Safety and tolerability of sonic hedgehog pathway inhibitors in cancer

RL Carpenter, H Ray - Drug Safety, 2019 - Springer
The hedgehog pathway, for which sonic hedgehog (Shh) is the most prominent ligand, is
highly conserved and is tightly associated with embryonic development in a number of …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin intervention—a panacea for cancer treatment?

A Buczyńska, I Sidorkiewicz, AJ Krętowski… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This literature analysis is focused on the pleiotropic action associated with
metformin treatment. Precisely, metformin treatment exerts many health effects, mainly by …

The anticancer potential of metformin on prostate cancer

S Zaidi, J Gandhi, G Joshi, NL Smith… - Prostate cancer and …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Background Prostate cancer (PCa) is characterized as the most frequent type of
cancer in males. Recent research has suggested patients who have diabetes mellitus taking …

[HTML][HTML] Fatty acids metabolism: the bridge between ferroptosis and ionizing radiation

Z Yuan, T Liu, H Wang, L Xue, J Wang - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Exposure of tumor cells to ionizing radiation (IR) alters the microenvironment, particularly the
fatty acid (FA) profile and activity. Moreover, abnormal FA metabolism, either catabolism or …

[HTML][HTML] Resveratrol plays a protective role against premature ovarian failure and prompts female germline stem cell survival

Y Jiang, Z Zhang, L Cha, L Li, D Zhu, Z Fang… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
This study was designed to investigate the protective effect of resveratrol (RES) on
premature ovarian failure (POF) and the proliferation of female germline stem cells (FGSCs) …

[HTML][HTML] Role of GLI transcription factors in pathogenesis and their potential as new therapeutic targets

M Sabol, D Trnski, V Musani, P Ozretić… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
GLI transcription factors have important roles in intracellular signaling cascade, acting as the
main mediators of the HH-GLI signaling pathway. This is one of the major developmental …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin and cancer hallmarks: molecular mechanisms in thyroid, prostate and head and neck cancer models

MG Morale, RE Tamura, IGS Rubio - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metformin is the most used drug for type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Its antitumor activity has been
described by clinical studies showing reduced risk of cancer development in T2DM patients …

[HTML][HTML] The neurodevelopmental and molecular landscape of medulloblastoma subgroups: Current targets and the potential for combined therapies

H Slika, P Alimonti, D Raj, C Caraway, S Alomari… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Medulloblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in the
pediatric population. Despite the utilization of aggressive treatment modalities, including …

[HTML][HTML] Metformin use and prostate cancer risk: A meta-analysis of cohort studies

Z Feng, X Zhou, N Liu, J Wang, X Chen, X Xu - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: The relationship between metformin use and the risk of prostate cancer is still
inconclusive. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of all eligible …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated or independent actions of metformin in target tissues underlying its current use and new possible applications in the endocrine and metabolic …

G Tulipano - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Metformin is considered the first-choice drug for type 2 diabetes treatment. Actually,
pleiotropic effects of metformin have been recognized, and there is evidence that this drug …