ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021
Repurposing Chloroquine Against Multiple Diseases With Special Attention to SARS-CoV-2 and Associated Toxicity.
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- Chloroquine as a potential anticancer agent for triple-negative breast cancer: effects on MDA-MB-231 cells.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Article
- Plant-derived products as anti-leishmanials which target mitochondria: a review.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Repurposing of anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis: realistic strategy or fanciful dead end?Malaria journal · 2024Review
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- Squaramide Tethered Clindamycin, Chloroquine, and Mortiamide Hybrids: Design, Synthesis, and Antimalarial Activity.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2023Article
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- Anti-malarial drugs: Mechanisms underlying their proarrhythmic effects.British journal of pharmacology · 2022Review
- Exploring Amodiaquine's Repurposing Potential in Breast Cancer Treatment-Assessment of In-Vitro Efficacy & Mechanism of Action.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Autophagy Inhibition Enhances Anti-Glioblastoma Effects of Pyrazolo[3,4-Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Safety considerations of chloroquine in the treatment of patients with diabetes and COVID-19.Chemico-biological interactions · 2022Article
- Therapeutics for COVID-19 and post COVID-19 complications: An update.Current research in pharmacology and drug discovery · 2022Review
- Chloroquine and COVID-19-A systems biology model uncovers the drug's detrimental effect on autophagy and explains its failure.PloS one · 2022Article
- Mechanism of Blood-Heart-Barrier Leakage: Implications for COVID-19 Induced Cardiovascular Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Potent phytochemicals against COVID-19 infection from phyto-materials used as antivirals in complementary medicines: a review.Future journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2021Review
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Abstract
Chloroquine and its derivatives have been used since ages to treat malaria and have also been approved by the FDA to treat autoimmune diseases. The drug employs pH-dependent inhibition of functioning and signalling of the endosome, lysosome and trans-Golgi network, immunomodulatory actions, inhibition of autophagy and interference with receptor binding to treat cancer and many viral diseases. The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has brought the whole world on the knees, seeking an urgent hunt for an anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug. Chloroquine has shown to inhibit receptor binding of the viral particles, interferes with their replication and inhibits "cytokine storm". Though multiple modes of actions have been employed by chloroquine against multiple diseases, viral diseases can provide an added advantage to establish the anti-SARS-CoV-2 mechanism, the
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