[HTML][HTML] Nortopsentins as Leads from Marine Organisms for Anticancer and Anti-Inflammatory Agent Development

C Pecoraro, F Terrana, G Panzeca, B Parrino… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The marine environment is an excellent source of molecules that have a wide structural
diversity and a variety of biological activities. Many marine natural products (MNPs) have …

[HTML][HTML] 1, 3, 4-Oxadiazole and 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole nortopsentin derivatives against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Synthesis, cytotoxic activity, and inhibition of …

D Carbone, C Pecoraro, G Panzeca, G Xu… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
A new series of nortopsentin analogs, in which the central imidazole ring of the natural lead
was replaced by a 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole or 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole moiety, was efficiently …

Targeting the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex/pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDC/PDK) axis to discover potent PDK inhibitors through structure-based virtual …

L Gan, Y Yang, Z Liang, M Zhang, Y He… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Proliferating cancer cells are characterized by the Warburg effect, a metabolic alteration in
which ATP is generated from cytoplasmic glycolysis instead of oxidative phosphorylation …

The therapeutic potential and application of marine alkaloids in treating breast cancer

J Yu, X Wang, P Du, H Shi - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is a major threat to women's health worldwide. Although the 5-year survival
rate is relatively high, treating recurrent and metastatic breast cancer remains challenging …

Rutaecarpine-inspired scaffold-hopping strategy and Ullmann cross-coupling based synthetic approach: Identification of pyridopyrimidinone-indole based novel …

M Yadav, N Roy, K Mandal, M Nagpure… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural products as starting templates have shown historically major contribution to
development of drugs. Inspired by the structure–function of an anticancer natural alkaloid …

[HTML][HTML] Development and Validation of a Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Screening Potential Citrate Lyase Inhibitors from a Library …

J Wang, H Guan, Z Xu - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis, a persistent illness caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a
significant global public health challenge. The widespread use of anti-tuberculosis drugs …

Second-Line Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Shedding Light on New Opportunities and Key Talking Points from Clinical Trials

R Imperial, O Mosalem, U Majeed… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite improvements in overall cancer mortality, deaths related to pancreatic cancer
continue to rise. Following first-line treatment, second-line options are significantly limited …

[HTML][HTML] Marine Streptomyces-Derived Novel Alkaloids Discovered in the Past Decade

Z Liu, W Sun, Z Hu, W Wang, H Zhang - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
Natural alkaloids originating from actinomycetes and synthetic derivatives have always been
among the important suppliers of small-molecule drugs. Among their biological sources …

Synthesis of novel triazole-urea hybrids and their antiproliferative activity against pancreatic cancer through suppression of eEF2K and induction of apoptosis

A Türe, B Özdemir, O Çeçe, G Armagan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers with its highly aggressive and metastatic
character and there is a huge unmet need for new drugs treating pancreatic cancer. In the …

Identification of Biomarkers Associated with Oxidative Stress and Immune Cells in Acute Pancreatitis

Y Xu, J Song, J Gao, H Zhang - Journal of Inflammation Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Oxidative stress promotes disease progression by stimulating the humoral and
cellular immune responses. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying oxidative …