| Literature DB >> 20524930 |
Silvana Libertini1, Antonella Abagnale, Carmela Passaro, Ginevra Botta, Giuseppe Portella.
Abstract
The Aurora Kinases are highly related serine-threonine kinases, essential for accurate and equal segregation of genomic material during mitosis. A large number of studies have linked the aberrant expression of Aurora kinases to cancer, leading to the development of specific Aurora kinases inhibitors. Several small molecules inhibit with a similar efficacy both Aurora A and Aurora B, however, in most cases the effects resemble Aurora B disruption by genetic methods, indicating that Aurora B represents an effective therapeutic target. These drugs are currently under preclinical or clinical evaluation and are reviewed in this article. The relevant patents are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20524930 DOI: 10.2174/157489210791760517
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov ISSN: 1574-8928 Impact factor: 4.169