Lifestyle and dietary environmental factors in colorectal cancer susceptibility

N Murphy, V Moreno, DJ Hughes, L Vodicka… - Molecular aspects of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence changes with time and by variations in diet and lifestyle,
as evidenced historically by migrant studies and recently by extensive epidemiologic …

Drug repurposing in cancer

L Sleire, HE Førde, IA Netland, L Leiss, BS Skeie… - Pharmacological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cancer is a major health issue worldwide, and the global burden of cancer is expected to
increase in the coming years. Whereas the limited success with current therapies has driven …

The lipogenic regulator SREBP2 induces transferrin in circulating melanoma cells and suppresses ferroptosis

X Hong, W Roh, RJ Sullivan, KHK Wong, BS Wittner… - Cancer discovery, 2021 - AACR
Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are shed by cancer into the bloodstream, where a viable
subset overcomes oxidative stress to initiate metastasis. We show that single CTCs from …

Cholesterol and beyond-The role of the mevalonate pathway in cancer biology

A Göbel, M Rauner, LC Hofbauer… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cancer is a multifaceted global disease. Transformation of a normal to a malignant cell takes
several steps, including somatic mutations, epigenetic alterations, metabolic reprogramming …

Current and emerging uses of statins in clinical therapeutics: a review

JT Davies, SF Delfino, CE Feinberg… - Lipid …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications that inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-
coenzyme A reductase, are commonly administered to treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular …

Recent advances in clinical practice: colorectal cancer chemoprevention in the average-risk population

N Chapelle, M Martel, E Toes-Zoutendijk, AN Barkun… - Gut, 2020 - gut.bmj.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and lethal malignancies in Western
countries. Its development is a multistep process that spans more than 15 years, thereby …

Statins are potential anticancerous agents

AK Altwairgi - Oncology reports, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
Statins are inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR), which
is a rate-limiting enzyme in the mevalonate pathway. The pleiotropic effects of statins may be …

Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study

CJ Bull, JA Bell, N Murphy, E Sanderson… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background Higher adiposity increases the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), but whether this
relationship varies by anatomical sub-site or by sex is unclear. Further, the metabolic …

Novel prospects of statins as therapeutic agents in cancer

S Pisanti, P Picardi, E Ciaglia, A D'Alessandro… - Pharmacological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Statins are well known competitive inhibitors of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase
enzyme (HMG-CoA reductase), thus traditionally used as cholesterol-lowering agents. In …

[HTML][HTML] Lifestyle factors and risk of sporadic colorectal cancer by microsatellite instability status: a systematic review and meta-analyses

PR Carr, E Alwers, S Bienert, J Weberpals, M Kloor… - Annals of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction The association of lifestyle factors with molecular pathological subtypes of
colorectal cancer (CRC), such as microsatellite instability (MSI), could provide further …