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ArticleOncology letters2025

Transcriptomic analyses unveil the mechanism of saikosaponin A in inhibiting human neuroblastoma SK-N-AS cells.

Ning Gao, Jialin Sun, Wei Zhao, Lihui Duan, Hongyao Cai, Bo Liu, Yupeng Cheng

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Article in Oncology letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ning GaoKey Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
Jialin SunDepartment of Medicine, Heilongjiang Minzu College, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150066, P.R. China.
Wei ZhaoKey Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
Lihui DuanKey Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
Hongyao CaiKey Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.
Bo LiuSchool of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Vocational College, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150025, P.R. China.
Yupeng ChengKey Laboratory of Basic and Application Research of Beiyao, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150040, P.R. China.

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Abstract

Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common pediatric malignant neoplasm. Saikosaponin A (SSa), a compound with potential therapeutic effects against this disease, inhibits the proliferation, metastasis and invasion of NB cells. However, its molecular mechanism remains elusive. The present study examined changes in gene expression in SK-N-AS NB cells after SSa administration using RNA sequencing. Subsequently, Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins were used to analyze the differentially expressed genes between the treatment and control groups. Quantitative PCR technology confirmed the expression of the identified critical genes. The results identified multiple significant biological processes, including 717 GO terms and 55 KEGG pathways, constructing a 96-gene protein-protein interaction network, with

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antitumor activityneuroblastomaRNA-sequencingsaikosaponin A

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