Salinomycin as a potent anticancer stem cell agent: State of the art and future directions

D Qi, Y Liu, J Li, JH Huang, X Hu… - Medicinal research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a small subpopulation of cells within a tumor that can both self‐
renew and differentiate into other cell types forming the heterogeneous tumor bulk. Since …

Ionophores: potential use as anticancer drugs and chemosensitizers

V Kaushik, JS Yakisich, A Kumar, N Azad, AKV Iyer - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ion homeostasis is extremely important for the survival of both normal as well as neoplastic
cells. The altered ion homeostasis found in cancer cells prompted the investigation of …

Inhibition of autophagy promotes salinomycin-induced apoptosis via reactive oxygen species-mediated PI3K/AKT/mTOR and ERK/p38 MAPK-dependent signaling in …

KY Kim, KI Park, SH Kim, SN Yu, SG Park… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Recently, the interplay between autophagy and apoptosis has become an important factor in
chemotherapy for cancer treatment. Inhibition of autophagy may be an effective strategy to …

Combination of salinomycin and silver nanoparticles enhances apoptosis and autophagy in human ovarian cancer cells: an effective anticancer therapy

XF Zhang, S Gurunathan - International journal of nanomedicine, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Ovarian cancer is one of the most important malignancies, and the origin, detection, and
pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer remain elusive. Although many cancer drugs have …

Synthetic and naturally occurring heterocyclic anticancer compounds with multiple biological targets

RK Amewu, PO Sakyi, D Osei-Safo, I Addae-Mensah - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is a complex group of diseases initiated by abnormal cell division with the potential
of spreading to other parts of the body. The advancement in the discoveries of omics and bio …

Acacetin enhances the therapeutic efficacy of doxorubicin in non-small-cell lung carcinoma cells

R Punia, K Raina, R Agarwal, RP Singh - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Anthracyclines are efficient and potent agents to treat broad range of cancers
but cytotoxicity induced by them limits their use in therapeutics. Use of plant-derived agents …

Targeted delivery of combination therapeutics using monoclonal antibody 2C5-modified immunoliposomes for cancer therapy

R Narayanaswamy, VP Torchilin - Pharmaceutical research, 2021 - Springer
Purpose To develop immunoliposomes modified with monoclonal cancer-specific antibody
(mAb) 2C5 and co-loaded with a combination of two chemotherapeutics, in order to …

Efflux ABC transporters in drug disposition and their posttranscriptional gene regulation by microRNAs

Y Wang, MJ Tu, AM Yu - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are transmembrane proteins expressed commonly
in metabolic and excretory organs to control xenobiotic or endobiotic disposition and …

A medicinal chemistry perspective on salinomycin as a potent anticancer and anti-CSCs agent

M Antoszczak - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Tumors are phenotypically heterogeneous and include a small sub-population of cancer
cells (2–5% of the tumor mass) with stem-cell like properties. The cancer stem cell …

Establishment and characterization of a triple negative basal‑like breast cancer cell line with multi‑drug resistance

S Boichuk, A Galembikova, A Sitenkov… - Oncology …, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Triple‑negative breast carcinoma (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive subtypes of breast
cancer and is associated with an unfavorable prognosis. The management of TNBC is …