Protection against chemotherapy-and radiotherapy-induced side effects: A review based on the mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities of phytochemicals

YQ Liu, XL Wang, DH He, YX Cheng - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Although great achievements have been made in the field of cancer therapy,
chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain the mainstay cancer therapeutic modalities …

An overview of the Nrf2/ARE pathway and its role in neurodegenerative diseases

E Zgorzynska, B Dziedzic, A Walczewska - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nrf2 is a basic region leucine-zipper transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in the
coordinated gene expression of antioxidant and detoxifying enzymes, promoting cell …

Contribution of the Nrf2 pathway on oxidative damage and mitochondrial failure in Parkinson and Alzheimer's disease

F Villavicencio Tejo, RA Quintanilla - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increase in human life expectancy has become a challenge to reduce the deleterious
consequences of aging. Nowadays, an increasing number of the population suffer from age …

Chemotherapy-enhanced inflammation may lead to the failure of therapy and metastasis

D Vyas, G Laput, AK Vyas - OncoTargets and therapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The lack of therapy and the failure of existing therapy has been a challenge for clinicians in
treating various cancers. Doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil, cisplatin, and paclitaxel are the first-line …

Therapeutic modulation of virus‐induced oxidative stress via the Nrf2‐dependent antioxidative pathway

C Lee - Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Virus‐induced oxidative stress plays a critical role in the viral life cycle as well as the
pathogenesis of viral diseases. In response to reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation by …

Kaempferol ameliorates Cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity by modulating oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis via ERK and NF-κB pathways

Z Wang, W Sun, X Sun, Y Wang, M Zhou - Amb Express, 2020 - Springer
Anticancer drug like Cisplatin are associated with serious problem like nephrotoxicity. The
effect of Kaempferol is a plant-derived flavonoid compound. The present work evaluated the …

Nutritional strategies to modulate inflammation and oxidative stress pathways via activation of the master antioxidant switch Nrf2

LFMF Cardozo, LM Pedruzzi, P Stenvinkel… - Biochimie, 2013 - Elsevier
The nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) plays an important role in cellular protection
against cancer, renal, pulmonary, cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases where …

Toll-like receptors in acute kidney injury

C Vázquez-Carballo, M Guerrero-Hue… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an important health problem, affecting 13.3 million
individuals/year. It is associated with increased mortality, mainly in low-and middle-income …

Baicalein, a bioflavonoid, prevents cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury by up-regulating antioxidant defenses and down-regulating the MAPKs and NF-κB pathways

BD Sahu, JM Kumar, R Sistla - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Acute renal failure is a serious complication of the anticancer drug cisplatin. The potential
role of baicalein, a naturally occurring bioflavonoid on cisplatin-induced renal injury is …

β-Caryophyllene ameliorates cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in a cannabinoid 2 receptor-dependent manner

B Horváth, P Mukhopadhyay, M Kechrid, V Patel… - Free radical biology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
(E)-β-caryophyllene (BCP) is a natural sesquiterpene found in many essential oils of spice
(best known for contributing to the spiciness of black pepper) and food plants with …