Possible future issues in the treatment of glioblastomas: special emphasis on cell migration and the resistance of migrating glioblastoma cells to apoptosis

F Lefranc, J Brotchi, R Kiss - Journal of clinical oncology, 2005 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The present review aims to emphasize that malignant gliomas are characterized by
the diffuse invasion of distant brain tissue by a myriad of single migrating cells that exhibit …

Glycosylation pathways as drug targets for cancer: glycosidase inhibitors

S Gerber-Lemaire… - Mini reviews in medicinal …, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com
The combined and ordered sequential action of glycosidases and glycosyltransferases in
mammalian cell compartments leads to the addition of defined glycans to proteins and lipids …

pH-responsive biodegradable micelles based on acid-labile polycarbonate hydrophobe: synthesis and triggered drug release

W Chen, F Meng, F Li, SJ Ji, Z Zhong - Biomacromolecules, 2009 - ACS Publications
pH-responsive biodegradable micelles were prepared from block copolymers comprising of
a novel acid-labile polycarbonate hydrophobe and poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG). Two new …

Synthesis of galactofuranose-containing acceptor substrates for mycobacterial galactofuranosyltransferases

GC Completo, TL Lowary - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
The major structural component of the cell wall in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, infection by
which causes tuberculosis, is the mycolyl-arabinogalactan (mAG) complex. This large …

Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of carbohydrate and polyhydroxylated non-carbohydrate fatty acid ester and ether derivatives

A Smith, P Nobmann, G Henehan, P Bourke… - Carbohydrate …, 2008 - Elsevier
A series of fatty acid ester and ether derivatives have been chemically synthesised based on
carbohydrate and non-carbohydrate polyhydroxylated scaffolds. The synthesised …

Cimetidine, an unexpected anti-tumor agent, and its potential for the treatment of glioblastoma

F Lefranc, P Yeaton, J Brotchi… - … journal of oncology, 2006 - spandidos-publications.com
Cimetidine (CIM), the prototypical histamine H2 receptor antagonist (H2RA), was brought to
market based on its ability to accelerate healing of gastrointestinal ulcers through the …

Amphiphilic glycoconjugates as potential anti-cancer chemotherapeutics

M Govindarajan - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Amphiphilicity is one of the desirable features in the process of drug development which
improves the biological as well as the pharmacokinetics profile of bioactive molecule …

Inhibitors of glioma growth that reveal the tumour to the immune system

M Nieto-Sampedro, B Valle-Argos… - Clinical Medicine …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Treated glioblastoma patients survive from 6 to 14 months. In the first part of this review, we
describe glioma origins, cancer stem cells and the genomic alterations that generate …

Click multivalent heterogeneous neoglycoconjugates–modular synthesis and evaluation of their binding affinities

M Ortega‐Muñoz, F Perez‐Balderas… - 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The efficient synthesis of structurally diverse, multivalent, heterogeneous
neoglycoconjugates by means of a series of different click‐based strategies is described …

Combined cimetidine and temozolomide, compared with temozolomide alone: significant increases in survival in nude mice bearing U373 human glioblastoma …

F Lefranc, S James, I Camby, JF Gaussin, F Darro… - Journal of …, 2005 - thejns.org
Object. Malignant gliomas consist of both heterogeneous proliferating and migrating cell
subpopulations, with migrating glioma cells exhibiting less sensitivity to antiproliferative or …