[HTML][HTML] Circular RNAs in cancer

DH Bach, SK Lee, AK Sood - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2019 - cell.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of single-stranded closed RNA molecules that are
formed by precursor mRNA back-splicing or skipping events of thousands of genes in …

Niacin in the central nervous system: an update of biological aspects and clinical applications

V Gasperi, M Sibilano, I Savini, MV Catani - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Niacin (also known as “vitamin B3” or “vitamin PP”) includes two vitamers (nicotinic acid and
nicotinamide) giving rise to the coenzymatic forms nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) …

Circular RNAs as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in cancer

A Beilerli, I Gareev, O Beylerli, G Yang, V Pavlov… - Seminars in cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of single-stranded closed non-coding RNA molecules
(ncRNAs), which are formed as a result of reverse splicing of mRNAs. Despite their relative …

The role of platelets in the tumor-microenvironment and the drug resistance of cancer cells

PT Huong, LT Nguyen, XB Nguyen, SK Lee, DH Bach - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Besides the critical functions in hemostasis, thrombosis and the wounding process, platelets
have been increasingly identified as active players in various processes in tumorigenesis …

Potent Inhibition of Nicotinamide N-Methyltransferase by Alkene-Linked Bisubstrate Mimics Bearing Electron Deficient Aromatics

Y Gao, MJ Van Haren, N Buijs, P Innocenti… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) methylates nicotinamide (vitamin B3) to generate
1-methylnicotinamide (MNA). NNMT overexpression has been linked to a variety of …

Current developments in nanotechnology for improved cancer treatment, focusing on tumor hypoxia

C Dai Phung, TH Tran, HT Nguyen, JH Jeong… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypoxia is a common feature of the tumor microenvironment, which is characterized by
tissue oxygen deficiency due to an aggressive proliferation of cancer cells. Hypoxia …

PTEN in lung cancer: dealing with the problem, building on new knowledge and turning the game around

A Gkountakos, G Sartori, I Falcone, G Piro, L Ciuffreda… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Lung cancer is the most common malignancy and cause of cancer deaths worldwide, owing
to the dismal prognosis for most affected patients. Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted …

Chromosomal instability in tumor initiation and development

DH Bach, W Zhang, AK Sood - Cancer research, 2019 - AACR
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is one of the major forms of genomic instability in various
human cancers and is recognized as a common hallmark of tumorigenesis and …

The dominant role of forkhead box proteins in cancer

DH Bach, NP Long, TTT Luu, NH Anh… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Forkhead box (FOX) proteins are multifaceted transcription factors that are significantly
implicated in cancer, with various critical roles in biological processes. Herein, we provide …

Small in size, but large in action: microRNAs as potential modulators of PTEN in breast and lung cancers

AJ Abadi, A Zarrabi, MH Gholami, S Mirzaei… - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are well-known regulators of biological mechanisms with a small size
of 19–24 nucleotides and a single-stranded structure. miRNA dysregulation occurs in cancer …