Nortopsentins as Leads from Marine Organisms for Anticancer and Anti-Inflammatory Agent Development

C Pecoraro, F Terrana, G Panzeca, B Parrino… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The marine environment is an excellent source of molecules that have a wide structural
diversity and a variety of biological activities. Many marine natural products (MNPs) have …

1, 3, 4-Oxadiazole and 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole nortopsentin derivatives against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Synthesis, cytotoxic activity, and inhibition of CDK1

D Carbone, C Pecoraro, G Panzeca, G Xu… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
A new series of nortopsentin analogs, in which the central imidazole ring of the natural lead
was replaced by a 1, 3, 4-oxadiazole or 1, 3, 4-thiadiazole moiety, was efficiently …

Targeting the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex/pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDC/PDK) axis to discover potent PDK inhibitors through structure-based virtual …

L Gan, Y Yang, Z Liang, M Zhang, Y He… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Proliferating cancer cells are characterized by the Warburg effect, a metabolic alteration in
which ATP is generated from cytoplasmic glycolysis instead of oxidative phosphorylation …

Benzothiazole a privileged scaffold for Cutting-Edges anticancer agents: Exploring drug design, structure-activity relationship, and docking studies

I Aayishamma, GSP Matada, R Pal, A Ghara… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer is a major societal, public health, and economic burden in the 21 st century, with 9.7
million deaths in 2022 (9.96 million in 2020) and 20 million new cancer cases (19.6 million …

[HTML][HTML] Voltage-Gated K+ Channel Modulation by Marine Toxins: Pharmacological Innovations and Therapeutic Opportunities

R Turcio, F Di Matteo, I Capolupo, T Ciaglia… - Marine …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bioactive compounds are abundant in animals originating from marine ecosystems. Ion
channels, which include sodium, potassium, calcium, and chloride, together with their …

Rutaecarpine-inspired scaffold-hopping strategy and Ullmann cross-coupling based synthetic approach: Identification of pyridopyrimidinone-indole based novel …

M Yadav, N Roy, K Mandal, M Nagpure… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural products as starting templates have shown historically major contribution to
development of drugs. Inspired by the structure–function of an anticancer natural alkaloid …

The therapeutic potential and application of marine alkaloids in treating breast cancer

J Yu, X Wang, P Du, H Shi - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Breast cancer is a major threat to women's health worldwide. Although the 5-year survival
rate is relatively high, treating recurrent and metastatic breast cancer remains challenging …

Development and Validation of a Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method for Screening Potential Citrate Lyase Inhibitors from a Library of Marine …

J Wang, H Guan, Z Xu - Marine Drugs, 2024 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis, a persistent illness caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains a
significant global public health challenge. The widespread use of anti-tuberculosis drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of 1-Kestose Supplementation in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

K Nakaoka, E Ohno, K Kuramitsu, T Kuzuya… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Less than half of all patients diagnosed with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
respond to chemotherapy, and the prognosis of PDAC is poor, which may be mediated by …

Second-Line Treatment of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Shedding Light on New Opportunities and Key Talking Points from Clinical Trials

R Imperial, O Mosalem, U Majeed… - Clinical and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite improvements in overall cancer mortality, deaths related to pancreatic cancer
continue to rise. Following first-line treatment, second-line options are significantly limited …