ReviewCancers2021
Valproic Acid and Breast Cancer: State of the Art in 2021.
Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of progress toward unlocking the power of epigenetics in breast cancer: latest updates and perspectives.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Therapeutic efficacy of quetiapine combined with magnesium valproate in schizophrenia: Impact on serum BDNF and GFAP levels.Medicine · 2025Trial
- Hydroxamic Acids as HDAC Inhibitor Drug Leads for Malaria.Medicinal research reviews · 2026Review
- Mechanochemical Synthesis of Valproic Acid-Based Hybrids: Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and In Silico Evaluation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Beyond Epilepsy Control: Repurposing Antiepileptic Drugs in Central Nervous System Tumor Therapy.Cells · 2026Review
- Cannabidiol sensitizes triple-negative breast cancer cells to NK cell-mediated killing via EGFR inhibition and FAS upregulation.Journal of cannabis research · 2025Article
- Beyond epilepsy: The expanding role of valproic acid in Alzheimer disease therapy - a review.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025Review
- A Unified Explanation for Drug Repurposing and Pharmacological Pleiotropy Based on Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics.Pharmacology research & perspectives · 2025Review
- Brain Tumor Related Epilepsy: Pathophysiology and Multimodal Approach to Management.Current oncology reports · 2025Review
- Valproic Acid Enhances the Anticancer Effect of L-Ascorbic Acid by Upregulating Sodium-Dependent Vitamin C Transporter 2 in Colorectal Cancer.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Piperidine and valproic acid hybrid compound (F2S4-RSC advances · 2025Article
- Overcoming Multidrug Resistance Using DNA-Localized Auger Emitters: A Comparative Analysis of Radiotoxicity in Breast Cancer Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Harnessing Electrophiles In Vivo: A Pilot Study in Swine Using a Hydrophobic Radiopaque Formulation of 2-Propylpentanoyl Chloride.Molecular pharmaceutics · 2025Article
- Repurposing Antiepileptic Drugs for Cancer: A Promising Therapeutic Strategy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Exposure to psychotropic drugs and breast cancer risk in patients with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a nested case-control study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Article
- Epigenetic drugs in cancer therapy.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2025Review
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- The Conjugation of Chlorambucil with 4-Phenylbutanoic Acid and Valproic Acid respectively for Enhancing Anti-tumor Activity.Current organic synthesis · 2025Article
- Mechanisms Underlying the Protective Effects of Obeticholic Acid-activated FXR in Valproic Acid-induced HepatotoxicityCurrent computer-aided drug design · 2025Article
- Unlocking Nature's Potential: Ferritin as a Universal Nanocarrier for Amplified Cancer Therapy Testing via 3D Microtissues.ACS applied materials & interfaces · 2024Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Valproic acid (2-propylpentanoic acid, VPA) is a short-chain fatty acid, a member of the group of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs). VPA has been successfully used in the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia for over 50 years. Numerous in vitro and in vivo pre-clinical studies suggest that this well-known anticonvulsant drug significantly inhibits cancer cell proliferation by modulating multiple signaling pathways. Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy affecting women worldwide. Despite significant progress in the treatment of BC, serious adverse effects, high toxicity to normal cells, and the occurrence of multi-drug resistance (MDR) still limit the effective therapy of BC patients. Thus, new agents which improve the effectiveness of currently used methods, decrease the emergence of MDR, and increase disease-free survival are highly needed. This review focuses on in vitro and in vivo experimental data on VPA, applied individually or in combination with other anti-cancer agents, in the treatment of different histological subtypes of BC.
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