Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent

Heparin has been in the market since the last six decades due to its potential anticoagulant property. The mechanism of its anti-coagulation effect is well established. Along with its anticoagulant activity the other activity that is gathering a lot of importance now-a-days is its ability to arrest...

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Main Authors: Ravi, Lokwani, Nina Suhaity, Azmi, Mashitah, Mohd Yusoff, Solachuddin Jauhari, Arief Ichwan
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Language:English
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author Ravi, Lokwani
Nina Suhaity, Azmi
Mashitah, Mohd Yusoff
Solachuddin Jauhari, Arief Ichwan
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description Heparin has been in the market since the last six decades due to its potential anticoagulant property. The mechanism of its anti-coagulation effect is well established. Along with its anticoagulant activity the other activity that is gathering a lot of importance now-a-days is its ability to arrest the progression of tumors specially some solid forms of tumors such as small cell lung carcinoma and pancreatic tumors. The chemically modified and light molecular weight fractions of heparin have been found to be more active in countering tumor progression. In this review we discuss a brief history of this versatile biomolecule with its clinical data and postulated mechanism of action as per recent studies. This review also highlighted the approach of heparin-conjugated nanoparticles to achieve targeted drug delivery with synergistic response in tumor cells.
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spelling ump-88202023-05-17T04:43:15Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8820/ Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent Ravi, Lokwani Nina Suhaity, Azmi Mashitah, Mohd Yusoff Solachuddin Jauhari, Arief Ichwan Q Science (General) Heparin has been in the market since the last six decades due to its potential anticoagulant property. The mechanism of its anti-coagulation effect is well established. Along with its anticoagulant activity the other activity that is gathering a lot of importance now-a-days is its ability to arrest the progression of tumors specially some solid forms of tumors such as small cell lung carcinoma and pancreatic tumors. The chemically modified and light molecular weight fractions of heparin have been found to be more active in countering tumor progression. In this review we discuss a brief history of this versatile biomolecule with its clinical data and postulated mechanism of action as per recent studies. This review also highlighted the approach of heparin-conjugated nanoparticles to achieve targeted drug delivery with synergistic response in tumor cells. Hibiscus Publisher 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8820/1/Beyond%20Anticoagulant-%20Heparin%20as%20a%20Potential%20Anti-cancer%20Agent.pdf Ravi, Lokwani and Nina Suhaity, Azmi and Mashitah, Mohd Yusoff and Solachuddin Jauhari, Arief Ichwan (2014) Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent. Journal Of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology , 2 (2). pp. 37-43. ISSN 2289-5779. (Published) http://journal.hibiscuspublisher.com/index.php/JOBIMB/article/view/160
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Ravi, Lokwani
Nina Suhaity, Azmi
Mashitah, Mohd Yusoff
Solachuddin Jauhari, Arief Ichwan
Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent
title Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent
title_full Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent
title_fullStr Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent
title_full_unstemmed Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent
title_short Beyond anticoagulant : Heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent
title_sort beyond anticoagulant : heparin as a potential anti-cancer agent
topic Q Science (General)
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/8820/1/Beyond%20Anticoagulant-%20Heparin%20as%20a%20Potential%20Anti-cancer%20Agent.pdf