Drug Combination Details
General Information of the Combination (ID: C62469) | |||||
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Name | Cryptotanshinone NP Info | + | Gefitinib Drug Info | ||
Structure |
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Disease |
Lung cancer
[ICD-11: 2C25]
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Investigative | [1] |
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally | ||||||
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α. Enhancing Drug Efficacy by This Combination | ||||||
Achieving Therapeutic Synergy | Click to Show/Hide | |||||
Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination | [1] | |||||
Molecule(s)
Regulation |
Up-regulation | Cleavage | CASP3 | Molecule Info |
Pathway MAP
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Down-regulation | Expression | GABPA | Molecule Info | |||
Down-regulation | Expression | TK | Molecule Info |
Pathway MAP
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In-vitro Model | NCI-H1299 | CVCL_0060 | Lung large cell carcinoma | Homo sapiens | ||
NCI-H1975 | CVCL_1511 | Lung adenocarcinoma | Homo sapiens | |||
A-549 | CVCL_0023 | Lung adenocarcinoma | Homo sapiens | |||
In-vivo Model | H1975 human lung cancer cells (5 * 107 in 1 ml) or PC9/GR human lung cancer cells (3 * 107 in 1 ml) were injected subcutaneously into the right flank of athymic BALB/c nude mice (3-4 weeks old). | |||||
Experimental
Result(s) |
Cryptotanshinone strengthens the effect of gefitinib against non-small cell lung cancer through inhibiting transketolase. |
References | ||||
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Reference 1 | Cryptotanshinone strengthens the effect of gefitinib against non-small cell lung cancer through inhibiting transketolase. Eur J Pharmacol. 2021 Jan 5;890:173647. |


