[HTML][HTML] The role of VEGF in cancer-induced angiogenesis and research progress of drugs targeting VEGF

S Ghalehbandi, J Yuzugulen, MZI Pranjol… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is a double-edged sword; it is a mechanism that defines the boundary
between health and disease. In spite of its central role in physiological homeostasis, it …

Drug repurposing for cancer therapy

Y Xia, M Sun, H Huang, WL Jin - Signal Transduction and Targeted …, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer, a complex and multifactorial disease, presents a significant challenge to global
health. Despite significant advances in surgical, radiotherapeutic and immunological …

Emerging perspectives on the antiparasitic mebendazole as a repurposed drug for the treatment of brain cancers

D Meco, G Attinà, S Mastrangelo, P Navarra… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Repurposing approved non-antitumor drugs is a promising and affordable strategy in drug
discovery to identify new therapeutic uses different from the original medical indication that …

Repurposing of benzimidazole anthelmintic drugs as cancer therapeutics

B Song, EY Park, KJ Kim, SH Ki - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although non-prescription anthelmintics are often used for cancer
treatment, there is a lack of information regarding their anti-cancer effects in clinical settings …

Targeting reactive oxygen species capacity of tumor cells with repurposed drug as an anticancer therapy

J Wang, D Sun, L Huang, S Wang… - Oxidative medicine and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulating evidence shows that elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are
associated with cancer initiation, growth, and response to therapies. As concentrations …

In-silico design, pharmacophore-based screening, and molecular docking studies reveal that benzimidazole-1,2,3-triazole hybrids as novel EGFR inhibitors targeting …

S Kumar, I Ali, F Abbas, A Rana, S Pandey… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Lung cancer is a complex and heterogeneous disease, which has been associated with
various molecular alterations, including the overexpression and mutations of the epidermal …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of benzimidazole: Sky-high objectives towards the lead molecule to predict the future in medicinal chemistry

S Banerjee, S Mukherjee, P Nath, A Mukherjee… - Results in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Out of several heterocyclic templates, the use of a Benzimidazole (BZ) scaffold is immensely
observed. This fused heterocycle comprises two ring nitrogen atoms placed at 1st and 3rd …

Drug repurposing in oncology: a systematic review of randomized controlled clinical trials

I Ioakeim-Skoufa, N Tobajas-Ramos, E Menditto… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Exploring the possibility of using well-known marketed drugs in new
therapeutic indications, commonly known as drug repurposing, offers certain advantages …

Drug repurposing to enhance antitumor response to PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitors

X Thuru, R Magnez, H El-Bouazzati, G Vergoten… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Novel pharmacological approaches are needed to improve treatments of
advanced cancers, despite the considerable benefit of immunotherapy. New drugs are …

Anticancer effect of benzimidazole derivatives, especially mebendazole, on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and radiotherapy-resistant TNBC in vivo and in vitro

HS Choi, YS Ko, H Jin, KM Kang, IB Ha, H Jeong… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the anticancer effect of benzimidazole derivatives on
triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and investigate its underlying mechanism of action …