Fungal endophytes as efficient sources of plant-derived bioactive compounds and their prospective applications in natural product drug discovery: Insights, avenues …

A Singh, DK Singh, RN Kharwar, JF White, SK Gond - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Fungal endophytes are well-established sources of biologically active natural compounds
with many producing pharmacologically valuable specific plant-derived products. This …

STAT3 and its targeting inhibitors in osteosarcoma

Y Liu, S Liao, S Bennett, H Tang, D Song… - Cell …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is one of seven STAT family
members involved with the regulation of cellular growth, differentiation and survival. STAT …

[HTML][HTML] Novel activators and small-molecule inhibitors of STAT3 in cancer

L Yang, S Lin, L Xu, J Lin, C Zhao, X Huang - Cytokine & Growth Factor …, 2019 - Elsevier
Excessive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) signaling is
observed in a subset of many cancers, making activated STAT3 a highly promising potential …

Anlotinib, a novel small molecular tyrosine kinase inhibitor, suppresses growth and metastasis via dual blockade of VEGFR2 and MET in osteosarcoma

G Wang, M Sun, Y Jiang, T Zhang… - … journal of cancer, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant bone tumor in children and
adolescents, with highly aggressive behavior and early systemic metastasis. The survival …

Traditional Chinese medicine for colorectal cancer treatment: potential targets and mechanisms of action

JF Chen, SW Wu, ZM Shi, B Hu - Chinese Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a disease with complex pathogenesis, it is prone to metastasis,
and its development involves abnormalities in multiple signaling pathways. Surgery …

Small-molecule toosendanin reverses macrophage-mediated immunosuppression to overcome glioblastoma resistance to immunotherapy

F Yang, D Zhang, H Jiang, J Ye, L Zhang… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
T cell–based immunotherapy holds promise for treating solid tumors, but its therapeutic
efficacy is limited by intratumoral immune suppression. This immune suppressive tumor …

Targeting STAT3 by a small molecule suppresses pancreatic cancer progression

H Chen, A Bian, L Yang, X Yin, J Wang, C Ti, Y Miao… - Oncogene, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is lethal in over 90% of cases since it is resistant to current therapeutic
strategies. The key role of STAT3 in promoting pancreatic cancer progression has been …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential of toosendanin: Novel applications of an old ascaris repellent as a drug candidate

M Hu, M Xu, Y Chen, Z Ye, S Zhu, J Cai… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Toosendanin (TSN), extracted from Melia. toosendan Sieb. et Zucc. and Melia. azedarach L.,
has been developed into an ascaris repellent in China. However, with the improvement of …

Flubendazole demonstrates valid antitumor effects by inhibiting STAT3 and activating autophagy

S Lin, L Yang, Y Yao, L Xu, Y Xiang, H Zhao… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Background Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an oncogene,
which upregulates in approximately 70% of human cancers. Autophagy is an evolutionarily …

Diosmetin inhibits cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis through STAT3/c-Myc signaling pathway in human osteosarcoma cells

R Ning, G Chen, R Fang, Y Zhang, W Zhao, F Qian - Biological Research, 2021 - Springer
Background Diosmetin is a bioflavonoid compound naturally abundant in citrus fruits. It is
found to perform a variety of activities, while its antitumor property in osteosarcoma, a …