Anticancer mechanisms of metformin: A review of the current evidence

B Zhao, J Luo, T Yu, L Zhou, H Lv, P Shang - Life sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Metformin, a US Food and Drug Administration-approved “star” drug used for diabetes
mellitus type 2, has become a topic of increasing interest to researchers due to its anti …

Role of plant derived bioactive compounds against cancer

A Roy, S Datta, KS Bhatia, P Jha, R Prasad - South African Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is an uncontrolled division of cells that has been attributed to various factors due to
the advancement in cell biology and widespread genomic studies. Traditional chemotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of ERK1/2 signaling prevents bone marrow fibrosis by reducing osteopontin plasma levels in a myelofibrosis mouse model

E Bianchi, S Rontauroli, L Tavernari, M Mirabile… - Leukemia, 2023 - nature.com
Clonal myeloproliferation and development of bone marrow (BM) fibrosis are the major
pathogenetic events in myelofibrosis (MF). The identification of novel antifibrotic strategies is …

Old drugs, new uses: Drug repurposing in hematological malignancies

VP Kale, H Habib, R Chitren, M Patel… - Seminars in cancer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Discovery and development of novel anti-cancer drugs are expensive and time consuming.
Systems biology approaches have revealed that a drug being developed for a non-cancer …

[HTML][HTML] NT157 has antineoplastic effects and inhibits IRS1/2 and STAT3/5 in JAK2V617F-positive myeloproliferative neoplasm cells

BA Fenerich, JC Fernandes… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Recent data indicate that IGF1R/IRS signaling is a potential therapeutic target in BCR-ABL1-
negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN); in this pathway, IRS2 is involved in the …

[HTML][HTML] Role and mechanism of the p-JAK2/p-STAT3 signaling pathway in follicular development in PCOS rats

H Wang, X Feng, T Wang, J Pan, Z Zheng, Y Su… - General and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To identify the association between the phosphorylated Janus kinase
2/phosphorylated signal transducer and activator of transcription (p-JAK2/p-STAT3) …

Metformin‐sensitized NSCLC cells to osimertinib via AMPK‐dependent autophagy inhibition

H Chen, C Lin, C Lu, Y Wang, R Han… - The clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The third‐generation epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor
osimertinib is a promising therapeutic option for patients with advanced non‐small‐cell lung …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting abnormal hematopoietic stem cells in chronic myeloid leukemia and philadelphia chromosome-negative classical myeloproliferative neoplasms

Y Yung, E Lee, HT Chu, PK Yip, H Gill - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are unique hematopoietic stem cell disorders sharing
mutations that constitutively activate the signal-transduction pathways involved in …

Impact of metformin on tyrosine kinase inhibitor response in chronic myeloid leukemia

R Pokorny, DD Stenehjem… - Journal of Oncology …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Oral tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are first line therapy for chronic myeloid
leukemia (CML). A complete cytogenetic response (CCyR) correlates with increased overall …

Metabolism and bioenergetics in the pathophysiology of organ fibrosis

V Miguel, E Alcalde-Estévez, B Sirera… - Free Radical Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fibrosis is the tissue scarring characterized by excess deposition of extracellular matrix
(ECM) proteins, mainly collagens. A fibrotic response can take place in any tissue of the …