ArticleRSC advances2020
Nobiletin, a citrus polymethoxyflavone, enhances the effects of bicalutamide on prostate cancer cells
Article in RSC advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Time matters: circadian genetics and the molecular logic of human health and disease.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2026Review
- Nobiletin in cancer therapy: Emerging insights into multi-target mechanisms, overcoming drug resistance and therapeutic translation (Review).Oncology letters · 2026Review
- Natural compounds naringin and nobiletin synergistically inhibit the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway in NSCLC: molecular docking and cytotoxicity studies.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Circadian genesJournal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2025Review
- Mechanistic Insights into the Anticancer Potential of Methoxyflavones Analogs: A Review.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- DADS Regulates EMT and Chemotherapy Resistance by Inhibiting ROROncology research · 2025Article
- Recent advances in flavonoid compounds for the treatment of prostate cancer.Molecular biology reports · 2024Review
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- Hesperidin Suppresses the Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells by Inducing Oxidative Stress and Disrupting CaAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Nobiletin as an inducer of programmed cell death in cancer: a review.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2022Review
- ROR activation by Nobiletin enhances antitumor efficacy via suppression of IκB/NF-κB signaling in triple-negative breast cancer.Cell death & disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
Natural products have shown potential to be combined with current cancer therapies to improve patient outcomes. Nobiletin (NBT) is a citrus polymethoxyflavone and has been shown to exert an anticancer effect in various cancer cells. We investigated the effects and mechanisms of NBT in combination with bicalutamide (BCT), a commonly used anti-androgen drug in prostate cancer therapy, on prostate cancer cells. Our results demonstrate that the combined treatment with NBT and BCT produces an enhanced inhibitory effect on the growth of prostate cancer cells compared to either compound alone. The synergistic action of NBT and BCT was confirmed using isobologram analysis. Moreover, this study has shown that NBT and BCT synergistically inhibited colony formation and migration as well as induced apoptosis. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that NBT and BCT combination reduced key cellular signaling regulators including: p-Erk/Erk, p-STAT3/STAT3 and NF-κB. Overall, these results suggest that NBT combination with BCT may be an effective treatment for prostate cancer.
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