Berberine, a natural alkaloid sensitizes human hepatocarcinoma to ionizing radiation by blocking autophagy and cell cycle arrest resulting in senescence

G Ramesh, S Das… - Journal of Pharmacy and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective To study the radiosensitizing potential of Berberine and the underlying mechanism
in human hepatocarcinoma (HepG2) cells. Methods HepG2 cells were challenged with X …

The combination of berberine and irradiation enhances anti‐cancer effects via activation of p38 MAPK pathway and ROS generation in human hepatoma cells

JM Hur, MS Hyun, SY Lim, WY Lee… - Journal of cellular …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Berberine, an isoquinoline plant alkaloid, has been known to generate a wide variety of
biochemical and pharmacological effects. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanism for …

[HTML][HTML] Berberine enhances the radiosensitivity of hepatoma cells by Nrf2 pathway

X You, X Cao, Y Lin - Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2019 - imrpress.com
Radiation therapy is a major treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Yet, this
treatment is ineffective in HCC due to lack of radiosensitivity. For this reason, we examined …

Synergistic tumor-killing effect of radiation and berberine combined treatment in lung cancer: the contribution of autophagic cell death

P Peng, WH Kuo, HC Tseng, FP Chou - International Journal of Radiation …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Radiotherapy is the most efficacious strategies for lung cancer. The radiation-
enhancing effects and the underlying mechanisms of berberine were investigated both in …

Cell-specific pattern of berberine pleiotropic effects on different human cell lines

A Agnarelli, M Natali, M Garcia-Gil, R Pesi, MG Tozzi… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The natural alkaloid berberine has several pharmacological properties and recently
received attention as a potential anticancer agent. In this work, we investigated the …

Berberine induces autophagic cell death and mitochondrial apoptosis in liver cancer cells: the cellular mechanism

N Wang, Y Feng, M Zhu, CM Tsang… - Journal of cellular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive studies have revealed that berberine, a small molecule derived from Coptidis
rhizoma (Huanglian in Chinese) and many other plants, has strong anti‐tumor properties. To …

[HTML][HTML] Berberine induces apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway in liver cancer cells

NKY Yip, WS Ho - Oncology reports, 2013 - spandidos-publications.com
Current chemotherapeutic strategies for liver cancer have limitations. Thus, the demand for
complementary medicine is warranted. We evaluated the antitumor potential of berberine, a …

Berberine induces apoptosis in human HSC-3 oral cancer cells via simultaneous activation of the death receptor-mediated and mitochondrial pathway

CC Lin, JS Yang, JT Chen, S Fan, FS Yu… - Anticancer …, 2007 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Evidence has accumulated that berberine is able to induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in
many human cancer cell lines. However, there is no available information on the effects of …

Berberine induces apoptosis by suppressing the arachidonic acid metabolic pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma

J Li, O Li, M Kan, M Zhang, D Shao… - Molecular …, 2015 - spandidos-publications.com
Berberine (BBR) has been suggested as a potential candidate anticancer agent due to its
high anticancer activity and multiple mechanisms. In the present study, the inhibitory effect of …

Berberine—A potent chemosensitizer and chemoprotector to conventional cancer therapies

N Devarajan, S Jayaraman, J Mahendra… - Phytotherapy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are mainstay treatments for cancer patients. However, their
clinical outcomes are highly limited by the resistance of malignant tumors to these therapies …