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Pharmaceuticals, Volume 13, Issue 1

January 2020 - 18 articles

Cover Story: The xenograft of human cancer cells in model animals is a powerful tool for understanding tumor progression and metastatic potential. Zebrafish larvae represent a valuable alternative to mice hosts, with a lower cost and a higher throughput for drug discovery and screening. Their small size and transparency allow the tracking of transplanted cells, enabling the evaluation of early steps of metastasis. Our standardization, automation, and validation of the zebrafish larvae xenograft assay has led to increased translatability and higher drug screening throughput. The insights gained with the ZeOncoTest have brought zebrafish larvae xenografts a step closer to entering the regulated preclinical drug discovery path. View this paper
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Articles (18)

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,331 Views
27 Pages

Biopolymer Extracted from Anadenanthera colubrina (Red Angico Gum) Exerts Therapeutic Potential in Mice: Antidiarrheal Activity and Safety Assessment

  • Thiago S. L. Araújo,
  • Taiane M. de Oliveira,
  • Nayara A. de Sousa,
  • Luan K.M. Souza,
  • Francisca B. M. Sousa,
  • Ana P. de Oliveira,
  • Lucas A. D. Nicolau,
  • Alfredo A. V. da Silva,
  • Alyne R. Araújo and
  • Pedro J. C. Magalhães
  • + 6 authors

18 January 2020

Anadenanthera colubrina var. cebil (Griseb.) Altschul (Fabaceae family), commonly known as the red angico tree, is a medicinal plant found throughout Brazil’s semi-arid area. In this study, a chemical analysis was performed to investigate the a...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,367 Views
13 Pages

18 January 2020

Increased knowledge of virus assembly-generated particles is needed for understanding both virus assembly and host responses to virus infection. Here, we use a phage T3 model and perform electron microscopy (EM) of thin sections (EM-TS) of gel-suppor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,859 Views
58 Pages

Design, Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Novel Ethanoanthracenes and Related Compounds to Target Burkitt’s Lymphoma

  • Andrew J. Byrne,
  • Sandra A. Bright,
  • James P. McKeown,
  • John E. O’Brien,
  • Brendan Twamley,
  • Darren Fayne,
  • D. Clive Williams and
  • Mary J. Meegan

17 January 2020

Lymphomas (cancers of the lymphatic system) account for 12% of malignant diseases worldwide. Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) is a rare form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in which the cancer starts in the immune B-cells. We report the synthesis and pr...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
50 Citations
22,794 Views
41 Pages

Current Trends in the Pharmacotherapy of Cataracts

  • Segewkal H. Heruye,
  • Leonce N. Maffofou Nkenyi,
  • Neetu U. Singh,
  • Dariush Yalzadeh,
  • Kalu K. Ngele,
  • Ya-Fatou Njie-Mbye,
  • Sunny E. Ohia and
  • Catherine A. Opere

16 January 2020

Cataracts, one of the leading causes of preventable blindness worldwide, refers to lens degradation that is characterized by clouding, with consequent blurry vision. As life expectancies improve, the number of people affected with cataracts is predic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
10,328 Views
13 Pages

Current Status of PSMA-Radiotracers for Prostate Cancer: Data Analysis of Prospective Trials Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov

  • Claus Zippel,
  • Sarah C. Ronski,
  • Sabine Bohnet-Joschko,
  • Frederik L. Giesel and
  • Klaus Kopka

13 January 2020

The recent development of dedicated prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted radioligands shows the potential to change and improve the diagnosis and therapy of prostate cancer. There is an increasing number of prospective trials to further...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,407 Views
17 Pages

13 January 2020

Previous studies have reported that sanguinarine possesses inhibitory activities against several microorganisms, but its effects on mono- and dual-species biofilms of C. albicans and S. aureus have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we aimed t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,115 Views
21 Pages

Troxerutin Prevents 5-Fluorouracil Induced Morphological Changes in the Intestinal Mucosa: Role of Cyclooxygenase-2 Pathway

  • João Antônio Leal de Miranda,
  • Conceição da Silva Martins,
  • Lázaro de Sousa Fideles,
  • Maria Lucianny Lima Barbosa,
  • João Erivan Façanha Barreto,
  • Helder Bindá Pimenta,
  • Francisco Orlando Rafael Freitas,
  • Paulo Vitor de Souza Pimentel,
  • Claudio Silva Teixeira and
  • Ariel Gustavo Scafuri
  • + 9 authors

8 January 2020

Intestinal mucositis is a common complication associated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), a chemotherapeutic agent used for cancer treatment. Troxerutin (TRX), a semi-synthetic flavonoid extracted from Dimorphandra gardneriana, has been reported as a pote...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
4,769 Views
14 Pages

8 January 2020

A promising strategy to improve the effectivity of anticancer treatment and decrease its side effects is to modulate drug release by using nanoparticulates (NPs) as carriers. In this study, methotrexate-loaded chitosan–polyanion nanoparticles were pr...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,763 Views
11 Pages

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Inhibitors and T-Cell-Dependent Immunotherapy in Cancer

  • Sandeep Kumar,
  • Daniel R. Principe,
  • Sunil Kumar Singh,
  • Navin Viswakarma,
  • Gautam Sondarva,
  • Basabi Rana and
  • Ajay Rana

Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling networks serve to regulate a wide range of physiologic and cancer-associated cell processes. For instance, a variety of oncogenic mutations often lead to hyperactivation of MAPK signaling, thereby enh...

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