Targeting glucose metabolism enzymes in cancer treatment: current and emerging strategies

Y Zhang, Q Li, Z Huang, B Li, EC Nice, C Huang, L Wei… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Reprogramming of glucose metabolism is a hallmark of cancer and can be
targeted by therapeutic agents. Some metabolism regulators, such as ivosidenib and …

BODIPY-based probes for hypoxic environments

L Gai, Y Liu, Z Zhou, H Lu, Z Guo - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypoxic environment is an important feature of solid tumors, which comes from the
imbalance of oxygen supply and consumption. Over the past few years, substantial progress …

The role of vitamin K in humans: implication in aging and age-associated diseases

DS Popa, G Bigman, ME Rusu - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
As human life expectancy is rising, the incidence of age-associated diseases will also
increase. Scientific evidence has revealed that healthy diets, including good fats, vitamins …

Personalized medicine in mitochondrial health and disease: molecular basis of therapeutic approaches based on nutritional supplements and their analogs

V Tragni, G Primiano, A Tummolo, L Cafferati Beltrame… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mitochondrial diseases (MDs) may result from mutations affecting nuclear or mitochondrial
genes, encoding mitochondrial proteins, or non-protein-coding mitochondrial RNA. Despite …

Unleashing ferroptosis in human cancers: targeting ferroptosis suppressor protein 1 for overcoming therapy resistance

J Lee, JL Roh - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ferroptosis, a recently identified form of regulated cell death characterized by the iron-
dependent accumulation of lethal lipid peroxidation, has gained increasing attention in …

The biological responses of vitamin K2: A comprehensive review

Q Yan, T Zhang, C O'Connor, JW Barlow… - Food Science & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Vitamin K1 (VitK1) and Vitamin K2 (VitK2), two important naturally occurring
micronutrients in the VitK family, found, respectively, in green leafy plants and algae (VitK1) …

Menaquinone-4 attenuates ferroptosis by upregulating DHODH through activation of SIRT1 after subarachnoid hemorrhage

J Zhang, Q Zhu, Z Peng, XJ Li, PF Ding, S Gao… - Free Radical Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background: Menaquinone-4 (MK-4), the isoform of vitamin K2 in the brain, exerts
neuroprotective effects against a variety of central nervous system disorders. This study …

Links between vitamin K, ferroptosis and SARS-CoV-2 infection

J Nuszkiewicz, P Sutkowy, M Wróblewski… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ferroptosis is a recently discovered form of programmed cell death. It is characterized by the
accumulation of iron and lipid hydroperoxides in cells. Vitamin K is known to have …

[HTML][HTML] Cisplatin induces autophagy-associated apoptosis in human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) mediated in part through reactive oxygen species

S Magnano, PH Barroeta, R Duffy, J O'Sullivan… - Toxicology and applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is the sixth most common cancer
worldwide. Chemoresistance is a critical problem in OSCC leading to therapeutic failure and …

Redox ticklers and beyond: Naphthoquinone repository in the spotlight against inflammation and associated maladies

N Kapoor, P Kandwal, G Sharma, L Gambhir - Pharmacological Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellular redox status has been considered as a focal point for the pathogenesis of multiple
disorders. High and persistent levels of free radicals kick off inflammation and associated …