The multitargeted drug ivermectin: from an antiparasitic agent to a repositioned cancer drug. The ePub format uses eBook readers, which have several "ease of reading" features In addition, morphological changed caused by apoptosis, including chromatin condensation, nuclear fragmentation, DNA fragmentation and apoptotic body formation were observed. Epigenetic therapy for ovarian cancer: promise and progress. The PAK1-Stat3 Signaling Pathway Activates IL-6 Gene Transcription and Human Breast Cancer Stem Cell Formation. After using the autophagy inhibitor bafilomycin A1 or siRNA to downregulate Beclin1, IVM-induced apoptosis was significantly enhanced, which suggested that enhanced autophagy will reduce IVM-induced apoptosis and that IVM-induced autophagy can protect tumor cells from apoptosis. Kane N.S., Hirschberg B., Qian S., Hunt D., Thomas B., Brochu R., Ludmerer S.W., Zheng Y., Smith M., Arena J.P., Cohen C.J., Schmatz D., Warmke J., Cully D.F. A drug screening study of TNBC showed that IVM could be used as a SIN3-interaction domain (SID) mimic to selectively block the interaction between SID and paired a-helix2. Recognition of the role of Natural Products as drugs to treat neglected tropical diseases by the 2015 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Recent studies have also found that IVM could promote the death of tumor cells by regulating the tumor microenvironment in breast cancer. ASC, Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD; ALCAR, acetyl-L-carnitine; CSCs, Cancer stem cells; DAMP, Damage-associated molecular pattern; EGFR, Epidermal growth factor receptor; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; EMT, Epithelial mesenchymal-transition; GABA, Gamma-aminobutyric acid; GSDMD, Gasdermin D; HBV, Hepatitis B virus; HCV, Hepatitis C virus; HER2, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HMGB1, High mobility group box-1 protein; HSP27, Heat shock protein 27; LD50, median lethal dose; LDH, Lactate dehydrogenase; IVM, Ivermectin; MDR, Multidrug resistance; NAC, N-acetyl-L-cysteine; OCT-4, Octamer-binding protein 4; PAK1, P-21-activated kinases 1; PAMP, Pathogen-associated molecular pattern; PARP, poly (ADP- ribose) polymerase; P-gp, P-glycoprotein; PRR, pattern recognition receptor; ROS, Reactive oxygen species; STAT3, Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; SID, SIN3-interaction domain; siRNA, small interfering RNA; SOX-2, SRY-box 2; TNBC, Triple-negative breast cancer; YAP1, Yes-associated protein 1, ivermectin(PubChem CID6321424), avermectin(PubChem CID6434889), selamectin(PubChem CID9578507), doramectin(PubChem CID9832750), moxidectin(PubChem CID9832912). Siegel R.L., Miller K.D., Jemal A. Computational searching of DrugBank, a database of approved drugs, was performed using the principles of twodimensional similarity . 15 Jan 2023 21:28:26 These results indicated the significance of applying IVM for the treatment of chemotherapy patients with MDR. Yan S., Ci X., Chen N., Chen C., Li X., Chu X., Li J., Deng X. Anti-inflammatory effects of ivermectin in mouse model of allergic asthma. April 8, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. The presence of the mitochondrial fuel acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR), and the antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), could reverse IVM-induced inhibition. This may be related to the regulation of multiple signaling pathways by ivermectin through PAK1 kinase. Despite the large number of related studies, there are still some key issues that have not been resolved. Wen P.Y., Kesari S. Malignant gliomas in adults. Received 2020 Jun 5; Revised 2020 Sep 11; Accepted 2020 Sep 11. Smit M.R., Ochomo E.O., Aljayyoussi G., Kwambai T.K., Abongo B.O., Chen T., Bousema T., Slater H.C., Waterhouse D., Bayoh N.M., Gimnig J.E., Samuels A.M., Desai M.R., Phillips-Howard P.A., Kariuki S.K., Wang D., Ward S.A., Ter Kuile F.O. Experiments showed that IVM inhibited the proliferation of human glioblastoma U87 and T98 G cells in a dose-dependent manner and induced apoptosis in a caspase-dependent manner [63]. Today, ivermectin is being increasingly used worldwide to combat other diseases in humans, such as Strongyloidiasis (which infects some 35 million each year), scabies (which causes 300 million cases annually), Pediculosis, Gnathostomiasis and Myiasisand new and promising properties and uses for ivermectin and other avermectin derivatives are . A large, randomized study of COVID-19 patients in Brazil shows that being treated with ivermectin has little or no benefit. The study was conducted on 18 rectal cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan and had a 100 percent success rate, according to a paper published Sunday in the New . Here, we systematically summarized the anticancer effect and mechanism of IVM, which is of great significance for the repositioning of IVM for cancer treatment. Franklin K.M., Asatryan L., Jakowec M.W., Trudell J.R., Bell R.L., Davies D.L. What this study does and does not show. Ivermectin has been used off-label widely since the original in vitro study by Caly et al. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and still lacks effective therapy. In addition, IVM regulated the expression of the epithelial mesenchymal-transition (EMT) related gene E-cadherin to restore the sensitivity of TNBC cells to tamoxifen, which implies the possibility that IVM functions as an epigenetic regulator in the treatment of cancer[36]. Ivermectin is an anthelmintic. Rane C.K., Minden A. P21 activated kinase signaling in cancer. Dr. Mercola encourages you to make your own health care decisions based upon your research and in partnership with a qualified health care professional. Huang Z., Wu T., Liu A.Y., Ouyang G. Differentiation and transdifferentiation potentials of cancer stem cells. Franken M.G., Leeneman B., Gheorghe M., Uyl-de Groot C.A., Haanen J., van Baal P.H.M. MDR of tumor cells is the main cause of relapses and deaths after chemotherapy [97]. Approximately 80% of cases of liver cancer are caused by hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection [42]. Fritz L.C., Wang C.C., Gorio A. Avermectin B1a irreversibly blocks postsynaptic potentials at the lobster neuromuscular junction by reducing muscle membrane resistance. (4) IVM can enhance the sensitivity of chemotherapeutic drugs and reduce the production of resistance. Gewirtz D.A. In gliomas, miR-21 can regulate the Ras/MAPK signaling pathway and enhance its effects on proliferation and invasion [65]. HMGB1 is a chromatin protein present in all cells and its . already built in. Ivermectin is generally given with water on an empty stomach; however, administering ivermectin with food increases its bioavailability. Avermectin family drugs such as selamectin [36,41,113], and doramectin [114] also have anticancer effects, as previously reported. The Panel reviewed other clinical studies of IVM for the treatment of COVID-19. The incidence of breast cancer has increased each year, and it has become one of the female malignant tumors with the highest incidence in globally. However, to date, no exact target for IVM action has been found. Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide. In melanoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, IVM inhibited cell proliferation activity by inhibiting PAK1 to downregulate the expression of MEK 1/2 and ERK1/2 [69,73]. (2) IVM regulates the tumor microenvironment, inhibits the activity of tumor stem cells and reduces tumor angiogenesis and tumor metastasis. The study found that patients with Covid-19 treated in hospital who "received ivermectin early reported substantial recovery" and that there was "a substantial improvement and reduction in . Lespine A., Martin S., Dupuy J., Roulet A., Pineau T., Orlowski S., Alvinerie M. Interaction of macrocyclic lactones with P-glycoprotein: structure-affinity relationship. In Jiang's experiment, IVM reversed the drug resistance of the vincristine-resistant colorectal cancer cell line HCT-8, doxorubicin-resistant breast cancer cell line MCF-7 and the chronic myelogenous leukemia cell line K562 [104]. Gallardo treated melanoma cells with IVM and found that it could effectively inhibit melanoma activity [73]. Previous studies have indicated that PAK1 is located at the intersection of multiple signaling pathways related to tumorigenesis and is a key regulator of cancer signaling networks (Fig. Dominguez-Gomez G., Chavez-Blanco A., Medina-Franco J.L., Saldivar-Gonzalez F., Flores-Torrontegui Y., Juarez M., Diaz-Chavez J., Gonzalez-Fierro A., Duenas-Gonzalez A. Ivermectin as an inhibitor of cancer stemlike cells. In addition to IVM, the current avermectin family members include selamectin, doramectin and moxidectin [[2], [3], [4], [5]] (Fig. Laing R., Gillan V., Devaney E. Ivermectin - Old Drug, New Tricks? The aim of the present study was to demonstrate that ivermectin preferentially inhibited cancer stemlike cells (CSC) in breast cancer cells and downregulated the expression of 'stemness' genes. The mechanism involved the inhibition by IVM of the Akt/mTOR pathway to induce autophagy and p-21-activated kinase 1(PAK1)was the target of IVM for breast cancer [32]. Lim S.M., Syn N.L., Cho B.C., Soo R.A. Acquired resistance to EGFR targeted therapy in non-small cell lung cancer: Mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. Cancer cells exposure to IVM can be induced to generate ROS generation and reduce membrane potential of mitochondria. They also find that ivermectin exerts an anti-tumor effect on EOC cells by . Yoshida G.J. treatment [[23], [24], [25], [26], [27]]. Last Updated on January 5, 2023 by Shaun Snapp. 1 Campbell W.C., Fisher M.H., Stapley E.O., Albers-Schonberg G., Jacob T.A. Here, we reviewed the related mechanisms by which ivermectin inhibited the development of different cancers and promoted programmed cell death and discussed the prospects for the clinical application of ivermectin as an anticancer drug for neoplasm therapy. Therapeutic strategies of drug repositioning targeting autophagy to induce cancer cell death: from pathophysiology to treatment. Although there is currently little evidences showing that IVM induces pyroptosis, it is important to investigate the role of IVM in inducing pyroptosis in other cancers in future studies and realize that IVM may induce different types of programmed cell death in different types of cancer. It is considered as a new target for cancer therapy [107]. Carneiro S.R., da Silva Lima A.A., de Fatima Silva Santos G., de Oliveira C.S.B., Almeida M.C.V., da Conceicao Nascimento Pinheiro M. Relationship between Oxidative Stress and Physical Activity in Women with Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in a Cervical Cancer Control Program in the Brazilian Amazon. Drug-resistant Drosophila indicate glutamate-gated chloride channels are targets for the antiparasitics nodulisporic acid and ivermectin. Therefore, CSCs have been widely recognized as the main cause of recurrence after treatment [93,94]. Introduction. 2 88]. (Ub:Ubiquitination, P:Phosphorylation). Tumor microenvironment: Challenges and opportunities in targeting metastasis of triple negative breast cancer. The drug, Ivermectin, an antiparasitic medicine, is an inhibitor of the virus SARS-CoV-2 in-vitro and can effectively cause a reduction in virus at 48 hours in cell cultures. IVM can inhibit the replication of flavivirus by targeting the NS3 helicase [17]; it also blocks the nuclear transport of viral proteins by acting on /-mediated nuclear transport and exerts antiviral activity against the HIV-1 and dengue viruses [18]. Glioma is the most common cerebral tumor and approximately 100,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with glioma every year. Arcangeli S., Pinzi V., Arcangeli G. Epidemiology of prostate cancer and treatment remarks. Nambara S., Masuda T., Nishio M., Kuramitsu S., Tobo T., Ogawa Y., Hu Q., Iguchi T., Kuroda Y., Ito S., Eguchi H., Sugimachi K., Saeki H., Oki E., Maehara Y., Suzuki A., Mimori K. Antitumor effects of the antiparasitic agent ivermectin via inhibition of Yes-associated protein 1 expression in gastric cancer. The present study represents the first study evaluating the anticancer efficacy of ivermectin in pancreatic cancer. Apoptosis is a programmed cell death that is regulated by genes to maintain cell stability. Cancer stem cells and radiotherapy: new insights into tumor radioresistance. Ivermectin reverses the drug resistance in cancer cells through EGFR/ERK/Akt/NF-kappaB pathway. The authors speculated that IVM may mediate the occurrence of pyroptosis via the P2 4/P2 7/NLRP3 pathway (Fig. The study group included adult patients from 12 cities throughout Brazil, where ivermectin has been widely embraced and utilized since the early months of the pandemic. Over 25 Years of Clinical Experience With Ivermectin: An Overview of Safety for an Increasing Number of Indications. Furthermore, ivermectin was approved for the treatment of scabies by the World Health Organization based only on 10 randomized controlled trials, including 852 patients. It . This included: a laboratory study showing that the drug acted as a strong antiviral in a petri dish, a study in a French nursing home where the residents took ivermectin to treat a scabies . Levy J.M.M., Towers C.G., Thorburn A. Liu X., Zhang Z., Ruan J., Pan Y., Magupalli V.G., Wu H., Lieberman J. Inflammasome-activated gasdermin D causes pyroptosis by forming membrane pores. In humans, the FDA has approved ivermectin to treat infections caused by some parasitic worms and, topically, for head lice and the skin disorder rosacea. Moreover, IVM could induce apoptosis of human brain microvascular endothelial cells and significantly inhibit angiogenesis. We have already mentioned that IVM plays an anticancer role in various tumors by regulating pathways closely related to cancer development. In an experiment designed to screen potential drugs for the treatment of leukemia, IVM preferentially killed leukemia cells at low concentrations without affecting normal hematopoietic cells [51]. Interestingly, IVM could also show activity against BRAF wild-type melanoma cells, and its combination with dapafinib could significantly increase antitumor activity. In healthy volunteers, the dose was increased to 2 mg/Kg, and no serious adverse reactions were found, while tests in animals such as mice, rats, and rabbits found that the median lethal dose (LD50) of IVM was 10-50 mg/Kg [112] In addition, IVM has also been proven to show good permeability in tumor tissues [50]. Targeting PAK1 is a novel and promising method for cancer treatment, and the development of PAK1 inhibitors has attracted widespread attention [111]. Nagata S. Apoptosis and Clearance of Apoptotic Cells. Antoszczak M., Markowska A., Markowska J., Huczynski A. Targeting autophagy in cancer. Melanoma is the most common malignant skin tumor with a high mortality rate. Downregulation of Spry2 by miR-21 triggers malignancy in human gliomas. Thawani R., McLane M., Beig N., Ghose S., Prasanna P., Velcheti V., Madabhushi A. Radiomics and radiogenomics in lung cancer: A review for the clinician. The relationship between apoptosis and autophagy is very complicated, and the cross talk between the two plays a vital role in the development of cancer [82]. The majority of cervical cancers are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection [54,55]. This was related to the induction of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Mechanisms of IVM-induced mitochondria-mediated apoptosis. Therefore, this review summarized the latest findings on the anticancer effect of IVM and discussed the mechanism of the inhibition of tumor proliferation and the way that IVM induces tumor programmed cell death to provide a theoretical basis for the use of IVM as a potential anticancer drug. Glioblastoma is the deadliest glioma, with a median survival time of only 14-17 months [61,62]. p21-activated kinases in cancer. Background Discovery and development of novel drugs that are capable of overcoming drug resistance in tumor cells are urgently needed clinically. The excessive activation of PAK1 is involved in the formation, development, and invasion of various cancers [ A global view of hepatocellular carcinoma: trends, risk, prevention and management. Wurth R., Thellung S., Bajetto A., Mazzanti M., Florio T., Barbieri F. Drug-repositioning opportunities for cancer therapy: novel molecular targets for known compounds. Cellular ROS can activate NLRP3 Inflammasome including ASC, NLRP3 and pro-caspase-1 assemble. . Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. Glioma stem cells promote radioresistance by preferential activation of the DNA damage response. Existing research is sufficient to demonstrate the great potential of IVM and its prospects as a novel promising anticancer drug after additional research. OBrien C.A., Kreso A., Jamieson C.H. Cervical cancer is one of the most common gynecological malignancies, resulting in approximately 530,000 new cases and 270,000 deaths worldwide each year. Therefore, IVM should be used in combination with other drugs to achieve the best effect, while the specific medication plan used to combine IVM with other drugs remains to be explored. Melotti A., Mas C., Kuciak M., Lorente-Trigos A., Borges I., Ruiz i Altaba A. Recently, ivermectin has been reported to inhibit the proliferation of several tumor cells by regulating multiple signaling pathways. In another study, IVM inhibited the proliferation of U251 and C6 glioma cells by inhibiting the Akt/mTOR pathway [64]. Recent studies have also pointed out that it has a promising inhibitory effect on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has caused a global outbreak in 2020 [19]. The river blindness drug Ivermectin and related macrocyclic lactones inhibit WNT-TCF pathway responses in human cancer. Recently scientists have discovered that IVM has a strong anticancer effect. The DDX23 helicase activity affects the expression of miR-12 [66]. Our scientists pursue every aspect of cancer researchfrom exploring the biology of genes and cells, to developing immune-based treatments, uncovering the causes of metastasis, and more. Consequently, we have concentrated on discussing the role of PAK1 kinase and cross-talk between various pathways and PAK1 to provide new perspectives on the mechanism of IVM function. This suggests that ivermectin may be an anticancer drug with great potential. The mechanism was related to the increase in the influx of chloride ions into the cell by IVM, resulting in hyperpolarization of the plasma membrane and induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. This is a randomized, doubled-blind and placebo-controlled phase II study that will evaluate the efficacy of the early use of ivermectin plus losartan in cancer patients who present with recent diagnosis of COVID-19. A word about safety There were no serious ivermectin-related adverse events. But the result of . Several studies showed that the ivermectin has antitumor effects on a variety of cancer cells. In a study that screened drugs for the treatment of nasopharyngeal cancer, IVM significantly inhibited the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in nude mice at doses that were not toxic to normal thymocytes [69]. Dou Q., Chen H.N., Wang K., Yuan K., Lei Y., Li K., Lan J., Chen Y., Huang Z., Xie N., Zhang L., Xiang R., Nice E.C., Wei Y., Huang C. Ivermectin Induces Cytostatic Autophagy by Blocking the PAK1/Akt Axis in Breast Cancer. Dong Z., Yu C., Rezhiya K., Gulijiahan A., Wang X. Downregulation of miR-146a promotes tumorigenesis of cervical cancer stem cells via VEGF/CDC42/PAK1 signaling pathway. A longitudinal study was undertaken in three hyperendemic foci in Mali and Senegal with 15 to 17 years of annual or six-monthly ivermectin treatment in order to assess residual levels of infection . 5). Zhang P., Zhang Y., Liu K., Liu B., Xu W., Gao J., Ding L., Tao L. Ivermectin induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis of HeLa cells via mitochondrial pathway. The following side effects and drug interactions that can occur with ivermectin are signs of ivermectin toxicity, according to the CDC: Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; Dizziness; Low blood pressure; Tachycardia (an abnormally fast heart rate) Headache; Blurred vision and visual hallucinations; Confusion Ivermectin can turn "cold" breast tumors "hot" We studied the effects of ivermectin in vivo using the 4T1 mouse model of TNBC. Ivermectin is approved for human . Diehn M., Clarke M.F. The four faces of autophagy: implications for cancer therapy. The FDA-approved drug . We are experimenting with display styles that make it easier to read articles in PMC. Experiments confirmed that IVM could significantly inhibit the proliferation of five renal cell carcinoma cell lines without affecting the proliferation of normal kidney cells, and its mechanism may be related to the induction of mitochondrial dysfunction [48]. Mastrangelo E., Pezzullo M., De Burghgraeve T., Kaptein S., Pastorino B., Dallmeier K., de Lamballerie X., Neyts J., Hanson A.M., Frick D.N., Bolognesi M., Milani M. Ivermectin is a potent inhibitor of flavivirus replication specifically targeting NS3 helicase activity: new prospects for an old drug. Ivermectin is used to treat river blindness (onchocerciasis), intestinal infection from threadworms (strongyloidiasis), and other kinds of worm infections. Interestingly, IVM could inhibit the expression of PAK1 protein but did not affect the expression of PAK1 mRNA [32].The proteasome inhibitor MG132 reversed the suppressive effect of IVM, which indicated that IVM mainly degraded PAK1 via the proteasome ubiquitination pathway. Wang Y., Su J., Wang Y., Fu D., Ideozu J.E., Geng H., Cui Q., Wang C., Chen R., Yu Y., Niu Y., Yue D. The interaction of YBX1 with G3BP1 promotes renal cell carcinoma cell metastasis via YBX1/G3BP1-SPP1- NF-kappaB signaling axis. It can be triggered by two activation pathways: the endogenous endoplasmic reticulum stress/mitochondrial pathway and the exogenous death receptor pathway [75,76]. As reported earlier, it may have anti-tumor, anti metastasis properties against some cancers. Abstract. The ACTIV-6 study enrolled 1,800 participants. Nappi L., Aguda A.H., Nakouzi N.A., Lelj-Garolla B., Beraldi E., Lallous N., Thi M., Moore S., Fazli L., Battsogt D., Stief S., Ban F., Nguyen N.T., Saxena N., Dueva E., Zhang F., Yamazaki T., Zoubeidi A., Cherkasov A., Brayer G.D., Gleave M. Ivermectin inhibits HSP27 and potentiates efficacy of oncogene targeting in tumor models. Gallardo F., Mariam B., Gence R., Tilkin-Mariam A.-F. Macrocyclic lactones inhibit nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells proliferation through PAK1 inhibition and reduce in vivo tumor growth. Recent studies have found that IVM could be used as an inhibitor of HSP27 phosphorylation to enhance the activity of anti-EGFR drugs in EGFR/HER2- driven tumors. IVM has a variety of different mechanisms of action in different cancers, and its potential for synergistic effects and enhanced efficacy in combination therapy was of particular interest to us. 3). Genetic and molecular epidemiology of adult diffuse glioma. Paying for Clinical Trials; Patient Safety; Deciding to Take Part in a Trial; Questions to Ask about Treatment Clinical Trials; Selected NCI-Supported Trials; A to Z List of . Gasdermin D(GSDMD)is a substrate for activated caspase-1 and is considered to be a key protein in the execution of pyroptosis [86,87]. IVM could inhibit the DDX23/miR-12 signaling pathway by affecting the activity of DDX23 helicase, thereby inhibiting malignant biological behaviors. First of all, the specific mechanism of IVM-mediated cytotoxicity in tumor cells is unclear; it may be related to the effect of IVM on various signaling pathways, but it is not very clear overall. The study found that there was no difference in hospitalization rates between patients who received placebo and those who received ivermectin. PAKs in Human Cancer Progression: From Inception to Cancer Therapeutic to Future Oncobiology. A study actually a review of trials done with ivermectin on COVID-19 patients claims large reductions in COVID-19 deaths are "possible using ivermectin.". The combination of drugs can effectively increase efficacy, reduce toxicity or delay drug resistance. Ovarian cancer is a malignant cancer that lacks early clinical symptoms and has a poor therapeutic response. Liu Y., Fang S., Sun Q., Liu B. Anthelmintic drug ivermectin inhibits angiogenesis, growth and survival of glioblastoma through inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. Therefore, combination therapy is the most common method of chemotherapy. The chemical structures of ivermectin and other avermectin family compounds in this review. IVM can promote ROS release in cancer cells by P2 4/P2 7 receptors. The authors report no declarations of interest. Following the study, the FDA released a letter out of concern warning consumers not to self-medicate with ivermectin products intended for animals. Quote Tweets. However, NAC reversed the effect of IVM, which indicated that IVM increased TFE3-dependent autophagy through the ROS signaling pathway. cancer, HIV or AIDS, . It has a good effect on the treatment of parasitic diseases such as river blindness, elephantiasis, and scabies. Yang J.D., Hainaut P., Gores G.J., Amadou A., Plymoth A., Roberts L.R. However, here, we must emphasize that because IVM cannot effectively pass the blood-brain barrier [67], the prospect of the use of IVM in the treatment of gliomas is not optimistic. Abstract. Antibiotic ivermectin selectively induces apoptosis in chronic myeloid leukemia through inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress. If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical . Geyer J., Gavrilova O., Petzinger E. Brain penetration of ivermectin and selamectin in mdr1a,b P-glycoprotein- and bcrp- deficient knockout mice. Leukemia is a type of malignant clonal disease caused by abnormal hematopoietic stem cells [52]. Overall, IVM can induce autophagy through PAK1/Akt/mTOR pathway to represses the growth of cancer cells independent of apoptosis. But the study provides solid evidence that ivermectin is no better than a placebo when given at a dose of roughly 30 milligrams per day over a three-day interval. I can't find ivermectin tablets anywhere. Ivermectin is an anti-parasite medication used to treat a variety of parasitic diseases such as parasitic worms, hookworm and whipworm. Thanh Huong P., Gurshaney S., Thanh Binh N., Gia Pham A., Hoang Nguyen H., Thanh Nguyen X., Pham-The H., Tran P.T., Truong Vu K., Xuan Duong N., Pelucchi C., La Vecchia C., Boffetta P., Nguyen H.D., Luu H.N. 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