1-O-Octadecyl-2-O-methyl-sn-glycerol is a metabolite of a phosphotidylinositol ether lipid analog (PIA). PIAs are known to target the pleckstrin homology domain of the serinethreoninekinase Akt and to induce apoptosis in cancer cell lines with high levels of endogenous Akt activity.
BAY1143269 is an orally effective mitogen-activated protein kinase-interacting serinethreonine-protein kinase 1 (MKNK1) inhibitor with potential anti-tumor activity.