Valproic acid sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to proton therapy by suppressing NRF2 activation

JI Yu, C Choi, SW Shin, A Son, GH Lee, SY Kim… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Although efficacy of combined histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors and conventional
photon radiotherapy is being tested in clinical trials, their combined effect with proton beam …

Downregulation of Mcl-1 by panobinostat potentiates proton beam therapy in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

C Choi, GH Lee, A Son, GS Yoo, JI Yu, HC Park - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic modulation by histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors is an attractive anti-cancer
strategy for diverse hematological and solid cancers. Herein, we explored the relative …

Targeting DNA-dependent protein kinase sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cells to proton beam irradiation through apoptosis induction

C Choi, A Son, GH Lee, SW Shin, S Park, SH Ahn… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Recent studies have highlighted the implications of genetic variations in the relative
biological effectiveness (RBE) of proton beam irradiation over conventional X-ray irradiation …

[PDF][PDF] Cellular plasticity upon proton irradiation determines tumor cell radiosensitivity

I Schniewind, WW Hadiwikarta, J Grajek, J Poleszczuk… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Proton radiotherapy has been implemented into the standard-of-care for cancer patients
within recent years. However, experimental studies investigating cellular and molecular …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-metastatic potential of a proton beam is regulated by p38 MAPK/c-Fos signaling pathway in TPA-treated HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma

SY Chun, S Kim, KS Nam, KS Lee - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2018 - Elsevier
A proton beam therapy is considered the next generation radio-therapeutic tool for liver
cancer treatments. However, its effect on metastasis has not been fully elucidated. Herein …

Low-dose valproic acid enhances radiosensitivity of prostate cancer through acetylated p53-dependent modulation of mitochondrial membrane potential and …

X Chen, JYC Wong, P Wong, EH Radany - Molecular cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDI) have shown promise as candidate radiosensitizers for
many types of cancers, including prostate cancer. However, the mechanisms of action are …

[HTML][HTML] Berberine enhances the radiosensitivity of hepatoma cells by Nrf2 pathway

X You, X Cao, Y Lin - Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2019 - imrpress.com
Radiation therapy is a major treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Yet, this
treatment is ineffective in HCC due to lack of radiosensitivity. For this reason, we examined …

NUPR1 contributes to radiation resistance by maintaining ROS homeostasis via AhR/CYP signal axis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Y Zhan, Z Zhang, Y Liu, Y Fang, Y Xie, Y Zheng, G Li… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the major therapeutic approaches to hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Ionizing radiation (IR) inducing the generation of reactive oxygen species …

Differential DNA repair pathway choice in cancer cells after proton-and photon-irradiation

AO Fontana, MA Augsburger, N Grosse… - Radiotherapy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous
recombination (HR) contribute to the repair of irradiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks …

PARP inhibitors and radiation potentiate liver cell death in vitro. Do hepatocellular carcinomas have an achilles' heel?

L Gerossier, A Dubois, A Paturel, N Fares… - Clinics and Research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background A promising avenue for cancer treatment is exacerbating the deregulation of the
DNA repair machinery that would normally protect the genome. To address the applicability …