The Claim
Apigenin-mediated suppression of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) reduces the ability of senescent fibroblasts to stimulate proliferation, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human breast cancer cells, as evidenced by decreased proliferation of MDA-MB-231 and ZR75.1 cells, reduced basement membrane invasion, increased expression of epithelial markers (ZO-1, cytokeratin-18), and decreased expression of mesenchymal marker vimentin.
What the research says
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Apigenin reduces the ability of aged fibroblasts to promote cancer cell growth, invasion, and transformation into a more aggressive state in human breast cancer cells, resulting in lower cancer cell proliferation, less invasion through basement membranes, higher levels of epithelial markers, and lower levels of mesenchymal markers.
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Apigenin-mediated suppression of the SASP reduces the ability of senescent fibroblasts to stimulate proliferation, invasion, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human breast cancer cells, as demonstrated by decreased MDA-MB231 and ZR75.1 cell proliferation, reduced basement membrane invasion, and restoration of epithelial markers (ZO-1, cytokeratin-18) and suppression of mesenchymal markers (vimentin).
Apigenin blocks a signaling chain in aging cells that normally releases harmful chemicals. Without these chemicals, nearby breast cancer cells stop growing rapidly, stop invading surrounding tissue, and return to a more normal, less aggressive state by restoring proteins that keep cells stuck together and reducing proteins that make them spread.
What the research says
1 studyWhen aging cells are treated with apigenin, they stop sending out signals that make breast cancer cells grow faster and spread. The study showed this happens — the cancer cells became less aggressive after the aging cells were treated.
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