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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2016

PTEN Activation by DNA Damage Induces Protective Autophagy in Response to Cucurbitacin B in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells.

Yanan Niu, Wen Sun, Jin-Jian Lu, Dik-Lung Ma, Chung-Hang Leung, Lixia Pei, Xiuping Chen

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Recent Advances in the Application of Cucurbitacin B as an Anticancer Agent.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Use of cucurbitacins for lung cancer research and therapy.Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology · 2021
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  14. ATM at the crossroads of reactive oxygen species and autophagy.International journal of biological sciences · 2021
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  18. The Autophagy Regulator p62 Controls PTEN-Dependent Ciliogenesis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Yanan NiuState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau, Macau.
Wen SunState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau, Macau.
Jin-Jian LuState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau, Macau.
Dik-Lung MaDepartment of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-9515-340X
Chung-Hang LeungState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau, Macau.ORCID 0000-0003-2988-3786
Lixia PeiLonghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, China.
Xiuping ChenState Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Science, University of Macau, Macau.ORCID 0000-0003-2675-7645
University of Macau · MOHong Kong Baptist University · HKShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cucurbitacin B (Cuc B), a natural product, induced both protective autophagy and DNA damage mediated by ROS while the detailed mechanisms remain unclear. This study explored the mechanism of Cuc B-induced DNA damage and autophagy. Cuc B decreased cell viability in concentration- and time-dependent manners. Cuc B caused long comet tails and increased expression of

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DNA DamageApoptosisAutophagyCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCytoprotectionEnzyme ActivationHumansLiver NeoplasmsNeoplasm ProteinsPTEN PhosphohydrolaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesTriterpenescucurbitacin BNeoplasm ProteinsPTEN PhosphohydrolaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesTriterpenes

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PMID28042385
PMCPMC5155108
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