ReviewBiomedicines2022
Pyrvinium Pamoate: Past, Present, and Future as an Anti-Cancer Drug.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Self-assembling pH-responsive peptide nanoparticles delivering pyrvinium pamoate induce osteosarcoma senescence through CBX4 ubiquitination-mediated inhibition of YAP1 SUMOylation.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2026Article
- Cancer Therapy Using Antiparasitic Medications Guided by Acupuncture Meridian Assessment: A Case Series of Six Patients.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Wnt3-mediated fibrosis and carcinogenesis of lung squamous cell carcinoma in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.iScience · 2026Article
- CK1α agonists attenuate medulloblastoma stemness and relapse risk.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
- Emerging Therapeutic Approaches to Engage the Androgen Receptor for the Treatment of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.Cancers · 2025Review
- Beyond antiparasitic activity: elucidating the antibacterial potency of pyrvinium pamoate.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Quantifying interventional causality by knockoff operation.Science advances · 2025Article
- High-throughput drug screening in advanced pre-clinical 3D melanoma models identifies potential first-line therapies for NRAS-mutated melanoma.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
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- Salt or Cocrystal Puzzle Solved by Mechanochemistry: The Role of Solvent in the Pamoic Acid Case Study.Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2025Article
- Novel NIR fluorescent probe IR-546 inhibits melanoma through the AKT/GSK3β/β-catenin pathway.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Integrative analysis reveals therapeutic potential of pyrvinium pamoate in Merkel cell carcinoma.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Article
- Integrative analysis reveals therapeutic potential of pyrvinium pamoate in Merkel cell carcinoma.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Pyrvinium Pamoate Alone and With Gemcitabine Exhibits Anti-Pancreatic Cancer Activity in 2D and 3D Cell Culture Models.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024Article
- Drug Repurposing for Cancer Treatment: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- A High-Throughput Drug Repurposing Strategy to Treat TBX2 and/or TBX3 Dependent Cancers.Cancer medicine · 2024Article
- Unraveling druggable cancer-driving proteins and targeted drugs using artificial intelligence and multi-omics analyses.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Why Is Wnt/β-Catenin Not Yet Targeted in Routine Cancer Care?Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
Pyrvinium, a lipophilic cation belonging to the cyanine dye family, has been used in the clinic as a safe and effective anthelminthic for over 70 years. Its structure, similar to some polyaminopyrimidines and mitochondrial-targeting peptoids, has been linked with mitochondrial localization and targeting. Over the past two decades, increasing evidence has emerged showing pyrvinium to be a strong anti-cancer molecule in various human cancers in vitro and in vivo. This efficacy against cancers has been attributed to diverse mechanisms of action, with the weight of evidence supporting the inhibition of mitochondrial function, the WNT pathway, and cancer stem cell renewal. Despite the overwhelming evidence demonstrating the efficacy of pyrvinium for the treatment of human cancers, pyrvinium has not yet been repurposed for the treatment of cancers. This review provides an in-depth analysis of the history of pyrvinium as a therapeutic, the rationale and data supporting its use as an anticancer agent, and the challenges associated with repurposing pyrvinium as an anti-cancer agent.
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