Trends and challenges in tumor anti-angiogenic therapies

J Jászai, MHH Schmidt - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Excessive abnormal angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in tumor progression and is a
hallmark of solid tumors. This process is driven by an imbalance between pro-and anti …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing non-oncology small-molecule drugs to improve cancer therapy: Current situation and future directions

L Fu, W Jin, J Zhang, L Zhu, J Lu, Y Zhen… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Drug repurposing or repositioning has been well-known to refer to the therapeutic
applications of a drug for another indication other than it was originally approved for …

Non-curcuminoids from turmeric and their potential in cancer therapy and anticancer drug delivery formulations

A Nair, A Amalraj, J Jacob, AB Kunnumakkara, S Gopi - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Over the past decades curcuminoids have been extensively studied for their biological
activities such as antiulcer, antifibrotic, antiviral, antibacterial, antiprotozoal, antimutagenic …

Repurposing antidepressants and phenothiazine antipsychotics as efflux pump inhibitors in cancer and infectious diseases

B Rácz, G Spengler - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle in the therapy of infectious diseases and
cancer. One of the major mechanisms of MDR is the overexpression of efflux pumps (EPs) …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer activities of tetra-, penta-, and hexacyclic phenothiazines modified with quinoline moiety.

M Jeleń, B Morak-Młodawska, R Korlacki - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2023 - Elsevier
The quinoline molecule is a chemical motif showing a highly promising pharmacological
potential. Its numerous derivatives introduced into medicine revolutionized in the treatment …

Personalized treatment of glioblastoma: current state and future perspective

A Rončević, N Koruga, A Soldo Koruga, R Rončević… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive glial tumor of the central nervous system.
Despite intense scientific efforts, patients diagnosed with GBM and treated with the current …

Psychotropic drugs show anticancer activity by disrupting mitochondrial and lysosomal function

M Varalda, A Antona, V Bettio, K Roy… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background and Purpose: Drug repositioning is a promising strategy for discovering new
therapeutic strategies for cancer therapy. We investigated psychotropic drugs for their …

Treatment of cancer with antipsychotic medications: Pushing the boundaries of schizophrenia and cancer

JS Brown - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Over a century ago, the phenothiazine dye, methylene blue, was discovered to have both
antipsychotic and anti-cancer effects. In the 20th-century, the first phenothiazine …

The large action of chlorpromazine: translational and transdisciplinary considerations in the face of COVID-19

E Stip, TA Rizvi, F Mustafa, S Javaid… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in
humans that is caused by SARS-associated coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the …

Drug repurposing: re-inventing therapies for cancer without re-entering the development pipeline—a review

S Siddiqui, AJ Deshmukh, P Mudaliar… - Journal of the Egyptian …, 2022 - Springer
While majority of the current treatment approaches for cancer remain expensive and are
associated with several side effects, development of new treatment modalities takes a …