eIF2α Cancer Research Results

eIF2α, Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2: Click to Expand ⟱
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The phosphorylation of eIF2α is carried out by a family of four kinases, PERK (PKR-like ER kinase), PKR (protein kinase double-stranded RNA-dependent), GCN2 (general control non-derepressible-2), and HRI (heme-regulated inhibitor).
Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α) is a critical protein involved in the initiation of protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells. It plays a key role in regulating translation in response to various cellular stresses, including nutrient deprivation, oxidative stress, and viral infection. The phosphorylation status of eIF2α is particularly important, as it can influence cell survival, apoptosis, and the overall stress response.

The phosphorylation status of eIF2α can have significant prognostic implications in cancer. Elevated levels of phosphorylated eIF2α are often associated with poor prognosis in several cancer types, as they may indicate a tumor's ability to adapt to stress and survive in unfavorable conditions.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
3156- Ash,    Withaferin A: From ayurvedic folk medicine to preclinical anti-cancer drug
- Review, Var, NA
MAPK↑, p38↑, BAX↑, BIM↑, CHOP/DDIT3↑, ROS↑, DR5↑, Apoptosis↑, Ferroptosis↑, GPx4↓, BioAv↝, HSP90↓, RET↓, E6↓, E7↓, Akt↓, cMET↓, Glycolysis↓, TCA↓, NOTCH1↓, STAT3↓, AP-1↓, PI3K↓, eIF2α↓, HO-1↑, TumCCA↑, CDK1↓, *hepatoP↑, *GSH↑, *NRF2↑, Wnt↓, EMT↓, uPA↓, CSCs↓, Nanog↓, SOX2↓, CD44↓, lactateProd↓, Iron↑, NF-kB↓,
2683- BBR,    Berberine reduces endoplasmic reticulum stress and improves insulin signal transduction in Hep G2 cells
- in-vitro, Liver, HepG2
JNK↓, p‑PERK↓, p‑eIF2α↓, *ER Stress↓,
5880- CAR,    In vitro and in vivo antitumor potential of carvacrol nanoemulsion against human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells via mitochondrial mediated apoptosis
- vitro+vivo, Lung, A549 - in-vitro, Nor, BEAS-2B - in-vitro, Lung, PC9
Dose↝, mt-ROS↑, p‑JNK↑, BAX↑, Cyt‑c↑, Casp↑, AntiTum↑, ER Stress↑, LDH↑, selectivity↑, Apoptosis↑, DNAdam↑, IRE1↑, XBP-1↑, CHOP/DDIT3↓, p‑eIF2α↓, GRP78/BiP↓, Ca+2↑, MMP↓, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, eff↓, TumW↓, Weight↑, eff↑, eff↑,
3202- EGCG,    Epigallocatechin-3-gallate enhances ER stress-induced cancer cell apoptosis by directly targeting PARP16 activity
- in-vitro, Cerv, HeLa - in-vitro, HCC, QGY-7703
PARP16↓, p‑PERK↓, Apoptosis↑, eIF2α↓, UPR↓, ER Stress↑, eff↑, GRP78/BiP↓,
8235- LCA,    Anticancer effects of licochalcones: A review of the mechanisms
- Review, Var, NA
mt-Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, TumCMig↓, LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑, ATG5↑, ATG7↑, p62↑, CHOP/DDIT3↑, ER Stress↑, UPR↑, ATG3↑, Beclin-1/ATG6↑, ATG16L1↑, PERK↑, ATF4↑, ATP↓, Hif1a↓, GLUT1↓, PDK1 / PDPK1↓, Bcl-xL↓, Bcl-2↓, BAD↑, BAX↑, Casp3↑, survivin↓, EGFR↓, ERK↓, Akt↓, mtDam↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp↑, MDM2↓, CycB/CCNB1↓, CDC2↓, CDC25↓, TumCCA↑, TumCP↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, Sp1/3/4↓, MMP-10↓, MMP3↓, TumCI↓, Imm↑, PD-L1↓, ROS↑, 4E-BP1↓, eIF2α↓, PI3K↓, mTOR↓, p‑cMET↑, Ca+2↑, RUBCN↓, ATG13↑, TSC1↑, TSC2↑, PRAS40↑, PP2A↑, ULK1/ATG1↑, THEM4/CTMP↑, DR5↑, Fas↑, TNFRSF25/DR3/APO3/LARD/TRAMP/WSL1↑, PKCδ↓, P70S6K↓, VEGF↓, angioG↓, HK2↓, Glycolysis↓, TrxR1↓, APAF1↑, cl‑PARP↑, Bax:Bcl2↑, ABCG2↓, BioEnh↑,
3337- QC,    Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Relieving Effect of Quercetin in Thapsigargin-Treated Hepatocytes
- in-vitro, NA, HepG2
*Inflam↓, *UPR↓, *GRP58↓, *XBP-1↓, *ER Stress↓, *antiOx↑, TNF-α↓, p‑eIF2α↓, p‑IRE1↓, p‑JNK↓, CHOP/DDIT3↓,
965- SK,    Shikonin suppresses proliferation and induces cell cycle arrest through the inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α signaling
- in-vitro, CRC, HCT116 - in-vitro, CRC, SW-620
Hif1a↓, ROS↓, mTOR↓, p70S6↓, 4E-BP1↓, eIF2α↓, TumCCA↑, TumCP↓, Half-Life↝,
3427- TQ,    Chemopreventive and Anticancer Effects of Thymoquinone: Cellular and Molecular Targets
ROS⇅, Fas↑, DR5↑, TRAIL↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑, P53↑, mTOR↓, Bcl-2↓, BID↓, CXCR4↓, JNK↑, p38↑, MAPK↑, LC3II↑, ATG7↑, Beclin-1/ATG6↑, AMPK↑, PPARγ↑, eIF2α↓, P70S6K↓, VEGF↓, ERK↓, NF-kB↓, XIAP↓, survivin↓, p65↓, DLC1↑, FOXO↑, TET2↑, CYP1B1↑, UHRF1↓, DNMT1↓, HDAC1↓, IL2↑, IL1↓, IL6↓, IL10↓, IL12↓, TNF-α↓, iNOS↓, COX2/PTGS2↓, 5LO↓, AP-1↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, cMET↓, VEGFR2/KDR/Flk1↓, CXCL1↓, ITGA5↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, GSK‐3β↓, Myc↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, N-cadherin↓, Snail↓, Slug↓, Vim↓, Twist↓, Zeb1↓, MMP2↓, MMP7↓, MMP9↓, JAK2↓, STAT3↓, NOTCH↓, cycA1/CCNA1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, CDC2↓, CDC25↓, Mcl-1↓, E2Fs↓, p16↑, p27/CDKN1B↑, P21↑, ChemoSen↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 8 of 8

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 8

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


NA, unassigned(tgid=0) ⓘ

ATG13↑, 1,   ATG16L1↑, 1,   RUBCN↓, 1,   THEM4/CTMP↑, 1,   TNFRSF25/DR3/APO3/LARD/TRAMP/WSL1↑, 1,   ULK1/ATG1↑, 1,  

Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1) ⓘ

Ferroptosis↑, 1,   GPx4↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   Iron↑, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 2,   ROS⇅, 1,   mt-ROS↑, 1,   TrxR1↓, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics(tgid=3) ⓘ

ATP↓, 1,   CDC2↓, 2,   CDC25↓, 2,   MMP↓, 2,   mtDam↑, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis(tgid=4) ⓘ

AMPK↑, 1,   ATG7↑, 2,   Glycolysis↓, 2,   HK2↓, 1,   lactateProd↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,   PDK1 / PDPK1↓, 1,   PPARγ↑, 1,   TCA↓, 1,  

Cell Death(tgid=5) ⓘ

Akt↓, 3,   APAF1↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 3,   mt-Apoptosis↑, 1,   BAD↑, 1,   BAX↑, 3,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 3,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   BID↓, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 2,   Casp3↑, 3,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 2,   Cyt‑c↑, 2,   DR5↑, 3,   Fas↑, 2,   Ferroptosis↑, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,   JNK↓, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   p‑JNK↓, 1,   p‑JNK↑, 1,   MAPK↑, 2,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   MDM2↓, 1,   Myc↓, 1,   p27/CDKN1B↑, 1,   p38↑, 2,   survivin↓, 2,   TRAIL↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction(tgid=6) ⓘ

p70S6↓, 1,   RET↓, 1,   Sp1/3/4↓, 1,   TSC2↑, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress(tgid=8) ⓘ

CHOP/DDIT3↓, 2,   CHOP/DDIT3↑, 2,   eIF2α↓, 5,   p‑eIF2α↓, 3,   ER Stress↑, 3,   GRP78/BiP↓, 2,   HSP90↓, 1,   IRE1↑, 1,   p‑IRE1↓, 1,   PERK↑, 1,   p‑PERK↓, 2,   UPR↓, 1,   UPR↑, 1,   XBP-1↑, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes(tgid=9) ⓘ

ATG3↑, 1,   ATG5↑, 1,   Beclin-1/ATG6↑, 2,   LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑, 1,   LC3II↑, 1,   p62↑, 1,   TumAuto↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair(tgid=10) ⓘ

CYP1B1↑, 1,   DNAdam↑, 1,   DNMT1↓, 1,   p16↑, 1,   P53↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,   UHRF1↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence(tgid=11) ⓘ

CDK1↓, 1,   CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   cycA1/CCNA1↓, 1,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 1,   E2Fs↓, 1,   P21↑, 1,   TumCCA↑, 3,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State(tgid=12) ⓘ

4E-BP1↓, 2,   CD44↓, 1,   cMET↓, 2,   p‑cMET↑, 1,   CSCs↓, 1,   EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 2,   FOXO↑, 1,   GSK‐3β↓, 1,   HDAC1↓, 1,   mTOR↓, 3,   Nanog↓, 1,   NOTCH↓, 1,   NOTCH1↓, 1,   P70S6K↓, 2,   PI3K↓, 3,   SOX2↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 2,   Wnt↓, 3,  

Migration(tgid=13) ⓘ

5LO↓, 1,   AP-1↓, 2,   Ca+2↑, 2,   DLC1↑, 1,   ITGA5↓, 1,   MMP-10↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP3↓, 1,   MMP7↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   N-cadherin↓, 1,   PKCδ↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   Snail↓, 1,   TSC1↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 2,   Twist↓, 1,   uPA↓, 1,   Vim↓, 1,   Zeb1↓, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 2,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature(tgid=14) ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   ATF4↑, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 2,   VEGF↓, 2,   VEGFR2/KDR/Flk1↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport(tgid=15) ⓘ

GLUT1↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16) ⓘ

COX2/PTGS2↓, 1,   CXCL1↓, 1,   CXCR4↓, 1,   IL1↓, 1,   IL10↓, 1,   IL12↓, 1,   IL2↑, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Imm↑, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 2,   p65↓, 1,   PD-L1↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 2,  

Protein Aggregation(tgid=19) ⓘ

PP2A↑, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors(tgid=20) ⓘ

CDK6↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance(tgid=21) ⓘ

ABCG2↓, 1,   BioAv↝, 1,   BioEnh↑, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 1,   Dose↝, 1,   eff↓, 1,   eff↑, 3,   Half-Life↝, 1,   selectivity↑, 1,   TET2↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers(tgid=22) ⓘ

E6↓, 1,   E7↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,   Myc↓, 1,   PD-L1↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23) ⓘ

AntiTum↑, 1,   PARP16↓, 1,   PRAS40↑, 1,   TumW↓, 1,   Weight↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 190

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress(tgid=1) ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,  

Cell Death(tgid=5) ⓘ

GRP58↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress(tgid=8) ⓘ

ER Stress↓, 2,   UPR↓, 1,   XBP-1↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling(tgid=16) ⓘ

Inflam↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes(tgid=23) ⓘ

hepatoP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 9

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: eIF2α, Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2
1 Ashwagandha(Withaferin A)
1 Berberine
1 Carvacrol
1 EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate)
1 Licochalcone A
1 Quercetin
1 Shikonin
1 Thymoquinone
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  -different cell line effects
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