Browsing by Subject "drug effect"
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Alport syndrome from bench to bedside: The potential of current treatment beyond RAAS blockade and the horizon of future therapies
(2014)The hereditary type IV collagen disease Alport syndrome (AS) always leads to end-stage renal failure. Yesterday, for the past 90 years, this course was described as 'inevitable'. Today, RAAS blockade has changed the ...
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Bacterial cupredoxin azurin as an inducer of apoptosis and regression in human breast cancer
(2004)Azurin, a copper-containing redox protein released by the pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is highly cytotoxic to the human breast cancer cell line MCF-7, but is less cytotoxic toward p53-negative (MDA-MB-157) ...
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Black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa L.) protects against menadione-induced DNA damage through scavenging of reactive oxygen species: Bioassay-directed isolation and characterization of active principles
(2002)The roots/rhizomes of Cimicifuga racemosa L. (Nutt.) (black cohosh) have traditionally been used to treat menopausal symptoms through an unknown mechanism of action. In an effort to determine if black cohosh had additional ...
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Drug delivery innovations for enhancing the anticancer potential of vitamin e isoforms and their derivatives
(2015)Vitamin E isoforms have been extensively studied for their anticancer properties. Novel drug delivery systems (DDS) that include liposomes, nanoparticles, and micelles are actively being developed to improve Vitamin E ...
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The effect of the phytoestrogens genistein, daidzein, and equol on the growth of tamoxifen-resistant T47D/PKCα
(2007)Soy supplements are often consumed by women for alleviating menopausal symptoms or for the perceived protective effects against breast cancer. More concerning is the concurrent consumption of soy isoflavones with tamoxifen ...
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Equol enhances tamoxifen's anti-tumor activity by induction of caspase-mediated apoptosis in MCF-7 breast cancer cells
(2013)Background: Soy phytoestrogens, such as daidzein and its metabolite equol, have been proposed to be responsible for the low breast cancer rate in Asian women. Since the majority of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer ...
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Evaluation of estrogenic activity of plant extracts for the potential treatment of menopausal symptoms
(2001)Eight botanical preparations that are commonly used for the treatment of menopausal symptoms were tested for estrogenic activity. Methanol extracts of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), chasteberry (Vitex agnus-castus ...
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Evidence that a metabolilte of equine estrogens, 4-hydroxyequilenin, induces cellular transformation in vitro
(2001)Estrogen replacement therapy has been correlated with an increased risk of developing hormone-dependent cancers. 4-Hydroxyequilenin (4-OHEN) is a catechol metabolite of equilenin and equilin which are components of the ...
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Genetic analysis of HIV type 1 strains from newly infected untreated patients in cyprus: high genetic diversity and low prevalence of drug resistance.
(2009)Abstract The molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 infection was first studied in Cyprus in the mid-1990s, but the extent of HIV-1 diversity and the prevalence of drug resistance have remained elusive. In an effort to address ...
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Induction of caspase-independent programmed cell death by vitamin E natural homologs and synthetic derivatives.
(2009)Current observations in the literature suggest that vitamin E may be a suitable candidate for cancer chemotherapy. To investigate this further, we examined the ability of the vitamin E natural homologs [alpha-, beta-, ...
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New antimony(III) bromide complexes with thioamides: Synthesis, characterization, and cytostatic properties
(2009)New antimony(III) bromide complexes with the heterocyclic thioamides, thiourea (TU), 2-mercapto-1-methylimidazole (MMl), 2-mercapto-benzimidazole (MBZlM), 2-mercapto-5-methyl-benzimidazole (MMBZIM), 5-ethoxy-2-mercapto- ...
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Persistence of episomal HIV-1 infection intermediates in patients on highly active anti-retroviral therapy
(2000)Treatment of HIV-1-infected individuals with a combination of anti- retroviral agents results in sustained suppression of HIV-1 replication, as evidenced by a reduction in plasma viral RNA to levels below the limit of ...
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Regulation of Lactate Dehydrogenase Gene Expression by AMP‐dependent Protein Kinase Subunits
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Resistance to etoposide in human leukemia HL-60 cells: Reduction in drug-induced DNA cleavage associated with hypophosphorylation of topoisomerase II phosphopeptides
(1996)Tumor cell resistance to anthracyclines and epipodophyllotoxins can be due to reduced drug accumulation and/or alterations in the activity of topoisomerase II (TOPO II). HL-60 cells selected in 0.05 μg/ml doxorubicin (DOX) ...
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A small molecule mimicking a phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate binding pleckstrin homology domain
(2011)Inositol phospholipids have emerged as important key players in a wide variety of cellular functions. Among the seven existing inositol phospholipids, phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) has attracted much ...
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Structural motifs and biological studies of new antimony(iii) iodide complexes with thiones
(2010)Eight new antimony(III) iodide complexes of the heterocyclic thioamides, 2-mercapto-1-methylimidazole (MMI), 2-mercaptobenzlmidazole (MBZIM), 5-ethoxy-2-mercaptobenzimldazole (EtMBZIM), 2-mercaptothiazolidine (MTZD), ...
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Synthesis, structural characterization and in vitro inhibitory studies against human breast cancer of the bis-(2,6-di-tert-butylphenol)tin(iv) dichloride and its complexes
(2012)Four new organotin(iv) complexes of bis-(2,6-di-tert-butylphenol)tin(iv) dichloride [(tert-Bu-)2(HO-Ph)]2SnCl2 (1) with the heterocyclic thioamides 2-mercapto-pyrimidine (PMTH), 2-mercapto-4-methyl- pyrimidine (MPMTH), ...
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Targeting colon cancer cells with genistein-17.1A immunoconjugate.
(2003)We have shown that genistein, a major component of soy, has anti-colon cancer effects in vitro. These effects are attainable at high concentrations that are difficult to achieve in the serum. The purpose of this study was ...
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Transmission of drug-resistant HIV-1 is stabilizing in Europe
(2009)The SPREAD Programme investigated prospectively the time trend from September 2002 through December 2005 of transmitted drug resistance (TDR) among 2793 patients in 20 European countries and in Israel with newly diagnosed ...
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Vitamin E and cancer: An insight into the anticancer activities of vitamin E isomers and analogs
(2008)Current observations in the literature suggest that vitamin E may be a suitable candidate for the adjuvant treatment of cancer. Even though historically most research focused on α-tocopherol, more recent evidence suggests ...