Flavonoids as regulators of TIMPs expression in cancer: Consequences, opportunities, and challenges

L Cayetano-Salazar, DA Nava-Tapia… - Life Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in patients worldwide, where invasion and
metastasis are directly responsible for this statement. Although cancer therapy has …

Temozolomide Resistance in Glioblastoma by NRF2: Protecting the Evil

K Almeida Lima, IYA Osawa, MCC Ramalho… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The transcription factor NRF2 is constitutively active in glioblastoma, a highly aggressive
brain tumor subtype with poor prognosis. Temozolomide (TMZ) is the primary …

Brazilin-Ce nanoparticles attenuate inflammation by de/anti-phosphorylation of IKKβ

S Li, K Wang, K Jiang, D Xing, R Deng, Y Xu, Y Ding… - Biomaterials, 2024 - Elsevier
Inflammation is associated with a series of diseases like cancer, cardiovascular disease and
infection, and phosphorylation/dephosphorylation modification of proteins are important in …

Pharmacological activities and therapeutic potential of galangin, a promising natural flavone, in age-related diseases

F Zhang, Y Yan, LM Zhang, DX Li, L Li, WW Lian… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The extension of average life expectancy and the aggravation of population
aging have become the inevitable trend of human development. In an aging society, various …

A world tour in the name of natural products

C Bailly - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Names of natural products (NP) are usually given depending on the species of
origin, be it a plant, a marine organism or a microbial species. In some cases, names have …

Discovery of natural catechol derivatives as covalent SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitors

F Wang, D Liu, D Gao, J Yuan, J Zhao, S Yuan… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 continues to pose a threat to public
health, and extensive research by scientists worldwide has also prompted the development …

Brazilin-7-2-butenoate inhibits amyloid β-protein aggregation, alleviates cytotoxicity, and protects Caenorhabditis elegans

Z Cui, L Qu, Q Zhang, F Lu, F Liu - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
The fibrillogenesis of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) gradually accumulates to form neurotoxic Aβ
aggregates in the human brain, which is the direct cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD) related …

DendroX: multi-level multi-cluster selection in dendrograms

F Feng, Q Duan, X Jiang, X Kao, D Zhang - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Cluster heatmaps are widely used in biology and other fields to uncover
clustering patterns in data matrices. Most cluster heatmap packages provide utility functions …

Article review: Brazilin as potential anticancer agent

CN Raptania, S Zakia, AI Fahira… - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Brazilin is the main compound in Caesalpinia sappan and Haematoxylum braziletto, which
is identified as a homoisoflavonoid based on its molecular structure. These plants are …

Advances in the synthesis of rearranged homoisoflavonoids

FC Demidoff, PRR Costa, GS Caleffi - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Rearranged homoisoflavonoids constitute a unique group of natural products, renowned for
their structural diversity and complexity. These compounds, derived from modifications in the …