ArticleApoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death2023
Bufalin reverses cancer-associated fibroblast-mediated colorectal cancer metastasis by inhibiting the STAT3 signaling pathway.
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- Efficacy and safety of cinobufacini capsules combined with oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy for advanced colorectal cancer: a human systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Pooled it
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- Emerging agents that target signaling pathways in cancer fibroblast cells (Review).International journal of oncology · 2026Review
- Bufalin Inhibits the PI3K/AKT Pathway by Targeting GTF3C4 to Impede Breast Cancer Progression.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Traditional Chinese medicine remodels the immune microenvironment of colorectal cancer: mechanisms and therapeutic perspectives.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Baicalin attenuates the immune escape of oral squamous cell carcinoma by reducing lactate accumulation in tumor microenvironment.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
- Aberrantly High Expression of Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 Drives Lung Cancer Growth and Metastasis by Enhancing Cancer Stemness.Biomolecules & therapeutics · 2025Article
- Bufalin Suppresses Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastasis by Inhibiting De Novo Fatty Acid Synthesis via the PI3K/AKT-Mediated SREBP1/FASN Pathway.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cardiac Glycosides: From Natural Defense Molecules to Emerging Therapeutic Agents.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Progress of traditional Chinese medicine in the prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Review
- Rod-shaped mesoporous silica nanoparticles reduce bufalin cardiotoxicity and inhibit colon cancer by blocking lipophagy.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Article
- Mechanism of bufalin inhibition of colon cancer liver metastasis by regulating M2-type polarization of Kupffer cells induced by highly metastatic colon cancer cells.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2024Article
- Bufalin-Loaded Multifunctional Photothermal Nanoparticles Inhibit the Anaerobic Glycolysis by Targeting SRC-3/HIF-1α Pathway for Improved Mild Photothermal Therapy in CRC.International journal of nanomedicine · 2024Article
- Mechanism Study of Bufalin Reversal of Drug Resistance by Inhibiting Hypoxic Colon Cancer Cell-Induced Polarization of M2 Macrophages.Integrative cancer therapiesArticle
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Abstract
At present, recurrence and metastasis are still important factors that lead to a poor prognosis among colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) can promote tumorigenesis and development. Bufalin is the main active monomer of the clinical drug cinobufacini, which exhibits antitumor activity in various cancers. But few research have investigated the effect of bufalin in inhibiting metastasis from the perspective of the tumor microenvironment. We first isolated CAFs from freshly resected colorectal cancer patient specimens and observed the effect of CAFs on CRC cell invasion through a series of experiments. We explored the effect of bufalin on the physiological activity of CRC mediated by CAFs through experiments. In our study, we found that CAFs could promote CRC cell activity through the STAT3 pathway. Bufalin reversed CAF-mediated CRC invasion and metastasis by inhibiting the STAT3 pathway. Overexpression of STAT3 attenuated the inhibitory function of bufalin on invasion and metastasis. Taken together, bufalin can reverse CAF-mediated colorectal cancer metastasis based on inhibiting the STAT3 signaling pathway.
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