Mitochondrial dynamics in health and disease: mechanisms and potential targets

W Chen, H Zhao, Y Li - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria are organelles that are able to adjust and respond to different stressors and
metabolic needs within a cell, showcasing their plasticity and dynamic nature. These …

Oxidative stress in cancer cell metabolism

S Arfin, NK Jha, SK Jha, KK Kesari, J Ruokolainen… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important in regulating normal cellular processes
whereas deregulated ROS leads to the development of a diseased state in humans …

Cancer‐associated fibroblasts in breast cancer: Challenges and opportunities

D Hu, Z Li, B Zheng, X Lin, Y Pan, P Gong… - Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment is proposed to contribute substantially to the progression of
cancers, including breast cancer. Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most …

Reactive oxygen species in the tumor microenvironment: an overview

F Weinberg, N Ramnath, D Nagrath - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important signaling molecules in cancer. The level of
ROS will determine physiological effects. While high levels of ROS can cause damage to …

Role of mitochondria in radiation responses: epigenetic, metabolic, and signaling impacts

D Averbeck, C Rodriguez-Lafrasse - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Until recently, radiation effects have been considered to be mainly due to nuclear DNA
damage and their management by repair mechanisms. However, molecular biology studies …

Cancer-associated fibroblasts: their characteristics and their roles in tumor growth

K Shiga, M Hara, T Nagasaki, T Sato, H Takahashi… - Cancers, 2015 - mdpi.com
Cancer tissues are composed of cancer cells and the surrounding stromal cells (eg,
fibroblasts, vascular endothelial cells, and immune cells), in addition to the extracellular …

Autophagy in cancer metastasis

EE Mowers, MN Sharifi, KF Macleod - Oncogene, 2017 - nature.com
Autophagy is a highly conserved self-degradative process that has a key role in cellular
stress responses and survival. Recent work has begun to explore the function of autophagy …

Multiple targets of the canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling in cancers

Y Lecarpentier, O Schussler, JL Hébert… - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Canonical WNT/β-catenin signaling is involved in most of the mechanisms that lead to the
formation and development of cancer cells. It plays a central role in three cyclic processes …

Autophagy and human diseases

P Jiang, N Mizushima - Cell research, 2014 - nature.com
Autophagy is a major intracellular degradative process that delivers cytoplasmic materials to
the lysosome for degradation. Since the discovery of autophagy-related (Atg) genes in the …

Metabolic coupling and the Reverse Warburg Effect in cancer: Implications for novel biomarker and anticancer agent development

L Wilde, M Roche, M Domingo-Vidal, K Tanson… - Seminars in …, 2017 - Elsevier
abstract Glucose is a key metabolite used by cancer cells to generate ATP, maintain redox
state and create biomass. Glucose can be catabolized to lactate in the cytoplasm, which is …