The aberrant activation of FGFRs plays a critical role in various cancers, leading to the development of several FGFR inhibitors in clinic. However, the emergence of drug resistance, primarily due to gatekeeper mutations in FGFRs, has limited their clinical efficacy. To address the unmet medical need, a series of 5-amino-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide derivatives were designed and synthesized as novel pan-FGFR covalent inhibitors targeting both wild-type and the gatekeeper mutants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe FGF19-FGFR4 signaling pathway has been extensively studied as a promising target for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Several FGFR4-selective inhibitors have been developed, but none of them receives approval. Additionally, acquired resistance caused by FGFR4 gatekeeper mutations is emerging as a serious limitation for these targeted therapies.
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