CDK4 Cancer Research Results
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Cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4) is a key regulator of the cell cycle, particularly in the transition from the G1 phase to the S phase. Its expression and activity are often altered in various cancers, contributing to tumorigenesis.
CDK4 is frequently overexpressed in various cancers, and its expression levels can serve as a prognostic marker.
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Apoptosis↑, induction of apoptosis, inhibition of proliferation, and disruption of cancer cell signaling pathways, including the MAPK, PI3K/AKT, and NF-κB pathways.
TumCP↓,
MAPK↓,
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
NF-kB↓,
AntiCan↑, Allicin and its other derivatives, such as diallyl disulfide (DADS) and ajoene, have been found to have strong anticancer potential both in vitro and in vivo.
ChemoSen↑, effectiveness of allicin in augmenting conventional chemotherapy and retarding tumor growth proves that allicin is one of the most efficient complementary therapies.
TumCCA↑, In liver cancer, allicin has been shown to mediate cell cycle arrest and apoptosis
Apoptosis↑,
BioAv↑, Allicin (diallyl thiosulfinate) is a compound that is generated when a garlic clove is crushed
selectivity↑, Furthermore, it has no influence on the growth of healthy intestinal cells when it causes stomach cancer cells to undergo apoptosis
TGF-β↓, Allicin can reduce the production of TGF-β2 and its receptor after directly entering gastric cancer cells.
ROS↑, It induces oxidative stress by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS), leading to DNA damage and activation of key apoptotic mediators such as phospho-p53 and p21 [81].
DNAdam↑,
p‑P53↑,
P21↑,
cycD1/CCND1↓, Additionally, cyclin D1, cyclin E, and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) can all be inhibited by allicin.
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK4↓, suppressing the CDK-4/6/cyclin D complex
CDK6↓,
MMP↓, By lowering the outer mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), allicin raises levels of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), the proapoptotic protein Bax, while decreasing the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2, which leads to apoptosis.
NF-kB↑,
BAX↑,
Bcl-2↓,
ER Stress↑, cellular effects of allicin, including its role in inducing ER stress
Casp↑, enhancing caspase activation and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF)-mediated cell death.
AIF↑,
Fas↑, increasing Fas receptor expression and its binding to Fas ligand (FasL), leading to apoptosis through caspase-8 and cytochrome c activation.
Casp8↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
cl‑PARP↑, leading to poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage and DNA fragmentation.
Ca+2↑, allicin elevates intracellular free Ca2⁺ levels, causing endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which plays a critical role in apoptosis induction
*NRF2↑, by activating the Nrf2 pathway via KLF9, allicin protects against arsenic trioxide-induced liver damage,
*chemoP↑, Additionally, allicin has shown promise in reducing hepatotoxicity caused by tamoxifen (TAM), a commonly used treatment for hormone-dependent breast cancer
*GutMicro↑, Shi et al. [85] found that allicin can ameliorate high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice by altering their gut microbiome.
CycB/CCNB1↑, DATS impaired cell survival in the G2 phase by significantly upregulating cyclins A2 and B1.
H2S↑, DATS can also react with the cellular thiol glutathione to create H2S gas, which can control several other cellular functions [79].
HIF-1↓, allicin treatment (40 µg/ml) for NSCLC lowers the expression of HIF-1 and HIF-2 in hypoxic cells [73]
RadioS↑, Allicin has been shown to increase the sensitivity of X-ray radiation therapy in colorectal cancer, presumably by suppressing the levels of NF-κB, IKKβ mRNA, p-NF-κB, and p-IKKβ protein expression in vitro and in vivo
TGF-β↓, Allicin can reduce the expression of TGF-2 and its receptor after entering directly into gastric cancer cell
cycD1/CCND1↓, followed by not only downexpression of cyclinD1, cyclinE, and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK),
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK1↓, cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)
DNAdam↑, but also causing DNA damage and generating ROS
ROS↑,
BAX↑, Allicin increases the levels of Bax (proapoptotic protein), Bcl-2 (antiapoptotic protein), and JNK
JNK↑,
MMP↓, through reduction in outer mitochondrial membrane potential
p38↑, allicin induces p38 mitogen that could induce the protein kinase (MAPK) and then increase the expression of Fas binding to Fas ligand (Fas L) and finally activate death pathway through activation of cyt C and caspase-8.
MAPK↑,
Fas↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
Casp8↑,
PARP↑, allicin makes caspase-dependent apoptosis through elevating PARP, caspase-3 and caspase-9, which are mediated by enhanced discharging of mitochondria cyt C to the cytosol.
Casp3↑,
Casp9↑,
Ca+2↑, allicin induces apoptosis via increasing the amounts of free Ca2+, ER stress.
ER Stress↑,
P21↑, generating ROS to produce p21 and phospho-p53 (Ser15).
CDK2↓, Then p21 suppressed the CDK-4/6/cyclinD complex, P21-PCNA, P21-CDK2, and subsequently reduced cdk1/cyclinB1 complex for G2/M phase cell cycle arrest
CDK6↑,
TumCCA↑,
CDK4↓, Then p21 suppressed the CDK-4/6/cyclinD complex
*antiOx↑, Apigenin (4′, 5, 7-trihydroxyflavone), a major plant flavone, possessing antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer properties
*Inflam↓,
AntiCan↑,
ChemoSen↑, Studies demonstrate that apigenin retain potent therapeutic properties alone and/or increases the efficacy of several chemotherapeutic drugs in combination on a variety of human cancers.
BioEnh↑, Apigenin’s anticancer effects could also be due to its differential effects in causing minimal toxicity to normal cells with delayed plasma clearance and slow decomposition in liver increasing the systemic bioavailability in pharmacokinetic studies.
chemoPv↑, apigenin highlighting its potential activity as a chemopreventive and therapeutic agent.
IL6↓, In taxol-resistant ovarian cancer cells, apigenin caused down regulation of TAM family of tyrosine kinase receptors and also caused inhibition of IL-6/STAT3 axis, thereby attenuating proliferation.
STAT3↓,
NF-kB↓, apigenin treatment effectively inhibited NF-κB activation, scavenged free radicals, and stimulated MUC-2 secretion
IL8↓, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-8
eff↝, The anti-proliferative effects of apigenin was significantly higher in breast cancer cells over-expressing HER2/neu but was much less efficacious in restricting the growth of cell lines expressing HER2/neu at basal levels
Akt↓, Apigenin interferes in the cell survival pathway by inhibiting Akt function by directly blocking PI3K activity
PI3K↓,
HER2/EBBR2↓, apigenin administration led to the depletion of HER2/neu protein in vivo
cycD1/CCND1↓, Apigenin treatment in breast cancer cells also results in decreased expression of cyclin D1, D3, and cdk4 and increased quantities of p27 protein
CycD3↓,
p27↑,
FOXO3↑, In triple-negative breast cancer cells, apigenin induces apoptosis by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt pathway thereby increasing FOXO3a expression
STAT3↓, In addition, apigenin also down-regulated STAT3 target genes MMP-2, MMP-9, VEGF and Twist1, which are involved in cell migration and invasion of breast cancer cells [
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
VEGF↓, Apigenin acts on the HIF-1 binding site, which decreases HIF-1α, but not the HIF-1β subunit, thereby inhibiting VEGF.
Twist↓,
MMP↓, Apigenin treatment of HGC-27 and SGC-7901 gastric cancer cells resulted in the inhibition of proliferation followed by mitochondrial depolarization resulting in apoptosis
ROS↑, Further studies revealed apigenin-induced apoptosis in hepatoma tumor cells by utilizing ROS generated through the activation of the NADPH oxidase
NADPH↑,
NRF2↓, Apigenin significantly sensitized doxorubicin-resistant BEL-7402 (BEL-7402/ADM) cells to doxorubicin (ADM) and increased the intracellular concentration of ADM by reducing Nrf2-
SOD↓, In human cervical epithelial carcinoma HeLa cells combination of apigenin and paclitaxel significantly increased inhibition of cell proliferation, suppressing the activity of SOD, inducing ROS accumulation leading to apoptosis by activation of caspas
COX2↓, melanoma skin cancer model where apigenin inhibited COX-2 that promotes proliferation and tumorigenesis
p38↑, Additionally, it was shown that apigenin treatment in a late phase involves the activation of p38 and PKCδ to modulate Hsp27, thus leading to apoptosis
Telomerase↓, apigenin inhibits cell growth and diminishes telomerase activity in human-derived leukemia cells
HDAC↓, demonstrated the role of apigenin as a histone deacetylase inhibitor. As such, apigenin acts on HDAC1 and HDAC3
HDAC1↓,
HDAC3↓,
Hif1a↓, Apigenin acts on the HIF-1 binding site, which decreases HIF-1α, but not the HIF-1β subunit, thereby inhibiting VEGF.
angioG↓, Moreover, apigenin was found to inhibit angiogenesis, as suggested by decreased HIF-1α and VEGF expression in cancer cells
uPA↓, Furthermore, apigenin intake resulted in marked inhibition of p-Akt, p-ERK1/2, VEGF, uPA, MMP-2 and MMP-9, corresponding with tumor growth and metastasis inhibition in TRAMP mice
Ca+2↑, Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells treated with apigenin led to induction of apoptosis, accompanied by higher levels of intracellular free [Ca(2+)] and shift in Bax:Bcl-2 ratio in favor of apoptosis, cytochrome c release, followed by activation casp-9, 12
Bax:Bcl2↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
Casp9↑,
Casp12↑,
Casp3↑, Apigenin also augmented caspase-3 activity and PARP cleavage
cl‑PARP↑,
E-cadherin↑, Apigenin treatment resulted in higher levels of E-cadherin and reduced levels of nuclear β-catenin, c-Myc, and cyclin D1 in the prostates of TRAMP mice.
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
cMyc↓,
CDK4↓, apigenin exposure led to decreased levels of cell cycle regulatory proteins including cyclin D1, D2 and E and their regulatory partners CDK2, 4, and 6
CDK2↓,
CDK6↓,
IGF-1↓, A reduction in the IGF-1 and increase in IGFBP-3 levels in the serum and the dorsolateral prostate was observed in apigenin-treated mice.
CK2↓, benefits of apigenin as a CK2 inhibitor in the treatment of human cervical cancer by targeting cancer stem cells
CSCs↓,
FAK↓, Apigenin inhibited the tobacco-derived carcinogen-mediated cell proliferation and migration involving the β-AR and its downstream signals FAK and ERK activation
Gli↓, Apigenin inhibited the self-renewal capacity of SKOV3 sphere-forming cells (SFC) by downregulating Gli1 regulated by CK2α
GLUT1↓, Apigenin induces apoptosis and slows cell growth through metabolic and oxidative stress as a consequence of the down-regulation of glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1).
chemoPv↑, considerable potential for apigenin to be developed as a cancer chemopreventive agent.
ITGB4↓, apigenin inhibits hepatocyte growth factor-induced MDA-MB-231 cells invasiveness and metastasis by blocking Akt, ERK, and JNK phosphorylation and also inhibits clustering of β-4-integrin function at actin rich adhesive site
TumCI↓,
TumMeta↓,
Akt↓,
ERK↓,
p‑JNK↓,
*Inflam↓, The anti-inflammatory properties of apigenin are evident in studies that have shown suppression of LPS-induced cyclooxygenase-2 and nitric oxide synthase-2 activity and expression in mouse macrophages
*PKCδ↓, Apigenin has been reported to inhibit protein kinase C activity, mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK), transformation of C3HI mouse embryonic fibroblasts and the downstream oncogenes in v-Ha-ras-transformed NIH3T3 cells (43, 44).
*MAPK↓,
EGFR↓, Apigenin treatment has been shown to decrease the levels of phosphorylated EGFR tyrosine kinase and of other MAPK and their nuclear substrate c-myc, which causes apoptosis in anaplastic thyroid cancer cells
CK2↓, apigenin has been shown to inhibit the expression of casein kinase (CK)-2 in both human prostate and breast cancer cells
TumCCA↑, apigenin induces a reversible G2/M and G0/G1 arrest by inhibiting p34 (cdc2) kinase activity, accompanied by increased p53 protein stability
CDK1↓, inhibiting p34 (cdc2) kinase activity
P53↓,
P21↑, Apigenin has also been shown to induce WAF1/p21 levels resulting in cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in androgen-responsive human prostate cancer
Bax:Bcl2↑, Apigenin treatment has been shown to alter the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio in favor of apoptosis, associated with release of cytochrome c and induction of Apaf-1, which leads to caspase activation and PARP-cleavage
Cyt‑c↑,
APAF1↑,
Casp↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
VEGF↓, xposure of endothelial cells to apigenin results in suppression of the expression of VEGF, an important factor in angiogenesis via degradation of HIF-1α protein
Hif1a↓,
IGF-1↓, oral administration of apigenin suppresses the levels of IGF-I in prostate tumor xenografts and increases levels of IGFBP-3, a binding protein that sequesters IGF-I in vascular circulation
IGFBP3↑,
E-cadherin↑, apigenin exposure to human prostate carcinoma DU145 cells caused increase in protein levels of E-cadherin and inhibited nuclear translocation of β-catenin and its retention to the cytoplasm
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
HSPs↓, targets of apigenin include heat shock proteins (61), telomerase (68), fatty acid synthase (69), matrix metalloproteinases (70), and aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity (71) HER2/neu (72), casein kinase 2 alpha
Telomerase↓,
FASN↓,
MMPs↓,
HER2/EBBR2↓,
CK2↓,
eff↑, The combination of sulforaphane and apigenin resulted in a synergistic induction of UGT1A1
AntiAg↑, Apigenin inhibit platelet function through several mechanisms including blockade of TxA
eff↑, ex vivo anti-platelet effect of aspirin in the presence of apigenin, which encourages the idea of the combined use of aspirin and apigenin in patients in which aspirin fails to properly suppress the TxA
FAK↓, Apigenin inhibits expression of focal adhesion kinase (FAK), migration and invasion of human ovarian cancer A2780 cells.
ROS↑, Apigenin generates reactive oxygen species, causes loss of mitochondrial Bcl-2 expression, increases mitochondrial permeability, causes cytochrome C release, and induces cleavage of caspase 3, 7, 8, and 9 and the concomitant cleavage of the inhibitor
Bcl-2↓,
Cyt‑c↑,
cl‑Casp3↑,
cl‑Casp7↑,
cl‑Casp8↑,
cl‑Casp9↑,
cl‑IAP2↑,
AR↓, significant decrease in AR protein expression along with a decrease in intracellular and secreted forms of PSA. Apigenin treatment of LNCaP cells
PSA↓,
p‑pRB↓, apigenin inhibited hyperphosphorylation of the pRb protein
p‑GSK‐3β↓, Inhibition of p-Akt by apigenin resulted in decreased phosphorylation of GSK-3beta.
CDK4↓, both flavonoids exhibited cell growth inhibitory effects which were due to cell cycle arrest and downregulation of the expression of CDK4
ChemoSen↑, Combination therapy of gemcitabine and apigenin enhanced anti-tumor efficacy in pancreatic cancer cells (MiaPaca-2, AsPC-1)
Ca+2↑, apigenin in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells resulted in increased apoptosis, which was associated with increases in intracellular free [Ca(2+)] and Bax:Bcl-2 ratio, mitochondrial release of cytochrome c and activation of caspase-9, calpain, caspase-3,12
cal2↑,
AntiCan↑, antimalarial drug, artemisinin that has shown anticancer activities in vitro and in vivo.
toxicity↑, safety of artemisinins in long-term cancer therapy requires further investigation.
Ferroptosis↑, Artemisinins acts against cancer cells via various pathways such as inducing apoptosis (Zhu et al., 2014; Zuo et al., 2014) and ferroptosis via the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) (Zhu et al., 2021) and causing cell cycle arrest
ROS↑,
TumCCA↑,
BioAv↝, absolute bioavailability was estimated to be 21.6%. ART has good solubility and is not lipophilic
eff↝, ART would not distribute well to the tissues and might be more effective in treating cancers such as leukemia, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), or renal cell carcinoma because the liver and kidney are highly perfused organs.
Half-Life↓, Pharmacokinetic studies showed a relatively short t1/2 of artemisinins. For ART, t1/2 was 0.41 h
Ferritin↓, Figure 3
GPx4↓,
NADPH↓,
GSH↓,
BAX↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
cl‑Casp3↑,
VEGF↓, angiogenesis
IL8↓,
COX2↓,
MMP9↓,
E-cadherin↑,
MMP2↓,
NF-kB↓,
p16↑, cell cycle arrest
CDK4↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
p62↓, autophagy
LC3II↑,
EMT↓, suppressing EMT and CSCs
CSCs↓,
Wnt↓, Depress Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
uPA↓, Inhibit u-PA activity, protein and mRNA expression
TumAuto↑, Emerging evidence suggests that autophagy induction is one of the molecular mechanisms underlying anticancer activity of artemisinins
angioG↓, Inhibition of Angiogenesis
ChemoSen↑, Many studies also reported that the use of artemisinins sensitized cancer cells to conventional chemotherapy and exerted a synergistic effect on apoptosis, inhibition of cell growth, and a reduction of cell viability, leading to a lower IC50 value
TumCP↓, DHA exerts anticancer effects through various molecular mechanisms, such as inhibiting proliferation, inducing apoptosis, inhibiting tumor metastasis and angiogenesis, promoting immune function, inducing autophagy and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stres
Apoptosis↑,
TumMeta↓,
angioG↓,
TumAuto↑,
ER Stress↑,
ROS↑, DHA could increase the level of ROS in cells, thereby exerting a cytotoxic effect in cancer cells
Ca+2↑, activation of Ca2+ and p38 was also observed in DHA-induced apoptosis of PC14 lung cancer cells
p38↑,
HSP70/HSPA5↓, down-regulation of heat-shock protein 70 (HSP70) might participate in the apoptosis of PC3 prostate cancer cells induced by DHA
PPARγ↑, DHA inhibited the growth of colon tumor by inducing apoptosis and increasing the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ)
GLUT1↓, DHA was shown to inhibit the activity of glucose transporter-1 (GLUT1) and glycolytic pathway by inhibiting phosphatidyl-inositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway and downregulating the expression of hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α)
Glycolysis↓, Inhibited glycolysis
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
Hif1a↓,
PKM2↓, DHA could inhibit the expression of PKM2 as well as inhibit lactic acid production and glucose uptake, thereby promoting the apoptosis of esophageal cancer cells
lactateProd↓,
GlucoseCon↓,
EMT↓, regulating the EMT-related genes (Slug, ZEB1, ZEB2 and Twist)
Slug↓, Downregulated Slug, ZEB1, ZEB2 and Twist in mRNA level
Zeb1↓,
ZEB2↓,
Twist↓,
Snail?, downregulated the expression of Snail and PI3K/AKT signaling pathway, thereby inhibiting metastasis
CAFs/TAFs↓, DHA suppressed the activation of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and mouse cancer-associated fibroblasts (L-929-CAFs) by inhibiting transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β signaling
TGF-β↓,
p‑STAT3↓, blocking the phosphorylation of STAT3 and polarization of M2 macrophages
M2 MC↓,
uPA↓, DHA could inhibit the growth and migration of breast cancer cells by inhibiting the expression of uPA
HH↓, via inhibiting the hedgehog signaling pathway
AXL↓, DHA acted as an Axl inhibitor in prostate cancer, blocking the expression of Axl through the miR-34a/miR-7/JARID2 pathway, thereby inhibiting the proliferation, migration and invasion of prostate cancer cells.
VEGFR2↓, inhibition of VEGFR2-mediated angiogenesis
JNK↑, JNK pathway activated and Beclin 1 expression upregulated.
Beclin-1↑,
GRP78/BiP↑, Glucose regulatory protein 78 (GRP78, an ER stress-related molecule) was upregulated after DHA treatment.
eff↑, results demonstrated that DHA-induced ER stress required iron
eff↑, DHA was used in combination with PDGFRα inhibitors (sunitinib and sorafenib), it could sensitize ovarian cancer cells to PDGFR inhibitors and achieved effective therapeutic efficacy
eff↑, DHA combined with 2DG (a glycolysis inhibitor) synergistically induced apoptosis through both exogenous and endogenous apoptotic pathways
eff↑, histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACis) enhanced the anti-tumor effect of DHA by inducing apoptosis.
eff↑, DHA enhanced PDT-induced cell growth inhibition and apoptosis, increased the sensitivity of esophageal cancer cells to PDT by inhibiting the NF-κB/HIF-1α/VEGF pathway
eff↑, DHA was added to magnetic nanoparticles (MNP), and the MNP-DHA has shown an effect in the treatment of intractable breast cancer
IL4↓, downregulated IL-4;
DR5↑, Upregulated DR5 in protein, Increased DR5 promoter activity
Cyt‑c↑, Released cytochrome c from the mitochondria to the cytosol
Fas↑, Upregulated fas, FADD, Bax, cleaved-PARP
FADD↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
cycE/CCNE↓, Downregulated Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, procaspase-3, Cyclin E, CDK2 and CDK4
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
Mcl-1↓, Downregulated Mcl-1
Ki-67↓, Downregulated Ki-67 and Bcl-2
Bcl-2↓,
CDK6↓, Downregulated of Cyclin E, CDK2, CDK4 and CDK6
VEGF↓, Downregulated VEGF, COX-2 and MMP-9
COX2↓,
MMP9↓,
TumCP↓, inhibiting cancer proliferation, metastasis, and angiogenesis.
TumMeta↓,
angioG↓,
TumVol↓, reduces tumor volume and progression
BioAv↓, artemisinin has low solubility in water or oil, poor bioavailability, and a short half-life in vivo (~2.5 h)
Half-Life↓,
BioAv↑, semisynthetic derivatives of artemisinin such as artesunate, arteeter, artemether, and artemisone have been effectively used as antimalarials with good clinical efficacy and tolerability
eff↑, preloading of cancer cells with iron or iron-saturated holotransferrin (diferric transferrin) triggers artemisinin cytotoxicity
eff↓, Similarly, treatment with desferroxamine (DFO), an iron chelator, renders compounds inactive
ROS↑, ROS generation may contribute with the selective action of artemisinin on cancer cells.
selectivity↑, Tumor cells have enhanced vulnerability to ROS damage as they exhibit lower expression of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, and gluthatione peroxidase compared to that of normal cells
TumCCA↑, G2/M, decreased survivin
survivin↓,
BAX↑, Increased Bax, activation of caspase 3,8,9
Decreased Bc12, Cdc25B, cyclin B1, NF-κB
Casp3↓,
Casp8↑,
Casp9↑,
CDC25↓,
CycB/CCNB1↓,
NF-kB↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓, decreased cyclin D, E, CDK2-4, E2F1 Increased Cip 1/p21, Kip 1/p27
cycE/CCNE↓,
E2Fs↓,
P21↑,
p27↑,
ADP:ATP↑, Increased poly ADP-ribose polymerase
Decreased MDM2
MDM2↓,
VEGF↓, Decreased VEGF
IL8↓, Decreased NF-κB DNA binding [74, 76] IL-8, COX2, MMP9
COX2↓,
MMP9↓,
ER Stress↓, ER stress, degradation of c-MYC
cMyc↓,
GRP78/BiP↑, Increased GRP78
DNAdam↑, DNA damage
AP-1↓, Decreased NF-κB, AP-1, Decreased activation of MMP2, MMP9, Decreased PKC α/Raf/ERK and JNK
MMP2↓,
PKCδ↓,
Raf↓,
ERK↓,
JNK↓,
PCNA↓, G2, decreased PCNA, cyclin B1, D1, E1 [82] CDK2-4, E2F1, DNA-PK, DNA-topo1, JNK VEGF
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
TOP2↓, Inhibition of topoisomerase II a
uPA↓, Decreased MMP2, transactivation of AP-1 [56, 88] NF-κB uPA promoter [88] MMP7
MMP7↓,
TIMP2↑, Increased TIMP2, Cdc42, E cadherin
Cdc42↑,
E-cadherin↑,
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TumCP↓, Withaferin A exhibited potent antiproliferative activity against pancreatic cancer cells in vitro
HSP90↓, WA inhibited Hsp90 chaperone activity to induce degradation of Hsp90 client proteins (Akt, Cdk4 and glucocorticoid receptor)
Akt↓,
CDK4↓,
TumCG↓, WA (3, 6 mg/kg) inhibited tumor growth in pancreatic Panc-1 xenografts by 30% and 58%, respectively.
Apoptosis↑, Withaferin A induces apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells
AntiCan↑, Withaferin A exhibits anticancer activity in pancreatic cancer xenografts
TumCCA↑, withaferin A suppressed cell proliferation in prostate, ovarian, breast, gastric, leukemic, and melanoma cancer cells and osteosarcomas by stimulating the inhibition of the cell cycle at several stages, including G0/G1 [86], G2, and M phase
H3↑, via the upregulation of phosphorylated Aurora B, H3, p21, and Wee-1, and the downregulation of A2, B1, and E2 cyclins, Cdc2 (Tyr15), phosphorylated Chk1, and Chk2 in DU-145 and PC-3 prostate cancer cells.
P21↑,
cycA1/CCNA1↓,
CycB/CCNB1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDC2↓,
CHK1↓,
Chk2↓,
p38↑, nitiated cell death in the leukemia cells by increasing the expression of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK)
MAPK↑,
E6↓, educed the expression of human papillomavirus E6/E7 oncogenes in cervical cancer cells
E7↓,
P53↑, restored the p53 pathway causing the apoptosis of cervical cancer cells.
Akt↓, oral dose of 3–5 mg/kg withaferin A attenuated the activation of Akt and stimulated Forkhead Box-O3a (FOXO3a)-mediated prostate apoptotic response-4 (Par-4) activation,
FOXO3↑,
ROS↑, the generation of reactive oxygen species, histone H2AX phosphorylation, and mitochondrial membrane depolarization, indicating that withaferin A can cause the oxidative stress-mediated killing of oral cancer cells [
γH2AX↑,
MMP↓,
mitResp↓, withaferin A inhibited the expansion of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cells by ROS production, owing to mitochondrial respiration inhibition
eff↑, combination treatment of withaferin A and hyperthermia induced the death of HeLa cells via a decrease in the mitochondrial transmembrane potential and the downregulation of the antiapoptotic protein myeloid-cell leukemia 1 (MCL-1)
TumCD↑,
Mcl-1↓,
ER Stress↑, . Withaferin A also attenuated the development of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), both in vitro and in vivo, by inducing endoplasmic reticulum stress via activating the transcription factor 4-ATF3-C/EBP homologous protein (ATF4-ATF3-CHOP)
ATF4↑,
ATF3↑,
CHOP↑,
NOTCH↓, modulating the Notch-1 signaling pathway and the downregulation of Akt/NF-κB/Bcl-2 . withaferin A inhibited the Notch signaling pathway
NF-kB↓,
Bcl-2↓,
STAT3↓, Withaferin A also constitutively inhibited interleukin-6-induced phosphorylation of STAT3,
CDK1↓, lowering the levels of cyclin-dependent Cdk1, Cdc25C, and Cdc25B proteins,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓, downregulation of p-Akt expression, β-catenin, N-cadherin and epithelial to the mesenchymal transition (EMT) markers
N-cadherin↓,
EMT↓,
Cyt‑c↑, depolarization and production of ROS, which led to the release of cytochrome c into the cytosol,
eff↑, combinatorial effect of withaferin A and sulforaphane was also observed in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells, with a dramatic reduction of the expression of the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2 and an increase in the pro-apoptotic Bax level, thus p
CDK4↓, downregulates the levels of cyclin D1, CDK4, and pRB, and upregulates the levels of E2F mRNA and tumor suppressor p21, independently of p53
p‑RB1↓,
PARP↑, upregulation of Bax and cytochrome c, downregulation of Bcl-2, and activation of PARP, caspase-3, and caspase-9 cleavage
cl‑Casp3↑,
cl‑Casp9↑,
NRF2↑, withaferin A binding with Keap1 causes an increase in the nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) protein levels, which in turn, regulates the expression of antioxidant proteins that can protect the cells from oxidative stress.
ER-α36↓, Decreased ER-α
LDHA↓, inhibited growth, LDHA activity, and apoptotic induction
lipid-P↑, induction of oxidative stress, increased lipid peroxidation,
AP-1↓, anti-inflammatory qualities of withaferin A are specifically attributed to its inhibition of pro-inflammatory molecules, α-2 macroglobulin, NF-κB, activator protein 1 (AP-1), and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibition,
COX2↓,
RenoP↑, showing strong evidence of the renoprotective potential of withaferin A due to its anti-inflammatory activity
PDGFR-BB↓, attenuating the BB-(PDGF-BB) platelet growth factor
SIRT3↑, by increasing the sirtuin3 (SIRT3) expression
MMP2↓, withaferin A inhibits matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9,
MMP9↓,
NADPH↑, but also provokes mRNA stimulation for a set of antioxidant genes, such as NADPH quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1), glutathione-disulfide reductase (GSR), Nrf2, heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX1),
NQO1↑,
GSR↑,
HO-1↑,
*SOD2↑, cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury model. Withaferin A triggered the upregulation of superoxide dismutase SOD2, SOD3, and peroxiredoxin 1(Prdx-1).
*Prx↑,
*Casp3?, and ameliorated cardiomyocyte caspase-3 activity
eff↑, combination with doxorubicin (DOX), is also responsible for the excessive generation of ROS
Snail↓, inhibition of EMT markers, such as Snail, Slug, β-catenin, and vimentin.
Slug↓,
Vim↓,
CSCs↓, highly effective in eliminating cancer stem cells (CSC) that expressed cell surface markers, such as CD24, CD34, CD44, CD117, and Oct4 while downregulating Notch1, Hes1, and Hey1 genes;
HEY1↓,
MMPs↓, downregulate the expression of MMPs and VEGF, as well as reduce vimentin, N-cadherin cytoskeleton proteins,
VEGF↓,
uPA↓, and protease u-PA involved in the cancer cell metastasis
*toxicity↓, A was orally administered to Wistar rats at a dose of 2000 mg/kg/day and had no adverse effects on the animals
CDK2↓, downregulated the activation of Bcl-2, CDK2, and cyclin D1
CDK4↓, Another study also demonstrated the inhibition of Hsp90 by withaferin A in a pancreatic cancer cell line through the degradation of Akt, cyclin-dependent kinase 4 Cdk4,
HSP90↓,
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TumCP↓,
TumCCA↑, Astaxanthin inhibits proliferation by interrupting cell cycle progression in KATO-III and SNU-1 gastric cancer cells.
p‑ERK↓, This may be caused by the inhibition of the phosphorylation of ERK and the enhanced expression of p27kip-1.
p27↑,
cycD1/CCND1↓, Astaxanthin downregulates p-ERK level in tumor cells, inhibiting the cyclin D1/CDK4 complex
CDK4↓,
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ROS⇅, Like other flavonoids, baicalein can be either anti-oxidant or pro-oxidant, depending on its metabolism and concentration.
ROS↑, It is reported that baicalein generated ROS, subsequently caused endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, activated Ca2+-dependent mitochondrial death pathway, finally triggered apoptosis
ER Stress↑,
Ca+2↑,
Apoptosis↑,
eff↑, Due to this, ROS production is a mechanism shared by all non-surgical therapeutic approaches for cancer, including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and photodynamic therapy
DR5↑, baicalein-induced ROS generation up-regulated DR5 expression and then activated the extrinsic apoptotic pathway in human prostate cancer cells
12LOX↓, Baicalein is known as a 12-LOX inhibitor.
Cyt‑c↑, It markedly induced the release of Cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol and activated Caspase-9, Caspase-7, and Caspase-3, concomitant with cleavage of the Caspase-3 substrate poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase
Casp7↑,
Casp9↑,
Casp3↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
TumCCA↑, Baicalein induces G1/S arrest due to increased Cyclin E expression, a major factor in the regulation of the G1/S checkpoint of the cell cycle, accompanied by reduced levels of Cdk 4 and Cyclin D1 in human lung squamous carcinoma (CH27) cells
cycE/CCNE↑,
CDK4↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
VEGF↓, In ovarian cancer cells, baicalein effectively lowered the protein level of VEGF, c-Myc, HIF-α, and NFκB
cMyc↓,
Hif1a↓,
NF-kB↓,
BioEnh↑, curcumin and high-dose (−)-epicatechin were demonstrated to subsequently increase the absorption of baicalein
BioEnh↑, Baicalein can increase the oral bioavailability of tamoxifen by inhibiting cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A4-mediated metabolism of tamoxifen in the small intestine and/or liver,
P450↓,
*Hif1a↓, In BV2 microglia, baicalein suppressed expression of hypoxia-induced HIF-1α and hypoxia responsive genes, including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), COX-2, and VEGF, by inhibiting ROS and PI3K/Akt pathway (Hwang et al. 2008).
*iNOS↓,
*COX2↓,
*VEGF↓,
*ROS↓,
*PI3K↓,
*Akt↓,
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AntiCan↓, anticancer, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, antiaging, neuroprotective, cardioprotective, respiratory protective, gastroprotective, hepatic protective, and renal protective effects
*neuroP↑,
*cardioP↑, Cardioprotective action of baicalein
*hepatoP↑,
*RenoP↑, baicalein’s capacity to lessen cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity is probably due, at least in part, to the attenuation of renal oxidative and/or nitrative stress
TumCCA↑, Baicalein induces G1/S arrest in lung squamous carcinoma (CH27) cells by downregulating CDK4 and cyclin D1, as well as upregulating cyclin E
CDK4↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE/CCNE↑,
BAX↑, SGC-7901 cells showed that when baicalein was administered, Bcl-2 was downregulated and Bax was increased
Bcl-2↓,
VEGF↓, Baicalein inhibits the synthesis of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), HIF-1, c-Myc, and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) in the G1 and S phases of ovarian cancer cell
Hif1a↓,
cMyc↓,
NF-kB↓,
ROS↑, Baicalein produced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and activated BNIP3 to slow down the development and hasten the apoptosis of MG-63,OS cell
BNIP3↑,
*neuroP↑, Baicalein exhibits neuroprotective qualities against amyloid (AN) functions by preventing AN from aggregating in PC12 neuronal cells to cause A𝛽-induced cytotoxicity
*cognitive↑, baicalein encourages non-amyloidogenic processing of APP, which lowers the generation of A𝛽 and enhances cognitive function
*NO↓, baicalein effectively reduced NO generation and iNOS gene expression
*iNOS↓,
*COX2↓, Baicalein therapy significantly decreased the expression of COX-2 and iNOS, as well as PGE2 and NF-κB, indicating a protective effect against cerebral I/R injury.
*PGE2↓,
*NRF2↑, Baicalein therapy markedly elevated nuclear Nrf2 expression and AMPK phosphorylation in the ischemic cerebral cortex
*p‑AMPK↑,
*Ferroptosis↓, Baicalein suppressed ferroptosis associated with 12/15-LOX, hence lessening the severity of post-traumatic epileptic episodes generated by FeCl3
*lipid-P↓, HT22 cells were damaged by ferroptosis, which is mitigated by baicalein may be due to its lipid peroxidation inhibitor
*ALAT↓, Baicalin lowers the raised levels of hepatic markers alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
*AST↓,
*Fas↓, Baicalin has also been shown to suppress apoptosis, decrease FAS protein expression, block the caspase-8 pathway, and decrease Bax protein production
*BAX↓,
*Apoptosis↓,
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TumCP↓, Radiation combined with baicalein could significantly inhibit the proliferation and migration of esophageal cancer cells compared with that of 6 Gy rays alone
TumCMig↓,
Glycolysis↓, 20μM baicalein reduced glycolysis in KYSE150 cells
cycD1/CCND1↓,
CDK4↓,
ECAR↓, Baicalein reduces ECAR and glycoPER
TumCCA↑, baicalein arrested cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle
HK1↓, HK1 (4QS9),13 ALDH2, GPI and ALDOA are the key enzymes in the process of glycolysis.
ALDH↓,
ALDOA↓,
PKM2↓, protein levels of HIF-1A and PKM2 decreased significantly after baicalein treatment.
Hif1a↓,
p‑mTOR↓, Baicalein treatment decreased the expression levels of p-mTOR, p-Akt, p-IκB and NF-κB proteins, and suppressed GC cells by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt
p‑Akt↓,
p‑IKKα↓,
NF-kB↓,
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
ROCK1↓, Baicalin reduces HCC proliferation and metastasis by inhibiting the ROCK1/GSK-3β/β-catenin signaling pathway
GSK‐3β↓,
CycB/CCNB1↓, Baicalein induces S-phase arrest in gallbladder cancer cells by down-regulating Cyclin B1 and Cyclin D1 in gallbladder cancer BGC-SD and SGC996 cells while up-regulating Cyclin A
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycA1/CCNA1↑,
CDK4↓, Following baicalein treatment, there is a down-regulation of Ezrin, CyclinD1, and CDK4, as well as an up-regulation of p53 and p21 protein levels, thereby leading to the induction of CRC HCT116 cell cycle arrest
P53↑,
P21↑,
TumCCA↑,
MMP2↓, baicalein was able to inhibit the metastasis of gallbladder cancer cells by down-regulating ZFX, MMP-2 and MMP-9.
MMP9↓,
EMT↓, Baicalein treatment effectively inhibits the snail-induced EMT process in CRC HT29 and DLD1 cells
Hif1a↓, Baicalein inhibits VEGF by downregulating HIF-1α, a crucial regulator of angiogenesis
Shh↓, baicalein inhibits the metastasis of PC by impeding the Shh pathway
PD-L1↓, Baicalin and baicalein down-regulate PD-L1 expression induced by IFN-γ by reducing STAT3 activity
STAT3↓,
IL1β↓, baicalein therapy significantly diminishes the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), IL-2, IL-6, and GM-CSF
IL2↓,
IL6↓,
PKM2↓, Baicalein, by reducing the expression levels of HIF-1A and PKM2, can inhibit the glycolysis process in ESCC cells
HDAC10↓, Baicalein treatment increases the level of miR-3178 and decreases HDAC10 expression, resulting in the inactivation of the AKT signaling pathways.
P-gp↓, baicalein reverses P-glycoprotein (P-gp)-mediated resistance in multidrug-resistant HCC (Bel7402/5-FU) cells by reducing the levels of P-gp and Bcl-xl
Bcl-xL↓,
eff↓, Baicalein combined with gemcitabine/docetaxel promotes apoptosis of PC cells by activating the caspase-3/PARP signaling pathway
BioAv↓, baicalein suffers from low water solubility and susceptibility to degradation by the digestive system
BioAv↑, Encapsulation of baicalein into liposomal bilayers exhibits a therapeutic efficacy close to 90% for PDAC
TumCP↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
TumCCA↑, G0/G1 phase
MMP↓,
Ca+2↑,
ATP↓, decreased intracellular adenosine triphosphate production,
mtDam↑, mitochondrial dysfunction
Apoptosis↑,
ROS↑,
JNK↑,
eff↓, treatment with ROS scavenger N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and JNK inhibitor SP600125 could partially attenuate apoptosis and DNA damage triggered by DCZ0358.
*Inflam↓, BBR exerts remarkable anti-inflammatory (94–96), antiviral (97), antioxidant (98), antidiabetic (99), immunosuppressive (100), cardiovascular (101, 102), and neuroprotective (103) activities.
*antiOx↑,
*cardioP↑,
*neuroP↑,
TumCCA↑, BBR could induce G1 cycle arrest in A549 lung cancer cells by decreasing the levels of cyclin D1 and cyclin E1
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDC2↓, BBR also induced G1 cycle arrest by inhibiting cyclin B1 expression and CDC2 kinase in some cancer cells
AMPK↝, BBR has been suggested to induce autophagy in glioblastoma by targeting the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR)/ULK1 pathway
mTOR↝,
Casp8↑, BBR has been revealed to stimulate apoptosis in leukemia by upregulation of caspase-8 and caspase-9
Casp9↑,
Cyt‑c↑, in skin squamous cell carcinoma A431 cells by increasing cytochrome C levels
TumCMig↓, BBR has been confirmed to inhibit cell migration and invasion by inhibiting the expression of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT)
TumCI↓,
EMT↓,
MMPs↓, metastasis-related proteins, such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and E-cadherin,
E-cadherin↓,
Telomerase↓, BBR has shown antitumor effects by interacting with microRNAs (125) and inhibiting telomerase activity
*toxicity↓, Numerous studies have revealed that BBR is a safe and effective treatment for CRC
GRP78/BiP↓, Downregulates GRP78
EGFR↓, Downregulates EGFR
CDK4↓, downregulates CDK4, TERT, and TERC
COX2↓, Reduces levels of COX-2/PGE2, phosphorylation of JAK2 and STAT3, and expression of MMP-2/-9.
PGE2↓,
p‑JAK2↓,
p‑STAT3↓,
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
GutMicro↑, BBR can inhibit tumor growth through meditation of the intestinal flora and mucosal barrier, and generally and ultimately improve weight loss. BBR has been reported to modulate the composition of intestinal flora and significantly reduce flora divers
eff↝, BBR can regulate the activity of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), and potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) are observed when BBR is coadministered with P-gp substrates
*BioAv↓, the efficiency of BBR is limited by its low bioavailability due to its poor absorption rate in the gut, low solubility in water, and fast metabolism. Studies have shown that the oral bioavailability of BBR is 0.68% in rats
BioAv↑, combining it with p-gp inhibitors (such as tariquidar and tetrandrine) (196, 198), and modification to berberine organic acid salts (BOAs)
Inflam↓, BBR has documented to have anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial (both anti-bacterial and anti-fungal) properties.
IL6↓, BBRs can inhibit IL-6, TNF-alpha, monocyte chemo-attractant protein 1 (MCP1) and COX-2 production and expression.
MCP1↓,
COX2↓,
PGE2↓, BBRs can also effect prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)
MMP2↓, and decrease the expression of key genes involved in metastasis including: MMP2 and MMP9.
MMP9↓,
DNAdam↑, BBR induces double strand DNA breaks and has similar effects as ionizing radiation
eff↝, In some cell types, this response has been reported to be TP53-dependent
Telomerase↓, This positively-charged nitrogen may result in the strong complex formations between BBR and nucleic acids and induce telomerase inhibition and topoisomerase poisoning
Bcl-2↓, BBR have been shown to suppress BCL-2 and expression of other genes by interacting with the TATA-binding protein and the TATA-box in certain gene promoter regions
AMPK↑, BBR has been shown in some studies to localize to the mitochondria and inhibit the electron transport chain and activate AMPK.
ROS↑, targeting the activity of mTOR/S6 and the generation of ROS
MMP↓, BBR has been shown to decrease mitochondrial membrane potential and intracellular ATP levels.
ATP↓,
p‑mTORC1↓, BBR induces AMPK activation and inhibits mTORC1 phosphorylation by suppressing phosphorylation of S6K at Thr 389 and S6 at Ser 240/244
p‑S6K↓,
ERK↓, BBR also suppresses ERK activation in MIA-PaCa-2 cells in response to fetal bovine serum, insulin or neurotensin stimulation
PI3K↓, Activation of AMPK is associated with inhibition of the PI3K/PTEN/Akt/mTORC1 and Raf/MEK/ERK pathways which are associated with cellular proliferation.
PTEN↑, RES was determined to upregulate phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) expression and decrease the expression of activated Akt. In HCT116 cells, PTEN inhibits Akt signaling and proliferation.
Akt↓,
Raf↓,
MEK↓,
Dose↓, The effects of low doses of BBR (300 nM) on MIA-PaCa-2 cells were determined to be dependent on AMPK as knockdown of the alpha1 and alpha2 catalytic subunits of AMPK prevented the inhibitory effects of BBR on mTORC1 and ERK activities and DNA synthes
Dose↑, In contrast, higher doses of BBR inhibited mTORC1 and ERK activities and DNA synthesis by AMPK-independent mechanisms [223,224].
selectivity↑, BBR has been shown to have minimal effects on “normal cells” but has anti-proliferative effects on cancer cells (e.g., breast, liver, CRC cells) [225–227].
TumCCA↑, BBR induces G1 phase arrest in pancreatic cancer cells, while other drugs such as gemcitabine induce S-phase arrest
eff↑, BBR was determined to enhance the effects of epirubicin (EPI) on T24 bladder cancer cells
EGFR↓, In some glioblastoma cells, BBR has been shown to inhibit EGFR signaling by suppression of the Raf/MEK/ERK pathway but not AKT signaling
Glycolysis↓, accompanied by impaired glycolytic capacity.
Dose?, The IC50 for BBR was determined to be 134 micrograms/ml.
p27↑, Increased p27Kip1 and decreased CDK2, CDK4, Cyclin D and Cyclin E were observed.
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
Bax:Bcl2↑, Increased BAX/BCL2 ratio was observed.
Casp3↑, The mitochondrial membrane potential was disrupted and activated caspase 3 and caspases 9 were observed
Casp9↑,
VEGFR2↓, BBR treatment decreased VEGFR, Akt and ERK1,2 activation and the expression of MMP2 and MMP9 [235].
ChemoSen↑, BBR has been shown to increase the anti-tumor effects of tamoxifen (TAM) in both drug-sensitive MCF-7 and drug-resistant MCF-7/TAM cells.
eff↑, The combination of BBR and CUR has been shown to be effective in suppressing the growth of certain breast cancer cell lines.
eff↑, BBR has been shown to synergize with the HSP-90 inhibitor NVP-AUY922 in inducing death of human CRC.
PGE2↓, BBR inhibits COX2 and PEG2 in CRC.
JAK2↓, BBR prevented the invasion and metastasis of CRC cells via inhibiting the COX2/PGE2 and JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathways.
STAT3↓,
CXCR4↓, BBR has been observed to inhibit the expression of the chemokine receptors (CXCR4 and CCR7) at the mRNA level in esophageal cancer cells.
CCR7↓,
uPA↓, BBR has also been shown to induce plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) and suppress uPA in HCC cells which suppressed their invasiveness and motility.
CSCs↓, BBR has been shown to inhibit stemness, EMT and induce neuronal differentiation in neuroblastoma cells. BBR inhibited the expression of many genes associated with neuronal differentiation
EMT↓,
Diff↓,
CD133↓, BBR also suppressed the expression of many genes associated with cancer stemness such as beta-catenin, CD133, NESTIN, N-MYC, NOTCH and SOX2
Nestin↓,
n-MYC↓,
NOTCH↓,
SOX2↓,
Hif1a↓, BBR inhibited HIF-1alpha and VEGF expression in prostate cancer cells and increased their radio-sensitivity in in vitro as well as in animal studies [290].
VEGF↓,
RadioS↑,
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TumCCA↑, associated with G1-phase arrest, which in DU145 cells was associated with inhibition of expression of cyclins D1, D2, and E and cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 2, Cdk4, and Cdk6 proteins,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
P21↑, increased expression of the Cdk inhibitory proteins (Cip1/p21 and Kip1/p27), and enhanced binding of Cdk inhibitors to Cdk.
p27↑,
Apoptosis↑, Berberine also significantly (P < 0.05–0.001) enhanced apoptosis of DU145 and LNCaP cells with induction of a higher ratio of Bax/Bcl-2 proteins
Bax:Bcl2↑,
MMP↓, disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential, and activation of caspase-9, caspase-3, and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
Casp9↑,
Casp3↑,
PARP↑,
DNAdam↑, analysis of DNA fragmentation
selectivity↑, Berberine Inhibits Proliferation and Viability and Induces the Death of Prostate Cancer Cells but not of Normal Prostate Epithelial Cells
Cyt‑c↑, Berberine Induces the Disruption of Mitochondrial Membrane Potential and Increases the Release of Cytochrome c
TumCP↓, Biochanin A inhibited cell proliferation, increased reactive oxygen species formation, and induced apoptosis.
ROS↑,
Apoptosis↑,
Bcl-2↓, Biochanin A-treated cells exhibited lower expression of the Bcl-2, p-PI3K and p-AKT and higher expression of proapoptotic genes, including Bax, Caspase-3, Caspase-9, and cytochrome c.
p‑PI3K↓,
p‑Akt↓,
BAX↑,
Casp3↑,
Casp9↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
CycD3↓, gene expression levels of cyclin D3, cyclin B1, CDK1, CDK2, and CDK4 were downregulated
CycB/CCNB1↓,
CDK1↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
P21↑, while the expression levels of p21, p27, and p53 were significantly upregulated
p27↑,
P53↑,
tumCV↓, These results suggest that Biochanin A can suppress the viability of breast cancer cells and induce apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway
PI3K↓, inhibition of the Pi3K/Akt signaling pathway and modulation of cell cycle markers.
Akt↓,
CDK4↓, in silico and in vitro methodology, reveals Betulinic Acid’s inhibitory efficacy against CDK4 for cancer therapy
CSCs↓, Bufalin effectively suppressed TNBCSC self-renewal in in vitro tumorsphere assays and significantly reduced tumor growth in an in vivo HCC1937 TNBCSC xenograft chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) model.
TumCCA↑, Bufalin induced G0/G1 phase cell cycle arrest by downregulating key regulatory proteins, including c-myc, cyclin D1, and CDK4.
cMyc↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
CDK4↓,
MMP↓, It also promoted intrinsic apoptosis through nuclear fragmentation, mitochondrial membrane potential reduction, and caspase activation.
Casp↑,
CD133↓, bufalin downregulated key CSC markers, such as CD133, CD44, ALDH1A1, Nanog, Oct4, and Sox2.
CD44↓,
ALDH1A1↓,
Nanog↓,
OCT4↓,
SOX2↓,
Wnt↓, Notably, bufalin suppressed the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by reducing β-catenin mRNA and protein expression, leading to the downregulation of EGFR, a downstream target of Wnt signaling.
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
EGFR↓,
*Inflam↓, profound application as a traditional remedy for various ailments, especially inflammatory diseases including asthma, arthritis, cerebral edema, chronic pain syndrome, chronic bowel diseases, cancer
AntiCan↑,
*MAPK↑, 11-keto-BAs can stimulate Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) and mobilize the intracellular Ca(2+) that are important for the activation of human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNL)
*Ca+2↝,
p‑ERK↓, AKBA prohibited the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1 and -2 (Erk-1/2) and impaired the motility of meningioma cells stimulated with platelet-derived growth factor BB
TumCI↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓, In the case of colon cancer, BA treatment on HCT-116 cells led to a decrease in cyclin D, cyclin E, and Cyclin-dependent kinases such as CDK2 and CDK4, along with significant reduction in phosphorylated Rb (pRb)
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
p‑RB1↓,
*NF-kB↓, convey inhibition of NF-kappaB and subsequent down-regulation of TNF-alpha expression in activated human monocytes
*TNF-α↓,
NF-kB↓, PC-3 prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo by inhibiting constitutively activated NF-kappaB signaling by intercepting the activity of IkappaB kinase (IKK
IKKα↓,
MCP1↓, LPS-challenged ApoE-/- mice via inhibition of NF-κB and down regulation of MCP-1, MCP-3, IL-1alpha, MIP-2, VEGF, and TF
IL1α↓,
MIP2↓,
VEGF↓,
Tf↓,
COX2↓, pancreatic cancer cell lines, AKBA inhibited the constitutive expression of NF-kB and caused suppression of NF-kB regulated genes such as COX-2, MMP-9, CXCR4, and VEGF
MMP9↓,
CXCR4↓,
VEGF↓,
eff↑, AKBA and aspirin revealed that AKBA has higher potential via modulation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, and NF-kB/COX-2 pathway in adenomatous polyps
PPARα↓, AKBA is also responsible for down-regulation of PPAR-alpha and C/EBP-alpha in a dose and temporal dependent manner in mature adipocytes, ultimately leading to pparlipolysis
lipid-P?,
STAT3↓, activation of STAT-3 in human MM cells could be inhibited by AKBA
TOP1↓, (PKBA; a semisynthetic analogue of 11-keto-β-boswellic acid), had been reported to influence the activity of topoisomerase I & II,
TOP2↑,
5HT↓, (5-LO), responsible for catalyzing the synthesis of leukotrienes from arachidonic acid and human leucocyte elastase (HLE), and serine proteases involved in several inflammatory processes, is considered to be a potent molecular target of BA derivative
p‑PDGFR-BB↓, BA up-regulates SHP-1 with subsequent dephosphorylation of PDGFR-β and downregulation of PDGF-dependent signaling after PDGF stimulation, thereby exerting an anti-proliferative effect on HSCs hepatic stellate cells
PDGF↓,
AR↓, AKBA targets different receptors that include androgen receptor (AR), death receptor 5 (DR5), and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2), and leads to the inhibition of proliferation of prostate cancer cells
DR5↑, induced expression of DR4 and DR5.
angioG↓, via apoptosis induction and suppression of angiogenesis
DR4↑,
Casp3↑, AKBA resulted in activation of caspase-3 and caspase-8, and initiation of poly (ADP) ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage.
Casp8↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
eff↑, AKBA was preincubated with LY294002 or wortmannin (inhibitors of PI3K), it caused a significant enhancement of apoptosis in HT-29 cells
chemoPv↑, chemopreventive response of AKBA was estimated against intestinal adenomatous polyposis through the inhibition of the Wnt/β-catenin and NF-κB/cyclooxygenase-2 signaling pathway
Wnt↓,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
ascitic↓, AKBA by the suppression of ascites,
Let-7↑, AKBA could up-regulate the expression of let-7 and miR-200
miR-200b↑,
eff↑, anti-tumorigenic effects of curcumin and AKBA on the regulation of specific cancer-related miRNAs in colorectal cancer cells, and confirmed their protective action
MMP1↓, . It can inhibit the expression of MMP-1, MMP-2, and MMP-9 mRNAs along with secretions of TNF-α and IL-1β in THP-1 cells.
MMP2↓,
eff↑, combined administration of metformin, an anti-diabetic drug, and boswellic acid nanoparticles exhibited significant synergism through the inhibition of MiaPaCa-2
pancreatic cancer cell proliferation
BioAv↓, BA as a therapeutic drug is its poor bioavailability
BioAv↑, administration of BSE-018 concomitantly with a high-fat meal led to several-fold increased areas under the plasma
concentration-time curves as well as peak concentrations of beta-boswellic acid (betaBA)
Half-Life↓, drug needs to be given orally at the interval of six hours due to its calculated half- life, which was around 6 hrs.
toxicity↓, BSE has been found to be a safe drug without any adverse side reactions, and is well tolerated on oral administration.
Dose↑, Boswellia serrata extract to the maximum amount of 4200 mg/day is not toxic and it is safe to use though it shows poor bioavailability
BioAv↑, Approaches like lecithin delivery form (Phytosome®), nanoparticle delivery systems like liposomes, emulsions, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostructured lipid carriers, micelles and poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles
ChemoSen↑, Like any other natural products BA can also be effective as chemosensitizer
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miR-34a↑, curcumin and AKBA induced upregulation of tumor-suppressive miR-34a and downregulation of miR-27a in CRC cells
miR-27a-3p↓,
TumCG↓,
BAX↑,
Bcl-2↓,
PARP1↓,
TumCCA↑,
Apoptosis↑,
cMyc↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
ChemoSen↑, combined treatment further increased the inhibitory effects
miR-34a↑, miR-34a expression was upregulated by curcumin and further elevated by concurrent treatment with curcumin and AKBA in HCT116 cell
miR-27a-3p↓,
ROS↑, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation
MMP↓,
Casp↑,
Apoptosis↑,
Bax:Bcl2↑,
TumCCA?, induce G0/G1 arrest
cycD1/CCND1↓,
CDK4↓,
P21↑,
p27↑,
NOTCH↓, AKBA demonstrated significant downregulation of Notch signaling mediators
ChemoSen↑, AKBA has the potential to synergistically enhance the cytotoxic efficacy of cisplatin
chemoPv↑, it has been found that capsaicin can act as a cancer preventive agent and shows wide applications against various types of cancer.
TumCCA↑, The proposed anticancer mechanisms of capsaicin include an increase of cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis
Apoptosis↑,
ROS↑, Colo 205 150 Induced cell death, increased ROS and pro-apoptotic proteins
MMP↓, Human bladder cancer T24 100 Induced ROS production and mitochondrial membrane depolarization
Ca+2↑, capsaicin induces apoptosis in cancer cells is not completely elucidated but involves intracellular calcium increase, ROS, disruption of mitochondrial membrane transition potential, and activation of transcription factors such as NFκB and STATS (
JNK↑, studies performed in pancreatic cells showed that capsaicin apoptosis inducing effects were associated with ROS generation, JNK activation, mitochondrial depolarization, release of cytochrome c in the cytosol and activation of caspase-3 cascade
Casp3↑,
NADH↓, Capsaicin can also inhibit the plasma membrane NADH oxidase by functioning as a coenzyme Q antagonist.
CDK2↓, Capsaicin inhibits the proliferation of 5637 bladder carcinoma cells by cycle arrest with the inhibition of CDK2, CDK4 and CDK6.
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
P53↑, capsaicin induces apoptosis in AGS cells through upregulation of p53 and that the apoptotic activity of capsaicin is p53-dependent.
*antiOx↑, antioxidant (8), anti-inflammatory (9) and anti-obesity (10) properties.
*Inflam↓,
*Obesity↓,
chemoPv↑, Many laboratories have reported that capsaicin possesses chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic effects
Apoptosis↑, Capsaicin has been shown to induce apoptosis in many different types of cancer cell lines including pancreatic (19) colonic (24), prostatic (25), liver (26), esophagieal (27), bladder (28), skin (29), leukemia (30), lung (31), and endothelial cells (
selectivity↑,
TRPV1↑, Transient receptor potential vanilloids (TRPVs) are receptors of capsaicin which lead to Ca2+-mediated mitochondrial damage and cytochrome c release.
Ca+2↑,
mtDam↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
P53↑, Capsaicin was found to induce p53 phosphorylation at the Ser-15 residue (30) and enhanced p53 acetylation through down-regulation of sirtuin 1 (
SIRT1↓,
TumCCA↑, Capsaicin induced G0/G1 phase arrest in human esophageal carcinoma cells with an increase of p21 and a decrease of CDK4, CDK6 and cyclin E (
P21↑,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
angioG↓, Capsaicin has anti-angiogenic properties both in vitro and in vivo
TumMeta↓, Capsaicin treatment significantly reduced the metastatic burden in transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate (TRAMP) mice (57).
HO-1↑, capsaicin induced the expression of HO-1 in human hepatoma HepG2 cells through the generation of ROS and subsequent activation of a redox-sensitive transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid related factor-2 (Nrf2)
ROS↑,
NRF2↑,
*lipid-P↓, capsaicin inhibits lipid peroxidation by increasing the activity of a battery of antioxidant enzymes
*SOD↑, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR)
*Catalase↑,
*GPx↑,
*GSR↑,
*PGE2↓, inhibitory effects of capsaicin on the production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in macrophages incubated with LPS or TPA (
*COX2↓, the inhibition of COX-2 and iNOS expression by capsaicin in these cells is mediated in a VR1/TRPV1-independent manner
*iNOS↓,
TumCP↓, anticancer effects of capsaicin are partly mediated through the inhibition of cancer cell proliferation.
TumCCA↑, Capsaicin inhibited the growth of human esophageal epidermoid carcinoma (CE 81T/VGH) cells by arresting the cell cycle at the G1 phase through the downregulation of cyclin E, cyclin dependent kinase (Cdk)-4 and -6,
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK4↓,
MMP↓, Similarly, the inhibition of Cdk-2,-4 and-6, the generation of ROS, and the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential were associated with reduced proliferation of human bladder cancer cells upon capsaicin treatment
P53↑, capsaicin is mediated through the induction of p53 nd its target gene products such as, p21, and Bax.
P21↑,
BAX↑,
SIRT1↑, The same study also demonstrated that capsaicin induced autophagy in human fetal lung cells by inducing SIRT1
angioG↓, Capsaicin inhibited angiogenesis in the chick chorioallantoic membrane
P-gp↓, Capsaicin inhibited the P-gp activity in human intestinal carcinoma (Caco2) cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner (
ChemoSen↑, Capsaicin exhibited synergistic growth inhibitory effects with 5-fluorouracil (5FU) in cholangiocarcinoma cells in culture as well as xenograft tumor growth in nude mice
HSP90↓, Here, we investigated the mechanism by which capsaicin inhibits Hsp90
ATPase↓, capsaicin binds to the N-terminus of Hsp90 and inhibits its ATPase activity
eff↑, Combined treatments of capsaicin and the Hsp90 inhibitor 17-AAG improved the anti-tumor efficacy of 17-AAG in cell culture
HSP70/HSPA5↓, capsaicin triggers the lysosomal degradation of Hsp70 in various cancer cell lines
other↝, The mechanism by which capsaicin induces apoptosis in cancer cells is not well understood, but it appears to be independent of the TRPV1 receptor as neither capsazepine, a TRPV1 antagonist, nor intracellular Ca2+ chelators have been found to inhibit
NF-kB↓, capsaicin can block the activity of many oncogenic signaling proteins including NF-κB, ER, EGFR/HER2, CDK4, Src, VEGF, and PI3K/Akt, among others.
EGFR↓,
CDK4↓,
Src↓,
VEGF↓,
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
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TumCG↓, Administration of CAPE by gavage significantly inhibited the tumor growth of LNCaP xenografts in nude mice.
TumCCA↑, CAPE caused retardation of xenograft growth and G1 cell cycle arrest in LNCaP cells
AMPK↓, ollowing CAPE treatment, AMPK, SGK1, and NF-κB pathways were down-regulated.
NF-kB↓,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓, This down-regulation likely resulted in the decrease of β-catenin and Creb signaling, cyclin D1 and cyclin E1 expression, Cdk2 and Cdk4 activity, as well as increase of p27Kip1 expression.
CREB↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
Apoptosis↑, It was attested that carvacrol and thymol induced apoptosis, cytotoxicity, cell cycle arrest, antimetastatic activity,
TumCCA↑, accumulation of cells in the G1 phase, together with a reduction of cells in the S phase, slowing cell cycle/mitosis and provoking cell death.
TumMeta↓,
TumCP↓, antiproliferative effects and inhibition of signaling pathways (MAPKs and PI3K/AKT/mTOR).
MAPK↓,
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
mTOR↓,
eff↑, carvacrol appears to be more potent than thymol
*Inflam↓, these compounds present anti-inflammatory (Li et al., 2018; Chamanara et al., 2019) and antioxidant
*antiOx↑,
AXL↓, These effects occurred mainly through the inhibition of tyrosine kinase receptor (AXL) expression and an increase in malondialdehyde (MDA
MDA↑,
Casp3↑, caspase-3 activation and Bcl-2 inhibition
Bcl-2↓,
MMP2↓, promoted a decrease in Bcl-2, metalloproteinase-2 and -9 (MMP-2 and MMP-9), p-ERK, p-Akt, cyclin B1 levels and an increase in p-JNK, Bax levels, resulting in cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase
MMP9↓,
p‑JNK↑,
BAX↑,
MDA↓, In respect of breast cancer, treatment with carvacrol decreases MDA-MB231 (Jamali et al., 2018; Li et al., 2021) and MCF-7 cells line viability
TRPM7↓, TRPM7 pathway is one of the suggested pharmacological mechanisms of action
MMP↓, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, cytochrome C release, caspase activation, PARP cleavage
Cyt‑c↑,
Casp↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
ROS↑, Carvacrol also induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis (via caspase-3 and reactive oxygen species—ROS) of human oral squamous cell carcinoma (OC2 cell line)
CDK4↓, In tongue cancer (Tca-8113, SCC-25 cell lines), Dai et al. (2016) reported that carvacrol effectively inhibited cell proliferation through the negative regulation of CCND1 and CDK4 expression, and the positive regulation of p21 expression,
P21↑,
F-actin↓, A blockade of TRPM7 channels, reduced expression of MMP-2 and F-actin, was also observed, together with the inhibition of PI3K/Akt and MAPK
GSH↓, by increasing ROS, Bax, Caspase-3, -9 levels and reducing Bcl-2 and GSH levels.
*SOD↑, Moreover, carvacrol was able to increase the levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione (GSH), along with a reduction of lipid peroxides and the enzymes AST, ALT, AL
*Catalase↑,
*GPx↑,
*GSR↑,
*GSH↑,
*lipid-P↓,
*AST↓,
*ALAT↓,
*ALP↓,
*LDH↓,
DNAdam↑, hepatocellular carcinoma induced by diethylnitrosamine (DEN), carvacrol treatment promoted DNA fragmentation
AFP↓, carvacrol showed a reduction in serum levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), alpha l-fucosidase (AFU), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF
VEGF↓,
Weight↑, Carvacrol supplementation significantly improved the weight gain and growth rate of animals with colon cancer
*chemoP↑, reduction in oxidative stress damage (higher levels of GSH, GPx, GR, SOD and CAT), suggesting that carvacrol presents chemopreventive effects
ROS↑, In vitro, carvacrol and thymol increased the generation of reactive oxygen species in 24.63% (n = 17) of the studies, a fact that is also observed in chemotherapeutics
tumCV↓, Carvacrol significantly reduced cell viability with the half maximal inhibitory concentration value of 200 µmol/L at 24 and 48 h
TumCCA↑, significant increase in the accumulation of the G0/G1 phase upon treatment with carvacrol in MCF-7 cells
pRB↓, A remarkable decrease in protein expressions of p-Rb, cyclin D1, CDK4 and CDK6 denotes cell cycle arrest
cycD1/CCND1↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
PI3K↓, carvacrol treatment significantly inhibited PI3K/p-AKT protein expressions leading to induction of apoptosis mediated by decreased Bcl2 and increased Bax protein expressions.
p‑Akt↓,
Apoptosis↑,
Bcl-2↓,
BAX↑,
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*antiOx↑, demonstrated as anti‐oxidant, anticancer, diabetes prevention, cardioprotective, anti‐obesity, hepatoprotective and reproductive role, antiaging, antimicrobial, and immunomodulatory properties.
*AntiCan↑,
*AntiDiabetic↑,
*cardioP↑,
*Obesity↓,
*hepatoP↑,
*AntiAg↑,
*Bacteria↓,
*Imm↑,
MMP2↓, anticancer ability against malignant cells via decreasing the expressions of matrix metalloprotease 2 and 9, inducing apoptosis
MMP9↓,
Apoptosis↓,
MMP↓, disrupting mitochondrial membrane, suppressing extracellular signal‐regulated kinase 1/2 mitogen‐activated protein kinase signal transduction
ERK↓,
PI3K↓, decreasing the phosphoinositide 3‐kinase/protein kinase B.
ALAT↓, decreased the concentrations of alanine aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase and aspartate aminotransferase,
*ROS↓, Essential oils found in plants are natural anti‐oxidants that reduce cell damage caused by reactive species and prevent mutagenic and carcinogenic processes.
*Catalase↑, Carvacrol has remarkably higher anti‐oxidative and hepatoprotective properties, which improves the activity of enzymatic anti‐oxidants (catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase)
*SOD↑,
*GPx↑,
*AST↓, Carvacrol decreased the level of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) and improved the status of inflammation, necrosis, and coagulation in the liver
*LDH↓,
*necrosis↓,
ROS↑, prostate cancer cells via lowering cell viability, increasing the rate of reactive oxygen species, and disrupting the mitochondrial membrane potential.
TumCCA↑, Carvacrol induced cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 that declined increased CDK inhibitor p21 expression and decreased cyclin‐dependent kinase 4 (CDK4), and cyclin D1 expressions.
CDK4↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
NOTCH↓, carvacrol inhibited Notch signaling in PC‐3 cells via downregulating Jagged‐1 and Notch‐1
IL6↓, human prostate cancer cell lines, which significantly reduced IL‐6
chemoP↑, Carvacrol has significant protective effects in reducing the side effects of chemotherapeutics such as irinotecan hydrochloride anticancer drugs that cause induction of intestinal mucositis.
*Pain↓, Pain management
*neuroP↑, The neuroprotective role of carvacrol was examined by Guan et al. in 2019 against ischemic stroke,
*TRPM7↓, downregulating TRPM7 channels
*motorD↑, improved catalepsy, akinesia, bradykinesia, locomotor activity, and motor coordination.
*NF-kB↓, Carvacrol reduced inflammatory biomarkers, such as nuclear factor κB and cyclooxygenase‐2, and levels of nitric oxides, malondialdehyde, and glutathione create oxidative stress.
*COX2↓,
*MDA↓,
TumCP↓, Celastrol affected the proliferation of U937 in a dose-dependent way, arresting the cell cycle at G0/G1 with 400 nM doses and triggering cell death with doses above 1000 nM.
TumCCA↑,
TumCD↑,
HSP90↓, Cell cycle arrest was accompanied by inhibition of HSP90 ATPase activity and elevation in HSP70 levels (a biochemical hallmark of HSP90 inhibition),
HSP70/HSPA5↑,
cycD1/CCND1↓, reduction in Cyclin D1, Cdk4 and Cdk6 levels
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
ATPase↓, celastrol's effects on ATPase activity in the protein complex pulled-down by anti-HSP90
ChemoSen↑, and sensitizes drug-resistant cancer cells to combination therapy
HSP90↓, celastrol disrupts the association between Hsp90 and Cdc37, which leads to the degradation of Hsp90-dependent client kinases, such as Akt and Cdk4
Akt↓,
CDK4↓,
Apoptosis↑, apoptosis, disrupting the cell cycle and inhibiting migration without generating toxicity or undesired side‑effects in normal cells
TumCMig↓,
*toxicity↝, toxic at higher doses and the recommended dose for chrysin is <3 g/day
ChemoSen↑, chrysin also inhibits multi‑drug resistant proteins and is effective in combination therapy
*BioAv↓, extremely low bioavailability in humans due to rapid quick metabolism, removal and restricted assimilation. The bioavailability of chrysin when taken orally has been estimated to be between 0.003 to 0.02%
Dose↝, safe and effective in various studies where volunteers have taken oral doses ranging from 300 to 625 mg without experiencing any documented effect
neuroP↑, Chrysin has been shown to exert neuroprotective effects via a variety of mechanisms, such as gamma-aminobutyric acid mimetic properties, monoamine oxidase inhibition, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities
*P450↓, Chrysin inhibits cytochrome P450 2E1, alcohol dehydrogenase and xanthine oxidase at various dosages (20 and 40 mg/kg body weight) and protects Wistar rats against oxidative stress
*ROS↓,
*HDL↑, ncreased the levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, glutathione S-transferase, superoxide dismutase and catalase
*GSTs↑,
*SOD↑,
*Catalase↑,
*MAPK↓, inactivate the MAPK/JNK pathway and suppress the NF-κB pathways, and at the same time upregulate the expression of PTEN, and activate the VEGF/AKT pathway
*NF-kB↓,
*PTEN↑,
*VEGF↑,
ROS↑, chrysin treatment in ovarian cancer led to the augmented generation of reactive oxygen species, a decrease in MMP and an increase in cytoplasmic Ca2+,
MMP↓,
Ca+2↑,
selectivity↑, It has been found that chrysin has no cytotoxic effect on normal cells, such as fibroblasts
PCNA↓, Chrysin likewise downregulates proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression in cervical carcinoma cells
Twist↓, Chrysin decreases the expression of TWIST 1 and NF-κB and thus suppresses epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in HeLa cells
EMT↓,
CDKN1C↑, Chrysin administration led to the upregulation of CDKN1 at the transcript and protein leve
p‑STAT3↑, Chrysin decreased the viability of 4T1 breast cancer cells by suppressing hypoxia-induced phosphorylation of STAT3
MMP2↓, chrysin-loaded PGLA/PEG nanoparticles modulated TIMPS and MMP2 and 9, and PI3K expression in a mouse 4T1 breast tumor model
MMP9↓,
eff↑, Chrysin used alone and as an adjuvant with metformin has been found to downregulate cyclin D and hTERT expression in the breast cancer cell line
cycD1/CCND1↓,
hTERT/TERT↓,
CLDN1↓, CLDN1 and CLDN11 expression have been found to be higher in human lung squamous cell carcinoma. Treatment with chrysin treatment reduces both the mRNA and protein expression of these claudin genes
TumVol↓, Treatment with chrysin treatment (1.3 mg/kg body weight) significantly decreases tumor volume, resulting in a 52.6% increase in mouse survival
OS↑,
COX2↓, Chrysin restores the cellular equilibrium of cells subjected to benzopyrene by downregulating the expression of elevated proteins, such as PCNA, NF-κB and COX-2
eff↑, quercetin and chrysin together decreased the levels of pro-inflammatory molecules, such as IL-6, -1 and -10, and the levels of TNF via the NF-κB pathway.
CDK2↓, Chrysin has been shown to inhibit squamous cell carcinoma via the modulation of Rb and by decreasing the expression of CDK2 and CDK4
CDK4↓,
selectivity↑, chrysin selectively exhibits toxicity and induces the self-programed death of human uveal melanoma cells (M17 and SP6.5) without having any effect on normal cells
TumCCA↑, halting the cell cycle at the G2/M or G1/S phases
E-cadherin↑, upregulation of E-cadherin and the downregulation of cadherin
HK2↓, Chrysin decreased expression of HK-2 in mitochondria, and the interaction between HK-2 and VDAC 2 was disrupted,
HDAC↓, Chrysin, a HDAC inhibitor, caused cytotoxicity, and also inhibited migration and invasion.
tumCV↓,
BAX↑,
BID↑,
BOK↑,
APAF1↑,
TNF-α↑,
FasL↑,
Fas↑,
FADD↑,
Casp3↑,
Casp7↑,
Casp8↑,
Casp9↑,
Mcl-1↓,
NAIP↓,
Bcl-2↓,
CDK4↓,
CycB/CCNB1↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE1↓,
TRAIL↑,
p‑Akt↓,
Akt↓,
mTOR↓,
PDK1↓,
BAD↓,
GSK‐3β↑,
AMPK↑, AMPKa
p27↑,
P53↑,
ROS↑, pomegranate ET inhibit pro-inflammatory pathways including, but not limited to, the NF-κB pathway, whose activation leads to immune reactions, inflammation, and the transcription of genes involved in cell survival, such as Bclx and inhibitors of apop
angioG↓, ET to inhibit angiogenesis
ChemoSen↑, ET could also be utilized to increase the sensitivity of tumor cells to standard chemotherapeutic drugs
BAX↑, induction of pro-apoptotic mediators (Bax and Bak), downregulation of Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL, and reduced expression of cyclin-dependent kinases 2, 4, 6, and cyclins D1, D2, and E
Bak↑,
Bcl-2↓,
Bcl-xL↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE1↓,
TumCG↓, reduced LNCaP prostate cancer xenograft size, tumor vessel density, VEGF peptide levels and HIF-α expression after four weeks of treatment in severe combined immunodeficient mice
VEGF↓,
Hif1a↓,
eff↑, Oenothein B, a macrocyclic ET, and quercetin-3-O-glucuronide from Epilobium sp. herbs—used in traditional medicine to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic adenoma—have been proven to strongly inhibit the proliferation of human prostate ca
COX2↓, pomegranate ET (i.e., punicalagin and ellagic acid) have been shown to suppress cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) protein expression in human colon cancer (HT-29) cells
TumCCA↑, pomegranate ET and their metabolites, i.e., urolithins A and C, inhibit HT-29 cells proliferation via G0/G1 and G2/M arrest
selectivity↑, interestingly, normal human breast epithelial cells (MCF-10A) were far less sensitive to the inhibitory effect of polyphenol-rich fractions.
Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, suppression of Wnt/β-catenin
*toxicity∅, LD50 of a standardized pomegranate fruit extract containing 30% punicalagin in Wistar rats was >5 g/kg b.w.,
Telomerase↓, EGCG stimulates telomere fragmentation through inhibiting telomerase activity.
DNMTs↓, EGCG reduced DNMTs,
cycD1/CCND1↓, EGCG also reduced the protein expression of cyclin D1, cyclin E, CDK2, CDK4, and CDK6. EGCG also inhibited the activity of CDK2 and CDK4, and caused Rb hypophosphorylation
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
HATs↓, EGCG can inhibit certain biomedically important molecular targets such as DNMTs, HATs, and HDACs
HDAC↓,
selectivity↑, EGCG has shown higher cytotoxicity in cancer cells than in their normal counterparts.
uPA↓, EGCG blocks urokinase, an enzyme which is essential for cancer growth and metastasis
NF-kB↓, EGCG inhibits NFκB and expression of TNF-α, reduces cancer promotion
TNF-α↓,
*ROS↓, It acts as strong ROS scavenger and antioxidant,
*antiOx↑,
Hif1a↓, ↓ HIF-1α; ↓ VEGF; ↓ VEGFR1;
VEGF↓,
MMP2↓, ↓ MMP-2; ↓ MMP-9; ↓ FAK;
MMP9↓,
FAK↓,
TIMP2↑, TIMP-2; ↑
Mcl-1↓, ↓ Mcl-1; ↓ survivin; ↓ XIAP
survivin↓,
XIAP↓,
PCNA↓, ↓ PCNA; ↑ 16; ↑ p18; ↑ p21; ↑ p27; ↑ pRb; ↑ p53; ↑ mdm2
p16↑,
P21↑,
p27↑,
pRB↑,
P53↑,
MDM2↑,
ROS↑, ↑ ROS; ↑ caspase-3; ↑ caspase-8; ↑ caspase-9; ↑ cytochrome c; ↑ Smac/DIABLO; ↓↑ Bax; Z Bak; ↓ cleaved PPAR;
Casp3↑,
Casp8↑,
Casp9↑,
Cyt‑c↑,
Diablo↑,
BAX⇅,
cl‑PPARα↓,
PDGF↓, ↓ PDGF; ↓ PDGFRb; ↓ EGFR;
EGFR↓,
FOXO↑, activated FOXO transcription factors
AP-1↓, The inhibition of AP-1 activity by EGCG was associated with inhibition of JNK activation but not ERK activation.
JNK↓,
COX2↓, EGCG reduces the activity of COX-2 following interleukin-1A stimulation of human chondrocytes
angioG↓, EGCG inhibits angiogenesis by enhancing FOXO transcriptional activity
AntiCan↑, FA has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-radiation, and immune-enhancing effects and also shows anticancer activity,
Inflam↓,
RadioS↑,
ROS↑, FA can cause mitochondrial apoptosis by inducing the generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Apoptosis↑,
TumCCA↑, G0/G1 phase
TumCMig↑, inducing autophagy; inhibiting cell migration, invasion, and angiogenesis
TumCI↓,
angioG↓,
ChemoSen↑, synergistically improving the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs and reducing adverse reactions.
ChemoSideEff↓,
P53↑, FA could increase the expression level of p53 in MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells
cycD1/CCND1↓, while reducing the expression levels of cyclin D1 and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6.
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
TumW↓, FA treatment was found to reduce tumor weight in a dose-dependent manner, increase miR-34a expression, downregulate Bcl-2 protein expression, and upregulate caspase-3 protein expression
miR-34a↑,
Bcl-2↓,
Casp3↑,
BAX↑,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓, isoferulic acid dose-dependently downregulated the expression of β-catenin and MYC proto-oncogene (c-Myc), inducing apoptosis
cMyc↓,
Bax:Bcl2↑, FXS-3 can inhibit the activity of A549 cells by upregulating the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio
SOD↓, After treatment with FA, Cao et al. [40] observed an increase in ROS production and a decrease in superoxide dismutase activity and glutathione content in EC-1 and TE-4 oesophageal cancer cells
GSH↓,
LDH↓, FA could promote the release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)
ERK↑, A can activate the ERK1/2 pathway
eff↑, conjugated zinc oxide nanoparticles with FA (ZnONPs-FA) to act on hepatoma Huh-7 and HepG2 cells. The results showed that ZnONPs-FA could induce oxidative DNA damage and apoptosis by inducing ROS production.
JAK2↓, by inhibiting the JAK2/STAT6 immune signaling pathway
STAT6↓,
NF-kB↓, thus inhibiting the activation of NF-κB
PYCR1↓, FA can target PYCR1 and inhibit its enzyme activity in a concentration-dependent manner.
PI3K↓, FA inhibits the activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway
Akt↓,
mTOR↓, FA could significantly reduce the expression level of mTOR mRNA and Ki-67 protein in A549 lung cancer graft tissue
Ki-67↓,
VEGF↓,
FGFR1↓, FA is a novel FGFR1 inhibitor
EMT↓, FA can inhibit EMT
CAIX↓, selectively inhibit CAIX
LC3II↑, Autophagy vacuoles and increased LC3-II and p62 autophagy proteins were observed after treatment with this compound
p62↑,
PKM2↓, FA could inhibit the expression of PKM2 and block aerobic glycolysis
Glycolysis↓,
*BioAv↓, FA has poor solubility in water and a poor ability to pass through biological barriers [118]; therefore, the extent to which it is metabolized in vivo after oral administration is largely unknown
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TumCP↓, ferulic acid significantly inhibits the proliferation and migration of these cells
TumCMig↓,
TumCCA↑, ferulic acid significantly inhibits the proliferation and migration of these cells
Apoptosis↑,
ATM↑, ferulic acid activates the ATM/Chk2 and ATR/Chk1 pathways
Chk2↑,
ATR↑,
CHK1↑,
CK2↓, down regulating their relative cell cycle regulatory proteins (CDK2 and Cyclin A2 complex, CDK4/6 and Cyclin D1/E1 complex)
cycA1/CCNA1↑, Cyclin A2 complex
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
P53↑,
P21↑,
tyrosinase↓,
CK2↓,
TumCP↓,
TumCMig↓,
FGF↓,
FGFR1↓,
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
VEGF↓,
FGFR1↓,
FGFR2↓,
PDGF↓,
ALAT↓,
AST↓,
TumCCA↑, G0/G1 phase arrest
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
BAX↓,
Bcl-2↓,
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
P53↑,
PARP↑,
PUMA↑,
NOXA↑,
Casp3↑,
Casp9↑,
TIMP1↑,
lipid-P↑,
mtDam↑,
EMT↓,
Vim↓,
E-cadherin↓,
p‑STAT3↓,
COX2↓,
CDC25↓,
RadioS↑,
ROS↑,
DNAdam↑,
γH2AX↑,
PTEN↑,
LC3II↓,
Beclin-1↓,
SOD↓,
Catalase↓,
GPx↓,
Fas↑,
*BioAv↓, ferulic acid stability and limited solubility in aqueous media continue to be key obstacles to its bioavailability, preclinical efficacy, and clinical use.
cMyc↓,
Beclin-1↑, ferulic acid by elevating the levels of the apoptosis and autophagy biomarkers, including beclin-1, Light chain (LC3-I/LC3-II), PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK-1), and Parkin
LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↓,
Risk↓, Flavonoids, including fisetin, have been linked to a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC)
P53↑, increased levels of p53 and decreased levels of murine double minute 2, contributing to apoptosis induction
MDM2↓,
COX2↓, fisetin inhibits the cyclooxygenase-2 and wingless-related integration site (Wnt)/epidermal growth factor receptor/nuclear factor kappa B signaling pathways
Wnt↓,
NF-kB↓,
CDK2↓, regulating the activities of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 and cyclin-dependent kinase 4, reducing retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation, decreasing cyclin E levels, and increasing p21 levels
CDK4↓,
p‑RB1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
P21↑,
NRF2↓, Pandey and Trigun revealed that fisetin induces apoptosis in CRC cells by inhibiting autophagy and suppressing Nrf2
ROS↑, Furthermore, fisetin elevated ROS levels and downregulated Nrf2 expression, indicating Nrf2 suppression in fisetin-induced apoptosis in CRC cells.
Casp8↑, fisetin treatment resulted in the upregulation of various molecular pathways, including cleaved caspase-8, Fas ligand, TRAIL, and DR5 levels, in the cancer cells
Fas↑,
TRAIL↑,
DR5↑,
MMP↓, Fisetin also caused mitochondrial membrane depolarization, leading to the release of Smac/DIABLO and cytochrome c
Cyt‑c↑,
selectivity↑, enhanced cellular uptake, and induction of apoptosis in cancer cells
P450↝, Fisetin also affected the activities of cytochrome P450 (CYP450 3A4) and glutathione-S-transferase
GSTs↝,
RadioS↑, fisetin pretreatment heightened the radiosensitivity of p53-mutant HT29 human CRC cells
Inflam↓, Fisetin suppresses inflammation in the colon and CRC
β-catenin/ZEB1↓, fisetin in treating colon cancer, revealing its capability to effectively downregulate β-catenin and COX-2
EGFR↓, fisetin decreased EGFR and NF-κB activation in HT29 cells
TumCCA↑, It induces cell cycle arrest, disrupting the transition from the G1 to the S phase, as well as causing G2/M phase arrest
ChemoSen↑, intervention with fisetin and 5-FU appeared to extend the lifespan of the experimental animals
COX2↓, fisetin altered the expression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) thereby suppressed the secretion of prostaglandin E2 ultimately resulting in the inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and NF-κB in human colon cancer cells HT29
PGE2↓,
EGFR↓,
Wnt↓, fisetin treatment inhibited the stimulation of Wnt signaling pathway via downregulating the expression of β-catenin and Tcell factor (TCF) 4
β-catenin/ZEB1↓,
TCF↑,
Apoptosis↑, fisetin triggers apoptosis in U266 cells through multiple pathways: enhancing the activation of caspase-3 and PARP cleavage, decreasing the expression of anti-apoptotic proteins (Bcl-2 and Mcl-1 L ),
Casp3↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
Bcl-2↓,
Mcl-1↓,
BAX↑, ncreasing the expression of pro-apoptotic proteins (Bax, Bim, and Bad)
BIM↑,
BAD↑,
Akt↓, decreasing the phosphorylation of AKT and mTOR and elevating the expression of acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC
mTOR↓,
ACC↑,
Cyt‑c↑, release the cytochrome c and Smac/Diablo into the cytosol
Diablo↑,
cl‑Casp8↑, fisetin exhibited an increased level of cleaved caspase-8, Fas/Fas ligand, death receptor 5/TRAIL, and p53 levels in HCT-116 cells
Fas↑,
DR5↑,
TRAIL↑,
Securin↓, Securin gets degraded on exposure to fisetin in colon cancer cells.
CDC2↓, fisetin decreased the expression of cell division cycle proteins (CDC2 and CDC25C)
CDC25↓,
HSP70/HSPA5↓, Fisetin induced apoptosis as a result of the downregulation of HSP70 and BAG3 and the inhibition of Bcl-2, Bcl-x L and Mcl-1. T
CDK2↓, AGS 0, 25, 50, 75 μM – 24 and 48 h ↓CDK2, ↓CDK4, ↓cyclin D1, ↑casapse-3 cleavage
CDK4↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
MMP2↓, A549 0, 1, 5, 10 μM- 24 and 48 hr: ↓MMP-2, ↓u-PA, ↓NF- κB, ↓c-Fos, ↓c-Jun
uPA↓,
NF-kB↓,
cFos↓,
cJun↓,
MEK↓, ↓ MEK1/2 and ERK1/2 phosphorylation, ↓N-cadherin, ↓vimentin, ↓snail, ↓fibronectin, ↑E-cadherin, ↑desmoglein
p‑ERK↓,
N-cadherin↓,
Vim↓,
Snail↓,
Fibronectin↓,
E-cadherin↓,
NF-kB↑, increased expression of NF-κB p65 leading to apoptosis was due to ROS generation on exposure to fisetin
ROS↑,
DNAdam↑, increased ROS triggered cell death through PARP cleavage, DNA damage and mitochondrial membrane depolarization.
MMP↓,
CHOP↑, Though fisetin upregulated CHOP expression and increased the production of ROS, these events fail to induce apoptosis in Caki cells.
eff↑, 50 μM fisetin + 1 mM melatonin Sk-mel-28 Enhances anti-tumour activity [54]
20 μM fisetin + 1 mM melatonin MeWo Enhances anti-tumour activity [54]
10 μM fisetin + 0.1 μM melatonin A549 Induces autophagic cell death
ChemoSen↑, 20 μM fisetin + 5 μM sorafenib A375, SK-MEL-28 Suppresses invasion and metastasis [44]
40 μM fisetin + 10 μM cisplatin A549, A549-CR Enhances apoptosis
PI3K↓, block multiple signaling pathways such as the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase/protein kinase
B/mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR) and p38
Akt↓,
mTOR↓,
p38↓,
*antiOx↑, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiangiogenic, hypolipidemic, neuroprotective, and antitumor effect
*neuroP↑,
Casp3↑, U266 cancer cell line through activation of caspase-3, downregulation of Bcl-2 and Mcl-1L, upregulation of Bax, Bim and Bad
Bcl-2↓,
Mcl-1↓,
BAX↑,
BIM↑,
BAD↑,
AMPK↑, activation of 5'adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) and decreased phosphorylation of AKT and mTOR were also observed
ACC↑,
DNAdam↑, DNA fragmentation, mitochondrial membrane depolarizatio
MMP↓,
eff↑, fisetin in combination with a citrus flavanone, hesperetin mediated apoptosis by
mitochondrial membrane depolarization and caspase-3 act
ROS↑, NCI-H460 human non-small cell lung cancer line, fisetin generated reactive oxygen species (ROS), endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress
cl‑PARP↑, fisetin treatment resulted in PARP cleavage
Cyt‑c↑, release of cyt. c
Diablo↑, release of cyt. c and Smac/DIABLO from mitochondria,
P53↑, increased p53 protein levels
p65↓, reduced phospho-p65 and Myc oncogene expression
Myc↓,
HSP70/HSPA5↓, fisetin causes inhibition of proliferation by the modulation of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), HSP27
HSP27↓,
COX2↓, anti-proliferative effects of fisetin through the activation of apoptosis via inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and Wnt/EGFR/NF-κB signaling pathways
Wnt↓,
EGFR↓,
NF-kB↓,
TumCCA↑, The anti-proliferative effects of fisetin and hesperetin were shown to be occurred through S, G2/M, and G0/G1 phase arrest in K562 cell progression
CDK2↓, decrease in levels of cyclin D1, cyclin A, Cdk-4 and Cdk-2
CDK4↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycA1/CCNA1↓,
P21↑, increase in p21
CIP1/WAF1
levels in HT-29 human colon cancer cell
MMP2↓, fisetin has exhibited tumor inhibitory effects by blocking matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP- 2) and MMP-9 at mRNA and protein levels,
MMP9↓,
TumMeta↓, Antimetastasis
MMP1↓, fisetin also inhibited the MMP-14,
MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-7, and MMP-9
MMP3↓,
MMP7↓,
MET↓, promotion of mesenchymal to epithelial transition associated with a decrease in mesenchymal markers i.e. N-cadherin, vimentin, snail and fibronectin and an increase in epithelial markers i.e. E-cadherin
N-cadherin↓,
Vim↓,
Snail↓,
Fibronectin↓,
E-cadherin↑,
uPA↓, fisetin suppressed the expression and activity of urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA)
ChemoSen↑, combination treatment of fisetin and sorafenib reduced the migration and invasion of BRAF-mutated melanoma cells both in in-vitro
EMT↓, inhibited epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) as observed by a decrease in N-cadherin, vimentin and fibronectin and an increase in E-cadherin
Twist↓, inhibited expression of Snail1, Twist1, Slug, ZEB1 and MMP-2 and MMP-9
Zeb1↓,
cFos↓, significant decrease in NF-κB, c-Fos, and c-Jun levels
cJun↓,
EGF↓, Fisetin inhibited epidermal growth factor (EGF)
angioG↓, Antiangiogenesis
VEGF↓, decreased expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase
(eNOS) and VEGF, EGFR, COX-2
eNOS↓,
*NRF2↑, significantly increased nuclear translocation of Nrf2 and antioxidant response element (ARE) luciferase activity, leading to upregulation of HO-1 expression
HO-1↑,
NRF2↓, Fisetin also triggered the suppression of Nrf2
GSTs↓, declined placental type glutathione S-transferase (GST-p) level in the liver of the fisetin- treated rats with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
ATF4↓, Fisetin also rapidly increased the levels of both Nrf2 and ATF4
*Inflam↓, present in fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, apple, cucumber, persimmon, grape and onion, was shown to possess anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant
*antiOx↓, fisetin possesses stronger oxidant inhibitory activity than well-known potent antioxidants like morin and myricetin.
*ERK↑, inducing extracellular signal-regulated kinase1/2 (ERK)/c-myc phosphorylation, nuclear NF-E2-related factor-2 (Nrf2), glutamate cystine ligase and glutathione (GSH) levels
*p‑cMyc↑,
*NRF2↑,
*GSH↑,
*HO-1↑, activate Nrf2 mediated induction of hemeoxygenase-1 (HO-1) important for cell survival
mTOR↓, in our studies on fisetin in non-small lung cancer cells, we found that fisetin acts as a dual inhibitor PI3K/Akt and mTOR pathways
PI3K↓,
Akt↓,
TumCCA↑, fisetin treatment to LNCaP cells resulted in G1-phase arrest accompanied with decrease in cyclins D1, D2 and E and their activating partner CDKs 2, 4 and 6 with induction ofWAF1/p21 and KIP1/p27
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycE/CCNE↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
CDK6↓,
P21↑,
p27↑,
JNK↑, fisetin could inhibit the metastatic ability of PC-3 cells by suppressing of PI3 K/Akt and JNK signaling pathways with subsequent repression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9
MMP2↓,
MMP9↓,
uPA↓, fisetin suppressed protein and mRNA levels of MMP-2 and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in an ERK-dependent fashion.
NF-kB↓, decrease in the nuclear levels of NF-B, c-Fos, and c-Jun was noted in fisetin treated cells
cFos↓,
cJun↓,
E-cadherin↑, upregulation of E-cadherin and down-regulation of vimentin and N-cadherin.
Vim↓,
N-cadherin↓,
EMT↓, EMT inhibiting potential of fisetin has been reported in melanoma cells
MMP↓, The shift in mitochondrial membrane potential was accompanied by release of cytochrome c and Smac/DIABLO resulting in activation of the caspase cascade and cleavage of PARP
Cyt‑c↑,
Diablo↑,
Casp↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
P53↑, fisetin with induction of p53 protein
COX2↓, Fisetin down-regulated COX-2 and reduced the secretion of prostaglandin E2 without affecting COX-1 protein expression.
PGE2↓,
HSP70/HSPA5↓, It was shown that the induction of HSF1 target proteins, such as HSP70, HSP27 and BAG3 were inhibited in HCT-116 cells exposed to heat shock at 43 C for 1 h in the presence of fisetin
HSP27↓,
DNAdam↑, DNA fragmentation, an increase in the number of sub-G1 phase cells, mitochondrial membrane depolarization and activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3.
Casp3↑,
Casp9↑,
ROS↑, This was associated with production of intracellular ROS
AMPK↑, Fisetin induced AMPK signaling
NO↑, fisetin induced cytotoxicity and showed that fisetin induced apoptosis of leukemia cells through generation of NO and elevated Ca2+ activating the caspase
Ca+2↑,
mTORC1↓, Fisetin was shown to inhibit the mTORC1 pathway and its downstream components including p70S6 K, eIF4B and eEF2 K.
p70S6↓,
ROS↓, Others have also noted a similar decrease in ROS with fisetin treatment.
ER Stress↑, Induction of ER stress upon fisetin treatment, evident as early as 6 h, and associated with up-regulation of IRE1, XBP1s, ATF4 and GRP78, was followed by autophagy which was not sustained
IRE1↑,
ATF4↑,
GRP78/BiP↑,
eff↑, Combination of fisetin and the BRAF inhibitor sorafenib was found to be extremely effective in inhibiting the growth of BRAF-mutated human melanoma cells
eff↑, synergistic effect of fisetin and sorafenib was observed in human cervical cancer HeLa cells,
eff↑, Similarly, fisetin in combination with hesperetin induced apoptosis
RadioS↑, pretreatment with fisetin enhanced the radio-sensitivity of p53 mutant HT-29 cancer cells,
ChemoSen↑, potential of fisetin in enhancing cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity in various cancer models
Half-Life↝, intraperitoneal (ip) dose of 223 mg/kg body weight the maximum plasma concentration (2.53 ug/ml) of fisetin was reached at 15 min which started to decline with a first rapid alpha half-life of 0.09 h and a longer
half-life of 3.12 h.
*antiOx↑, effective antioxidant, anti-inflammatory
*Inflam↓,
neuroP↑, neuro-protective, anti-diabetic, hepato-protective and reno-protective potential.
hepatoP↑,
RenoP↑,
cycD1/CCND1↓, Figure 3
TumCCA↑,
MMPs↓,
VEGF↓,
MAPK↓,
NF-kB↓,
angioG↓,
Beclin-1↑,
LC3s↑,
ATG5↑,
Bcl-2↓,
BAX↑,
Casp↑,
TNF-α↓,
Half-Life↓, Fisetin was given at an effective dosage of 223 mg/kilogram intraperitoneally in mice. The plasma concentration declined biophysically, with a rapid half-life of 0.09 h and a terminal half-life of 3.1 h,
MMP↓, Fisetin powerfully improved apoptotic cells and caused the depolarization of the mitochondrial membrane.
mt-ROS↑, Fisetin played a role in the induction of apoptosis, independently of p53, and increased mitochondrial ROS generation.
cl‑PARP↑, fisetin-induced sub-G1 population as well as PARP cleavage.
CDK2↓, Moreover, the activities of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) 2 as well as CDK4 were decreased by fisetin and also inhibited CDK4 activity in a cell-free system, demonstrating that it might directly inhibit the activity of CDK4
CDK4↓,
Cyt‑c↑, Moreover, release of cytochrome c and Smac/Diablo was induced by fisetin
Diablo↑,
DR5↑, Fisetin caused an increase in the protein levels of cleaved caspase-8, DR5, Fas ligand, and TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
Fas↑,
PCNA↓, Fisetin decreased proliferation-related proteins such as PCNA, Ki67 and phosphorylated histone H3 (p-H3) and decreased the expression of cell growth
Ki-67↓,
p‑H3↓,
chemoP↑, Paclitaxel treatment only showed more toxicity to normal cells than the combination of flavonoids with paclitaxel, suggesting that fisetin might bring some safety against paclitaxel-facilitated cytotoxicity.
Ca+2↑, Fisetin encouraged apoptotic cell death via increased ROS and Ca2+, while it increased caspase-8, -9 and -3 activities and reduced the mitochondrial membrane potential in HSC3 cells.
Dose↝, After fisetin treatment at 40 µM, invasion was reduced by 87.2% and 92.4%, whereas after fisetin treatment at 20 µM, invasion was decreased by 52.4% and 59.4% in SiHa and CaSki cells, respectively
CDC25↓, This study proposes that fisetin caused the arrest of the G2/M cell cycle via deactivating Cdc25c as well Cdc2 via the activation of Chk1, 2 and ATM
CDC2↓,
CHK1↑,
Chk2↑,
ATM↑,
PCK1↓, fisetin decreases the levels of SOS-1, pEGFR, GRB2, PKC, Ras, p-p-38, p-ERK1/2, p-JNK, VEGF, FAK, PI3K, RhoA, p-AKT, uPA, NF-ĸB, MMP-7,-9 and -13, whereas it increases GSK3β as well as E-cadherin in U-2 OS
RAS↓,
p‑p38↓,
Rho↓,
uPA↓,
MMP7↓,
MMP13↓,
GSK‐3β↑,
E-cadherin↑,
survivin↓, whereas those of survivin and BCL-2 were reduced in T98G cells
VEGFR2↓, Fisetin inhibited the VEGFR expression in Y79 cells as well as the angiogenesis of a tumor.
IAP2↓, The downregulation of cIAP-2 by fisetin
STAT3↓, fisetin induced apoptosis in TPC-1 cells via the initiation of oxidative damage and enhanced caspases expression by downregulating STAT3 and JAK 1 signaling
JAK1↓,
mTORC1↓, Fisetin acts as a dual inhibitor of mTORC1/2 signaling,
mTORC2↓,
NRF2↑, Moreover, In JC cells, the Nrf2 expression was gradually increased by fisetin from 8 h to 24 h
*neuroP↑, As a hydrophobic agent, FIS readily penetrates cell membranes and accumulates in cells to exert neuroprotective, neurotrophic and antioxidant effects
*antiOx↑,
*Inflam↓, FIS treatment may include alleviating inflammation, cell apoptosis and oxidative stress
RenoP↑, alleviates cell apoptosis and inflammation in acute kidney injury
COX2↓, FIS induces apoptosis in various tumor cells by, for example, inhibiting cyclooxygenase-2, inhibiting the Wnt/EGFR/NF-κB pathway, activating the caspase-3 cascade
Wnt↓,
EGFR↓,
NF-kB↓,
Casp3↑,
Ca+2↑, activating the caspase-3 and Ca2+ dependent endonuclease, and activating the caspase-8/caspase-3 dependent pathway via ERK1/2.
Casp8↑,
TumCCA↑, FIS controls the cell cycle and inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) in human cancer cell lines,
CDK1↓,
PI3K↓, by inhibition of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling [20], mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) [21], and nuclear transcription factor (NF-κB)
Akt↓,
mTOR↓,
MAPK↓,
*P53↓, FIS inhibits aging by reducing p53, p21 and p16 expression in mouse and human tissues
*P21↓,
*p16↓,
mTORC1↓, FIS induces autophagic cell death by inhibiting both the mTORC1 and mTORC2 pathways
mTORC2↓,
P53↑, FIS significantly increases the expression of p53 and p21 proteins and lowers the levels of cyclin D1 [27,28], cyclin A, CDK4 and CDK2, thus contributing to cell-cycle arrest.
P21↑,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
cycA1/CCNA1↓,
CDK2↓,
CDK4↓,
BAX↑, FIS also increases Bax [27,28] and Bak [27] protein expression, but reduces the levels of Bcl-2 [27,28], Bcl-xL [27] and PCNA [28], and then starts the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway.
Bcl-2↓,
PCNA↓,
HER2/EBBR2↓, FIS reduces HER2 tyrosine phosphorylation in a dose-dependent manner and aids in proteasomal degradation of HER2 rather than lysosomal degradation
Cyt‑c↑, FIS cells causes destabilization of the mitochondrial membrane and an increase in cytochrome c levels, which is consistent with the loss of mitochondrial membrane integrity.
MMP↓,
cl‑Casp9↑,
MMP2↓, FIS reduces the enzymatic activity of both MMP-2 and MMP-9.
MMP9↓,
cl‑PARP↑, cell membrane, mitochondrial depolarization, activation of caspase-7, -8 and -9, and cleavage of PARP
uPA↓, interestingly, the promoter activity of the uPA gene is suppressed by FIS
DR4↑, induces upregulation of DR4 and DR5 death receptor expression in a dose-dependent manner
DR5↑,
ROS↓, FIS induces an increase in intracellular Ca2+ but reduces the production of ROS in WEHI-3 cells (myelomonocytic leukemia)
AIF↑, It also increases the levels of caspase-3 and AIF mRNA, but also increases necrosis markers including RIP3 and PARP1
CDC25↓, FIS reduces the expression of cdc25a, but increases the expression of p-p53, Chk1, p21 and p27, which may lead to a G0/G1 arrest.
Dose↑, FIS in concentrations from 0 to 10 μM does not affect cell viability; however, its use at concentrations of 20–40 μM significantly reduces the viability of lung cancer cells
CHOP↑, CaKi : FIS induces upregulation of CHOP expression and ROS production
ROS↑, NCI-H460 :FIS increases the ER stress signaling FIS increases the level of mitochondrial ROS FIS induces mitochondrial Ca2+ overloading and ER stress FIS induced ER stress-mediated cell death via activation of the MAPK pathway
cMyc↓, FIS influences proliferation related genes such as cyclin D1, c-myc and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 by downregulating them.
cardioP↑, cardioprotective activity
TumCP↓, Being a potent anticancer agent, fisetin has been used to inhibit stages in the cancer cells (proliferation, invasion), prevent cell cycle progression, inhibit cell growth, induce apoptosis, cause polymerase (PARP) cleavage
TumCI↓,
TumCCA↑,
TumCG↓,
Apoptosis↑,
cl‑PARP↑,
PKCδ↓, fisetin also suppresses the activation of the PKCα/ROS/ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK signaling pathways, reduces the NF‐κB activation, and down‐regulates the level of the oncoprotein securin
ROS↓,
ERK↓,
NF-kB↓,
survivin↓,
ROS↑, In human multiple myeloma U266 cells, fisetin stimulated the production of free radical species that led to apoptosis
PI3K↓, Multiple studies also authenticated the anticancer role of fisetin through various signaling pathways such as blocking of mammalian target of rapamycin (PI3K/Akt/mTOR)
Akt↓,
mTOR↓,
MAPK↓, phosphatidylinositol‐3‐kinase/protein kinase B, mitogen‐activated protein kinases (MAPK)‐dependent nuclear factor kappa‐light‐chain‐enhancer of activated B cells (NF‐κB), and p38, respectively,
p38↓,
HER2/EBBR2↓, (HER2)/neu‐overexpressing breast cancer cell lines. Fisetin caused induction through inactivating the receptor, inducing the degradation of the proteasomes, reducing its half‐life
EMT↓, In addition, mutation of epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition (EMT)
PTEN↑, up‐regulation of expression of PTEN mRNA and protein were reported after fisetin treatment
HO-1↑, In breast cancer cells (4T1 and JC cells), fisetin increased HO‐1 mRNA and protein expressions, elevated Nrf2 expression
NRF2↑,
MMP2↓, fisetin reduced MMP‐2 and MMP‐9 enzyme activity and gene expression for both mRNA levels and protein
MMP9↓,
MMP↓, fisetin treatment further led to permeabilization of mitochondrial membrane, activation of caspase‐8 and caspase‐9, as well as the cleavage of poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase 1
Casp8↑,
Casp9↑,
TRAILR↑, enhanced the levels of TRAIL‐R1
Cyt‑c↑, mitochondrial releasing of cytochrome c into cytosol, up‐regulation and down‐regulation of X‐linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein
XIAP↓,
P53↑, fisetin also enhanced the protein p53 levels
CDK2↓, lowered cell number, the activities of CDK‐2,4)
CDK4↓,
CDC25↓, it also decreased cell division cycle protein levels (CDC)2 and CDC25C, and CDC2 activity (Lu et al., 2005)
CDC2↓,
VEGF↓, down‐regulating the expressions of p‐ERK1/2, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1(VEGFR1), p38, and pJNK, respectively
DNAdam↑, Fisetin (80 microM) showed dose‐dependently caused DNA fragmentation, induced cellular swelling and apoptotic death, and showed characteristics of apoptosis.
TET1↓, lowered the TET1 expression levels
CHOP↑, caused up‐regulation of (C/EBP) homologous protein (CHOP) expression and reactive oxygen species production,
CD44↓, down‐regulation of CD44 and CD133 markers
CD133↓,
uPA↓, down‐regulation of levels of matrix metalloproteinase‐2 (MMP‐2), urokinase‐type plasminogen activator (uPA),
CSCs↓, Being a potent anticancer agent, fisetin administration in in vitro and in vivo studies in kidney renal stem cells (HuRCSCs) effectively inhibited cancer cell stages such as proliferation,
DNAdam↑, Fisetin induced DNA fragmentation, ROS generation, and apoptosis in NCI-H460 cells via a reduction in Bcl-2 and increase in Bax expression
ROS↑,
Apoptosis↑,
Bcl-2↓,
BAX↑,
cl‑Casp9↑, Fisetin treatment increased cleavage of caspase-9 and caspase-3 thereby increasing caspase-3 activation
cl‑Casp3↑,
Cyt‑c↑, leading to cytochrome-c release
lipid-P↓, Fisetin (25 mg/kg body weight) decreased histological lesions and levels of lipid peroxidation and modulated the enzymatic and nonenzymatic anti-oxidants in B(a)P-treated Swiss Albino mice
TumCG↓, We observed that fisetin treatment (5–20 μM) inhibits cell growth and colony formation in A549 NSC lung cancer cells.
TumCA↓, Another study showed that fisetin inhibits adhesion, migration, and invasion in A549 lung cancer cells by downregulating uPA, ERK1/2, and MMP-2
TumCMig↓,
TumCI↓,
uPA↓,
ERK↓,
MMP9↓,
NF-kB↓, Treatment with fisetin also decreased the nuclear levels of NF-kB, c-Fos, c-Jun, and AP-1 and inhibited NF-kB binding.
cFos↓,
cJun↓,
AP-1↓,
TumCCA↑, Our laboratory has previously shown that treatment of LNCaP cells with fisetin caused inhibition of PCa by G1-phase cell cycle arrest
AR↓, inhibited androgen signaling and tumor growth in athymic nude mice
mTORC1↓, induced autophagic cell death in PCa cells through suppression of mTORC1 and mTORC2
mTORC2↓,
TSC2↑, activated the mTOR repressor TSC2, commonly associated with inhibition of Akt and activation of AMPK
EGF↓, Fisetin also inhibits EGF and TGF-β induced YB-1 phosphorylation and EMT in PCa cells
TGF-β↓,
EMT↓, Fisetin also inhibits EGF and TGF-β induced YB-1 phosphorylation and EMT in PCa cells
P-gp↓, decrease the P-gp protein in multidrug resistant NCI/ADR-RES cells.
PI3K↓, Fisetin also inhibited the PI3K/AKT/NFkB signaling
Akt↓,
mTOR↓, Fisetin inhibited melanoma progression in a 3D melanoma skin model with downregulation of mTOR, Akt, and upregulation of TSC
eff↑, combinational treatment study of melatonin and fisetin demonstrated enhanced antitumor activity of fisetin
ROS↓, Fisetin inhibited ROS and augmented NO generation in A375 melanoma cells
ER Stress↑, induction of ER stress evidenced by increased IRE1α, XBP1s, ATF4, and GRP78 levels in A375 and 451Lu cells.
IRE1↑,
ATF4↑,
GRP78/BiP↑,
ChemoSen↑, combination of fisetin with sorafenib effectively inhibited EMT and augmented the anti-metastatic potential of sorafenib by reducing MMP-2 and MMP-9 proteins in melanoma cell xenografts
CDK2↓, Fisetin (0–60 μM) was shown to inhibit activity of CDKs dose-dependently leading to cell cycle arrest in HT-29 human colon cancer cells
CDK4↓, Fisetin treatment decreased activities of CDK2 and CDK4 via decreased levels of cyclin-E, cyclin-D1 and increase in p21 (CIP1/WAF1) levels.
cycE/CCNE↓,
cycD1/CCND1↓,
P21↑,
COX2↓, fisetin (30–120 μM) induces apoptosis in colon cancer cells by inhibiting COX-2 and Wnt/EGFR/NF-kB -signaling pathways
Wnt↓,
EGFR↓,
β-catenin/ZEB1↓, Fisetin treatment inhibited Wnt/EGFR/NF-kB signaling via downregulation of β-catenin, TCF-4, cyclin D1, and MMP-7
TCF-4↓,
MMP7↓,
RadioS↑, fisetin treatment was found to radiosensitize human colorectal cancer cells which are resistant to radiotherapy
eff↑, Combined treatment of fisetin with NAC increased cleaved caspase-3, PARP, reduced mitochondrial membrane potential with induction of caspase-9 in COLO25 cells
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Total Research Paper Matches: 95
Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:
Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ
ATF3↑, 1, Catalase↓, 1, Ferroptosis↑, 1, GPx↓, 1, GPx4↓, 1, GSH↓, 3, GSR↑, 1, GSTs↓, 1, GSTs↝, 1, HK1↓, 1, HO-1↑, 4, lipid-P?, 1, lipid-P↓, 1, lipid-P↑, 2, MDA↓, 1, MDA↑, 1, NADH↓, 1, NQO1↑, 1, NRF2↓, 3, NRF2↑, 4, PYCR1↓, 1, ROS↓, 4, ROS↑, 31, ROS⇅, 1, mt-ROS↑, 1, SIRT3↑, 1, SOD↓, 3,
Metal & Cofactor Biology ⓘ
Ferritin↓, 1, Tf↓, 1,
Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ
ADP:ATP↑, 1, AIF↑, 2, ATP↓, 2, BOK↑, 1, CDC2↓, 5, CDC25↓, 6, EGF↓, 2, FGFR1↓, 3, MEK↓, 2, mitResp↓, 1, MMP↓, 21, mtDam↑, 3, Raf↓, 2, XIAP↓, 2,
Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ
12LOX↓, 1, ACC↑, 2, ALAT↓, 2, ALDOA↓, 1, AMPK↓, 1, AMPK↑, 4, AMPK↝, 1, CAIX↓, 1, cMyc↓, 9, CREB↓, 1, ECAR↓, 1, FASN↓, 1, GlucoseCon↓, 1, Glycolysis↓, 4, H2S↑, 1, HK2↓, 1, lactateProd↓, 1, LDH↓, 1, LDHA↓, 1, NADPH↓, 1, NADPH↑, 2, PCK1↓, 1, PDK1↓, 1, PKM2↓, 4, PPARα↓, 1, cl‑PPARα↓, 1, PPARγ↑, 1, p‑S6K↓, 1, SIRT1↓, 1, SIRT1↑, 1,
Cell Death ⓘ
Akt↓, 21, p‑Akt↓, 4, APAF1↑, 2, Apoptosis↓, 1, Apoptosis↑, 20, BAD↓, 1, BAD↑, 2, Bak↑, 1, BAX↓, 1, BAX↑, 18, BAX⇅, 1, Bax:Bcl2↑, 6, Bcl-2↓, 19, Bcl-xL↓, 2, BID↑, 1, BIM↑, 2, Casp↑, 7, Casp12↑, 1, Casp3↓, 1, Casp3↑, 17, cl‑Casp3↑, 4, Casp7↑, 2, cl‑Casp7↑, 1, Casp8↑, 10, cl‑Casp8↑, 2, Casp9↑, 13, cl‑Casp9↑, 4, Chk2↓, 1, Chk2↑, 2, CK2↓, 5, Cyt‑c↑, 23, Diablo↑, 5, DR4↑, 2, DR5↑, 7, FADD↑, 2, Fas↑, 8, FasL↑, 1, Ferroptosis↑, 1, HEY1↓, 1, hTERT/TERT↓, 1, IAP2↓, 1, cl‑IAP2↑, 1, JNK↓, 2, JNK↑, 5, p‑JNK↓, 1, p‑JNK↑, 1, MAPK↓, 5, MAPK↑, 2, Mcl-1↓, 6, MDM2↓, 2, MDM2↑, 1, Myc↓, 1, NAIP↓, 1, NOXA↑, 1, p27↑, 10, p38↓, 2, p38↑, 4, p‑p38↓, 1, PUMA↑, 1, survivin↓, 4, Telomerase↓, 5, TRAIL↑, 3, TRAILR↑, 1, TRPV1↑, 1, TumCD↑, 2,
Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ
HER2/EBBR2↓, 4, p70S6↓, 1, TSC2↑, 1,
Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ
cJun↓, 4, H3↑, 1, p‑H3↓, 1, HATs↓, 1, miR-27a-3p↓, 2, other↝, 1, pRB↓, 1, pRB↑, 1, p‑pRB↓, 1, tumCV↓, 4,
Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ
CHOP↑, 4, ER Stress↓, 1, ER Stress↑, 7, GRP78/BiP↓, 1, GRP78/BiP↑, 4, HSP27↓, 2, HSP70/HSPA5↓, 5, HSP70/HSPA5↑, 1, HSP90↓, 5, HSPs↓, 1, IRE1↑, 2,
Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ
ATG5↑, 1, Beclin-1↓, 1, Beclin-1↑, 3, BNIP3↑, 1, LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↓, 1, LC3II↓, 1, LC3II↑, 2, LC3s↑, 1, p62↓, 1, p62↑, 1, TumAuto↑, 2,
DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ
ATM↑, 2, ATR↑, 1, CHK1↓, 1, CHK1↑, 2, DNAdam↑, 12, DNMTs↓, 1, p16↑, 2, P53↓, 1, P53↑, 16, p‑P53↑, 1, PARP↑, 4, cl‑PARP↑, 13, PARP1↓, 1, PCNA↓, 5, γH2AX↑, 2,
Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ
CDK1↓, 5, CDK2↓, 24, CDK4↓, 51, cycA1/CCNA1↓, 3, cycA1/CCNA1↑, 2, CycB/CCNB1↓, 5, CycB/CCNB1↑, 1, cycD1/CCND1↓, 35, CycD3↓, 2, cycE/CCNE↓, 18, cycE/CCNE↑, 2, cycE1↓, 2, E2Fs↓, 1, P21↑, 20, p‑RB1↓, 4, Securin↓, 1, TumCCA?, 1, TumCCA↑, 38,
Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ
ALDH↓, 1, ALDH1A1↓, 1, CD133↓, 3, CD44↓, 2, cFos↓, 4, CSCs↓, 6, Diff↓, 1, EMT↓, 13, ERK↓, 6, ERK↑, 1, p‑ERK↓, 3, FGF↓, 1, FGFR2↓, 1, FOXO↑, 1, FOXO3↑, 2, Gli↓, 1, GSK‐3β↓, 1, GSK‐3β↑, 2, p‑GSK‐3β↓, 1, HDAC↓, 3, HDAC1↓, 1, HDAC10↓, 1, HDAC3↓, 1, HH↓, 1, IGF-1↓, 2, IGFBP3↑, 1, Let-7↑, 1, miR-34a↑, 3, mTOR↓, 9, mTOR↝, 1, p‑mTOR↓, 1, mTORC1↓, 4, p‑mTORC1↓, 1, mTORC2↓, 3, n-MYC↓, 1, Nanog↓, 1, Nestin↓, 1, NOTCH↓, 4, OCT4↓, 1, PI3K↓, 17, p‑PI3K↓, 1, PTEN↑, 3, RAS↓, 1, Shh↓, 1, SOX2↓, 2, Src↓, 1, STAT3↓, 7, p‑STAT3↓, 3, p‑STAT3↑, 1, STAT6↓, 1, TCF↑, 1, TCF-4↓, 1, TOP1↓, 1, TOP2↓, 1, TOP2↑, 1, TRPM7↓, 1, TumCG↓, 7, tyrosinase↓, 1, Wnt↓, 8, Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, 1,
Migration ⓘ
AntiAg↑, 1, AP-1↓, 4, ATPase↓, 2, AXL↓, 2, Ca+2↑, 13, CAFs/TAFs↓, 1, cal2↑, 1, Cdc42↑, 1, CDKN1C↑, 1, CLDN1↓, 1, E-cadherin↓, 3, E-cadherin↑, 8, ER-α36↓, 1, F-actin↓, 1, FAK↓, 3, Fibronectin↓, 2, ITGB4↓, 1, Ki-67↓, 3, MET↓, 1, miR-200b↑, 1, MMP1↓, 2, MMP13↓, 1, MMP2↓, 18, MMP3↓, 1, MMP7↓, 4, MMP9↓, 19, MMPs↓, 4, N-cadherin↓, 4, PDGF↓, 3, PKCδ↓, 2, Rho↓, 1, ROCK1↓, 1, Slug↓, 2, Snail?, 1, Snail↓, 3, TET1↓, 1, TGF-β↓, 4, TIMP1↑, 1, TIMP2↑, 2, TumCA↓, 1, TumCI↓, 6, TumCMig↓, 6, TumCMig↑, 1, TumCP↓, 15, TumCP↑, 1, TumMeta↓, 6, Twist↓, 4, uPA↓, 14, Vim↓, 5, Zeb1↓, 2, ZEB2↓, 1, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 11,
Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ
angioG↓, 12, ATF4↓, 1, ATF4↑, 3, EGFR↓, 11, eNOS↓, 1, HIF-1↓, 1, Hif1a↓, 10, NO↑, 1, PDGFR-BB↓, 1, p‑PDGFR-BB↓, 1, VEGF↓, 20, VEGFR2↓, 3,
Barriers & Transport ⓘ
GLUT1↓, 2, P-gp↓, 3,
Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ
CCR7↓, 1, COX2↓, 18, CXCR4↓, 2, IKKα↓, 1, p‑IKKα↓, 1, IL1α↓, 1, IL1β↓, 1, IL2↓, 1, IL4↓, 1, IL6↓, 4, IL8↓, 3, Inflam↓, 3, JAK1↓, 1, JAK2↓, 2, p‑JAK2↓, 1, M2 MC↓, 1, MCP1↓, 2, MIP2↓, 1, NF-kB↓, 21, NF-kB↑, 2, p65↓, 1, PD-L1↓, 1, PGE2↓, 5, PSA↓, 1, TNF-α↓, 2, TNF-α↑, 1,
Synaptic & Neurotransmission ⓘ
5HT↓, 1,
Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ
AR↓, 3, CDK6↓, 16, CDK6↑, 1,
Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ
BioAv↓, 3, BioAv↑, 6, BioAv↝, 1, BioEnh↑, 3, ChemoSen↑, 18, Dose?, 1, Dose↓, 1, Dose↑, 3, Dose↝, 2, eff↓, 3, eff↑, 33, eff↝, 4, Half-Life↓, 4, Half-Life↝, 1, P450↓, 1, P450↝, 1, RadioS↑, 7, selectivity↑, 10,
Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ
AFP↓, 1, ALAT↓, 2, AR↓, 3, ascitic↓, 1, AST↓, 1, E6↓, 1, E7↓, 1, EGFR↓, 11, Ferritin↓, 1, GutMicro↑, 1, HER2/EBBR2↓, 4, hTERT/TERT↓, 1, IL6↓, 4, Ki-67↓, 3, LDH↓, 1, Myc↓, 1, PD-L1↓, 1, PSA↓, 1,
Functional Outcomes ⓘ
AntiCan↓, 1, AntiCan↑, 6, cardioP↑, 1, chemoP↑, 2, chemoPv↑, 5, ChemoSideEff↓, 1, hepatoP↑, 1, neuroP↑, 2, OS↑, 1, RenoP↑, 3, Risk↓, 1, toxicity↓, 1, toxicity↑, 1, TumVol↓, 2, TumW↓, 1, Weight↑, 1,
Total Targets: 414
Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:
Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ
antiOx↓, 1, antiOx↑, 9, Catalase↑, 4, Ferroptosis↓, 1, GPx↑, 3, GSH↑, 2, GSR↑, 2, GSTs↑, 1, HDL↑, 1, HO-1↑, 1, lipid-P↓, 3, MDA↓, 1, NRF2↑, 4, Prx↑, 1, ROS↓, 4, SOD↑, 4, SOD2↑, 1,
Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ
ALAT↓, 2, p‑AMPK↑, 1, p‑cMyc↑, 1, LDH↓, 2,
Cell Death ⓘ
Akt↓, 1, Apoptosis↓, 1, BAX↓, 1, Casp3?, 1, Fas↓, 1, Ferroptosis↓, 1, iNOS↓, 3, MAPK↓, 2, MAPK↑, 1, necrosis↓, 1,
DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ
p16↓, 1, P53↓, 1,
Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ
P21↓, 1,
Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ
ERK↑, 1, PI3K↓, 1, PTEN↑, 1, TRPM7↓, 1,
Migration ⓘ
AntiAg↑, 1, Ca+2↝, 1, PKCδ↓, 1,
Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ
Hif1a↓, 1, NO↓, 1, VEGF↓, 1, VEGF↑, 1,
Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ
COX2↓, 4, Imm↑, 1, Inflam↓, 9, NF-kB↓, 3, PGE2↓, 2, TNF-α↓, 1,
Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ
BioAv↓, 4, P450↓, 1,
Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ
ALAT↓, 2, ALP↓, 1, AST↓, 3, GutMicro↑, 1, LDH↓, 2,
Functional Outcomes ⓘ
AntiCan↑, 1, AntiDiabetic↑, 1, cardioP↑, 3, chemoP↑, 2, cognitive↑, 1, hepatoP↑, 2, motorD↑, 1, neuroP↑, 6, Obesity↓, 2, Pain↓, 1, RenoP↑, 1, toxicity↓, 2, toxicity↝, 1, toxicity∅, 1,
Infection & Microbiome ⓘ
Bacteria↓, 1,
Total Targets: 73
Scientific Paper Hit Count for: CDK4, Cyclin-dependent kinase 4
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