Recent advances in immune checkpoint inhibitors for non-small lung cancer treatment.

Lung cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer responsible for thousands of cancer-related deaths. Its treatment has remained a challenge for researchers, but an increase in the knowledge of molecular pathways and biology of lung cancer has dramatically changed its management in recent decades. Immunotherapies and immunomodulation of lung cancer have previously failed for a long time but thanks to continuous research work and enthusiasm, now, this field is emerging as a novel effective therapy.

Genomic and Epigenomic Features of Glioblastoma Multiforme and its Biomarkers.

Glioblastoma multiforme is a serious and life-threatening tumor of central nervous system, characterized by aggressive behavior, poor prognosis, and low survival rate. Despite of the availability of aggressive antitumor therapeutic regimen for glioblastoma (radiotherapy followed by chemotherapeutic dose), recovery rate, and patients' survival ratio is attributed to the lack of selectivity of therapeutic drugs and less advancement in cancer therapeutics over last decade. Moreover, tools employed in conventional diagnosis of glioblastoma are more invasive and painful, making the process excruciating for the patients.

Role of Glucuronidation Pathway in Quetiapine Metabolism: An Drug-Drug Interaction Study between Quetiapine and Probenecid.

Background: Uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) enzymes play a significant role in the metabolism of quetiapine, and coadministration with a UGT inhibitor/inducer drug may change its pharmacokinetic profile.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the impact of probenecid, a UGT enzyme inhibitor, on the pharmacokinetic profile of quetiapine.

Materials And Methods: Twelve treatment-naïve, 7-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats (weighting 161 ± 22 g) were randomly and equally divided into control, quetiapine-alone and quetiapine plus probenecid groups.

Tanshinone IIA Ameliorates Spatial Learning and Memory Deficits by Inhibiting the Activity of ERK and GSK-3β.

Background: Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common type of dementia which is becoming a primary problem in the present society, but it lacks effective treatment methods and means of AD. Tanshinone IIA (Tan IIA) has been reported to have neuroprotective effects to restrain the Aβ-mediated apoptosis. However, few studies try to understand how Aβ affects hyperphosphorylation of tau and how Tan IIA regulates this process at the molecular level.