Quercetin / TumVol Cancer Research Results

QC, Quercetin: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Plant pigment (flavonoid) found in red wine, onions, green tea, apples and berries.
Quercetin is thought to contribute to anticancer effects through several mechanisms:
-Antioxidant Activity:
-Induction of Apoptosis:modify Bax:Bcl-2 ratio
-Anti-inflammatory Effects:
-Cell Cycle Arrest:
-Inhibition of Angiogenesis and Metastasis: (VEGF)

Cellular Pathways:
-PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway: central to cell proliferation, survival, and metabolism.
-MAPK/ERK Pathway: influencing cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis.
-NF-κB Pathway: downregulate NF-κB
-JAK/STAT Pathway: interfere with the activation of STAT3
-Apoptotic Pathways: intrinsic (mitochondrial) and extrinsic (death receptor-mediated) pathways

Quercetin has been used at doses around 500–1000 mg per day
Quercetin’s bioavailability from foods or standard supplements can be low.

-Note half-life 11 to 28 hours.
BioAv low 1-10%, poor water-solubility, consuming with fat may improve bioavialability. also piperine or VitC.
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cells (higher dose). Typicallys Lowers ROS in normal cells(unless it is high dose?)or depends on Redox status?. "quercetin paradox"
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓, Prx,
- Confusing info about Lowering AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓(some contrary), TrxR↓**, SOD↓(contrary), GSH↓ Catalase↓(contrary), HO1↓(some contrary), GPx↓(some contrary)
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TIMP2, IGF-1↓, uPA↓, VEGF↓, ROCK1↓, FAK↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, SDF1↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMTs↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓, TET↑
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TNF-α↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1,
- inhibits glycolysis and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PFKs↓, PDKs↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, FGF↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓,
- some indication of inhibiting Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, CK2↓, Hh↓, CD24↓, β-catenin↓, Notch2↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, α↓, ERK↓, JNK, - SREBP (related to cholesterol).
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, RadioProtective, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells

Rank Pathway / Axis Cancer Cells Normal Cells Label Primary Interpretation Notes
1 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (dose-, metal-, context-dependent) ↓ ROS Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Quercetin exhibits pro-oxidant behavior in cancer cells while protecting normal cells
2 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Driver Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial dysfunction is a central apoptosis route in cancer cells
3 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR ↔ adaptive suppression Driver Growth and survival inhibition AKT/mTOR suppression is a consistently reported upstream effect in cancer models
4 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Secondary Reduced survival and inflammatory transcription NF-κB inhibition contributes to chemosensitization and apoptosis susceptibility
5 MAPK signaling (JNK / p38) ↑ JNK / ↑ p38 ↔ minimal Secondary Stress-mediated apoptosis signaling MAPK activation supports apoptosis downstream of redox stress
6 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G1/S or G2/M arrest ↔ largely spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects disruption of growth signaling
7 HIF-1α hypoxia signaling ↓ HIF-1α ↔ minimal Secondary Reduced hypoxia tolerance Quercetin interferes with hypoxia-driven transcriptional programs
8 NRF2 antioxidant response ↑ NRF2 (adaptive, context-dependent) ↑ NRF2 (protective) Adaptive Stress compensation NRF2 induction reflects redox buffering rather than primary cytotoxicity


TumVol, Tumor Volume: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Tumor Volume
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
26- EGCG,  QC,  docx,    Green tea and quercetin sensitize PC-3 xenograft prostate tumors to docetaxel chemotherapy
- vitro+vivo, Pca, PC3
BAD↓, cl‑PARP↑, Casp7↑, IκB↓, Ki-67↓, VEGF↓, EGFR↓, FGF↓, TGF-β↓, TNF-α↓, SCF↓, Bax:Bcl2↑, NF-kB↓, chemoP↑, ChemoSen↑, TumVol↓,
981- NarG,  QC,    Anti-estrogenic and anti-aromatase activities of citrus peels major compounds in breast cancer
- in-vivo, NA, NA
TumVol↓, CYP19↓,
2303- QC,  doxoR,    Quercetin greatly improved therapeutic index of doxorubicin against 4T1 breast cancer by its opposing effects on HIF-1α in tumor and normal cells
- in-vitro, BC, 4T1 - in-vivo, NA, NA
cardioP↑, hepatoP↑, TumCG↓, OS↑, ChemoSen↑, chemoP↑, Hif1a↓, *Hif1a↑, selectivity↑, TumVol↓, OS↑,
44- QC,    Preclinical Colorectal Cancer Chemopreventive Efficacy and p53-Modulating Activity of 3′,4′,5′-Trimethoxyflavonol, a Quercetin Analog
- in-vivo, CRC, HCT116
P53↑, chemoPv↑, TumVol↓, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑,
75- QC,  ENZ,    Quercetin targets hnRNPA1 to overcome enzalutamide resistance in prostate cancer cells
- in-vitro, Pca, HEK293 - in-vitro, NA, 22Rv1 - in-vitro, NA, C4-2B
hnRNPA1↓, PSA↓, NKX3.1↓, FKBP5↓, UBE2C↓, AR-FL↓, AR-V7↑, AR↓, eff↑, TumVol↓, BioAv↓,
3374- QC,    Therapeutic effects of quercetin in oral cancer therapy: a systematic review of preclinical evidence focused on oxidative damage, apoptosis and anti-metastasis
- Review, Oral, NA - Review, AD, NA
α-SMA↓, α-SMA↑, TumCP↓, tumCV↓, TumVol↓, TumCI↓, TumMeta↓, TumCMig↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, BioAv↓, *neuroP↑, *antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, *Aβ↓, *cardioP↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, Twist↓, Slug↓, Ca+2↑, AIF↑, Endon↑, P-gp↓, LDH↑, HK2↓, PKA↓, Glycolysis↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, GRP78/BiP↑, Casp12↑, CHOP↑,
871- RES,  CUR,  QC,    The effect of resveratrol, curcumin and quercetin combination on immuno-suppression of tumor microenvironment for breast tumor-bearing mice
- in-vitro, BC, 4T1 - in-vivo, BC, 4T1
T-Cell↑, Neut↓, Macrophages↓, ROS↑, MMP↓, other↓, AntiTum↑, TumVol↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 7 of 7

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 7

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

ROS↑, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↑, 1,   MMP↓, 2,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

GlucoseCon↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,   lactateProd↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Apoptosis↑, 2,   BAD↓, 1,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Casp12↑, 1,   Casp7↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   Endon↑, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other↓, 1,   tumCV↓, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

CHOP↑, 1,   GRP78/BiP↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

NKX3.1↓, 1,   P53↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

AR-FL↓, 1,   AR-V7↑, 1,   EMT↓, 1,   FGF↓, 1,   SCF↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 1,   hnRNPA1↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   MMPs↓, 1,   PKA↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   TGF-β↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 1,   TumCP↓, 2,   TumMeta↓, 1,   Twist↓, 1,   α-SMA↓, 1,   α-SMA↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

EGFR↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

P-gp↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

IκB↓, 1,   Macrophages↓, 1,   Neut↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 1,   PSA↓, 1,   T-Cell↑, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   CYP19↓, 1,   FKBP5↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 2,   ChemoSen↑, 2,   eff↑, 1,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

AR↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,   PSA↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiTum↑, 1,   cardioP↑, 1,   chemoP↑, 2,   chemoPv↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   OS↑, 2,   TumVol↓, 7,   UBE2C↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 75

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

Hif1a↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

Inflam↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 6

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: TumVol, Tumor Volume
7 Quercetin
1 EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate)
1 Docetaxel
1 Naringin
1 doxorubicin
1 enzalutamide
1 Resveratrol
1 Curcumin
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
Such Conditions may include : 
  -low or high Dose
  -format for product, such as nano of lipid formations
  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
  -if effect was for normal or cancerous cells

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