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Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (Formerly Current Medicinal Chemistry - Anti-Cancer Agents) - Volume 20, Issue 18, 2020
Volume 20, Issue 18, 2020
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Vitamin D as a Potential Therapeutic Option in Cancer Treatment: Is There a Role for Chemoprevention?
Authors: Afsane Bahrami and Amirhossein SahebkarBackground: Vitamin D (Vit D) serves as a precursor to the potent steroid hormone calcitriol, which regulates numerous genes that control homeostasis, epithelial cell differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. Low level of Vit D is implicated in the development and progression of several diseases including bone fractures, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and cancers. The present review highlights the role Read More
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Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles as Anticancer Agents: An Overview
Authors: Damanpreet K. Lang, Rajwinder Kaur, Rashmi Arora, Balraj Saini and Sandeep AroraBackground: Cancer is spreading all over the world, and it is becoming the leading cause of major deaths. Today’s most difficult task for every researcher is to invent a new drug that can treat cancer with minimal side effects. Many factors, including pollution, modern lifestyle and food habits, exposure to oncogenic agents or radiations, enhanced industrialization, etc. can cause cancer. Treatment of cancer is done by va Read More
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Recent Development of Copolymeric Nano-Drug Delivery System for Paclitaxel
Authors: Shiyu Chen, Zhimei Song and Runliang FengBackground: Paclitaxel (PTX) has been clinically used for several years due to its good therapeutic effect against cancers. Its poor water-solubility, non-selectivity, high cytotoxicity to normal tissue and worse pharmacokinetic property limit its clinical application. Objective: To review the recent progress on the PTX delivery systems. Methods: In recent years, the copolymeric nano-drug delivery systems for PTX are broadly studie Read More
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Therapy Resistance in Cancers: Phenotypic, Metabolic, Epigenetic and Tumour Microenvironmental Perspectives
Background: Chemoresistance is a vital problem in cancer therapy where cancer cells develop mechanisms to encounter the effect of chemotherapeutics, resulting in cancer recurrence. In addition, chemotherapy- resistant leads to the formation of a more aggressive form of cancer cells, which, in turn, contributes to the poor survival of patients with cancer. Objective: In this review, we aimed to provide an ov Read More
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The Tumor Suppressor Role of the Ras Association Domain Family 10
Authors: Yulong Hou, Shuofeng Li, Wei Du, Hailong Li and Rumin WenThe Ras association domain family 10(RASSF10), a tumor suppressor gene, is located on human chromosome 11p15.2, which is one of the members homologous to other N-terminal RASSF families obtained through structural prediction. RASSF10 plays an important role in inhibiting proliferation, invasion, and migration, inducing apoptosis, making cancer cells sensitive to docetaxel, and capturing G2/M phase. Some s Read More
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The Potential of Flavonoids and Tannins from Medicinal Plants as Anticancer Agents
Authors: Eugenia D. Teodor, Oana Ungureanu, Florentina Gatea and Gabriel L. RaduThe tendency of using herbs extracts or natural compounds extracted from herbs for preventing or treating different illnesses, including cancer, continues to be an alternative to drug use. Many studies of plant compounds aimed at finding substances with selective cytotoxicity on abnormal cells. Phenolic compounds, as important secondary metabolites from plants, are one of them. In this review, the recent literature data fr Read More
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Phthalazinone Scaffold: Emerging Tool in the Development of Target Based Novel Anticancer Agents
Authors: Jyoti Singh, Amruta Suryan, Sandeep Kumar and Shweta SharmaPhthalazinones are important nitrogen-rich heterocyclic compounds which have been a topic of considerable medicinal interest because of their diversified pharmacological activities. This versatile scaffold forms a common structural feature for many bioactive compounds, which leads to the design and development of novel anticancer drugs with fruitful results. The current review article discusses the progressive developmen Read More
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In Vivo Biological Evaluation of Ethyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-oxoquinolin-1-ylamino)-coumarin-3-carboxylate as an Antitumor Agent
More LessBackground: Hybridization of coumarin moiety with additional antitumor pharmacophores is an auspicious stratagem to afford precious therapeutic interference for the medication of cancer. Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the antitumor activity of ethyl 4-(7-hydroxy-4-methyl-2- oxoquinolin-1-ylamino)-coumarin-3-carboxylate against Ehrlich Ascites Carcinoma (EAC) cells in the peritoneal cavity of female mice. Me Read More
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Combination of Salinomycin and AZD3463 Reveals Synergistic Effect on Reducing the Viability of T98G Glioblastoma Cells
Authors: Aycan Asik, Neslihan P.O. Ay, Bakiye G. Bagca, Hasan O. Caglar, Cumhur Gunduz and Cigir B. AvciBackground: Salinomycin, an ionophore antibiotic, is known to be an effective agent in reducing the viability of Glioblastoma (GBM) cells. The combination of salinomycin with other chemotherapeutic drugs would help to overcome the drug resistance of GBM cells. Objective: This study aims to test the combinatorial effect of salinomycin and AZD3463 in T98G GBM cells. Methods: The cytotoxic effects of drugs on T98G G Read More
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ATF4, DLX3, FRA1, MSX2, C/EBP-ζ, and C/EBP-α Shape the Molecular Basis of Therapeutic Effects of Zoledronic Acid in Bone Disorders
Authors: Faroogh Marofi, Jalal Choupani, Saeed Solali, Ghasem Vahedi, Ali Hassanzadeh, Tohid Gharibi and Majid F. HaghObjective: Zoledronic Acid (ZA) is one of the common treatment choices used in various boneassociated conditions. Also, many studies have investigated the effect of ZA on Osteoblastic-Differentiation (OSD) of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs), but its clear molecular mechanism(s) has remained to be understood. It seems that the methylation of the promoter region of key genes might be an important factor involved in Read More
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A Ferrocene Derivative Reduces Cisplatin Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells through Suppression of MDR-1 Expression and Modulation of JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway
Authors: Shokoofe Noori, Mitra Nourbakhsh, Shabnam Farzaneh and Afshin ZarghiBackground: Breast cancer is the most common kind of cancer among women in the world. Despite major cancer therapy successes in recent years, cancer cells usually develop mechanisms to survive chemotherapy- induced cell death. Therefore, new strategies are needed to reverse cancer chemoresistance. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a recently-synthesized ferrocene derivative na Read More
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Characterization of Cepharanthin Nanosuspensions and Evaluation of Their In Vitro Activity for the HepG2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line
Authors: Yue Zhao, Tingting Fu, Gaoke Meng, Fangxia Qiao, Yanhui Hou, Yanhua Liu and Jianhong YangBackground: Conventional cancer therapeutics has enormous toxicity and severe side effects that generate multi-drug resistance. Therefore, an urgent need exists for new alternative therapeutic agents for cancer treatment. Cepharanthin (CEP) has anti-cancer potential but has poor aqueous solubility, which limits its clinical use. Nanosuspensions (NS) are attractive as insoluble drug delivery systems. Objectives: In this study, w Read More
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In Vitro Anticancer Evaluation of Some Synthesized 2H-Quinolinone and Halogenated 2H-Quinolinone Derivatives as Therapeutic Agents
Background: Searching for new cytotoxic agents with apoptosis induction may represent a viable strategy for cancer treatment to overcome the increased resistance to available anticancer agents. Objective: The purpose of the current study was aimed at preparation and anticancer evaluation of two new series of 2H-quinolinone and halogenated 2H-quinolinone derivatives against two cancer cell lines. Methods: Two Read More
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Ruxolitinib Regulates the Autophagy Machinery in Multiple Myeloma Cells
Authors: Alican Kusoglu, Bakiye G. Bagca, Neslihan P.O. Ay, Guray Saydam and Cigir B. AvciBackground: Ruxolitinib is a selective JAK1/2 inhibitor approved by the FDA for myelofibrosis in 2014 and nowadays, comprehensive investigations on the potential of the agent as a targeted therapy for haematological malignancies are on the rise. In multiple myeloma which is a cancer of plasma cells, the Interleukin- 6/JAK/STAT pathway is emerging as a therapeutic target since the overactivation of the pathway is associat Read More
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