Chemotherapy side-effects: not all DNA damage is equal

WMC van den Boogaard, DSJ Komninos, WP Vermeij - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The number of children and adults with cancer that are completely cured is
still increasing thanks to effective anti-cancer therapy, but they may be confronted with the …

Microbiota: a key orchestrator of cancer therapy

S Roy, G Trinchieri - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The microbiota is composed of commensal bacteria and other microorganisms that live on
the epithelial barriers of the host. The commensal microbiota is important for the health and …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting tissue regeneration by modulating the immune system

Z Julier, AJ Park, PS Briquez, MM Martino - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
The immune system plays a central role in tissue repair and regeneration. Indeed, the
immune response to tissue injury is crucial in determining the speed and the outcome of the …

Toll-like receptor signaling pathways

T Kawasaki, T Kawai - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play crucial roles in the innate immune system by recognizing
pathogen-associated molecular patterns derived from various microbes. TLRs signal …

Cell death and immunity in cancer: from danger signals to mimicry of pathogen defense responses

AD Garg, P Agostinis - Immunological reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The immunogenicity of cancer cells is an emerging determinant of anti‐cancer
immunotherapy. Beyond developing immunostimulatory regimens like dendritic cell‐based …

Toll-like receptor signaling and its inducible proteins

T Satoh, S Akira - Microbiology spectrum, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Studies that bridge innate immunity and various diseases are making rapid advances.
Macrophages and dendritic cells play a leading role in innate immunity, using pattern …

Drugging membrane protein interactions

H Yin, AD Flynn - Annual review of biomedical engineering, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The majority of therapeutics target membrane proteins, accessible on the surface of cells, to
alter cellular signaling. Cells use membrane proteins to transduce signals into cells …

ROS-modulated therapeutic approaches in cancer treatment

MH Raza, S Siraj, A Arshad, U Waheed… - Journal of cancer …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced in cancer cells as a result of
increased metabolic rate, dysfunction of mitochondria, elevated cell signaling, expression of …

Gut microbiota shapes the efficiency of cancer therapy

W Ma, Q Mao, W Xia, G Dong, C Yu… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Systems biology provides an opportunity to discover the role that gut microbiota play in
almost all aspects of human health. Existing evidence supports the hypothesis that gut …

[HTML][HTML] The role of respiratory epithelium in host defence against influenza virus infection

L Denney, LP Ho - biomedical journal, 2018 - Elsevier
The respiratory epithelium is the major interface between the environment and the host.
Sophisticated barrier, sensing, anti-microbial and immune regulatory mechanisms have …