Multidrug resistance (MDR): A widespread phenomenon in pharmacological therapies

A Catalano, D Iacopetta, J Ceramella, D Scumaci… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistance is a leading concern in public health. It describes a complex phenotype
whose predominant feature is resistance to a wide range of structurally unrelated cytotoxic …

Hypoxia as a driver of resistance to immunotherapy

J Kopecka, IC Salaroglio, E Perez-Ruiz… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypoxia, a hallmark of solid tumors, determines the selection of invasive and aggressive
malignant clones displaying resistance to radiotherapy, conventional chemotherapy or …

PROTAC: an effective targeted protein degradation strategy for cancer therapy

SM Qi, J Dong, ZY Xu, XD Cheng, WD Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Proteolysis targeting chimeric (PROTAC) technology is an effective endogenous protein
degradation tool developed in recent years that can ubiquitinate the target proteins through …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in understanding the role of P-gp in doxorubicin resistance: Molecular pathways, therapeutic strategies, and prospects

S Mirzaei, MH Gholami, F Hashemi, A Zabolian… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is a drug efflux transporter that triggers doxorubicin (DOX)
resistance. In this review, we highlight the molecular avenues regulating P-gp, such as Nrf2 …

[HTML][HTML] Overcoming Cancer Multi-drug Resistance (MDR): Reasons, mechanisms, nanotherapeutic solutions, and challenges

C Duan, M Yu, J Xu, BY Li, Y Zhao… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-drug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells, either intrinsic or acquired through various
mechanisms, significantly hinders the therapeutic efficacy of drugs. Typically, the reduced …

Taxanes in cancer treatment: Activity, chemoresistance and its overcoming

L Mosca, A Ilari, F Fazi, YG Assaraf, G Colotti - Drug Resistance Updates, 2021 - Elsevier
Since 1984, when paclitaxel was approved by the FDA for the treatment of advanced
ovarian carcinoma, taxanes have been widely used as microtubule-targeting antitumor …

Novel nanomedicines to overcome cancer multidrug resistance

Z Su, S Dong, SC Zhao, K Liu, Y Tan, X Jiang… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy remains a powerful tool to eliminate malignant cells. However, the efficacy of
chemotherapy is compromised by the frequent emergence of intrinsic and acquired …

Chemical molecular‐based approach to overcome multidrug resistance in cancer by targeting P‐glycoprotein (P‐gp)

H Zhang, H Xu, CR Ashby Jr, YG Assaraf… - Medicinal research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Multidrug resistance (MDR) remains one of the major impediments for efficacious cancer
chemotherapy. Increased efflux of multiple chemotherapeutic drugs by transmembrane ATP …

Recent update on development of small-molecule STAT3 inhibitors for cancer therapy: from phosphorylation inhibition to protein degradation

J Dong, XD Cheng, WD Zhang… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that
regulates various biological processes, including proliferation, metastasis, angiogenesis …

Multidrug resistance proteins (MRPs): Structure, function and the overcoming of cancer multidrug resistance

JQ Wang, Y Yang, CY Cai, QX Teng, Q Cui, J Lin… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters mediate the ATP-driven translocation of structurally
and mechanistically distinct substrates against steep concentration gradients. Among the …