Pleiotropic Action of Selenium in the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer, and Related Diseases

• Main Author: Rustum, Youcef M. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; isoselenourea; malignant; chemotherapeutics; epigenetics; antitumor activity; methylseleninic acid; mTOR inhibitors; tumor heterogeneity; hypoxia; ER stress; melanoma; EMT; lipid peroxidation; immune evasion; hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs); selenium-binding protein 1; glutathione; DNA damage; hSP56; apoptosis; tocopherol; anticancer; viability; SELENBP1; selenium; clear-cell renal cell carcinoma microRNAs; SBP1; entosis; PD-L1; miRNA; cancer stem cells; cell plasticity; disease; clear cell renal cell carcinoma; HIF; head and neck cancer; selenium species; VEGF; STAT3; hypoxia-inducible factor; methylselenocysteine; anticancer agent; Se-containing nanoparticles; DNA damage and repair; radiation; seleno-l-methionine; cancer; tumor microenvironment; methylselenoesters
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