2012
The Microculture-Kinetic (MiCK) Assay: The Role of a Drug-Induced Apoptosis Assay in Drug Development and Clinical Care
Bosserman L, Prendergast F, Herbst R, Fleisher M, Salom E, Strickland S, Raptis A, Hallquist A, Perree M, Rajurkar S, Karimi M, Rogers K, Davidson D, Willis C, Penalver M, Homesley H, Burrell M, Garrett A, Rutledge J, Chernick M, Presant CA. The Microculture-Kinetic (MiCK) Assay: The Role of a Drug-Induced Apoptosis Assay in Drug Development and Clinical Care. Cancer Research 2012, 72: 3901-3905. PMID: 22865459, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-0681.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh response rateLonger survivalClinical trialsResponse rateGroup of patientsBlinded clinical trialEpithelial ovarian cancerApoptosis assaysAcute myelocytic leukemiaUnblinded clinical trialDrug developmentGeneric drug useMultiple tumor typesEfficient drug developmentCombination therapyOvarian cancerMyelocytic leukemiaClinical careTumor typesDrug useClinical therapyClinical useMolecular biomarkersDrug approvalHigher apoptosis
2008
To kill a tumor cell: the potential of proapoptotic receptor agonists
Ashkenazi A, Herbst RS. To kill a tumor cell: the potential of proapoptotic receptor agonists. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2008, 118: 1979-1990. PMID: 18523647, PMCID: PMC2396896, DOI: 10.1172/jci34359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProapoptotic receptor agonistsApo2L/TRAILReceptor agonistRecombinant human Apo2L/TRAILExtrinsic apoptosis pathwayPotential therapeutic interventionsNovel molecular biomarkersApoptosis pathwayAgonistic mAbConventional therapyPreclinical dataTherapeutic interventionsTumor cellsMolecular biomarkersAbnormal cellsLogical targetTherapyAgonistsCellsExciting opportunitiesTumorigenesisPatientsApoptosisPathway