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Repurposing metformin for cancer treatment: current clinical studies. [PDF]

, 2016
In recent years, several studies have presented evidence suggesting a potential role for metformin in anti-cancer therapy. Preclinical studies have demonstrated several anticancer molecular mechanisms of metformin including mTOR inhibition, cytotoxic ...
Altman, Jessica K, Arya, Ayush, Carneiro, Benedito, Chae, Young Kwang, Chandra, Sunandana, Giles, Francis, Kalyan, Aparna, Kaplan, Jason, Malecek, Mary-Kate, Platanias, Leonidas, Shin, Daniel Sanghoon   +10 more
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Hepatocellular carcinoma and multidrug resistance: Past, present and new challenges for therapy improvement [PDF]

, 2015
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common malignancy of the liver and the third cause of cancer death worldwide. Chronic hepatitis due to HBV and HCV infection are two major risk factors for HCC worldwide.
Cuestas, María Luján, Mathet, Veronica Lidia, Oubiña, Jose Raul   +2 more
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Complexation between oleanolic and maslinic acids with native and modified cyclodextrins [PDF]

, 2018
Oleanolic (OA) and maslinic (MA) acids are two natural triterpenoids with a wide range of beneficial effects for human health. However, their low solubility and permeability make their application in the food or industry difficult. The complexation of OA
López Miranda, Santiago
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Early responses of the STAT3 pathway to platinum drugs are associated with cisplatin resistance in epithelial ovarian cancer

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2013
Cisplatin resistance remains one of the major obstacles when treating epithelial ovarian cancer. Because oxaliplatin and nedaplatin are effective against cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer in clinical trials and signal transducer and activator of ...
W.J. Sheng, H. Jiang, D.L. Wu, J.H. Zheng   +3 more
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FAM129B, an antioxidative protein, reduces chemosensitivity by competing with Nrf2 for Keap1 binding. [PDF]

, 2019
BackgroundThe transcription factor Nrf2 is a master regulator of antioxidant response. While Nrf2 activation may counter increasing oxidative stress in aging, its activation in cancer can promote cancer progression and metastasis, and confer resistance ...
Cheng, Jing-Yan, Cheng, Kai-Chun, Hsu, Huan-Ming, Liang, Yuh-Jin, Lin, Ruey-Jen, Wang, Sheng-Hung, Wu, Jen-Chine, Yu, Alice L, Yu, John, Yu, Jyh-Cherng   +9 more
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Challenges of drug resistance in the management of pancreatic cancer [PDF]

, 2010
The current treatment of choice for metastatic pancreatic cancer involves single agent gemcitabine or combination of gemcitabine with capecitabine and erlotinib (tyrosine kinase inhibitor).
Akada, Allison, Almoguera, Andreetta, Arai, Arlt, Arteaga, Arumugam, Asano, Bachem, Baldwin, Banerjee, Bartsch, Bergers, Best, Bold, Bondar, Buck, Burris, Chakravarti, Chakravarti, Choi, Cunningham, Cunningham, Dancer, Dong, Duxbury, Duxbury, Duxbury, Duxbury, Engelman, Feldmann, Ferrero, Galmarini, Geyer, Giovannetti, Goan, Greer, Hagmann, Hahn, Henke, Hruban, Humeniuk, Ischenko, Ishikawa, Itoi, Jansen, Karapetis, Kindler, Kong, Koopman, Kulik, Lei, Lemoine, Liau, Liau, Longley, Mackey, Mackey, Mackey, Mahon, Mamaghani, Marechal, Marmor, Martin Clynes, Mata, Maxwell, Mendelsohn, Meropol, Miwa, Moertel, Molina-Arcas, Moore, Morgillo, Moriyama, Muerkoster, Muerkoster, Nakahira, Nakajima, Nakano, Naomi Walsh, Nishimura, Oguri, Okamoto, Okumura, Olive, O’Driscoll, Pao, Park, Park, Peters, Plunkett, Ray McDermott, Ritzel, Rizwan Sheikh, Robert O’Connor, Ruggeri, Safran, Saito, Sakamoto, Schuller, Sebastiani, Shah, Shi, Simon, Spratlin, Takao, Takebayashi, Treat, Tsukamoto, Tzeng, Vaishampayan, Van Cutsem, van der Wilt, Wang, Wang, Wang, Xiong, Yamasaki, Yokoi   +119 more
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European medicines agency approval summary: zaltrap for the treatment of patients with oxaliplatin-resistant metastatic colorectal cancer [PDF]

, 2017
On 1 February 2013, a marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union was issued for aflibercept (Zaltrap) in combination with irinotecan/5-fluorouracil/ folinic acid chemotherapy for the treatment of adults with metastatic colorectal cancer ...
Caleno, Mariapaola, Foggi, Paolo, Gravanis, Iordanis, Melchiorri, Daniela, Pignatti, Francesco, Salmonson, Tomas, Sjöberg, Jan, Stanel, Stefan Cristian, Tzogani, Kyriaki   +8 more
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Synergistic antitumor effects of endostar in combination with oxaliplatin via inhibition of HIF and CXCR4 in the colorectal cell line SW1116.

PLoS ONE, 2012
Combination treatment with endostar, a novel modified endostatin, and cytotoxic chemotherapies showed a survival benefit in Chinese clinical trials. However, the exact mechanism for this synergism remains unclear.
Fengyan Jin, Huifan Ji, Chunshu Jia, Ulf Brockmeier, Dirk M Hermann, Eric Metzen, Yingqiao Zhu, Baorong Chi   +7 more
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Methionine Adenosyltransferase 1a (MAT1A) Enhances Cell Survival During Chemotherapy Treatment and is Associated with Drug Resistance in Bladder Cancer PDX Mice. [PDF]

, 2019
Bladder cancer is among the top ten most common cancers, with about ~380,000 new cases and ~150,000 deaths per year worldwide. Tumor relapse following chemotherapy treatment has long been a significant challenge towards completely curing cancer.
de Vere White, Ralph, Ghosh, Paramita M, He, Wei, Hum, Nicholas R, Loots, Gabriela G, Martin, Kelly A, Pan, Chong-Xian, Sebastian, Aimy, Siddiqui, Salma   +8 more
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MiR-29b reverses oxaliplatin-resistance in colorectal cancer by targeting SIRT1

Oncotarget, 2018
Oxaliplatin is a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug for the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer. However, acquired drug resistance against oxaliplatin remains a major obstacle for efficient use of it, and mechanisms underlying oxaliplatin resistance are still required to be explored.
Liu, Hui, Cheng, Xin-Hua
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