Publications by authors named "Weihang Shan"

Background: A tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) such as Imatinib (IM) is the preferred treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). However, the emergence of IM resistance presents a significant challenge to disease management. A characteristic of cancer cells, including IM-resistant CMLs, are characterized by heightened uptake of glucose and aberrant glycolysis in the cytosol, which is known as the Warburg effect.

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Refractory or relapsed (R/R) AML is the most challenging form of AML to treat. Due to frequent genetic mutations, therapy alternatives are limited. Here, we identified the role of ritanserin and its target DGKα in AML.

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Transformed follicular lymphoma (t-FL), for which there is no efficient treatment strategy, has a rapid progression, treatment resistance, and poor prognosis, which are the main reasons for FL treatment failure. In this study, we identified a promising therapeutic approach with chiauranib, a novel orally developed multitarget inhibitor targeting VEGFR/Aurora B/CSF-1R. We first determined the cytotoxicity of chiauranib in t-FL cell lines through CCK-8, EdU staining, flow cytometry, and transwell assays.

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Background: Malignant lymphomas are one of the most common cancers worldwide and with high biologic heterogeneity, while the phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K)/mTOR pathway is crucial in maintaining cell growth and survival both in physiological and in pathological conditions (i.e., lymphoma).

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