Multidrug resistance (MDR): A widespread phenomenon in pharmacological therapies

A Catalano, D Iacopetta, J Ceramella, D Scumaci… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multidrug resistance is a leading concern in public health. It describes a complex phenotype
whose predominant feature is resistance to a wide range of structurally unrelated cytotoxic …

[HTML][HTML] 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) resistance and the new strategy to enhance the sensitivity against cancer: Implication of DNA repair inhibition

C Sethy, CN Kundu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Fluorouracil (5-FU) has been an important anti-cancer drug to date. With an increase in the
knowledge of its mechanism of action, various treatment modalities have been developed …

5-fluorouracil and other fluoropyrimidines in colorectal cancer: Past, present and future

S Vodenkova, T Buchler, K Cervena… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluorouracil (5-FU) is an essential component of systemic chemotherapy for colorectal
cancer (CRC) in the palliative and adjuvant settings. Over the past four decades, several …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma-a comprehensive review

N Singh, A Miner, L Hennis, S Mittal - Cancer drug resistance, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults and has an
exceedingly low median overall survival of only 15 months. Current standard-of-care for …

Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA)-mediated competing endogenous RNA networks provide novel potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for colorectal cancer

L Wang, KB Cho, Y Li, G Tao, Z Xie, B Guo - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer and has a high metastasis and
reoccurrence rate. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in CRC growth …

Systematic identification of anticancer drug targets reveals a nucleus-to-mitochondria ROS-sensing pathway

J Zhang, CM Simpson, J Berner, HB Chong, J Fang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Multiple anticancer drugs have been proposed to cause cell death, in part, by increasing the
steady-state levels of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, for most of these …

The multi-factorial nature of clinical multidrug resistance in cancer

YG Assaraf, A Brozovic, AC Gonçalves… - Drug resistance …, 2019 - Elsevier
Curative cancer therapy remains a major challenge particularly in cancers displaying
multidrug resistance (MDR). The MDR phenotype is characterized by cross-resistance to a …

Role of reactive oxygen species in cancer progression: molecular mechanisms and recent advancements

V Aggarwal, HS Tuli, A Varol, F Thakral, MB Yerer… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a pivotal role in biological processes and continuous
ROS production in normal cells is controlled by the appropriate regulation between the silver …

Natural compounds as potential adjuvants to cancer therapy: Preclinical evidence

SR Lin, CH Chang, CF Hsu, MJ Tsai… - British journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional chemotherapy is being considered due to hindrances caused by systemic
toxicity. Currently, the administration of multiple chemotherapeutic drugs with different …

[HTML][HTML] Battling chemoresistance in cancer: root causes and strategies to uproot them

A Ramos, S Sadeghi, H Tabatabaeian - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
With nearly 10 million deaths, cancer is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Along with
major key parameters that control cancer treatment management, such as diagnosis …