Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE Amex: RNN), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced the publication of a research article in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters on the anti-tumor activity of RX-8243 and its analogues.
“The study clearly demonstrates that RX-8243 inhibited tumor formation in paclitaxel-resistant cancer model, suggesting that isoquinolineamine and its analogues have the potential to become a novel class of anti-tumor chemotherapeutics.”
The article offers data demonstrating that RX-8243, an isoquinolineamine analogue, significantly inhibits the growth of human cancer cells, including paclitaxel (Taxol®) resistant HCT-15 human colorectal cancer cells and the growth of tumor in in vivo model of nude mice injected with paclitaxel-resistant HCT-15 human colorectal cancer cells.
"We are encouraged by the results of this study of RX-8243, which shows the potent anti-tumor properties of this unique compound," said Chang Ahn, Chief Executive Officer of Rexahn. "The study clearly demonstrates that RX-8243 inhibited tumor formation in paclitaxel-resistant cancer model, suggesting that isoquinolineamine and its analogues have the potential to become a novel class of anti-tumor chemotherapeutics."
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