Role of glutathione in cancer: from mechanisms to therapies

L Kennedy, JK Sandhu, ME Harper, M Cuperlovic-Culf - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glutathione (GSH) is the most abundant non-protein thiol present at millimolar
concentrations in mammalian tissues. As an important intracellular antioxidant, it acts as a …

Molecular mechanisms of the efficacy of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) in cancer treatment

ML Semmler, S Bekeschus, M Schäfer, T Bernhardt… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, the potential use of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) in cancer treatment
has gained increasing interest. Especially the enhanced selective killing of tumor cells …

Inflammation and metabolism in cancer cell—mitochondria key player

M Neagu, C Constantin, ID Popescu, D Zipeto… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Cancer metabolism is an essential aspect of tumorigenesis, as cancer cells have increased
energy requirements in comparison to normal cells. Thus, an enhanced metabolism is …

Redox regulation by protein S-glutathionylation: from molecular mechanisms to implications in health and disease

A Musaogullari, YC Chai - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
S-glutathionylation, the post-translational modification forming mixed disulfides between
protein reactive thiols and glutathione, regulates redox-based signaling events in the cell …

The double-faced role of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in solid tumors

S Mijatović, A Savić-Radojević, M Plješa-Ercegovac… - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Disturbed redox homeostasis represents a hallmark of cancer phenotypes, affecting cellular
metabolism and redox signaling. Since reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) …

The role of mitochondrial fission proteins in mitochondrial dynamics in kidney disease

L Qin, S Xi - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria have many forms and can change their shape through fusion and fission of the
outer and inner membranes, called “mitochondrial dynamics”. Mitochondrial outer …

Asiatic acid inhibits angiogenesis and vascular permeability through the VEGF/VEGFR2 signaling pathway to inhibit the growth and metastasis of breast cancer in …

M Tian, K Chen, J Huang, D Chu, J Li… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anti‐angiogenic medicines have been evaluated as anticancer therapies, however, their
use remains limited in clinical practice due to associated adverse effects. Asiatic acid (AA) is …

Nitric oxide and S-nitrosylation in cancers: emphasis on breast cancer

D Mishra, V Patel, D Banerjee - Breast cancer: basic and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous, endogenously produced, water-soluble signaling molecule
playing critical roles in physiological processes. Nitric oxide plays pleiotropic roles in cancer …

Melatonin, its metabolites and their interference with reactive nitrogen compounds

R Hardeland - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Melatonin and several of its metabolites are interfering with reactive nitrogen. With the notion
of prevailing melatonin formation in tissues that exceeds by far the quantities in blood …

[HTML][HTML] S-Nitrosylation at the intersection of metabolism and autophagy: Implications for cancer

S Guil-Luna, MT Sanchez-Montero… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metabolic plasticity, which determines tumour growth and metastasis, is now understood to
be a flexible and context-specific process in cancer metabolism. One of the major pathways …