Apoptotic markers in protozoan parasites

A Jiménez-Ruiz, JF Alzate, ET MacLeod, CGK Lüder… - Parasites & vectors, 2010 - Springer
The execution of the apoptotic death program in metazoans is characterized by a sequence
of morphological and biochemical changes that include cell shrinkage, presentation of …

Translational approach to the protective effect of bilirubin in diabetic kidney disease

A Bianco, C Tiribelli, C Bellarosa - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bilirubin has been regarded as a powerful endogenous antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
molecule, able to act on cellular pathways as a hormone. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a …

Arsenic trioxide induces oxidative stress, DNA damage, and mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis in human leukemia (HL-60) cells

S Kumar, CG Yedjou, PB Tchounwou - Journal of experimental & clinical …, 2014 - Springer
Background Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia
(AML), which accounts for approximately 10% of all acute myloid leukemia cases. It is a …

Antimalarial activity of small-molecule benzothiazole hydrazones

S Sarkar, AA Siddiqui, SJ Saha, R De… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
We synthesized a new series of conjugated hydrazones that were found to be active against
malaria parasite in vitro, as well as in vivo in a murine model. These hydrazones …

The extent of intracellular accumulation of bilirubin determines its anti-or pro-oxidant effect

A Bianco, A Dvořák, N Capková, C Gironde… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Severe hyperbilirubinemia can cause permanent neurological damage in
particular in neonates, whereas mildly elevated serum bilirubin protects from various …

Genetically raised serum bilirubin levels and lung cancer: a cohort study and Mendelian randomisation using UK Biobank

LJ Horsfall, S Burgess, I Hall, I Nazareth - Thorax, 2020 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Moderately raised serum bilirubin levels are associated with lower rates of lung
cancer, particularly among smokers. It is not known whether these relationships reflect …

A programmed cell death pathway in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has general features of mammalian apoptosis but is mediated by clan CA cysteine …

JH Ch'Ng, SR Kotturi, AGL Chong, MJ Lear… - Cell death & …, 2010 - nature.com
Several recent discoveries of the hallmark features of programmed cell death (PCD) in
Plasmodium falciparum have presented the possibility of revealing novel targets for …

Identification and molecular characterization of an Alba-family protein from human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

M Goyal, A Alam, MS Iqbal, S Dey, S Bindu… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
We have investigated the DNA-binding nature as well as the function of a putative Alba
(Acetylation lowers binding affinity) family protein (PfAlba3) from Plasmodium falciparum …

Prevalence of Clinically Relevant UGT1A Alleles and Haplotypes in African Populations

LJ Horsfall, D Zeitlyn, A Tarekegn… - Annals of human …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Variation of a short (TA) n repeat sequence (rs8175347) covering the TATA box of UGT1A1
(UDP‐glucuronosyltransferase1A1) is associated with hyperbilirubinaemia (Gilbert's …

Glabridin induces oxidative stress mediated apoptosis like cell death of malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

HS Cheema, O Prakash, A Pal, F Khan… - Parasitology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plants are known as the source of novel agents for developing new antimalarial drugs.
Glabridin is a polyphenolic flavonoid, a main constituent in the roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra …