Lysosomal stress response (LSR): physiological importance and pathological relevance

KL Lakpa, N Khan, Z Afghah, X Chen… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2021 - Springer
Extensive work has characterized endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondrial stress
responses. In contrast, very little has been published about stress responses in lysosomes; …

Drug sequestration in lysosomes as one of the mechanisms of chemoresistance of cancer cells and the possibilities of its inhibition

J Hraběta, M Belhajová, H Šubrtová… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Resistance to chemotherapeutics and targeted drugs is one of the main problems in
successful cancer therapy. Various mechanisms have been identified to contribute to drug …

Targeting acidogenic metabolism by engineering self-catalytic siRNA nanocarriers/nanocatalysts for amplified tumor apoptosis/ferroptosis

L Zhou, W Feng, L Chen, H Huang, S Huang, Q Chen… - Nano Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanocatalytic medicine holds great potential in inhibiting tumor progression based on the
synergistic catalytic production of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) between fenton …

Role of endolysosomes in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection and coronavirus disease 2019 pathogenesis: implications for potential …

N Khan, X Chen, JD Geiger - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an enveloped, single-
stranded RNA virus. Humans infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop a disease known as …

Facile synthesis of lactoferrin conjugated ultra small large pore silica nanoparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma

TI Janjua, A Ahmed-Cox, AK Meka, FM Mansfeld… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The blood brain barrier (BBB) and blood tumour barrier (BTB) remain a major roadblock for
delivering therapies to treat brain cancer. Amongst brain cancers, glioblastoma (GBM) is …

Overcoming chemoresistance: Altering pH of cellular compartments by chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine

PW Halcrow, JD Geiger, X Chen - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Resistance to the anti-cancer effects of chemotherapeutic agents (chemoresistance) is a
major issue for people living with cancer and their providers. A diverse set of cellular and …

Warburg effect and its role in tumourigenesis

MT Lebelo, AM Joubert, MH Visagie - Archives of pharmacal research, 2019 - Springer
Glucose is a crucial molecule in energy production and produces different end products in
non-tumourigenic-and tumourigenic tissue metabolism. Tumourigenic cells oxidise glucose …

Role of endolysosome function in iron metabolism and brain carcinogenesis

PW Halcrow, ML Lynch, JD Geiger, JE Ohm - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Iron, the most abundant metal in human brain, is an essential microelement that regulates
numerous cellular mechanisms. Some key physiological roles of iron include oxidative …

[HTML][HTML] Possible protective role of 17β-estradiol against COVID-19

N Khan - Journal of allergy and infectious diseases, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the virus that causes
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); a worldwide pandemic as declared by the World …

Esomeprazole overcomes paclitaxel‐resistance and enhances anticancer effects of paclitaxel by inducing autophagy in A549/Taxol cells

Z Bai, N Ding, J Ge, Y Wang, L Wang… - Cell Biology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐small‐cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most common malignancies, and the
occurrence of drug‐resistance severely limits the efficacy of anticancer drugs in the …