ROS production by mitochondria: function or dysfunction?

FR Palma, BN Gantner, MJ Sakiyama, C Kayzuka… - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
In eukaryotic cells, ATP generation is generally viewed as the primary function of
mitochondria under normoxic conditions. Reactive oxygen species (ROS), in contrast, are …

The crosstalk between HIFs and mitochondrial dysfunctions in cancer development

X Bao, J Zhang, G Huang, J Yan, C Xu, Z Dou… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Mitochondria are essential cellular organelles that are involved in regulating cellular energy,
metabolism, survival, and proliferation. To some extent, cancer is a genetic and metabolic …

Mitochondrial fission and fusion in tumor progression to metastasis

DP Boulton, MC Caino - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are highly dynamic organelles which can change their shape, via processes
termed fission and fusion, in order to adapt to different environmental and developmental …

Recent advances in understanding the metabolic plasticity of ovarian cancer: A systematic review

H Kobayashi - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is a gynecologic malignancy with a poor prognosis due to
resistance to first-line chemotherapeutic agents. Some cancer cells are primarily dependent …

Mitochondrial dynamics regulators: implications for therapeutic intervention in cancer

S Kumar, R Ashraf, A CK - Cell biology and toxicology, 2022 - Springer
Regardless of the recent advances in therapeutic developments, cancer is still among the
primary causes of death globally, indicating the need for alternative therapeutic strategies …

[HTML][HTML] Nrf2 transcriptional upregulation of IDH2 to tune mitochondrial dynamics and rescue angiogenic function of diabetic EPCs

X Dai, K Wang, J Fan, H Liu, X Fan, Q Lin, Y Chen… - Redox Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are reduced in number and impaired in function in
diabetic patients. Whether and how Nrf2 regulates the function of diabetic EPCs remains …

High expression of glycolytic genes in clinical glioblastoma patients correlates with lower survival

KM Stanke, C Wilson, S Kidambi - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive brain tumor, is associated with a median survival
at diagnosis of 16–20 months and limited treatment options. The key hallmark of GBM is …

PPFIA4 promotes castration-resistant prostate cancer by enhancing mitochondrial metabolism through MTHFD2

R Zhao, T Feng, L Gao, F Sun, Q Zhou, X Wang… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Background The development of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) remains a
major obstacle in the treatment of prostate cancer (PCa). Dysregulated mitochondrial …

[HTML][HTML] Small extracellular vesicle regulation of mitochondrial dynamics reprograms a hypoxic tumor microenvironment

I Bertolini, JC Ghosh, AV Kossenkov, S Mulugu… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
The crosstalk between tumor cells and the adjacent normal epithelium contributes to cancer
progression, but its regulators have remained elusive. Here, we show that breast cancer …

Mitochondrial alterations in prostate cancer: roles in pathobiology and racial disparities

KS Vikramdeo, A Sharma, S Anand, SK Sudan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prostate cancer (PCa) affects millions of men worldwide and is a major cause of cancer-
related mortality. Race-associated PCa health disparities are also common and are of both …