In 2018, 550,000 people were diagnosed with bladder cancer (BC), of which nearly 200,000
people died. Moreover, men are 4 times more likely than women to be diagnosed with BC …

PON1, PON2, and PON3 belong to a family of lactone hydrolyzing enzymes endowed with
various substrate specificities. Among PONs, PON2 shows the highest hydrolytic activity …

Candida albicans biofilms are structured microbial communities with high levels of drug
resistance. Farnesol, a quorum-sensing molecule that inhibits hyphal formation in C …

Molecular markers (biomarkers) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) metastasis and
recurrence could provide additional information to that gained from traditional …

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide. Cirrhosis
caused by hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus or chronic alcohol intake is associated with …

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a particularly common malignant disease in areas of
south China and Southeast Asia. To characterize the gene expression profiling of NPC, we …

Major contributors to atherosclerosis are oxidative damage and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
stress-induced apoptosis; both of which can be diminished by the anti-oxidative protein …

Cap1p, a transcription factor in Candida albicans, is thought to participate in oxidative stress
tolerance, but the pathways involved are still unclear. The study was designed to reveal the …

ABSTRACT AIM: To study the inhibitory effect of general gambogic acids (GGA) on
transplantation tumor SMMC-7721 in experimental animal model and SMMC-7721 cells in …

Cancer and atherosclerosis are major causes of death in western societies. Deregulated cell
death is common to both diseases, with significant contribution of inflammatory processes …