Novel 4-aminoquinazoline derivatives as new leads for anticancer drug discovery by Ghorab Mostafa M., Alsaid Mansour S.

“…All the newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activity against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Seven of the novel compounds exhibited higher activity than the reference drug doxorubicin. …”
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Exploring the Potential of SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Cancer Treatment: Mechanisms, Preclinical Findings, and Clinical Implications by Aldona Sokołowska, Klaudia Fikas, Kamil Chwaliszewski, Sebastian Samuła, Michał Mazur, Dorota Waz, Jakub Szarłowicz, Zofia Goliszek, Karolina Łucja Sobek, Wiktoria Tabin-Barczak

“…Description of the state of knowledge Preclinical studies suggest that SGLT-2 inhibitors can alter cancer cell metabolism by limiting glucose availability, potentially impeding tumor growth. …”
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Halodule uninervis extract facilitates the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles with anticancer activity by Nadine Wehbe, Joelle Edward Mesmar, Riham El Kurdi, Ali Al-Sawalmih, Adnan Badran, Digambara Patra, Elias Baydoun

“…The produced AuNPs exhibited anticancer activity against several human cancer cell lines, highlighting their potential efficacy as anticancer therapeutic agents. …”
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Targeting lipid metabolism: novel insights and therapeutic advances in pancreatic cancer treatment by Yanyan Zhang, Zhichao Yang, Yuchen Liu, Jinjin Pei, Ruojie Li, Yanhui Yang

“…Their accumulation fosters an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment that supports cancer cell proliferation and metastasis. Moreover, lipid metabolism dysregulation within immune cells, particularly T cells, impairs immune surveillance and weakens the body’s defenses against cancer. …”
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The protein circPETH-147aa regulates metabolic reprogramming in hepatocellular carcinoma cells to remodel immunosuppressive microenvironment by Tian Lan, Fengwei Gao, Yunshi Cai, Yinghao Lv, Jiang Zhu, Hu Liu, Sinan Xie, Haifeng Wan, Haorong He, Kunlin Xie, Chang Liu, Hong Wu

“…Abstract Metabolic reprogramming fuels cancer cell metastasis and remodels the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). …”
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Arenobufagin suppresses the progression of early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting EpCAM-mediated tumor stemness by Lijuan Deng, Lifang Zou, Chunhong Zhou, Fuqin Yang, Fen Ouyang, Yingru Zhu, Huihui Cao, Min Hu, Xiaoshen Zhang, Junshan Liu

“…In vitro , EpCAM enhanced cancer cell stemness, as reflected by increased abilities of proliferation, self-renewal, migration and invasion, which was counteracted by arenobufagin. …”
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An in-depth examination of the fuzzy fractional cancer tumor model and its numerical solution by implicit finite difference method. by Hamzeh Zureigat, Saleh Alshammari, Mohammad Alshammari, Mohammed Al-Smadi, M Mossa Al-Sawallah

“…To assess the stability of our proposed model, we applied the von Neumann method, considering the cancer cell killing rate as time-dependent and utilizing Caputo's derivative for the time-fractional derivative. …”
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Orchard: Building large cancer phylogenies using stochastic combinatorial search. by Ethan Kulman, Rui Kuang, Quaid Morris

“…Additionally, we demonstrate that the large and accurate phylogenies reconstructed by Orchard are useful for identifying patterns of somatic mutations and genetic variations among distinct cancer cell subpopulations.…”
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New Bioactive Metabolites from the Thermophilic Fungus Penicillium sp. Isolated from Ghamiqa Hot Spring in Saudi Arabia by Raha Orfali, Shagufta Perveen

“…All isolated metabolites were studied for their antibiotic effect against several pathogenic bacteria and for their cytotoxicity against the lymphoma human cancer cell line HTB-176. Austinol 3 exhibited strong antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa bacterial strain with an MIC value of 0.13 ± 0.4 µg·mL−1, whereas emodin 4 demonstrated significant cytotoxicity against the tested HTB-176 cell line with an IC50 value of 2 ± 7.6 µM, while the other compounds were moderate to inactive with IC50 ranging from 4.3 ± 0.25–22 ± 2.94 µM in this assay.…”
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Identification and Characterization of a Novel Rat MAVS Variant Modulating NFκB Signaling by Ihsan Nalkiran, Hatice Sevim Nalkiran

“…The MAVS500 was cloned from the rat bladder cancer cell line, NBT-II, using specific primers, and subsequently sequenced. …”
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Development of a Semiconductor Sequencing-based Panel for Screening Individuals with Lynch Syndrome by Ryia-Illani Mohd Yunos, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Janice Khor Sheau Sean, Sazuita Saidin, Mohd Ridhwan Abd Razak, Isa Md. Rose, Ismail Sagap, Luqman Mazlan, Rahman Jamal

“…The sensitivity and specificity of the identified mutations were determined by sequencing the serially diluted DNA from two human cancer cell lines, HCT 116 and LN-18. An average of 92 % of reads were mapped to the target region with 98 % uniformity. …”
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Natural products as anticancer agents and enhancing their efficacy by a mechanism-based precision approach by Stephen Safe

“…Among these compounds cytotoxic agents such as bleomycin, paclitaxel and vincristine block essential pathways and genes required for cancer cell growth and these agents have diverse clinical applications. …”
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Integrated in silico and in vitro exploration of the anti-VEGFR-2 activities of a semisynthetic xanthine alkaloid inhibiting breast cancer. by Eslam B Elkaeed, Hazem Elkady, Ahmed M Khattab, Reda G Yousef, Hanan A Al-Ghulikah, Dalal Z Husein, Ibrahim M Ibrahim, Mohamed A Elkady, Ahmed M Metwaly, Ibrahim H Eissa

“…In vitro tests also demonstrated significant activity of T-1-NBAB against breast cancer cell lines MCF7 and T47D, with IC50 values of 16.88 μM and 61.17 μM, respectively, and high selectivity. …”
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Unveiling immune cell response disparities in human primary cancer-associated fibroblasts between two- and three-dimensional cultures. by Jian-Ping Yang, Nikhil Nitin Kulkarni, Masashi Yamaji, Tsubasa Shiraishi, Thang Pham, Han Do, Nicole Aiello, Michael Shaw, Toshihiro Nakamura, Akiko Abiru, Narender R Gavva, Shane R Horman

“…In 3D TME spheroid models, CAFs enhance cancer cell growth and immunologically shield cells from NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity, in striking contrast with their 2D TME counterparts. …”
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ErbB4 as a Potential Molecular Target in the Treatment of Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancers by Ke Zhao, Bao-Jun Chen, Zhi-Guo Chen

“…Specifically, miRNA-140-5p inhibited/repressed the cancer cell invasion and migration in a sign to have important biological role in esophageal carcinomas. …”
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miR-135a Alleviates Silica-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Targeting NF-κB/Inflammatory Signaling Pathway by Bin Xie, Can Lu, Chen Chen, Jianhua Zhou, Zhenghao Deng

“…The complicated biological and molecular mechanisms underlying silica-induced lung damages have not yet been fully understood. miR-135a inhibits inflammation, apoptosis, and cancer cell proliferation. But the roles of miRNA135a involved in the silica-induced lung damages remain largely unexplored. …”
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PARylation of HMGA1 desensitizes esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to olaparib by Xin‐Yuan Lei, Kai‐Yue He, Qiu‐Tong Li, Lei Zhang, Dan‐Hui Wu, Jing‐Yu Yang, Jin‐Rong Guo, Meng‐Jie Liu, Zi‐Long Zhao, Jun‐Qi Li, Huai Liu, Yuan Zhao, Yu‐Jia Li, Qian‐Hui Sun, Chen‐Guang Wu, Yun‐Fan Wang, Geng‐Sheng Cao, Gang Wang, Yong‐Ping Jian, Zhi‐Xiang Xu

“…Taken together, these findings reveal a mechanistic link between HMGA1 and PARP1 in regulating cell responses to DNA damage and suggest that targeting HMGA1 could be a promising strategy to increase cancer cell sensitivity to olaparib.…”
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Comprehensive Review of Biological Functions and Therapeutic Potential of Perilla Seed Meal Proteins and Peptides by Yangfan Hu, Huan Luo, Vasudeva Reddy Netala, He Li, Zhijun Zhang, Tianyu Hou

“…Promising anticancer potential is also demonstrated by perilla peptides through the inhibition of key cancer cell lines, alongside their anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating activities. …”
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Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma and Pancreatic Tumor Cell Lines: The Role of Neutrophils and Neutrophil-Derived Elastase by Thomas Große-Steffen, Thomas Giese, Nathalia Giese, Thomas Longerich, Peter Schirmacher, G. Maria Hänsch, Matthias M. Gaida

“…PMN as well as prevention of adhesion induced EMT also in liver cancer cell line. In conclusion, PMN via elastase induce EMT in vitro, most likely due to the loss of cell-to-cell contact. …”
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Enhancing magnetic hyperthermia: Investigating iron oxide nanoparticle coating and stability by Joana Santos, Jorge Carvalho Silva, Manuel A. Valente, Tânia Vieira, Paula I.P. Soares

“…Magnetic hyperthermia (MH) is an innovative approach that uses superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) to increase the temperature locally, triggering cancer cell death. However, challenges related to the SPIONs coating impact their stability and MH heating mechanism, hindering its clinical adoption. …”
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