作者: Jer-Hwa Chang , Chao-Wen Cheng , Yi-Chieh Yang , Wan-Shen Chen , Wen-Yueh Hung
DOI: 10.1186/S13046-018-0869-1
关键词: Apigenin 、 Cancer 、 Apoptosis 、 Metastasis 、 Snail 、 Lung cancer 、 Protein kinase B 、 Medicine 、 Cancer research 、 Slug
摘要: Background Metastasis rather than the primary cancer determines survival of patients. Activation Akt plays a critical role in epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT), initial step lung metastasis. Apigenin (API), flavonoid with potent Akt-inhibitory effect, shows oncostatic activities various cancers. However, effects API on metastasis non-small cell (NSCLC) remain unclear.