SBP solbec pharmaceuticals limited

interleukin 6

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    IL-6 has been shown to relate to a tumours resistence to cancer drugs. Coramsine down regulates IL-6, recent tests also prove this capability to be a valuable tool against cancers as shown by this trial with Docetaxel (Taxotere, perhaps the most successful cancer drug)

    I am looking forward to first results from the next clinical trial of Coramsine.

    "RESULTS: PC-3 and DU-145 cells had higher NF-kappaB activity, secreted more IL-6, and were more resistant to docetaxel than LNCaP cells. NF-kappaB activity was induced by docetaxel. Cotreatment with docetaxel and PS-1145 prevented docetaxel-induced NF-kappaB activation, reduced IL-6 production, and increased docetaxel effects on cell viability in PC-3 and DU-145 cells but not in LNCaP. Synergism with docetaxel and PS-1145, as assayed by median-effect principle, was observed in DU-145 and PC-3. In HIPC patients, pretreatment IL-6 serum levels correlated to prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response: median IL-6 level was 10.8+/-9.5 pg/mL in PSA responders versus 36.7+/-20.8 pg/mL (P=0.006) in nonresponders. A PSA response was also linked to a decline in IL-6 levels during treatment. Median overall survival was 6.8 months in patients with high IL-6 versus 16.6 months in those with low IL-6 (P=0.0007)."

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17000695

 
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