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

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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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