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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2020

Turmeric Is Therapeutic

Mingyue Li, Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Lianxiang Luo, Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui, Kwok-Pui Fung, Simon Siu-Man Ng, Clara Bik-San Lau

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mingyue LiSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Grace Gar-Lee YueInstitute of Chinese Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Research on Bioactivities and Clinical Applications of Medicinal Plants, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Lianxiang LuoThe Marine Biomedical Research Institute, Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, China.
Stephen Kwok-Wing TsuiSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Kwok-Pui FungSchool of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Simon Siu-Man NgDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Clara Bik-San LauInstitute of Chinese Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Research on Bioactivities and Clinical Applications of Medicinal Plants, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNGuangdong Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is the third most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide. Clinically, chemotherapeutic agents such as FOLFOX are the mainstay of colorectal cancer treatment. However, the side effects including toxicity of FOLFOX stimulated the enthusiasm for developing adjuvants, which exhibit better safety profile. Turmeric extract (TE), which has been previously shown to suppress the growth of human and murine colon xenografts, was further demonstrated here for its inhibitory effects on colon cancer patient-derived xenografts (PDX). PDX models were successfully established from tissues of colon cancer patients and the PDX preserved the heterogeneous architecture through passages. NOD/SCID mice bearing PDX were treated either with TE or FOLFOX and differential responses toward these treatments were observed. The growth of PDX, metastasis and tumor recurrence in PDX-bearing mice were suppressed after TE treatments with 60% anti-tumor response rate and 83.3% anti-metastasis rate. Mechanistic studies showed that TE reduced tumor cell proliferation, induced cell apoptosis, inhibited metastasis

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colorectal cancerherbal medicinesnetwork pharmacologypatient-derived xenograftstumor recurrenceturmeric

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PMID33552955
PMCPMC7856407
OpenAlexW3121390208

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