All roads lead to PP 2A: exploiting the therapeutic potential of this phosphatase

J Sangodkar, CC Farrington, K McClinch… - The FEBS …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Protein phosphatase 2A (PP 2A) is a serine/threonine phosphatase involved in the
regulation of many cellular processes. A confirmed tumor suppressor protein, PP 2A is …

Pharmaceutical nanotechnology for oral delivery of anticancer drugs

L Mei, Z Zhang, L Zhao, L Huang, XL Yang… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Oral chemotherapy is an important topic in the 21st century medicine, which may radically
change the current regimen of chemotherapy and greatly improve the quality of life of the …

Chemotherapy and dietary phytochemical agents

K Sak - Chemotherapy research and practice, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy has been used for cancer treatment already for almost 70 years by targeting
the proliferation potential and metastasising ability of tumour cells. Despite the progress …

Redox-directed cancer therapeutics: molecular mechanisms and opportunities

GT Wondrak - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2009 - liebertpub.com
Redox dysregulation originating from metabolic alterations and dependence on mitogenic
and survival signaling through reactive oxygen species represents a specific vulnerability of …

Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and inflammation: Molecular mechanisms, diseases and promising therapies

A Rimessi, M Previati, F Nigro, MR Wieckowski… - The international journal …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, many different groups have been engaged in studies of new
roles for mitochondria, particularly the coupling of alterations in the redox pathway with the …

Co-delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs with vitamin E TPGS by porous PLGA nanoparticles for enhanced chemotherapy against multi-drug resistance

H Zhu, H Chen, X Zeng, Z Wang, X Zhang, Y Wu… - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
We report a strategy to make use of poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticle (PLGA NPs)
for co-delivery of docetaxel (DTX) as a model anticancer drug together with vitamin E TPGS …

Vitamin E and cancer: An insight into the anticancer activities of vitamin E isomers and analogs

C Constantinou, A Papas… - International journal of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Current observations in the literature suggest that vitamin E may be a suitable candidate for
the adjuvant treatment of cancer. Even though historically most research focused on α …

α-Tocopheryl succinate induces apoptosis by targeting ubiquinone-binding sites in mitochondrial respiratory complex II

LF Dong, P Low, JC Dyason, XF Wang, L Prochazka… - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
Abstract α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) is a selective inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells,
which involves the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The molecular target of …

Vitamin E: an overview of major research directions

JM Zingg - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
During the last 90 years since the discovery of vitamin E, research has focused on different
properties of this molecule, the focus often depending on the specific techniques and …

Potential-independent intracellular drug delivery and mitochondrial targeting

Y Liu, J Zhang, Y Tu, L Zhu - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
In this study, two types of the fluoroamphiphile analogs were synthesized and self-
assembled into the “core–shell” micellar nanocarriers for intracellular delivery and organelle …