Gasotransmitters in cancer: from pathophysiology to experimental therapy

C Szabo - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
The three endogenous gaseous transmitters—nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO) and
hydrogen sulfide (H2S)—regulate a number of key biological functions. Emerging data have …

Inflammation, a key event in cancer development

H Lu, W Ouyang, C Huang - Molecular cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Several recent studies have identified nuclear factor-κB as a key modulator in driving
inflammation to cancers. Besides this transcription factor, essential in regulating …

Antioxidant Xanthones from the Pericarp of Garcinia mangostana (Mangosteen)

HA Jung, BN Su, WJ Keller, RG Mehta… - Journal of agricultural …, 2006 - ACS Publications
As part of ongoing research on cancer chemopreventive agents from botanical dietary
supplements, Garcinia mangostana L.(commonly known as mangosteen) was selected for …

Metabolic pathways of L-arginine and therapeutic consequences in tumors

J Szefel, A Danielak, WJ Kruszewski - Advances in medical sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Difference in the metabolism of normal and cancer cells inspires to search for new, more
specific and less toxic therapies than those currently used. The development of tumors is …

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in tumor biology: the two sides of the same coin

M Lechner, P Lirk, J Rieder - Seminars in cancer biology, 2005 - Elsevier
Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is one of three key enzymes generating nitric oxide
(NO) from the amino acid l-arginine. iNOS-derived NO plays an important role in numerous …

Nitric oxide, a double edged sword in cancer biology: searching for therapeutic opportunities

S Mocellin, V Bronte, D Nitti - Medicinal research reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide (NO) is a pleiotropic molecule critical to a number of physiological and
pathological processes. The last decade has witnessed major advances in dissecting NO …

Nobiletin and derivatives: functional compounds from citrus fruit peel for colon cancer chemoprevention

JXH Goh, LTH Tan, JK Goh, KG Chan, P Pusparajah… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The search for effective methods of cancer treatment and prevention has been a continuous
effort since the disease was discovered. Recently, there has been increasing interest in …

[HTML][HTML] Colorectal carcinogenesis: Review of human and experimental animal studies

T Tanaka - Journal of carcinogenesis, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This review gives a comprehensive overview of cancer development and links it to the
current understanding of tumorigenesis and malignant progression in colorectal cancer. The …

Chemopreventive effect of the non-psychotropic phytocannabinoid cannabidiol on experimental colon cancer

G Aviello, B Romano, F Borrelli, R Capasso… - Journal of molecular …, 2012 - Springer
Colon cancer affects millions of individuals in Western countries. Cannabidiol, a safe and
non-psychotropic ingredient of Cannabis sativa, exerts pharmacological actions (antioxidant …

The role of inflammation in colon cancer

NB Janakiram, CV Rao - Inflammation and cancer, 2014 - Springer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths in the
world. CRC is responsible for more than 600,000 deaths annually and incidence rates are …