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  1. Pegylated triarylmethanes: Synthesis, antimicrobial activity, anti-proliferative behavior and in silico studies

    Article • Bioorganic Chemistry, March 2020, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  2. Photo-Uncaging of a Microtubule-Targeted Rigidin Analogue in Hypoxic Cancer Cells and in a Xenograft Mouse Model

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, October 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Bertrand Liagre, Dr Sylvestre Bonnet

  3. Photodynamic Therapy Activity of New Porphyrin-Xylan-Coated Silica Nanoparticles in Human Colorectal Cancer

    Article • Cancers, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Bertrand Liagre

  4. Growth Inhibitory and Pro-Apoptotic Effects of Ornamental Pomegranate Extracts in Du145 Human Prostate Cancer Cells

    Article • Nutrition and Cancer, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Bertrand Liagre

  5. Antitumoral activity of Ficus carica L. on colorectal cancer cell lines

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Biology, July 2019, CMB Association

    Bertrand Liagre

  6. Photosensitizers Used in the Photodynamic Therapy of Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, July 2019, MDPI AG

    Bertrand Liagre

  7. Porphyrin-xylan-coated silica nanoparticles for anticancer photodynamic therapy

    Article • Carbohydrate Polymers, June 2019, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  8. Enhanced cytotoxicity of gold porphyrin complexes after inclusion in cyclodextrin scaffolds adsorbed on polyethyleneimine-coated gold nanoparticles

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, May 2019, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  9. Antiproliferative and antibiofilm potentials of endolichenic fungi associated with the lichen Nephroma laevigatum

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, January 2019, Wiley

    Bertrand Liagre

  10. Research of novel anticancer agents targeting arginase inhibition

    Article • Drug Discovery Today, April 2018, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  11. New selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors from cyclocoumarol: Synthesis, characterization, biological evaluation and molecular modeling

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, February 2018, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  12. In vitro anticancer activity of new gold(III) porphyrin complexes in colon cancer cells

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, December 2017, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  13. Design and multi-step synthesis of chalcone-polyamine conjugates as potent antiproliferative agents

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, September 2017, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  14. Cytochalasin E in the lichen Pleurosticta acetabulum . Anti-proliferative activity against human HT-29 colorectal cancer cells and quantitative variability

    Article • Fitoterapia, September 2017, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  15. Chemical Composition, Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antiproliferative Activities of the Plant Lebanese Crataegus Azarolus L

    Article • Medical Science Monitor Basic Research, August 2017, International Scientific Literature

    Bertrand Liagre

  16. Analysis of the in vitro and in vivo effects of photodynamic therapy on prostate cancer by using new photosensitizers, protoporphyrin IX-polyamine derivatives

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, July 2017, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  17. Chemical Composition and Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Antiproliferative Activities of Lebanese Ephedra Campylopoda Plant

    Article • Medical Science Monitor Basic Research, January 2017, International Scientific Literature

    Bertrand Liagre

  18. Resistance to ursolic acid-induced apoptosis through involvement of melanogenesis and COX-2/PGE2 pathways in human M4Beu melanoma cancer cells

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, July 2016, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  19. Resistance to 3-HTMC-Induced Apoptosis Through Activation of PI3K/Akt, MEK/ERK, and p38/COX-2/PGE2Pathways in Human HT-29 and HCT116 Colorectal Cancer Cells

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, May 2016, Wiley

    Bertrand Liagre

  20. Delivery of tanshinone IIA and α-mangostin from gold/PEI/cyclodextrin nanoparticle platform designed for prostate cancer chemotherapy

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, May 2016, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  21. Development of curcumin–cyclodextrin/cellulose nanocrystals complexes: New anticancer drug delivery systems

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, February 2016, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  22. Berberis libanotica extract targets NF-κB/COX-2, PI3K/Akt and mitochondrial/caspase signalling to induce human erythroleukemia cell apoptosis

    Article • International Journal of Oncology, May 2015, Spandidos Publications

    Bertrand Liagre

  23. 2′-Hydroxy-4-methylsulfonylchalcone enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis in prostate cancer cells

    Article • Anti-Cancer Drugs, January 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Bertrand Liagre

  24. Sonic Hedgehog Activation Is Implicated in Diosgenin-Induced Megakaryocytic Differentiation of Human Erythroleukemia Cells

    Article • PLOS One, April 2014, PLOS

    Bertrand Liagre

  25. Honey-induced macrophage stimulation: AP-1 and NF-κB activation and cytokine production are unrelated to LPS content of honey

    Article • International Immunopharmacology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  26. Novel methylsulfonyl chalcones as potential antiproliferative drugs for human prostate cancer: Involvement of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis

    Article • International Journal of Oncology, July 2013, Spandidos Publications

    Bertrand Liagre

  27. Cyclopamine and jervine induce COX-2 overexpression in human erythroleukemia cells but only cyclopamine has a pro-apoptotic effect

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, April 2013, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  28. Cyclooxygenase-2 positively regulates Akt signalling and enhances survival of erythroleukemia cells exposed to anticancer agents

    Article • APOPTOSIS, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bertrand Liagre

  29. The P2Y2/Src/p38/COX-2 pathway is involved in the resistance to ursolic acid-induced apoptosis in colorectal and prostate cancer cells

    Article • Biochimie, August 2012, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  30. A novel form of melanoma apoptosis resistance: Melanogenesis up-regulation in apoptotic B16-F0 cells delays ursolic acid-triggered cell death

    Article • Experimental Cell Research, July 2011, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  31. HT-29 colorectal cancer cells undergoing apoptosis overexpress COX-2 to delay ursolic acid-induced cell death

    Article • Biochimie, April 2011, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  32. Diosgenin induces death receptor-5 through activation of p38 pathway and promotes TRAIL-induced apoptosis in colon cancer cells

    Article • Cancer Letters, February 2011, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  33. Investigating the relationship between cell cycle stage and diosgenin-induced megakaryocytic differentiation of HEL cells using sedimentation field-flow fractionation

    Article • Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bertrand Liagre

  34. Cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-lipoxygenase pathways in diosgenin-induced apoptosis in HT-29 and HCT-116 colon cancer cells

    Article • International Journal of Oncology, March 2010, Spandidos Publications

    Bertrand Liagre

  35. Development of a downscale sedimentation field flow fractionation device for biological event monitoring

    Article • Journal of Chromatography A, December 2009, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre

  36. Citral inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in MCF-7 cells

    Article • Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology, October 2009, Wiley

    Bertrand Liagre

  37. A proteomic approach to the identification of molecular targets in subsequent apoptosis of HEL cells after diosgenin-induced megakaryocytic differentiation

    Article • Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, July 2009, Wiley

    Bertrand Liagre

  38. Analysis of relationship between cell cycle stage and apoptosis induction in K562 cells by sedimentation field-flow fractionation

    Article • Journal of Chromatography B, April 2009, Elsevier

    Bertrand Liagre