synergistically reduces cell viability. Laboratory studies revealed that sensitive...
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