Katarzyna Regulska, Paulina Gieremek, Marcin Michalak, Tomasz Kolenda, Marlena Janiczek-Polewska, Joanna Kozłowska-Masłoń, Zefiryn Cybulski, Beata J Stanisz
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Abstract
Ovarian cancer (OC) has poor survival statistics and increasing prevalence. One of the new options for its therapy could be overcoming platinum resistance. In this review, we have considered the idea of repositioning angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE-Is) as chemosensitizers. These drugs have been shown to suppress angiogenesis and OC cell migration in preclinical studies. Moreover, clinical data have shown that using ACE-Is with standard chemotherapy prolongs patient survival. Based on this rationale, we discuss the available in vitro models of OC for future studies with ACE-Is and demonstrate an in silico approach that has enabled us to select the most promising molecules: perindopril, ramipril, trandolapril and their diketopiperazine derivatives.
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Drug Discovery Today delivers informed and highly current reviews for the discovery community. The magazine addresses not only the rapid scientific developments in drug discovery associated technologies but also the management, commercial and regulatory issues that increasingly play a part in how R&D is planned, structured and executed.
Features include comment by international experts, news and analysis of important developments, reviews of key scientific and strategic issues, overviews of recent progress in specific therapeutic areas and conference reports.