Lupeol and its derivatives as anticancer and anti-inflammatory agents: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic efficacy

K Liu, X Zhang, L Xie, M Deng, H Chen, J Song… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lupeol is a natural triterpenoid that widely exists in edible fruits and vegetables, and
medicinal plants. In the last decade, a plethora of studies on the pharmacological activities …

Retinoic acid signaling and neuronal differentiation

A Janesick, SC Wu, B Blumberg - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2015 - Springer
The identification of neurological symptoms caused by vitamin A deficiency pointed to a
critical, early developmental role of vitamin A and its metabolite, retinoic acid (RA). The …

Therapeutic targeting of polycomb and BET bromodomain proteins in diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas

A Piunti, R Hashizume, MA Morgan, ET Bartom… - Nature medicine, 2017 - nature.com
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a highly aggressive pediatric brainstem tumor
characterized by rapid and uniform patient demise. A heterozygous point mutation of histone …

Biogenic copper oxide nanoparticles from Bacillus coagulans induced reactive oxygen species generation and apoptotic and anti-metastatic activities in breast …

M Dolati, F Tafvizi, M Salehipour, T Komeili Movahed… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The present study examined the anticancer capabilities of Bacillus coagulans supernatant-
produced copper oxide nanoparticles (BC-CuONPs) on MCF-7 and SKBR3 cancer cells …

MiR-26b, upregulated in Alzheimer's disease, activates cell cycle entry, tau-phosphorylation, and apoptosis in postmitotic neurons

S Absalon, DM Kochanek, V Raghavan… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
MicroRNA (miRNA) functions in the pathogenesis of major neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) are only beginning to emerge. We have observed …

Hox-C9 activates the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and is associated with spontaneous regression in neuroblastoma

H Kocak, S Ackermann, B Hero, Y Kahlert… - Cell death & …, 2013 - nature.com
Neuroblastoma is an embryonal malignancy of the sympathetic nervous system.
Spontaneous regression and differentiation of neuroblastoma is observed in a subset of …

Strategies for the selective regulation of kinases with allosteric modulators: exploiting exclusive structural features

Z Fang, C Grütter, D Rauh - ACS chemical biology, 2013 - ACS Publications
The modulation of kinase function has become an important goal in modern drug discovery
and chemical biology research. In cancer-targeted therapies, kinase inhibitors have been …

MicroRNAs in cancer—from research to therapy

WCS Cho - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2010 - Elsevier
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate target gene expression through translation repression or
mRNA degradation. These non-coding RNAs are emerging as important modulators in …

Non-coding RNAs: emerging players in cardiomyocyte proliferation and cardiac regeneration

N Abbas, F Perbellini, T Thum - Basic Research in Cardiology, 2020 - Springer
Soon after birth, the regenerative capacity of the mammalian heart is lost, cardiomyocytes
withdraw from the cell cycle and demonstrate a minimal proliferation rate. Despite improved …

Histone deacetylase 1 regulates retinal neurogenesis in zebrafish by suppressing Wnt and Notch signaling pathways

M Yamaguchi, N Tonou-Fujimori, A Komori, R Maeda… - 2005 - journals.biologists.com
In the developing vertebrate retina, progenitor cells initially proliferate but begin to produce
postmitotic neurons when neuronal differentiation occurs. However, the mechanism that …