Special Issue "Discovering Novel Bioactive Small Molecules against Drug-Resistant and Multidrug-Resistant Cancers"
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 1256
Special Issue Editor
Interests: multidrug resistance mechanisms; ATP-binding cassette proteins; protein kinase inhibitors; medicinal chemistry; natural products chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A major obstacle to clinical cancer chemotherapy is the development of acquired drug-resistant or multidrug-resistance (MDR) phenotype in cancer cells. Multiple molecular mechanisms such as increased drug efflux, reduced drug uptake, enhanced cellular repair mechanisms, and alterations of drug metabolism or drug targets are known to contribute to the reduced sensitivity of cancer cells to anticancer drugs. In the past decade, many synthetic compounds have been developed; natural bioactive compounds have been discovered, and numerous therapeutic agents have been repurposed to improve the efficacy of anticancer drugs in these drug-resistant cancer cells. This Special Issue on “Discovering novel bioactive small molecules against drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant cancers” warmly invites researchers to contribute original research articles, review articles, and short communications related to all aspects of drug development and therapeutic approaches against drug-resistant and multidrug-resistant cancers.
Prof. Dr. Chung-Pu Wu
Guest Editor
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