Nitric oxide, a double edged sword in cancer biology: searching for therapeutic opportunities

S Mocellin, V Bronte, D Nitti - Medicinal research reviews, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide (NO) is a pleiotropic molecule critical to a number of physiological and
pathological processes. The last decade has witnessed major advances in dissecting NO …

The role of nitric oxide synthase/nitric oxide in infection-related cancers: beyond antimicrobial activity

X Hu, Y Li, Y Cao, F Shi, L Shang - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2024 - Elsevier
As a free radical and endogenous effector molecule, mammalian endogenous nitric oxide
(NO) is mainly derived from nitric oxide synthase (NOS) via L-arginine. NO participates in …

Inducible nitric oxide synthase in the carcinogenesis of gastrointestinal cancers

GA de Oliveira, RYS Cheng, LA Ridnour… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer taken together constitutes one of the most common
cancers worldwide with a broad range of etiological mechanisms. In this review, we have …

Relation between gastric cancer and protein oxidation, DNA damage, and lipid peroxidation

Y Ma, L Zhang, S Rong, H Qu, Y Zhang… - Oxidative medicine …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objects. The aim of this study is to evaluate protein oxidation, DNA damage, and lipid
peroxidation in patients with gastric cancer and to investigate the relationship between …

NADPH oxidases in the gastrointestinal tract: a potential role of Nox1 in innate immune response and carcinogenesis

K Rokutan, T Kawahara, Y Kuwano… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2006 - liebertpub.com
The gastrointestinal epithelium functions as physical and innate immune barriers against
commensal or pathogenic microbes. NADPH oxidase 1 (Nox1) and dual oxidase 2 (Duox2) …

Helicobacter pylori infection and the pathogenesis of gastric cancer: a paradigm for host–bacterial interactions

D McNamara, E El-Omar - Digestive and liver disease, 2008 - Elsevier
Helicobacter pylori infection is the most important acquired risk factor for gastric cancer. The
infection initiates a chronic inflammatory process that eventually alters the physiology of the …

Alzheimer's disease and Helicobacter pylori infection: Defective immune regulation and apoptosis as proposed common links

J Kountouras, E Gavalas, C Zavos, C Stergiopoulos… - Medical hypotheses, 2007 - Elsevier
Although degenerative diseases of the central nervous system, including Alzheimer's
disease (AD), have an increasingly high impact on aged population their association with …

Effect of rebamipide on the premalignant progression of chronic gastritis: a randomized controlled study

X Han, K Jiang, B Wang, L Zhou, X Chen, S Li - Clinical drug investigation, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background and Objective Chronic gastritis frequently progresses into
precancerous intestinal metaplasia and intraepithelial neoplasia lesions. Rebamipide is a …

New aspects of Helicobacter pylori infection involvement in gastric oncogenesis

J Kountouras, C Zavos, D Chatzopoulos… - Journal of Surgical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Gastric adenocarcinoma not located in the cardia still remains second only to lung cancer as
the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, whereas adenocarcinoma of the …

NF-κB in gastric cancer development and therapy

S Chaithongyot, P Jantaree, O Sokolova, M Naumann - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gastric cancer is considered one of the most common causes of cancer-related death
worldwide and, thus, a major health problem. A variety of environmental factors including …