Cucurbitacin B

Cucurbitacin b is a lipid of Sterol Lipids (ST) class. Cucurbitacin b is associated with abnormalities such as Morphologically altered structure. The involved functions are known as Signal Transduction, Apoptosis, Cell Cycle Arrest, Cell Cycle and Negative Regulation of Mitosis. Cucurbitacin b often locates in Mediastinum and Pseudopodia. The associated genes with Cucurbitacin B are STAT5A gene, JAK2 gene, STAT3 gene, CDKN1A gene and BCL2L1 gene. The related experimental models are Xenograft Model.

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Introduction

To understand associated biological information of Cucurbitacin B, we collected biological information of abnormalities, associated pathways, cellular/molecular locations, biological functions, related genes/proteins, lipids and common seen animal/experimental models with organized paragraphs from literatures.

What diseases are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

Cucurbitacin B is suspected in Morphologically altered structure and other diseases in descending order of the highest number of associated sentences.

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Possible diseases from mapped MeSH terms on references

We collected disease MeSH terms mapped to the references associated with Cucurbitacin B

MeSH term MeSH ID Detail
Lung Neoplasms D008175 171 associated lipids
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung D002289 72 associated lipids
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What pathways are associated with Cucurbitacin B

Lipid pathways are not clear in current pathway databases. We organized associated pathways with Cucurbitacin B through full-text articles, including metabolic pathways or pathways of biological mechanisms.

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What cellular locations are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

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What functions are associated with Cucurbitacin B?


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What lipids are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

There are no associated biomedical information in the current reference collection.

What genes are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

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What common seen animal models are associated with Cucurbitacin B?

Xenograft Model

Xenograft Model are used in the study 'Cucurbitacin B induces apoptosis by inhibition of the JAK/STAT pathway and potentiates antiproliferative effects of gemcitabine on pancreatic cancer cells.' (Thoennissen NH et al., 2009).

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All references with Cucurbitacin B

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Liu T et al. Inhibitory effects of cucurbitacin B on laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma. 2008 Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol pmid:18309509
Shang Y et al. Cucurbitacin-B inhibits neuroblastoma cell proliferation through up-regulation of PTEN. 2014 Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci pmid:25487942
Liu T et al. Cucurbitacin B, a small molecule inhibitor of the Stat3 signaling pathway, enhances the chemosensitivity of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma cells to cisplatin. 2010 Eur. J. Pharmacol. pmid:20483353
Ma J et al. Cucurbitacin B inhibits the translational expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α. 2014 Eur. J. Pharmacol. pmid:24333213
Liu T et al. Combined antitumor activity of cucurbitacin B and docetaxel in laryngeal cancer. 2008 Eur. J. Pharmacol. pmid:18442812
Toker G et al. Callus formation and cucurbitacin B accumulation in Ecballium elaterium callus cultures. 2003 Fitoterapia pmid:14630164
Seo CR et al. Cucurbitacin B and cucurbitacin I suppress adipocyte differentiation through inhibition of STAT3 signaling. 2014 Food Chem. Toxicol. pmid:24316209
Duportets L et al. Steroid hormone signaling is involved in the age-dependent behavioral response to sex pheromone in the adult male moth Agrotis ipsilon. 2013 Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. pmid:23474331
Duangmano S et al. Antiproliferative effects of cucurbitacin B in breast cancer cells: down-regulation of the c-Myc/hTERT/telomerase pathway and obstruction of the cell cycle. 2010 Int J Mol Sci pmid:21614210
Lv Q et al. Application of spray granulation for conversion of mixed phospholipid-bile salt micelles to dry powder form: influence of drug hydrophobicity on nanoparticle reagglomeration. 2014 Int J Nanomedicine pmid:24531119