Unraveling the Anti-Cancer Mechanisms of Antibiotics: Current Insights, Controversies, and Future Perspectives.

Cancer persists as a significant global health challenge, claiming millions of lives annually despite remarkable strides in therapeutic innovation. Challenges such as drug resistance, toxicity, and suboptimal efficacy underscore the need for novel treatment paradigms. In this context, the repurposing of antibiotics as anti-cancer agents has emerged as an attractive prospect for investigation.

The Pleiotropic Effects of Lipid-Modifying Interventions: Exploring Traditional and Emerging Hypolipidemic Therapies.

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease poses a significant global health issue, with dyslipidemia standing out as a major risk factor. In recent decades, lipid-lowering therapies have evolved significantly, with statins emerging as the cornerstone treatment. These interventions play a crucial role in both primary and secondary prevention by effectively reducing cardiovascular risk through lipid profile enhancements.

Human Krüppel-like factor 11 differentially regulates human insulin promoter activity in β-cells and non-β-cells via p300 and PDX1 through the regulatory sites A3 and CACCC box.

Human Krüppel-like factor 11 (hKLF11) has been characterised to both activate and inhibit human insulin promoter (hInsP) activity. Since KLF11 is capable to differentially regulate genes dependent on recruited cofactors, we investigated the effects of hKLF11 on cotransfected hInsP in both β-cells and non-β-cells. hKLF11 protein interacts with hp300 but not with hPDX1.