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ArticleCarcinogenesis2018

The chemopreventive effect of withaferin A on spontaneous and inflammation-associated colon carcinogenesis models.

Balaji Chandrasekaran, Deeksha Pal, Venkatesh Kolluru, Ashish Tyagi, Becca Baby, Nisha R Dahiya, Khafateh Youssef, Houda Alatassi, Murali K Ankem, Arun K Sharma and 1 more

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Article in Carcinogenesis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Balaji ChandrasekaranDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Deeksha PalDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Venkatesh KolluruDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Ashish TyagiDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Becca BabyDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Nisha R DahiyaDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Khafateh YoussefDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Houda AlatassiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Murali K AnkemDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Arun K SharmaDepartment of Pharmacology, Penn State Cancer Institute, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Chendil DamodaranDepartment of Urology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
University of Louisville · USPenn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · US

Funding

Chemoprevention of metastatic colorectal cancerR01CA185972 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI DAMODARAN, CHENDIL · 2014 to 2018
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NCI NIH HHS R01 CA185972
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemopreventive effects and associated mechanisms of withaferin A (WA) against intestinal and colon carcinogenesis remain unknown. We investigated the chemopreventive effect of WA on transgenic adenomatous polyposis coli (APCMin/+) mouse and chemically induced azoxymethane/dextran sodium sulfate (AOM/DSS) models of intestinal and colon carcinogenesis. Oral WA administration (4 and 3 mg/kg) inhibited tumor initiation and progression of intestinal polyps formation in APCMin/+ mice and colon carcinogenesis in the AOM/DSS mouse model. WA-administered mice showed a significant reduction in both number [duodenum, 33% (P > 0.05); jejunum, 32% (P < 0.025); ileum, 43% ( P < 0.001); and colon 59% (P < 0.01] and size of polyps in APCMin/+ mice compared with the respective controls. Similarly, tumor multiplicity was significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in the colon of WA-administered AOM/DSS mice. Pathological analysis showed reduced adenomas and tissue inflammation in WA-administered mouse models. Molecular studies suggested that WA inhibited the expression of inflammatory (interluekin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and cyclooxygenase-2), pro-survival (pAKT, Notch1 and NF-κB) markers in APCMin/+ and AOM/DSS models. The results suggest that WA is a potent agent for preventing colon carcinogenesis and further investigation is required to show clinical utility of the agent.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnticarcinogenic AgentsCarcinogenesisChemopreventionColonColonic NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleInflammationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicWithanolidesAnticarcinogenic Agentswithaferin AWithanolides

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PMID30124785
PMCPMC6314334
OpenAlexW2885673575

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