Cardiac glycosides exert anticancer effects by inducing immunogenic cell death

L Menger, E Vacchelli, S Adjemian, I Martins… - Science translational …, 2012 - science.org
Some successful chemotherapeutics, notably anthracyclines and oxaliplatin, induce a type
of cell stress and death that is immunogenic, hence converting the patient's dying cancer …

Anticancer activity of cardiac glycosides: At the frontier between cell-autonomous and immunological effects

O Kepp, L Menger, E Vacchelli, S Adjemian… - …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Retrospective clinical data indicate that cardiac glycosides (CGs), notably digoxin, prolong
the survival of carcinoma patients treated with conventional chemotherapy. CGs are known …

Trial watch: cardiac glycosides and cancer therapy

L Menger, E Vacchelli, O Kepp, A Eggermont… - …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are natural compounds sharing the ability to operate as potent
inhibitors of the plasma membrane Na+/K+-ATPase, hence promoting—via an indirect …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac glycosides as novel cancer therapeutic agents

RA Newman, P Yang, AD Pawlus… - Molecular …, 2008 - triggered.stanford.clockss.org
The class of steroid-like compounds designated cardiac glycosides includes well-known
drugs such as digoxin, digitoxin, and ouabain. Their continued efficacy in treatment of …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer and antiviral properties of cardiac glycosides: a review to explore the mechanism of actions

D Reddy, R Kumavath, D Barh, V Azevedo, P Ghosh - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) have a long history of treating cardiac diseases. However, recent
reports have suggested that CGs also possess anticancer and antiviral activities. The …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer and immunogenic properties of cardiac glycosides

NFZ Schneider, C Cerella, CMO Simões, M Diederich - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are natural compounds widely used in the treatment of several
cardiac conditions and more recently have been recognized as potential antitumor …

Evaluating the cancer therapeutic potential of cardiac glycosides

JM Calderón-Montaño, E Burgos-Morón… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiac glycosides, also known as cardiotonic steroids, are a group of natural products that
share a steroid‐like structure with an unsaturated lactone ring and the ability to induce …

Cardiac glycosides: From molecular targets to immunogenic cell death

M Diederich, F Muller, C Cerella - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2017 - Elsevier
Cardiac glycosides (CGs) are approved for the treatment of cardiovascular alterations and
their known cellular target is the alpha subunit of the sodium (Na+)/potassium (K+)-ATPase …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiac glycosides induce cell death in human cells by inhibiting general protein synthesis

A Perne, MK Muellner, M Steinrueck, N Craig-Mueller… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Cardiac glycosides are Na+/K+-pump inhibitors widely used to treat heart
failure. They are also highly cytotoxic, and studies have suggested specific anti-tumor …

Cytotoxic effects of cardiac glycosides in colon cancer cells, alone and in combination with standard chemotherapeutic drugs

J Felth, L Rickardson, J Rosén… - Journal of natural …, 2009 - ACS Publications
Cardiac glycosides have been reported to exhibit cytotoxic activity against several different
cancer types, but studies against colorectal cancer are lacking. In a screening procedure …