DNA damage and the balance between survival and death in cancer biology

WP Roos, AD Thomas, B Kaina - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
DNA is vulnerable to damage resulting from endogenous metabolites, environmental and
dietary carcinogens, some anti-inflammatory drugs, and genotoxic cancer therapeutics …

DNA damage-induced cell death: from specific DNA lesions to the DNA damage response and apoptosis

WP Roos, B Kaina - Cancer letters, 2013 - Elsevier
DNA damaging agents are potent inducers of cell death triggered by apoptosis. Since these
agents induce a plethora of different DNA lesions, it is firstly important to identify the specific …

Comparative analysis of bat genomes provides insight into the evolution of flight and immunity

G Zhang, C Cowled, Z Shi, Z Huang, KA Bishop-Lilly… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Bats are the only mammals capable of sustained flight and are notorious reservoir hosts for
some of the world's most highly pathogenic viruses, including Nipah, Hendra, Ebola, and …

Targeting the NFκB signaling pathways for breast cancer prevention and therapy

W Wang, SA Nag, R Zhang - Current medicinal chemistry, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
The activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NFΚB), a proinflammatory transcription factor, is a
commonly observed phenomenon in breast cancer. It facilitates the development of a …

Signaling to NF-κB: regulation by ubiquitination

IE Wertz, VM Dixit - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The NF-κB pathway is a ubiquitous stress response that activates the NF-κB family of
transcription factors. Antigen receptors, receptors of the innate immune system, and certain …

Microenvironmental agonists generate de novo phenotypic resistance to combined ibrutinib plus venetoclax in CLL and MCL

KD Jayappa, CA Portell, VL Gordon… - Blood …, 2017 - ashpublications.org
De novo resistance and rapid recurrence often characterize responses of B-cell
malignancies to ibrutinib (IBR), indicating a need to develop drug combinations that block …

Smac mimetics increase cancer cell response to chemotherapeutics in a TNF-α-dependent manner

BL Probst, L Liu, V Ramesh, L Li, H Sun… - Cell Death & …, 2010 - nature.com
Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase (Smac) is a mitochondrial protein
released into the cytosol during apoptosis. Smac mimetics have recently been touted as a …

Feedback of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) transcriptional activity via redox factor-1 (Ref-1) induction by reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Y Kobayashi, A Oguro, S Imaoka - Free radical research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha) is important for adaptation to hypoxia.
Hypoxia is a common feature of cancer and inflammation, by which HIF-1alpha increases …

Role of β-catenin and TCF/LEF family members in transcriptional activity of HIV in astrocytes

SD Narasipura, LJ Henderson, SW Fu, L Chen… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway is involved in diverse cell functions governing development and
disease. β-Catenin, a central mediator of this pathway, binds to members of the TCF/LEF …

The effect of hydrogen-rich saline on the brain of rats with transient ischemia

Q Ji, K Hui, L Zhang, X Sun, W Li, M Duan - Journal of Surgical Research, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, hydrogen gas (H2)
has protective effects on a variety of organs from damage induced by ischemia/reperfusion …