Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41262671›Full record

ArticleJournal of traditional and complementary medicine2025

Isoliquiritigenin: A natural compound with a promising role in inhibiting breast cancer lung metastasis.

Kumar Ganesan, Cong Xu, Bing Du, Jianhua Che, Fei Gao, Chuan Zheng, Jianping Chen

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of traditional and complementary medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Kumar GanesanSchool of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Cong XuSchool of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Bing DuCollege of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510640, China.
Jianhua CheHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610072, China.
Fei GaoSchool of Basic Medical Sciences, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Chuan ZhengHospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610072, China.
Jianping ChenSchool of Chinese Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and aim: Isoliquiritigenin (ISL) is a dietary bioactive compound that is derived from the roots of licorice and various other plants. Accumulating evidence suggests that ISL has noteworthy anticancer activity in a variety of cancer cells, but it is currently unknown how ISL affects the invasion and migration of breast cancer (BC) cells. Hence, the purpose of this study to determine the inhibitory effect of ISL on cell invasion, migration, and metastasis of BC cells in 4T1-treated lung metastatic animal models. Experimental procedure: ISL was found to inhibit BC lung metastasis, as confirmed by MTT assay, clonogenic assay, wound healing assay, transwell assay, histological analysis, Western blot and bioluminescence assay in the xenograft model. Results and conclusion: The in vitro studies revealed that ISL treatment significantly prevented BC cell invasion and migration for 24 h. ISL decreased the protein expressions of PI3K, Akt, p-Akt, mTOR, p-mTOR, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2, MMP-9, and N-cadherin, thereby inhibiting BC cell invasion. In addition, ISL decreased MMP-2/9 and N-cadherin expression in lung tissues and reduced mouse 4T1 BC cell lung metastasis. Based on these findings, it suggests that ISL inhibits cell migration and invasion in BC cells by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway and decreasing the activation of MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression. Therefore, ISL may be useful in managing BC invasion and metastasis.

Indexed as

Breast cancerIsoliquiritigeninLung metastasisMatrix metalloproteinasesPI3K/Akt

Identifiers

PMID41262671
PMCPMC12624662

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.