N‐acetylcysteine: a review of clinical usefulness (an old drug with new tricks)

GK Schwalfenberg - Journal of nutrition and metabolism, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To review the clinical usefulness of N‐acetylcysteine (NAC) as treatment or
adjunctive therapy in a number of medical conditions. Use in Tylenol overdose, cystic …

Inherited retinal dystrophies: role of oxidative stress and inflammation in their physiopathology and therapeutic implications

I Pinilla, V Maneu, L Campello, L Fernández-Sánchez… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) are a large group of genetically and clinically
heterogeneous diseases characterized by the progressive degeneration of the retina …

Glial lipid droplets and ROS induced by mitochondrial defects promote neurodegeneration

L Liu, K Zhang, H Sandoval, S Yamamoto, M Jaiswal… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial defects in neurons are implicated in
neurodegenerative disease. Here, we find that a key consequence of ROS and neuronal …

Low doses of the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid induce ROS triggering neurological and metabolic impairments in Drosophila

F Martelli, Z Zhongyuan, J Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Declining insect population sizes are provoking grave concern around the world as insects
play essential roles in food production and ecosystems. Environmental contamination by …

Inherited retinal degenerations: current landscape and knowledge gaps

JL Duncan, EA Pierce, AM Laster… - … vision science & …, 2018 - tvst.arvojournals.org
Inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) represent a diverse group of progressive, visually
debilitating diseases that can lead to blindness in which mutations in genes that are critical …

NAMPT-mediated NAD+ biosynthesis is essential for vision in mice

JB Lin, S Kubota, N Ban, M Yoshida, A Santeford… - Cell reports, 2016 - cell.com
Photoreceptor death is the endpoint of many blinding diseases. Identifying unifying
pathogenic mechanisms in these diseases may offer global approaches for facilitating …

Oxidative stress-mediated NFκB phosphorylation upregulates p62/SQSTM1 and promotes retinal pigmented epithelial cell survival through increased autophagy

C Song, SK Mitter, X Qi, E Beli, HV Rao, J Ding, CS Ip… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
p62 is a scaffolding adaptor implicated in the clearance of protein aggregates by autophagy.
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can either stimulate or inhibit NFκB-mediated gene …

Low doses of the organic insecticide spinosad trigger lysosomal defects, elevated ROS, lipid dysregulation, and neurodegeneration in flies

F Martelli, NH Hernandes, Z Zuo, J Wang, CO Wong… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Large-scale insecticide application is a primary weapon in the control of insect pests in
agriculture. However, a growing body of evidence indicates that it is contributing to the …

Platinum nanoparticles enhance exosome release in human lung epithelial adenocarcinoma cancer cells (A549): oxidative stress and the ceramide pathway are key …

S Gurunathan, MH Kang, M Jeyaraj… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Several studies have demonstrated various molecular mechanisms involved in
the biogenesis and release of exosomes. However, how external stimuli, such as platinum …

Nutritional and medical food therapies for diabetic retinopathy

C Shi, P Wang, S Airen, C Brown, Z Liu, JH Townsend… - Eye and Vision, 2020 - Springer
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a form of microangiopathy. Reducing oxidative stress in the
mitochondria and cell membranes decreases ischemic injury and end-organ damage to the …