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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Synergistic Roles of Curcumin in Sensitising the Cisplatin Effect on a Cancer Stem Cell-Like Population Derived from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Lines.

Nazilah Abdul Satar, Mohd Nazri Ismail, Badrul Hisham Yahaya

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nazilah Abdul SatarLung Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Group, Regenerative Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (IPPT), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Sains@Bertam Kepala Batas, Penang 13200, Malaysia.
Mohd Nazri IsmailAnalytical Biochemistry Research Centre (ABrC), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang 11800, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5878-8190
Badrul Hisham YahayaLung Stem Cell and Gene Therapy Group, Regenerative Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (IPPT), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Sains@Bertam Kepala Batas, Penang 13200, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-3295-9676
Universiti Sains Malaysia · MY

Funding

Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS) by the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia 203/CIPPT/6711509Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Research University Grant 1001/CIPPT/8012203
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) represent a small subpopulation within a tumour. These cells possess stem cell-like properties but also initiate resistance to cytotoxic agents, which contributes to cancer relapse. Natural compounds such as curcumin that contain high amounts of polyphenols can have a chemosensitivity effect that sensitises CSCs to cytotoxic agents such as cisplatin. This study was designed to investigate the efficacy of curcumin as a chemo-sensitiser in CSCs subpopulation of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using the lung cancer adenocarcinoma human alveolar basal epithelial cells A549 and H2170. The ability of curcumin to sensitise lung CSCs to cisplatin was determined by evaluating stemness characteristics, including proliferation activity, colony formation, and spheroid formation of cells treated with curcumin alone, cisplatin alone, or the combination of both at 24, 48, and 72 h. The mRNA level of genes involved in stemness was analysed using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry was used to evaluate the effect of curcumin on the CSC niche. A combined treatment of A549 subpopulations with curcumin reduced cellular proliferation activity at all time points. Curcumin significantly (

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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell CycleCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell Self RenewalCisplatinCurcuminDrug SynergismGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKruppel-Like Factor 4Lung NeoplasmsNeoplastic Stem CellsRNA, MessengerSpheroids, CellularCisplatinCurcuminKLF4 protein, humanKruppel-Like Factor 4RNA, Messengercisplatincurcuminlung cancer stem cellsnon-small cell lung cancerpreventivesensitisation

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PMID33670440
PMCPMC7922800
OpenAlexW3133266120

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