Therapeutic strategies to overcome taxane resistance in cancer

T Das, U Anand, SK Pandey, CR Ashby Jr… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the primary causes of attenuated or loss of efficacy of cancer chemotherapy is the
emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR). Numerous studies have been published …

Application of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in cancer therapy and delivery of repurposed anthelmintics for cancer therapy

M Koohi Moftakhari Esfahani, SE Alavi, PJ Cabot… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on the biomedical application of mesoporous silica nanoparticles
(MSNs), mainly focusing on the therapeutic application of MSNs for cancer treatment and …

Transposon-triggered innate immune response confers cancer resistance to the blind mole rat

Y Zhao, E Oreskovic, Q Zhang, Q Lu, A Gilman… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Blind mole rats (BMRs) are small rodents, characterized by an exceptionally long lifespan (>
21 years) and resistance to both spontaneous and induced tumorigenesis. Here we report …

Drug repurposing for cancer therapy

Y Xia, M Sun, H Huang, WL Jin - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer, a complex and multifactorial disease, presents a significant challenge to global
health. Despite significant advances in surgical, radiotherapeutic and immunological …

Disulfiram: mechanisms, applications, and challenges

J Lanz, N Biniaz-Harris, M Kuvaldina, S Jain, K Lewis… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Since disulfiram's discovery in the 1940s and its FDA approval for alcohol use
disorder, other indications have been investigated. This review describes potential clinical …

Metformin induces apoptosis and inhibits migration by activating the AMPK/p53 axis and suppressing PI3K/AKT signaling in human cervical cancer cells

YH Chen, SF Yang, CK Yang… - Molecular …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Human cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy among women worldwide,
and it is expected to result in 460,000 deaths per year by 2040. Moreover, patients with …

Repurposing old drugs to fight multidrug resistant cancers

J Dinić, T Efferth, AT García-Sosa, J Grahovac… - Drug Resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Overcoming multidrug resistance represents a major challenge for cancer treatment. In the
search for new chemotherapeutics to treat malignant diseases, drug repurposing gained a …

Emerging perspectives on the antiparasitic mebendazole as a repurposed drug for the treatment of brain cancers

D Meco, G Attinà, S Mastrangelo, P Navarra… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Repurposing approved non-antitumor drugs is a promising and affordable strategy in drug
discovery to identify new therapeutic uses different from the original medical indication that …

Microglia: a double-edged sword in intracerebral hemorrhage from basic mechanisms to clinical research

J Liu, L Liu, X Wang, R Jiang, Q Bai… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are the resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS). It is well
established that microglia are activated and polarized to acquire different inflammatory …

Repurposing approved non-oncology drugs for cancer therapy: a comprehensive review of mechanisms, efficacy, and clinical prospects

R Mohi-Ud-Din, A Chawla, P Sharma, PA Mir… - European journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Cancer poses a significant global health challenge, with predictions of increasing
prevalence in the coming years due to limited prevention, late diagnosis, and inadequate …