Molecular mechanisms of curcumin and its analogs in colon cancer prevention and treatment

C Selvam, SL Prabu, BC Jordan, Y Purushothaman… - Life sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer remains to be the most prevalent malignancy in humans and 1.5 million
men and women living in the United States are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, with a …

Quercetin Alleviates Intestinal Oxidative Damage Induced by H2O2 via Modulation of GSH: In Vitro Screening and In Vivo Evaluation in a Colitis Model of Mice

Y Dong, Q Hou, J Lei, PG Wolf, H Ayansola… - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
The gastrointestinal tract is exposed to pro-oxidants from food, host immune factors, and
microbial pathogens, which may induce oxidative damage. Oxidative stress has been shown …

Comparison of remicade to curcumin for the treatment of Crohn's disease: A systematic review

A Schneider, I Hossain, J VanderMolen… - … therapies in medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective The aim of this study was to review the literature to assess if there is evidence to
support the use of Curcumin as a safe complementary therapy in treating Crohn's Disease …

Silencing of RHEB inhibits cell proliferation and promotes apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells via inhibition of the mTOR signaling pathway

Y Tian, L Shen, F Li, J Yang, X Wan… - Journal of cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is commonly known as one of the most prominent reasons for
cancer‐related death in China. Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB) and the mammalian …

Characterization of gene expression patterns among artificially developed cancer stem cells using spherical self-organizing map

A Seno, T Kasai, M Ikeda, A Vaidyanath… - Cancer …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
We performed gene expression microarray analysis coupled with spherical self-organizing
map (sSOM) for artificially developed cancer stem cells (CSCs). The CSCs were developed …

Treatment of a mutant KRAS lung cancer cell line with polyisoprenylated cysteinyl amide inhibitors activates the MAPK pathway, inhibits cell migration and induces …

MD Gregory, K Ofosu-Asante, JMS Lazarte, PE Puente… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
KRAS mutations are the most common oncogenic mutations in lung adenocarcinoma in
Black Americans. Polyisoprenylated Cysteinyl amide Inhibitors (PCAIs) constitute a group of …

The hypervariable region of K-Ras4B governs molecular recognition and function

H Abdelkarim, A Banerjee, P Grudzien… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The flexible C-terminal hypervariable region distinguishes K-Ras4B, an important proto-
oncogenic GTPase, from other Ras GTPases. This unique lysine-rich portion of the protein …

Role of non-canonical post-translational modifications in gastrointestinal tumors

Y Liu, J Liu, N Peng, S Hai, S Zhang, H Zhao… - Cancer Cell …, 2023 - Springer
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins contribute to the occurrence and
development of tumors. Previous studies have suggested that canonical PTMs such as …

Polyisoprenylated methylated protein methyl esterase: a putative biomarker and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

BJ Aguilar, AT Nkembo, R Duverna, RA Poku… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is the most deadly neoplasm with a 5-year survival rate of less than 6%.
Over 90% of cases harbor K-Ras mutations, which are the most challenging to treat due to …

[HTML][HTML] Polyisoprenylated methylated protein methyl esterase overexpression and hyperactivity promotes lung cancer progression

F Amissah, R Duverna, BJ Aguilar… - American journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The involvement of hyperactive polyisoprenylated proteins in cancers has stimulated the
search for drugs to target and suppress their excessive activities. Polyisoprenylated …