Targeting epigenetic regulators for cancer therapy: mechanisms and advances in clinical trials

Y Cheng, C He, M Wang, X Ma, F Mo, S Yang… - Signal transduction and …, 2019 - nature.com
Epigenetic alternations concern heritable yet reversible changes in histone or DNA
modifications that regulate gene activity beyond the underlying sequence. Epigenetic …

An overview on estrogen receptors signaling and its ligands in breast cancer

MZI Khan, M Uzair, A Nazli, JZ Chen - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Estrogen governs the regulations of various pathological and physiological actions
throughout the body in both males and females. Generally, 17β-estradiol an endogenous …

Regulation of breast cancer metastasis signaling by miRNAs

BJ Petri, CM Klinge - Cancer and metastasis reviews, 2020 - Springer
Despite the decline in death rate from breast cancer and recent advances in targeted
therapies and combinations for the treatment of metastatic disease, metastatic breast cancer …

Sirtuins in metabolism, DNA repair and cancer

Z Mei, X Zhang, J Yi, J Huang, J He, Y Tao - Journal of Experimental & …, 2016 - Springer
The mammalian sirtuin family has attracted tremendous attention over the past few years as
stress adaptors and post-translational modifier. They have involved in diverse cellular …

[HTML][HTML] SIRT1 and SIRT6: The role in aging-related diseases

Y You, W Liang - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aging is characterized by progressive functional deterioration with increased risk of
mortality. It is a complex biological process driven by a multitude of intertwined mechanisms …

The lauric acid-activated signaling prompts apoptosis in cancer cells

R Lappano, A Sebastiani, F Cirillo… - Cell death …, 2017 - nature.com
The saturated medium-chain fatty-acid lauric acid (LA) has been associated to certain health-
promoting benefits of coconut oil intake, including the improvement of the quality of life in …

The role of sex hormones and steroid receptors on female reproductive cancers

LG de Almeida Chuffa, LA Lupi-Júnior, AB Costa… - Steroids, 2017 - Elsevier
Sex steroids have been widely described to be associated with a number of human
diseases, including hormone-dependent tumors. Several studies have been concerned …

Let's talk about sex in the context of COVID-19

LH Gargaglioni, DA Marques - Journal of applied …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
In recent months, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has sent many
countries into crisis. Studies have shown that this virus causes worse outcomes and a higher …

[HTML][HTML] Copper activates HIF-1α/GPER/VEGF signalling in cancer cells

DC Rigiracciolo, A Scarpelli, R Lappano, A Pisano… - Oncotarget, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Copper promotes tumor angiogenesis, nevertheless the mechanisms involved remain to be
fully understood. We have recently demonstrated that the G-protein estrogen receptor …

Expression and role of the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPR30/GPER) in the development and immune response in female reproductive cancers

CD Hernández-Silva, JC Villegas-Pineda… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a major public health issue and represents the second leading cause of death in
women worldwide, as female reproductive-related neoplasms are the main cause of …