Glucose transporters as a target for anticancer therapy

M Pliszka, L Szablewski - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary For mammalian cells, glucose is a major source of energy. In the presence
of oxygen, a complete breakdown of glucose generates 36 molecules of ATP from one …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of propolis and its polyphenolic compounds against cancer

N Oršolić, M Jazvinšćak Jembrek - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, interest in natural products such as alternative sources of pharmaceuticals
for numerous chronic diseases, including tumors, has been renewed. Propolis, a natural …

Microbiome—microbial metabolome—cancer cell interactions in breast cancer—familiar, but unexplored

E Mikó, T Kovács, É Sebő, J Tóth, T Csonka, G Ujlaki… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women worldwide. Dysbiosis, an aberrant
composition of the microbiome, characterizes breast cancer. In this review we discuss the …

Flavonoids against the Warburg phenotype—Concepts of predictive, preventive and personalised medicine to cut the Gordian knot of cancer cell metabolism

M Samec, A Liskova, L Koklesova, SM Samuel, K Zhai… - Epma Journal, 2020 - Springer
The Warburg effect is characterised by increased glucose uptake and lactate secretion in
cancer cells resulting from metabolic transformation in tumour tissue. The corresponding …

Anti-cancer effects of polyphenols via targeting p53 signaling pathway: Updates and future directions

H Khan, M Reale, H Ullah, A Sureda, S Tejada… - Biotechnology …, 2020 - Elsevier
The anticancer effects of polyphenols are ascribed to several signaling pathways including
the tumor suppressor gene tumor protein 53 (p53). Expression of endogenous p53 is silent …

Targeting glucose transporters for breast cancer therapy: the effect of natural and synthetic compounds

AM Barbosa, F Martel - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Reprogramming of cellular energy metabolism is widely accepted to be a cancer hallmark.
The deviant energetic metabolism of cancer cells-known as the Warburg effect-consists in …

An overview on genistein and its various formulations

N Jaiswal, J Akhtar, SP Singh, F Ahsan - Drug research, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Genistein is the natural isoflavone and a phytoestrogen with a broad range of
pharmacological properties, such as tyrosine and topoisomerase inhibition. It also induces …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae exponential growth kinetics in batch culture to analyze respiratory and fermentative metabolism

IK Olivares-Marin… - Journal of …, 2018 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells in the exponential phase sustain their growth by producing
ATP through fermentation and/or mitochondrial respiration. The fermentable carbon …

An appraisal of the current status of inhibition of glucose transporters as an emerging antineoplastic approach: Promising potential of new pan-GLUT inhibitors

MK Temre, A Kumar, SM Singh - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neoplastic cells displayed altered metabolism with accelerated glycolysis. Therefore, these
cells need a mammoth supply of glucose for which they display an upregulated expression …

The dual-role of methylglyoxal in tumor progression–novel therapeutic approaches

A Leone, C Nigro, A Nicolò, I Prevenzano… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
One of the hallmarks of cancer cells is their metabolic reprogramming, which includes the
preference for the use of anaerobic glycolysis to produce energy, even in presence of …