NAD+ metabolism, stemness, the immune response, and cancer

LE Navas, A Carnero - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
NAD+ was discovered during yeast fermentation, and since its discovery, its important roles
in redox metabolism, aging, and longevity, the immune system and DNA repair have been …

Anticancer activity of propolis and its compounds

E Forma, M Bryś - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Propolis is a natural material that honey bees (Apis mellifera) produce from various
botanical sources. The therapeutic activity of propolis, including antibacterial, antifungal, and …

Cancer stem cells (CSCs): metabolic strategies for their identification and eradication

EM De Francesco, F Sotgia, MP Lisanti - Biochemical Journal, 2018 - portlandpress.com
Phenotypic and functional heterogeneity is one of the most relevant features of cancer cells
within different tumor types and is responsible for treatment failure. Cancer stem cells …

Doxycycline, an inhibitor of mitochondrial biogenesis, effectively reduces cancer stem cells (CSCs) in early breast cancer patients: a clinical pilot study

C Scatena, M Roncella, A Di Paolo, P Aretini… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background and objectives: Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been implicated in tumor
initiation, recurrence, metastatic spread and poor survival in multiple tumor types, breast …

[HTML][HTML] ALDH1A1 drives prostate cancer metastases and radioresistance by interplay with AR-and RAR-dependent transcription

I Gorodetska, A Offermann, J Püschel… - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Current therapies for metastatic osseous disease frequently fail to provide a
durable treatment response. To date, there are only limited therapeutic options for metastatic …

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) metabolism as a relevant target in cancer

LE Navas, A Carnero - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
NAD+ is an important metabolite in cell homeostasis that acts as an essential cofactor in
oxidation–reduction (redox) reactions in various energy production processes, such as the …

Vitamin K: Redox-modulation, prevention of mitochondrial dysfunction and anticancer effect

D Ivanova, Z Zhelev, P Getsov, B Nikolova, I Aoki… - Redox biology, 2018 - Elsevier
This review is directed to the redox-modulating properties and anticancer effect of vitamin K.
The concept is focused on two aspects:(i) redox-cycle of vitamin K and its effect on the …

[HTML][HTML] Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): A potent combination therapy for targeting mitochondria and eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs)

M Fiorillo, F Tóth, F Sotgia, MP Lisanti - Aging (Albany NY), 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here, we devised a new strategy for eradicating cancer stem cells (CSCs), via a “synthetic-
metabolic” approach, involving two FDA-approved antibiotics and a dietary vitamin …

Mechanisms of anti-cancer effects of ascorbate: Cytotoxic activity and epigenetic modulation

D Mastrangelo, E Pelosi, G Castelli, F Lo-Coco… - Blood Cells, Molecules …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Vitamin C (Vit C or Ascorbate) is essential for many fundamental biochemical
processes. Vit C is an essential nutrient with redox functions at normal physiologic …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin C and Doxycycline: A synthetic lethal combination therapy targeting metabolic flexibility in cancer stem cells (CSCs)

EM De Francesco, G Bonuccelli, M Maggiolini… - Oncotarget, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Here, we developed a new synthetic lethal strategy for further optimizing the eradication of
cancer stem cells (CSCs). Briefly, we show that chronic treatment with the FDA-approved …