[HTML][HTML] LPS induces inflammatory chemokines via TLR-4 signalling and enhances the Warburg Effect in THP-1 cells

P Ubanako, N Xelwa, M Ntwasa - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The Warburg Effect has emerged as a potential drug target because, in some cancer cell
lines, it is sufficient to subvert it in order to kill cancer cells. It has also been shown that the …

[HTML][HTML] GLUT1 regulates the tumor immune microenvironment and promotes tumor metastasis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma via ncRNA-mediated network

F Li, C He, H Yao, W Liang, X Ye, J Ruan, L Lin… - Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD) is a digestive tumor with extremely high malignancy.
Previous studies have reported that Glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) contributes to the …

[PDF][PDF] Antioxidant and Genoprotective effects of Amifostine against irinotecan toxicity in human hepatoma cells

M Shokrzadeh, N Ghassemi-Barghi - Int J Cancer Res Ther, 2018 - opastpublishers.com
Abstract Irinotecan (CPT-11) is a topoisomerase inhibitor anticancer drug effective against
many human malignancies. Several mechanisms have been proposed for the antitumor …

[HTML][HTML] 2-Deoxy-D-glucose inhibits lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus propagation by targeting glycoprotein N-glycosylation

L Baďurová, K Polčicová, B Omasta, I Ovečková… - Virology Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Increased glucose uptake and utilization via aerobic glycolysis are among the
most prominent hallmarks of tumor cell metabolism. Accumulating evidence suggests that …

[HTML][HTML] Energy stress-mediated cytotoxicity in tuberous sclerosis complex 2-deficient cells with nelfinavir and mefloquine treatment

HD McCann, CE Johnson, RJ Errington, DM Davies… - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
To find new anti-cancer drug therapies, we wanted to exploit homeostatic vulnerabilities
within Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 (TSC2)-deficient cells with mechanistic target of …

Sodium pyruvate pre‐treatment prevents cell death due to localised, damaging mechanical strains in the context of pressure ulcers

MB Alvarez‐Elizondo… - International Wound …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We demonstrate sodium pyruvate (NaPy) pre‐treatment as a successful approach for
pressure ulcer (PU) prevention by averting their aetiological origin—cell‐level damage and …

Glucose metabolism and carcinogenesis: the impact of the tumor suppressor p53

M Ntwasa, U Njende - Neoplasm, 2018 - books.google.com
The tumor suppressor protein, p53 responds to cellular stress such as DNA damage,
oncogenic activation and hypoxia by transactivating downstream genes that are responsible …

Effect of cucurbitacin on malignant biological behavior of breast cancer cells, and its possible underlying mechanism

Y Ren, G Huang, Q Xue, Q Lv, Y Wu, Q Wu… - Tropical Journal of …, 2022 - ajol.info
Purpose: To study the influence of cucurbitacin on malignant biological behavior of
mammary carcinoma cells, and the likely mechanism involved. Methods: Human mammary …

[PDF][PDF] Ultrafast Spin Dynamics: The Effect of Colored Noise

U Atxitia, O Chubykalo-Fesenko, RW Chantrell… - scholar.archive.org
This chapter provides a practical strategy to realize accurate and robust control for 6 DOFs
(degrees of freedom) parallel robots. The presented approach consists in two parts. The first …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular Basis of Metabolic Reprogramming in Innate Immune Cells: Impact of Drugs on the Mitochondrial Function

NHM Xelwa - 2018 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
This study focused on reprogramming of energy metabolism of cancer cells, since most
cancer and proliferating cells have been shown to display a metabolic shift by displaying …