The sirtuin family in health and disease

QJ Wu, TN Zhang, HH Chen, XF Yu, JL Lv… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Sirtuins (SIRTs) are nicotine adenine dinucleotide (+)-dependent histone deacetylases
regulating critical signaling pathways in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and are involved in …

[HTML][HTML] Cucurbitacin B: A review of its pharmacology, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics

S Dai, C Wang, XT Zhao, C Ma, K Fu, Y Liu… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cucurbitacin B (CuB, C 32 H 46 O 8), the most abundant and active member of
cucurbitacins, which are highly oxidized tetracyclic triterpenoids. Cucurbitacins are widely …

Why is longevity still a scientific mystery? Sirtuins—past, present and future

P Ziętara, M Dziewięcka, M Augustyniak - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The sirtuin system consists of seven highly conserved regulatory enzymes responsible for
metabolism, antioxidant protection, and cell cycle regulation. The great interest in sirtuins is …

Involvement of the SIRT1-NLRP3 pathway in the inflammatory response

H Chen, J Deng, H Gao, Y Song, Y Zhang… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
The silent information regulator 2 homolog 1-NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing
protein 3 (SIRT1-NLRP3) pathway has a crucial role in regulation of the inflammatory …

Lansium domesticum—A Fruit with Multi-Benefits: Traditional Uses, Phytochemicals, Nutritional Value, and Bioactivities

HM Abdallah, GA Mohamed, SRM Ibrahim - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lansium domesticum (Langsat, Meliaceae) is a tropical fruit mainly found in Southeast Asian
countries, particularly in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Traditionally, it …

Pharmacokinetics and biological activity of cucurbitacins

EE Delgado-Tiburcio, J Cadena-Iñiguez… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cucurbitacins are a class of secondary metabolites initially isolated from the Cucurbitaceae
family. They are important for their analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral, and …

Dietary Folic Acid Supplementation Attenuates Maternal High-Fat Diet-Induced Fetal Intrauterine Growth Retarded via Ameliorating Placental Inflammation and …

H Zhang, X Zhang, Y Wang, X Zhao, L Zhang, J Li… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The placenta is particularly susceptible to inflammation and oxidative stress, leading to
placental vascular dysfunction and placental insufficiency, which is associated with fetal …

SIRT1/Nrf2/NF-κB signaling mediates anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities of oleanolic acid in a mouse model of acute hepatorenal damage

MAI Alqrad, DS El-Agamy, SRM Ibrahim, A Sirwi… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background and objectives: Oleanolic acid (OA) is a penta-cyclic triterpene with diverse
bioactivities such as anticarcinogenic, antiviral, antimicrobial, hepatoprotective, anti …

Inflammasome and pyroptosis in autoimmune liver diseases

J Wang, Z Sun, J Xie, W Ji, Y Cui, Z Ai… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis
(PSC), and IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) are the four main forms of …

Preliminary investigation of the anti‐colon cancer activity of cucurbitacin C from cucumber: A network pharmacological study and experimental validation

J Liu, X Zhang, H Yang, C Zhu, D Fan, J Deng - Food Frontiers, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Colon cancer (CC) is a prevalent malignant tumor of the gastrointestinal tract and ranks
among the leading causes of death in cancer patients worldwide. Cucurbitacin, a group of …