Lan-feng Dong

α-Tocopheryl succinate induces apoptosis by targeting ubiquinone-binding sites in mitochondrial respiratory complex II (2008)

Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, L, Witting, PK, ...

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) is a selective inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells, which involves the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The molecular target of α-TOS has not been...

α-Tocopheryl succinate induces apoptosis by targeting ubiquinone-binding sites in mitochondrial respiratory complex II (2008)

Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, L, Witting, PK, ...

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) is a selective inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells, which involves the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The molecular target of α-TOS has not been...

α-Tocopheryl succinate induces apoptosis by targeting ubiquinone-binding sites in mitochondrial respiratory complex II (2008)

Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, L, Witting, PK, ...

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) is a selective inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells, which involves the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The molecular target of α-TOS has not been...

Daxx inhibits stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes (2008)

Zobalova, Renata, Cowie, Emma Angela, Chladova, Jaromira, Dong, Lan-feng, Neuzil, Jiri

The role of the death-associated protein Daxx in modulation of apoptosis induced in cardiac myocytes by oxidative stress was studied. Exposure of cultured cardiomyocyte-like cells to oxidative stress...

Daxx inhibits stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes (2008)

Zobalova, Renata, Cowie, Emma Angela, Chladova, Jaromira, Dong, Lan-feng, Neuzil, Jiri

The role of the death-associated protein Daxx in modulation of apoptosis induced in cardiac myocytes by oxidative stress was studied. Exposure of cultured cardiomyocyte-like cells to oxidative stress...

A peptide conjugate of Vitamin E succinate targets breast cancer cells with high erbB2 expression (2007)

Wang, Xiufang, Birringer, Marc, Dong, Lan-feng, Veprek, Pavel, Low, Pauline, Cowie, Emma Angela, ...

Overexpression of erbB2 is associated with resistance to apoptosis. We explored whether high level of erbB2 expression by cancer cells allows their targeting using an erbB2-binding peptide (LTVSPWY)...

Vitamin E analogs, a novel group of "Mitocans," as anticancer agents: The importance of being redox-silent (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Tomasetti, Marco, Zhao, Yan, Dong, Lan-feng, Birringer, Marc, Wang, Xiufang, ...

The search for a selective and efficient anticancer agent for treating all neoplastic disease has yet to deliver a universally suitable compound(s). The majority of established anticancer drugs...

Mitocans as anti-cancer agents targeting mitochondria: lessons from studies with vitamin E analogues, inhibitors of complex II (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Freeman, Ruth, Dong, Lan-feng, Prochazka, Lubomir, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Recently mitochondria in cancer cells have emerged as the Achilles heel for tumour destruction. Anti-cancer agents specifically targeting cancer cell mitochondria are referred to as 'mitocans'. These...

α-Tocopheryl succinate inhibits angiogenesis by disrupting paracrine FGF2 signalling (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Cowie, Emma Angela, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Stapelberg, Michael

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) cells enhanced proliferation of endothelial cells (ECs) as well as their angiogenesis in vitro by secretion of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2). This effect was...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Vitamin E analogues as a novel group of mitocans: anti-cancer agents that act by targeting mitochondria (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Ramanathapuram, Lalitha, Hahn, Tobias, Chladova, Miroslava, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Mitochondria have recently emerged as new and promising targets for cancer prevention and therapy. One of the reasons for this is that mitochondria are instrumental to many types of cell death and...

Vitamin E analogues inhibit angiogenesis by selective induction of apoptosis in proliferating endothelial cells: the role of oxidative stress (2007)

Dong, Lan-feng, Cowie, Emma Angela, Eliasson, Johanna Maria, Wang, Xiufang, Gold, Mikhal, Medunic, Yasmine, ...

''Mitocans'' from the vitamin E group of selective anticancer drugs, A-tocopheryl succinate (A-TOS) and its ether analogue A-TEA, triggered apoptosis in proliferating but not arrested endothelial...

A peptide conjugate of Vitamin E succinate targets breast cancer cells with high erbB2 expression (2007)

Wang, Xiufang, Birringer, Marc, Dong, Lan-feng, Veprek, Pavel, Low, Pauline, Cowie, Emma Angela, ...

Overexpression of erbB2 is associated with resistance to apoptosis. We explored whether high level of erbB2 expression by cancer cells allows their targeting using an erbB2-binding peptide (LTVSPWY)...

Vitamin E analogs, a novel group of "Mitocans," as anticancer agents: The importance of being redox-silent (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Tomasetti, Marco, Zhao, Yan, Dong, Lan-feng, Birringer, Marc, Wang, Xiufang, ...

The search for a selective and efficient anticancer agent for treating all neoplastic disease has yet to deliver a universally suitable compound(s). The majority of established anticancer drugs...

Mitocans as anti-cancer agents targeting mitochondria: lessons from studies with vitamin E analogues, inhibitors of complex II (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Freeman, Ruth, Dong, Lan-feng, Prochazka, Lubomir, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Recently mitochondria in cancer cells have emerged as the Achilles heel for tumour destruction. Anti-cancer agents specifically targeting cancer cell mitochondria are referred to as 'mitocans'. These...

α-Tocopheryl succinate inhibits angiogenesis by disrupting paracrine FGF2 signalling (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Cowie, Emma Angela, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Stapelberg, Michael

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) cells enhanced proliferation of endothelial cells (ECs) as well as their angiogenesis in vitro by secretion of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2). This effect was...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Vitamin E analogues as a novel group of mitocans: anti-cancer agents that act by targeting mitochondria (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Ramanathapuram, Lalitha, Hahn, Tobias, Chladova, Miroslava, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Mitochondria have recently emerged as new and promising targets for cancer prevention and therapy. One of the reasons for this is that mitochondria are instrumental to many types of cell death and...

Vitamin E analogues inhibit angiogenesis by selective induction of apoptosis in proliferating endothelial cells: the role of oxidative stress (2007)

Dong, Lan-feng, Cowie, Emma Angela, Eliasson, Johanna Maria, Wang, Xiufang, Gold, Mikhal, Medunic, Yasmine, ...

''Mitocans'' from the vitamin E group of selective anticancer drugs, A-tocopheryl succinate (A-TOS) and its ether analogue A-TEA, triggered apoptosis in proliferating but not arrested endothelial...

Mitochondria transmit apoptosis signalling in cardiomyocyte-like cells and isolated hearts exposed to experimental ischemia-reperfusion injury (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Widen, Cecilia, Gellert, Nina, Cowie, Emma Angela, Zobalova, Renata, Dong, Lan-feng, ...

Ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is a condition leading to serious complications due to death of cardiac myocytes. We used the cardiomyocyte-like cell line H9c2 to study the mechanism underlying cell...

A peptide conjugate of Vitamin E succinate targets breast cancer cells with high erbB2 expression (2007)

Wang, Xiufang, Birringer, Marc, Dong, Lan-feng, Veprek, Pavel, Low, Pauline, Cowie, Emma Angela, ...

Overexpression of erbB2 is associated with resistance to apoptosis. We explored whether high level of erbB2 expression by cancer cells allows their targeting using an erbB2-binding peptide (LTVSPWY)...

Vitamin E analogs, a novel group of "Mitocans," as anticancer agents: The importance of being redox-silent (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Tomasetti, Marco, Zhao, Yan, Dong, Lan-feng, Birringer, Marc, Wang, Xiufang, ...

The search for a selective and efficient anticancer agent for treating all neoplastic disease has yet to deliver a universally suitable compound(s). The majority of established anticancer drugs...

Mitocans as anti-cancer agents targeting mitochondria: lessons from studies with vitamin E analogues, inhibitors of complex II (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Freeman, Ruth, Dong, Lan-feng, Prochazka, Lubomir, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Recently mitochondria in cancer cells have emerged as the Achilles heel for tumour destruction. Anti-cancer agents specifically targeting cancer cell mitochondria are referred to as 'mitocans'. These...

α-Tocopheryl succinate inhibits angiogenesis by disrupting paracrine FGF2 signalling (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Cowie, Emma Angela, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Stapelberg, Michael

Malignant mesothelioma (MM) cells enhanced proliferation of endothelial cells (ECs) as well as their angiogenesis in vitro by secretion of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2). This effect was...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Vitamin E analogues as a novel group of mitocans: anti-cancer agents that act by targeting mitochondria (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Ramanathapuram, Lalitha, Hahn, Tobias, Chladova, Miroslava, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Mitochondria have recently emerged as new and promising targets for cancer prevention and therapy. One of the reasons for this is that mitochondria are instrumental to many types of cell death and...

Vitamin E analogues inhibit angiogenesis by selective induction of apoptosis in proliferating endothelial cells: the role of oxidative stress (2007)

Dong, Lan-feng, Cowie, Emma Angela, Eliasson, Johanna Maria, Wang, Xiufang, Gold, Mikhal, Medunic, Yasmine, ...

''Mitocans'' from the vitamin E group of selective anticancer drugs, A-tocopheryl succinate (A-TOS) and its ether analogue A-TEA, triggered apoptosis in proliferating but not arrested endothelial...

Vitamin E analogues as anti-cancer agents: Lessons from studies with α-tocopheryl succinate (2006)

Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Zhao, Yan, Tomasetti, Marco, Wu, Kun, Neuzil, Jiri

The new millennium has witnessed considerable decrease in a number of previously fatal pathologies, largely due to the advancement in molecular medicine and modern approaches to treatment. In spite...

Vitamin E analogues as anti-cancer agents: Lessons from studies with α-tocopheryl succinate (2006)

Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Zhao, Yan, Tomasetti, Marco, Wu, Kun, Neuzil, Jiri

The new millennium has witnessed considerable decrease in a number of previously fatal pathologies, largely due to the advancement in molecular medicine and modern approaches to treatment. In spite...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Tocopherol-associated protein-1 accelerates apoptosis induced by α-tocopheryl succinate in mesothelioma cells (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Wang, Xiufang, Zingg, Jea-Marc

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS), a redox-silent analogue of vitamin E, induces apoptosis in multiple cell lines in a selective manner, by activating the intrinsic pathway. Since it is a highly...

Tocopherol-associated protein-1 accelerates apoptosis induced by α-tocopheryl succinate in mesothelioma cells (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Wang, Xiufang, Zingg, Jea-Marc

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS), a redox-silent analogue of vitamin E, induces apoptosis in multiple cell lines in a selective manner, by activating the intrinsic pathway. Since it is a highly...

Mitocans: Mitochondrial Targeted Anti-Cancer Drugs as Improved Therapies and Related Patent Documents (2006)

Ralph, Stephen John, Low, Pauline, Dong, Lan-feng, Lawen, Alfons, Neuzil, Jiri

Mitochondria are proving to be worthy targets for activating specific killing of cancer cells in tumors and a diverse range of mitochondrial targeted drugs are currently in clinical trial to...

Mitocans: Mitochondrial Targeted Anti-Cancer Drugs as Improved Therapies and Related Patent Documents (2006)

Ralph, Stephen John, Low, Pauline, Dong, Lan-feng, Lawen, Alfons, Neuzil, Jiri

Mitochondria are proving to be worthy targets for activating specific killing of cancer cells in tumors and a diverse range of mitochondrial targeted drugs are currently in clinical trial to...

Vitamin E analogues as anti-cancer agents: Lessons from studies with α-tocopheryl succinate (2006)

Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Zhao, Yan, Tomasetti, Marco, Wu, Kun, Neuzil, Jiri

The new millennium has witnessed considerable decrease in a number of previously fatal pathologies, largely due to the advancement in molecular medicine and modern approaches to treatment. In spite...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Tocopherol-associated protein-1 accelerates apoptosis induced by α-tocopheryl succinate in mesothelioma cells (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Wang, Xiufang, Zingg, Jea-Marc

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS), a redox-silent analogue of vitamin E, induces apoptosis in multiple cell lines in a selective manner, by activating the intrinsic pathway. Since it is a highly...

Mitocans: Mitochondrial Targeted Anti-Cancer Drugs as Improved Therapies and Related Patent Documents (2006)

Ralph, Stephen John, Low, Pauline, Dong, Lan-feng, Lawen, Alfons, Neuzil, Jiri

Mitochondria are proving to be worthy targets for activating specific killing of cancer cells in tumors and a diverse range of mitochondrial targeted drugs are currently in clinical trial to...