Statins as anti‐tumor agents: A paradigm for repurposed drugs

S Tripathi, E Gupta, S Galande - Cancer Reports, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Statins, frequently prescribed medications, work by inhibiting the rate‐limiting
enzyme HMG‐CoA reductase (HMGCR) in the mevalonate pathway to reduce cholesterol …

Cytotoxic Potential of Clarithromycin-Loaded Pumpkin Seed Oil-Based Nanoemulsion on Human Breast, Hepatic and Colorectal Cancer Cells

HF Alotaibi, ES Khafagy, MY Alfaifi… - Science of Advanced …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Medication repurposing is one of the effective strategies in approving drugs for new
therapeutic indications. Clarithromycin is a well-known macrolide antibiotic that is commonly …

Monensin as potential drug for treatment of SLeX-positive tumors

AF Costa, E Senra, D Campos, I Faria-Ramos… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Colorectal (CRC) and gastric (GC) cancers remain the top lethal cancers and targeted
therapies in this setting are still very limited. Sialyl Lewis X (SLeX), a cancer-associated …

Redirection to the Drug Discovery: Antidiabetic Drugs Repurposing in Cancer

P Bule, T Kolipaka, S Ranvare, N Chella - Drug Repurposing: Innovative …, 2024 - Springer
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death on a global scale. Increased technological
advancements and a better understanding of human neoplastic disease make it possible to …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer Activity of Anti-Tubercular Compound (s) Designed on Pyrrolyl Benzohydrazine Scaffolds: A Repurposing Study

TA Hagbani, A Moin, T Hussain, NV Gupta… - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The present study explored anti-tubercular pyrrole derivatives against cancer targets using
different in silico and in vitro approaches. Initially, nineteen anti-tubercular pyrrolyl …

In silico drug screen reveals potential competitive MTHFR inhibitors for clinical repurposing

N Keske, B Özay, EY Tükel, M Menteş… - Journal of Biomolecular …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
MTHFR (Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase) is a pivotal enzyme involved in one-carbon
metabolism, which is critical for the proliferation of cancer cells. In line with this, published …

[HTML][HTML] Mode of photoexcited C60 fullerene involvement in potentiating cisplatin toxicity against drug-resistant L1210 cells

D Franskevych, S Prylutska, I Grynyuk, G Pasichnyk… - BioImpacts …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Introduction: C 60 fullerene has received great attention as a candidate for biomedical …

Statistical Analysis of Atom-Bond Connectivity related Descriptors and their Polynomials of some molecular structures of COVID-19 drugs

C RAJU, AB SHAIKH, D Vyshnavi - Authorea Preprints, 2024 - authorea.com
The statistical analysis of the different versions of the Atom-Bond Connectivity (ABC)
Descriptors (indices) are used to infer the drug molecular structures that are helpful for …

Immunological landscape of solid cancer: Interplay between tumor and autoimmunity

AK Singh, PK Duddempudi… - … Review of Cell …, 2024 - einstein.elsevierpure.com
The immune system, a central player in maintaining homeostasis, emerges as a pivotal
factor in the pathogenesis and progression of two seemingly disparate yet interconnected …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing of Drug Aspirin in Colon Cancer: Therapeutic Approach

V Neve, A Kamble, P Karwa - Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 2024 - ccij-online.org
Drug repurposing, exploring new uses for existing drugs, offers significant advantages over
developing new ones. Repurposed drugs have already undergone safety testing, reducing …