Shiori Nishiuchi, Kenta Yagi, Hiroumi Saito, Yoshito Zamami, Takahiro Niimura, Koji Miyata, Yoshika Sakamoto, Kimiko Fukunaga, Shunsuke Ishida, Hirofumi Hamano, Fuka Aizawa, Mitsuhiro Goda, Masayuki Chuma, Yuki Izawa-Ishizawa, Hideki Nawa, Hiroaki Yanagawa, Yasunari Kanda, Keisuke Ishizawa
AIM: Doxorubicin, an anthracycline anti-tumour agent, is an essential chemotherapeutic drug; however, the adverse events associated with doxorubicin usage, including cardiotoxicity, prevent patients from continuing treatment. Here, we used databases to explore existing approved drugs with potential preventative effects against doxorubicin-induced cardiac events and examined their efficacy and mechanisms. METHODS: The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO), Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS), and Food and Drug Administration Adverse Events Reporting System (FAERS) databases were used to extract candidate prophylactic drugs...
August 5, 2022: European Journal of Pharmacology