[HTML][HTML] The neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist aprepitant: an intelligent bullet against cancer?

M Muñoz, R Coveñas - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to the lack of selectivity and the severe side-effects, cytostatics are the
drugs of the present but not of the future and consequently new anticancer strategies must …

The NK-1 receptor antagonist aprepitant as a broad spectrum antitumor drug

M Muñoz, M Rosso - Investigational new drugs, 2010 - Springer
Aprepitant is a selective high-affinity antagonist of human substance P (SP)/Neurokinin-1
(NK-1) receptors. Until now this drug has been used as anxiolytic, antidepressant and …

[HTML][HTML] The neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist aprepitant, a new drug for the treatment of hematological malignancies: focus on acute myeloid leukemia

M Muñoz, R Coveñas - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous hematological malignancy. To treat the
disease successfully, new therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. One of these …

[HTML][HTML] The neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist aprepitant is a promising candidate for the treatment of breast cancer

M Munoz, A Gonzalez-Ortega… - International …, 2014 - spandidos-publications.com
The substance P (SP)/neurokinin (NK)-1 receptor system plays an important role in the
development of cancer. No in-depth studies of the involvement of this system in breast …

Safety of neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists

M Muñoz, R Coveñas - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The substance P (SP)/neurokinin (NK)-1 receptor system is involved in many
pathological processes. NK-1 receptor antagonists have many promising therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] The NK-1 receptor is expressed in human melanoma and is involved in the antitumor action of the NK-1 receptor antagonist aprepitant on melanoma cell lines

M Munoz, M Rosso, MJ Robles-Frias… - Laboratory …, 2010 - Elsevier
Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, is aggressive and resistant to current
therapies. It has been previously reported that the substance P and neurokinin-1 (NK-1) …

The substance P/NK-1 receptor system: NK-1 receptor antagonists as anti-cancer drugs

M Muñoz, R Coveñas, F Esteban, M Redondo - Journal of biosciences, 2015 - Springer
The substance P (SP)/neurokinin (NK)-1 receptor system plays an important role in cancer.
SP promotes the proliferation of tumour cells, angiogenesis and the migration of tumour …

[HTML][HTML] Neurokinin-1 receptor (NK-1R) antagonists as a new strategy to overcome cancer resistance

M García-Aranda, T Téllez, L McKenna, M Redondo - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Improving the response, quality of life and survival of oncologic patients
through the design and application of the most appropriate treatment for each case is a great …

Multicenter, phase II, placebo‐controlled, double‐blind, randomized study of aprepitant in Japanese patients receiving high‐dose cisplatin

T Takahashi, E Hoshi, M Takagi, N Katsumata… - Cancer …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aprepitant is a new neurokinin‐1 (NK1) receptor antagonist developed as a treatment for
chemotherapy‐induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). To evaluate the efficacy and safety of …

[HTML][HTML] Aprepitant: drug–drug interactions in perspective

MS Aapro, CM Walko - Annals of oncology, 2010 - Elsevier
The implications of chemotherapeutic drug–drug interactions can be serious and thus need
to be addressed. This review concerns the potential interactions of the antiemetic aprepitant …