[HTML][HTML] Statins attenuate outgrowth of breast cancer metastases

CH Beckwitt, AM Clark, B Ma, D Whaley… - British journal of …, 2018 - nature.com
Background Metastasis in breast cancer foreshadows mortality, as clinically evident disease
is aggressive and generally chemoresistant. Disseminated breast cancer cells often enter a …

Niosomal delivery of simvastatin to MDA-MB-231 cancer cells

I Akbarzadeh, A Saremi Poor, S Yaghmaei… - Drug Development …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The objective of this study was to use nano-niosomal formulations to deliver
simvastatin as a poor-water soluble drug into breast cancer cells. Significance Our study …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of atorvastatin loaded exosome as an anti-glioblastoma carrier to induce apoptosis of U87 cancer cells in 3D culture model

VT Nooshabadi, M Khanmohammadi, S Shafei… - … and biophysics reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Exosomes (EXOs) are naturally occurring nanosized lipid bilayers that can be efficiently
used as a drug delivery system to carry small pharmaceutical, biological molecules and …

[HTML][HTML] Paradoxical effects of statins on endothelial and cancer cells: The impact of concentrations

Y Ahmadi, JK Fard, D Ghafoor, AH Eid… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
In addition to their lipid-lowering functions, statins elicit additional pleiotropic effects on
apoptosis, angiogenesis, inflammation, senescence, and oxidative stress. Many of these …

Association of statin use with clinical outcomes in patients with triple‐negative breast cancer

MK Nowakowska, X Lei, MT Thompson… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Previous studies have examined the association of statin therapy and breast
cancer outcomes with mixed results. The objective of this study was to investigate the clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Simvastatin induces apoptosis in medulloblastoma brain tumor cells via mevalonate cascade prenylation substrates

K Sheikholeslami, A Ali Sher, S Lockman, D Kroft… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Medulloblastoma is a common pediatric brain tumor and one of the main types of solid
cancers in children below the age of 10. Recently, cholesterol-lowering “statin” drugs have …

Potentiating the cytotoxic activity of a novel simvastatin-loaded cubosome against breast cancer cells: insights on dual cell death via ferroptosis and apoptosis

YE Elakkad, SNS Mohamed… - Breast cancer: targets …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Female breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer worldwide. Emerging evidence
shows that simvastatin (SIM) has promising anticancer activities. However, the underlying …

Efficacy and safety of statin for hepatocellular carcinoma prevention among chronic liver disease patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

YJ Wong, TY Qiu, GK Ng, Q Zheng… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Methods: We performed a systematic search of 4 electronic databases (PubMed/MEDLINE,
EMBASE, Cochrane library, and ClinicalTrial. gov) up to April 15, 2020. We selected all …

Shikonin ameliorates isoproterenol (ISO)-induced myocardial damage through suppressing fibrosis, inflammation, apoptosis and ER stress

J Yang, Z Wang, DL Chen - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2017 - Elsevier
Shikonin, isolated from the roots of herbal plant Lithospermum erythrorhizon, is a
naphthoquinone. It has been reported to exert beneficial anti-inflammatory effects and anti …

Statins, Bcl-2, and apoptosis: cell death or cell protection?

WG Wood, U Igbavboa, WE Muller, GP Eckert - Molecular neurobiology, 2013 - Springer
Statins have proven their effectiveness in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. This class
of drugs has also attracted attention as a potential treatment for dissimilar diseases such as …