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ArticleOncology reports2016

Anticancer effect of xanthohumol induces growth inhibition and apoptosis of human liver cancer through NF-κB/p53-apoptosis signaling pathway.

Xiangqian Zhao, Kai Jiang, Bin Liang, Xiaoqiang Huang

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Article in Oncology reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiangqian ZhaoHospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Kai JiangHospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Bin LiangHospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Xiaoqiang HuangHospital and Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, P.R. China.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Xanthohumol may prevent and cure diabetes and atherosis, have oxidation resistance and antiviral function as well as anticancer effect preventing cancer cell metastasis. We investigate whether the anticancer effect of xanthohumol induces growth inhibition and apoptosis of human liver cancer through NF-κB/p53-apoptosis signaling pathway. Human liver cancer HepG2 cell were treated with 10, 20, 30 and 40 µM xanthohumol for 48 h. The present study showed that the anticancer effect of xanthohumol was effective in inhibiting proliferation and inducing apoptosis of human liver cancer HepG2 cells. Furthermore, the caspase-3 activity of human liver cancer HepG2 cells was increased by xanthohumol. In addition, 48-h treatment with xanthohumol suppressed NF-κB expression and promoted p53, cleaved PARP, AIF and cytochrome c expression and downregulated XIAP and Bcl-2/Bax expression in human liver cancer HepG2 cells. Therefore, the anticancer effect of xanthohumol induces growth inhibition and apoptosis of human liver cancer through the NF-κB/p53-apoptosis signaling pathway.

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ApoptosisBlotting, WesternCell ProliferationFlavonoidsHep G2 CellsHumansLiver NeoplasmsNF-kappa BPropiophenonesSignal TransductionTumor Suppressor Protein p53FlavonoidsNF-kappa BPropiophenonesTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53xanthohumol

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PMID26718026
PMCPMC4689487
OpenAlexW2179561346

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