[HTML][HTML] Niclosamide for Covid-19: bridging the gap

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, KJ Alzahrani… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - Springer
Aim/purpose Niclosamide (NCL) is an anthelminthic drug, which is widely used to treat
various diseases due to its pleiotropic anti-inflammatory and antiviral activities. NCL …

[HTML][HTML] New drugs are not enough‑drug repositioning in oncology: An update

RG Armando… - … Journal of Oncology, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Drug repositioning refers to the concept of discovering novel clinical benefits of drugs that
are already known for use treating other diseases. The advantages of this are that several …

Niclosamide exposure at environmentally relevant concentrations efficaciously inhibited the growth and disturbed the liver-gut axis of adult male zebrafish

B Zhu, L Lei, Y Sun, X Shi, K Fu, J Hua… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In the current study, adult male zebrafish fed a normal diet (ND) or high-fat diet (HFD) were
exposed to niclosamide (NIC) at environmentally relevant concentrations to reveal the …

Niclosamide repositioning for treating cancer: Challenges and nano-based drug delivery opportunities

EJ Barbosa, R Löbenberg, GLB de Araujo… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drug repositioning may be defined as a process when new biological effects for known
drugs are identified, leading to recommendations for new therapeutic applications …

Targeting reactive oxygen species capacity of tumor cells with repurposed drug as an anticancer therapy

J Wang, D Sun, L Huang, S Wang… - Oxidative medicine and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulating evidence shows that elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are
associated with cancer initiation, growth, and response to therapies. As concentrations …

Niclosamide, a drug with many (re) purposes

H Kadri, OA Lambourne, Y Mehellou - ChemMedChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Niclosamide is an anthelmintic drug that has been used for over 50 years mainly to treat
tapeworm infections. However, with the increase in drug repurposing initiatives, niclosamide …

[HTML][HTML] Anthelmintics for drug repurposing: Opportunities and challenges

SE Alavi, HE Shahmabadi - Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Drug repositioning is defined as a process to identify a new application for drugs. This
approach is critical as it takes advantage of well-known pharmacokinetics …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing approved non-oncology drugs for cancer therapy: a comprehensive review of mechanisms, efficacy, and clinical prospects

R Mohi-Ud-Din, A Chawla, P Sharma, PA Mir… - European journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Cancer poses a significant global health challenge, with predictions of increasing
prevalence in the coming years due to limited prevention, late diagnosis, and inadequate …

Combined chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer treatment by paclitaxel and niclosamide nanocrystals loaded thermosensitive hydrogel

D Zhao, C Hu, Q Fu, H Lv - European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most dangerous subtype of breast cancer
accompanying by unfavorable prognosis due to lack of specific therapeutic targets …

[HTML][HTML] The magic bullet: Niclosamide

H Jiang, AM Li, J Ye - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The term 'magic bullet'is a scientific concept proposed by the German Nobel laureate Paul
Ehrlich in 1907, describing a medicine that could specifically and efficiently target a disease …