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Browse 27 source-linked studies with the full title, publication year, research focus and a concise finding. Select any linked substance to move directly to its corresponding Sunridge page.

Artesunate directly targets glucosylceramidase to suppress hepatocellular carcinoma proliferation and trigger apoptosis.

2026 · Apoptosis and cell death

Network calculation and a series of in vivo and in vitro experimental data demonstrated that the apoptosis-related GBA-ceramide-CTSD-BID-BAX signaling was one of the key putative target pathways by which artesunate may inhibit the malignant progression of HCC.

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Artesunate inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma cell migration and invasion through OGA-mediated O-GlcNAcylation of ZEB1.

2025 · Metastasis and invasion

Our results demonstrated that artesunate significantly inhibited HCC cell viability, migration, and invasion.

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Artesunate Sensitizes human hepatocellular carcinoma to sorafenib via exacerbating AFAP1L2-SRC-FUNDC1 axis-dependent mitophagy.

2024 · Treatment response

Mechanically, artesunate reduced the expression of AFAP1L2 protein, suppressed the phosphorylation levels of SRC and FUNDC1 proteins, promoted the FUNDC1 recruitment of massive LC3B to mitochondria, and further overactivated the mitophagy and subsequent cell apoptosis of sorafenib resistant cells.

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Artesunate synergizes with sorafenib to induce ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma.

2021 · Treatment response

We showed that artesunate greatly enhanced the anticancer effects of low dose of sorafenib against Huh7, SNU-449, and SNU-182 HCC cell lines in vitro and against Huh7 cell xenograft model in Balb/c nude mice.

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Dihydroartemisinin promoted FXR expression independent of YAP1 in hepatocellular carcinoma.

2022 · Tumor growth and proliferation

Our previous research showed that dihydroartemisinin (DHA) inhibited cell proliferation in HepG2 and HepG22215 cells.

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Berberine sensitizes liver cancer cells to sorafenib by inducing SETDB1/NQO1/p53-dependent ferroptosis and genomic instability.

2025 · Treatment response

As demonstrated from our results, we found berberine greatly enhanced the inhibitory effects of sorafenib on cell proliferation synergistically against mouse and human liver cancer cell lines in vitro, Hepa1-6 xenograft model in C57/B6J mice in vivo and in the 3D culture system of tumor cells.

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Curcumin Induces Apoptosis by Suppressing XRCC4 Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

2023 · Apoptosis and cell death

Therefore, curcumin exerts anti-cancer effects by inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting cell apoptosis in HCC.

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Curcumin induces ferroptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating the P62-KEAP1-NRF2-signaling pathway.

2025 · Apoptosis and cell death

Curcumin administration (100 mg/kg for 15 days) markedly suppressed tumor growth, reduced glutathione levels in tumor tissues, and enhanced the accumulation of reactive oxygen species, malondialdehyde, and Fe2+.In vitro, curcumin inhibited HepG2 cell proliferation, promoted ferroptotic cell death, downregulated P62 and NRF2 expression, and upregulated KEAP1 expression.

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Smart Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Loading Curcumin Inhibit Liver Cancer.

2024 · Cancer biology and response

Curcumin (CUR) as one of the natural edible pigments is approved by the World Health Organization due to its nontoxic and anticancer effect.

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Antitumor Potential of Epigallocatechin Gallate in Overcoming Molecular Therapy Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

2025 · Apoptosis and cell death

EGCG significantly reduced cell proliferation and induced apoptosis in all cell lines.

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Ginsenoside Rh2 and luteolin synergistically induce cellular senescence to suppress hepatocellular carcinoma progression through oxidative stress-mediated mechanisms.

2026 · Treatment response

Ginsenoside Rh2 (Rh2) and luteolin (Lut) each exhibits anticancer activity; however, their behavior in combination and underlying mechanisms in HCC remain largely unexplored.

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Ginsenoside Rh3 enhances regorafenib efficacy in hepatocellular carcinoma by modulating FGFR4-STAT3-YAP signaling pathway.

2026 · Cancer biology and response

Here we investigate whether ginsenoside Rh3, a bioactive constituent of Panax ginseng, enhances the anticancer properties of regorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor, in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

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Ginsenoside Rh4 inhibits inflammation-related hepatocellular carcinoma progression by targeting HDAC4/IL-6/STAT3 signaling.

2023 · Metastasis and invasion

The elevated migration and invasion of HCC cells triggered by LPS were reduced by Rh4.

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Ginsenoside Rk1 induces autophagy-dependent apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma by AMPK/mTOR signaling pathway.

2024 · Apoptosis and cell death

Importantly, co-treatment of ginsenoside Rk1 with autophagy inhibitors can inhibit apoptosis of HCC cells, once again demonstrating the ability of ginsenoside Rk1 to promote autophagy-dependent apoptosis.

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Ginsenoside RK1 Induces Ferroptosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells through an FSP1-Dependent Pathway.

2024 · Apoptosis and cell death

Various inhibitors targeting apoptosis (Z-VAD-FMK 20 μM), necrosis (Nec-1, 10 μM), and ferroptosis (Fer-1, 10 μM; Lip-1, 1 μM) were employed to assess ginsenoside RK1's impact on cell demise.

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Nanoparticle conjugation of ginsenoside Rh2 enhanced antitumor efficacy on hepatocellular carcinoma.

2025 · Cancer biology and response

Ginsenoside Rh2 (Rh2) is one of the main bioactive ginsenosides that act as a natural antitumor drug.

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Ivermectin synergizes sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma via targeting multiple oncogenic pathways.

2022 · Treatment response

We demonstrated that ivermectin at clinically relevant concentrations was active against growth and survival in multiple HCC cell lines.

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Altering the gut microbiome and tumor microenvironment in advanced liver cancer: A phase II study of nivolumab, tadalafil and oral vancomycin in patients with refractory primary hepatocellular carcinoma or liver dominant metastatic cancer from colorectal or pancreatic cancers.

2025 · Metastasis and invasion

A decrease in secondary bile acids along with changes in gut microbiota were observed.

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Gut microbiota modulate radiotherapy-associated antitumor immune responses against hepatocellular carcinoma Via STING signaling.

2022 · Treatment response

However, the role of the microbiome in regulating the response to RT remains unclear.

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Intratumoral microbiome evaluated progression and outcome of patients with HBV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma.

2026 · Survival and clinical response

We observed that taxa abundance in HCC tissues was significantly associated with clinicopathological variables, such as tumor size, differentiation, invasion of the liver capsule, lymphovascular invasion, metastasis, pTNM, portal hypertension (PTH), Child-Turcotte-Pugh score, BCLC stage, prognosis (overall survival and progression-free survival), serum levels of α-fetoprotein, albumin, and glucose and personal habits (such as smoking and alcohol intake) of the HBV-associated HCC patients (p < 0.05).

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Quercetin inhibits endothelial & hepatocellular carcinoma cell crosstalk via reducing extracellular vesicle-mediated VEGFR2 mRNA transfer.

2024 · Tumor growth and proliferation

In vivo, quercetin reduced VEGF secretion, impaired angiogenesis, slowed tumor growth, and decreased the number and proportion of VEGFR2-positive CTCs.

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Quercetin-induced degradation of RhoC suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma invasion and metastasis.

2024 · Metastasis and invasion

We explored whether quercetin could inhibit cell migration or invasion by transwell assay.

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Efficacy and safety of sirolimus early conversion protocol in liver transplant patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A single-arm, multicenter, prospective study.

2022 · Cancer biology and response

Therefore, we designed a clinical trial to test whether sirolimus can improve recurrence-free survival (RFS) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients beyond the Milan criteria after LT.

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Efficacy of resveratrol against breast cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines.

2023 · Tumor growth and proliferation

The resveratrol was shown to suppress the proliferation of MCF-7 and HepG2 cells at dose- and time-dependent.

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Evaluation of 3-O-β-D-galactosylated resveratrol-loaded polydopamine nanoparticles for hepatocellular carcinoma treatment.

2024 · Cancer biology and response

In our previous studies, 3-O-β-D-galactosylated resveratrol (Gal-Res) was synthesized by structural modification and then 3-O-β-D-galactosylated resveratrol polydopamine nanoparticles (Gal-Res NPs) were successfully prepared to improve the bioavailability and liver distribution of Res.

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Silibinin, a potential fasting mimetic, inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma by triggering extrinsic apoptosis.

2024 · Apoptosis and cell death

Inhibition of AMPK using small interfering RNA (siRNA) or compound C, an AMPK inhibitor, significantly attenuated the upregulation of DR5 and the apoptotic response induced by silibinin.

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Combination of Vitamin C and Lenvatinib potentiates antitumor effects in hepatocellular carcinoma cells in vitro.

2023 · Cancer biology and response

Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid, ascorbate, VC) is an important natural antioxidant, which has been reported to show suppressive effects in cancer treatment.

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