Toxicology and pharmacology of synthetic organoselenium compounds: An update

CW Nogueira, NV Barbosa, JBT Rocha - Archives of Toxicology, 2021 - Springer
Here, we addressed the pharmacology and toxicology of synthetic organoselenium
compounds and some naturally occurring organoselenium amino acids. The use of …

Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity: updates on molecular targets

E Gentilin, E Simoni, M Candito, D Cazzador… - Trends in molecular …, 2019 - cell.com
Cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum (II)(cisplatin) is a chemotherapeutic drug currently
prescribed for the treatment of many types of human cancer, but its use is associated with …

Too much death can kill you: inhibiting intrinsic apoptosis to treat disease

K Li, MF van Delft, G Dewson - The EMBO journal, 2021 - embopress.org
Apoptotic cell death is implicated in both physiological and pathological processes. Since
many types of cancerous cells intrinsically evade apoptotic elimination, induction of …

[HTML][HTML] Mangiferin attenuates oxidative stress induced renal cell damage through activation of PI3K induced Akt and Nrf-2 mediated signaling pathways

S Saha, P Sadhukhan, K Sinha, N Agarwal… - … and biophysics reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Mangiferin is a polyphenolic xanthonoid with remarkable antioxidant activity.
Oxidative stress plays the key role in tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBHP) induced renal cell …

Ginkgolide B protects against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity: enhancement of Akt–Nrf2–HO-1 signaling and reduction of NADPH oxidase

W Ma, J Hu, Y Cheng, J Wang, X Zhang… - Cancer Chemotherapy and …, 2015 - Springer
Cisplatin is a widely used chemotherapeutic drug for the treatment of various cancers.
However, the ototoxicity severely limited its maximum dose. The present study was designed …

Contribution of Apaf-1 to the pathogenesis of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases

R Shakeri, A Kheirollahi, J Davoodi - Biochimie, 2021 - Elsevier
Deregulation of apoptosis is associated with various pathologies, such as
neurodegenerative disorders at one end of the spectrum and cancer at the other end …

Berberine chloride protects cochlear hair cells from aminoglycoside-induced ototoxicity by reducing the accumulation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species

YR Kim, JI Baek, KY Lee, UK Kim - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Aminoglycoside, a medicinal category of antibiotics, are used in treatment of Gram-negative
bacterial infections. Although they are the most widely-used antibiotics due to their high …

APAF1 Silencing Ameliorates Diabetic Retinopathy by Suppressing Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, and Caspase-3/GSDME-Dependent Pyroptosis

Y Ding, L Chen, J Xu, Y Feng, Q Liu - … , Metabolic Syndrome and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Diabetic retinopathy (DR) can cause permanent blindness with unstated
pathogenesis. We aim to find novel biomarkers and explore the mechanism of apoptotic …

Hearing loss drug discovery and medicinal chemistry: current status, challenges, and opportunities

R Cousins - Progress in Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Hearing loss is a severe high unmet need condition affecting more than 1.5 billion people
globally. There are no licensed medicines for the prevention, treatment or restoration of …

Apaf1 inhibition promotes cell recovery from apoptosis

A Gortat, M Sancho, L Mondragón, À Messeguer… - Protein & …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The protein apoptotic protease activating factor 1 (Apaf1) is the central component of the
apoptosome, a multiprotein complex that activates procaspase-9 after cytochrome c release …