Fungi-Derived Bioactive Compounds as Potential Therapeutic Agents for Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review.

Microorganisms

Institute of Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine (IBIMER), Center of Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, 18100 Granada, Spain.

Published: July 2024

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the tumors with the lowest 5-year survival rate worldwide due to late diagnosis and lack of effective therapy. Because of this, it is necessary to discover new ways of treatment to increase the quality of life of patients. In this context, the secondary metabolites of several fungi have been shown as a possible therapeutic strategy in several types of cancer, such as colorectal cancer, being able to trigger their action through the induction of apoptosis. The objective was to perform a systematic review process to analyze the studies carried out during the last ten years using secondary metabolites derived from fungi as antitumor treatment against PC. After the search process in three databases (PubMed, SCOPUS, and Web of Science) a total of 199 articles were found, with 27 articles finally being included after screening. The results extracted from this systematic review process made it possible to determine the existence of bioactive compounds extracted from fungi that have been effective in in vitro and in vivo conditions and that may be applicable as a possible therapy to avoid drug resistance in PC, one of the major problems of this disease.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11356550PMC
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