Targeting drug chemo-resistance in cancer using natural products

WH Talib, AR Alsayed, M Barakat, MI Abu-Taha… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally. The development of drug resistance
is the main contributor to cancer-related mortality. Cancer cells exploit multiple mechanisms …

Mode of action-based risk assessment of genotoxic carcinogens

A Hartwig, M Arand, B Epe, S Guth, G Jahnke… - Archives of …, 2020 - Springer
The risk assessment of chemical carcinogens is one major task in toxicology. Even though
exposure has been mitigated effectively during the last decades, low levels of carcinogenic …

Measuring aging and identifying aging phenotypes in cancer survivors

JL Guida, TA Ahles, D Belsky, J Campisi… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Observational data have shown that some cancer survivors develop chronic conditions like
frailty, sarcopenia, cardiac dysfunction, and mild cognitive impairment earlier and/or at a …

Anticancer activity of bacterial proteins and peptides

TM Karpiński, A Adamczak - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Despite much progress in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, tumour diseases constitute
one of the main reasons of deaths worldwide. The side effects of chemotherapy and drug …

Synthetic pesticides and health in vulnerable populations: agricultural workers

CL Curl, M Spivak, R Phinney, L Montrose - Current environmental health …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review aims to summarize epidemiological literature
published between May 15, 2018, and May 14, 2019, that examines the relationship …

Impact of gene–environment interactions on cancer development

A Mbemi, S Khanna, S Njiki, CG Yedjou… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Several epidemiological and experimental studies have demonstrated that many human
diseases are not only caused by specific genetic and environmental factors but also by gene …

Plant flavonoids in cancer chemoprevention: role in genome stability

VC George, G Dellaire, HPV Rupasinghe - The Journal of nutritional …, 2017 - Elsevier
Carcinogenesis is a multistage process that involves a series of events comprising of
genetic and epigenetic changes leading to the initiation, promotion and progression of …

Low‐dose bisphenol A exposure: A seemingly instigating carcinogenic effect on breast cancer

Z Wang, H Liu, S Liu - Advanced Science, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Breast cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer death in the world and the second
most common fatal cancer in women. Epidemiological studies and clinical data have …

DNA damage in circulating leukocytes measured with the comet assay may predict the risk of death

S Bonassi, M Ceppi, P Møller, A Azqueta, M Milić… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The comet assay or single cell gel electrophoresis, is the most common method used to
measure strand breaks and a variety of other DNA lesions in human populations. To …

Genome instability and γH2AX

A Georgoulis, CE Vorgias, GP Chrousos… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
γH2AX has emerged in the last 20 years as a central player in the DDR (DNA damage
response), with specificity for DSBs (double-strand breaks). Upon the generation of DSBs, γ …