Low-dose mifepristone inhibits endometrial proliferation and up-regulates androgen receptor

N Narvekar, S Cameron, HOD Critchley… - The Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Mifepristone in daily low doses has contraceptive potential by inhibiting ovulation. Follicular
development is maintained, and although the endometrium is exposed to unopposed …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of mifepristone on proliferation and apoptosis of Ishikawa endometrial adenocarcinoma cells

A Li, JC Felix, P Minoo, CA Amezcua, JK Jain - Fertility and sterility, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the mechanism by which mifepristone improves breakthrough
bleeding, the effects of mifepristone on proliferation and apoptosis of Ishikawa endometrial …

[HTML][HTML] A hypothetical model suggesting some possible ways that the progesterone receptor may be involved in cancer proliferation

JH Check, DL Check - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer and the fetal-placental semi-allograft share certain characteristics, eg, rapid
proliferation, the capacity to invade normal tissue, and, related to the presence of antigens …

Pharmacological properties of mifepristone: toxicology and safety in animal and human studies

R Sitruk-Ware, IM Spitz - Contraception, 2003 - Elsevier
Roussel Uclaf in partnership with the INSERM unit of Prof. EE Baulieu first discovered
mifepristone (RU486) as part of a large research program on steroidal compounds with …

Mifepristone treatment improves length and quality of survival of mice with spontaneous lung cancer

JH Check, L Sansoucie, J Chern, E Dix - Anticancer research, 2010 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: There are data showing that human leukemia cell lines have mRNA for an
immunomodulatory protein found in normal pregnancy that is stimulated by progesterone …

A phase II evaluation of mifepristone in the treatment of recurrent or persistent epithelial ovarian, fallopian or primary peritoneal cancer: a gynecologic oncology group …

TF Rocereto, WE Brady, MS Shahin, JS Hoffman… - Gynecologic …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness and toxicity of mifepristone in patients with
ovarian, peritoneal and fallopian tube cancers. METHODS: Patients with confirmed epithelial …

[HTML][HTML] Antiprogestins in gynecological diseases

AA Goyeneche, CM Telleria - Reproduction (Cambridge, England), 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antiprogestins constitute a group of compounds, developed since the early 1980s, that bind
progesterone receptors with different affinities. The first clinical uses for antiprogestins were …

[HTML][HTML] Mifepristone prevents repopulation of ovarian cancer cells escaping cisplatin-paclitaxel therapy

CD Gamarra-Luques, AA Goyeneche, MB Hapon… - BMC cancer, 2012 - Springer
Background Advanced ovarian cancer is treated with cytoreductive surgery and combination
platinum-and taxane-based chemotherapy. Although most patients have acute clinical …

[引用][C] Mifepristone in treatment of experimental breast cancer in rats

GH Bakker, B Setyono-Han… - … of Cancer: Peptides …, 1987 - Raven Press New York

Pre-clinical and clinical treatment of breast cancer with antiprogestins

JGM Klijn, B Setyono-Han, HJ Sander… - Human …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Antiprogestins form a new potential treatment modality for breast cancer and their mode of
action has been assessed in vitro on several breast cancer cell lines, in vivo in rats with …