Chao Zhang, Hong-Ying Yang, Long Gao, Ming-Zhen Bai, Wen-Kang Fu, Chong-Fei Huang, Ning-Ning Mi, Hai-Dong Ma, Ya-Wen Lu, Ning-Zu Jiang, Liang Tian, Teng Cai, Yan-Yan Lin, Xing-Xing Zheng, Kun Gao, Jian-Jun Chen, Wen-Bo Meng
Introduction: The incidence of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) has increased worldwide in recent years. Given the poor prognosis associated with the current management approach of CCA, new therapeutic agents are warranted to improve the prognosis of this patient population. Methods: In this study, we extracted five cardiac glycosides (CGs) from natural plants: digoxin, lanatoside A, lanatoside C, lanatoside B, and gitoxin. Follow-up experiments were performed to assess the effect of these five extracts on cholangiocarcinoma cells and compounds with the best efficacy were selected...
2023: Frontiers in Pharmacology