Synthesis and biological activity of pyrimidines-containing hybrids: Focusing on pharmacological application

E Zarenezhad, M Farjam, A Iraji - Journal of Molecular Structure, 2021 - Elsevier
Heterocyclic derivatives as a major group of organic compounds are enormously used for a
wide range of pharmaceutical and industrial applications. They are known for their biological …

Long non-coding RNAs as a determinant of cancer drug resistance: Towards the overcoming of chemoresistance via modulation of lncRNAs

W Jiang, J Xia, S Xie, R Zou, S Pan, Z Wang… - Drug Resistance …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chemoresistance including intrinsic and acquired anticancer drug resistance continues to
be a primary hindrance towards curative cancer treatment. Therefore, deciphering the …

Prediction of mucositis risk secondary to cancer therapy: a systematic review of current evidence and call to action

HR Wardill, ST Sonis, NMA Blijlevens… - Supportive Care in …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Despite advances in personalizing the efficacy of cancer therapy, our ability to
identify patients at risk of severe treatment side effects and provide individualized supportive …

Association between high-dose methotrexate-induced toxicity and polymorphisms within methotrexate pathway genes in acute lymphoblastic leukemia

M Xu, S Wu, Y Wang, Y Zhao, X Wang, C Wei… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Methotrexate (MTX) is a folic acid antagonist, the mechanism of action is to inhibit DNA
synthesis, repair and cell proliferation by decreasing the activities of several folate …

Methodological approaches for assessing certainty of the evidence in umbrella reviews: A scoping review

S Sadoyu, KA Tanni, N Punrum, S Paengtrai… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The number of umbrella reviews (URs) that compiled systematic reviews and
meta-analysis (SR-MAs) has increased dramatically over recent years. No formal guidance …

Protocatechuic acid inhibits testicular and epididymal toxicity associated with methotrexate in rats

SE Owumi, SE Ochaoga, OA Odunola… - Andrologia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We examined the effect of protocatechuic acid (PCA) on methotrexate (MTX)‐induced
testicular and epididymal toxicity in Wistar rats, treated with MTX (20 mg/kg) alone or in …

Genetic markers in methotrexate treatments

A Giletti, P Esperon - The pharmacogenomics journal, 2018 - nature.com
Methotrexate (MTX), a structural analog of folic acid, is widely employed in the treatment of
different cancers and autoimmune diseases. Despite the successful results observed, the …

Oral mucositis in childhood cancer patients receiving high‐dose methotrexate: Prevalence, relationship with other toxicities and methotrexate elimination

JB Valer, M Curra, AF Gabriel… - … Journal of Paediatric …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Oral mucositis (OM) is one of the main adverse effects of the chemotherapeutic
agent methotrexate (MTX). Aim To evaluate the relationship of OM with MTX metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms and methotrexate drug metabolism and toxicity

Y Tan, Q Kong, X Li, Y Tang, H Mai, Z Zhen… - Translational …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignancy in
children, and methotrexate (MTX) is the key drug for ALL. Studies on the relationship …

Clinical pharmacokinetics of methotrexate in oncology

D Levêque, G Becker, E Toussaint… - International journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Methotrexate is an antifolate agent used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and
various types of cancers. It is a unique antiproliferative agent because it can be administered …