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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2025

The potential of dibenzazepine carboxamides in cancer therapy.

Nastaran Afsordeh, Safura Pournajaf, Javad Mirnajafi-Zadeh, Mohammad Hossein Pourgholami

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nastaran AfsordehDepartment of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Safura PournajafDepartment of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Javad Mirnajafi-ZadehDepartment of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein PourgholamiDepartment of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, with most conventional treatments lacking efficacy and having significant challenges like drug resistance. Finding new molecules is quite challenging in terms of cost, time and setbacks. Hence, drug repurposing is considered sensible for skipping the long process of drug development. Dibenzazepine carboxamides, as traditional anticonvulsants, primarily function by blocking voltage-gated sodium channels, which not only mitigate seizures but also influence mood disorders through modulation of serotonin and dopamine. Recent studies have uncovered their anticancer properties, demonstrated by both

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cancer therapycarbamazepinedibenzazepineseslicarbazepineoxcarbazepine

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PMID40223925
PMCPMC11985771

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