Hormonal regulation of telomerase activity and hTERT expression in steroid-regulated tissues and cancer

M Taheri, S Ghafouri-Fard, S Najafi, J Kallenbach… - Cancer cell …, 2022 - Springer
Naturally, in somatic cells chromosome ends (telomeres) shorten during each cell division.
This process ensures to limit proliferation of somatic cells to avoid malignant proliferation; …

Apoptosis: mediator molecules, interplay with other cell death processes and therapeutic potentials

J Barman, R Kumar, G Saha, K Tiwari… - Current …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, plays a very crucial role in various
physiological processes for maintaining cell homeostasis. This process has several …

L-carnitine extends the telomere length of the cardiac differentiated CD117+-expressing stem cells

E Fathi, R Farahzadi, S Javanmardi, I Vietor - Tissue and Cell, 2020 - Elsevier
Stem cell-based therapy has emerged as an attractive method for regenerating and
repairing the lost heart organ. On other hand, poor survival and maintenance of the cells …

Anti-aging protective effect of L-carnitine as clinical agent in regenerative medicine through increasing telomerase activity and change in the hTERT promoter CpG …

R Farahzadi, E Fathi, SA Mesbah-Namin, N Zarghami - Tissue and Cell, 2018 - Elsevier
The identification of factors that reduce the senescent tendency of the mesenchymal stem
cells (MSCs) upon expansion has great potential for cellular therapies in regenerative …

Alternative splicing of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and its implications in physiological and pathological processes

AA Plyasova, DD Zhdanov - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alternative splicing (AS) of human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT, human telomerase
reverse transcriptase) pre-mRNA strongly regulates telomerase activity. Several proteins …

Rhodospirillum rubrum L-asparaginase targets tumor growth by a dual mechanism involving telomerase inhibition

DD Zhdanov, VS Pokrovsky, MV Pokrovskaya… - Biochemical and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Rhodospirillum rubrum l-asparaginase mutant RrA E149R, V150P, F151T (RrA) was
previously identified to down-regulate telomerase activity along with catalyzing the …

Apoptotic endonuclease EndoG inhibits telomerase activity and induces malignant transformation of human CD4+ T cells

DA Vasina, DD Zhdanov, EV Orlova, VS Orlova… - Biochemistry …, 2017 - Springer
Telomerase activity is regulated by an alternative splicing of mRNA of the telomerase
catalytic subunit hTERT (human telomerase reverse transcriptase). Increased expression of …

Combining old and new concepts in targeting telomerase for cancer therapy: transient, immediate, complete and combinatory attack (TICCA)

JH Ali, M Walter - Cancer cell international, 2023 - Springer
Telomerase can overcome replicative senescence by elongation of telomeres but is also a
specific element in most cancer cells. It is expressed more vastly than any other tumor …

Spotlight on hTERT Complex Regulation in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas

J Ropio, M Prochazkova-Carlotti, R Batista, A Pestana… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
As a major cancer hallmark, there is a sustained interest in understanding the telomerase
contribution to carcinogenesis in order to therapeutically target this enzyme. This is …

Contact-independent suppressive activity of regulatory T cells is associated with telomerase inhibition, telomere shortening and target lymphocyte apoptosis

DD Zhdanov, YA Gladilina, DV Grishin, VA Grachev… - Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a fundamental role in the maintenance of immunological
tolerance by suppressing effector target T, B and NK lymphocytes. Contact-dependent …