 Camptothecin
"Camptothecin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An alkaloid isolated from the stem wood of the Chinese tree, Camptotheca acuminata. This compound selectively inhibits the nuclear enzyme DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I. Several semisynthetic analogs of camptothecin have demonstrated antitumor activity.
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D002166
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D03.132.151
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Camptothecin" by people in Profiles.
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Bendell JC, Lenz HJ, Ryan T, El-Rayes BF, Marshall JL, Modiano MR, Hart LL, Kingsley CD, George TJ, Nakashima D, Berlin JD. Phase 1/2 study of KRN330, a fully human anti-A33 monoclonal antibody, plus irinotecan as second-line treatment for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Invest New Drugs. 2014 Aug; 32(4):682-90.
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Zhou Y, Bollu LR, Tozzi F, Ye X, Bhattacharya R, Gao G, Dupre E, Xia L, Lu J, Fan F, Bellister S, Ellis LM, Weihua Z. ATP citrate lyase mediates resistance of colorectal cancer cells to SN38. Mol Cancer Ther. 2013 Dec; 12(12):2782-91.
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Allegra C, George T, Yothers G. Multiagent regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer: if some is good, more must be better. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Jan 05; 103(1):4-5.
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D'Esposito F, Tattam BN, Ramzan I, Murray M. A liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) assay for the determination of irinotecan (CPT-11) and its two major metabolites in human liver microsomal incubations and human plasma samples. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2008 Nov 15; 875(2):522-30.
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Chow DS, Gong L, Wolfe MD, Giovanella BC. Modified lactone/carboxylate salt equilibria in vivo by liposomal delivery of 9-nitro-camptothecin. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2000; 922:164-74.
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