2021
Weakly Acidic Bile Is a Risk Factor for Hypopharyngeal Carcinogenesis Evidenced by DNA Damage, Antiapoptotic Function, and Premalignant Dysplastic Lesions In Vivo
Sasaki CT, Doukas SG, Doukas PG, Vageli DP. Weakly Acidic Bile Is a Risk Factor for Hypopharyngeal Carcinogenesis Evidenced by DNA Damage, Antiapoptotic Function, and Premalignant Dysplastic Lesions In Vivo. Cancers 2021, 13: 852. PMID: 33670587, PMCID: PMC7923205, DOI: 10.3390/cancers13040852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcidic bileBile acidsDeoxycholic acidUnconjugated secondary bile acidsDNA/RNA oxidative damageConjugated primary bile acidsUpper aerodigestive tractSecondary bile acidsPrimary bile acidsAlternative therapeutic strategiesPremalignant dysplastic lesionsHypopharyngeal carcinogenesisAntacid therapyRelevant molecular pathwaysRNA oxidative damageSimilar oncogenic effectsEsophageal refluxRefractory GERDAerodigestive tractDysplastic lesionsRisk factorsPremalignant lesionsBile contentTherapeutic strategiesP53 expression
2019
Temporal characteristics of NF-κB inhibition in blocking bile-induced oncogenic molecular events in hypopharyngeal cells
Doukas PG, Vageli DP, Doukas SG, Sasaki CT. Temporal characteristics of NF-κB inhibition in blocking bile-induced oncogenic molecular events in hypopharyngeal cells. Oncotarget 2019, 10: 3339-3351. PMID: 31164956, PMCID: PMC6534360, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.26917.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcidic bileNF-κB inhibitorBAY 11Hypopharyngeal cellsIL-6MiR-155MiR-375Specific NF-κB inhibitorMiR-21NF-κB inhibitionPre-neoplastic eventsEsophageal refluxLaryngopharyngeal cancerRisk factorsMolecular eventsEarly neoplasiaTherapeutic implicationsMiR-192MiR-451aClinical useWestern blotB activationBileOncogenic factorB inhibitor