abstract：:Sphingolipids are major constituents of the cells with emerging roles in the regulation of cellular processes. Deregulation of sphingolipid metabolism is reflected as various pathophysiological conditions including metabolic disorders and several forms of cancer. Ceramides, ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P), glucosyl ceramid...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ekiz HA,Baran Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic sulfur compounds (OSCs) derived from plants, fungi or bacteria can serve as chemopreventive and/or chemotherapeutic agents and have been attracting medical and research interest as a promising source for novel anti-cancer agents. Garlic, which has long been used as a medicinal plant in different cultures due t...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Cerella C,Dicato M,Jacob C,Diederich M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A concept that currently steers the development of cancer therapies has been that agents directed against specific proteins that facilitate tumorigenesis or maintain a malignant phenotype will have greater efficacy, less toxicity and a more sustained response relative to traditional cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agents. ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Driscoll JJ,Minter A,Driscoll DA,Burris JK

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilengitide, a cyclic RGD pentapeptide, is currently in clinical phase III for treatment of glioblastomas and in phase II for several other tumors. This drug is the first anti-angiogenic small molecule targeting the integrins αvβ3, αvβ5 and αvβ1. It was developed by us in the early 90s by a novel procedure, the spatia...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Mas-Moruno C,Rechenmacher F,Kessler H

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that resides at the sites of focal adhesions. The 125 kDa FAK protein is encoded by the FAK gene located on human chromosome 8q24. Structurally, FAK consists of an amino-terminal regulatory FERM domain, a central catalytic kinase domain, and a carboxy-termi...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Golubovskaya VM

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most frequent type of hematological cancer in the Western World. An accumulation of leukemic cells in peripheral blood of patients is a result of apoptosis disturbances as well as an increase in germinal centers CLL cell proliferation. The differences between CLL patients in t...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Kiliańska ZM,Rogalińska M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis inhibitors have a major role in the treatment of varying cancers today. While originally thought to be independent of resistance, increasing data suggests varying mechanisms that bring about drug resistance, either intrinsically or through adaptation. The role of vascular endothelial growth factor single ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Tavakoli J,Aragon-Ching JB

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:For thousands of years medicine and natural products have been closely linked through the use of traditional medicines and natural poisons. Mushrooms have an established history of use in traditional oriental medicine, where most medicinal mushroom preparations are regarded as a tonic, that is, they have beneficial he...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Ferreira IC,Vaz JA,Vasconcelos MH,Martins A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In attempts to overcome the drawbacks of cisplatin - severe toxicity, drug resistance and poor oral bioavailability - the development of platinum-based drugs has progressed from carboplatin and oxaliplatin to the newest generation of drugs, such as satraplatin, picoplatin and the multinuclear platinum complex BBR3464 ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Olszewski U,Hamilton G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence supports that a variety of cancers are sparked by the growth of cells that exhibit characteristics of stem cells. Such cancer-initiating cells are capable of populating a tumor with a heterogeneous group of daughter cells while still maintaining the ability to self-renew. Several groups have recently reported...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Murphy SK

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia is a rare malignancy, which can occur after any type of pregnancy. The incidence varies according to the geographical location and ethnic origin. Although most patients with gestational trophoblastic neoplasia are cured by conventional chemotherapy and surgery, some suffer resistant...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Alazzam M,Tidy J,Hancock BW,Powers H

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:The androgen receptor (AR) plays a crucial role in the physiological and pathological functions of androgen. As a transcription factor, the AR modulates androgen activity by regulating the transcription of target genes that are involved in numerous physiological functions and pathological disorders, such as acne vulga...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Shi Q,Shih CC,Lee KH

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systematic improvement of methods used for unraveling physiological and pathological role of proteases, as well as for elucidation of relevant hydrolase structures contributes to the progress in the area of new inhibitor-like drugs development. Many of protease inhibitors have entered clinics and are now successfu...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Białas A,Kafarski P

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein kinases are one of the largest known families of enzyme characterized by having a well conserved ATP binding pocket. Most of the synthetic kinase inhibitors are ATP-competitive, but display some potential problems, like selectivity, discrepancy between the in vitro and in vivo inhibition assays and an high ris...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Cozza G,Bortolato A,Menta E,Cavalletti E,Spinelli S,Moro S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is dysregulated in various tumour types such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), breast cancer, ovarian carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer and other cancers. As the intracellular tyrosine kinase of the EGFR activates signalling cascades leading to cell proliferation, angiog...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Loew S,Schmidt U,Unterberg A,Halatsch ME

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural product extracts are a rich source of small molecules that display antitumor activity. Cantharidin, in the form of the dried body of the Chinese blister beetles: Mylabris phalerata or M. cichorii, displays antitumor activity and induces apoptosis in many types of tumor cells. Cantharidin has been used as an an...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Liu D,Chen Z

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present review, the discovery and development of quinazoline as tyrosine kinase inhibitors has been described. The synthesis of most potent quinazoline inhibitors of EGFR, VEGFR and PDGRF has been discussed. Structure activity relationship for quinazoline as tyrosine kinase inhibitors has been established. It w...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Srivastava SK,Kumar V,Agarwal SK,Mukherjee R,Burman AC

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:A majority of breast cancers (BC) display characteristics of epithelial cells and express estrogen receptors and/or HER-2 (a member of the epidermal growth factor receptor family). About one-fifth of BC is constituted of basal cells for which there is no specific category of proliferation regulators. Insulin-like grow...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Mester J,Redeuilh G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A solid tumour forms an organ-like structure that is comprised of cancer cells as well as stroma cells (fibroblasts, inflammatory cells) that are embedded in an extracellular matrix and are nourished by vascular network. However, tumoral microenvironment is heterogeneous due to the abnormal vasculature network and hig...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Cosse JP,Michiels C

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Recently, intensive laboratory and preclinical studies have identified and validated therapeutic molecular targets in cancer, particularly the receptor tyrosine kinases, the intracellular pathways, and the genetic and epigenetic alterations, resulting in an unprecedented surge of novel, targeted therapies and therapeu...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Yasui H,Imai K

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In both bacteria and eukaryotes the alkylated, oxidized, and deaminated bases and depurinated lesions are primarily repaired via an endogenous preventive pathway, i.e. base excision repair (BER). Radiation therapy and chemotherapy are two important modes of cancer treatment. Many of those therapeutic agents used in th...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Adhikari S,Choudhury S,Mitra PS,Dubash JJ,Sajankila SP,Roy R

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Because invasion is, either directly or via metastasis formation, the main cause of death in cancer patients, development of efficient anti-invasive agents is an important research challenge. We have established a screening program for potentially anti-invasive compounds. The assay is based on organotypic confronting ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Bracke ME,Vanhoecke BW,Derycke L,Bolca S,Possemiers S,Heyerick A,Stevens CV,De Keukeleire D,Depypere HT,Verstraete W,Williams CA,McKenna ST,Tomar S,Sharma D,Prasad AK,DePass AL,Parmar VS

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Src family of kinases has nine known members, all of which are nonreceptor tyrosine kinases involved in signal transduction in both normal and cancer cells. Interest in these kinases has increased recently because of the development, initial clinical success, and low toxicity of pharmacologic inhibitors. c-Src is ...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Johnson FM,Gallick GE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is a major global health problem with more than a million new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2005. In the United States, this malignancy is the third most common with 145,000 new cases and the second most lethal with 56,000 deaths in 2005. Unfortunately, preclinical diagnostic screening in the U.S. pop...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Majer M,Akerley W,Kuwada SK

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory epithelium expresses the cholinergic system including nicotinic receptors (nAChRs). It was reported that normal human bronchial epithelial cells (BEC), which are the precursor for squamous cell carcinomas, and small airway epithelial cells (SAEC), which are the precursor for adenocarcinomas, have sligh...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Grozio A,Catassi A,Cavalieri Z,Paleari L,Cesario A,Russo P

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiolabelled peptides have shown to be an important class of radiopharmaceuticals for imaging and therapy of malignancies expressing receptors of regulatory peptides. These peptides have high affinity and specificity for their receptors. The majority of these receptors are present at different levels in different tis...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Breeman WA,Kwekkeboom DJ,de Blois E,de Jong M,Visser TJ,Krenning EP

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural and synthetic carbazoles, either in a pure substituted or in an annellated substituted form, represent an important and heterogeneous class of anticancer agents, which has grown considerably over the last two decades. Many carbazole derivatives have been tested for cyctotoxic activity, some of them have entere...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Asche C,Demeunynck M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3-(4'-geranyloxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)-2-trans propenoic acid is a secondary metabolite biosynthetically related to ferulic acid in which a geranyl chain is attached to the phenolic group, extracted from Acronychia baueri Schott (Fam. Rutaceae). In the last five years some of the pharmacological properties of 3-(4'-gerany...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Curini M,Epifano F,Genovese S,Marcotullio MC,Menghini L

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drinking green tea is associated with decreased frequency of cancer development. This review outlines the wide range of mechanisms by which epigallocatechin gallate (ECGC) and other green and black tea polyphenols inhibit cancer cell survival. EGCG suppressed androgen receptor expression and signalling via several gro...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Beltz LA,Bayer DK,Moss AL,Simet IM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, and ranks second among cancer deaths in women. Approximately 60% of all breast cancer patients have hormone-dependent breast cancer, which contains estrogen receptors and requires estrogen for tumor growth. Estradiol is biosynthesized from androgens by the cytochrom...

journal_title：Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry

authors： Díaz-Cruz ES,Brueggemeier RW

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00