Pharmacological inhibition of ferroptosis as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases and strokes

Y Wang, S Wu, Q Li, H Sun, H Wang - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging evidence suggests that ferroptosis, a unique regulated cell death modality that is
morphologically and mechanistically different from other forms of cell death, plays a vital role …

Tailor made: the art of therapeutic mRNA design

M Metkar, CS Pepin, MJ Moore - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA medicine is a new and rapidly develo** field in which the delivery of
genetic information in the form of mRNA is used to direct therapeutic protein production in …

Ferroptosis mechanisms involved in neurodegenerative diseases

CO Reichert, FA de Freitas, J Sampaio-Silva… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ferroptosis is a type of cell death that was described less than a decade ago. It is caused by
the excess of free intracellular iron that leads to lipid (hydro) peroxidation. Iron is essential …

Pharmacological inhibition of ferroptosis as a therapeutic target for sepsis-associated organ damage

L Huo, C Liu, Y Yuan, X Liu, Q Cao - European journal of medicinal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sepsis is a complex clinical syndrome caused by dysfunctional host response to infection,
which contributes to excess mortality and morbidity worldwide. The development of life …

Regulation of cellular iron metabolism

J Wang, K Pantopoulos - Biochemical Journal, 2011 - portlandpress.com
Iron is an essential but potentially hazardous biometal. Mammalian cells require sufficient
amounts of iron to satisfy metabolic needs or to accomplish specialized functions. Iron is …

Mechanisms of mammalian iron homeostasis

K Pantopoulos, SK Porwal, A Tartakoff… - Biochemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Iron is vital for almost all organisms because of its ability to donate and accept electrons with
relative ease. It serves as a cofactor for many proteins and enzymes necessary for oxygen …

The complex interplay of iron metabolism, reactive oxygen species, and reactive nitrogen species: insights into the potential of various iron therapies to induce …

TS Koskenkorva-Frank, G Weiss, WH Koppenol… - Free Radical Biology …, 2013 - Elsevier
Production of minute concentrations of superoxide (O 2 radical dot−) and nitrogen monoxide
(nitric oxide, NO radical dot) plays important roles in several aspects of cellular signaling …

Regulation of iron transport and the role of transferrin

K Gkouvatsos, G Papanikolaou… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Iron is utilized by several proteins as cofactor for major biological
processes. However, iron may also harm cells by catalyzing the generation of free radicals …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian iron metabolism and its control by iron regulatory proteins

CP Anderson, M Shen, RS Eisenstein… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2012 - Elsevier
Cellular iron homeostasis is maintained by iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2).
IRPs bind to iron-responsive elements (IREs) located in the untranslated regions of mRNAs …

The IRP/IRE system in vivo: insights from mouse models

N Wilkinson, K Pantopoulos - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2) post-transcriptionally control the
expression of several mRNAs encoding proteins of iron, oxygen and energy metabolism …