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Targeting Protein Kinases and Epigenetic Control as Combinatorial Therapy Options for Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment

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PHARMACEUTICS
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14030515

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tyrosine kinase; serine threonine kinase; epigenetics; signaling pathways

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Prostate cancer, when it spreads to the bone, is known as metastatic bone cancer. Currently, effective treatment options are still lacking for advanced/metastatic PC. However, understanding the molecular events that contribute to PC progression provides hope for the development of new treatment strategies. Protein kinases play crucial roles in the growth, proliferation, and metastases of prostatic tumors, making combinatorial therapy with PK inhibitors a potential treatment approach. Additionally, epigenetic pathways are also involved in PC, suggesting another potential combination treatment strategy.
Prostate cancer (PC), the fifth leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, is known as metastatic bone cancer when it spreads to the bone. Although there is still no effective treatment for advanced/metastatic PC, awareness of the molecular events that contribute to PC progression has opened up opportunities and raised hopes for the development of new treatment strategies. Androgen deprivation and androgen-receptor-targeting therapies are two gold standard treatments for metastatic PC. However, acquired resistance to these treatments is a crucial challenge. Due to the role of protein kinases (PKs) in the growth, proliferation, and metastases of prostatic tumors, combinatorial therapy by PK inhibitors may help pave the way for metastatic PC treatment. Additionally, PC is known to have epigenetic involvement. Thus, understanding epigenetic pathways can help adopt another combinatorial treatment strategy. In this study, we reviewed the PKs that promote PC to advanced stages. We also summarized some PK inhibitors that may be used to treat advanced PC and we discussed the importance of epigenetic control in this cancer. We hope the information presented in this article will contribute to finding an effective treatment for the management of advanced PC.

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