Identification of foods that affect the anti-cancer activity of pitavastatin in cells (2022)
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Jawad, M., Ibrahim, S., Kumar, M., Burgert, C., Li, W., & Richardson, A. (2022). Identification of foods that affect the anti-cancer activity of pitavastatin in cells. Oncology Letters, https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2022.13193

Statins inhibit the synthesis of mevalonate, a precursor isoprenoid molecule to geranylgeraniol that is necessary for the post-translational modification of several small GTPase oncogenes. Despite numerous preclinical studies suggesting that statins... Read More about Identification of foods that affect the anti-cancer activity of pitavastatin in cells.

Dietary geranylgeraniol can limit the activity of pitavastatin as a potential treatment for drug-resistant ovarian cancer (2017)
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de Wolf, E., Abdullah, M. I., Jones, S. M., Menezes, K., Moss, D. M., Drijfhout, F., …Richardson, A. (2017). Dietary geranylgeraniol can limit the activity of pitavastatin as a potential treatment for drug-resistant ovarian cancer. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05595-4

Pre-clinical and retrospective studies of patients using statins to reduce plasma cholesterol have suggested that statins may be useful to treat cancer. However, prospective clinical trials have yet to demonstrate significant efficacy. We have previo... Read More about Dietary geranylgeraniol can limit the activity of pitavastatin as a potential treatment for drug-resistant ovarian cancer.

Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology (2013)
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Maddock, K., & Richardson, A. (2013). Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology. Pharmacy Education, 36 - 39 (4)

Background: Pharmacy education requires an understanding of the fundamental principles of molecular pharmacology. Among these, abstract concepts such as affinity, association and dissociation rates and partial agonism may be difficult to demonstrate... Read More about Chairs, bells and students – a novel method to simulate and teach molecular interactions in pharmacology.