Abstract:
:The evidence seems to be growing in favor of the stem cell theory of cancer with the emergence of studies demonstrating the parallel mechanisms of self renewing pathways in stem cells and particular subsets of cancer cells. The finding of leukemia stem cells and subsequently breast cancer stem cells (BCSC) further supports the concept. The importance of these findings lends itself to the selfrenewal properties of stem cells in addition to the survival characteristics of stem cells, mechanisms that will have to be overcome when creating treatment modalities. In particular, research has shown that stem cells and a specific type of stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), have special drug effluxing properties and some interactions with particular cells of the immune system that may serve major roles in immunosuppresion and overall tumor cell survival. Furthermore, the recent discovery of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) has laid out a possible mechanism for tumor cells to lose particular phenotypic epithelial cell markers and gain phenotypic mesenchymal cell markers. This process is implicated in metastasis in addition to overall tumor survival and evasion of the immune system. This review examines the current understanding of how tumor cells evade the immune system, but will first explore stem cells, cancer stem cells, normal immune interaction with tumor cells, and EMT.
journal_name
Curr Med Chemjournal_title
Current medicinal chemistryauthors
Nahas GR,Patel SA,Bliss SA,Rameshwar Pdoi
10.2174/092986712804485863subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-01-01 00:00:00pages
6036-49issue
35eissn
0929-8673issn
1875-533Xpii
CMC-EPUB-20120903-41journal_volume
19pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a common disorder in psychiatric practice and drugs are widely used in its treatment, targeting symptom clusters, such as affective dysregulation, impulsive-behavioural dyscontrol, and cognitive-perceptual symptoms. In last period, a growing number of studies on pharmacological...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986711796504682
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986710790820598
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Vaccines are very effective medical tools for disease prevention and life span increase. Controversies have raised concern about their safety, from autism to polio vaccine contamination with simian virus 40 (SV-40). Hysteria surrounding vaccine-associated risks has resulted in a declining number of vaccinati...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
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doi:10.2174/0929867325666180518072730
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867325666180104150854
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Osteoporosis is characterized by reduced bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue leading to enhanced bone fragility and a consequent increase in fracture risk. Bone loss further increases in postmenopausal women when the ovaries stop making estrogens. Women undergoing treatment for osteoporosis require l...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986710791959738
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-11-24 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867326666190620093029
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disorder that affects about 1 in 100 people around the world and results in persistent emotional and cognitive impairments. Untreated schizophrenia leads to deterioration in quality of life and premature death. Although the clinical efficacy of dopamine D2 receptor antagonists ag...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867326666190710172002
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986710790936338
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986708786848622
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986711795590129
更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867322666150311150829
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public health burden and its co-existence with hypertension is long established in the context of the metabolic syndrome. Both DM and hypertension are major risk factors, for end-stage renal disease, cardiovascular events and mortality. Strict blood pressure (BP) control in diabetics...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867326666191029111713
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Neonatal brain hemorrhage (NBH) of prematurity is an unfortunate consequence of preterm birth. Complications result in shunt dependence and long-term structural changes such as posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus, periventricular leukomalacia, gliosis, and neurological dysfunction. Several animal models are available to stu...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867322666150114152421
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy (CBT) are first-line treatments for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Since response is often inadequate, in recent years researchers investigated whether combining CBT and SRIs, either ab initio or sequentially, results in a grea...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867324666170712114445
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Considerable evidence demonstrates the importance of dithiocarbamates especially disulfiram as anticancer drugs. However there are no systematic reviews outlining how their metal-binding ability is related to their anticancer activity. This review aims to summarize chemical features and metal-binding activit...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867324666171023161121
更新日期:2018-02-12 00:00:00
abstract::Rubus species (family Rosaceae) have been cultivated for centuries for their fruits. These and other parts of the plants have been used traditionally for therapeutic purposes. This article highlights these and the potential they can offer. The constituents reported in the various species and those demonstrated to exhi...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867043365143
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:: ...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.2174/092986732606190513093422
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ca(2+) is a highly versatile intracellular second messenger in the central nervous system, and regulates many complicated cellular processes, including excitation, plasticity and apoptosis. Influx of Ca(2+) from the extracellular fluid is required for sustained elevation of the cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration and full ...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986712803341430
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/0929867327666200515101228
更新日期:2020-05-14 00:00:00
abstract::COX-2, a key enzyme that catalyzed the rate-limiting steps in the conversion of arachidonic acid to prostaglandins, played a pivotal role in inflammatory process. Different from other family members, COX-2 was barely detectable in normal physiological conditions and highly inducible during acute inflammatory response ...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/0929867327999200917150939
更新日期:2020-09-17 00:00:00
abstract::This invited review on the beneficial effects of nutraceuticals in the gastrointestinal tract reports previous work conducted by the authors as well as the work by other researchers in this expanding field. The text of our article on several occasions reports sentences very similar or identical to those which appear i...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/092986732128140825173622
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this review, we report the functionalization of textiles composed of nanoscale reactive materials in the treatment of wounds and skin diseases such as acne. In view of the growing demand for high-quality textiles, much research is focused on the creation of antimicrobial finishings for fabrics, in order to protect ...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867325666171229141635
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The evolutionarily conserved Hedgehog (Hh) signaling cascade is one of the key mediators of embryonic development of many metazoans. This pathway has been extensively targeted by small molecule inhibitors as its misregulation leads to various malignancies and developmental disorders. Thus, blocking this path...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867324666170316115500
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ambient level of gamma -aminobutyric acid (GABA), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter of the brain is mediated by neuronal and glial GABA transporters (GATs), members of the sodium and chloride ion-dependent solute carrier family. The neuronal GABA transporter subtype (GAT-1) has already been proven to be the target...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.2174/092986710791299939
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A number of amine-boranes and related derivatives possess a wide range of biological activities including antineoplastic, antiviral, hypolipidemic, anti-inflammatory activities, anti-osteoporotic and dopamine receptor antagonist activities. The compounds include borane complexes of alpha-amino acids, aromatic, aliphat...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/0929867054546573
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the long human tradition honey has been used not only as a nutrient but also as a medicine. Its composition is rather variable and depends on the floral source and on external factors, such as seasonal, environmental conditions and processing. In this review, specific attention is focused on absorption, metabolism,...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986713804999358
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nature continues to be the main source of inspiration for synthetic chemists in their quest to make novel conjugates, which can have different physical, biological and medicinal properties. Nature makes these conjugates from mixed biosynthesis and some of these chimeras are found to exhibit unusual biological properti...
journal_title:Current medicinal chemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.2174/092986706776055562
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00