Aprotein kinase inhibitor (PKI) is a type ofenzyme inhibitor that blocks the action of one or moreprotein kinases.^[1][2] Protein kinases are enzymes thatphosphorylate (add aphosphate, or PO₄, group) to aprotein and can modulate its function.^[3]

The phosphate groups are usually added toserine,threonine, ortyrosineamino acids on the protein. Most kinases act on both serine and threonine, thetyrosine kinases act on tyrosine, and a number (dual-specificity kinases) act on all three. There are also protein kinases that phosphorylate other amino acids, includinghistidine kinases that phosphorylate histidine residues.^[4]

Phosphorylation regulates many biological processes, and protein kinase inhibitors can be used to treat diseases due to hyperactive protein kinases (including mutant or overexpressed kinases in cancer) or to modulate cell functions to overcome other disease drivers.

Kinase inhibitors such asdasatinib are often used in the treatment ofcancer andinflammation.^[5]

Some of the kinase inhibitors used in treating cancer are inhibitors oftyrosine kinases.^[6]The effectiveness of kinase inhibitors on various cancers can vary from patient to patient.^[7]

There are several drugs launched or in development that target protein kinases and the receptors that activate them:

Note:
AD = Approval date.
MS = Myelosuppression.
D = Diarrhoea.
FR = Fluid retention.
As far as myelosuppression, diarrhoea and fluid retention goes: +++ means >70% of patients exhibit clinically significant myelosuppression. ++ means 30-70% of patients exhibit significant myelosuppression. + means 10-30% of patients exhibit significant myelosuppression. - means 0-10% of patients exhibit this side effect.
General references templates are given, which refer the reader to the respective drug database.

• Tyrosine kinase inhibitor

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• Carles, Fabrice; Bourg, Stéphane; Meyer, Christophe; Bonnet, Pascal (15 April 2018)."PKIDB: A Curated, Annotated and Updated Database of Protein Kinase Inhibitors in Clinical Trials".Molecules.23 (4): 908.doi:10.3390/molecules23040908.PMC 6017449.PMID 29662024.
• Jänne, Pasi A.; Gray, Nathanael; Settleman, Jeff (September 2009). "Factors underlying sensitivity of cancers to small-molecule kinase inhibitors".Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.8 (9):709–723.doi:10.1038/nrd2871.PMID 19629074.S2CID 7817325.
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• Protein+kinase+inhibitors at the U.S. National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• PKIDB: A searchable database of kinase inhibitors in clinical trials containing physicochemical properties and structures, protein kinase targets, therapeutic indications, year of first approval, and trade names
• A list of US FDA-approved small molecule protein kinase inhibitors, their protein kinase targets, therapeutic indications, and links to the FDA label are provided atthe Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research web site.

• Protein kinase inhibitors

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