Curcumin / Apoptosis Cancer Research Results

CUR, Curcumin: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Curcumin is the main active ingredient in Tumeric. Member of the ginger family.Curcumin is a polyphenol extracted from turmeric with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
- Has iron-chelating, iron-chelating properties. Ferritin. But still known to increase Iron in Cancer cells.
- GSH depletion in cancer cells, exhaustion of the antioxidant defense system. But still raises GSH↑ in normal cells.
- Higher concentrations (5-10 μM) of curcumin induce autophagy and ROS production
- Inhibition of TrxR, shifting the enzyme from an antioxidant to a prooxidant
- Strong inhibitor of Glo-I, , causes depletion of cellular ATP and GSH
- Curcumin has been found to act as an activator of Nrf2, (maybe bad in cancer cells?), hence could be combined with Nrf2 knockdown
-may suppress CSC: suppresses self-renewal and pathways (Wnt/Notch/Hedgehog).
Clinical studies testing curcumin in cancer patients have used a range of dosages, often between 500 mg and 8 g per day; however, many studies note that doses on the lower end may not achieve sufficient plasma concentrations for a therapeutic anticancer effect in humans.
• Formulations designed to improve curcumin absorption (like curcumin combined with piperine, nanoparticle formulations, or liposomal curcumin) are often employed in clinical trials to enhance its bioavailability.

-Note half-life 6 hrs.
BioAv is poor, use piperine or other enhancers
Pathways:
- induce ROS production at high concentration. Lowers ROS at lower concentrations
curcumin can act as a pro-oxidant when blue light is applied
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓
- Lowers AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: GSH↓ Catalase↓ HO1↓ GPx↓
but conversely is known as a NRF2↑ activator in cancer
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, uPA↓, VEGF↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, SDF1↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMT1↓, DNMT3A↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓,
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1↓,
- inhibits glycolysis /Warburg Effect and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PFKs↓, PDKs↓, HK2↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, FGF↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓, Integrins↓,
- inhibits Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, CK2↓, Hh↓, GLi1↓, CD133↓, CD24↓, β-catenin↓, n-myc↓, sox2↓, OCT4↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK↓, ERK↓, JNK, TrxR**,
- 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 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Driver Suppression of survival and inflammatory transcription NF-κB is a primary, repeatedly validated curcumin target explaining pleiotropic downstream effects
2 STAT3 signaling ↓ STAT3 phosphorylation / activity ↔ or mild suppression Driver Loss of pro-survival and proliferative signaling STAT3 inhibition contributes to growth arrest, apoptosis sensitization, and reduced cytokine signaling in tumors
3 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (dose- & context-dependent) ↓ ROS / buffered Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Curcumin can act as a pro-oxidant in cancer cells with high basal stress while acting antioxidant in normal cells
4 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Driver Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial dysfunction and caspase activation occur downstream of NF-κB/STAT3 and ROS effects
5 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR ↔ or adaptive suppression Secondary Reduced growth and anabolic signaling AKT/mTOR inhibition contributes to growth suppression and autophagy induction in cancer cells
6 Autophagy ↑ autophagy (protective or pro-death) ↑ adaptive autophagy Secondary Stress adaptation vs cell death Autophagy may be cytoprotective or cooperate with apoptosis depending on context and dose
7 HIF-1α / VEGF hypoxia–angiogenesis axis ↓ HIF-1α; ↓ VEGF ↔ minimal effect Secondary Anti-angiogenic pressure Suppression of hypoxia-driven transcription limits angiogenesis and tumor adaptation
8 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G2/M or G1 arrest ↔ largely spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects upstream signaling and epigenetic effects rather than direct CDK inhibition
9 Migration / invasion (EMT, MMP axis) ↓ migration & invasion ↔ Phenotypic Anti-metastatic phenotype Reduced EMT markers and protease activity limit invasive behavior
10 Epigenetic regulation (p300/CBP HAT activity) ↓ histone acetylation ↔ modest Secondary Transcriptional reprogramming Curcumin modulates chromatin via HAT inhibition rather than classic HDAC inhibition


Apoptosis, Apoptosis: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type: type of cell death
Situation in which a cell actively pursues a course toward death upon receiving certain stimuli.
Cancer is one of the scenarios where too little apoptosis occurs, resulting in malignant cells that will not die.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
1024- Api,  CUR,    Apigenin suppresses PD-L1 expression in melanoma and host dendritic cells to elicit synergistic therapeutic effects
- vitro+vivo, Melanoma, A375 - in-vitro, Melanoma, A2058 - in-vitro, Melanoma, RPMI-7951
TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, PD-L1↓, STAT1↓, tumCV↓, T-Cell↑,
1426- Bos,  CUR,  Chemo,    Novel evidence for curcumin and boswellic acid induced chemoprevention through regulation of miR-34a and miR-27a in colorectal cancer
- in-vivo, CRC, NA - in-vitro, CRC, HCT116 - in-vitro, CRC, RKO - in-vitro, CRC, SW480 - in-vitro, RCC, SW-620 - in-vitro, RCC, HT-29 - in-vitro, CRC, Caco-2
miR-34a↑, miR-27a-3p↓, TumCG↓, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, PARP1↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, cMyc↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, ChemoSen↑, miR-34a↑, miR-27a-3p↓,
4830- CUR,    Curcumin and Its Derivatives Induce Apoptosis in Human Cancer Cells by Mobilizing and Redox Cycling Genomic Copper Ions
- in-vitro, Var, NA
eff↑, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, eff↓, Fenton↑, eff↑,
4826- CUR,    The Bright Side of Curcumin: A Narrative Review of Its Therapeutic Potential in Cancer Management
- Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *Inflam↑, *ROS↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, BioAv↓, Half-Life↓, eff↑, TumCCA↑, BAX↑, Bak↑, PUMA↑, BIM↑, NOXA↑, TRAIL↑, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, survivin↓, XIAP↓, cMyc↓, Casp↑, NF-kB↓, STAT3↓, AP-1↓, angioG↓, TumMeta↑, VEGF↓, MMPs↓, DNMTs↓, HDAC↓, ROS↑,
4709- CUR,    Curcumin Regulates Cancer Progression: Focus on ncRNAs and Molecular Signaling Pathways
- Review, Var, NA
miR-21↓, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, Apoptosis↑, miR-99↑, JAK↓, STAT↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, P21↑, ChemoSen↑, miR-192-5p↑, cMyc↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, miR-130a↓,
4652- CUR,    Anticancer effect of curcumin on breast cancer and stem cells
- Review, BC, NA
TumCP↓, TumMeta↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, CSCs↓, NF-kB↓, Telomerase↓, Cyt‑c↑, Casp9↑, Casp3↑, E-cadherin↑,
2821- CUR,    Antioxidant curcumin induces oxidative stress to kill tumor cells (Review)
- Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *NRF2↑, *ROS↓, *Inflam↓, ROS↑, p‑ERK↑, ER Stress↑, mtDam↑, Apoptosis↑, Akt↓, mTOR↓, HO-1↑, Fenton↑, GSH↓, Iron↑, p‑JNK↑, Cyt‑c↑, ATF6↑, CHOP↑,
2818- CUR,    Novel Insight to Neuroprotective Potential of Curcumin: A Mechanistic Review of Possible Involvement of Mitochondrial Biogenesis and PI3/Akt/ GSK3 or PI3/Akt/CREB/BDNF Signaling Pathways
- Review, AD, NA
*neuroP↑, *ROS↓, *Inflam↓, *Apoptosis↓, *cognitive↑, *cardioP↑, other↑, *COX2↓, *IL1β↓, *TNF-α↓, NF-kB↓, *PGE2↓, *iNOS↓, *NO↓, *IL2↓, *IL4↓, *IL6↓, *INF-γ↓, *GSK‐3β↓, *STAT↓, *GSH↑, *MDA↓, *lipid-P↓, *SOD↑, *GPx↑, *Catalase↑, *GSR↓, *LDH↓, *H2O2↓, *Casp3↓, *Casp9↓, *NRF2↑, *AIF↓, *ATP↑,
2808- CUR,    Iron chelation by curcumin suppresses both curcumin-induced autophagy and cell death together with iron overload neoplastic transformation
- in-vitro, Liver, HUH7
Ferritin↓, IronCh↑, TumAuto↑, Apoptosis↑, eff↝, Dose↝,
2688- CUR,    Effects of resveratrol, curcumin, berberine and other nutraceuticals on aging, cancer development, cancer stem cells and microRNAs
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
*ROS↓, *SOD↑, p16↑, JAK2↓, STAT3↓, CXCL12↓, IL6↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, LAMs↓, DNAdam↑, *memory↑, *cognitive↑, *Inflam↓, *antiOx↑, *NO↑, *MDA↓, *ROS↓, DNMT1↓, ROS↑, Casp3↑, Apoptosis↑, miR-21↓, LC3II↓, ChemoSen↑, NF-kB↓, CSCs↓, Nanog↓, OCT4↓, SOX2↓, eff↑, Sp1/3/4↓, miR-27a-3p↓, ZBTB10↑, SOX9?, ChemoSen↑, VEGF↓, XIAP↓, Bcl-2↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, BioAv↑, Hif1a↓, EMT↓, BioAv↓, PTEN↑, VEGF↓, Akt↑, EZH2↓, NOTCH1↓, TP53↑, NQO1↑, HO-1↑,
2654- CUR,    Oxidative Stress Inducers in Cancer Therapy: Preclinical and Clinical Evidence
- Review, Var, NA
ROS↑, Catalase↓, SOD1↓, GLO-I↓, NADPH↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, Akt↓, ER Stress↑, JNK↑, STAT3↓, BioAv↑,
455- CUR,    Curcumin Affects Gastric Cancer Cell Migration, Invasion and Cytoskeletal Remodeling Through Gli1-β-Catenin
- in-vitro, GC, SGC-7901
Shh↓, Gli1↓, FOXM1↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, TumCMig↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, Wnt↓, EMT↓, E-cadherin↑, Vim↓,
472- CUR,    Curcumin inhibits ovarian cancer progression by regulating circ-PLEKHM3/miR-320a/SMG1 axis
- vitro+vivo, Ovarian, SKOV3 - vitro+vivo, Ovarian, A2780S
TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑, PCNA↓, miR-320a↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, circ‑PLEKHM3↑, SMG1↑,
457- CUR,    Curcumin regulates proliferation, autophagy, and apoptosis in gastric cancer cells by affecting PI3K and P53 signaling
- in-vitro, GC, SGC-7901 - in-vitro, GC, BGC-823
TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, P53↑, PI3K↓, P21↑, p‑Akt↓, p‑mTOR↓, Bcl-2↓, Bcl-xL↓, LC3I↓, BAX↑, Beclin-1↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, LC3II↑, ATG3↑, ATG5↑,
458- CUR,    Curcumin suppresses gastric cancer by inhibiting gastrin‐mediated acid secretion
- vitro+vivo, GC, SGC-7901
Casp3↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓,
459- CUR,    Curcumin inhibits cell proliferation and motility via suppression of TROP2 in bladder cancer cells
- in-vitro, Bladder, T24/HTB-9 - in-vitro, Bladder, RT4
Trop2↓, Apoptosis↑, cycE1↓, p27↑, TumCCA↑,
460- CUR,    Curcumin Suppresses microRNA-7641-Mediated Regulation of p16 Expression in Bladder Cancer
- in-vitro, Bladder, T24/HTB-9 - in-vitro, Bladder, TCCSUP - in-vitro, Bladder, J82
miR-7641↓, p16↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCI↓,
461- CUR,    Curcumin inhibits prostate cancer progression by regulating the miR-30a-5p/PCLAF axis
- in-vitro, Pca, PC3 - in-vitro, Pca, DU145
TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, Apoptosis↑, miR-30a-5p↑, PCLAF↓, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑,
467- CUR,    Curcumin inhibits liver cancer by inhibiting DAMP molecule HSP70 and TLR4 signaling
- in-vitro, Liver, HepG2
TumCP↓, TumCI↓, TumMeta↓, Apoptosis↑, HSP70/HSPA5↓, e-HSP70/HSPA5↓, TLR4↓,
468- CUR,  5-FU,    Gut microbiota enhances the chemosensitivity of hepatocellular carcinoma to 5-fluorouracil in vivo by increasing curcumin bioavailability
- vitro+vivo, Liver, HepG2 - vitro+vivo, Liver, 402 - vitro+vivo, Liver, Bel7
Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, PI3k/Akt/mTOR↓, p‑PI3K↓, Bacteria↑, cl‑Casp3↑,
471- CUR,    Curcumin induces apoptotic cell death and protective autophagy by inhibiting AKT/mTOR/p70S6K pathway in human ovarian cancer cells
- in-vitro, Ovarian, SKOV3 - in-vitro, Ovarian, A2780S
Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, p62↓, p‑Akt↓, p‑mTOR↓, p‑P70S6K↓, Casp9↑, PARP↑, ATG3↑, Beclin-1↑, LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑,
435- CUR,    Antitumor activity of curcumin by modulation of apoptosis and autophagy in human lung cancer A549 cells through inhibiting PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway
- in-vitro, Lung, A549
Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑, Beclin-1↑, p62↓, PI3K↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, p‑Akt↓, p‑mTOR↓,
9- CUR,    Curcumin Suppresses Malignant Glioma Cells Growth and Induces Apoptosis by Inhibition of SHH/GLI1 Signaling Pathway in Vitro and Vivo
- vitro+vivo, MG, U87MG - vitro+vivo, MG, T98G
HH↓, Shh↓, Gli1↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, Bcl-2↓, FOXM1↓, Bax:Bcl2↑, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, Apoptosis↑, TumVol↑, TumCCA↑, Casp3↑, OS↑,
439- CUR,    Curcumin suppresses LGR5(+) colorectal cancer stem cells by inducing autophagy and via repressing TFAP2A-mediated ECM pathway
- in-vitro, CRC, LGR5
Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, GP1BB↓, COL9A3↓, COMP↓, AGRN↓, ITGB4↓, LAMA5↓, COL2A1↓, ITGB6↓, LGR5↓, TFAP2A↓, ECM/TCF↓,
442- CUR,  5-FU,    Curcumin may reverse 5-fluorouracil resistance on colonic cancer cells by regulating TET1-NKD-Wnt signal pathway to inhibit the EMT progress
- in-vitro, CRC, HCT116
Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, TET1↑, NKD2↑, Wnt↓, EMT↓, Vim↑, E-cadherin↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, TCF↓, AXIN1↓,
454- CUR,    Curcumin-Induced DNA Demethylation in Human Gastric Cancer Cells Is Mediated by the DNA-Damage Response Pathway
- in-vitro, GC, MGC803
TumCMig↓, TumCP↓, ROS↑, mtDam↑, DNAdam↑, Apoptosis↑, ATR↑, P21↑, p‑P53↑, GADD45A↑, p‑γH2AX↑,
444- CUR,  Cisplatin,    LncRNA KCNQ1OT1 is a key factor in the reversal effect of curcumin on cisplatin resistance in the colorectal cancer cells
- vitro+vivo, CRC, HCT8
TumVol↓, Apoptosis↑, Bcl-2↓, Cyt‑c↑, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑PARP1↑, miR-497↑, KCNQ1OT1↓,
448- CUR,    Heat shock protein 27 influences the anti-cancer effect of curcumin in colon cancer cells through ROS production and autophagy activation
- in-vitro, CRC, HT-29
Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, p‑Akt↓, Akt↓, Bcl-2↓, p‑BAD↓, BAD↑, cl‑PARP↑, ROS↑, HSP27↑, Beclin-1↑, p62↑, GPx1↓, GPx4↓,
1410- CUR,    Curcumin induces ferroptosis and apoptosis in osteosarcoma cells by regulating Nrf2/GPX4 signaling pathway
- vitro+vivo, OS, MG63
tumCV↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCG↓, NRF2↓, GPx4↓, HO-1↓, xCT↓, ROS↑, MDA↑, GSH↓,
1505- CUR,    Epigenetic targets of bioactive dietary components for cancer prevention and therapy
- Review, NA, NA
TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, DNMTs↓, HDAC↓, HATs↓, TumCP↓, p300↓, HDAC1↓, HDAC3↓, HDAC8↓, NF-kB↓,
483- CUR,  PDT,    Visible light and/or UVA offer a strong amplification of the anti-tumor effect of curcumin
- in-vivo, NA, A431
TumVol↓, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑,
474- CUR,    Modification of radiosensitivity by Curcumin in human pancreatic cancer cell lines
- in-vitro, PC, PANC1 - in-vitro, PC, MIA PaCa-2
TumCD↑, Apoptosis↑, DNAdam↑, γH2AX↑, TumCCA↑,
475- CUR,    Curcumin induces apoptotic cell death in human pancreatic cancer cells via the miR-340/XIAP signaling pathway
- in-vitro, PC, PANC1
Apoptosis↑, cl‑Casp3↑, miR-340↑, cl‑PARP↑, XIAP↓,
476- CUR,    The effects of curcumin on proliferation, apoptosis, invasion, and NEDD4 expression in pancreatic cancer
- in-vitro, PC, PATU-8988 - in-vitro, PC, PANC1
TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, Apoptosis↑, NEDD9↓, p‑Akt↓, p‑mTOR↓, PTEN↑, p73↑, β-TRCP↑,
477- CUR,    Curcumin induces G2/M arrest and triggers autophagy, ROS generation and cell senescence in cervical cancer cells
- in-vitro, Cerv, SiHa
TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, CycB/CCNB1↓, CDC25↓, ROS↑, p62↑, LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑, cl‑Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, P53↑, P21↑,
479- CUR,    Curcumin Has Anti-Proliferative and Pro-Apoptotic Effects on Tongue Cancer in vitro: A Study with Bioinformatics Analysis and in vitro Experiments
- in-vitro, Tong, CAL27
TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, cl‑Casp3↑,
480- CUR,    Curcumin exerts its tumor suppressive function via inhibition of NEDD4 oncoprotein in glioma cancer cells
- in-vitro, GBM, SNB19
TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, NEDD9↓, NOTCH1↓, p‑Akt↓,
482- CUR,  PDT,    The Antitumor Effect of Curcumin in Urothelial Cancer Cells Is Enhanced by Light Exposure In Vitro
- in-vitro, Bladder, RT112 - in-vitro, Bladder, UMUC3
Apoptosis↑, TumCG↓, TumCP↓,
933- CUR,  EP,    Effective electrochemotherapy with curcumin in MDA-MB-231-human, triple negative breast cancer cells: A global proteomics study
- in-vitro, BC, NA
Apoptosis↑, ALDOA↓, ENO2↓, LDHA↓, LDHB↓, PFKP↓, PGK1↓, PGM1↓, PGAM1↓, OXPHOS↑, TCA↑,
990- CUR,    Curcumin inhibits aerobic glycolysis and induces mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis through hexokinase II in human colorectal cancer cells in vitro
- in-vitro, CRC, HCT116 - in-vitro, CRC, HT-29
HK2↓, Glycolysis↓, Apoptosis↑,
131- CUR,    Modulation of AKR1C2 by curcumin decreases testosterone production in prostate cancer
- vitro+vivo, Pca, LNCaP - vitro+vivo, Pca, 22Rv1
AKR1C2↓, CYP11A1↓, HSD3B↓, DHT↓, testos↓, StAR↓, SRD5A1↑, AR↓, tumCV↓, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑,
134- CUR,  RES,  MEL,  SIL,    Thioredoxin 1 modulates apoptosis induced by bioactive compounds in prostate cancer cells
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, PC3
Apoptosis↑, ROS↑, Trx1↓, TumCG↓, eff↓, TXNIP↑,
137- CUR,    Curcumin induces G0/G1 arrest and apoptosis in hormone independent prostate cancer DU-145 cells by down regulating Notch signaling
- in-vitro, Pca, DU145
NOTCH1↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CDK2↓, P21↑, p27↑, P53↑, Bcl-2↓, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, TumCCA↑, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑,
141- CUR,    Effect of curcumin on Bcl-2 and Bax expression in nude mice prostate cancer
- in-vivo, Pca, PC3
BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, TumCG↓, TumVol↓, TumW↓, Apoptosis↑, AR↓, Ca+2↑, MPT↑,
12- CUR,    Curcumin inhibits the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway and triggers apoptosis in medulloblastoma cells
- in-vitro, MB, DAOY
HH↓, Shh↓, Gli1↓, PTCH1↓, cMyc↓, n-MYC↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, Bcl-2↓, NF-kB↓, Akt↓, β-catenin/ZEB1↓, survivin↓, Apoptosis↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, eff↑,
14- CUR,    Curcumin, a Dietary Component, Has Anticancer, Chemosensitization, and Radiosensitization Effects by Down-regulating the MDM2 Oncogene through the PI3K/mTOR/ETS2 Pathway
- vitro+vivo, Pca, PC3
PI3K/mTOR/ETS2↓, MDM2↓, P21↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, eff↑, RadioS↑,
15- CUR,  UA,    Effects of curcumin and ursolic acid in prostate cancer: A systematic review
- Review, Pca, NA
NF-kB↝, Akt↝, AR↝, Apoptosis↝, Bcl-2↝, Casp3↝, BAX↝, P21↝, ROS↝, Bcl-xL↝, JNK↝, MMP2↝, P53↝, PSA↝, VEGF↝, COX2↝, cycD1/CCND1↝, EGFR↝, IL6↝, β-catenin/ZEB1↝, mTOR↝, NRF2↝, AP-1↝, Cyt‑c↝, PI3K↝, PTEN↝, Cyc↝, TNF-α↝,
117- CUR,    Increased Intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species Mediates the Anti-Cancer Effects of WZ35 via Activating Mitochondrial Apoptosis Pathway in Prostate Cancer Cells
- in-vivo, Pca, RM-1 - in-vivo, Pca, DU145
ROS↑, tumCV↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, Ca+2↑, eff↓, ER Stress↑,
123- CUR,    Synthesis of novel 4-Boc-piperidone chalcones and evaluation of their cytotoxic activity against highly-metastatic cancer cells
- in-vitro, Colon, LoVo - in-vitro, Colon, COLO205 - in-vitro, Pca, PC3 - in-vitro, Pca, 22Rv1
NF-kB↓, ATF3↑, HO-1↑, Wnt↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, PTEN↑, Apoptosis↑, TGF-β↓, PPARγ↑,
124- CUR,    Curcumin-Gene Expression Response in Hormone Dependent and Independent Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cells
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, C4-2B
TGF-β↓, Wnt↓, PI3k/Akt/mTOR↓, NF-kB↓, PTEN↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑,

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* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 61

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

ATF3↑, 1,   Catalase↓, 1,   Fenton↑, 2,   GPx1↓, 1,   GPx4↓, 2,   GSH↓, 2,   HO-1↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 3,   Iron↑, 1,   MDA↑, 1,   NQO1↑, 1,   NRF2↓, 1,   NRF2↝, 1,   OXPHOS↑, 1,   ROS↑, 11,   ROS↝, 1,   SOD1↓, 1,   Trx1↓, 1,   xCT↓, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology ⓘ

Ferritin↓, 1,   IronCh↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

CDC25↓, 1,   MPT↑, 1,   mtDam↑, 2,   XIAP↓, 3,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ALDOA↓, 1,   cMyc↓, 4,   ENO2↓, 1,   GLO-I↓, 1,   Glycolysis↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,   LDHA↓, 1,   LDHB↓, 1,   NADPH↓, 1,   PFKP↓, 1,   PGAM1↓, 1,   PGK1↓, 1,   PGM1↓, 1,   PI3k/Akt/mTOR↓, 2,   PI3K/mTOR/ETS2↓, 1,   PPARγ↑, 1,   TCA↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 6,   Akt↑, 1,   Akt↝, 1,   p‑Akt↓, 6,   Apoptosis↑, 48,   Apoptosis↝, 1,   BAD↑, 1,   p‑BAD↓, 1,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 8,   BAX↝, 1,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 12,   Bcl-2↝, 1,   Bcl-xL↓, 2,   Bcl-xL↝, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↓, 1,   Casp3↑, 5,   Casp3↝, 1,   cl‑Casp3↑, 8,   Casp9↑, 3,   Cyt‑c↑, 3,   Cyt‑c↝, 1,   JNK↑, 1,   JNK↝, 1,   p‑JNK↑, 1,   MDM2↓, 1,   miR-497↑, 1,   miR-7641↓, 1,   NOXA↑, 1,   p27↑, 2,   PUMA↑, 1,   survivin↓, 2,   Telomerase↓, 1,   TRAIL↑, 1,   TumCD↑, 1,   β-TRCP↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

SOX9?, 1,   Sp1/3/4↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

COMP↓, 1,   EZH2↓, 1,   HATs↓, 1,   KCNQ1OT1↓, 1,   miR-192-5p↑, 1,   miR-21↓, 2,   miR-27a-3p↓, 3,   miR-30a-5p↑, 1,   other↑, 1,   tumCV↓, 4,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

ATF6↑, 1,   CHOP↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 3,   HSP27↑, 1,   HSP70/HSPA5↓, 1,   e-HSP70/HSPA5↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

ATG3↑, 2,   ATG5↑, 1,   Beclin-1↑, 4,   LC3‑Ⅱ/LC3‑Ⅰ↑, 3,   LC3I↓, 1,   LC3II↓, 1,   LC3II↑, 1,   p62↓, 2,   p62↑, 2,   TumAuto↑, 6,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

ATR↑, 1,   DNAdam↑, 4,   DNMT1↓, 1,   DNMTs↓, 2,   GADD45A↑, 1,   p16↑, 2,   P53↑, 3,   P53↝, 1,   p‑P53↑, 1,   p73↑, 1,   PARP↑, 1,   cl‑PARP↑, 4,   PARP1↓, 1,   cl‑PARP1↑, 1,   PCLAF↓, 1,   PCNA↓, 1,   SMG1↑, 1,   TP53↑, 1,   γH2AX↑, 1,   p‑γH2AX↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   Cyc↝, 1,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 6,   cycD1/CCND1↝, 1,   cycE1↓, 1,   P21↑, 6,   P21↝, 1,   TFAP2A↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 18,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

AXIN1↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 2,   EMT↓, 3,   p‑ERK↑, 1,   FOXM1↓, 2,   Gli1↓, 3,   HDAC↓, 2,   HDAC1↓, 1,   HDAC3↓, 1,   HDAC8↓, 1,   HH↓, 2,   LGR5↓, 1,   miR-34a↑, 2,   miR-99↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 3,   mTOR↝, 1,   p‑mTOR↓, 4,   n-MYC↓, 1,   Nanog↓, 1,   NKD2↑, 1,   NOTCH1↓, 3,   OCT4↓, 1,   p300↓, 1,   p‑P70S6K↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 2,   PI3K↝, 1,   p‑PI3K↓, 1,   circ‑PLEKHM3↑, 1,   PTCH1↓, 1,   PTEN↑, 4,   PTEN↝, 1,   Shh↓, 3,   SOX2↓, 1,   STAT↓, 1,   STAT1↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 3,   TCF↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 8,   Wnt↓, 5,  

Migration ⓘ

AGRN↓, 1,   AKR1C2↓, 1,   AP-1↓, 1,   AP-1↝, 1,   Ca+2↑, 2,   COL2A1↓, 1,   COL9A3↓, 1,   CXCL12↓, 1,   E-cadherin↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 2,   GP1BB↓, 1,   ITGB4↓, 1,   ITGB6↓, 1,   LAMA5↓, 1,   LAMs↓, 1,   miR-130a↓, 1,   miR-320a↓, 1,   miR-340↑, 1,   MMP2↓, 1,   MMP2↝, 1,   MMP9↓, 1,   MMPs↓, 1,   NEDD9↓, 2,   TET1↑, 1,   TGF-β↓, 3,   Trop2↓, 1,   TumCI↓, 5,   TumCMig↓, 8,   TumCP↓, 19,   TumMeta↓, 2,   TumMeta↑, 1,   TXNIP↑, 1,   Vim↓, 1,   Vim↑, 1,   α-SMA↓, 1,   β-catenin/ZEB1↓, 4,   β-catenin/ZEB1↝, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   ECM/TCF↓, 1,   EGFR↝, 1,   Hif1a↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 3,   VEGF↝, 1,   ZBTB10↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↝, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   IL6↝, 1,   JAK↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 8,   NF-kB↝, 1,   PD-L1↓, 1,   PSA↝, 1,   T-Cell↑, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,   TNF-α↝, 1,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

AR↓, 2,   AR↝, 1,   CDK6↓, 1,   CYP11A1↓, 1,   DHT↓, 1,   HSD3B↓, 1,   SRD5A1↑, 1,   StAR↓, 1,   testos↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 2,   BioAv↑, 2,   ChemoSen↑, 5,   Dose↝, 1,   eff↓, 3,   eff↑, 6,   eff↝, 1,   Half-Life↓, 1,   RadioS↑, 2,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

AR↓, 2,   AR↝, 1,   EGFR↝, 1,   EZH2↓, 1,   Ferritin↓, 1,   FOXM1↓, 2,   IL6↓, 1,   IL6↝, 1,   PD-L1↓, 1,   PSA↝, 1,   TP53↑, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

OS↑, 1,   TumVol↓, 3,   TumVol↑, 1,   TumW↓, 1,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

Bacteria↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 269

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 3,   Catalase↑, 1,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↑, 1,   GSR↓, 1,   H2O2↓, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   MDA↓, 2,   NRF2↑, 2,   ROS↓, 5,   SOD↑, 2,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↓, 1,   ATP↑, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

LDH↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Apoptosis↓, 1,   Casp3↓, 1,   Casp9↓, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

GSK‐3β↓, 1,   STAT↓, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

NO↓, 1,   NO↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   IL2↓, 1,   IL4↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   INF-γ↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 3,   Inflam↑, 1,   PGE2↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

IL6↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 1,   cognitive↑, 2,   memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,  
Total Targets: 38

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: Apoptosis, Apoptosis
61 Curcumin
3 5-fluorouracil
2 Photodynamic Therapy
2 Resveratrol
2 Garcinol
1 Apigenin (mainly Parsley)
1 Boswellia (frankincense)
1 Chemotherapy
1 Cisplatin
1 Electrical Pulses
1 Melatonin
1 Silymarin (Milk Thistle) silibinin
1 Ursolic acid
1 methylseleninic acid
1 EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate)
1 Sulforaphane (mainly Broccoli)
1 Genistein (soy isoflavone)
1 Tomatine
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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