ReviewMolecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.)2020
The mitohormetic response as part of the cytoprotection mechanism of berberine : Berberine induces mitohormesis and mechanisms.
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- Radiotherapy Enhancing and Radioprotective Properties of Berberine: A Systematic Review.Recent patents on anti-cancer drug discovery · 2025Pooled it
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- Advances in natural compounds modulating autophagy for the therapeutic intervention of heart failure.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2026Review
- Mitochondrial Health Through Nicotinamide Riboside and Berberine: Shared Pathways and Therapeutic Potential.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Berberine and its nanoformulations and extracts: potential strategies and future perspectives against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Cationic Vitamin E-TPGS Mixed Micelles of Berberine to Neutralize Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity via Amelioration of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Impeding Apoptosis.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Beneficial Effects of Low-Grade Mitochondrial Stress on Metabolic Diseases and Aging.Yonsei medical journal · 2024Review
- Neurohormetic phytochemicals in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.Immunity & ageing : I & A · 2022Review
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- Less Can Be More: The Hormesis Theory of Stress Adaptation in the Global Biosphere and Its Implications.Biomedicines · 2021Review
- Propagation of Mitochondria-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species within theAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Berberine inhibits the Warburg effect through TET3/miR-145/HK2 pathways in ovarian cancer cells.Journal of Cancer · 2021Article
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Abstract
It was well-known that Berberine, a major bioactive compound extracted from natural plants Coptis chinensis, has anti-diabetic effects for decades in china. Other types of pharmacological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hypolipidemic, and anti-cancer effects, have also been examined. At cellular level, these pharmacological activities were mostly an inhibitory effect. However, the cytoprotective effect of berberine was also observed in various types of cells, such as neurons, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and β-cells. The paradoxical result may be closely associated with characteristics and distribution of berberine within cells, and they can be explained mechanically by mitohormesis, one particular form of hormesis. Here, we reviewed the mitohormetic response and assessed the berberine-induced effects and the possible signaling pathway involved. These findings may contribute to better clinical applications of berberine and indicate that some mitochondria-targeted conventional drugs should be considered carefully in clinical application.
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