Description
FumagillinisanantimicrobialcompoundinitiallyproducedbyspeciesofAspergillusthatexhibitsanti-parasitic,antimalarial,anti-fibrotic,anti-angiogenic,andanticancerchemotherapeuticactivities.FumagillinisclinicallyusedtotreatmicrosporidiosisanddisplaysefficacyagainstPlasmodium,Nosema,andEnterocytozoon.Invivo,fumagillindecreasespulmonaryfibrosis,pulmonaryhypertension,andventricularremodeling.Incellularandanimalmodelsofcolorectalcancer,fumagillininhibitstype2methionineaminopeptidase,preventingtubeandvesselformationandwellascellproliferation,migration,andadhesion;italsodecreasestumormass.
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