Metabolism pathways of arachidonic acids: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

B Wang, L Wu, J Chen, L Dong, C Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The arachidonic acid (AA) pathway plays a key role in cardiovascular biology,
carcinogenesis, and many inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, arthritis, etc. Esterified …

Eicosanoids and cancer

D Wang, RN DuBois - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2010 - nature.com
Eicosanoids, including prostaglandins and leukotrienes, are biologically active lipids that
have been implicated in various pathological processes, such as inflammation and cancer …

Inflammation and cancer: how hot is the link?

BB Aggarwal, S Shishodia, SK Sandur… - Biochemical …, 2006 - Elsevier
Although inflammation has long been known as a localized protective reaction of tissue to
irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes loss of …

Multifaceted link between cancer and inflammation

G Sethi, MK Shanmugam, L Ramachandran… - Bioscience …, 2012 - portlandpress.com
Increasing evidence from epidemiological, preclinical and clinical studies suggests that
dysregulated inflammatory response plays a pivotal role in a multitude of chronic ailments …

Regulation of inflammation in cancer by eicosanoids

ER Greene, S Huang, CN Serhan… - Prostaglandins & other lipid …, 2011 - Elsevier
Inflammation in the tumor microenvironment is now recognized as one of the hallmarks of
cancer. Endogenously produced lipid autacoids, locally acting small molecule lipid …

Targeting lipid peroxidation for cancer treatment

SM Clemente, OH Martínez-Costa, M Monsalve… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the highest prevalent diseases in humans. The chances of surviving cancer
and its prognosis are very dependent on the affected tissue, body location, and stage at …

Overview on the Discovery and Development of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Should the Focus Be on Synthesis or Degradation of PGE2?

G Mahesh, K Anil Kumar… - Journal of Inflammation …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Inflammation is a protective response that develops against tissue injury and infection.
Chronic inflammation, on the other hand, is the key player in the pathogenesis of many …

Genetic variants in the metabolism of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids: their role in the determination of nutritional requirements and chronic disease risk

AP Simopoulos - Experimental biology and medicine, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The tissue composition of polyunsaturated fatty acids is important to health and depends on
both dietary intake and metabolism controlled by genetic polymorphisms that should be …

Structure and ligand based drug design strategies in the development of novel 5-LOX inhibitors

P Aparoy, K Kumar Reddy… - Current medicinal …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are non-heme iron containing dioxygenases involved in the
oxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as arachidonic acid (AA) …

Cancer cell signaling pathways targeted by spice-derived nutraceuticals

B Sung, S Prasad, VR Yadav, BB Aggarwal - Nutrition and cancer, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Extensive research within the last half a century has revealed that cancer is caused by
dysregulation of as many as 500 different gene products. Most natural products target …