Expanding horizons in the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma: Ibrutinib a novel BTK-targeting inhibitor

Authors

  • Sameer Dhingra School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mount Hope Campus, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Mamta Sachdeva University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UGC Center of Advanced Study (UGC-CAS) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh-160 014, India

Keywords:

Mantle cell lymphoma, BTK-inhibitor, B-cell antigen receptor, Ibrutinib

Abstract

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma characterized by involvement of the lymph nodes, spleen, blood, and bone marrow with short remission duration to standard therapies and a median overall survival of 4–5 years. Small molecule inhibitors targeting dysregulated pathways (MAPK/ERK, PI3K/PKB/mTOR, JAK/STAT) have significantly improved clinical outcomes in cancer patients. Recently Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK), a crucial terminal kinase enzyme in the B-cell antigen receptor (BCR) signaling pathway, has emerged as an attractive target for therapeutic intervention in human malignancies and autoimmune disorders. Ibrutinib, a novel first-in-human BTK-inhibitor, has demonstrated clinical effectiveness and tolerability in clinical trials, recently been approved by FDA in the treatment of MCL. 

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2017-01-23

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Dhingra, S., & Sachdeva, M. (2017). Expanding horizons in the treatment of mantle cell lymphoma: Ibrutinib a novel BTK-targeting inhibitor. International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, 3(1), 249–254. Retrieved from https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/view/991

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