Inducible nitric oxide synthase: Regulation, structure, and inhibition

MA Cinelli, HT Do, GP Miley… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A considerable number of human diseases have an inflammatory component, and a key
mediator of immune activation and inflammation is inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) …

Radical causes of cancer

SP Hussain, LJ Hofseth, CC Harris - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2003 - nature.com
Free radicals are ubiquitous in our body and are generated by normal physiological
processes, including aerobic metabolism and inflammatory responses, to eliminate invading …

Hepatocyte apoptosis and fas expression are prominent features of human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

AE Feldstein, A Canbay, P Angulo, M Taniai, LJ Burgart… - Gastroenterology, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS:: The pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) remains
poorly understood. Although apoptosis is a common mechanism of liver injury, the extent …

Increased hepatic and circulating interleukin-6 levels in human nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

A Wieckowska, BG Papouchado, ZZ Li… - Official journal of the …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are
growing public health problems, and are strongly associated. The link between the two …

Inflammatory cytokines induce DNA damage and inhibit DNA repair in cholangiocarcinoma cells by a nitric oxide-dependent mechanism

M Jaiswal, NF LaRusso, LJ Burgart, GJ Gores - Cancer research, 2000 - AACR
Chronic infection and inflammation are risk factors for the development of
cholangiocarcinoma, a highly malignant, generally fatal adenocarcinoma originating from …

TP53 mutations and hepatocellular carcinoma: insights into the etiology and pathogenesis of liver cancer

SP Hussain, J Schwank, F Staib, XW Wang, CC Harris - Oncogene, 2007 - nature.com
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and
the major risk factors include chronic infections with the hepatitis B (HBV) or C (HCV) virus …

Regulation of drug-metabolizing enzymes and transporters in inflammation

AE Aitken, TA Richardson… - Annu. Rev. Pharmacol …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Inflammation and infection have long been known to downregulate the activity and
expression of cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes involved in hepatic drug clearance. This …

Oxidative stress in viral and alcoholic hepatitis

C Loguercio, A Federico - Free radical Biology and medicine, 2003 - Elsevier
Liver damage ranges from acute hepatitis to hepatocellular carcinoma, through apoptosis,
necrosis, inflammation, immune response, fibrosis, ischemia, altered gene expression and …

Nitric oxide and virus infection

T Akaike, H Maeda - Immunology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Nitric oxide (NO) has complex and diverse functions in physiological and pathophysiological
phenomena. The mechanisms of many events induced by NO are now well defined, so that …

Hepatitis B viral protein HBx and the molecular mechanisms modulating the hallmarks of hepatocellular carcinoma: a comprehensive review

E Sivasudhan, N Blake, Z Lu, J Meng, R Rong - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
With 296 million cases estimated worldwide, chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the
most common risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HBV-encoded oncogene X …