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October 2020 in “Journal of the American Society of Nephrology” This case report describes proguanil-related hematologic toxicity in a patient on peritoneal dialysis, suggesting that this malaria prophylaxis should be avoided in chronic kidney disease due to proguanil accumulation.
25 citations
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July 2022 in “Pharmaceutics” This study optimized efinaconazole spanlastic nanovesicles using risk management and multivariate analysis for potential transungual delivery to treat onychomycosis, achieving improved drug permeability and dissolution efficiency.
July 2026 in “Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry” This review discusses the evolution of Cereblon ligands in PROTAC technology, highlighting chemical innovations that may enhance drug-likeness and applicability in protein degradation, while noting challenges and future research directions.
76 citations
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July 2019 in “Scientific Reports” This study found that baicalin delivery through polymeric nanocapsules significantly enhanced its anticancer activity in breast cancer cell lines MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231.
74 citations
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September 1980 in “Medical Clinics of North America” This article discusses toxic epidermal necrolysis, highlighting its high mortality rate despite aggressive treatment, and notes controversy over using high-dose systemic corticosteroids as therapy.
November 2025 in “Eurasian journal of applied biotechnology” In this study, combining L-cysteine and N-acetylcysteine with MET inhibition enhanced cytotoxicity in cancer cell lines by sensitizing them to MET inhibition through redox stabilization, suggesting a promising approach for improving MET-targeted cancer therapies without additional oxidative or chemotherapeutic stress.
6 citations
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January 2024 in “ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters” This study found that the alkaloids cepharanthine and berbamine bind to SK2 and SK3 channel subtypes with affinities that match their concentrations active against various diseases, prompting further investigation into SK channels' role in their therapeutic effects.
2 citations
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March 2019 in “PubMed” This case report describes successful treatment of folliculitis decalvans in a 41-year-old woman using oral fusidic acid, leading to clinical improvement and no recurrences after six months.
November 2025 in “Drug Delivery and Translational Research” 3 citations
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February 1943 in “The American journal of digestive diseases/American journal of digestive diseases” Riboflavin helps heal bed sores, inositol aids skin diseases, and calcium pantothenate doesn't prevent gray hair.
7 citations
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January 2023 in “Journal of Hematology & Oncology” This review discusses how targeting protein degradation processes may help overcome cancer drug resistance, but reports no new clinical results and suggests further research for precise therapeutic strategies.
September 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study found that the PPARγ modulator NAC-GED-0507-Levo may protect hair follicles from chemotherapy-induced damage, potentially offering a strategy to address irreversible hair loss in cancer patients.
January 2026 in “Nanoscale Advances” In this study, a biocompatible zinc oxide nanocomposite loaded with the anticancer drug 9-Br-Nos demonstrated effective drug delivery and cytotoxicity against lung cancer cells in vitro, while also proving non-toxic to healthy cells, suggesting its potential for targeted lung cancer treatment.
17 citations
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January 2011 in “The Korean Journal of Hepatology” This case report details an occurrence of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease during pegylated interferon-α2b and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
7 citations
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March 2023 in “Arabian Journal of Chemistry” This study suggests that cepharanthine may play an important role in treating SARS-CoV-2 infection by targeting multiple pathways and related targets associated with COVID-19.
4 citations
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May 2025 in “Journal of Controlled Release”
January 2026 in “Physical Education Health and Social Sciences” This study found that integrating Lactobacillus-rich probiotic nutrition and fractional CO₂ laser therapy with clotrimazole in mucoadhesive hydrogels significantly improved clinical and structural outcomes for women with recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis, suggesting a promising advanced therapy, though further validation in larger trials is needed.
March 2026 in “Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry” This review examines the development and challenges of using PROTACs, a targeted protein degradation strategy, to treat cancer by degrading specific proteins like PARPs and GPX4, highlighting issues such as target diversification and bioavailability.
73 citations
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October 2001 in “Epilepsia” In this study, valproic acid treatment was associated with reduced biotinidase activity and improved skin lesions after biotin supplementation in children with seizures.
10 citations
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April 1964 in “Journal of the American Geriatrics Society” This article reviews triamcinolone acetonide as an intramuscular long-acting steroid therapy for dermatologic disorders but reports no new clinical results.
23 citations
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February 2010 in “European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry”
January 2024 in “Bratislavské lekárske listy/Bratislava medical journal” This study examined the vasorelaxant effects of two similar alkaloids, chloroquine and cinchonine, in a model of smooth muscle contractions induced by phenylephrine. Results are not reported in the abstract.
3 citations
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August 2023 in “The Journal of Pediatrics” Sodium valproate can rarely cause skin darkening, which may improve after stopping the drug.
2 citations
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November 2024 in “AAPS PharmSciTech” In this study, researchers found that niosomes, bilosomes, and spanlastic formulations can enhance the oral anticoagulation efficiency of rivaroxaban in rats, with spanlastic ranked as the most effective in prolonging clotting, prothrombin, and tail bleeding times compared to unprocessed rivaroxaban.
3 citations
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April 2021 in “Biomolecules & Therapeutics” In a mouse model of chemotherapy-induced alopecia, this study found that enhancing ETV2 expression improved angiogenesis and hair regrowth following 5-fluorouracil treatment.
11 citations
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October 2020 in “PLoS ONE” This study found that scalp cooling markedly reduces cellular uptake of anthracycline drugs in human keratinocytes, partially explaining its protective effect against chemotherapy-induced cytotoxicity.
March 2026 in “Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite” This study found that duloxetine and escitalopram exhibited broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, while buspirone had selective effects, and finasteride disrupted yeast virulence traits, suggesting these drugs could be repurposed as antimicrobial therapies.
17 citations
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April 2004 in “Acta Clinica Belgica” This study found that ultraviolet light-enhanced visualization can detect subtle skin changes linked to carotene and vitamin A deficiency, which improved with dietary correction in deficient individuals.
2 citations
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April 2017 in “Asian Journal of Psychiatry” This review discusses the role of histone deacetylases in hearing loss, proposing potential pharmacological interventions, but reports no new clinical results.
25 citations
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February 2024 in “Pharmaceutics” This article outlines how nanotechnology strategies, including phospholipid-based nanocarriers like liposomes, could enhance the effectiveness and skin tolerability of acne treatments, aiming to reduce side effects and improve patient compliance in managing acne vulgaris.