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Treatment of adult and pediatric high-grade gliomas with Withaferin A: antitumor mechanisms and future perspectives

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Natural Medicines, July 2016
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Title
Treatment of adult and pediatric high-grade gliomas with Withaferin A: antitumor mechanisms and future perspectives
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Journal of Natural Medicines, July 2016
DOI 10.1007/s11418-016-1020-2
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Megan M. Marlow, Sumedh S. Shah, Eduardo A. Véliz, Michael E. Ivan, Regina M. Graham

Abstract

Resistance mechanisms employed by high-grade gliomas allow them to successfully evade current standard treatment of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Withaferin A (WA), utilized in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries, is attracting attention for its antitumor capabilities. Here we review pertinent literature on WA as a high-grade glioma treatment, and discuss the cancerous mechanisms it affects. WA is relatively nontoxic and has shown potential in crossing the blood-brain barrier. WA prevents p53 alterations and inactivates overexpressed MDM2 through ARF and ROS production. Furthermore, WA upregulates Bax, inducing mitochondrial death cascades, inhibits mutated Akt, mTOR, and NF-κB pathways, and inhibits angiogenesis in tumors. Therapy with WA for high-grade gliomas is supported through the literature. Further investigation is warranted and encouraged to fully unearth its abilities against malignant gliomas.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 36 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 22%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 14%
Other 4 11%
Researcher 4 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 6%
Other 7 19%
Unknown 6 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 42%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 14%
Neuroscience 3 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Psychology 1 3%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 7 19%
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#19,942,887
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#326
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#267,287
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#6
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