Eirini Foroglou

Ms. Eirini Foroglou

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Kentrikí Makedonía, Greece

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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6 October 2022 in Molecules
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ESEleni Sflakidou
Eleni Sflakidou
GLGeorge Leonidis
George Leonidis
EFEirini Foroglou
Eirini Foroglou
CSChristos Siokatas
Christos Siokatas
VSVasiliki Sarli
Vasiliki Sarli
Cancer is one of the top leading causes of death worldwide. It is a heterogenous disease characterized by unregulated cell proliferation and invasiveness of abnormal cells. For the treatment of cancer, natural products have been widely used as a source of therapeutic ingredients since ancient times. Although natural compounds and their derivatives have demonstrated strong antitumor activity in many types of cancer, their poor pharmacokinetic properties, low cell selectivity, limited bioavailability and restricted efficacy against drug-resistant cancer cells hinder their wide clinical application. Conjugation of natural products with other bioactive molecules has given rise to a new field in drug discovery resulting to the development of novel, bifunctional and more potent drugs for cancer therapy to overcome the current drawbacks. This review discusses multiple categories of such bifunctional conjugates and highlights recent trends and advances in the development of natural product hybrids. Among them, ADCs, PDCs, ApDCs, PROTACs and AUTOTACs represent emerging therapeutic agents against cancer.