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 …

Decoding Connectivity Map-based drug repurposing for oncotherapy

Y Zhao, X Chen, J Chen, X Qi - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The rising global burden of cancer has driven considerable efforts into the research and
development of effective anti-cancer agents. Fortunately, with impressive advances in …

Cellular and oxidative stress responses of Mytilus galloprovincialis to chlorpromazine: implications of an antipsychotic drug exposure study

F Impellitteri, K Yunko, V Martyniuk, V Khoma… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Bivalve molluscs like Mytilus galloprovincialis are valuable bioindicators due to
their filter-feeding lifestyle, wide distribution, and ability to concentrate xenobiotics. Studying …

Design of sonochemical assisted synthesis of Zr-MOF/gC3N4-modified electrode for ultrasensitive detection of antipsychotic drug chlorpromazine from biological …

MA Ashkar, S Kutti Rani, N Vasimalai, CY Kuo… - Microchimica Acta, 2024 - Springer
The rapid fabrication is described of binary electrocatalyst based on a highly porous metal–
organic framework with zirconium metal core (Zr-MOF) decorated over the graphitic carbon …

The role of phenothiazine derivatives in autophagy regulation: A systematic review

M Otręba, J Stojko… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we summarized the current literature on the impact of phenothiazine
derivatives on autophagy in vitro. Phenothiazines are antipsychotic drugs used in the …

Bioelectric pharmacology of cancer: a systematic review of ion channel drugs affecting the cancer phenotype

K Kofman, M Levin - Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer is a pernicious and pressing medical problem; moreover, it is a failure of
multicellular morphogenesis that sheds much light on evolutionary developmental biology …

Targeting autophagy by antipsychotic phenothiazines: potential drug repurposing for cancer therapy

RM Lopes, ACS Souza, M Otręba… - Biochemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer is recognized as the major cause of death worldwide and the most challenging
public health issues. Tumor cells exhibit molecular adaptations and metabolic reprograming …

A Surprising Repurposing of Central Nervous System Drugs against Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder, UM-UC-5

MJ Gouveia, E Ribeiro, N Vale - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The potential benefits of drug repurposing have gained attention as an alternative to
developing de novo drugs. The potential of using central nervous system (CNS) drugs as …

Deciphering Glioblastoma: Fundamental and Novel Insights into the Biology and Therapeutic Strategies of Gliomas

R Onciul, FM Brehar, C Toader… - Current Issues in …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Gliomas constitute a diverse and complex array of tumors within the central nervous system
(CNS), characterized by a wide range of prognostic outcomes and responses to therapeutic …

Rational targeting of autophagy in colorectal cancer therapy: From molecular interactions to pharmacological compounds

C Jin, T Wang, Y Yang, P Zhou, J Li, W Wu, X Lv… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The abnormal progression of tumors has been a problem for treatment of cancer and
therapeutic should be directed towards targeting main mechanisms involved in …