The immuno-oncological challenge of COVID-19

L Derosa, C Melenotte, F Griscelli, B Gachot… - Nature cancer, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its causative virus, SARS-CoV-2, pose
considerable challenges for the management of oncology patients. COVID-19 presents as a …

Epidrug repurposing: discovering new faces of old acquaintances in cancer therapy

M Montalvo-Casimiro, R González-Barrios… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Gene mutations are strongly associated with tumor progression and are well known in
cancer development. However, recently discovered epigenetic alterations have shown the …

[HTML][HTML] Novel epigenetic therapeutic strategies and targets in cancer

Q Babar, A Saeed, TA Tabish, S Pricl, H Townley… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2022 - Elsevier
The critical role of dysregulated epigenetic pathways in cancer genesis, development, and
therapy has typically been established as a result of scientific and technical innovations in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress and novel approaches to treating atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor

E Alva, J Rubens, S Chi, T Rosenberg, A Reddy… - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) are malignant central nervous system (CNS)
tumors that occur mostly in young children and have historically carried a very poor …

The use of ribavirin as an anticancer therapeutic: will it go viral?

J Casaos, NL Gorelick, S Huq, J Choi… - Molecular cancer …, 2019 - aacrjournals.org
The growing cost of medical care worldwide, particularly in oncology, has incentivized
researchers and physicians to repurpose clinically used drugs to alleviate the financial …

Repurposing old drugs into new epigenetic inhibitors: promising candidates for cancer treatment?

F Moreira-Silva, V Camilo, V Gaspar, JF Mano… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic alterations, as a cancer hallmark, are associated with cancer initiation,
progression and aggressiveness. Considering, however, that these alterations are …

Advancing biology-based therapeutic approaches for atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors

LM Hoffman, EA Richardson, B Ho, A Margol… - Neuro …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) is a rare, highly malignant central nervous system
cancer arising in infants and younger children, historically considered to be homogeneous …

Repurposing the FDA-approved antiviral drug ribavirin as targeted therapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

S Huq, J Casaos, R Serra, M Peters, Y **a… - Molecular cancer …, 2020 - aacrjournals.org
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a squamous cell carcinoma with a proclivity for
systemic dissemination, leading many patients to present with advanced stage disease and …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical efficacy of ribavirin in SHH and group 3 medulloblastoma

S Huq, NV Kannapadi, J Casaos, T Lott… - Journal of …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain malignancy, has Sonic
Hedgehog (SHH) and group 3 (Myc driven) subtypes that are associated with the activity of …

Antitumor effects of ribavirin in combination with TMZ and IFN-β in malignant glioma cells

Y Ochiai, K Sumi, E Sano, S Yoshimura… - Oncology …, 2020 - spandidos-publications.com
The prognosis of gioblastoma, the standard chemotherapy agent for which is temozolomide
(TMZ), remains poor despite recent advances in multimodal treatments. Therefore, it is …