New drugs are not enough-drug repositioning in oncology: An update

RG Armando, DLM Gomez… - … Journal of Oncology, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
Drug repositioning refers to the concept of discovering novel clinical benefits of drugs that
are already known for use treating other diseases. The advantages of this are that several …

Inhibitors of phosphodiesterase as cancer therapeutics

T Peng, J Gong, Y Jin, Y Zhou, R Tong, X Wei… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Phosphodiesterases (PDEs) are a class of enzymes that hydrolyze cyclic adenosine
monophosphate (cAMP) and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) which is involved in …

Prognostic characterization of OAS1/OAS2/OAS3/OASL in breast cancer

Y Zhang, C Yu - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background Prognostic biomarkers remain a focus in breast cancer during last decades.
More reliable predictors to adequately characterize the prognosis of breast cancer are …

Integrated bioinformatics and statistical approaches to explore molecular biomarkers for breast cancer diagnosis, prognosis and therapies

MS Alam, A Sultana, MS Reza, M Amanullah, SR Kabir… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Integrated bioinformatics and statistical approaches are now playing the vital role in
identifying potential molecular biomarkers more accurately in presence of huge number of …

Overexpression of OAS1 is correlated with poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer

L Lu, H Wang, J Fang, J Zheng, B Liu, L Xia… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background OAS1 expression in pancreatic cancer has been confirmed by many studies.
However, the prognostic value and mechanism of OAS1 in pancreatic cancer have not been …

Pros and cons of pharmacological manipulation of cGMP-PDEs in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer

P Di Iorio, M Ronci, P Giuliani, F Caciagli… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The cyclic nucleotides, cAMP and cGMP, are ubiquitous second messengers responsible for
translating extracellular signals to intracellular biological responses in both normal and …

Downregulation of iNOS/NO promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition and metastasis in colorectal cancer

Q Du, S Liu, K Dong, X Cui, J Luo, DA Geller - Molecular Cancer Research, 2023 - AACR
Metastasis is the major cause of cancer-related death in patients with colorectal cancer.
Although inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is a crucial regulator of cancer development …

Expression and function of phosphodiesterase type 5 in human breast cancer cell lines and tissues: implications for targeted therapy

S Catalano, A Campana, C Giordano, B Győrffy… - Clinical cancer …, 2016 - AACR
Purpose: By catalyzing cGMP hydrolysis, phosphodiesterase (PDE) 5 is a critical regulator of
its concentration and effects in different (patho) physiologic processes, including cancers. As …

Construction of miRNA‐lncRNA‐mRNA co‐expression network affecting EMT‐mediated cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer

A Naghsh‐Nilchi… - Journal of cellular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Platinum resistance is one of the major concerns in ovarian cancer treatment. Recent
evidence shows the critical role of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) in this …

Monospecific antibody targeting of CDH11 inhibits epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and represses cancer stem cell-like phenotype by up-regulating miR-335 in …

JH Chen, WC Huang, OA Bamodu, PMH Chang… - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background Metastasis is a leading cause of breast cancer mortality. The induction of
epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and complex oncogenic signaling is a vital step …