A method for treating a subject suffering from a cancer, in particular a multidrug-resistant cancer includes administrating a cobalt-polypyridyl complex to the subject. A method for suppressing the growth of cancer cells, in particular inducing autophagy of the cancer cells, inducing cell cycle arrest of the cancer cells and/or inhibiting cell invasion of the cancer cells and for specifically targeting cancer cells with multidrug-resistance includes contacting said cancer cells with the cobalt-polypyridyl complex. A pharmaceutical composition and a kit are provided and include the cobalt-polypyridyl complex. Unexpectedly, the cobalt-polypyridyl complex is especially suitable to treat cancer, in particular multidrug-resistant cancer with an exceptionally increased cytotoxic activity towards multidrug-resistant cancer cells.
一种用于治疗患有癌症的受试者的方法,特别是多药耐药癌症,包括向受试者施用
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吡啶基配合物。一种用于抑制癌细胞生长的方法,特别是诱导癌细胞自噬,诱导癌细胞细胞周期停滞和/或抑制癌细胞侵袭,并且专门靶向具有多药耐药性的癌细胞的方法包括将所述癌细胞与
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吡啶基配合物接触。提供了一种药物组合物和一个工具包,包括
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吡啶基配合物。出人意料的是,
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吡啶基配合物特别适用于治疗癌症,特别是对多药耐药癌细胞具有极大的细胞毒活性。