A critical perspective on 3D liver models for drug metabolism and toxicology studies

AS Serras, JS Rodrigues, M Cipriano… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The poor predictability of human liver toxicity is still causing high attrition rates of drug
candidates in the pharmaceutical industry at the non-clinical, clinical, and post-marketing …

CNS neurotoxicity of antiretrovirals

T Lanman, S Letendre, Q Ma, A Bang… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2021 - Springer
The development of novel antiretroviral treatments has led to a significant turning point in the
fight against HIV. Although therapy leads to virologic suppression and prolonged life …

Cysteine allows ovarian cancer cells to adapt to hypoxia and to escape from carboplatin cytotoxicity

SC Nunes, C Ramos, F Lopes-Coelho, CO Sequeira… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynaecologic malignancy and the main cause
of death from gynaecologic cancer, due to late diagnosis and chemoresistance. Studies …

Cysteine as a Multifaceted Player in Kidney, the Cysteine-Related Thiolome and Its Implications for Precision Medicine

MJ Correia, AB Pimpão, DGF Fernandes, J Morello… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review encouraged by original data, we first provided in vivo evidence that the kidney,
comparative to the liver or brain, is an organ particularly rich in cysteine. In the kidney, the …

Targeting glutathione and cystathionine β-synthase in ovarian cancer treatment by selenium–chrysin polyurea dendrimer nanoformulation

I Santos, C Ramos, C Mendes, CO Sequeira, CS Tomé… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Ovarian cancer is the main cause of death from gynecological cancer, with its poor
prognosis mainly related to late diagnosis and chemoresistance (acquired or intrinsic) to …

A review of the potential mechanisms of neuronal toxicity associated with antiretroviral drugs

I De Benedetto, M Trunfio, G Guastamacchia… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Highly active antiretroviral treatment has led to unprecedented efficacy and tolerability in
people living with HIV. This effect was also observed in the central nervous system with the …

Anti-HIV drugs cause mitochondrial dysfunction in monocyte-derived macrophages

J Wallace, H Gonzalez, R Rajan… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) dramatically changed the face of the HIV/AIDS
pandemic, making it one of the most prominent medical breakthroughs of the past 3 …

A clinically relevant dosage of mitoxantrone disrupts the glutathione and lipid metabolic pathways of the CD-1 mice brain: a metabolomics study

A Dias-Carvalho, A Margarida-Araújo… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Long-term cognitive dysfunction, or “chemobrain”, has been observed in cancer patients
treated with chemotherapy. Mitoxantrone (MTX) is a topoisomerase II inhibitor that binds and …

The activation of endothelial cells relies on a ferroptosis-like mechanism: novel perspectives in management of angiogenesis and cancer therapy

F Lopes-Coelho, F Martins, A Hipólito… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The activation of endothelial cells (ECs) is a crucial step on the road map of tumor
angiogenesis and expanding evidence indicates that a pro-oxidant tumor microenvironment …

Circulating (Poly) phenol Metabolites: Neuroprotection in a 3D Cell Model of Parkinson's Disease

R Carecho, I Figueira, AP Terrasso… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Scope Diets rich in (poly) phenols have been associated with positive effects on
neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Several low‐molecular …