Cyclin-dependent kinase(CDK)와 세포주기(cell cycle)조절을 통한 새로운 항암제의 개발 현황 = CDK Inhibition and the Therapeutic Potential of Targeting the Cell Cycle

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The cell-division cycle is a tightly controlled process that is regulated by the cyclin/CDK family of protein kinase complexes. Stringent control of this process is essential to ensure that DNA synthesis and subsequent mitotic division are accurately and coordinately executed. There in now strong evidence that CDKs, their regulators, and substrates are the targets of genetic alteration in many human cancers. As a result of this, the CDKs have been targeted for drug discovery and a number of small molecule inhibitors of CDKs have been identified.
Our attempt here is to illustrate the potential for development of therapeutics to treat human cancers by interfering with cell-cycle progression. Because of the central role that they play in advancing the division cycle, CDKs have been targeted for drug discovery and a number of small molecule compounds have now been identified as CDK inhibitors. These strategies and other targets of intervention within the cell cycle are discussed in our review.