Cellular stress response: a novel target for chemoprevention and nutritional neuroprotection in aging, neurodegenerative disorders and longevity

V Calabrese, C Cornelius, C Mancuso, G Pennisi… - Neurochemical …, 2008 - Springer
The predominant molecular symptom of aging is the accumulation of altered gene products.
Moreover, several conditions including protein, lipid or glucose oxidation disrupt redox …

Detection and monitoring of cardiotoxicity—what does modern cardiology offer?

R Jurcut, H Wildiers, J Ganame, J D'hooge… - Supportive Care in …, 2008 - Springer
Introduction With new anticancer therapies, many patients can have a long life expectancy.
Treatment-related comorbidities become an issue for cancer survivors. Cardiac toxicity …

Strain rate imaging detects early cardiac effects of pegylated liposomal Doxorubicin as adjuvant therapy in elderly patients with breast cancer

R Jurcut, H Wildiers, J Ganame, J D'hooge… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Cardiac toxicity remains an important side effect of anthracyclines. New drug
formulations (eg, pegylated liposomal doxorubicin [PL-DOX]) seem to be a successful …

Coenzyme Q10 and vitamin E deficiency in Friedreich's ataxia: predictor of efficacy of vitamin E and coenzyme Q10 therapy

JM Cooper, LVP Korlipara, PE Hart… - European journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose: A pilot study of high dose coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)/vitamin E
therapy in Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) patients resulted in significant clinical improvements in …

Health related quality of life measures in Friedreich ataxia

E Epstein, JM Farmer, A Tsou, S Perlman… - Journal of the …, 2008 - Elsevier
Evaluation of therapeutic agents for Friedreich Ataxia (FA) has been limited by a lack of
adequate markers of disease progression. We assessed the capacity of health related …

Idebenone in Friedreich's ataxia

C Tonon, R Lodi - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Friedreich's ataxia is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease
where impaired mitochondrial function and excessive production of free radicals play a …

Drug Insight: antioxidant therapy in inherited ataxias

M Pandolfo - Nature Clinical Practice Neurology, 2008 - nature.com
The inherited ataxias are a large, heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders
caused by a variety of gene mutations, the effects of which are exerted through different …

Antioxidant use in Friedreich ataxia

L Myers, JM Farmer, RB Wilson, L Friedman… - Journal of the …, 2008 - Elsevier
Many antioxidants have been suggested as potential treatments for Friedreich ataxia, but
have not been tested in clinical trials. We found that a majority of patients in our cohort …

Use of tissue Doppler imaging to identify and manage systemic diseases

F Weidemann, JM Strotmann - Clinical Research in Cardiology, 2008 - Springer
In systemic diseases such as amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, Friedreich's ataxia, Fabry's disease
and muscular dystrophy the clinician has to judge the presence and the amount of cardiac …

A pilot study to investigate the feasibility and cardiac effects of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PL-DOX) as adjuvant therapy in medically fit elderly breast cancer …

H Wildiers, R Jurcut, J Ganame, L Herbots… - Critical reviews in …, 2008 - Elsevier
In this pilot study, we examined the feasibility and toxicity in 16 elderly women age≥ 65
receiving six cycles of pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PL-DOX) cyclophosphamide as …