Issue 13, 2020

The role of reactive oxygen species in tumor treatment

Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are by-products of aerobic metabolism and can also act as signaling molecules to participate in multiple regulation of biological and physiological processes. The occurrence, growth and metastasis of tumors, and even the apoptosis, necrosis and autophagy of tumor cells are all closely related to ROS. However, ROS levels in the body are usually maintained at a stable status. ROS produced by oxidative stress can cause damage to cell lipids, protein and DNA. In recent years, ROS have achieved satisfactory results on the treatment of tumors. Therefore, this review summarizes some research results of tumor treatments from the perspective of ROS in recent years, and analyzes how to achieve the mechanism of inhibition and treatment of tumors by ROS or how to affect the tumor microenvironment by influencing ROS. At the same time, the detection methods of ROS, problems encountered in the research process and solutions are also summarized. The purpose of this review is to provide a clearer understanding of the ROS role in tumor treatment, so that researchers might have more inspiration and thoughts for cancer prevention and treatment in the next stage.

Graphical abstract: The role of reactive oxygen species in tumor treatment

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
15 Dec 2019
Accepted
12 Feb 2020
First published
24 Feb 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 7740-7750

The role of reactive oxygen species in tumor treatment

P. Jia, C. Dai, P. Cao, D. Sun, R. Ouyang and Y. Miao, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 7740 DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10539E

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