The tumor microenvironment plays an important role in the tumor's progression and metastasis. Therefore, successful alteration of this delicate setting against the tumor's favor can open a window for therapeutic efficacy. We have developed a modality to bring about treatment-induced alterations in the tumor microenvironment by employing the synergistic effects between two drugs. Co-delivery of ...

Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and various treatments have been investigated to treat this disease, but drug resistance remains an important factor in failure conventional therapeutics. Here we describe development, optimisation characterisation alginate, chitosan, pullulan, their combined nano-emulsions as delivery platforms for potential application melanoma. A novel nano...

Malignant melanoma is the major cause of skin cancer-related deaths. Surgery in combination with radiotherapy, immunotherapy or chemotherapy used to eradicate cancer cells, however, this treatment option limited by tolerance surrounding healthy tissue. The extracts from Galenia africana have been shown possess anti-cancer flavonoid compounds and can be a safer cost-effective alternative treatme...

Melanoma is a very malignant disease and there are still no effective treatments. CD147 participates in the carcinogenesis of multiple human cancers and GLUT-1, as a glucose transporter, is associated with tumor growth. However, the function of CD147 and GLUT-1 in melanoma have not been completely understood. Thus, in this study we investigated the expression of CD147 and GLUT-1 in melanoma tis...

Resveratrol (Res), a natural plant extract, is an effective inducer of cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in multiple carcinoma cell types, which has been demonstrated by its ability to inhibit the proliferation of multiple human tumor cells in vitro. Although Res possesses chemopreventive properties against several types of cancer, the molecular mechanism underlying its anticancer activity r...

The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK)1 and ERK2, involved in regulating cell growth and differentiation, are constitutively active in A375 and WM239 human melanoma cells. Using PD098059, an inhibitor of MAPK kinase (MEK), we investigated the role of persistently activated ERK1/2 in cell growth. The inhibition of MAPK activity induced a...

The inability to meet the desired outcomes of anticancer treatment and decrease in success bacterial fungal infections accelerated research these areas. Our group has conducted numerous studies, especially on benzimidazole ring systems’ antiproliferative antimicrobial activities. In this study, activity compounds was tested against A549, A498, HeLa, A375, HepG2 cancer cell lines by MTT assay. A...

Triptolide, a diterpenoid obtained from Tripteryglum wilfordii Hook.f, has attracted interest for its anti- tumor activities against human tumor cell lines in recent years. This report focuses on anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activities in human melanoma A375 cells assessed by CCK8 assay, Hoechst 33258 staining and flow cytometry. In addition, triptolide-induced arrest in the S phase was...

Ophiobolin A, a fungal toxin from Bipolaris species known to affect different cellular processes in plants, has recently been shown to have anti-cancer activity in mammalian cells. In the present study, we investigated the anti-proliferative effect of Ophiobolin A on human melanoma A375 and CHL-1 cell lines. This cellular model was chosen because of the incidence of melanoma malignant tumor on ...