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Carcinogenesis as Side Effects of Iron and Oxygen Utilization: From the Unveiled Truth toward Ultimate Bioengineering

Shinya Toyokuni, Yingyi Kong, Zhen Cheng, Kotaro Sato, Shotaro Hayashi, Fumiya Ito, Li Jiang, Izumi Yanatori, Yasumasa Okazaki, Shinya Akatsuka

Cancers · 2020

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Evolution from the first life on earth to humans took ~3.8 billion years. During the time there have been countless struggles among the species. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was the last major uncontrollable species against the human public health worldwide. After the victory with antibiotics, cancer has become the leading cause of death since 1981 in Japan. Considering that life inevitably depends on ceaseless electron transfers through iron and oxygen, we believe that carcinogenesis is intrinsically unavoidable side effects of using iron and oxygen. Many animal models unequivocally revealed that excess iron is a risk for carcinogenesis. This is supported by a variety of human epidemiological data on cancer risk and prognosis. Cancer is basically a disease of the genome with persistently ac

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3390/cancers12113320
Catalogue ID
SNmoi53m2f-eq8h4y
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