Challenges and opportunities in NASH drug development

SA Harrison, AM Allen, J Dubourg, M Noureddin… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its more severe form, nonalcoholic
steatohepatitis (NASH), represent a growing worldwide epidemic and a high unmet medical …

Mechanisms and disease consequences of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

R Loomba, SL Friedman, GI Shulman - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading chronic liver disease worldwide. Its
more advanced subtype, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), connotes progressive liver …

From NASH to HCC: current concepts and future challenges

QM Anstee, HL Reeves, E Kotsiliti, O Govaere… - Nature reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Caloric excess and sedentary lifestyle have led to a global epidemic of obesity and
metabolic syndrome. The hepatic consequence of metabolic syndrome and obesity …

Context-dependent functions of pattern recognition receptors in cancer

SM Man, BJ Jenkins - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
The immune system plays a critical role in shaping all facets of cancer, from the early
initiation stage through to metastatic disease and resistance to therapy. Our understanding …

DNA-PK as an emerging therapeutic target in cancer

IS Mohiuddin, MH Kang - Frontiers in oncology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) plays an instrumental role in the overall
survival and proliferation of cells. As a member of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-related …

Biomarkers for diagnosis and therapeutic options in hepatocellular carcinoma

YT Chan, C Zhang, J Wu, P Lu, L Xu, H Yuan, Y Feng… - Molecular Cancer, 2024 - Springer
Liver cancer is a global health challenge, causing a significant social-economic burden.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the predominant type of primary liver cancer, which is …

DNA-PKcs promotes alcohol-related liver disease by activating Drp1-related mitochondrial fission and repressing FUNDC1-required mitophagy

H Zhou, P Zhu, J Wang, S Toan, J Ren - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) is a novel housekeeper of
hepatic mitochondrial homeostasis outside the DNA repair process. In this study, DNA-PKcs …

Targeting DNA repair pathway in cancer: Mechanisms and clinical application

M Wang, S Chen, D Ao - MedComm, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, the growing understanding on DNA damage response (DDR)
pathways has broadened the therapeutic landscape in oncology. It is becoming increasingly …

The role of the core non-homologous end joining factors in carcinogenesis and cancer

BJ Sishc, AJ Davis - Cancers, 2017 - mdpi.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are deleterious DNA lesions that if left unrepaired or are
misrepaired, potentially result in chromosomal aberrations, known drivers of carcinogenesis …

Dancing with the DNA damage response: next-generation anti-cancer therapeutic strategies

A Minchom, C Aversa, J Lopez - Therapeutic advances in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Maintenance of genomic stability is a critical determinant of cell survival and relies on the
coordinated action of the DNA damage response (DDR), which orchestrates a network of …