Epigallocatechin-3-gallate therapeutic potential in cancer: mechanism of action and clinical implications

M Kciuk, M Alam, N Ali, S Rashid, P Głowacka… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular signaling pathways involved in the maintenance of the equilibrium between cell
proliferation and apoptosis have emerged as rational targets that can be exploited in the …

The roles of epigallocatechin gallate in the tumor microenvironment, metabolic reprogramming, and immunotherapy

D Li, D Cao, Y Sun, Y Cui, Y Zhang, J Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cancer, a disease that modern medicine has not fully understood and conquered, with its
high incidence and mortality, deprives countless patients of health and even life. According …

Screening for neuroprotective and rapid antidepressant-like effects of 20 essential oils

KN Tran, NPK Nguyen, LTH Nguyen, HM Shin, IJ Yang - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Depression is a serious psychiatric disorder with high prevalence, and the delayed onset of
antidepressant effects remains a limitation in the treatment of depression. This study aimed …

Identification of phytoconstituents as potent inhibitors of casein kinase-1 alpha using virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations

A Shafie, S Khan, Zehra, T Mohammad, F Anjum… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Casein kinase-1 alpha (CK1α) is a multifunctional protein kinase that belongs to the
serine/threonine kinases of the CK1α family. It is involved in various signaling pathways …

Identifying Isoononin and Candidissiol as Rho-associated protein kinase 1 (ROCK1) inhibitors: a combined virtual screening and MD simulation approach

BS Alotaibi, J Joshi, MR Hasan, MS Khan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Rho-associated protein kinase 1 (ROCK1) is a member of the AGC family which plays
crucial roles in inflammatory diseases and cancer progression. Elevated expression of …

Research progress of hexokinase 2 in inflammatory-related diseases and its inhibitors

J Chen, G Li, D Sun, H Li, L Chen - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Hexokinase 2 (HK2) is a crucial enzyme involved in glycolysis, which converts
glucose into glucose-6-phosphate and plays a significant role in glucose metabolism. HK2 …

Cytotoxic activity of Amaryllidaceae plants against cancer cells: biotechnological, in vitro, and in silico approaches

L Trujillo, J Bedoya, N Cortés, EH Osorio, JC Gallego… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a major cause of death and an impediment to increasing life expectancy
worldwide. With the aim of finding new molecules for chemotherapeutic treatment of …

Phytocompounds targeting epigenetic modulations: An assessment in cancer

A Khan, A Khan, MA Khan, Z Malik, S Massey… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
For centuries, plants have been serving as sources of potential therapeutic agents. In recent
years, there has been a growing interest in investigating the effects of plant-derived …

Searching for novel anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors: structure-guided screening of natural compounds for a tyrosine kinase therapeutic target in cancers

M Adnan, S Koli, T Mohammad, AJ Siddiqui… - OMICS: A Journal of …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase molecular target with broad
importance for drug discovery, especially in the field of cancer therapeutics. ALK belongs to …

Death-associated protein kinase 3 inhibitors identified by virtual screening for drug discovery in cancer and hypertension

B Xue, M Chaddha, AM Elasbali, Z Zhu… - OMICS: A Journal of …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Death-associated protein kinase 3 (DAPK3) is a serine/threonine protein kinase that
regulates apoptosis, autophagy, transcription, and actin cytoskeleton reorganization. DAPK3 …