The pleiotropic functions of reactive oxygen species in cancer

K Wu, AE El Zowalaty, VI Sayin… - Nature Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Cellular redox homeostasis is an essential, dynamic process that ensures the balance
between reducing and oxidizing reactions within cells and thus has implications across all …

Myopia

PN Baird, SM Saw, C Lanca, JA Guggenheim… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2020 - nature.com
Myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness, is a very common condition
that typically starts in childhood. Severe forms of myopia (pathologic myopia) are associated …

The complex interplay between antioxidants and ROS in cancer

IS Harris, GM DeNicola - Trends in cell biology, 2020 - cell.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play important roles in tissue homeostasis, cellular
signaling, differentiation, and survival. In this review, we discuss the types of ROS, their …

Nrf2 as a regulator of mitochondrial function: Energy metabolism and beyond

N Esteras, AY Abramov - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are unique and essential organelles that mediate many vital cellular processes
including energy metabolism and cell death. The transcription factor Nrf2 (NF-E2 p45 …

NRF2: KEA** tumors protected

R Pillai, M Hayashi, AM Zavitsanou… - Cancer …, 2022 - aacrjournals.org
The Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1)/nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2
(NRF2) pathway plays a physiologic protective role against xenobiotics and reactive oxygen …

Targeting NRF2 and its downstream processes: opportunities and challenges

L Torrente, GM DeNicola - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The transcription factor NRF2 coordinates the expression of a vast array of cytoprotective
and metabolic genes in response to various stress inputs to restore cellular homeostasis …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond repression of Nrf2: An update on Keap1

A Kopacz, D Kloska, HJ Forman, A Jozkowicz… - Free Radical Biology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Nrf2 (NFE2L2–nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2) is a transcription factor,
which is repressed by interaction with a redox-sensitive protein Keap1 (Kelch-like ECH …

Kaempferol induces ROS-dependent apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells via TGM2-mediated Akt/mTOR signaling

F Wang, L Wang, C Qu, L Chen, Y Geng, C Cheng… - BMC cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background Kaempferol, a natural flavonoid, exhibits anticancer properties by scavenging
reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, increasing evidence has demonstrated that …

S-glycosylation-based cysteine profiling reveals regulation of glycolysis by itaconate

W Qin, K Qin, Y Zhang, W Jia, Y Chen, B Cheng… - Nature chemical …, 2019 - nature.com
Itaconate has been recently recognized as an anti-inflammatory metabolite involved in the
pathogen–macrophage interface. Due to its weak electrophilicity, itaconate could modify …

Cancer metabolism and mitochondria: Finding novel mechanisms to fight tumours

S Missiroli, M Perrone, I Genovese, P Pinton… - EBioMedicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that have essential metabolic activity and are
regarded as signalling hubs with biosynthetic, bioenergetics and signalling functions that …