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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2018

Baicalin suppresses proliferation, migration, and invasion in human glioblastoma cells via Ca

Yihao Zhu, Jiang Fang, Handong Wang, Maoxing Fei, Ting Tang, Kaichao Liu, Wenhao Niu, Yali Zhou

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yihao ZhuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China, njhdwang@hotmail.com.
Jiang FangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
Handong WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China, njhdwang@hotmail.com.
Maoxing FeiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
Ting TangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China, njhdwang@hotmail.com.
Kaichao LiuJiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.
Wenhao NiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China.
Yali ZhouDepartment of Neurosurgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210002, China, njhdwang@hotmail.com.
Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CNNanjing University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveBaicalin, a kind of flavonoid extracted from the dry root of Scutellaria, possesses potent anticancer bioactivities in various tumor cell lines. Accumulating evidences show that baicalin induces autophagy and apoptosis to suppress the cancer growth. Moreover, the antineoplastic role of baicalin in human glioblastoma cells remains to be uncovered.

methodsBoth U87 and U251 human glioblastoma cell lines were employed in the present study. Cell viability was tested by Cell Counting Kit-8 and colony-forming assay; Flow cytometry was employed to analyze cell apoptosis, cell cycle, and Ca

resultsBaicalin suppressed the proliferation, migration, and invasion ability of human glioblastoma cells in a dose-dependent manner. Baicalin induced the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and led to mitochondrial apoptosis. The maturation of microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-LC3B indicated the activation of autophagy potentially through PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway, and inhibition of autophagy by 3-methyladenine decreased the apoptotic cell ratio. Besides, baicalin increased the intercellular Ca

conclusionOur observations suggest that baicalin exerts cytotoxic effects on human glioblastoma cells by the autophagy-related apoptosis through Ca

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicApoptosisCalciumCell MovementCell ProliferationCell SurvivalDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorFlavonoidsGlioblastomaHumansMaleMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMiceMice, Inbred BALB CAntineoplastic Agents, PhytogenicbaicalinCalciumFlavonoidsautophagybaicalinCa2+-dependent pathwayglioblastomamitochondrial apoptosisPI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway

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PMCPMC6173175
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