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Fisetin, a dietary flavonoid, augments the anti-invasive and anti-metastatic potential of sorafenib in melanoma.
Oncotarget - 12 Jan 2016
Pal Harish C, Diamond Ariana C, Strickland Leah R, Kappes John C, Katiyar Santosh K, Elmets Craig A, Athar Mohammad, Afaq Farrukh
Abstract excerpt
Melanoma is the most aggressive and deadly form of cutaneous neoplasm due to its propensity to metastasize. Oncogenic BRAF drives sustained activation of the BRAF/MEK/ERK (MAPK) pathway and cooperates with PI3K/AKT/mTOR (PI3K) signaling to induce epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), leading to cell invasion and metastasis. Therefore, targeting these pathways is a promising preventive/therapeutic strategy....
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