Honokiol inhibits arecoline-induced oral fibrogenesis through transforming growth factor- β/Smad2/3 signaling inhibition

CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that honokiol may be a promising compound to alleviate the progression of oral fibrogenesis and prevent the transformation of OSF oral epithelium into cancer.PMID:33980461 | DOI:10.1016/j.jfma.2021.04.012

Source: J Formos Med Assoc - May 13, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pei-Yin Chen Dennis Chun-Yu Ho Yi-Wen Liao Pei-Ling Hsieh Kai-Hsi Lu Lo-Lin Tsai Sheng-Hua Su Cheng-Chia Yu Source Type: research