Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in antitumor therapies based on autophagy-related mechanisms

PMP Ferreira, RWR de Sousa… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are the most common drugs used to
relieve acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. In this article, we present a review about …

Tumour microenvironment stress promotes the development of drug resistance

NA Seebacher, M Krchniakova, AE Stacy, J Skoda… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multi-drug resistance (MDR) is a leading cause of cancer-related death, and it continues to
be a major barrier to cancer treatment. The tumour microenvironment (TME) has proven to …

PD-1-siRNA Delivered by Attenuated Salmonella Enhances the Antitumor Effect of Chloroquine in Colon Cancer

S Lu, J Gao, H Jia, Y Li, Y Duan, F Song, Z Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The widespread appearance of drug tolerance and the low efficiency of single treatment
have severely affected the survival time of the patients with colorectal cancer. Exploring new …

Tioconazole and chloroquine act synergistically to combat doxorubicin-induced toxicity via inactivation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling mediated ROS-dependent …

AH El-Gowily, SA Loutfy, EMM Ali, TM Mohamed… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a complex devastating disease with enormous treatment challenges, including
chemo-and radiotherapeutic resistance. Combination therapy demonstrated a promising …

Autophagy in white matter disorders of the CNS: Mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

E Nutma, MC Marzin, SAGM Cillessen… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy is a constitutive process that degrades, recycles and clears damaged proteins or
organelles, yet, despite activation of this pathway, abnormal proteins accumulate in neurons …

Molecular mechanisms of resistance to anti-angiogenic drugs

A Filippelli, V Ciccone, S Donnini… - Critical Reviews™ in …, 2021 - dl.begellhouse.com
The problem of drug resistance in cancer patients has been well in mind from the beginning
of modern medicine and oncology treatments with the so called conventional cytotoxic …

Indolin-2-one derivatives as selective Aurora B kinase inhibitors targeting breast cancer

EME Dokla, AK Abdel-Aziz, SN Milik, AH Mahmoud… - Bioorganic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aurora B is a pivotal cell cycle regulator where errors in its function results in polyploidy,
genetic instability, and tumorigenesis. It is overexpressed in many cancers, consequently …

Autophagy activation by hypoxia regulates angiogenesis and apoptosis in oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced preeclampsia

Y Li, X Zhao, B He, W Wu, H Zhang, X Yang… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Objective: Autophagy influences a wide range of physiological and pathological processes
in the human body. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of autophagy in early-onset …

Aminoquinolines as Translational Models for Drug Repurposing: Anticancer Adjuvant Properties and Toxicokinetic‐Related Features

PMP Ferreira, JRO Ferreira, RWR Sousa… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The indiscriminate consumption of antimalarials against coronavirus disease‐2019
emphasizes the longstanding clinical weapons of medicines. In this work, we conducted a …