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ArticleScientific reports2016

Ginsenoside Rd attenuates breast cancer metastasis implicating derepressing microRNA-18a-regulated Smad2 expression.

Peiwei Wang, Xiaoye Du, Minqi Xiong, Jingang Cui, Qinbo Yang, Wenjian Wang, Yu Chen, Teng Zhang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Peiwei WangYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Xiaoye DuYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Minqi XiongYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Jingang CuiYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Qinbo YangYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Wenjian WangYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Yu ChenYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Teng ZhangYueyang Hospital &Clinical Research Institute of Integrative Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNYueyang Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasis remains a major cause of mortality and poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. Anti-metastatic therapies are in great need to achieve optimal clinical outcome in breast cancer patients. Panax Notoginseng Saponins (PNS) has previously been shown to inhibit breast cancer metastasis in mouse. Here the potential anti-metastatic effect of one of the chemical compounds of PNS, ginsenoside Rd (Rd), was further evaluated in mouse mammary carcinoma 4T1 cells. The results revealed that Rd treatment dose-dependently suppressed cell migration and invasion in cultured 4T1 cells. In 4T1 cell-inoculated mice, Rd treatment led to decreased number of tumor lesions in lungs in both spontaneous and experimental metastasis models. Rd treatment resulted in increased expression of Smad2 in cultured 4T1 cells and in tumors grown from inoculated 4T1 cells. Rd treatment decreased the expression of microRNA (miR)-18a in cultured 4T1 cells and in tumors derived from inoculated 4T1 cells. Smad2 was further verified to be a direct target of miR-18a in 4T1 cells. The significant impact of Rd on counteracting miR-18a-medidated downregulation of Smad2 expression was also demonstrated. Together, the current work shows for the first time that Rd treatment attenuates breast cancer metastasis in part through derepressing miR-18a-mediated Smad2 expression regulation.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticRNA Interference3' Untranslated RegionsAnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDisease Models, AnimalDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleGinsenosidesHumansMice3' Untranslated RegionsAntineoplastic Agents, Phytogenicginsenoside RdGinsenosidesMicroRNAsMIRN18 microRNA, humanSmad2 ProteinSMAD2 protein, human

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