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Table 4 Drugs that alter cellular redox balance in MDS cells

From: Role of reactive oxygen species in myelodysplastic syndromes

Compound

Results

Ref.

AZA

↑ ROS; ↑ GSSG/GSH; ↑ lipid peroxidation; ↓ GSH

Montes et al. [214]

DAC

↑ ROS; ↓ MMP

Wang et al. [222]

DAC combined with ATO

↑ ROS; ↑ ER stress

Huang et al. [227]

ATO combined with triptolide

↑ ROS; ↑ Bax; ↑ caspase-3; ↓ BCL-2

Hua et al. [290]

DAC combined with ATRA

↑ ROS; ↑ RARα-Nrf2 complex; ↓ Nrf2

Wang et al. [228]

T-dCyd combined with venetoclax

↑ ROS; ↓ Nrf2; ↓ HO-1; ↓ BCL-2

Hu et al. [291]

Withaferin A

↑ ROS; activation of JNK/AP-1 signaling

Oben et al. [292]

Luteolin

↑ ROS; ↑ Bax/BCL‑2; ↑ activity of caspase-3, -8, -9

Dong et al. [293]

Ascorbic acid

↑ ROS; cell cycle arrest

Niu et al. [294]

Fucoidan

↑ ROS; ↑ caspase-3, -8, -9

Wei et al. [295]

DFX

↓ ROS; ↓ DNA oxidative damage

Jiméne et al. [239]