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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022

Combinatorial treatments of tamoxifen and SM6Met, an extract from

Lorinda van Dyk, Nicolette J D Verhoog, Ann Louw

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lorinda van DykDepartment of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Nicolette J D VerhoogDepartment of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Ann LouwDepartment of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Stellenbosch University · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synergistic drug combinations are not only popular in antibiotic, anti-microbial, immune disease (i.e., AIDS) and viral infection studies, but has also gained traction in the field of cancer research as a multi-targeted approach. It has the potential to lower the doses needed of standard of care (SOC) therapeutic agents, whilst maintaining an effective therapeutic level. Lower dosages could ameliorate the fundamental problems such as drug resistance and metastasis associated with current SOC therapies. In the current study, we show that the combination of SM6Met with (2)-4-hydroxytamoxifen (4-OH-Tam, the active metabolite of tamoxifen) produces a strong synergistic effect in terms of inhibiting MCF7 ER-positive (ER

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breast cancercombinatorialCyclopiahoneybushsynergismtamoxifentea extract

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PMID36210845
PMCPMC9535530
OpenAlexW4296616420

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