Senescence-mediated anticancer effects of quercetin
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2022
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Cellular senescence plays a key role in aging and age-related disease initiation. It is a highly dynamic and multistep process that can be stimulated by various stimuli, including cellular stress, DNA damage, telomere shortening, and oncogene activation. Also, senescence is a potent antitumor mechanism, by preventing the proliferation of cancerous cells. However, some of the senescent cells have apoptosis resistance and can cause recurrence in cancer. A new class of drugs termed senolytics selectively kill and eliminate senescent cells. In recent years, natural compounds such as quercetin have been discovered to be effective as senolytic agents. Quercetin is a phytochemical that has strong antioxidant properties and pro-apoptotic effects and has been investigated for many years. Additionally, it has great potential to be used as a senolytic agent. According to preclinical and early-phase clinical data of senolytic agent research, quercetin administration appears to be effective in preventing or alleviating cancer formation. In this paper, we review the importance of cellular senescence in carcinogenesis and the effects of quercetin on senescence, as well as quercetin's potential effects as a pro-apoptotic agent and suppressor of cancer cell proliferation. © 2022 Elsevier Inc.
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Aging , Apoptosis , Cellular Senescence , Humans , Neoplasms , Quercetin , Senotherapeutics , bleomycin , cyclin A , cyclin B1 , cyclin D , cyclin dependent kinase 1 , cyclin dependent kinase 2 , cyclin dependent kinase 4 , cyclin dependent kinase 6 , cyclin E , doxorubicin , peroxisome proliferator activated receptor , protein p16 , protein p21 , protein p53 , quercetin , quercetin , A-549 cell line , antineoplastic activity , cancer cell , carcinogenesis , cell aging , cell cycle arrest , cell cycle G2 phase , cell cycle M phase , cell proliferation , COLO 320 cell line , fibroblast , gene mutation , glioma cell line , human , metastasis , osteosarcoma cell line , oxidative stress , Review , SK-OV-3-Luc cell line , therapy effect , tumor suppressor gene , U-251MG cell line , U2OS cell line , aging , apoptosis , cell aging , neoplasm , physiology