Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel antifolate analogs as potential anticancer treatment.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peniciketal A (Pe-A), a spiroketal compound, shows potent anticancer activities in human acute monocytic leukemia. However, the detailed mechanisms and potent targets of Pe-A remain largely unexplored. Here, we investigated the differentially expressed proteins between the Pe-A-treated group and the control ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Gao X,Zhou Y,Sun H,Liu D,Zhang J,Zhang J,Liu W,Pan X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Targeted imaging and therapy (theranostics) is a promising approach for the simultaneous improvement of cancer diagnosis, prognosis and management. Therapeutic and imaging reagents are coupled to tumor-targeting molecules such as antibodies, providing a basis for truly personalized medicine. However, the dev...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Chouman K,Woitok M,Mladenov R,Kessler C,Weinhold E,Hanz G,Fischer R,Meinhold-Heerlein I,Bleilevens A,Gresch G,Haugg AM,Zeppernick F,Bauerschlag D,Maass N,Stickeler E,Kolberg K,Hussain AF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), also recognized as chronic myelogenous leukemia, is initiated in some types of blood-forming cells of the bone marrow. The therapeutic approach to CML is usually chemotherapy; however, severe side effects and complications are major problems in the clinical research. Thus, rec...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tavakolfar S,Mousavi E,Almasirad A,Amanzadeh A,Atyabi SM,Yaghamii P,Samiee-Sadr S,Salimi M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As early as the 1920s, the eminent physician and chemist, Otto Warburg, nominated for a second Nobel Prize for his work on fermentation, observed that the core metabolic signature of cancer cells is a high glycolytic flux. Warburg averred that the prime mover of cancer is defective mitochondrial respiration, which dri...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Oronsky BT,Oronsky N,Fanger GR,Parker CW,Caroen SZ,Lybeck M,Scicinski JJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sonchus oleraceus is a large and widespread plant in the world. It is edible to humans as a leaf vegetable and is also used as a folklore medicinal herb in the treatment of infections and inflammatory disease, but limited research on its chemical constituents has been done. OBJECTIVE:To isolate and identify...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang H,Wang Y,Wang S,Wang Q,Wang T,Zhu J,Liu B

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinesin spindle protein (KSP, also known as Hs Eg5) plays an essential part in the proper separation of spindle poles and the correct formation of bipolar mitotic spindle during mitosis. Inhibition of this protein results in cells apoptosis followed by mitotic arrest and the formation of characteristic monoaster s...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhang Y,Xu W

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a central controller of cell growth, proliferation, metabolism and angiogenesis. mTOR signaling is often dysregulated in various human diseases and thus attracts great interest in developing drugs that target mTOR. Currently it is known that mTOR functions as two complexes, mTOR...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Zhou H,Luo Y,Huang S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid approval of several novel agents has given prostate cancer patients and their treating physicians many new and effective therapeutic options. Four new medical therapies were recently approved on the basis of prolonged overall survival in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients: sipuleucel-T, cab...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Massari F,Maines F,Modena A,Brunelli M,Bria E,Artibani W,Martignoni G,Tortora G

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic heterogeneity of tumor cells and the development of therapy-resistant cancer cells in addition to the high cost necessitate the continuous development of novel targeted therapies. METHODS:In this regard, 14 novel benzoxazinone derivatives were synthesized and examined for anticancer activity aga...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： El-Hashash MA,Ali AT,Hussein RA,El-Sayed WM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is an important physiologic process multicellular organisms use to maintain homeostasis by providing a means for elimination of redundant cells during development. Furthermore, cells that have become damaged or are defective undergo apoptosis to prevent disease. It is an important ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Zeng W,Miao W

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of late medicinal plants and functional foods rich in bioactive phytochemicals have received growing attention as potential agents for cancer chemoprevention. Accumulating evidence from epidemiological studies as well as laboratory data supports the anticancer properties of garlic widely used as a medicinal herb and s...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Nagini S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for novel anticancer agents, we designed and synthesized a series of new triazolyl berberine derivatives. The evaluation of all the synthesized compounds and their anticancer activities against a panel of four human cancer cell lines including MCF-7 (breast), MCF-7/ADR (breast), SW-1990 (pancreatic), SMMC-77...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Jin X,Yan L,Li HJ,Wang RL,Hu ZL,Jiang YY,Cao YB,Yan TH,Sun QY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of clinical prostate cancer has stimulated an extensive body of research. Ecologic studies have shown that mortality rates from prostate cancer are inversely correlated with levels of ultraviolet radiation, the principal source of vitamin D. Human prostate ce...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Schwartz GG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin has a broad-spectrum antitumor activity and is widely used for the treatment of various malignant tumors. However, acquired or intrinsic resistance of cisplatin is a major problem for patients during the therapy. Recently, it has been reported cancer stem cell (CSC)-derived drug resistance is a great challen...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Safi A,Bastami M,Delghir S,Ilkhani K,Seif F,Alivand MR

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Emetine and CGP-74514A have previously shown antitumor activity in neuroendocrine tumor cell lines. The aim of this study was to investigate the cytotoxic activity of the drugs in a three-dimensional model and to study if the mechanism of the cytotoxic activity was induction of apoptosis. An in vitro hollow fiber mode...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Larsson DE,Hassan SB,Oberg K,Granberg D

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of novel thiohydantoin derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for the abilities of inhibiting cell proliferation and prostate specific antigen (PSA) expression in prostate cancer cells. These derivatives selectively inhibited proliferation of AR positive LNCaP cells and PSA expression except compounds 5i ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Liu J,Liu B,Jing Y,Zhao G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of monoclonal antibodies in oncology has increased drastically following the discovery of Milstein and Kohler. Since the first approval of the monoclonal antibody, i.e. Rituximab in 1997 by the FDA, there was a decline in further applications but this number has significantly increased over the last thr...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kaur N,Goyal A,Sindhu RK

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tea catechins exhibit a broad range of pharmacological activities that impart beneficial effects on human health. Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), one of the major tea catechins, has been widely associated with cancer prevention and treatment. In addition, tea catechins in combination with anticancer drugs are being...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Shang W,Lu W,Han M,Qiao J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One of the major goals of computational chemists is to determine and develop the pathways for anticancer drug discovery and development. In recent past, high performance computing systems elicited the desired results with little or no side effects. The aim of the current review is to evaluate the role of com...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Hameed R,Khan A,Khan S,Perveen S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains one of the deadliest types of cancers. Median survival rate is very poor with the currently available chemotherapeutical regimens. Therefore, discovery of new antineoplastic agents against PDA is one of the focused areas of contemporary research. The present study was und...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Goswami A,Shah BA,Batra N,Kumar A,Guru SK,Bhushan S,Malik FA,Joshi A,Singh J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study is to explore the therapeutic potential of S-allylcysteine (SAC) organosulphur compound as potent immune checkpoint inhibitor PD-L1. BACKGROUND:Natural compounds have been showing tremendous anticancerous potential via suppressing the expression of genes involved in development and progressio...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Khan F,Pandey P,Mishra R,Arif M,Kumar A,Jafri A,Mazumder R

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical chemotherapeutic agents such as mitotic inhibitors (spindle poisons), alkylating agents, antimetabolites, topoisomerase inhibitors, and anthracenediones (anthracyclines) inhibit DNA synthesis and mitosis, thereby killing or impeding the proliferation of rapidly dividing cells. During the last decade, targete...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kontos CK,Christodoulou MI,Scorilas A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a cancer with extremely poor prognosis. This review discusses the pathological characteristics of multi-step hepatocarcinogenesis, tumor growth, invasion and metastasis, the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors via signal transduction in relation to dedi...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Okazaki I,Inagaki Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Garlic (Allium sativam L.) is widely used in traditional herbal remedies and alternative medicine. The potential health benefits of garlic are largely attributed to its metabolic byproducts. Extensive in vivo and in vitro studies has demonstrated that the garlic derivatives possess anti-cancer effects, but the underly...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Cao HX,Zhu KX,Fan JG,Qiao L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinase B (PKB or Akt) is a central component of the PI3K - PKB - mTOR signalling cascade and is firmly established as an attractive target for pharmacological intervention in cancer. A number of small molecule inhibitors with well-defined, direct molecular interactions with PKB are now known, covering a range ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Collins I

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of statins has scaled up to become one of the most prescribed medicines in the world and have been very useful in the manegement of cardiovascular diseases and related mortality. The disclosure of their chemical structure similar to that of hydroxy methyl glutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) revealed their ability to compet...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Garcia-Ruiz C,Morales A,Fernandez-Checa JC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase A2 (PLA2), Cyclooxygenase (COX) and 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX) are arachidonic acid metabolizing enzymes and their inhibitors have been developed as therapeutic molecules for cancer and inflammation related disorders. In the present study, PLA2, COX 1&2 and 5-LOX inhibitory studies of Borassus flabellifer se...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Yarla NS,Azad R,Basha M,Rajack A,Kaladhar DS,Allam BK,Pragada RR,Singh KN,K SK,Pallu R,Parimi U,Bishayee A,Duddukuri GR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary liver cancer is one of the most commonly occurring cancers worldwide. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the majority of primary liver cancer and is the 3rd most common cause of cancer-related deaths globally. Survival rates of patients with HCC are dependent upon early detection as concomitant liver dy...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sokolowski KM,Koprowski S,Kunnimalaiyaan S,Balamurugan M,Gamblin TC,Kunnimalaiyaan M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel triazole nucleoside analogue was discovered to exhibit potent anticancer activity in prostate cancer cells via down-regulating heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) and related heat shock proteins, along with the consequential inhibition of androgen receptor (AR) expression and transactivation, arresting the cell cycle i...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Xia Y,Wang M,Beraldi E,Cong M,Zoubeidi A,Gleave M,Peng L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integration of geriatric assessment into cancer clinical practice is strongly needed in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) due to the frequent discrepancy between chronologic and biologic age. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is a multidimensional assessment tool that examines age-related dom...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Perri F,Ionna F,Pavone E,Longo F,Caponigro F

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00