[HTML][HTML] Emerging role of natural products in cancer immunotherapy

S Dong, X Guo, F Han, Z He, Y Wang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer immunotherapy has become a new generation of anti-tumor treatment, but its
indications still focus on several types of tumors that are sensitive to the immune system …

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition: a mechanism that fuels cancer radio/chemoresistance

J Dudás, A Ladányi, J Ingruber, TB Steinbichler… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) contributes to tumor progression, cancer cell
invasion, and therapy resistance. EMT is regulated by transcription factors such as the …

Role of silymarin in cancer treatment: facts, hypotheses, and questions

T Koltai, L Fliegel - Journal of Evidence-Based Integrative …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The flavonoid silymarin extracted from the seeds of Sylibum marianum is a mixture of 6
flavolignan isomers. The 3 more important isomers are silybin (or silibinin), silydianin, and …

[HTML][HTML] Silybum marianum total extract, silymarin and silibinin abate hepatocarcinogenesis and hepatocellular carcinoma growth via modulation of the HGF/c-Met …

NYS Yassin, SF AbouZid, AM El-Kalaawy, TM Ali… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been identified as one of the most deadly
malignancies with limited therapeutic efficacy worldwide. However, understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Focus on immune checkpoint PD-1/PD-L1 pathway: New advances of polyphenol phytochemicals in tumor immunotherapy

K Liu, Q Sun, Q Liu, H Li, W Zhang, C Sun - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rise of cancer immunotherapy, particularly the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors
(ICIs), has significantly changed the clinical treatment paradigm for patients with cancer. The …

Targeting STAT3 with silibinin to improve cancer therapeutics

J Bosch-Barrera, B Queralt, JA Menendez - Cancer treatment reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has a prominent role in mediating
resistance to conventional chemo-/radio-therapies and modern targeted drugs. While a …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting STAT3 inhibition to reverse cisplatin resistance

CY Sun, J Nie, JP Huang, GJ Zheng, B Feng - Biomedicine & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Cisplatin is one of the most frequently used chemotherapeutic agents for treatment of a wide
range of cancer types. Nevertheless, the intrinsic or acquired resistance to cisplatin remains …

Phytochemicals in cancer immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy

J Lee, Y Han, W Wang, HA Jo, H Kim, S Kim, KM Yang… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interaction of immune checkpoint molecules in the tumor microenvironment reduces the
anti-tumor immune response by suppressing the recognition of T cells to tumor cells …

Silibinin and SARS-CoV-2: dual targeting of host cytokine storm and virus replication machinery for clinical management of COVID-19 patients

J Bosch-Barrera, B Martin-Castillo, M Buxó… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
COVID-19, the illness caused by infection with the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is a
rapidly spreading global pandemic in urgent need of effective treatments. Here we present a …

Overcoming acquired drug resistance to cancer therapies through targeted STAT3 inhibition

S Singh, HJ Gomez, S Thakkar, SP Singh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Anti-neoplastic agents for cancer treatment utilize many different mechanisms of action and,
when combined, can result in potent inhibition of cancer growth. Combination therapies can …