Phosphoinositide 3'-kinase delta: turning off BCR signaling in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Oncotarget. 2011 Oct;2(10):737-8. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.341.

Abstract

PI3K signaling is now targeted in first clinical trials in patients with B cell malignancies, including Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), which represent one of the first molecularly targeted therapies for B cell malignancies.

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / therapy*
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors*
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / administration & dosage*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Therapies, Investigational / methods*
  • Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases