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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2021

Germacrone induces lung cancer cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest via the Akt/MDM2/p53 signaling pathway.

Yang Zhao, Jie Cai, Kaihu Shi, Hang Li, Jin Du, Dinghui Hu, Zuntao Liu, Wei Wang

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yang Zhao *Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211800, P.R. China.
Jie Cai *Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210029, P.R. China.
Kaihu ShiDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211800, P.R. China.
Hang LiDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211800, P.R. China.
Jin DuDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211800, P.R. China.
Dinghui HuDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211800, P.R. China.
Zuntao LiuDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211800, P.R. China.
Wei WangDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211800, P.R. China.
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine · CNNanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Germacrone (GM) displays a wide range of antitumor, antioxidant and anti‑inflammatory effects; however, to the best of our knowledge, the effects of GM on lung cancer cell apoptosis and cell cycle arrest have not been previously reported. The aim of the present study was to investigate discussed the effects of GM on the apoptosis and cycle arrest of lung cancer cells. Cell viability, proliferation and apoptosis were assessed by performing Cell Counting Kit‑8, colony formation and TUNEL assays, respectively. Western blotting was performed to detect the expression levels of apoptosis‑, cell cycle‑ and Akt/MDM2 proto‑oncogene (MDM2)/p53 signaling pathway‑related proteins. Compared with the control group, 50, 100 and 200

Indexed as

A549 CellsApoptosisCell CycleCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell SurvivalHumansLung NeoplasmsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Sesquiterpenes, GermacraneSignal TransductionTumor Suppressor Protein p53germacroneMDM2 protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2Sesquiterpenes, GermacraneTumor Suppressor Protein p53Akt/MDM2 proto‑oncogene/p53 signaling pathwayapoptosiscycle arrestgermacronelung cancer

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PMID33880579
PMCPMC8072309
OpenAlexW3153139482

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