Nimbolide epigenetically regulates autophagy and apoptosis in breast cancer

V Pooladanda, S Bandi, SR Mondi, KM Gottumukkala… - Toxicology In Vitro, 2018 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a critical regulator of cellular homeostasis and its dysregulation often results in
various disease manifestations, including cancer. Nimbolide, an active chemical constituent …

Nimbolide, a neem limonoid inhibits cytoprotective autophagy to activate apoptosis via modulation of the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β signalling pathway in oral cancer

J Sophia, J Kowshik, A Dwivedi, SK Bhutia… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Of late, nimbolide, a limonoid from the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) has gained increasing
research attention owing to its potent antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing effects. The …

Nimbolide inhibits pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis through ROS-mediated apoptosis and inhibition of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

R Subramani, E Gonzalez, A Arumugam, S Nandy… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The mortality and morbidity rates of pancreatic cancer are high because of its extremely
invasive and metastatic nature. Its lack of symptoms, late diagnosis and chemo–resistance …

Induction of apoptosis in human breast cancer cells by nimbolide through extrinsic and intrinsic pathway

P Elumalai, DN Gunadharini, K Senthilkumar… - Toxicology letters, 2012 - Elsevier
We aimed to investigate the cytotoxic effects of nimbolide, a limonoid present in leaves and
flowers of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica) on human breast cancer cells. The molecular …

A novel autophagy/mitophagy inhibitor liensinine sensitizes breast cancer cells to chemotherapy through DNM1L-mediated mitochondrial fission

J Zhou, G Li, Y Zheng, HM Shen, X Hu, QL Ming… - Autophagy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Autophagy inhibition has been widely accepted as a promising therapeutic strategy in
cancer, while the lack of effective and specific autophagy inhibitors hinders its application …

Anticancer effects of bufalin on human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells: roles of apoptosis and autophagy

Q Miao, LL Bi, X Li, S Miao, J Zhang, S Zhang… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
The traditional Chinese medicine bufalin, extracted from toad's skin, has been demonstrated
to exert anticancer activities in various kinds of human cancers. The mechanisms of action …

Pineapple bromelain induces autophagy, facilitating apoptotic response in mammary carcinoma cells

K Bhui, S Tyagi, B Prakash, Y Shukla - Biofactors, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Bromelain, from pineapple, possesses potent anticancer effects. We investigated autophagic
phenomenon in mammary carcinoma cells (estrogen receptor positive and negative) under …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress‐mediated autophagy protects against β, β‐dimethylacrylshikonin‐induced apoptosis in lung adenocarcinoma cells

H Wang, G Zhang - Cancer science, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
β, β‐Dimethylacrylshikonin (DMAS) is an anti‐cancer compound extracted from the roots of
Lithospermum erythrorhizon. The present study aims to investigate the effects of DMAS on …

Nimbolide induced apoptosis by activating ERK‐mediated inhibition of c‐IAP1 expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

KC Hsueh, CL Lin, JN Tung, SF Yang… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nimbolide is one of the major compounds from the leaves and flowers of the neem tree and
exhibits antitumor properties on various cancer cells. However, no report has shown that …

Berberine-induced apoptosis in human breast cancer cells is mediated by reactive oxygen species generation and mitochondrial-related apoptotic pathway

J Xie, Y Xu, X Huang, Y Chen, J Fu, M Xi, L Wang - Tumor Biology, 2015 - Springer
Berberine has drawn extensive attention toward their wide range of biochemical and
pharmacological effects, including antineoplastic effect in recent years, but the precise …