Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Based Therapeutics: Role of ROS in therapeutics and drug resistance in cancer and bacteria - Softcover

Allimuthu, Dharmaraja

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3330069155 ISBN 13: 9783330069152

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

ROS a "double edged sword": Evading persistent drug resistance in cancer and bacteria is quintessential to restore health in humans, and impels intervention strategies. A distinct property of the cancer phenotype is enhanced glucose metabolism and oxidative stress. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are metabolic byproducts of aerobic respiration and are responsible for maintaining redox homeostasis in cells. Redox balance and oxidative stress are orchestrated by antioxidant enzymes, reduced thiols and NADP(H) cofactors, which is critical for cancer cells survival and progression. Similarly, Escherichia coli (E. coli) and life-threatening infectious pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus (SA) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are appreciably sensitive to changes in the intracellular oxidative environment. Thus, small molecules that modulate antioxidant levels and/or enhance intracellular ROS could disturb the cellular oxidative environment and induce cell death, and hence could serve as novel therapeutics. Presented here are a collection of approaches that involve ROS modulation in cells as a strategy to target cancer and bacteria.

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About the Author

Dharmaraja Allimuthu obtained his B.Sc in chemistry from Government Arts College-Salem in 2003 and M.Sc in 2005 from Bharathidasan University Trichy, Tamilnadu India. Dharmaraja graduated his Ph. D from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India. Currently, a Postdoctoral Researcher at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3330069155
• ISBN 13: 9783330069152
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64