Targeting apoptosis pathways in cancer and perspectives with natural compounds from mother nature

FM Millimouno, J Dong, L Yang, J Li, X Li - Cancer prevention research, 2014 - AACR
Although the incidences are increasing day after day, scientists and researchers taken
individually or by research group are trying to fight against cancer by several ways and also …

The role of PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling in gastric carcinoma

T Matsuoka, M Yashiro - Cancers, 2014 - mdpi.com
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)
pathway is one of the key signaling pathways induced by various receptor-tyrosine kinases …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumol: from plant roots to cancer roots

W Wei, A Rasul, A Sadiqa, I Sarfraz… - … Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Natural products, an infinite treasure of bioactive scaffolds, have provided an excellent
reservoir for the discovery of drugs since millennium. These naturally occurring, biologically …

Enzyme‐Responsive Branched Glycopolymer‐Based Nanoassembly for Co‐Delivery of Paclitaxel and Akt Inhibitor toward Synergistic Therapy of Gastric Cancer

X Song, H Cai, Z Shi, Z Li, X Zheng, K Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Combined chemotherapy and targeted therapy holds immense potential in the management
of advanced gastric cancer (GC). GC tissues exhibit an elevated expression level of protein …

2α-Hydroxyalantolactone from Pulicaria undulata: activity against multidrug-resistant tumor cells and modes of action

MEF Hegazy, M Dawood, N Mahmoud, M Elbadawi… - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Sesquiterpene lactones having α-methylene-γ-lactone moiety are promising
natural metabolites showing various biological activity. One of the major metabolites isolated …

Induction of apoptosis by isoalantolactone in human hepatocellular carcinoma Hep3B cells through activation of the ROS-dependent JNK signaling pathway

MY Kim, H Lee, SY Ji, SY Kim, H Hwangbo, SH Park… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Isoalantolactone (IALT) is one of the isomeric sesquiterpene lactones isolated from the roots
of Inula helenium L. IALT is known to possess various biological and pharmacological …

Jaceosidin: a natural flavone with versatile pharmacological and biological activities

B Nageen, A Rasul, G Hussain… - Current …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Nature always remains an inexhaustible source of treasures for mankind. It remains a
mystery for every challenge until the completion of the challenge. While we talk about the …

Sesquiterpene lactones as emerging biomolecules to cease cancer by targeting apoptosis

CY Hsu, S Rajabi, M Hamzeloo-Moghadam… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Apoptosis is a programmed cell death comprising two signaling cascades including the
intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. This process has been shown to be involved in the therapy …

Isoalantolactone induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells via ROS-mediated mitochondrial pathway and downregulation of SIRT1

Z Li, B Qin, X Qi, J Mao, D Wu - Archives of pharmacal research, 2016 - Springer
Isoalantolactone possessed various biological activities. However, whether it could treat
breast cancer and its underlying mechanism remained largely unknown. This study was …

Isoalantolactone protects LPS-induced acute lung injury through Nrf2 activation

C Yuan, L Tian, B Yang, H Zhou - Microbial pathogenesis, 2018 - Elsevier
Isoalantolactone (ISO), a sesquiterpene lactone isolated from Inula helenium, is known to
have anti-inflammatory activity. Here, using a mouse model of acute lung injury, we …