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：:We developed a drug-delivery system comprising a novel platinum drug (Pt(II) complex) entrapped within β-Casein (β-CN) nanoparticles referred to as nano-vehicles. Fluorescence spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectrometry, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to characterize the β-CN-Pt...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Divsalar A,Razmi M,Saboury AA,Seyedarabi A

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of alkylating agents is accompanied by the generation of reactive oxygen species. The aim of this study was to treat estrogen receptor-positive and estrogen receptor-negative human breast cancer cells, MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, respectively, with cisplatin and five different berenil-platinum (II) complexes,...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Agnieszka G,Ewa A,Anna B,Krzysztof B,Monika C,Elżbieta S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to chemotherapy, biological and targeted therapies is an important clinical problem. Resistance can arise and/or be selected for multiple mechanisms of action. Unfortunately, acquired resistance to antitumor agents or regimens is nearly inevitable in all patients with metastatic disease. Until recently, it ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Oronsky B,Oronsky N,Knox S,Fanger G,Scicinski J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma Multiforme (GMB) is the most aggressive primary brain tumor with poor survival rates and universal recurrence despite aggressive treatments. Recent research suggested that GBM has multiple glioma cell populations, some of which are organized in a stem cell hierarchical order with different stages of diffe...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Alexandru-Abrams D,Jadus MR,Hsu FP,Stathopoulos A,Bota DA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：: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：:Cancer is the second leading cause of death, preceded only by cardiovascular diseases, and there is epidemiological evidence that demonstrate this tendency is emerging worldwide. Brazil has an extensive vegetal biodiversity with more than 55,000 species listed. Such biodiversity collaborates with the finding of compou...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Fuzer AM,Filho JC,Becceneri AB,Dos Santos DA,da Silva MF,Vieira PC,Fernandes JB,Selistre-de-Araujo HS,Cazal CM,Cominetti MR

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of Ayurvedic expert guided drug discovery and development is defined and put to test systematically for the first time in literature. Western Science has explored only ~5% of the approximately 25,000 species of higher plants for drug leads. The ancient medical science of Ayurveda has however employed a muc...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sun C,Nirmalananda S,Jenkins CE,Debnath S,Balambika R,Fata JE,Raja KS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is one of the most fatal diseases in the world and it has been years that finding new drugs and chemotherapeutic techniques with lowest side effects become one of the most important challenging matters needs really hard efforts. Chlorambucil (CBL), an ancient direct-acting alkylating anticancer agent, is common...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tabasi MA,Amanlou M,Siadat SD,Nourmohammadi Z,Omoomi FD,Ebrahimi SE,Aghasadeghi MR,Rahimi P,Pourhosseini S,Mehravi B,Ardestani MS

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Elderly patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) differ from the general population and are underrepresented in clinical trials. We, retrospectively, analyzed the safety and efficacy of XELOX regimen in the treatment of elderly patients affected by mCRC. PATIENTS AND METHODS:One-hundred-eleven consecu...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Berretta M,Aprile G,Nasti G,Urbani M,Bearz A,Lutrino S,Foltran L,Ferrari L,Talamini R,Fiorica F,Lleshi A,Canzonieri V,Lestuzzi C,Borsatti E,Fisichella R,Tirelli U

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Life expectancy has impressively increased over the past century and the US population over 65 years is rapidly growing, especially those over 80 years. In fact, persons older than 80 years have increased by more than 250% between the years 1960 and 2000, and it is expected that the population aged >75 years will trip...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ciancia R,Tirelli U,Ribera J,Spina M

更新日期：2013-11-01 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

abstract：:Indole compounds, found in cruciferous vegetables, are potent anti-cancer agents. Studies with indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and its dimeric product, 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) suggest that these compounds have the ability to deregulate multiple cellular signaling pathways, including PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling pathway. These ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ahmad A,Biersack B,Li Y,Kong D,Bao B,Schobert R,Padhye SB,Sarkar FH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are emerging as important regulators in various pathobiological processes in cancer. Genistein, as a major isoflavonoid isolated from dietary soybean, possesses a wide variety of biological activities particularly in cancer prevention. However, the molecular mechanisms by which genistein elicits its...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Xu L,Xiang J,Shen J,Zou X,Zhai S,Yin Y,Li P,Wang X,Sun Q

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) pathway is a key regulator of authophagy. Natural products show anticancer activity and often induce apoptosis or autophagy. The crosstalk between these two types of cell death makes autophagy an interesting target since drugs targetin...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sun H,Wang Z,Yakisich JS

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:β-Glucans are polysaccharides of β-D-glucose extracted from the cell walls of different species of mushrooms, yeast, oat, barley, seaweeds, algae and bacteria. Modern biomedical research has identified β-glucans as biological response modifiers (BRM) with anti-tumor properties that elicit potent immune responses throu...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Albeituni SH,Yan J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACIs) represent one of the most promising, recently developed classes of anticancer agents already approved by the U.S. FDA. The effectiveness of these new drugs has currently being explored in a variety of cancer cell lines, in vitro, animal models, in vivo, as well as in clinical tr...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Katafygiotis P,Giaginis C,Patsouris E,Theocharis S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chalcones, aromatic ketones and enones acting as the precursor for flavonoids such as Quercetin, are known for their anticancer effects. Although, parent chalcones consist of two aromatic rings joined by a three-carbon α,β-unsaturated carbonyl system, various synthetic compounds possessing heterocyclic rings like pyra...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sharma V,Kumar V,Kumar P

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery of cis-platin and its second and third generation analogues created a hope in cancer chemotherapy. Cis-platin and its second generation analogue carboplatin have been used for the treatment of some cancers from a long time. The third generation analogues have superior anti-cancer profiles for curing a fe...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ali I,Wani WA,Saleem K,Haque A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel process for the preparation of two ketomethylenic antifolates, 2-(2-{4-[(2,4-diamino-pteridin-6-ylmethyl)-amino]- phenyl}-2-oxo-ethyl) pentanedioic acid and 2-(2-{4-[(2,4-diamino-pteridin-6-ylmethyl)-methyl-amino]-phenyl}-2-oxo-ethyl) pentanedioic acid is described herein. Both compounds were compared with met...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Stoicescu DF,Rotaru M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare but typically aggressive malignancy. Radical surgery remains the potentially curative option. However, about one third of patients initially present with distant metastases. Regarding to chemotherapy, mitotane alone or in combination with cytotoxic drugs should be the first sel...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Xu YZ,Zhu Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:The risk of developing colorectal cancer increases in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a growing body of evidence shows the critical role of interleukin (IL-6) in this process. IL-6 is both a pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine whose effects are mediated through activation of STAT3. Recent studies ha...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Moriasi C,Subramaniam D,Awasthi S,Ramalingam S,Anant S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenol-protein interaction (PPI) is reversible in that polyphenol-protein complex can be dissociated and release the free polyphenols. The aim of this study is to evaluate the contribution of polyphenol-protein interaction on improving the DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) radical scavenging capacity of polyphe...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Cao H,Chen X,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evasion of cancer cells from the induction of cell death pathways results in the resistance of tumor to current treatment modalities. Therefore, the resistance to cell death, one of the hallmarks of cancer, is a major target in the development of new approaches to selectively affect cancer cells. The complex inter...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Hartman ML,Czyz M

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：: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：:Urothelial cell carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies of the urinary tract. The standard of care, intravesical chemo- and immunotherapy, while effective, is associated with a considerable side-effect profile and approximately 30% of patients either fail to respond to treatment or suffer recurrent disease wi...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Carradori S,Cristini C,Secci D,Gulia C,Gentile V,Di Pierro GB

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In human pathologies, therapeutic treatments are often limited by the lack of selectivity of drugs and their elevated effective concentrations. Targeting these agents to a defined tissue could enhance their selectivity and then diminish their side effects when compared to drugs that accumulate in the entire body. Targ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Schmitt F,Juillerat-Jeanneret L

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Sphingolipids are membrane lipids that play important roles in the regulation of cell functions and homeostasis. Alterations in their metabolism have been associated with several pathologies. For this reason, therapeutic strategies based on the design of small molecules to restore sphingolipid levels to their physiolo...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Delgado A,Fabrias G,Bedia C,Casas J,Abad JL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence specificity of the anti-tumour drug, cisplatin, was determined in a DNA sequence that contained seven telomeric repeats and a run of ten consecutive guanine bases. Cisplatin preferentially forms DNA adducts at consecutive guanine sequences. Hence these DNA sequences were examined in order to gain an insig...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Murray V,Kandasamy N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early 1960s, inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) was found to be present in body fluids and to act as a natural inhibitor of calcification by its interaction with hydroxyapatite. In addition to inhibiting the formation of calcium phosphate, PPi also inhibited dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals, which made it inte...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Widler L,Jahnke W,Green JR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive lipid with diverse biological functions, including cell proliferation, differentiation, angiogenesis, chemotaxis, and migration. Many of the activities of S1P are mediated through five closely related G-protein-coupled receptors of the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor famil...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Watters RJ,Wang HG,Sung SS,Loughran TP,Liu X

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer and many chronic inflammatory diseases are associated with increased amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The potential cellular and tissue damage created by ROS has significant impact on many disease and cancer states and natural therapeutics are becoming essential in regulating altered redox states. We h...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Burrow H,Kanwar RK,Mahidhara G,Kanwar JR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM), the most common primary brain tumor in adults, is one of the most aggressive human cancers associated with high mortality. Standard treatments following diagnosis include surgical resection, radiotherapy and adjunctive chemotherapy. However, almost all patients develop disease progression following...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Sathornsumetee S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Esophageal cancer remains an aggressive disease with poor survival rates. FAK and IGF-1R are two important tyrosine kinases important for cell survival signaling and found to be upregulated in esophageal cancer. Our hypothesis is that a novel small molecule compound that disrupts FAK and IGF-1R protein-pro...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ucar DA,Cox A,He DH,Ostrov DA,Kurenova E,Hochwald SN

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality in the world because current treatments, including both surgical and non-surgical ones, cannot effectively cure this disease. Increasing evidence has revealed the importance of cancer stem cells (CSCs) in hepatocarcinogenesis, an...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Lau CK,Yang ZF,Fan ST

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00