The antibiotic drug tigecycline: A focus on its promising anticancer properties

Tigecycline (TIG), the first member of glycylcycline bacteriostatic agents, has been approved to treat complicated infections in the clinic because of its expanded-spectrum antibiotic potential. Recently, an increasing number of studies have emphasized the anti-tumor effects of TIG. The inhibitory e...

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Main Authors: Zhijie Xu, Yuanliang Yan, Zhi Li, Long Qian, Zhicheng Gong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2016.00473/full