Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29453519›Full record

ArticleCancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII2018

TriCurin, a synergistic formulation of curcumin, resveratrol, and epicatechin gallate, repolarizes tumor-associated macrophages and triggers an immune response to cause suppression of HPV+ tumors.

Sumit Mukherjee, Rahman Hussaini, Richard White, Doaa Atwi, Angela Fried, Samay Sampat, Longzhu Piao, Quintin Pan, Probal Banerjee

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Article in Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Sumit MukherjeeCUNY Doctoral Program in Biochemistry, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, 10016, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0382-450X
Rahman HussainiThe Center for Developmental Neuroscience, City University of New York at The College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA.
Richard WhiteThe Center for Developmental Neuroscience, City University of New York at The College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA.
Doaa AtwiThe Center for Developmental Neuroscience, City University of New York at The College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA.
Angela FriedCUNY Doctoral Program in Biochemistry, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Samay SampatCollege of Arts and Science, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA.
Longzhu PiaoDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Quintin PanDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Probal BanerjeeDepartment of Chemistry, Building 6S, The City University of New York at The College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY, 10314, USA. probal.banerjee@csi.cuny.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9429-1010
College of Staten Island · USThe Graduate Center, CUNY · USThe Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute · USNew York University · US

Funding

PSC-CUNY (Professional staff congress CUNY) cycles 45 and 47
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our earlier studies reported a unique potentiated combination (TriCurin) of curcumin (C) with two other polyphenols. The TriCurin-associated C displays an IC50 in the low micromolar range for cultured HPV+ TC-1 cells. In contrast, because of rapid degradation in vivo, the TriCurin-associated C reaches only low nano-molar concentrations in the plasma, which are sub-lethal to tumor cells. Yet, injected TriCurin causes a dramatic suppression of tumors in TC-1 cell-implanted mice (TC-1 mice) and xenografts of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) cells in nude/nude mice. Here, we use the TC-1 mice to test our hypothesis that a major part of the anti-tumor activity of TriCurin is evoked by innate and adaptive immune responses. TriCurin injection repolarized arginase1

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCatechinCurcuminFemaleHead and Neck NeoplasmsHumansKiller Cells, NaturalLung NeoplasmsMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, NudePapillomaviridaePapillomavirus InfectionsResveratrolCatechinCurcuminepicatechin gallateResveratrolCTLCurcuminNK cellsPapillomavirusTriCurinTumor-associated macrophages

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PMID29453519
PMCPMC11028238
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