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Pharmaceutics
December 2024
Department of General Surgery, The Fifth People's Hospital of Shanghai, Fudan University, Shanghai 200240, China.
Background/objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is characterized by a high rate of both incidence and mortality, and its treatment outcomes are often affected by recurrence and drug resistance. Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent programmed cell death mechanism triggered by lipid peroxidation, has recently gained attention as a potential therapeutic target. Graphene oxide (GO), known for its oxygen-containing functional groups, biocompatibility, and potential for functionalization, holds promise in cancer treatment.
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December 2024
Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) are the backbone of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)-the current standard of care for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Despite their efficacy, NRTIs cause numerous treatment-limiting adverse effects, including a distinct peripheral neuropathy, called antiretroviral toxic neuropathy (ATN). ATN primarily affects the extremities with shock-like tingling pain, a pins-and-needles prickling sensation, and numbness.
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December 2024
Department of Andrology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China.
Triptolide (TP) is a diterpenoid compound extracted from the traditional Chinese medicinal herb Tripterygium wilfordii. It has antitumor and anti-inflammatory effects and stimulates immunity. However, its serious side effects, especially reproductive toxicity, limit its clinical application.
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December 2024
Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan 31511, Republic of Korea.
Dysregulated cellular metabolism is known to be associated with drug resistance in cancer treatment. In this study, we investigated the impact of cellular adaptation to lactic acidosis on intracellular energy metabolism and sensitivity to docetaxel in prostate carcinoma (PC) cells. The effects of curcumin and the role of hexokinase 2 (HK2) in this process were also examined.
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December 2024
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-ku, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea.
Long-term consumption of erythritol, a widely used sugar substitute, has been associated with increased risks of thrombosis and cardiometabolic diseases. In this study, we investigated the effects and mechanisms of allulose in mitigating these risks compared to erythritol using the clusterProfiler tool in R (version 4.12.
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