Repurposing of Bromocriptine for Cancer Therapy

Repurposing of Bromocriptine for Cancer Therapy

Bromocriptine is an ergot alkaloid and dopamine D2 receptor agonist used to treat Parkinson’s disease, acromegaly, hyperprolactinemia, and galactorrhea, and more recently diabetes mellitus. The drug is also active against pituitary hormone-dependent tumors (prolactinomas and growth-hormone producing...

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Main Authors: Ean-Jeong Seo, Yoshikazu Sugimoto, Henry Johannes Greten, Thomas Efferth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
drug repurposing
ergot alkaloids
bromocriptine
neoplasms
pharmacogenomics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2018.01030/full

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