Combination therapy to checkmate Glioblastoma: clinical challenges and advances

D Ghosh, S Nandi, S Bhattacharjee - Clinical and translational medicine, 2018 - Springer
Combination therapy is increasingly becoming the cornerstone of current day antitumor
therapy. Glioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive brain tumor with a dismal median survival …

Targeting glutathione metabolism: partner in crime in anticancer therapy

E Desideri, F Ciccarone, MR Ciriolo - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Glutathione (GSH) is the predominant low-molecular-weight antioxidant with a ubiquitous
distribution inside the cell. The steady-state level of cellular GSH is dependent on the …

Nrf2 promotes breast cancer cell migration via up‐regulation of G6PD/HIF‐1α/Notch1 axis

HS Zhang, ZG Zhang, GY Du, HL Sun… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abnormal metabolism of tumour cells is closely related to the occurrence and development
of breast cancer, during which the expression of NF‐E2‐related factor 2 (Nrf2) is of great …

Effect of gender on the outcome of patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of phase III …

A Grassadonia, I Sperduti, P Vici, L Iezzi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Evidence has recently emerged on the influence of gender on the immune system. In this
systematic review and meta-analysis of phase III randomized clinical trials (RCTs), we …

A new wave of innovations within the DNA damage response

Q Li, W Qian, Y Zhang, L Hu, S Chen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome instability has been identified as one of the enabling hallmarks in cancer. DNA
damage response (DDR) network is responsible for maintenance of genome integrity in …

CRISPR–Cas9 a boon or bane: the bumpy road ahead to cancer therapeutics

D Ghosh, P Venkataramani, S Nandi… - Cancer cell …, 2019 - Springer
Genome editing allows for the precise manipulation of DNA sequences in a cell making this
technology essential for understanding gene function. CRISPR/Cas9 is a targeted genome …

Transcription factors that govern development and disease: an achilles heel in cancer

D Huilgol, P Venkataramani, S Nandi, S Bhattacharjee - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Development requires the careful orchestration of several biological events in order to
create any structure and, eventually, to build an entire organism. On the other hand, the fate …

Programmed cell death ligand-1-mediated enhancement of hexokinase 2 expression is inversely related to T-cell effector gene expression in non-small-cell lung …

S Kim, JY Jang, J Koh, D Kwon, YA Kim… - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Background We investigated the role of PD-L1 in the metabolic reprogramming of non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods Changes in glycolysis-related molecules and glycolytic …

PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer: the route to “Ithaca”

S Boussios, A Karathanasi, D Cooke, C Neille… - Diagnostics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are a novel class of therapeutic agents that
target tumors with deficiencies in the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway …

Combination therapy with vitamin C could eradicate cancer stem cells

NJ Satheesh, SM Samuel, D Büsselberg - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cancer remains one of the most feared and dreaded diseases in this era of modern
medicine, claiming the lives of many, and affecting the quality of life of several others around …