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Apigenin in cancer therapy: anti-cancer effects and mechanisms of action

Overview of attention for article published in Cell & Bioscience, October 2017
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Title
Apigenin in cancer therapy: anti-cancer effects and mechanisms of action
Published in
Cell & Bioscience, October 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13578-017-0179-x
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Authors

Xiaohui Yan, Miao Qi, Pengfei Li, Yihong Zhan, Huanjie Shao

Abstract

Apigenin is a common dietary flavonoid that is abundantly present in many fruits, vegetables and Chinese medicinal herbs and serves multiple physiological functions, such as strong anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antibacterial and antiviral activities and blood pressure reduction. Therefore, apigenin has been used as a traditional medicine for centuries. Recently, apigenin has been widely investigated for its anti-cancer activities and low toxicity. Apigenin was reported to suppress various human cancers in vitro and in vivo by multiple biological effects, such as triggering cell apoptosis and autophagy, inducing cell cycle arrest, suppressing cell migration and invasion, and stimulating an immune response. In this review, we focus on the most recent advances in the anti-cancer effects of apigenin and their underlying mechanisms, and we summarize the signaling pathways modulated by apigenin, including the PI3K/AKT, MAPK/ERK, JAK/STAT, NF-κB and Wnt/β-catenin pathways. We also discuss combinatorial strategies to enhance the anti-cancer effect of apigenin on various cancers and its use as an adjuvant chemotherapeutic agent to overcome cancer drug resistance or to alleviate other adverse effects of chemotherapy. The functions of apigenin against cancer stem cells are also summarized and discussed. These data demonstrate that apigenin is a promising reagent for cancer therapy. Apigenin appears to have the potential to be developed either as a dietary supplement or as an adjuvant chemotherapeutic agent for cancer therapy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 420 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 46 11%
Student > Bachelor 45 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 37 9%
Researcher 32 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 21 5%
Other 59 14%
Unknown 180 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 56 13%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 48 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 34 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 24 6%
Chemistry 22 5%
Other 35 8%
Unknown 201 48%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2024.
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#947,429
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Outputs of similar age from Cell & Bioscience
#3
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