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Rational combination strategies to enhance venetoclax activity and overcome resistance in hematologic malignancies.


ABSTRACT: Venetoclax (ABT-199) is a Bcl-2-specific BH3-mimetic that has shown significant promise in certain subtypes of CLL as well as in several other hematologic malignancies. As in the case of essentially all targeted agents, intrinsic or acquired resistance to this agent generally occurs, prompting the search for new strategies capable of circumventing this problem. A logical approach to this challenge involves rational combination strategies designed to disable preexisting or induced compensatory survival pathways. Many of these strategies involve downregulation of Mcl-1, a pro-survival Bcl-2 family member that is not targeted by venetoclax, and which often confers resistance to this agent. Given encouraging clinical results involving venetoclax in both lymphoid and myeloid malignancies, it is likely that such combination approaches will be incorporated into the therapeutic armamentarium for multiple hematologic malignancies in the near future.

SUBMITTER: Grant S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5826810 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Rational combination strategies to enhance venetoclax activity and overcome resistance in hematologic malignancies.

Grant Steven S  

Leukemia & lymphoma 20170824 6


Venetoclax (ABT-199) is a Bcl-2-specific BH3-mimetic that has shown significant promise in certain subtypes of CLL as well as in several other hematologic malignancies. As in the case of essentially all targeted agents, intrinsic or acquired resistance to this agent generally occurs, prompting the search for new strategies capable of circumventing this problem. A logical approach to this challenge involves rational combination strategies designed to disable preexisting or induced compensatory su  ...[more]

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