Reactive oxygen species and cancer paradox: to promote or to suppress?

S Galadari, A Rahman, S Pallichankandy… - Free Radical Biology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS), a group of highly reactive ions and molecules, are
increasingly being appreciated as powerful signaling molecules involved in the regulation of …

Oxidative stress in the tumor microenvironment and its relevance to cancer immunotherapy

NS Aboelella, C Brandle, T Kim, ZC Ding, G Zhou - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cancer cells are consistently under oxidative stress, as reflected by
elevated basal level of reactive oxygen species (ROS), due to increased metabolism driven …

AGE-RAGE synergy influences programmed cell death signaling to promote cancer

BN Waghela, FU Vaidya, K Ranjan, AS Chhipa… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2021 - Springer
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are formed as a result of non-enzymatic reaction
between the free reducing sugars and proteins, lipids, or nucleic acids. AGEs are …

Intracrine androgens and AKR1C3 activation confer resistance to enzalutamide in prostate cancer

C Liu, W Lou, Y Zhu, JC Yang, N Nadiminty… - Cancer research, 2015 - AACR
The introduction of enzalutamide and abiraterone has led to improvement in the treatment of
metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. However, acquired resistance to …

Inhibition of AKR1C3 activation overcomes resistance to abiraterone in advanced prostate cancer

C Liu, CM Armstrong, W Lou, A Lombard… - Molecular cancer …, 2017 - AACR
Abiraterone suppresses intracrine androgen synthesis via inhibition of CYP17A1. However,
clinical evidence suggests that androgen synthesis is not fully inhibited by abiraterone and …

Perspectives of the application of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in cancer therapy: Attempts to overcome their unfavorable side effects

V Thiruchenthooran, E Sánchez-López, A Gliszczyńska - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The application of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in
cancer therapy has been a widely studied topic for almost four decades. This review …

PDE5 and PDE10 inhibition activates cGMP/PKG signaling to block Wnt/β-catenin transcription, cancer cell growth, and tumor immunity

GA Piazza, A Ward, X Chen, Y Maxuitenko, A Coley… - Drug discovery today, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•NSAIDs have anticancer activity but have toxicities resulting from COX
inhibition.•The mechanism of NSAID anticancer activity may not require COX …

Improved melanoma suppression with target-delivered TRAIL and Paclitaxel by a multifunctional nanocarrier

S Huang, Y Zhang, L Wang, W Liu, L Xiao, Q Lin… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Malignant melanoma, a highly dangerous type of skin cancer, is usually resistant to pro-
apoptosis agents such as tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) …

Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Organometallic Anticancer Compounds

E Paunescu, S McArthur, M Soudani… - Inorganic …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Compounds that combine metal-based drugs with covalently linked targeted organic agents
have been shown, in some instances, to exhibit superior anticancer properties compared to …

Synthesis of folate targeted theranostic cubosomal platform for co-delivery of bismuth oxide and doxorubicin to melanoma in vitro and in vivo

M Zahiri, H Kamali, K Abnous, SM Taghdisi… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid crystalline nanoparticles (LCNPs) have gained much attention in cancer
nanomedicines due to their unique features such as high surface area, storage stability, and …