NK cell dysfunction is linked with disease severity in SARS‐CoV‐2 patients

K Dizaji Asl, Z Mazloumi, G Majidi… - Cell Biochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
SARS‐CoV‐2 first raised from Wuhan City, Hubei Province in November 2019. The
respiratory disorder, cough, weakness, fever are the main clinical symptoms of coronavirus …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of Inheritance in Determining Telomere Length beyond Environmental and Lifestyle Factors

NM Gold, MN Okeke, Y He - Aging and Disease, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
All linear chromosomal ends have specific DNA-protein complexes called telomeres.
Telomeres serve as a" molecular clock" to estimate the potential length of cell replication …

Synergistic effect of cobalt ferrite-graphene oxide based hyperthermia and capsaicin to induce apoptosis and inhibit telomerase activity in breast cancer cells

SA Lajevardian, A Alibakhshi… - Advances in Natural …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Capsaicin is a bioactive phytochemical of red and chili peppers. It has shown therapeutic
properties, including anticancer activities. In this study, the potential anti-telomerase effect of …

Combinatorial targeting of telomerase and DNA-PK induces synergistic apoptotic effects against Pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells

M Katoueezadeh, P Maleki, SA Torabizadeh… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Background Due to the high demand for novel approaches for leukemia-targeted therapy,
this study investigates the impact of DNA-PK inhibitor NU7441 on the sensitivity of pre-B ALL …

A target-triggered fluorescence-SERS dual-signal nano-system for real-time imaging of intracellular telomerase activity

YJ Zhao, PF Shen, JH Fu, FR Yang, ZP Chen, RQ Yu - Talanta, 2024 - Elsevier
Telomerase (TE) is a promising diagnostic and prognostic biomarker for many cancers.
Quantification of TE activity in living cells is of great significance in biomedical and clinical …

Mendelian randomization analysis reveals the combined effects of epigenetics and telomere biology in hematologic cancers

X Zhuang, P Chen, R Yang, X Man, R Wang, Y Shi - Clinical Epigenetics, 2024 - Springer
Background Telomere shortening and epigenetic modifications are key factors in aging and
hematologic diseases. This study investigates the relationship of telomere length and …

A Label-Free, One-Step Isothermal Assay for Sensitive Detection of Telomerase Activity Using Light-Up Aptamer

H Han, JH Jeung, Y Cho, JK Ahn - BioChip Journal, 2024 - Springer
Telomerase is a critical biomarker for cancer diagnosis and therapy due to its
overexpression in tumor cells. Traditional methods for detecting telomerase activity, such as …

Cord blood stem cell-generated KIR+ NK cells effectively target leukemia cell lines

KD Asl, A Rafat, Z Mazloumi, B Valipour… - Human Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Acute lymphoid (ALL) and myeloid leukemia (AML) are known to be invasive and highly
lethal hematological malignancies. Because current treatments are insufficient and have a …

Telomerase and mitochondria inhibition promote apoptosis and TET2 and ANMT3a expression in triple negative breast cancer cell lines

Z Mazloumi, A Rafat, KD Asl, M Karimipour… - BioImpacts …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: High metastasis, resistance to common treatments, and high mortality rate, has
made triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) to be the most invasive type of breast cancer …

Bone marrow CD34 positive cells may be suitable for collection after death

A Rafat, KD Asl, Z Mazloumi, B Samadirad… - … and Apheresis Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) which are characterized with CD34+ phenotype, have a
pivotal role in blood cell regeneration. They are located in lowest hypoxic areas in the bone …