Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-menopausal, and anti-cancer effects of lignans and their metabolites

WY Jang, MY Kim, JY Cho - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since chronic inflammation can be seen in severe, long-lasting diseases such as cancer,
there is a high demand for effective methods to modulate inflammatory responses. Among …

Cachexia: A systemic consequence of progressive, unresolved disease

M Ferrer, TG Anthony, JS Ayres, G Biffi, JC Brown… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Cachexia, a systemic wasting condition, is considered a late consequence of diseases,
including cancer, organ failure, or infections, and contributes to significant morbidity and …

Therapeutic strategies targeting connexins

DW Laird, PD Lampe - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2018 - nature.com
The connexin family of channel-forming proteins is present in every tissue type in the human
anatomy. Connexins are best known for forming clustered intercellular channels, structurally …

Connexins in cardiovascular and neurovascular health and disease: pharmacological implications

L Leybaert, PD Lampe, S Dhein, BR Kwak… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - ASPET
Connexins are ubiquitous channel forming proteins that assemble as plasma membrane
hemichannels and as intercellular gap junction channels that directly connect cells. In the …

Ginsenosides from Panax ginseng as Key Modulators of NF-κB Signaling Are Powerful Anti-Inflammatory and Anticancer Agents

WY Jang, JY Hwang, JY Cho - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathways progress inflammation and immune cell
differentiation in the host immune response; however, the uncontrollable stimulation of NF …

Amelioration of muscle wasting by glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist in muscle atrophy

Y Hong, JH Lee, KW Jeong, CS Choi… - Journal of cachexia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Skeletal muscle atrophy is defined as a reduction of muscle mass caused by
excessive protein degradation. However, the development of therapeutic interventions is still …

Ubiquitin ligases at the heart of skeletal muscle atrophy control

D Peris-Moreno, L Cussonneau, L Combaret, C Polge… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Skeletal muscle loss is a detrimental side-effect of numerous chronic diseases that
dramatically increases mortality and morbidity. The alteration of protein homeostasis is …

[HTML][HTML] The role of connexin and pannexin channels in perinatal brain injury and inflammation

KQ Zhou, CR Green, L Bennet, AJ Gunn… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Perinatal brain injury remains a major cause of death and life-long disability. Perinatal brain
injury is typically associated with hypoxia-ischemia and/or infection/inflammation. Both …

Tonabersat prevents inflammatory damage in the central nervous system by blocking connexin43 hemichannels

Y Kim, JM Griffin, MNM Nor, J Zhang, PS Freestone… - …, 2017 - Springer
The cis benzopyran compound tonabersat (SB-220453) has previously been reported to
inhibit connexin26 expression in the brain by attenuating the p38-mitogen-activated protein …

Dieckol attenuated glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy by decreasing NLRP3 inflammasome and pyroptosis

S Oh, J Yang, C Park, K Son, K Byun - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dexamethasone (Dexa), frequently used as an anti-inflammatory agent, paradoxically leads
to muscle inflammation and muscle atrophy. Receptor for advanced glycation end products …