| Literature DB >> 12049811 |
Shoji Yamazaki1, Tatuo Morita, Hitoshi Endo, Toshiro Hamamoto, Masaki Baba, Yoshiko Joichi, Sanae Kaneko, Yoshihito Okada, Toru Okuyama, Hoyoku Nishino, Akihiko Tokue.
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Isoliquiritigenin is a chalcone isolated from licorice and shallots. The ability of isoliquiritigenin to suppress metastasis was examined in a pulmonary metastasis model of mouse renal cell carcinoma. Isoliquiritigenin significantly reduced pulmonary metastasis, without any weight loss or leukocytopenia. Isoliquiritigenin suppressed in vitro proliferation of carcinoma cells, potentiated nitric oxide production by lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages, and facilitated cytotoxicity of splenic lymphocytes in vitro. These findings suggest activation of macrophages, activation of cytotoxicity of lymphocytes, and direct cytotoxicity as possible mechanisms of metastasis suppression by isoliquiritigenin. In addition, isoliquiritigenin prevented severe leukocytopenia caused by administration of 5-fluorouracil.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12049811 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(02)00113-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN: 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679