Skin whitening agents: Medicinal chemistry perspective of tyrosinase inhibitors

T Pillaiyar, M Manickam… - Journal of enzyme …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Melanogenesis is a process to synthesize melanin, which is a primary responsible for the
pigmentation of human skin, eye and hair. Although numerous enzymatic catalyzed and …

Current understanding of the mechanism of benzene-induced leukemia in humans: implications for risk assessment

CM McHale, L Zhang, MT Smith - Carcinogenesis, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Benzene causes acute myeloid leukemia and probably other hematological malignancies.
As benzene also causes hematotoxicity even in workers exposed to levels below the US …

The melanin inhibitory effect of plants and phytochemicals: A systematic review

D Feng, Z Fang, P Zhang - Phytomedicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Melanin plays an important role in protecting human skin, while excessive
synthesis of melanin can cause abnormal pigmentation and induce skin diseases. Long …

Benzene, the exposome and future investigations of leukemia etiology

MT Smith, L Zhang, CM McHale, CF Skibola… - Chemico-biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Benzene exposure is associated with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic
syndromes (MDS), and probably lymphoma and childhood leukemia. Biological plausibility …

Exploiting the 1-(4-fluorobenzyl) piperazine fragment for the development of novel tyrosinase inhibitors as anti-melanogenic agents: Design, synthesis, structural …

L Ielo, B Deri, MP Germano, S Vittorio, S Mirabile… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of Tyrosinase inhibitors (TYRIs) could represent an efficacious strategy for
pharmacological intervention on skin pathologies related to aberrant production of melanin …

Stem cell and benzene-induced malignancy and hematotoxicity

L Wang, X He, Y Bi, Q Ma - Chemical research in toxicology, 2012 - ACS Publications
The biological effect of benzene on the hematopoietic system has been known for over a
century. The rapid advancement in understanding the biology of hematopoietic stem cells …

Hsp70 overexpression in Drosophila hemocytes attenuates benzene‐induced immune and developmental toxicity via regulating ROS/JNK signaling pathway

LC D'Souza, S Dwivedi, F Raihan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Benzene, a ubiquitous environmental chemical, is known to cause immune dysfunction and
developmental defects. This study aims to investigate the relation between benzene …

Epigenetic effects of benzene in hematologic neoplasms: the altered gene expression

G Spatari, A Allegra, M Carrieri, G Pioggia, S Gangemi - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Benzene is produced by diverse petroleum transformation processes and
it is widely employed in industry despite its oncogenic effects. In fact, occupational exposure …

[HTML][HTML] Toxicity in hematopoietic stem cells from bone marrow and peripheral blood in mice after benzene exposure: Single-cell transcriptome sequencing analysis

R Sun, K Xu, S Ji, Y Pu, L Yu, L Yin, J Zhang… - … and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Benzene is a ubiquitous, occupational, and environmental hematotoxic and leukemogen.
Damage to hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) induced by benzene and its metabolites is a …

ROS-directed activation of Toll/NF-κB in the hematopoietic niche triggers benzene-induced emergency hematopoiesis

LC D'Souza, N Kuriakose, SV Raghu… - Free Radical Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hematopoietic stem cells/progenitor cells (HSC/HPCs) orchestrate the hematopoietic
process, effectively regulated by the hematopoietic niche under normal and stressed …