A review of curcumin and its derivatives as anticancer agents

MA Tomeh, R Hadianamrei, X Zhao - International journal of molecular …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world and one of the major public health
problems. Despite the great advances in cancer therapy, the incidence and mortality rates of …

JAK-STAT signaling: a double-edged sword of immune regulation and cancer progression

KL Owen, NK Brockwell, BS Parker - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Janus kinase-signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK-STAT) signaling mediates
almost all immune regulatory processes, including those that are involved in tumor cell …

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 …

Neuroprotective activities of curcumin in Parkinson's disease: a review of the literature

EE Nebrisi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a slowly progressive multisystem disorder affecting
dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), which is characterized …

Potential role of curcumin and its nanoformulations to treat various types of cancers

MT Kabir, MH Rahman, R Akter, T Behl, D Kaushik… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a major burden of disease globally. Each year, tens of millions of people are
diagnosed with cancer worldwide, and more than half of the patients eventually die from it …

Antiviral and immunomodulatory activity of curcumin: A case for prophylactic therapy for COVID-19

RK Thimmulappa, KK Mudnakudu-Nagaraju… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), a devastating respiratory illness caused by
SARS-associated coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has already affected over 64 million people …

Curcumin a natural phenol and its therapeutic role in cancer and photodynamic therapy: a review

G Kah, R Chandran, H Abrahamse - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer continues to cause an alarming number of deaths globally, and its burden on the
health system is significant. Though different conventional therapeutic procedures are …

Inhibiting STAT3 signaling pathway by natural products for cancer prevention and therapy: In vitro and in vivo activity and mechanisms of action

J Yang, L Wang, X Guan, JJ Qin - Pharmacological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) plays a critical role in signal
transmission from the plasma membrane to the nucleus, regulating the expression of genes …

Transcription factor inhibition: lessons learned and emerging targets

A Chen, AN Koehler - Trends in molecular medicine, 2020 - cell.com
Transcription factors have roles at focal points in signaling pathways, controlling many
normal cellular processes, such as cell growth and proliferation, metabolism, apoptosis …

Structural understanding of interleukin 6 family cytokine signaling and targeted therapies: focus on interleukin 11

RD Metcalfe, TL Putoczki, MDW Griffin - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cytokines are small signaling proteins that have central roles in inflammation and cell
survival. In the half-century since the discovery of the first cytokines, the interferons, over fifty …