Blog of Signaling Pathways

Roscovitine is an experimental drug candidate in the family of pharmacological

2917 views | Nov 19 2013

Roscovitine (Seliciclib, CYC202) is a potent and selective CDK inhibitor for Cdc2, CDK2 and CDK5 with IC50 of 0.65 μM, 0.7 μM and 0.16 μM. It shows little effect on CDK4/6. [Read the Full Post]

NVP BHG712 is a specific EphB4 inhibitor with ED50 of 25 nM

2988 views | Nov 18 2013

NVP-BHG712 is a specific EphB4 inhibitor with ED50 of 25 nM that discriminates between VEGFR and EphB4 inhibition . [Read the Full Post]

ABT 199 is designed to block the function of the protein Bcl 2

3287 views | Nov 18 2013

ABT-199 (GDC-0199) is a Bcl-2-selective inhibitor with Ki of <0.01 nM, >4800-fold more selective versus Bcl-xL and Bcl-w, and no activity to Mcl-1. [Read the Full Post]

AZD6244 is a drug being investigated for the treatment of various types of cancer

2487 views | Nov 15 2013

AZD6244 is not competitive with ATP and inactivates the ERK1/2 phosphorylation with IC50 concentrations below 40 nM. [Read the Full Post]

PD 0325901 is a selective and ATP non competitive MEK inhibitor

2559 views | Nov 15 2013

PD0325901 (PD325901) is selective and non ATP-competitive MEK inhibitor with IC50 of 0.33 nM, roughly 500-fold more potent than CI-1040 on phosphorylation of ERK1 and ERK2. Phase 1/2. [Read the Full Post]

R428 inhibits angiogenesis in corneal micropocket and tumor models

4596 views | Nov 13 2013

R428 is an inhibitor of Axl with IC50 of 14 nM, >100-fold selective for Axl versus Abl. Selectivty for Axl is also greater than Mer and Tyro3 and InsR, EGFR, HER2, and PDGFRβ. [Read the Full Post]

BMS 790052 is the most potent hepatitis C virus inhibitor

4528 views | Nov 13 2013

BMS-790052 is a highly selective inhibitor of HCV NS5A with EC50 of 9-50 pM, for a broad range of HCV replicon genotypes and the JFH-1 genotype 2a infectious virus in cell culture. Phase 3. [Read the Full Post]

FK866 has been shown to induce apoptosis by non competitive

3221 views | Nov 12 2013

APO866 effectively inhibits nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NMPRTase) with IC50 of 0.09 nM. Phase 1/2. [Read the Full Post]

Rapamycin is a bacterial macrolide with an tifungal

2381 views | Nov 12 2013

Rapamycin (Sirolimus, AY-22989, WY-090217) is a specific mTOR inhibitor with IC50 of ~0.1 nM. [Read the Full Post]

AZD1080 is a selective orally active brain permeable GSK3 inhibitor

4422 views | Nov 11 2013

AZD1080 is a selective, orally active, brain permeable GSK3 inhibitor, inhibits human GSK3α and GSK3β with a Ki of 6.9 nM and 31 nM, respectively, shows >14-fold selectivity against cdk2, cdk5, cdk1 and Erk2. [Read the Full Post]

Dasatinib is a novel potent and multi targeted inhibitor

2962 views | Nov 11 2013

Dasatinib is more effective than imatinib in inhibiting the proliferation of Ba/F3 cells expressing wild-type Bcr-Abl and Bcr-Abl mutants, with the exception of T315I. [Read the Full Post]

OSI 930 is an inhibitor of the receptor tyrosine kinases c Kit

2595 views | Nov 08 2013

OSI-930 inhibits the cell proliferation in the HMC-1 cell line with IC50 of 14 nM without significant effect on growth of the COLO-205 cell line that does not express a constitutively active mutant receptor tyrosine kinase. [Read the Full Post]

BMN 673 was generally well tolerated

4280 views | Nov 08 2013

BMN-673 selectively binds to PARP and prevents PARP-mediated DNA repair of single strand DNA breaks via the base-excision repair pathway. [Read the Full Post]

Olaparib is an experimental chemotherapeutic agent

4102 views | Nov 07 2013

Olaparib would act against BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. Olaparib is not sensitive to tankyrase-1 (IC50 >1 μM). [Read the Full Post]

Nilotinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia

2687 views | Nov 07 2013

Nilotinib inhibits proliferation, migration, and actin filament formation, as well as the expression of α-SMA and collagen in activated HSCs. [Read the Full Post]

WP1130 is a novel selective small molecular deubiquitinase

2780 views | Nov 06 2013

Administration of WP1130 inhibits the growth of K562 tumors as well as both wildtype Bcr/Abl and T315I mutant Bcr/Abl-expressing BaF/3 cells transplanted into nude mice. [Read the Full Post]

RAF265 Inhibits the Growth of Advanced Human Melanoma Tumors

2949 views | Nov 06 2013

RAF265 inhibits C-Raf, wild type B-Raf and mutant (V600E) B-Raf. RAF265 effectively block phosphorylation of Raf's downstream substrates MEK and ERK in cells and also kill melanoma and colorectal cancer cell lines harboring B-Raf mutations independent of PTEN mutation status. [Read the Full Post]

FTY720 is a first in class orally bioavailable compound

2656 views | Nov 05 2013

The inhibitory effect of S1P is revered by various concentrations of FTY720, with IC50 effect of 173 nM. [Read the Full Post]

Thiazovivin is a drug which dramatically improves the survival of hES

5683 views | Nov 05 2013

Thiazovivin (Tzv) is a novel ROCK inhibitor with IC50 of 0.5 μM, promotes hESC survival after single-cell dissociation. [Read the Full Post]

BMN 673 is an orally bioavailable inhibitor of the nuclear

3650 views | Nov 04 2013

BMN 673 is a novel PARP inhibitor with IC50 of 0.58 nM. It is also a potent inhibitor of PARP-2, but does not inhibit PARG and is highly sensitive to PTEN mutation. [Read the Full Post]