Targeting phospholipid metabolism in cancer

M Cheng, ZM Bhujwalla, K Glunde - Frontiers in oncology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
All cancers tested so far display abnormal choline and ethanolamine phospholipid
metabolism, which has been detected with numerous magnetic resonance spectroscopy …

Bilayer forming phospholipids as targets for cancer therapy

C Stoica, AK Ferreira, K Hannan, M Bakovic - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phospholipids represent a crucial component for the structure of cell membranes.
Phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine are two phospholipids that comprise …

Prevention of 7-ketocholesterol-induced side effects by natural compounds

F Brahmi, A Vejux, R Sghaier, A Zarrouk… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Cholesterol oxidation products, also named oxysterols, can be formed either by cholesterol
auto-oxidation, enzymatically or both. Among these oxysterols, 7-ketocholesterol (7KC) is …

Paraoxonases activities and polymorphisms in elderly and old-age diseases: An overview

D Levy, CO Reichert, SP Bydlowski - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aging is defined as the accumulation of progressive organ dysfunction. There is much
evidence linking the involvement of oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of aging. With …

Serum metabolomic signatures of lymph node metastasis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

H Jin, F Qiao, L Chen, C Lu, L Xu… - Journal of proteome …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Lymph node metastasis was recently proven to be the single most important prognostic
factor for esophageal cancer, an important malignant tumor with poor prognosis. A global …

[HTML][HTML] The potential role of dietary platelet-activating factor inhibitors in cancer prevention and treatment

R Lordan, A Tsoupras, I Zabetakis - Advances in nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide. The role of unresolved
inflammation in cancer progression and metastasis is well established. Platelet-activating …

ImageJ macros for the user-friendly analysis of soft-agar and wound-healing assays

JP Silva Nunes, AA Martins Dias - Biotechniques, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advances in biological imaging techniques and the enormous amount of data they
generate call for the development of computational tools for efficient and reliable high …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of anti-angiogenic activity using ultrasound-activated nutlin-loaded piezoelectric nanovectors

Ö Şen, A Marino, C Pucci, G Ciofani - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Angiogenesis plays a fundamental role in tumor development, as it is crucial for tumor
progression, metastasis development, and invasion. In this view, anti-angiogenic therapy …

7-ketocholesterol promotes oxiapoptophagy in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell from patients with acute myeloid leukemia

JL Paz, D Levy, BA Oliveira, TC de Melo, FA de Freitas… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
7-Ketocholesterol (7-KC) is a cholesterol oxidation product with several biological functions.
7-KC has the capacity to cause cell death depending on the concentration and specific cell …

Oxysterols selectively promote short-term apoptosis in tumor cell lines

D Levy, TC de Melo, BY Ohira, ML Fidelis… - Biochemical and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxysterols are 27-carbon oxidation products of cholesterol metabolism. Oxysterols possess
several biological actions, including the promotion of cell death. Here, we examined the …