Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview

Kinase inhibitor research is a comparatively recent branch of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology and the first small-molecule kinase inhibitor, imatinib, was approved for clinical use only 15 years ago. Since then, 33 more kinase inhibitor drugs have received regulatory approval for the treatment...

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Main Author: Fischer, Peter M.
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Published: Wiley 2017
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description Kinase inhibitor research is a comparatively recent branch of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology and the first small-molecule kinase inhibitor, imatinib, was approved for clinical use only 15 years ago. Since then, 33 more kinase inhibitor drugs have received regulatory approval for the treatment of a variety of cancers and the volume of reports on the discovery and development of kinase inhibitors has increased to an extent where it is now difficult—even for those working in the field—easily to keep an overview of the compounds that are being developed, as currently there are 231 such compounds, targeting 38 different protein and lipid kinases (not counting isoforms), in clinical use or under clinical investigation. The purpose of this review is thus to provide an overview of the biomedical rationales for the kinases being targeted on the one hand, and the design principles, as well as chemical, pharmacological, pharmaceutical, and toxicological kinase inhibitor properties, on the other hand. Two issues that are especially important in kinase inhibitor research, target selectivity and drug resistance, as well as the underlying structural concepts, are discussed in general terms and in the context of relevant kinases and their inhibitors.
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spelling nottingham-379032020-05-04T18:32:21Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37903/ Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview Fischer, Peter M. Kinase inhibitor research is a comparatively recent branch of medicinal chemistry and pharmacology and the first small-molecule kinase inhibitor, imatinib, was approved for clinical use only 15 years ago. Since then, 33 more kinase inhibitor drugs have received regulatory approval for the treatment of a variety of cancers and the volume of reports on the discovery and development of kinase inhibitors has increased to an extent where it is now difficult—even for those working in the field—easily to keep an overview of the compounds that are being developed, as currently there are 231 such compounds, targeting 38 different protein and lipid kinases (not counting isoforms), in clinical use or under clinical investigation. The purpose of this review is thus to provide an overview of the biomedical rationales for the kinases being targeted on the one hand, and the design principles, as well as chemical, pharmacological, pharmaceutical, and toxicological kinase inhibitor properties, on the other hand. Two issues that are especially important in kinase inhibitor research, target selectivity and drug resistance, as well as the underlying structural concepts, are discussed in general terms and in the context of relevant kinases and their inhibitors. Wiley 2017-03-01 Article PeerReviewed Fischer, Peter M. (2017) Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview. Medicinal Research Reviews, 37 (2). pp. 314-367. ISSN 1098-1128 Cancer Oncology Kinase inhibitor Experimental drug Drug design Clinical trials http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/med.21409/abstract doi:10.1002/med.21409 doi:10.1002/med.21409
spellingShingle Cancer
Oncology
Kinase inhibitor
Experimental drug
Drug design
Clinical trials
Fischer, Peter M.
Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview
title Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview
title_full Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview
title_fullStr Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview
title_full_unstemmed Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview
title_short Approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview
title_sort approved and experimental small-molecule oncology kinase inhibitor drugs: a mid-2016 overview
topic Cancer
Oncology
Kinase inhibitor
Experimental drug
Drug design
Clinical trials
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