Drug Combination Details
General Information of the Combination (ID: C77214) | |||||
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Name | Betulinic Acid NP Info | + | TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand Drug Info | ||
Structure |
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Disease |
Hepatocellular carcinoma
[ICD-11: 2C12]
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Investigative | [1] |
Combinatorial Therapeutic Effect(s) Validated Clinically or Experimentally | ||||||
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α. Enhancing Drug Efficacy by This Combination | ||||||
Augmenting Drug Sensitivity | Click to Show/Hide | |||||
Experiment 1 Reporting the Effect of This Combination | [1] | |||||
Molecule(s)
Regulation |
Up-regulation | Expression | BAD | Molecule Info |
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Up-regulation | Expression | BAK | Molecule Info |
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Down-regulation | Expression | BCL-2 | Molecule Info |
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Down-regulation | Expression | MCL1 | Molecule Info |
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In-vitro Model | Huh-7 | CVCL_0336 | Adult hepatocellular carcinoma | Homo sapiens | ||
PLC/PRF/5 | CVCL_0485 | Adult hepatocellular carcinoma | Homo sapiens | |||
In-vivo Model | 5*105 HUH7 cells were subcutaneously injected into the dorsal flanks of 30 male 6-week old Athymic nude mice. | |||||
Experimental
Result(s) |
Betulinic acid promotes TRAIL function on liver cancer progression inhibition through p53/Caspase-3 signaling activation. |
References | ||||
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Reference 1 | Betulinic acid promotes TRAIL function on liver cancer progression inhibition through p53/Caspase-3 signaling activation. Biomed Pharmacother. 2017 Apr;88:349-358. |



