Description
ArenobufaginisabufanolidesteroidfoundintheArgentinetoadBufoarenarum.Thiscompoundexhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticandanti-angiogenicproperties,butisalsocardiotoxic,inhibitingcardiovascularNa+/K+pumps.Incellularmodels,arenobufagininducesautophagyandapoptosis,inhibitingtumorgrowththroughindirectinhibitionofthePI3K/Akt/mTORsignalingpathway.ArenobufaginalsoinhibitsVEGFR2directlythroughblockadeofATP-bindingsites.
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