Fasting potentiates the anticancer activity of Crizotinib

ABSTRACT: Background: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are widely used for treating solid and hematologic malignancies. However, their efficacy is frequently short lived, warranting the search for safe potentiation strategies. Short courses of fasting were shown to sensitize cancer cells to chemo- and radiotherapy while increasing the resistance of healthy tissues to the same agents. The purpose of this study was to assess the potential of fasting to increase the efficacy of TKIs. Methods: starvation-mimicking culture conditions were studied for their ability to potentiate the effects of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2), Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) and multitarget TKIs in terms of cancer cell growth, signaling cascades inhibition, and ch

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Alessandro Provenzani 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-62663 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress