Targeting PI3K/AKT/mTOR-mediated autophagy for tumor therapy

Z Xu, X Han, D Ou, T Liu, Z Li, G Jiang, J Liu… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic process and participates in a variety of cellular
biological activities. The phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B …

[HTML][HTML] Ferroptosis and cancer: mitochondria meet the “iron maiden” cell death

AM Battaglia, R Chirillo, I Aversa, A Sacco, F Costanzo… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ferroptosis is a new type of oxidative regulated cell death (RCD) driven by iron-dependent
lipid peroxidation. As major sites of iron utilization and master regulators of oxidative …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular basis for redox control by the human cystine/glutamate antiporter system xc

JL Parker, JC Deme, D Kolokouris, G Kuteyi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cysteine plays an essential role in cellular redox homoeostasis as a key constituent of the
tripeptide glutathione (GSH). A rate limiting step in cellular GSH synthesis is the availability …

[HTML][HTML] The role of angiogenesis in cancer treatment

M Rajabi, SA Mousa - Biomedicines, 2017 - mdpi.com
A number of anti-angiogenesis drugs have been FDA-approved and are being used in
cancer treatment, and a number of other agents are in different stages of clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Intracellular delivery of protein drugs with an autonomously lysing bacterial system reduces tumor growth and metastases

V Raman, N Van Dessel, CL Hall, VE Wetherby… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Critical cancer pathways often cannot be targeted because of limited efficiency crossing cell
membranes. Here we report the development of a Salmonella-based intracellular delivery …

[HTML][HTML] Miltirone induces cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma cell through GSDME-dependent pyroptosis

X Zhang, P Zhang, L An, N Sun, L Peng, W Tang… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Pyroptosis is a form of programmed cell death, and recently described as a new molecular
mechanism of chemotherapy drugs in the treatment of tumors. Miltirone, a derivative of …

The UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) superfamily: new members, new functions, and novel paradigms

R Meech, DG Hu, RA McKinnon… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) catalyze the covalent addition of sugars to a broad range
of lipophilic molecules. This biotransformation plays a critical role in elimination of a broad …

Hepatocellular carcinoma: etiology and current and future drugs

A Jindal, A Thadi, K Shailubhai - Journal of clinical and experimental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is swiftly increasing in prevalence globally with a high
mortality rate. The progression of HCC in patients is induced with advanced fibrosis, mainly …

Targeting the MAPK–RAS–RAF signaling pathway in cancer therapy

L Santarpia, SM Lippman… - Expert opinion on …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The MAPK pathway comprises several key signaling components and
phosphorylation events that play a role in tumorigenesis. These activated kinases transmit …

[HTML][HTML] KinMap: a web-based tool for interactive navigation through human kinome data

S Eid, S Turk, A Volkamer, F Rippmann, S Fulle - BMC bioinformatics, 2017 - Springer
Background Annotations of the phylogenetic tree of the human kinome is an intuitive way to
visualize compound profiling data, structural features of kinases or functional relationships …