[HTML][HTML] Oxidative stress in cancer

JD Hayes, AT Dinkova-Kostova, KD Tew - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Contingent upon concentration, reactive oxygen species (ROS) influence cancer evolution
in apparently contradictory ways, either initiating/stimulating tumorigenesis and supporting …

[HTML][HTML] Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities

AG Atanasov, SB Zotchev, VM Dirsch… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Natural products and their structural analogues have historically made a major contribution
to pharmacotherapy, especially for cancer and infectious diseases. Nevertheless, natural …

Signaling pathways and targeted therapy for myocardial infarction

Q Zhang, L Wang, S Wang, H Cheng, L Xu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Although the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) has improved considerably, it is still a
worldwide disease with high morbidity and high mortality. Whilst there is still a long way to …

NRF2, a transcription factor for stress response and beyond

F He, X Ru, T Wen - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is a transcription factor that regulates the
cellular defense against toxic and oxidative insults through the expression of genes involved …

Transcriptional regulation by Nrf2

C Tonelli, IIC Chio, DA Tuveson - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a transcription factor that
coordinates the basal and stress-inducible activation of a vast array of cytoprotective genes …

[HTML][HTML] NRF2 plays a critical role in mitigating lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis

M Dodson, R Castro-Portuguez, DD Zhang - Redox biology, 2019 - Elsevier
The transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) is a key regulator of
the cellular antioxidant response, controlling the expression of genes that counteract …

[HTML][HTML] Nrf2-Keap1 signaling in oxidative and reductive stress

I Bellezza, I Giambanco, A Minelli, R Donato - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nrf2 and its endogenous inhibitor, Keap1, function as a ubiquitous, evolutionarily conserved
intracellular defense mechanism to counteract oxidative stress. Sequestered by cytoplasmic …

Itaconate is an anti-inflammatory metabolite that activates Nrf2 via alkylation of KEAP1

EL Mills, DG Ryan, HA Prag, D Dikovskaya, D Menon… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The endogenous metabolite itaconate has recently emerged as a regulator of macrophage
function, but its precise mechanism of action remains poorly understood,,. Here we show …

Therapeutic targeting of the NRF2 and KEAP1 partnership in chronic diseases

A Cuadrado, AI Rojo, G Wells, JD Hayes… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
The transcription factor NF-E2 p45-related factor 2 (NRF2; encoded by NFE2L2) and its
principal negative regulator, the E3 ligase adaptor Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 …

Targeting ferroptosis opens new avenues for the development of novel therapeutics

S Sun, J Shen, J Jiang, F Wang, J Min - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death with distinct characteristics,
including altered iron homeostasis, reduced defense against oxidative stress, and abnormal …