Antitumor effects of flavokawain-B flavonoid in gemcitabine-resistant lung cancer cells are mediated via mitochondrial-mediated apoptosis, ROS production, cell migration and cell invasion inhibition and blocking of PI3K/AKT Signaling pathway.

CONCLUSIONS: Flavokawain-B targets gemcitabine-resistant NSCLC cells selectively without inducing any significant toxicity in normal cells and these effects are mediated via apoptosis induction, ROS production, loss of MMP, suppression of cell migration and invasion and blocking PI3K/AKT signalling pathway. PMID: 32277640 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of B.U.ON. - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: J BUON Source Type: research