ArticleHepatology communications2018
Anti-tumoral effects of exercise on hepatocellular carcinoma growth.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Exercise Training on Muscle Mass and Physical Function in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Diagnosis: A Systematic Review.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Physical Activity and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of aerobic exercise on tumour blood delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Physical Activity and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Outcomes: a Narrative Review of Pre-clinical, Observational, and Interventional Evidence.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2026Review
- Genetic risk factors modulate the association between physical activity and colorectal cancer.BMC medicine · 2026Article
- Exercise Impacts Liver Disease: Balancing Metabolic and Immune Homeostasis.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
- Genetic risk factors modulate the association between physical activity and colorectal cancer.Research square · 2025Article
- Association between oxidative stress and metabolic-associated fatty liver disease in the US population.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the role of adipokines in exercise-induced inhibition of tumor growth.Sports medicine and health science · 2025Article
- Physiology and Pathophysiology of Marathon Running: A narrative Review.Sports medicine - open · 2025Review
- Physical activity and exercise in liver cancer.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2024Review
- Exercise as a Promising Agent against Cancer: Evaluating Its Anti-Cancer Molecular Mechanisms.Cancers · 2023Review
- Screening and interventions to prevent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis-associated hepatocellular carcinoma.World journal of gastroenterology · 2023Review
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- Physical Activity as the Best Supportive Care in Cancer: The Clinician's and the Researcher's Perspectives.Cancers · 2022Review
- Proteomic analysis reveals exercise training induced remodelling of hepatokine secretion and uncovers syndecan-4 as a regulator of hepatic lipid metabolism.Molecular metabolism · 2022Article
- High-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Suppresses Cancer Growth by Regulating Skeletal Muscle-Derived Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Article
- Lifestyle and Hepatocellular Carcinoma What Is the Evidence and Prevention Recommendations.Cancers · 2021Review
- Effects of exercise on AKT/PGC1-α/FOXO3a pathway and muscle atrophy in cisplatin-administered rat skeletal muscle.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2021Article
- Diet and exercise in NAFLD/NASH: Beyond the obvious.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2021Review
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Regular physical exercise has many beneficial effects, including antitumor properties, and is associated with a reduced risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Less is known about the impact of exercise on HCC growth and progression. Here, we investigated the effects of exercise on HCC progression and assessed whether any beneficial effects would be evident under sorafenib treatment and could be mimicked by metformin. American Cancer Institute rats with orthotopic syngeneic HCC derived from Morris Hepatoma-3924A cells were randomly assigned to exercise (Exe) and sedentary groups, or sorafenib±Exe groups or sorafenib±metformin groups. The Exe groups ran on a motorized treadmill for 60 minutes/day, 5 days/week for 4 weeks. Tumor viable area was decreased by exercise, while cell proliferation and vascular density were reduced. Exercise increased the expression of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted from chromosome 10 and increased the phosphorylation of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase, while the phosphorylation of protein kinase B, S6 ribosomal protein, and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 were decreased. Transcriptomic analysis suggested major effects of exercise were on nontumoral liver rather than tumor tissue. Exercise demonstrated similar effects when combined with sorafenib. Moreover, similar effects were observed in the group treated with sorafenib+metformin, revealing an exercise-mimicking effect of metformin.
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