An update on drugs with therapeutic potential for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) treatment

S Drożdżal, J Rosik, K Lechowicz, F Machaj… - Drug Resistance …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century
with more than 257 million cases and over 5.17 million deaths reported worldwide (as of …

The role of mitochondria in acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease and its therapeutic potential

X Zhang, E Agborbesong, X Li - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are heterogeneous and highly dynamic organelles, playing critical roles in
adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis, metabolic modulation, reactive oxygen species …

Excessive apoptosis in ulcerative colitis: crosstalk between apoptosis, ROS, ER stress, and intestinal homeostasis

Y Wan, L Yang, S Jiang, D Qian… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Ulcerative colitis (UC), an etiologically complicated and relapsing gastrointestinal disease, is
characterized by the damage of mucosal epithelium and destruction of the intestinal …

Hypoxia, endoplasmic reticulum stress and chemoresistance: dangerous liaisons

M Akman, DC Belisario, IC Salaroglio… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - Springer
Solid tumors often grow in a micro-environment characterized by< 2% O 2 tension. This
condition, together with the aberrant activation of specific oncogenic patwhays, increases …

Angiopoietin inhibitors: A review on targeting tumor angiogenesis

D Parmar, M Apte - European journal of pharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis is the process of formation of new blood vessels from existing ones. Vessels
serve the purpose of providing oxygen, nutrients and removal of waste from the cells. The …

Hypoxia-driven effects in cancer: characterization, mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

R Shi, C Liao, Q Zhang - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hypoxia, a common feature of solid tumors, greatly hinders the efficacy of conventional
cancer treatments such as chemo-, radio-, and immunotherapy. The depletion of oxygen in …

Neutrophil extracellular traps, angiogenesis and cancer

R Poto, L Cristinziano, L Modestino, A de Paulis… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Human neutrophils, the most abundant circulating leukocytes, are fundamental components
of the host response against different pathogens. Until a few years ago, neutrophils received …

Emerging roles of N-linked glycosylation in brain physiology and disorders

LR Conroy, TR Hawkinson, LEA Young… - Trends in Endocrinology …, 2021 - cell.com
N-linked glycosylation is a complex, co-and post-translational series of events that connects
metabolism to signaling in almost all cells. Metabolic assembly of N-linked glycans spans …

Tumour hypoxia-mediated immunosuppression: mechanisms and therapeutic approaches to improve cancer immunotherapy

Z Fu, AM Mowday, JB Smaill, IF Hermans, AV Patterson - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The magnitude of the host immune response can be regulated by either stimulatory or
inhibitory immune checkpoint molecules. Receptor-ligand binding between inhibitory …

HIF: a master regulator of nutrient availability and metabolic cross‐talk in the tumor microenvironment

R Missiaen, NP Lesner, MC Simon - The EMBO journal, 2023 - embopress.org
A role for hypoxia‐inducible factors (HIFs) in hypoxia‐dependent regulation of tumor cell
metabolism has been thoroughly investigated and covered in reviews. However, there is …