Synonyms: AZ 628 | AZ-628
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: AZ628 is an experimental inhibitor of RAF kinases [1]. Preclinical data for AZ628 was presented at the AACR Annual Meeting by Shen et al. in 2007 (Linking molecular characteristics to the pharmacological response of a panel of cancer cell lines to the BRAF inhibitor, AZ628).
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Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects ![]() |
The Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK pathway has been reported to contribute to the tumourigenic phenotype by inducing immortalisation, growth factor-independent growth, insensitivity to growth-inhibitory signals, ability to invade and metastasis, stimulating angiogenesis and inhibition of apoptosis [2]. The Raf kinases act as proto-oncogenes near the top of this pathway, and are being investigated as molecular targets for pharmacological inhibition in cancer. |