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Multi-targeting bioactive compounds extracted from essential oils as kinase inhibitors

Maruca, Annalisa ; Lanzillotta, Delia ; Rocca, Roberta ; Lupia, Antonio ; Costa, Giosuè ; Catalano, Raffaella ; Moraca, Federica ; Gaudio, Eugenio ; Ortuso, Francesco ; Artese, Anna ; Trapasso, Francesco ; Alcaro, Stefano

In: Molecules, 2020, vol. 25, no. 9, p. 14 p

Essential oils (EOs) are popular in aromatherapy, a branch of alternative medicine that claims their curative effects. Moreover, several studies reported EOs as potential anti- cancer agents by inducing apoptosis in different cancer cell models. In this study, we have considered EOs as a potential resource of new kinase inhibitors with a polypharmacological profile. On the other hand,...

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Is there a role for dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors for patients affected with lymphoma?

Tarantelli, Chiara ; Lupia, Antonio ; Stathis, Anastasios ; Bertoni, Francesco

In: International journal of molecular sciences, 2020, vol. 21, no. 3, p. 21 p

The activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway is a main driver of cell growth, proliferation, survival, and chemoresistance of cancer cells, and, for this reason, represents an attractive target for developing targeted anti- cancer drugs. There are plenty of preclinical data sustaining the anti-tumor activity of dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors as single agents and in combination in lymphomas. Clinical...