Combination anticancer therapies using selected phytochemicals

WH Talib, D Awajan, RA Hamed, AO Azzam… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer is still one of the most widespread diseases globally, it is considered a vital health
challenge worldwide and one of the main barriers to long life expectancy. Due to the …

Plant-derived natural products in cancer research: extraction, mechanism of action, and drug formulation

WH Talib, I Alsalahat, S Daoud, RF Abutayeh… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the main causes of death globally and considered as a major challenge for
the public health system. The high toxicity and the lack of selectivity of conventional …

Nicotine promotes brain metastasis by polarizing microglia and suppressing innate immune function

SY Wu, F Xing, S Sharma, K Wu, A Tyagi… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
Up to 40% of lung cancer patients develop brain metastasis, and the median survival of
these patients remains less than 6 months. Smoking is associated with lung cancer …

Natural products with activity against lung cancer: a review focusing on the tumor microenvironment

Y Yang, N Li, TM Wang, L Di - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies worldwide. Despite the undeniable
progress in lung cancer research made over the past decade, it is still the leading cause of …

[HTML][HTML] Bitter taste signaling in cancer

AR Costa, AC Duarte, AR Costa-Brito, I Gonçalves… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmacoresistance of cancer cells to many drugs used in chemotherapy remains a major
challenge for the treatment of cancer. Multidrug resistance transporters, especially ATP …

Role of curcumin in regulating p53 in breast cancer: An overview of the mechanism of action

WH Talib, SA Al-Hadid, MBW Ali… - … Cancer: Targets and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
p53 is a tumor suppressor gene involved in various cellular mechanisms including DNA
repair, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest. More than 50% of human cancers have a mutated …

Lessons learned from the discovery and development of the sesquiterpene lactones in cancer therapy and prevention

IA Cheikh, C El-Baba, A Youssef… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Sesquiterpene lactones (SLs) are one of the most diverse bioactive
secondary metabolites found in plants and exhibit a broad range of therapeutic properties …

A novel SLC25A1 inhibitor, parthenolide, suppresses the growth and stemness of liver cancer stem cells with metabolic vulnerability

Z Zhang, Y Qiao, Q Sun, L Peng, L Sun - Cell Death Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Liver cancer stem cells (LCSCs) are recognized as key contributors to
hepatocarcinogenesis, progression, and recurrence. Consequently, eradicating LCSCs has …

Recent advances on the structural modification of parthenolide and its derivatives as anticancer agents

LIU Xingchen, W Xiaobing - Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines, 2022 - Elsevier
Parthenolide (PTL) is a sesquiterpene lactone derived from medicinal plant feverfew
(Tanacetum parthenium). Recent studies have demonstrated that it has multiple …

A ketogenic diet combined with melatonin overcomes cisplatin and vincristine drug resistance in breast carcinoma syngraft

WH Talib - Nutrition, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Chemotherapy is one of the major treatments of cancer. However, the emergence
of resistance to chemotherapeutic agents is still a major obstacle in the successful …