[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis: Role of autophagy and mitophagy focusing in microglia

M Eshraghi, A Adlimoghaddam… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a debilitating neurological disorder, and currently, there is no
cure for it. Several pathologic alterations have been described in the brain of AD patients …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting two decades of Research focused on Targeting APE1 for Cancer Therapy: the pros and cons

MC Malfatti, A Bellina, G Antoniali, G Tell - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
APE1 is an essential endodeoxyribonuclease of the base excision repair pathway that
maintains genome stability. It was identified as a pivotal factor favoring tumor progression …

Polystyrene nanoplastic exposure induces developmental toxicity by activating the oxidative stress response and base excision repair pathway in zebrafish (Danio …

M Feng, J Luo, Y Wan, J Zhang, C Lu, M Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The widespread accumulation of nanoplastics is a growing concern for the environmental
and human health. However, studies on the mechanisms of nanoplastic-induced …

[PDF][PDF] Oxidative stress-mediated epigenetic regulation by G-quadruplexes

AM Fleming, CJ Burrows - NAR cancer, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Many cancer-associated genes are regulated by guanine (G)-rich sequences that are
capable of refolding from the canonical duplex structure to an intrastrand G-quadruplex …

[HTML][HTML] Base excision repair in the immune system: small DNA lesions with big consequences

M Stratigopoulou, TP van Dam… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The integrity of the genome is under constant threat of environmental and endogenous
agents that cause DNA damage. Endogenous damage is particularly pervasive, occurring at …

The base excision repair process: comparison between higher and lower eukaryotes

NN Hindi, N Elsakrmy, D Ramotar - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2021 - Springer
The base excision repair (BER) pathway is essential for maintaining the stability of DNA in
all organisms and defects in this process are associated with life-threatening diseases. It is …

[HTML][HTML] The oxidative stress responses caused by phthalate acid esters increases mRNA abundance of base excision repair (BER) genes in vivo and in vitro

C Lu, J Luo, Y Liu, X Yang - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
The base excision repair (BER) pathway is an important defense response to oxidative DNA
damage. It is known that exposures to phthalate esters (PAEs), including Dibutyl phthalate …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated multi-omics analyses on patient-derived CRC organoids highlight altered molecular pathways in colorectal cancer progression involving PTEN

M Codrich, E Dalla, C Mio, G Antoniali… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) represents the fourth leading cause of cancer-related
deaths. The heterogeneity of CRC identity limits the usage of cell lines to study this type of …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical and preclinical outcomes of combining targeted therapy with radiotherapy

M Elbanna, NN Chowdhury, R Rhome… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the era of precision medicine, radiation medicine is currently focused on the precise
delivery of highly conformal radiation treatments. However, the tremendous developments in …

Coping with RNA damage with a focus on APE1, a BER enzyme at the crossroad between DNA damage repair and RNA processing/decay

MC Malfatti, G Antoniali, M Codrich, G Tell - DNA repair, 2021 - Elsevier
Interest in RNA damage as a novel threat associated with several human pathologies is
rapidly increasing. Knowledge on damaged RNA recognition, repair, processing and decay …