Targeting antioxidants for cancer therapy

A Glasauer, NS Chandel - Biochemical pharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Cancer cells are characterized by an increase in the rate of reactive oxygen species (ROS)
production and an altered redox environment compared to normal cells. Furthermore, redox …

Microtubule-binding agents: a dynamic field of cancer therapeutics

C Dumontet, MA Jordan - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
Microtubules are dynamic filamentous cytoskeletal proteins composed of tubulin and are an
important therapeutic target in tumour cells. Agents that bind to microtubules have been part …

Systematic identification of anticancer drug targets reveals a nucleus-to-mitochondria ROS-sensing pathway

J Zhang, CM Simpson, J Berner, HB Chong, J Fang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Multiple anticancer drugs have been proposed to cause cell death, in part, by increasing the
steady-state levels of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, for most of these …

Targeting mitochondria for cancer therapy

S Fulda, L Galluzzi, G Kroemer - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
Mitochondria are the cells' powerhouse, but also their suicidal weapon store. Dozens of
lethal signal transduction pathways converge on mitochondria to cause the permeabilization …

Upsides and downsides of reactive oxygen species for cancer: the roles of reactive oxygen species in tumorigenesis, prevention, and therapy

SC Gupta, D Hevia, S Patchva, B Park… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Extensive research during the last quarter century has revealed that reactive
oxygen species (ROS) produced in the body, primarily by the mitochondria, play a major role …

Regulation of autophagy by reactive oxygen species (ROS): implications for cancer progression and treatment

MB Azad, Y Chen, SB Gibson - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been identified as signaling molecules in various
pathways regulating both cell survival and cell death. Autophagy, a self-digestion process …

Nitric oxide and its derivatives in the cancer battlefield

A Kamm, P Przychodzen, A Kuban-Jankowska… - Nitric oxide, 2019 - Elsevier
Elevated levels of reactive nitrogen species, alteration in redox balance and deregulated
redox signaling are common hallmarks of cancer progression and chemoresistance …

Crosstalk between ROS and autophagy in tumorigenesis: understanding the multifaceted paradox

A Hasan, SF Rizvi, S Parveen, N Pathak, A Nazir… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer formation is a highly regulated and complex process, largely dependent on its
microenvironment. This complexity highlights the need for developing novel target-based …

Sex differences in the vascular function and related mechanisms: role of 17β-estradiol

MR Pabbidi, M Kuppusamy… - American Journal …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is lower in premenopausal women but
increases with age and menopause compared with similarly aged men. Based on the …

Natural antitubulin agents: Importance of 3, 4, 5-trimethoxyphenyl fragment

AS Negi, Y Gautam, S Alam, D Chanda… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2015 - Elsevier
Microtubules are polar cytoskeletal filaments assembled from head-to-tail and comprised of
lateral associations of α/β-tubulin heterodimers that play key role in various cellular …