Thioredoxin and thioredoxin target proteins: from molecular mechanisms to functional significance

S Lee, SM Kim, RT Lee - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2013 - liebertpub.com
The thioredoxin (Trx) system is one of the central antioxidant systems in mammalian cells,
maintaining a reducing environment by catalyzing electron flux from nicotinamide adenine …

Role of iron in carcinogenesis: cancer as a ferrotoxic disease

S Toyokuni - Cancer science, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Iron is abundant universally. During the evolutionary processes, humans have selected iron
as a carrier of oxygen inside the body. However, iron works as a double‐edged sword, and …

Bioorthogonal PROTAC prodrugs enabled by on-target activation

M Chang, F Gao, D Pontigon, G Gnawali… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs) have become promising therapeutic
modalities, important concerns exist about the potential toxicity of the approach owing to …

Thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) with focus on brain and neurodegenerative diseases

H Tsubaki, I Tooyama, DG Walker - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The development of new therapeutic approaches to diseases relies on the identification of
key molecular targets involved in amplifying disease processes. One such molecule is …

Metabolic reprogramming in triple-negative breast cancer through Myc suppression of TXNIP

L Shen, JM O'Shea, MR Kaadige, S Cunha… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - pnas.org
Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) are aggressive and lack targeted therapies.
Understanding how nutrients are used in TNBCs may provide new targets for therapeutic …

Metastasis suppressors alter the signal transduction of cancer cells

PS Steeg - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2003 - nature.com
Tumour metastasis is a significant contributor to death in cancer patients. Eight metastasis-
suppressor genes that reduce the metastatic propensity of a cancer cell line in vivo without …

[HTML][HTML] Melanoma: Molecular genetics, metastasis, targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and therapeutic resistance

W Wagstaff, RN Mwamba, K Grullon, M Armstrong… - Genes & diseases, 2022 - Elsevier
Cutaneous melanoma is a common cancer and cases have steadily increased since the mid
70s. For some patients, early diagnosis and surgical removal of melanomas is lifesaving …

The interaction of thioredoxin with Txnip: evidence for formation of a mixed disulfide by disulfide exchange

P Patwari, LJ Higgins, WA Chutkow, J Yoshioka… - Journal of Biological …, 2006 - jbc.org
The thioredoxin system plays an important role in maintaining a reducing environment in the
cell. Recently, several thioredoxin binding partners have been identified and proposed to …

[HTML][HTML] TXNIP/TBP-2: a master regulator for glucose homeostasis

E Yoshihara - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Identification of thioredoxin binding protein-2 (TBP-2), which is currently known as
thioredoxin interacting protein (TXNIP), as an important binding partner for thioredoxin (TRX) …

Cigarette smoking reprograms apical junctional complex molecular architecture in the human airway epithelium in vivo

R Shaykhiev, F Otaki, P Bonsu, DT Dang… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2011 - Springer
The apical junctional complex (AJC), composed of tight and adherens junctions, maintains
epithelial barrier function. Since cigarette smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary …