[HTML][HTML] Natural products as chemo-radiation therapy sensitizers in cancers

S Nisar, T Masoodi, KS Prabhu, S Kuttikrishnan… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is a devastating disease and is the second leading cause of death worldwide.
Surgery, chemotherapy (CT), and/or radiation therapy (RT) are the treatment of choice for …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products for combating multidrug resistance in cancer

T Chen, Z Xiao, X Liu, T Wang, Y Wang, F Ye… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cancer cells frequently develop resistance to chemotherapeutic therapies and targeted
drugs, which has been a significant challenge in cancer management. With the growing …

Elevated APOBEC3B expression drives a kataegic-like mutation signature and replication stress-related therapeutic vulnerabilities in p53-defective cells

J Nikkilä, R Kumar, J Campbell, I Brandsma… - British journal of …, 2017 - nature.com
Background: Elevated APOBEC3B expression in tumours correlates with a kataegic pattern
of localised hypermutation. We assessed the cellular phenotypes associated with high-level …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products targeting the ATR-CHK1 signaling pathway in cancer therapy

S Ahmed, W Alam, M Aschner, KF Alsharif… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the most severe medical conditions in the world, causing millions of deaths
each year. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are critical for treatment approaches, but both …

Novel Cellular functions of ATR for therapeutic targeting: embryogenesis to Tumorigenesis

H Biswas, Y Makinwa, Y Zou - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The DNA damage response (DDR) is recognized as having an important role in cancer
growth and treatment. ATR (ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad3-related) kinase, a major …

Hybrid molecules of protoflavones and spirooxindole derivatives with selective cytotoxicity against triple-negative breast cancer cells

G Girst, EA Lopes, LM Gonçalves… - RSC Medicinal …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The combination of compounds with complementary bioactivities into hybrid molecules is an
emerging concept in drug discovery. In this study, we aimed to synthesize new hybrid …

Antioxidant-inspired drug discovery: Antitumor metabolite is formed in situ from a hydroxycinnamic acid derivative upon free-radical scavenging

L Fási, F Di Meo, CY Kuo… - Journal of medicinal …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Cancer cells generally possess higher levels of reactive oxygen species than normal cells,
and this can serve as a possible therapeutic target. In this proof-of-concept study, an …

Protoflavone-chalcone hybrids exhibit enhanced antitumor action through modulating redox balance, depolarizing the mitochondrial membrane, and inhibiting ATR …

AD Latif, T Jernei, A Podolski-Renić, CY Kuo… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Hybrid compounds combine fragments with complementary targets to achieve a common
pharmacological goal. This approach represents an increasingly popular strategy for drug …

Ethanol Extracts of Dietary Herb, Alpinia nantoensis, Exhibit Anticancer Potential in Human Breast Cancer Cells

CY Kuo, TS Weng, KJS Kumar… - Integrative Cancer …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent advances in mammography screening, chemotherapy, and adjuvant treatment
modalities have improved the survival rate of women with breast cancer. Nevertheless, the …

ATR-Chk1 signaling inhibition as a therapeutic strategy to enhance cisplatin chemosensitivity in urothelial bladder cancer

CC Li, JC Yang, MC Lu, CL Lee, CY Peng… - …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DNA damage responses contribute to cisplatin resistance; however, therapeutic strategies to
overcome cisplatin resistance have not yet been established. Here, we demonstrate that …