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Chloroquine is a zinc ionophore. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Chloroquine is an established antimalarial agent that has been recently tested in clinical trials for its anticancer activity. The favorable effect of chloroquine appears to be due to its ability to sensitize cancerous cells to chemotherapy, radiation ...
Jing Xue   +5 more
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Concurrent Activation of Both Survival-Promoting and Death-Inducing Signaling by Chloroquine in Glioblastoma Stem Cells: Implications for Potential Risks and Benefits of Using Chloroquine as Radiosensitizer

open access: yesCells, 2023
Lysosomotropic agent chloroquine was shown to sensitize non-stem glioblastoma cells to radiation in vitro with p53-dependent apoptosis implicated as one of the underlying mechanisms. The in vivo outcomes of chloroquine or its effects on glioblastoma stem
Andreas Müller   +11 more
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Neurological and psychiatric safety of tafenoquine in Plasmodium vivax relapse prevention: a review

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2020
Background Tafenoquine is an 8-aminoquinoline anti-malarial drug recently approved as a single-dose (300 mg) therapy for Plasmodium vivax relapse prevention, when co-administered with 3-days of chloroquine or other blood schizonticide. Tafenoquine 200 mg
Stephan Duparc   +4 more
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A longitudinal trial comparing chloroquine as monotherapy or in combination with artesunate, azithromycin or atovaquone-proguanil to treat malaria. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
The predominance of chloroquine-susceptible falciparum malaria in Malawi more than a decade after chloroquine's withdrawal permits contemplation of re-introducing chloroquine for targeted uses.
Miriam K Laufer   +8 more
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Chloroquine maculopathy in a patient on long-term chloroquine therapy for pulmonary sarcoidosis: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Ophthalmology, 2021
The article is on an important subject, chloroquine maculopathy associated with long-term use of chloroquine. Given that chloroquine has been widely used for the treatment of COVID-19, it is important to accumulate data on adverse reaction to chloroquine
N. V. Malachkova, T. Ie. Kozlova
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Patterns of chloroquine use and resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of household survey and molecular data

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2011
Background As a result of widespread chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance, 90% of sub-Saharan African countries had adopted policies of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for treatment of uncomplicated malaria by 2007.
Venkatesan Meera   +2 more
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Acute Cytotoxicity Evaluation of Chloroquine Encapsulating Liposomes

open access: yesMicro, 2023
Liposomes encapsulating chloroquine were synthesized and characterized. Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering confirmed a liposome size of ~100 nm and uniform shape.
Nathan D. Donahue   +4 more
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Near Infrared Fluorophore-Tagged Chloroquine in Plasmodium falciparum Diagnostic Imaging

open access: yesMolecules, 2018
Chloroquine was among the first of several effective drug treatments against malaria until the onset of chloroquine resistance. In light of diminished clinical efficacy of chloroquine as an antimalarial therapeutic, there is potential in efforts to adapt
Li Yan Chan   +5 more
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