A selenium containing inhibitor for the treatment of hepatocellular cancer

HRS Tagaram, D Desai, G Li, D Liu, CB Rountree… - Pharmaceuticals, 2016 - mdpi.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most deadly cancer in the world. New treatment
strategies are desperately needed due to limited standard therapies. Activation of the Erk …

PBISe, a novel selenium-containing drug for the treatment of malignant melanoma

SRV Madhunapantula, D Desai, A Sharma… - Molecular cancer …, 2008 - AACR
Malignant melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer due to its highly metastatic
nature. Untargeted therapies are ineffective for treating metastatic disease, leading to the …

[HTML][HTML] Antitumor activity of selenium in Ehrlich ascites carcinoma bearing mice

J Hussein, Z El-khayat… - Biomedical and …, 2023 - biomedpharmajournal.org
The most common disease states of chronic liver illnesses include alcoholic liver disease
(ALD), and viral hepatitis can progress to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the …

Selenium donor inhibited hepatitis B virus associated hepatotoxicity via the apoptosis and ferroptosis pathways

J Shi, Z Liu, W Li, D Wang - Analytical Cellular Pathology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aim. Selenium possesses anticancer and antiviral properties, but its
mechanism of action remains unclear. Especially, the impact of selenium on hepatitis B virus …

Evaluation of selenite effects on selenoproteins and cytokinome in human hepatoma cell lines

F Rusolo, B Pucci, G Colonna, F Capone, E Guerriero… - Molecules, 2013 - mdpi.com
The need to explore new alternative therapeutic strategies and chemoprevention methods
for hepatocellular carcinoma is growing significantly. Selenium is a trace element that plays …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen therapy accelerates apoptosis induced by selenium compounds via regulating Nrf2/MAPK signaling pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma

C Wang, T Cheng, Q Lu, W Li, B Liu, L Yue… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Selenium has good antitumor effects in vitro, but the hypoxic microenvironment in solid
tumors makes its clinical efficacy unsatisfactory. We hypothesized that the combination with …

[HTML][HTML] Butaselen prevents hepatocarcinogenesis and progression through inhibiting thioredoxin reductase activity

X Zheng, W Ma, R Sun, H Yin, F Lin, Y Liu, W Xu… - Redox biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for most of primary liver cancer, of which five-year
survival rate remains low and chemoprevention has become a strategy to reduce disease …

Selenite-induced survival of HuH7 hepatoma cells involves activation of focal adhesion kinase-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt pathway and Rac1

YC Lee, YC Tang, YH Chen, CM Wong… - Journal of Biological …, 2003 - ASBMB
Selenium has been shown to sustain the growth of selected human hepatocellular
carcinoma cell lines under serum-free conditions, but the detailed mechanism remained …

[HTML][HTML] Selenium in the prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: from biomedical investigation to clinical application

CS Cheng, N Wang, Y Feng - … of Selenium in the Environment and …, 2019 - intechopen.com
Selenium is a micronutrient that had been suggested to reduce the risk of cancer.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a prevalent disease and one of the most lethal cancers in …

AMPK interacts with β-catenin in the regulation of hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and survival with selenium treatment

SY Park, YK Lee, HJ Kim, OJ Park… - Oncology …, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
Selenium has received much attention as an anticancer agent, although the mechanisms of
action underlying its pro-apoptotic properties remain unclear. Tumors that respond well to …