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ReviewInflammopharmacology2025

From bench to bedside: exploring curcumin-driven signaling pathways in immune cells for cancer management.

Pouya Goleij, Aryan Rezaee, Hiu Yan Lam, Mohammad Amin Khazeei Tabari, Noureldeen Ouf, Dorsa Alijanzadeh, Pantea Majma Sanaye, Danaé S Larsen, Maria Daglia, Haroon Khan and 2 more

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Review in Inflammopharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Immunonutrition: Another Player on the MASLD Field.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Pouya GoleijImmunology Board for Transplantation and Cell-Based Therapeutics (ImmunoTACT), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran. medgenetic.1991@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2213-497X
Aryan RezaeeSchool of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hiu Yan LamDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Mohammad Amin Khazeei TabariPhytoPharmacology Interest Group (PPIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research, Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.
Noureldeen OufDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Dorsa AlijanzadehSchool of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Pantea Majma SanayePhytoPharmacology Interest Group (PPIG), Universal Scientific Education and Research, Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.
Danaé S LarsenSchool of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand.
Maria DagliaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Naples "Federico II", Via D. Montesano 49, 80131, Naples, Italy.
Haroon KhanDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemical and Life Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, 23200, Pakistan.
Gautam SethiDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Alan Prem KumarDepartment of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. apkumar@nus.edu.sg.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of natural compounds as effective therapeutic agents is an expanding area of health and disease research. Curcumin, a bioactive component derived from the rhizome of the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa L.), has been primarily used in culinary applications for several centuries, but now its potential health benefits are the focus of growing scientific research. Interestingly, some studies have found that curcumin has antitumorigenic effects due to its ability to influence the tumor microenvironment and possibly promote immune system response by modulating specific signaling pathways in immune cells. The interaction of curcumin with immune cells in the field of cancer chemoprevention is a complex area of research. It has been suggested that curcumin might promote T cell recruitment, reduce neutrophil and macrophage accumulation in the tumor microenvironment, and prevent the conversion of infiltrating lymphocytes into immunosuppressive subpopulations. Thus, its possible mechanisms of action also include a shift of the immune balance toward activation by reversing the prevalence of immunosuppressive cells. With innovations and improvements in our understanding of the potential benefits of curcumin on immune cells in cancer prevention and treatment, it is important to have an overview of current findings. Therefore, in this study, we aim to provide a review of the latest discoveries regarding curcumin in the field of cancer and immune cell research.

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CurcuminNeoplasmsSignal TransductionAnimalsHumansTumor MicroenvironmentCurcuminCurcuminImmune cellsImmunityNeoplasmsTumor microenvironment

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