Arachidonic acid metabolism in health and disease

Y Zhang, Y Liu, J Sun, W Zhang, Z Guo, Q Ma - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Arachidonic acid (AA), an n‐6 essential fatty acid, is a major component of mammalian cells
and can be released by phospholipase A2. Accumulating evidence indicates that AA plays …

Decoding the role of CYP450 enzymes in metabolism and disease: A comprehensive review

BH Abdelmonem, NM Abdelaal, EKE Anwer… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) is a group of enzymes that play an essential role in Phase I
metabolism, with 57 functional genes classified into 18 families in the human genome, of …

Bioactive signalling lipids as drivers of chronic liver diseases

E Kaffe, A Tisi, C Magkrioti, V Aidinis, WZ Mehal… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Lipids are important in multiple cellular functions, with most having structural or energy
storage roles. However, a small fraction of lipids exert bioactive roles through binding to G …

Dihydroxy-metabolites of dihomo-γ-linolenic acid drive ferroptosis-mediated neurodegeneration

M Sarparast, E Pourmand, J Hinman… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Even after decades of research, the mechanism of neurodegeneration remains
understudied, hindering the discovery of effective treatments for neurodegenerative …

Eicosanoids and other oxylipins in liver injury, inflammation and liver cancer development

MM Alba, B Ebright, B Hua, I Slarve, Y Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Liver cancer is a malignancy developed from underlying liver disease that encompasses
liver injury and metabolic disorders. The progression from these underlying liver disease to …

Cytochrome P450 metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids and neurodegeneration

M Sarparast, D Dattmore, J Alan, KSS Lee - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to the aging population in the world, neurodegenerative diseases have become a
serious public health issue that greatly impacts patients' quality of life and adds a huge …

The SLIT/ROBO pathway in liver fibrosis and cancer

S Basha, B Jin-Smith, C Sun, L Pi - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Liver fibrosis is a common outcome of most chronic liver insults/injuries that can develop into
an irreversible process of cirrhosis and, eventually, liver cancer. In recent years, there has …

Antioxidant action of vitamin E in vivo as assessed from its reaction products with multiple biological oxidants

E Niki, N Noguchi - Free radical research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Vitamin E acts as essential antioxidant against detrimental oxidation of biological molecules
induced by multiple reactive species. To gain more insight into the physiological role of …

Mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammaging in heart failure: novel roles of CYP-derived epoxylipids

H Keshavarz-Bahaghighat, AM Darwesh… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Age-associated changes leading to a decline in cardiac structure and function contribute to
the increased susceptibility and incidence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in elderly …

Lipids in liver failure syndromes: a focus on eicosanoids, specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators and lysophospholipids

F Artru, MJW McPhail, E Triantafyllou… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lipids are organic compounds insoluble in water with a variety of metabolic and non-
metabolic functions. They not only represent an efficient energy substrate but can also act as …