A phase I clinical and pharmacological study of oral 9-nitrocamptothecin, a novel water-insoluble topoisomerase I inhibitor.

abstract：:Metformin, an oral antidiabetic agent, has been reported to potentiate chemotherapeutic-induced cytotoxicity. In this study, we investigated the effects and molecular mechanisms of metformin in sensitizing tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL)-induced apoptosis in human bladder cancer cells. ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Zhang T,Wang X,He D,Jin X,Guo P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides of the cathelicidin family play a central role in the host defense system. Our group has reported previously that cathelicidin-related or cathelicidin-modified antimicrobial peptides, such as FF/CAP-18, have antiproliferative effects on the squamous cell carcinoma cell line SAS-H1 and colon canc...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Kuroda K,Fukuda T,Okumura K,Yoneyama H,Isogai H,Savage PB,Isogai E

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established estrogen-independent and antiestrogen-resistant cell lines from hormone-dependent MCF-7 breast cancer cells by long-term culture in the absence of estrogen, or in the presence of antiestrogen toremifene, respectively. By using a cDNA microarray we compared gene expression profiles among estrogen-in...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Pennanen PT,Sarvilinna NS,Ylikomi TJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclophosphamide, an alkylating agent, is currently being used for the treatment of various types of cancer, either alone or in combination with other cytostatic drugs. However, cyclophosphamide has a detrimental effect on lipid metabolism and causes hyperlipidemia in patients. Since alpha-tocopherol is known to reduc...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Ilanchezhian S,Thangaraju M,Sasirekha S,Sachdanandam P

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to potentiate the cytotoxic effects of melphalan through pharmacological and physical modulators. The combination of the cytotoxic agent with ethacrynic acid, a glutathione-S-transferase pi (GST pi) inhibitor, or topotecan, a topoisomerase I inhibitor, or mild hyperthermia was investig...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Supino R,Caserini C,Orlandi L,Zaffaroni N,Silvestrini R,Vaglini M,Zunino F

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to clarify the efficacy of UFT administration after the complete resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) at a single-center institution, avoiding the biases produced by interinstitutional differences. A total of 30 patients who underwent the complete resection of NSCLC at our hospital between...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Ueda H,Sakada T,Kuwahara M,Motohiro A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxanes have had a profound impact on the management of genitourinary tumors. In the perioperative and metastatic setting in bladder cancer, taxanes such as paclitaxel have an established role in combination chemotherapy strategies to improve survival. In metastatic prostate cancer, docetaxel was the only treatment, u...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Balar AV

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(E)-2'-deoxy-2'-(fluoromethylene) cytidine (MDL101,731) is a new deoxycytidine analog which shows potent antitumor activity against several human tumor models. We previously showed that MDL101,731 inhibited human ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) in HeLa S3 human cervical carcinoma cells. Recently, it has been reported t...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Kanazawa J,Takahashi T,Akinaga S,Tamaoki T,Okabe M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objectives were to study the biological activity of a novel gemcitabine-cardiolipin conjugate (NEO6002) and compare that with gemcitabine. Cytotoxicity in vitro was determined against several gemcitabine-sensitive parental and gemcitabine-resistant cancer cell lines using the sulforhodamine B assay. The in vivo to...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Chen P,Chien PY,Khan AR,Sheikh S,Ali SM,Ahmad MU,Ahmad I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aurora-B kinase overexpression plays important roles in the malignant progression of prostate cancer (PCa). AZD1152-HQPA, as an inhibitor of Aurora-B, has recently emerged as a promising agent for cancer treatment. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effects of AZD1152-HQPA on reactive oxygen species (ROS) gene...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Zekri A,Mesbahi Y,Ghanizadeh-Vesali S,Alimoghaddam K,Ghavamzadeh A,Ghaffari SH

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) has been shown to play an important role in tumor development and progression. PGE2 mediates its biological activity by binding any one of four prostanoid receptors (EP1 through EP4). The present study was designed to determine the role of the EP2 receptor during the proliferation and apoptosis...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Hu S,Sun W,Wei W,Wang D,Jin J,Wu J,Chen J,Wu H,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and clinical studies suggesting a significant inverse relationship between intake of dietary selenium and overall cancer risk have led to initiation of a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of selenized yeast as a chemopreventive agent for prostate c...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Stratton MS,Reid ME,Schwartzberg G,Minter FE,Monroe BK,Alberts DS,Marshall JR,Ahmann FR

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current reference treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer consists mainly of chemotherapy with docetaxel. To improve the management of advanced prostate cancer, one should examine the benefits of adding other agents to docetaxel. We examined the growth inhibitory effects of a triple combination, including ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Fischel JL,Ciccolini J,Formento P,Ferrero JM,Milano G

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suramin is a polysulfonated naphthylurea currently investigated for the treatment of advanced malignancy. We have previously reported that suramin was a potent inducer of the differentiation of the human colic adenocarcinoma cell clone HT29-D4 (Fantini et al., J Biol Chem, 1989; 264: 10282-10286). In this report, we s...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Baghdiguian S,Nickel P,Marvaldi J,Fantini J

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 5 (Lgr5) is a colorectal cancer (CRC) stem cell marker. The role of Lgr5-expressing stem cells in resistance to chemotherapy is controversial. The notion that Lgr5-expressing cells are more chemotherapy resistant is supported by some data; other data do not sup...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Planutis AK,Holcombe RF,Planoutene MV,Planoutis KS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vinblastine at doses ranging from 0.2 to 6 mg/kg body weight was administered i.p. to mice in the absence or presence of the drugs PSC 833, cyclosporin A, mefloquine, quinidine and dipyridamole, all compounds that modulate the multidrug resistance pump and thus increase the accumulation of this cytotoxin in drug-resis...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Lyubimov E,Lan LB,Pashinsky I,Stein WD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombin is a potent mitogen for many tumor cells, suggesting that this enzyme may be involved in tumor genesis and metastasis. Inhibition of thrombin expressed on the surface of tumor cells may improve outcomes in some tumor cases. For this reason, a thrombin inhibitor to be applied in antitumor therapy must have fav...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： López ML,Nowak G

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of DNA fragments circulating in cancer patients was described a number of years ago. The mere presence of DNA in the circulation is not indicative of cancer. However, there are reports that apoptosis and necrosis of the cancer cells can increase the levels of circulating DNA. The study of plasma DNA with ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Shao ZM,Nguyen M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High concentrations of specific catechins [epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), epigallocatechin (EGC) and epicatechin gallate (ECG)] inhibit the proliferation of many different cancer cell lines. The aim of this work was to determine if low concentrations of catechins with and without 4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OHT) co-treatm...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Chisholm K,Bray BJ,Rosengren RJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have demonstrated the in-vitro and in-vivo targeting of a generation-5 (G5) dendrimer-based multifunctional conjugate, which used folic acid (FA) as the targeting agent and methotrexate (MTX) as the chemotherapeutic drug. For the synthesized G5-FA-MTX nanodevice conjugate to be clinically applicab...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Myc A,Douce TB,Ahuja N,Kotlyar A,Kukowska-Latallo J,Thomas TP,Baker JR Jr

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hormonal agents have a confirmed role in the management of postmenopausal women with receptor-positive advanced breast cancer. Until recently, tamoxifen has been the accepted agent for treating these patients. However, accumulating evidence suggests that the new antiaromatase agents will replace the antiestrogens as t...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Vogel CL

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade a number of vascular complications have emerged, such as newly developed or worsened hypertension, in patients who were administered with new cancer treatments for several types of cancer that were untreatable earlier. Hypertension is emerging as one of the most common adverse effects of therapy w...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Aparicio-Gallego G,Afonso-Afonso FJ,León-Mateos L,Fírvida-Pérez JL,Vázquez-Estévez S,Lázaro-Quintela M,Ramos-Vázquez M,Fernández-Calvo O,Campos-Balea B,Antón-Aparicio LM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecteinascidin 743 (Et743) is an interesting compound in phase II/III clinical trials. Its chemistry is complex, its mechanism of action is original and it is active in human cancers, such as sarcomas refractory to conventional chemotherapy. The present review describes the discovery of the drug, its specific interacti...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Aune GJ,Furuta T,Pommier Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main aim of this study is to assess the safety and antitumor efficacy of a palladium(II) (Pd)-saccharinate complex with terpyridine. To characterize the Pd(II) complex in vitro, its cytotoxicity was evaluated using a water-soluble tetrazolium salt cell viability assay and the mechanism of cell death was assessed b...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Cetin Y,Adiguzel Z,Polat HU,Akkoc T,Tas A,Cevatemre B,Celik G,Carikci B,Yilmaz VT,Ulukaya E,Acilan C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the significance and mechanism of artesunate involved in suppressing the proliferation of gastric cancer in vitro and in vivo. In the in-vitro experiments, artesunate inhibited the growth of gastric cancer cell lines (SGC-7901, BGC-823, and AGS) with concentration-dependent activity, wit...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Zhou X,Sun WJ,Wang WM,Chen K,Zheng JH,Lu MD,Li PH,Zheng ZQ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temozolomide (TMZ) combination with whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) has been tested by many randomized controlled trials in the treatment of brain metastases (BMs) in China and other countries. We performed an up-to-date meta-analysis to determine (i) the log odds ratios (LORs) of objective response (ORR) and adverse ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Bai GR,An JB,Chu Y,Wang XY,Li SM,Yan KJ,Lü FR,Gu N,Griffin AN,Sun BY,Li W,Wang GC,Zhou SP,Sun H,Liu CX

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was synthesized in the late 1950s it has become an important component of many anticancer treatment regimens. The increasing volume of literature accumulating about this drug is evidence that the optimal administration schedule and its combination with modulators has yet to be determined. M...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Findlay MP,Leach MO

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marine alkaloid meridianin G derivatives, substituted on the pyrimidine ring by aryl groups, were evaluated for their kinase inhibitory potencies and their in-vitro antiproliferative activities. The derivatives were tested toward a panel of nine protein kinases (KDR, IGF-1R, c-Met, RET, c-Src, c-Abl, PKA, CDK2/cyclin ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Rossignol E,Debiton E,Fabbro D,Moreau P,Prudhomme M,Anizon F

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epirubicin is usually administered in combination with other cytotoxics. Few pharmacological studies address whether relevant clinical interactions occur in vitro between these drugs. This study investigated whether epirubicin interacted with other cytotoxics or anti-emetics. The following drugs were prepared at pharm...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Zhang W,Zalcberg JR,Cosolo W

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrochemotherapy using intratumoral cisplatin administration was tested on EAT tumors in mice. Mice were treated with eight electric pulses (100 micros, 1 Hz, 1040 V) and/or cisplatin (1, 2, 4 and 8 mg/kg). Cisplatin treatment resulted in up to 20 days of tumor growth delay. Electrochemotherapy resulted in tumor cu...

journal_title：Anti-cancer drugs

authors： Cemazar M,Milacic R,Miklavcic D,Dolzan V,Sersa G

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00