Metformin and its benefits for various diseases

Z Lv, Y Guo - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Metformin is a widely used biguanide drug due to its safety and low cost. It has been used
for over 60 years to treat type 2 diabetes at the early stages because of its outstanding ability …

Novel agents in the treatment of multiple myeloma: a review about the future

L Naymagon, M Abdul-Hay - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2016 - Springer
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a disease that affects plasma cells and can lead to devastating
clinical features such as anemia, lytic bone lesions, hypercalcemia, and renal disease. An …

[HTML][HTML] Novel therapeutic strategies for multiple myeloma

N Mimura, T Hideshima, KC Anderson - Experimental hematology, 2015 - Elsevier
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma-cell malignancy which remains incurable despite the
recent emergence of multiple novel agents. Importantly, recent genetic and molecular …

The impact of chemical probes in drug discovery: a pharmaceutical industry perspective

RM Garbaccio, ER Parmee - Cell chemical biology, 2016 - cell.com
Chemical probes represent an important component of both academic and pharmaceutical
drug discovery research. As a complement to prior reviews that have defined this scientific …

CAR-T cells and combination therapies: what's next in the immunotherapy revolution?

MC Ramello, EB Haura, D Abate-Daga - Pharmacological research, 2018 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapies are dramatically reshaping the clinical management of oncologic
patients. For many of these therapies, the guidelines for administration, monitoring, and …

Renal toxicities of novel agents used for treatment of multiple myeloma

R Wanchoo, A Abudayyeh, M Doshi… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Survival for patients with multiple myeloma has significantly improved in the last decade in
large part due to the development of proteasome inhibitors and immunomodulatory drugs …

Differential cell cycle checkpoint evasion by PTEN germline mutations associated with dichotomous phenotypes of cancer versus autism spectrum disorder

M Hitomi, J Venegas, SC Kang, C Eng - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Individuals with a PTEN germline mutation receive the molecular diagnosis of PTEN
hamartoma tumor syndrome (PHTS). PHTS displays a complex spectrum of clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Pathway-directed therapy in multiple myeloma

L John, MT Krauth, K Podar, MS Raab - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multiple Myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell disorder with an unmet medical need, in
particular for relapsed and refractory patients. Molecules within deregulated signaling …

[HTML][HTML] pH-sensitive nano-complexes overcome drug resistance and inhibit metastasis of breast cancer by silencing Akt expression

J Yin, T Lang, D Cun, Z Zheng, Y Huang, Q Yin… - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The therapy of breast cancer is encumbered by drug resistance and metastasis, which can
be due to a defective PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway. This study was aimed at …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin-its anti-cancer effects in hematologic malignancies

M Podhorecka - Oncology Reviews, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The main anti-diabetic effect of metformin mediated through stimulation of adenosine
monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is the inhibition of hepatic …