Risk factors and mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis with special emphasis on alcohol and oxidative stress

HK Seitz, F Stickel - 2006 - degruyter.com
Hepatocellular cancer is the fifth most frequent cancer in men and the eighth in women
worldwide. Established risk factors are chronic hepatitis B and C infection, chronic heavy …

Overview of methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) as an anticancer target: structure, function, and inhibitors

C Li, G Gui, L Zhang, A Qin, C Zhou… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Methionine adenosyltransferase 2A (MAT2A) is a rate-limiting enzyme in the methionine
cycle that primarily catalyzes the synthesis of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) from methionine …

[PDF][PDF] High‐mobility group box 1 activates caspase‐1 and promotes hepatocellular carcinoma invasiveness and metastases

W Yan, Y Chang, X Liang, JS Cardinal, H Huang… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Hypoxia is often found in solid tumors and is associated with tumor progression and poor
clinical outcomes. The exact mechanisms related to hypoxia‐induced invasion and …

Multigenerational and transgenerational inheritance of drug exposure: the effects of alcohol, opiates, cocaine, marijuana, and nicotine

NL Yohn, MS Bartolomei, JA Blendy - Progress in biophysics and molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Familial inheritance of drug abuse is composed of both genetic and environmental factors.
Additionally, epigenetic transgenerational inheritance may provide a means by which …

S-adenosylmethionine stabilizes cystathionine β-synthase and modulates redox capacity

A Prudova, Z Bauman, A Braun… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The transsulfuration pathway converts homocysteine to cysteine and represents the
metabolic link between antioxidant and methylation metabolism. The first and committing …

Alcohol and hepatocellular carcinoma

H Matsushita, A Takaki - BMJ open gastroenterology, 2019 - bmjopengastro.bmj.com
Background Alcohol is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for
Research on Cancer because it induces hepatocellular carcinoma (among other cancers) in …

[HTML][HTML] Pleiotropic effects of methionine adenosyltransferases deregulation as determinants of liver cancer progression and prognosis

M Frau, F Feo, RM Pascale - Journal of hepatology, 2013 - Elsevier
Downregulation of liver-specific MAT1A gene, encoding S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)
synthesizing isozymes MATI/III, and upregulation of widely expressed MAT2A, encoding …

Hypoxia induces genomic DNA demethylation through the activation of HIF-1α and transcriptional upregulation of MAT2A in hepatoma cells

Q Liu, L Liu, Y Zhao, J Zhang, D Wang, J Chen… - Molecular cancer …, 2011 - AACR
Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) emerges as a crucial player in tumor
progression. However, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), especially its relation with …

GR15 peptide of S-adenosylmethionine synthase (SAMe) from Arthrospira platensis demonstrated antioxidant mechanism against H2O2 induced oxidative stress in in …

M Velayutham, A Guru, MV Arasu, NA Al-Dhabi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
GR15 is a short molecule or peptide composed of aliphatic amino acids and possesses to
have antioxidant properties. The GR15, 1 GGGAFSGKDPTKVDR 15 was identified from the …

Folate, alcohol, and liver disease

V Medici, CH Halsted - Molecular nutrition & food research, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is typically associated with folate deficiency, which is the result
of reduced dietary folate intake, intestinal malabsorption, reduced liver uptake and storage …