Cancer remains a major global cause of death, posing significant treatment challenges. The interactions between tumor cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME) are crucial in influencing tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, and treatment response. There has been significant research and clinical interest in targeting the TME as a therapeutic approach in cancer, with advancements being made through drug development.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBleomycin (BL) is a widely used anticancer drug that can cause pulmonary fibrosis due to increased fibroblast proliferation and increased secretion of extracellular matrix. is a tumor suppressor gene that is down-regulated by DNA methylation during fibrosis. Disulfiram (DSF), a noncytosine DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, can revert epigenetic biomarkers and re-express silenced genes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Purpose: Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a chronic and life-threatening interstitial lung disease. N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) is an antioxidant pharmaceutically available to reduce endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and fibrosis, however, the therapeutic effect of NAC on PF has not been clearly identified. This research aimed to investigate the possible therapeutic impact of NAC on PF induced by bleomycin in the rat model.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe report a cesium bicarbonate-mediated alkylation of 2,4-dihydroxybenzyaldehyde and 2,4-dihydroxyacetophenone to generate 4-alkylated products in acetonitrile at 80 °C with excellent regioselectivity, up to 95% isolated yields, and broad substrate scope.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new biopolymer-based magnetic nanocomposite was prepared and characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images, inductively-coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) analysis, thermogravimetric/differential thermal (TG/DT) analysis and atomic force microscopy (AFM) image analysis. Then, it was applied as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst in two important three- and four-component one-pot organic condensation reactions for the synthesis of Hantzsch 1,4-dihydropyridine and polyhydroquinoline derivatives in high yields under solvent-free condition at room temperature. The first design and development of a low-leaching bionanostructure, easy separation and reusability of the nanocatalyst, simple work-up procedure, mild, green and environmentally friendly conditions are some important features and advantages of the present work.
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