This review focuses on the roles antioxidants and prooxidants in colorectal cancer(CRC).Considerable evidence suggests that environmental factors play key roles in the incidence of sporadic CRC.If pro-oxidant factors ...This review focuses on the roles antioxidants and prooxidants in colorectal cancer(CRC).Considerable evidence suggests that environmental factors play key roles in the incidence of sporadic CRC.If pro-oxidant factors play an etiological role in CRC it is reasonable to expect causal interconnections between the wellcharacterized risk factors for CRC,oxidative stress and genotoxicity.Cigarette smoking,a high dietary consumption of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and alcohol intake are all associated with increased CRC risk.These risk factors are all pro-oxidant stressors and their connections to oxidative stress,the intestinal microbiome,intestinal microfold cells,cyclooxygenase-2 and CRCare detailed in this review.While a strong case can be made for pro-oxidant stressors in causing CRC,the role of food antioxidants in preventing CRC is less certain.It is clear that not every micronutrient with antioxidant activity can prevent CRC.It is plausible,however,that the optimal food antioxidants for preventing CRC have not yet been critically evaluated.Increasing evidence suggests that RRR-gamma-tocopherol(the primary dietary form of vitamin E)or other"non-alpha-tocopherol"forms of vitamin E(e.g.,tocotrienols)might be effective.Aspirin is an antioxidant and its consumption is linked to a decreased risk of CRC.展开更多
Despite the global administration of approved COVID-19 vaccines(e.g.,ChAdOx1 nCoV-19?,mRNA-1273?,BNT162b2?),the number of infections and fatalities continue to rise at an alarming rate because of the new variants such...Despite the global administration of approved COVID-19 vaccines(e.g.,ChAdOx1 nCoV-19?,mRNA-1273?,BNT162b2?),the number of infections and fatalities continue to rise at an alarming rate because of the new variants such as Omicron and its subvariants.Including COVID-19 vaccines that are licensed for human use,most of the vaccines that are currently in clinical trials are administered via parenteral route.However,it has been proven that the parenteral vaccines do not induce localized immunity in the upper respiratory mucosal surface,and administration of the currently approved vaccines does not necessarily lead to sterilizing immunity.This further supports the necessity of a mucosal vaccine that blocks the main entrance route of COVID-19:nasal and oral mucosal surfaces.Understanding the mechanism of immune regulation of M cells and dendritic cells and targeting them can be another promising approach for the successful stimulation of the mucosal immune system.This paper reviews the basic mechanisms of the mucosal immunity elicited by mucosal vaccines and summarizes the practical aspects and challenges of nanotechnology-based vaccine platform development,as well as ligand hybrid nanoparticles as potentially effective target delivery agents for mucosal vaccines.展开更多
Orally administered drug entities have to survive the harsh gastrointestinal environment,penetrate the enteric epithelia and circumvent hepatic metabolism before reaching the systemic circulation.Whereas the gastroint...Orally administered drug entities have to survive the harsh gastrointestinal environment,penetrate the enteric epithelia and circumvent hepatic metabolism before reaching the systemic circulation.Whereas the gastrointestinal stability can be well maintained by taking proper measures,hepatic metabolism presents as a formidable barrier to drugs suffering from first-pass metabolism.The pharmaceutical academia and industries are seeking alternative pathways for drug transport to circumvent problems associated with the portal pathway.Intestinal lymphatic transport is emerging as a promising pathway to this end.In this review,we intend to provide an updated overview on the rationale,strategies,factors and applications involved in intestinal lymphatic transport.There are mainly two pathways for peroral lymphatic transportdthe chylomicron and the microfold cell pathways.The underlying mechanisms are being unraveled gradually and nowadays witness increasing research input and applications.展开更多
文摘This review focuses on the roles antioxidants and prooxidants in colorectal cancer(CRC).Considerable evidence suggests that environmental factors play key roles in the incidence of sporadic CRC.If pro-oxidant factors play an etiological role in CRC it is reasonable to expect causal interconnections between the wellcharacterized risk factors for CRC,oxidative stress and genotoxicity.Cigarette smoking,a high dietary consumption of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and alcohol intake are all associated with increased CRC risk.These risk factors are all pro-oxidant stressors and their connections to oxidative stress,the intestinal microbiome,intestinal microfold cells,cyclooxygenase-2 and CRCare detailed in this review.While a strong case can be made for pro-oxidant stressors in causing CRC,the role of food antioxidants in preventing CRC is less certain.It is clear that not every micronutrient with antioxidant activity can prevent CRC.It is plausible,however,that the optimal food antioxidants for preventing CRC have not yet been critically evaluated.Increasing evidence suggests that RRR-gamma-tocopherol(the primary dietary form of vitamin E)or other"non-alpha-tocopherol"forms of vitamin E(e.g.,tocotrienols)might be effective.Aspirin is an antioxidant and its consumption is linked to a decreased risk of CRC.
基金supported by grants from the National Research Foundation of Korea(2019R1A2C1085986,2022M3A9H1014123,2022M3A9G8018189)。
文摘Despite the global administration of approved COVID-19 vaccines(e.g.,ChAdOx1 nCoV-19?,mRNA-1273?,BNT162b2?),the number of infections and fatalities continue to rise at an alarming rate because of the new variants such as Omicron and its subvariants.Including COVID-19 vaccines that are licensed for human use,most of the vaccines that are currently in clinical trials are administered via parenteral route.However,it has been proven that the parenteral vaccines do not induce localized immunity in the upper respiratory mucosal surface,and administration of the currently approved vaccines does not necessarily lead to sterilizing immunity.This further supports the necessity of a mucosal vaccine that blocks the main entrance route of COVID-19:nasal and oral mucosal surfaces.Understanding the mechanism of immune regulation of M cells and dendritic cells and targeting them can be another promising approach for the successful stimulation of the mucosal immune system.This paper reviews the basic mechanisms of the mucosal immunity elicited by mucosal vaccines and summarizes the practical aspects and challenges of nanotechnology-based vaccine platform development,as well as ligand hybrid nanoparticles as potentially effective target delivery agents for mucosal vaccines.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.81872815,82030107,and 81690263)Science and Technology commission of Shanghai Municipality(No.19XD1400300,China)
文摘Orally administered drug entities have to survive the harsh gastrointestinal environment,penetrate the enteric epithelia and circumvent hepatic metabolism before reaching the systemic circulation.Whereas the gastrointestinal stability can be well maintained by taking proper measures,hepatic metabolism presents as a formidable barrier to drugs suffering from first-pass metabolism.The pharmaceutical academia and industries are seeking alternative pathways for drug transport to circumvent problems associated with the portal pathway.Intestinal lymphatic transport is emerging as a promising pathway to this end.In this review,we intend to provide an updated overview on the rationale,strategies,factors and applications involved in intestinal lymphatic transport.There are mainly two pathways for peroral lymphatic transportdthe chylomicron and the microfold cell pathways.The underlying mechanisms are being unraveled gradually and nowadays witness increasing research input and applications.
