Systems biology-based investigation of cooperating microRNAs as monotherapy or adjuvant therapy in cancer

X Lai, M Eberhardt, U Schmitz, J Vera - Nucleic acids research, 2019 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, noncoding RNAs that regulate gene expression by
suppressing mRNA translation and reducing mRNA stability. A miRNA can potentially bind …

Prospects and therapeutic applications of cardiac glycosides in cancer remediation

JI Ayogu, AS Odoh - ACS Combinatorial Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Active metabolites from natural sources are the predominant molecular targets in numerous
biological studies owing to their appropriate compatibility with biological systems and …

Circle‐Seq reveals genomic and disease‐specific hallmarks in urinary cell‐free extrachromosomal circular DNAs

W Lv, X Pan, P Han, Z Wang, W Feng… - Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Extrachromosomal circular deoxyribonucleic acid (eccDNA) is evolving as a
valuable biomarker, while little is known about its presence in urine. Methods Here, we …

The cardiac glycoside ZINC253504760 induces parthanatos-type cell death and G2/M arrest via downregulation of MEK1/2 phosphorylation in leukemia cells

M Zhou, JC Boulos, SM Klauck, T Efferth - Cell biology and toxicology, 2023 - Springer
Overcoming multidrug resistance (MDR) represents a major obstacle in cancer
chemotherapy. Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are efficient in the treatment of heart failure and …

Survivin-targeted drug screening platform identifies a matrine derivative WM-127 as a potential therapeutics against hepatocellular carcinoma

H Yin, R Que, C Liu, W Ji, B Sun, X Lin, Q Zhang… - Cancer letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer related death which
needs novel drugs to improve patient outcome. Survivin overexpresses in HCC and …

Targeting miRNA by natural products: A novel therapeutic approach for nonalcoholic fatty liver

M Zobeiri, F Parvizi, MR Kalhori… - Evidence‐Based …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) as multifactorial
chronic liver disease and the lack of a specific treatment have begun a new era in its …

Potential anti-herpes and cytotoxic action of novel semisynthetic digitoxigenin-derivatives

L Boff, J Munkert, FM Ottoni, NFZ Schneider… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, new therapeutic possibilities were proposed for cardiac glycosides
traditionally used to treat heart diseases, such as anticancer and antiviral activities. In this …

Clinical utility of microRNAs in renal cell carcinoma: current evidence and future perspectives

P Tsiakanikas, C Giaginis, CK Kontos… - Expert Review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNA molecules that epigenetically
regulate gene expression. Recently, it has been shown that miRNAs are heavily involved in …

Digitoxin inhibits proliferation of multidrug‑resistant HepG2 cells through G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis

Y Lei, H Gan, Y Huang, Y Chen, L Chen… - Oncology …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a challenge in the medical field due to its high
malignancy and mortality rates particularly for HCC, which has developed multidrug …

[HTML][HTML] Cytotoxicity of AMANTADIG–a semisynthetic digitoxigenin derivative–alone and in combination with docetaxel in human hormone-refractory prostate cancer …

IT Silva, J Munkert, E Nolte, NFZ Schneider… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are natural compounds used to treat congestive heart failure.
They have garnered attention as a potential cancer treatment option, especially because …