New developments in anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity

A Mordente, E Meucci, A Silvestrini… - Current medicinal …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Anthracyclines are among the most effective anticancer drugs ever developed.
Unfortunately, their clinical use is severely limited by the development of a progressive dose …

Anthracyclines and mitochondria

A Mordente, E Meucci, A Silvestrini… - Advances in …, 2012 - Springer
Anthracyclines remain the cornerstone in the treatment of many malignancies including
lymphomas, leukaemias, and sarcomas. Unfortunately, the clinical use of these potent …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in mitochondrial redox state, membrane potential and calcium precede mitochondrial dysfunction in doxorubicin-induced cell death

AV Kuznetsov, R Margreiter, A Amberger… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mitochondria play central roles in cell life as a source of energy and in cell death by inducing
apoptosis. Many important functions of mitochondria change in cancer, and these organelles …

Mesoporous silica microparticles enhance the cytotoxicity of anticancer platinum drugs

Z Tao, B Toms, J Goodisman, T Asefa - Acs Nano, 2010 - ACS Publications
We report on the endocytosis and the time-dependent enhanced cytotoxicity of anticancer
platinum drugs when the drugs are combined with (or loaded into) one of the two most …

Doxorubicin resistant cancer cells activate myeloid-derived suppressor cells by releasing PGE2

Y Rong, CH Yuan, Z Qu, H Zhou, Q Guan, N Yang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Chemotherapies often induce drug-resistance in cancer cells and simultaneously stimulate
proliferation and activation of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) to inhibit anti …

Kinetic studies on enzyme-catalyzed reactions: oxidation of glucose, decomposition of hydrogen peroxide and their combination

Z Tao, RA Raffel, AK Souid, J Goodisman - Biophysical journal, 2009 - cell.com
The kinetics of the glucose oxidase-catalyzed reaction of glucose with O 2, which produces
gluconic acid and hydrogen peroxide, and the catalase-assisted breakdown of hydrogen …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles inhibit cellular respiration

Z Tao, MP Morrow, T Asefa, KK Sharma, C Duncan… - Nano …, 2008 - ACS Publications
We studied the effect of two types of mesoporous silica nanoparticles, MCM-41 and SBA-15,
on mitochondrial O2 consumption (respiration) in HL-60 (myeloid) cells, Jurkat (lymphoid) …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoids inhibit the respiration of human sperm

ZS Badawy, KR Chohan, DA Whyte, HS Penefsky… - Fertility and sterility, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of the psychotropic compounds Δ9-
tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC) and Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ8-THC) on sperm …

Mitochondrial permeability transition as target of anticancer drugs

L Dalla Via, AN Garcia-Argaez… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
Mitochondria are the cell powerhouses but also contain the mechanisms leading to cell
death. Many signals converge on mitochondria to cause the permeabilization of …

Cannabinoids inhibit cellular respiration of human oral cancer cells

DA Whyte, S Al-Hammadi, G Balhaj, OM Brown… - Pharmacology, 2010 - karger.com
Abstract Background and Purpose: The primary cannabinoids, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-
THC) and Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ8-THC) are known to disturb the mitochondrial …