Indole: A privileged scaffold for the design of anti-cancer agents

Y Wan, Y Li, C Yan, M Yan, Z Tang - European journal of medicinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
In general, heterocyclic compounds are a significant source of pharmacologically active
compounds. Among them, the indole scaffold widely distributes in natural products and …

Natural products and their derivatives: Promising modulators of tumor immunotherapy

LJ Deng, M Qi, N Li, YH Lei, DM Zhang… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A wealth of evidence supports the role of tumor immunotherapy as a vital therapeutic option
in cancer. In recent decades, accumulated studies have revealed the anticancer activities of …

Characterization and heterologous reconstitution of Taxus biosynthetic enzymes leading to baccatin III

B Jiang, L Gao, H Wang, Y Sun, X Zhang, H Ke, S Liu… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Paclitaxel is a well known anticancer compound. Its biosynthesis involves the formation of a
highly functionalized diterpenoid core skeleton (baccatin III) and the subsequent assembly …

Engineering a second‐order DNA logic‐gated nanorobot to sense and release on live cell membranes for multiplexed diagnosis and synergistic therapy

D Wang, S Li, Z Zhao, X Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor biomarker‐based theranostics have achieved broad interest and success in recent
years. However, single biomarker‐based recognition can cause false‐positive feedback …

Molecular interactions at the colchicine binding site in tubulin: An X-ray crystallography perspective

J Wang, DD Miller, W Li - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Colchicine binding site inhibitors (CBSIs) emerge as new generations of tubulin
inhibitors.•CBSIs are less susceptible to multidrug resistance than FDA-approved tubulin …

Sequential doxycycline and colchicine combination therapy in Covid-19: the salutary effects

HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, N Qusty… - Pulmonary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infectious disease caused by
the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), actually considered as …

Role of indole scaffolds as pharmacophores in the development of anti-lung cancer agents

J Dhuguru, R Skouta - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the leading cause of death in men and women worldwide, affecting millions
of people. Between the two types of lung cancers, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the anticancer therapeutic potential of maytansine and its derivatives

S Zafar, M Armaghan, K Khan, N Hassan… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Maytansine is a pharmacologically active 19-membered ansamacrolide derived from
various medicinal plants and microorganisms. Among the most studied pharmacological …

Perspectives and mechanisms for targeting mitotic catastrophe in cancer treatment

Z Bai, Y Zhou, Y Peng, X Ye, L Ma - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mitotic catastrophe is distinct from other cell death modes due to unique nuclear alterations
characterized as multi and/or micronucleation. Mitotic catastrophe is a common and virtually …

Recent progress on microtubule degradation agents

C Zhang, M Zhao, G Wang, Y Li - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) has emerged as the most promising approach for the
specific knockdown of disease-associated proteins and is achieved by exploiting the cellular …