Role of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway in ovarian cancer: Biological and therapeutic significance

MK Ediriweera, KH Tennekoon… - Seminars in cancer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer (OC) is a lethal gynecological cancer. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
(PI3K)/AKT/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway plays an important …

Emerging agents that target signaling pathways to eradicate colorectal cancer stem cells

VR Silva, LS Santos, RB Dias… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the
second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. The modern concept of cancer biology …

Development and validation of an immune gene-set based Prognostic signature in ovarian cancer

S Shen, G Wang, R Zhang, Y Zhao, H Yu, Y Wei… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Ovarian cancer (OV) is the most lethal gynecological cancer in women. We aim
to develop a generalized, individualized immune prognostic signature that can stratify and …

Metformin and cancer: An existing drug for cancer prevention and therapy

F Zi, H Zi, Y Li, J He, Q Shi, Z Cai - Oncology letters, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Metformin is a standard clinical drug used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and
polycystic ovary syndrome. Recently, epidemiological studies and meta‑analyses have …

Metformin inhibits growth and enhances radiation response of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) through ATM and AMPK

Y Storozhuk, SN Hopmans, T Sanli, C Barron… - British journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Background: We examined the potential of metformin (MET) to enhance non-small cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) responses to ionising radiation (IR). Methods: Human NSCLC cells, mouse …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin: multi-faceted protection against cancer

S Del Barco, A Vazquez-Martin, S Cufí… - Oncotarget, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biguanide metformin, a widely used drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, may exert
cancer chemopreventive effects by suppressing the transformative and hyperproliferative …

Metformin as an anti-cancer agent: actions and mechanisms targeting cancer stem cells

N Saini, X Yang - Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Metformin, a first line medication for type II diabetes, initially entered the spotlight as a
promising anti-cancer agent due to epidemiologic reports that found reduced cancer risk …

Metformin kills and radiosensitizes cancer cells and preferentially kills cancer stem cells

CW Song, H Lee, RPM Dings, B Williams, J Powers… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
The anti-cancer effects of metformin, the most widely used drug for type 2 diabetes, alone or
in combination with ionizing radiation were studied with MCF-7 human breast cancer cells …

Nanoceria: a rare-earth nanoparticle as a novel anti-angiogenic therapeutic agent in ovarian cancer

S Giri, A Karakoti, RP Graham, JL Maguire, CM Reilly… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Ovarian cancer (OvCa) is the fifth most common cause of death from all cancers among
women in United Sates and the leading cause of death from gynecological malignancies …

Metformin alleviates hyperglycemia-induced endothelial impairment by downregulating autophagy via the Hedgehog pathway

C Niu, Z Chen, KT Kim, J Sun, M Xue, G Chen, S Li… - Autophagy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Studies regarding macroautophagic/autophagic regulation in endothelial cells (ECs) under
diabetic conditions are very limited. Clinical evidence establishes an endothelial protective …