Therapeutic strategies to overcome taxane resistance in cancer

T Das, U Anand, SK Pandey, CR Ashby Jr… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the primary causes of attenuated or loss of efficacy of cancer chemotherapy is the
emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR). Numerous studies have been published …

An overview of tubulin inhibitors that interact with the colchicine binding site

Y Lu, J Chen, M Xiao, W Li, DD Miller - Pharmaceutical research, 2012 - Springer
Tubulin dynamics is a promising target for new chemotherapeutic agents. The colchicine
binding site is one of the most important pockets for potential tubulin polymerization …

Hybrid drugs—a strategy for overcoming anticancer drug resistance?

M Szumilak, A Wiktorowska-Owczarek, A Stanczak - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite enormous progress in the treatment of many malignancies, the development of
cancer resistance is still an important reason for cancer chemotherapy failure. Increasing …

Colchicine-binding site inhibitors from chemistry to clinic: a review

EC McLoughlin, NM O'Boyle - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
It is over 50 years since the discovery of microtubules, and they have become one of the
most important drug targets for anti-cancer therapies. Microtubules are predominantly …

Current advances of tubulin inhibitors as dual acting small molecules for cancer therapy

KE Arnst, S Banerjee, H Chen, S Deng… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Microtubule (MT)‐targeting agents are highly successful drugs as chemotherapeutic agents,
and this is attributed to their ability to target MT dynamics and interfere with critical cellular …

Colchicine alkaloids and synthetic analogues: current progress and perspectives

IA Gracheva, ES Shchegravina… - Journal of medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Colchicine, the main alkaloid of Colchicum autumnale, is one of the most famous natural
molecules. Although colchicine belongs to the oldest drugs (in use since 1500 BC), its …

Discovery of novel quinoline–chalcone derivatives as potent antitumor agents with microtubule polymerization inhibitory activity

W Li, F Xu, W Shuai, H Sun, H Yao, C Ma… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A series of novel quinoline–chalcone derivatives were designed, synthesized, and
evaluated for their antiproliferative activity. Among them, compound 24d exhibited the most …

An emerging role for tubulin isotypes in modulating cancer biology and chemotherapy resistance

AL Parker, WS Teo, JA McCarroll… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Tubulin proteins, as components of the microtubule cytoskeleton perform critical cellular
functions throughout all phases of the cell cycle. Altered tubulin isotype composition of …

Recent advances on drug-loaded mesenchymal stem cells with anti-neoplastic agents for targeted treatment of cancer

A Babajani, P Soltani, E Jamshidi, MH Farjoo… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), as an undifferentiated group of adult multipotent cells,
have remarkable antitumor features that bring them up as a novel choice to treat cancers …

[HTML][HTML] Fenbendazole acts as a moderate microtubule destabilizing agent and causes cancer cell death by modulating multiple cellular pathways

N Dogra, A Kumar, T Mukhopadhyay - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Drugs that are already clinically approved or experimentally tested for conditions other than
cancer, but are found to possess previously unrecognized cytotoxicity towards malignant …