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Bioengineered microfluidic blood-brain barrier models in oncology research
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Neoplasia Press, Inc.
, 2021 , Article)
Metastasis is the major reason for most brain tumors with up to a 50% chance of occurrence in patients with other types of malignancies. Brain metastasis occurs if cancer cells succeed to cross the ?blood-brain barrier? ...
Chemically modified mRNA beyond COVID-19: Potential preventive and therapeutic applications for targeting chronic diseases
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article Review)
Chemically modified mRNA represents a unique, efficient, and straightforward approach to produce a class of biopharmaceutical agents. It has been already approved as a vaccination-based method for targeting SARS-CoV-2 ...
Novel Isosteviol Derivatives Induced Apoptosis In Human Lung Cancer
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2014 , Conference Paper)
Background. Cancer metastasis is the major cause of cancer death. We previously reported novel isosteviols derivatives which induced cytotoxicity in lung cancer cells. The understanding of mechanisms which regulate lung ...
Integrative ontology and pathway-based approach identifies distinct molecular signatures in transcriptomes of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Book chapter)
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains a serious concern globally due to many factors that including late diagnosis, lack of an ideal biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis, and high rate of mortality. In this ...
The spectrum of chromosomal translocations in the Arab world: ethnic-specific chromosomal translocations and their relevance to diseases
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Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
, 2022 , Article Review)
Chromosomal translocations (CTs) are the most common type of structural chromosomal abnormalities in humans. CTs have been reported in several studies in the Arab world, but the frequency and spectrum of these translocations ...
Nanomedicine for Cancer.
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Bentham Science Publishers
, 2022 , Other)
Over the past decades, oncology has occupied the lion’s share of all nanomedical applications [1-3]. In 2020, up to 65% of the clinical trials involving nanomaterials were
attending to cancer therapeutics and diagnostics ...
The power of phytochemicals combination in cancer chemoprevention
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Ivyspring International Publisher
, 2020 , Article Review)
Conventional therapies for cancer treatment have posed many challenges, including toxicity, multidrug resistance and economic expenses. In contrast, complementary alternative medicine (CAM), employing phytochemicals have ...
Prospects of Curcumin Nanoformulations in Cancer Management
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
, 2022 , Article)
There is increasing interest in the use of natural compounds with beneficial pharmacological effects for managing diseases. Curcumin (CUR) is a phytochemical that is reportedly effective against some cancers through its ...
Liposome mediated-CYP1A1 gene silencing nanomedicine prepared using lipid film-coated proliposomes as a potential treatment strategy of lung cancer.
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Elsevier
, 2019 , Article)
The occurrence of lung cancer is linked with tobacco smoking, mainly through the generation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Elevated activity of cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) plays an important role in the metabolic ...
Does Opium Consumption Have Shared Impact on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer?
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Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran
, 2022 , Article)
Although atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and cancer are seemingly different types of disease, they have multiple shared underlying mechanisms and lifestyle-related risk factors like smoking, unhealthy diet, ...