Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

Organoids in gastrointestinal diseases: from experimental models to clinical translation

C Günther, B Winner, MF Neurath, TS Stappenbeck - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
We are entering an era of medicine where increasingly sophisticated data will be obtained
from patients to determine proper diagnosis, predict outcomes and direct therapies. We …

[HTML][HTML] Role of hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment and targeted therapy

G Chen, K Wu, H Li, D Xia, T He - Frontiers in oncology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tumor microenvironment (TME), which is characterized by hypoxia, widely exists in solid
tumors. As a current research hotspot in the TME, hypoxia is expected to become a key …

Nano-based drug delivery of polyphenolic compounds for cancer treatment: Progress, opportunities, and challenges

W Jia, L Zhou, L Li, P Zhou, Z Shen - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polyphenols and their derivates, a kind of natural product distributed in herb plants,
vegetables, and fruits, are the most abundant antioxidants in the human diet and have been …

[HTML][HTML] Fluvoxamine alleviates bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis via regulating the cGAS-STING pathway

X Xie, X Wu, D Zhao, Y Liu, Q Du, Y Li, Y Xu, Y Li… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal disease with high mortality and limited effective
therapy. Herein, we reported that fluvoxamine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor …

Cellular battle against endoplasmic reticulum stress and its adverse effect on health

S Divya, P Ravanan - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a dynamic organelle and a reliable performer for
precisely folded proteins. To maintain its function and integrity, arrays of sensory and quality …

[HTML][HTML] KRAS mutation: the booster of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma transformation and progression

Z Zhang, H Zhang, X Liao, H Tsai - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer. It
has a poor response to conventional therapy and has an extremely poor 5-year survival rate …

The PERK pathway: beneficial or detrimental for neurodegenerative diseases and tumor growth and cancer

G Talukdar, HT Orr, Z Lei - Human molecular genetics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Protein kinase R (PKR)-like endoplasmic reticulum (ER) kinase (PERK) is one of the three
major sensors in the unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR is involved in the …

Critical roles of METTL3 in translation regulation of cancer

W Meng, H Xiao, P Mei, J Chen, Y Wang, R Zhao… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aberrant translation, a characteristic feature of cancer, is regulated by the complex and
sophisticated RNA binding proteins (RBPs) in the canonical translation machinery. N6 …

LncRNA CCAT1 participates in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma progression by forming a positive feedback loop with c-Myc

C Cheng, Z Liu, D Liu, H Chen, Y Wang… - Carcinogenesis, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play fundamental roles in cancer development; however,
the underlying mechanisms for a large proportion of lncRNAs in pancreatic ductal …