The pentose phosphate pathway in health and disease

T TeSlaa, M Ralser, J Fan, JD Rabinowitz - Nature metabolism, 2023 - nature.com
The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) is a glucose-oxidizing pathway that runs in parallel
to upper glycolysis to produce ribose 5-phosphate and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide …

Defining roles of specific reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cell biology and physiology

H Sies, VV Belousov, NS Chandel, MJ Davies… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract 'Reactive oxygen species'(ROS) is a generic term that defines a wide variety of
oxidant molecules with vastly different properties and biological functions that range from …

The role of ROS in tumour development and progression

EC Cheung, KH Vousden - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cells have developed complex systems to regulate the production and response
to reactive oxygen species (ROS). Different ROS control diverse aspects of cell behaviour …

[HTML][HTML] The mechanism of action of N-acetylcysteine (NAC): The emerging role of H2S and sulfane sulfur species

B Pedre, U Barayeu, D Ezeriņa, TP Dick - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Initially adopted as a mucolytic about 60 years ago, the cysteine prodrug N-acetylcysteine
(NAC) is the standard of care to treat paracetamol intoxication, and is included on the World …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) as pleiotropic physiological signalling agents

H Sies, DP Jones - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract 'Reactive oxygen species'(ROS) is an umbrella term for an array of derivatives of
molecular oxygen that occur as a normal attribute of aerobic life. Elevated formation of the …

Switching to the cyclic pentose phosphate pathway powers the oxidative burst in activated neutrophils

EC Britt, J Lika, MA Giese, TJ Schoen, GL Seim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Neutrophils are cells at the frontline of innate immunity that can quickly activate effector
functions to eliminate pathogens upon stimulation. However, little is known about the …

Chemical Biology of H2S Signaling through Persulfidation

MR Filipovic, J Zivanovic, B Alvarez… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Signaling by H2S is proposed to occur via persulfidation, a posttranslational modification of
cysteine residues (RSH) to persulfides (RSSH). Persulfidation provides a framework for …

The GAPDH redox switch safeguards reductive capacity and enables survival of stressed tumour cells

D Talwar, CG Miller, J Grossmann, L Szyrwiel… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is known to contain an
active-site cysteine residue undergoing oxidation in response to hydrogen peroxide, leading …

Cancer metabolism and tumor microenvironment: fostering each other?

Y Yuan, H Li, W Pu, L Chen, D Guo, H Jiang… - Science China Life …, 2022 - Springer
The changes associated with malignancy are not only in cancer cells but also in
environment in which cancer cells live. Metabolic reprogramming supports tumor cell high …

The two faces of reactive oxygen species in cancer

CR Reczek, NS Chandel - Annual review of cancer biology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Reactive oxygen species (ROS), now appreciated for their cellular signaling capabilities,
have a dual role in cancer. On the one hand, ROS can promote protumorigenic signaling …