Review of the current state of protein aggregation inhibition from a materials chemistry perspective: Special focus on polymeric materials

R Rajan, S Ahmed, N Sharma, N Kumar, A Debas… - Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein instability caused by exposure to external additives or severe stress may result in
different diseases. Of these diseases, many are triggered by protein misfolding and …

Pro-inflammatory actions of heme and other hemoglobin-derived DAMPs

MT Bozza, V Jeney - Frontiers in Immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are endogenous molecules originate from
damaged cells and tissues with the ability to trigger and/or modify innate immune responses …

SARS-CoV-2 infection pathogenesis is related to oxidative stress as a response to aggression

R Cecchini, AL Cecchini - Medical hypotheses, 2020 - Elsevier
Since the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, a great effort has been made to understand
this serious disease. Thousands of studies are being devoted to understanding its …

Heme oxygenase-1 mediates BAY 11–7085 induced ferroptosis

LC Chang, SK Chiang, SE Chen, YL Yu, RH Chou… - Cancer letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Ferroptosis is a form of oxidative cell death and has become a chemotherapeutic target for
cancer treatment. BAY 11–7085 (BAY), which is a well-known IκBα inhibitor, suppressed …

Oxidative stress status in COVID-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care unit for severe pneumonia. A pilot study

J Pincemail, E Cavalier, C Charlier, JP Cheramy–Bien… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: A key role of oxidative stress has been highlighted in the pathogenesis of
COVID-19. However, little has been said about oxidative stress status (OSS) of COVID-19 …

Regional brain iron associated with deterioration in Alzheimer's disease: A large cohort study and theoretical significance

S Ayton, S Portbury, P Kalinowski… - Alzheimer's & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This paper is a proposal for an update of the iron hypothesis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), based on large‐scale emerging evidence. Background Iron featured …

Heme: emergent roles of heme in signal transduction, functional regulation and as catalytic centres

T Shimizu, A Lengalova, V Martínek… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Protoporphyrin IX iron complex (heme) is an important cofactor for oxygen transfer, oxygen
storage, oxygen activation, and electron transfer when bound to the heme proteins …

The worst things in life are free: the role of free heme in sickle cell disease

OT Gbotosho, MG Kapetanaki, GJ Kato - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Hemolysis is a pathological feature of several diseases of diverse etiology such as
hereditary anemias, malaria, and sepsis. A major complication of hemolysis involves the …

Molecular mechanisms underlying autophagy-mediated treatment resistance in cancer

CJ Ho, SM Gorski - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite advances in diagnostic tools and therapeutic options, treatment resistance remains
a challenge for many cancer patients. Recent studies have found evidence that autophagy …

Hemolysis derived products toxicity and endothelium: model of the second hit

M Frimat, I Boudhabhay, LT Roumenina - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Vascular diseases are multifactorial, often requiring multiple challenges, or 'hits', for their
initiation. Intra-vascular hemolysis illustrates well the multiple-hit theory where a first event …