Relationships among smoking, oxidative stress, inflammation, macromolecular damage, and cancer

AW Caliri, S Tommasi, A Besaratinia - Mutation Research/Reviews in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Smoking is a major risk factor for a variety of diseases, including cancer and immune-
mediated inflammatory diseases. Tobacco smoke contains a mixture of chemicals, including …

Therapeutic application of natural products: NAD+ metabolism as potential target

C Guo, Q Huang, Y Wang, Y Yao, J Li, J Chen, M Wu… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) metabolism is involved in the entire
physiopathological process and is critical to human health. Long-term imbalance in NAD+ …

Human RecQ helicases in DNA double-strand break repair

H Lu, AJ Davis - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
RecQ DNA helicases are a conserved protein family found in bacteria, fungus, plants, and
animals. These helicases play important roles in multiple cellular functions, including DNA …

Oxidative stress and inflammation regulation of sirtuins: New insights into common oral diseases

Z Pan, H Dong, N Huang, J Fang - Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sirtuins are a family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)+-dependent histone
deacetylases, comprising seven members SIRT1-SIRT7. Sirtuins have been extensively …

[HTML][HTML] Biallelic variants in CRIPT cause a Rothmund-Thomson-like syndrome with increased cellular senescence

L Averdunk, MA Huetzen, D Moreno-Andrés, R Kalb… - Genetics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) is characterized by poikiloderma,
sparse hair, small stature, skeletal defects, cancer, and cataracts, resembling features of …

Nuclear factor Nrf2 promotes glycosidase OGG1 expression by activating the AKT pathway to enhance leukemia cell resistance to cytarabine

Q Shang, C Pan, X Zhang, T Yang, T Hu… - Journal of Biological …, 2023 - ASBMB
Chemotherapy resistance is the dominant challenge in the treatment of acute myeloid
leukemia (AML). Nuclear factor E2–related factor 2 (Nrf2) exerts a vital function in drug …

[HTML][HTML] Skin abnormalities in disorders with DNA repair defects, premature aging, and mitochondrial dysfunction

M Hussain, S Krishnamurthy, J Patel, E Kim… - Journal of Investigative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Defects in DNA repair pathways and alterations of mitochondrial energy metabolism have
been reported in multiple skin disorders. More than 10% of patients with primary …

Role and regulation of the RECQL4 family during genomic integrity maintenance

TT Luong, KA Bernstein - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
RECQL4 is a member of the evolutionarily conserved RecQ family of 3'to 5'DNA helicases.
RECQL4 is critical for maintaining genomic stability through its functions in DNA repair …

DNA-PKcs-dependent phosphorylation of RECQL4 promotes NHEJ by stabilizing the NHEJ machinery at DNA double-strand breaks

H Lu, J Guan, SY Wang, GM Li, VA Bohr… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is the major pathway that mediates the repair of DNA
double-strand breaks (DSBs) generated by ionizing radiation (IR). Previously, the DNA …

[PDF][PDF] UBE2O and USP7 co-regulate RECQL4 ubiquitinylation and homologous recombination-mediated DNA repair

Q Huang, D Qin, D Pei, M Vermeulen, X Zhang - 2022 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
The human RecQ DNA helicase, RECQL4, plays a pivotal role in maintaining genomic
stability by regulating the DNA double-s trand breaks (DSBs) repair pathway, and is, thus …