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ArticleCell biochemistry and biophysics2014

Mechanisms behind the inhibition of lung adenocarcinoma cell by shikonin.

Wenjing Lan, Shengbang Wan, Weiqing Gu, Heyong Wang, Songwen Zhou

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Article in Cell biochemistry and biophysics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Shikonin InhibitsInternational journal of general medicine · 2023
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  7. Effect of Shikonin AgainstFrontiers in microbiology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wenjing LanDepartment of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine Cancer Institute, Tongji University, No 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Shengbang Wan
Weiqing Gu
Heyong Wang
Songwen Zhou
Tongji University · CNShanghai Pulmonary Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Shikonin, a natural naphthoquinone isolated from a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, can exert inhibitory effect on tumor cell growth. However, little has been known concerning the effect of shikonin on lung adenocarcinoma cell and underlying mechanisms. In the present study, we investigated the effect of shikonin on the proliferation, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. We found that shikonin significantly suppressed the proliferation of lung adenocarcinoma cells compared with control in dose- and time-dependent manner (P < 0.05). In the meantime, our results showed that shikonin markedly increased the proportion of A549 cells at stage G1 as well as induced apoptosis in A549 cells. Furthermore, suppressed CCND1 and elevated caspase3 and caspase7 expression levels at mRNA were found in this study, indicating that shikonin may inhibit the growth of lung adenocarcinoma cell by changing cell cycle and promoting cell apoptosis through the regulation of CCND1, caspase3, and caspase7. Although more studies are needed, this study suggests that shikonin has the potential to be used as an anti-cancer agent in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma.

Indexed as

AdenocarcinomaAdenocarcinoma of LungAntineoplastic AgentsApoptosisCaspasesCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEnzyme ActivationG1 Phase Cell Cycle CheckpointsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansLung NeoplasmsNaphthoquinonesResting Phase, Cell CycleAntineoplastic AgentsCaspasesNaphthoquinonesshikonin

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PMID24972691
PMCPMC4182621
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