Molecular therapy for N-Myc-overexpressing tumors: Cucurbitacin D, found in Trichosanthes kirilowii (Gualou), Phormium tenax, and Luffa amara among others, increases the levels of tumor suppressor proteins, TAp63, TAp63 and Fbw7 (SCF Fbw7 ubiquitin ligase), inhibits the expression of pro-survival proteins N-Myc, Cyclin-E and Mcl-1, and stalls the progression of N-Myc-overexpressing cancers via down regulation of its target gene, 4/February/2017, 11.25 pm
Introduction: What they say A study from the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; and Medical Research Institute, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China shows that “Polo-like Kinase-1 Regulates Myc Stabilization and Activates a Feedforward Circuit Promoting Tumor Cell Survival.” This research paper was published in the 3 November 2016 issue of the journal […]
Natural product-derived PD-1 pathway blockade for Human cancer therapy: Genistein, found in Soy and Amur (Maackia amurensis) among others, inhibits the expression of co-inhibitory receptor PD-1 on Antigen- Specific T-cells, increases the production of cytokines by tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL), and draining lymph nodes and augments anti-tumor activity via down-regulation of its target gene, 4/February/2017, 11.16 pm
Introduction:What they say: A recent study from Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States shows that “TGF-β1-Mediated Smad3 Enhances PD-1 Expression on Antigen-Specific T Cells in Cancer.” This study was published in the 28 September 2016 issue of Cancer Discovery (one of the best journals in Cancer […]
Natural product-derived therapy for enhancing anti-cancer immunity: Celastrol, isoalted from Thunder God Vine/Tripterygium Wilfordii, decreases the level of LATS1/2 (large tumor suppressor 1 and 2), increases immunogenicity of tumors, enhances anti-tumor immune responses, and inhibits tumor growth via down regulation of its target gene, 4/February/2017, 11.02 pm
Introduction: What they say: A study from the Department of Pharmacology and Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA shows that “The Hippo Pathway Kinases LATS1/2 Suppress Cancer Immunity.” This study was published in the 1 December 2016 issue of the journal “Cell” [the number 1 journal in General Biology with […]
Natural product-derived PD-L1 pathway blockade enhances the efficacy of Cancer immunotherapy: Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), one of the main components of Green tea, inhibits the expression of PD-L1, inhibits inflammatory signalling and the number of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and macrophages, increases Cytotoxic activity of T-cells, decreases tumor burden and increases survival via up-regulation of its target gene, 4/February/2017, 5.50 pm
Introduction:What they say: A recent study from Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 108, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA shows that “Deubiquitination and Stabilization of PD-L1 by CSN5.” This study was published in the 12 December 2016 issue of Cancer cell (one of the best journals in […]
Natural product-derived therapy for Metastatic human tumors: Baicalein, a flavonoid found in Scutellaria bicalensis/lateriflora and Oroxylum indicum, among others, decreases the expression of c-Src protein, inhibits the expression of a number of enzymes in glycolytic cycle, and suppresses proliferation, migration, invasion, tumorigenesis and metastasis via up regulation of its target gene, 4/February/2017, 5.14 pm
Introduction: What they say: A study from the State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China shows that “c-Src phosphorylation and activation of hexokinase promotes tumorigenesis and metastasis.” This study was published in the 5 January 2017 issue of the […]
Natural product-based therapy for Metastatic tumors: Formononetin, an isoflavone found in the roots of astragalus membranaceus, Trifolium pratense, Glycyrrhiza glabra, and Pueraria lobata, increases the expression of tumor suppressor gene BTG2 and inhibits invasion, migration and metastasis of tumor cells via down regulation of its target gene, 4/February/2017, 4.07 pm
From Significance of the study to Public health relevance: Given that: (1) Cancer suppressor p53 is mutated in more than 50% of human cancers of different tissue origin; (2) p53 pathway is altered in about 80% of tumors.; (3) our understanding is incomplete in terms of molecular targets and the oncogenic/malignant pathways involved in mutant […]
