Genes & Diseases,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(1), P. 148 - 175
Published: Jan. 20, 2023
Chemotherapy
is
an
effortless
and
frequently
used
approach
in
cancer
therapy.
However,
most
cases,
it
can
only
prolong
life
expectancy
does
not
guarantee
a
complete
cure.
Furthermore,
chemotherapy
associated
with
severe
adverse
effects,
one
of
the
major
complications
effective
In
addition,
newly
published
research
outputs
show
that
stem
cells
are
involved
disease
progression,
drug
resistance,
metastasis,
recurrence
they
functional
trans-differentiation
capacity
to
response
treatments.
Novel
strategies
therefore
required
for
better
management
The
prime
would
be
synthesize
develop
novel
drugs
need
extensive
resources,
time,
endurance
brought
into
therapeutic
use.
subsequent
screen
anti-cancer
activity
available
non-cancerous
drugs.
This
concept
repurposing
non-cancer
as
alternative
current
therapy
has
become
popular
recent
years
because
using
existing
anticancer
several
effects.
Micronutrients
have
also
been
investigated
due
their
significant
effects
negligible
or
no
side
availability
food
sources.
this
paper,
we
discuss
ideal
hypothesis
screening
activity,
focus
on
clinical
application
treatment.
Further,
combination
micronutrients
target
both
cancers
may
result
leading
maximum
tumor
growth
control.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9(1)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Abstract
Combining
existing
drug
therapy
is
essential
in
developing
new
therapeutic
agents
disease
prevention
and
treatment.
In
preclinical
investigations,
combined
effect
of
certain
known
drugs
has
been
well
established
treating
extensive
human
diseases.
Attributed
to
synergistic
effects
by
targeting
various
pathways
advantages,
such
as
reduced
administration
dose,
decreased
toxicity,
alleviated
resistance,
combinatorial
treatment
now
being
pursued
delivering
combat
major
clinical
illnesses,
cancer,
atherosclerosis,
pulmonary
hypertension,
myocarditis,
rheumatoid
arthritis,
inflammatory
bowel
disease,
metabolic
disorders
neurodegenerative
Combinatorial
involves
combining
or
co-delivering
two
more
for
a
specific
disease.
Nanoparticle
(NP)-mediated
delivery
systems,
i.e.,
liposomal
NPs,
polymeric
NPs
nanocrystals,
are
great
interest
wide
range
due
targeted
delivery,
extended
release,
higher
stability
avoid
rapid
clearance
at
infected
areas.
This
review
summarizes
targets
diseases,
clinically
approved
combinations
the
development
multifunctional
emphasizes
strategies
based
on
severe
Ultimately,
we
discuss
challenging
NP-codelivery
translation
provide
potential
approaches
address
limitations.
offers
comprehensive
overview
recent
cutting-edge
NP-mediated
combination
Journal of Hematology & Oncology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: July 18, 2022
Drug
resistance
represents
a
major
obstacle
in
cancer
management,
and
the
mechanisms
underlying
stress
adaptation
of
cells
response
to
therapy-induced
hostile
environment
are
largely
unknown.
As
central
organelle
for
cellular
energy
supply,
mitochondria
can
rapidly
undergo
dynamic
changes
integrate
signaling
pathways
provide
bioenergetic
biosynthetic
flexibility
cells,
which
contributes
multiple
aspects
tumor
characteristics,
including
drug
resistance.
Therefore,
targeting
therapy
overcoming
has
attracted
increasing
attention
various
types
cancer.
Multiple
mitochondrial
processes,
dynamics,
metabolism,
apoptotic
regulatory
machinery,
have
been
demonstrated
be
potential
targets.
However,
recent
insights
into
revealed
complexity
structure
functions,
elusive
functions
biology,
inaccessibility
mitochondria,
posed
challenges
clinical
application
mitochondrial-based
therapeutic
strategies.
discovery
both
novel
mitochondria-targeting
agents
innovative
approaches
is
urgently
required.
Here,
we
review
most
literature
summarize
molecular
their
intricate
connection
with
In
addition,
an
overview
emerging
strategies
target
effectively
chemoresistance
highlighted,
emphasis
on
repositioning
delivery
approaches,
may
accelerate
compounds
therapy.
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
9(1)
Published: April 18, 2024
Abstract
Cancer,
a
complex
and
multifactorial
disease,
presents
significant
challenge
to
global
health.
Despite
advances
in
surgical,
radiotherapeutic
immunological
approaches,
which
have
improved
cancer
treatment
outcomes,
drug
therapy
continues
serve
as
key
therapeutic
strategy.
However,
the
clinical
efficacy
of
is
often
constrained
by
resistance
severe
toxic
side
effects,
thus
there
remains
critical
need
develop
novel
therapeutics.
One
promising
strategy
that
has
received
widespread
attention
recent
years
repurposing:
identification
new
applications
for
existing,
clinically
approved
drugs.
Drug
repurposing
possesses
several
inherent
advantages
context
since
repurposed
drugs
are
typically
cost-effective,
proven
be
safe,
can
significantly
expedite
development
process
due
their
already
established
safety
profiles.
In
light
this,
present
review
offers
comprehensive
overview
various
methods
employed
repurposing,
specifically
focusing
on
treat
cancer.
We
describe
antitumor
properties
candidate
drugs,
discuss
detail
how
they
target
both
hallmarks
tumor
cells
surrounding
microenvironment.
addition,
we
examine
innovative
integrating
with
nanotechnology
enhance
topical
delivery.
also
emphasize
role
play
when
used
part
combination
regimen.
To
conclude,
outline
challenges
associated
consider
future
prospects
these
transitioning
into
application.
Frontiers in Pharmacology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: May 7, 2021
Bioactive
plant
derived
compounds
are
important
for
a
wide
range
of
therapeutic
applications,
and
some
display
promising
anticancer
properties.
Further
evidence
suggests
that
phytochemicals
modulate
autophagy
apoptosis,
the
two
crucial
cellular
pathways
involved
in
underlying
pathobiology
cancer
development
regulation.
Pharmacological
targeting
apoptosis
signaling
using
therefore
offers
strategy
is
complementary
to
conventional
chemotherapy.
In
this
review,
we
sought
highlight
molecular
basis
autophagic-apoptotic
pathway
understand
its
implication
cancer,
explore
fundamental
process
as
druggable
target.
We
also
aimed
present
recent
advances
address
limitations
faced
phytochemical-based
drugs.
Cancer Cell International,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: Sept. 15, 2022
Abstract
The
PI3K-Akt-mechanistic
(formerly
mammalian)
target
of
the
rapamycin
(mTOR)
signaling
pathway
is
important
in
a
variety
biological
activities,
including
cellular
proliferation,
survival,
metabolism,
autophagy,
and
immunity.
Abnormal
PI3K-Akt-mTOR
signalling
activation
can
promote
transformation
by
creating
environment
conducive
to
it.
Deregulation
such
system
terms
genetic
mutations
amplification
has
been
related
several
human
cancers.
Consequently,
mTOR
recognized
as
key
for
treatment
cancer,
especially
treating
cancers
with
elevated
due
or
metabolic
disorders.
In
vitro
vivo,
which
an
immunosuppressant
agent
actively
suppresses
activity
reduces
cancer
cell
growth.
As
result,
various
sirolimus-derived
compounds
have
now
established
therapies
these
medications
are
being
investigated
clinical
studies.
this
updated
review,
we
discuss
usage
other
drugs
preclinical
studies
well
explain
some
challenges
involved
targeting
Cell Communication and Signaling,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: Feb. 12, 2024
Abstract
Cancer
treatment
faces
many
hurdles
and
resistance
is
one
among
them.
Anti-cancer
strategies
are
evolving
due
to
innate
acquired
capacity,
governed
by
genetic,
epigenetic,
proteomic,
metabolic,
or
microenvironmental
cues
that
ultimately
enable
selected
cancer
cells
survive
progress
under
unfavorable
conditions.
Although
the
mechanism
of
drug
being
widely
studied
generate
new
target-based
drugs
with
better
potency
than
existing
ones.
However,
broader
flexibility
in
resistance,
advanced
therapeutic
options
efficacy
need
be
explored.
Combination
therapy
an
alternative
a
success
rate
though
risk
amplified
side
effects
commonplace.
Moreover,
recent
groundbreaking
precision
immune
ways
overcome
has
revolutionized
anticancer
greater
extent
only
limitation
individual-specific
needs
further
attention.
This
review
will
focus
on
challenges
opted
withstand
current
therapies
at
molecular
level
also
highlights
emerging
-like
immunological,
stem
cell-based
may
prove
have
potential
challenge
problem
resistance.
Abstract
Drug
development
is
time‐consuming
and
expensive.
Repurposing
existing
drugs
for
new
therapies
an
attractive
solution
that
accelerates
drug
at
reduced
experimental
costs,
specifically
Coronavirus
Disease
2019
(COVID‐19),
infectious
disease
caused
by
severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome
coronavirus
2
(SARS‐CoV‐2).
However,
comprehensively
obtaining
productively
integrating
available
knowledge
big
biomedical
data
to
effectively
advance
deep
learning
models
still
challenging
repurposing
in
other
complex
diseases.
In
this
review,
we
introduce
guidelines
on
how
utilize
methodologies
tools
repurposing.
We
first
summarized
the
commonly
used
bioinformatics
pharmacogenomics
databases
Next,
discuss
recently
developed
sequence‐based
graph‐based
representation
approaches
as
well
state‐of‐the‐art
learning‐based
methods.
Finally,
present
applications
of
fight
COVID‐19
pandemic
outline
its
future
challenges.
This
article
categorized
under:
Data
Science
>
Artificial
Intelligence/Machine
Learning
Pharmaceutics,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(3), P. 976 - 976
Published: March 17, 2023
Concurrent
developments
in
anticancer
nanotechnological
treatments
have
been
observed
as
the
burden
of
cancer
increases
every
year.
The
21st
century
has
seen
a
transformation
study
medicine
thanks
to
advancement
field
material
science
and
nanomedicine.
Improved
drug
delivery
systems
with
proven
efficacy
fewer
side
effects
made
possible.
Nanoformulations
varied
functions
are
being
created
using
lipids,
polymers,
inorganic
peptide-based
nanomedicines.
Therefore,
thorough
knowledge
these
intelligent
nanomedicines
is
crucial
for
developing
very
promising
systems.
Polymeric
micelles
often
simple
make
high
solubilization
characteristics;
result,
they
seem
be
alternative
other
nanosystems.
Even
though
recent
studies
provided
an
overview
polymeric
micelles,
here
we
included
discussion
on
“intelligent”
from
We
also
summarized
state-of-the-art
most
micellar
respect
treatments.
Additionally,
gave
significant
attention
clinical
translation
potential
treatment
various
cancers.