Iron and cancer: more ore to be mined

SV Torti, FM Torti - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2013 - nature.com
Iron is an essential nutrient that facilitates cell proliferation and growth. However, iron also
has the capacity to engage in redox cycling and free radical formation. Therefore, iron can …

Targeting ferroptosis in breast cancer

Z Li, L Chen, C Chen, Y Zhou, D Hu, J Yang, Y Chen… - Biomarker …, 2020 - Springer
Ferroptosis is a recently discovered distinct type of regulated cell death caused by the
accumulation of lipid-based ROS. Metabolism and expression of specific genes affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive cytotoxicity studies of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles

RM Patil, ND Thorat, PB Shete, PA Bedge… - … and biophysics reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently lots of efforts have been taken to develop superparamagnetic iron oxide
nanoparticles (SPIONs) for biomedical applications. So it is utmost necessary to have in …

Potential toxicity of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION)

N Singh, GJS Jenkins, R Asadi, SH Doak - Nano reviews, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) are being widely used for various
biomedical applications, for example, magnetic resonance imaging, targeted delivery of …

Anemia of chronic disease

G Weiss, LT Goodnough - New England Journal of Medicine, 2005 - Mass Medical Soc
New therapeutic strategies have emerged along with our understanding that disturbances of
iron homeostasis, impaired proliferation of erythroid progenitor cells, and blunted …

Synthetic lethal screening identifies compounds activating iron-dependent, nonapoptotic cell death in oncogenic-RAS-harboring cancer cells

WS Yang, BR Stockwell - Chemistry & biology, 2008 - cell.com
We screened small molecules to identify two compounds, which we named RSL3 and RSL5,
that have increased lethality in the presence of oncogenic RAS. Counter screening with …

NanoGenotoxicology: the DNA damaging potential of engineered nanomaterials

N Singh, B Manshian, GJS Jenkins, SM Griffiths… - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
With the rapid expansion in the nanotechnology industry, it is essential that the safety of
engineered nanomaterials and the factors that influence their associated hazards are …

Damage to DNA by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species: role in inflammatory disease and progression to cancer.

H Wiseman, B Halliwell - Biochemical Journal, 1996 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
It is increasingly proposed that reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species
(RNS) play a key role in human cancer development [1–6], especially as evidence is …

Association of fibrinogen, C-reactive protein, albumin, or leukocyte count with coronary heart disease: meta-analyses of prospective studies

J Danesh, R Collins, P Appleby, R Peto - Jama, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Context.—A large number of epidemiologic studies have reported on associations between
various" inflammatory" factors and coronary heart disease (CHD). Objective.—To assess the …

Iron and cancer risk—a systematic review and meta-analysis of the epidemiological evidence

A Fonseca-Nunes, P Jakszyn, A Agudo - Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & …, 2014 - AACR
Iron has been suggested as a risk factor for different types of cancers mainly due to its
prooxidant activity, which can lead to oxidative DNA damage. Furthermore, subjects with …