Potential phytocompounds for developing breast cancer therapeutics: nature's healing touch

J Iqbal, BA Abbasi, R Batool, T Mahmood, B Ali… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Breast cancer (BC) is a devastating disease in female around the world causing significant
health care burden in both developed and developing countries. In many cases BC has …

Mechanistic evaluation of phytochemicals in breast cancer remedy: current understanding and future perspectives

M Younas, C Hano, N Giglioli-Guivarc'h, BH Abbasi - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers around the globe and
accounts for a large proportion of fatalities in women. Despite the advancement in …

Cryo-EM structures reveal distinct mechanisms of inhibition of the human multidrug transporter ABCB1

K Nosol, K Romane, RN Irobalieva… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
ABCB1 detoxifies cells by exporting diverse xenobiotic compounds, thereby limiting drug
disposition and contributing to multidrug resistance in cancer cells. Multiple small-molecule …

Plant alkaloids: Structures and bioactive properties

EP Gutiérrez-Grijalva, LX López-Martínez… - Plant-derived bioactives …, 2020 - Springer
Alkaloids are nitrogen-containing natural products found in bacteria, fungi, animals, and
plants with complex and diverse structures. The widespread distribution of alkaloids along …

A potent, metabolically stable tubulin inhibitor targets the colchicine binding site and overcomes taxane resistance

KE Arnst, Y Wang, DJ Hwang, Y Xue, T Costello… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Antimitotics that target tubulin are among the most useful chemotherapeutic drugs, but their
clinical activity is often limited by the development of multidrug resistance. We recently …

Investigation of molecular mechanisms underlying the antiproliferative effects of colchicine against PC3 prostate cancer cells

M Ergul, F Bakar-Ates - Toxicology in Vitro, 2021 - Elsevier
This work examined the cytotoxic effects of colchicine on PC3 cells and elucidated the
possible underlying mechanisms of its cytotoxicity. The cells were exposed to colchicine at …

The effects of trastuzumab on HER2-mediated cell signaling in CHO cells expressing human HER2

H Maadi, B Nami, J Tong, G Li, Z Wang - BMC cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Targeted therapy with trastuzumab has become a mainstay for HER2-positive
breast cancer without a clear understanding of the mechanism of its action. While many …

Repurposing screen identifies mebendazole as a clinical candidate to synergise with docetaxel for prostate cancer treatment

LK Rushworth, K Hewit, S Munnings-Tomes… - British journal of …, 2020 - nature.com
Background Docetaxel chemotherapy in prostate cancer has a modest impact on survival.
To date, efforts to develop combination therapies have not translated into new treatments …

[HTML][HTML] Overexpression of TPX2 is associated with progression and prognosis of prostate cancer

J Zou, RY Huang, FN Jiang, DX Chen… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
Targeting protein for Xenopus kinesin‑like protein 2 (TPX2) activates Aurora kinase A during
mitosis and targets its activity to the mitotic spindle, serving an important role in mitosis. It …

PEG functionalized zirconium dicarboxylate MOFs for docetaxel drug delivery in vitro

V Gupta, S Mohiyuddin, A Sachdev, PK Soni… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Pure Zr-MOFs (UiO-66) particles have been synthesized by solvothermal method.
As synthesized, UiO-66 particles are observed to have cubical shape with average particle …