LDL Cancer Research Results

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The relationship between LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol and cancer is a complex and evolving area of research. LDL cholesterol is often referred to as "bad" cholesterol because high levels are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Protumorigenic: High levels of LDL cholesterol can promote tumor growth by providing lipids that are essential for cell membrane synthesis and energy production. Additionally, LDL can influence inflammation and angiogenesis, further supporting tumor development.
Antitumorigenic: Some studies suggest that lowering LDL cholesterol through lifestyle changes or medications (like statins) may have a protective effect against certain cancers, although the evidence is not uniform across all cancer types.
Var, Various Cancer: Click to Expand ⟱
Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 overexpression has been noted in various cancers. PI3Ks/AKT pathways are over-activated in several types of cancers.
EGFR altered activity has been noted in various pathological conditions. However, its regulation is an important step in the inhibition of cancer. In this regard, EGCG shows a pivotal role in the inhibition of EGFR activity.
Activating protein-1 transcription factor has been associated with pathogenesis including cancer.
Activation of the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway is required for the growth of numerous tissues and organs and recent evidence indicates that this pathway is often recruited to stimulate growth of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and to orchestrate the reprogramming of cancer cells via epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT). Increased expression of Nanog has been associated with the aggressive nature of certain cancers, highlighting its role in promoting cancer stem cell characteristics.
The aberrant hedgehog (Hh)/GLI signaling pathway causes the formation and progression of a variety of tumors.
The process of cell apoptosis is often accompanied by the destruction of mitochondrial transmembrane potential, which is widely regarded as one of the earliest events in the process of cell apoptosis.
Human malignancies frequently exhibit mutations in the TGF-β pathway, and overactivation of this system is linked to tumor growth by promoting angiogenesis and inhibiting the innate and adaptive antitumor immune responses50.
Several studies have demonstrated that high cyclin D1 expression was observed in cancers including breast, lung, prostate, lymph node and colorectal cancers [23–25].
The oncogene c-myc, which is frequently over-expressed in cancer cells, is involved in the transactivation of most of the glycolytic enzymes including lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) and the glucose transporter GLUT1 [51,52]. Thus, c-myc activation is a likely candidate to promote the enhanced glucose uptake and lactate release in the proliferating cancer cell.
Vimentin is overexpressed in various epithelial cancers, including prostate cancer, gastrointestinal tumors, tumors of the central nervous system, breast cancer, malignant melanoma, and lung cancer. Vimentin’s overexpression in cancer correlates well with accelerated tumor growth, invasion, and poor prognosis; however, the role of vimentin in cancer progression remains obscure.
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are normally induced under environmental stress to serve as chaperones for maintenance of correct protein folding but they are often overexpressed in many cancers, including breast cancer.
Since NQO1 is highly expressed in many solid tumors, including via upregulation of Nrf2, the design of compounds activated by NQO1 and NQO1-targeted drug delivery have been active areas of research.
Since increased Nrf2 gene expression is one of the main mechanisms of cancer cells in resisting chemotherapeutic drugs and survival in oxidative conditions; finding compounds with the ability to suppress Nrf2 gene expression with minimum side effects can be considered an important strategy for increasing the sensitivity of cancer cells to chemotherapy.
Overexpression of c-met stimulates proliferation, migration and invasion in various types of cancer including prostate cancer.
Overexpression of TGFα and EGFR by many carcinomas correlates with the development of cancer metastasis, resistance to chemotherapy and poor prognosis.
More than 50% of human cancers have a mutated nonfunctional p53.


Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
5354- AL,    Therapeutic Potential of Allicin-Rich Garlic Preparations: Emphasis on Clinical Evidence toward Upcoming Drugs Formulation
- Review, Var, NA
*LDL↓, *antiOx↑, AntiCan↑, *cardioP↑, *BP↓, *Weight↓, NK cell↑, *AntiDiabetic↑, *GSH↑,
5448- ATV,    Beyond cardiovascular health: The pharmacotherapeutic potential of statins in oncology
- Review, Var, NA
Apoptosis↑, TumAuto↑, TumCCA↑, BioAv↓, eff↑, HMGCR↓, LDL↓, cardioP↑, AntiTum↑, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, toxicity↓,
5449- ATV,    Pleiotropic effects of statins: A focus on cancer
- NA, Var, NA
lipid-P↓, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, ChemoSen↑, RAS↓, HMG-CoA↓, HMGCR↓, LDL↓, toxicity↓, Risk↓, P21↑, HDAC↓, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, BIM↑, Casp↑, cl‑PARP↑, MMP↓, ROS↑, angioG↓, TumMeta↓, PTEN↑, eff↑, OS↑, Remission↑,
5511- bemA,    Inhibition of ACLY overcomes cancer immunotherapy resistance via polyunsaturated fatty acids peroxidation and cGAS-STING activation
- in-vitro, Var, NA
ACLY↓, PD-L1↑, mtDam↑, cGAS–STING↑, LDL↓, eff↑,
6086- CHOC,    Cocoa and Chocolate in Human Health and Disease
- Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *AntiDiabetic↑, *cognitive↑, *AntiAg↑, *AntiAg↑, *LDL↓, *HDL↑, *BP↓, *eff↓, *ROS↓,
2785- CHr,    Emerging cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying anticancer indications of chrysin
- Review, Var, NA
*NF-kB↓, *COX2↓, *iNOS↓, angioG↓, TOP1↓, HDAC↓, TNF-α↓, IL1β↓, cardioP↑, RenoP↑, neuroP↑, LDL↓, BioAv↑, eff↑, cycD1/CCND1↓, hTERT/TERT↓, MMP-10↓, Akt↓, STAT3↓, VEGF↓, EGFR↓, Snail↓, Slug↓, Vim↓, E-cadherin↑, eff↑, TET1↑, ROS↑, mTOR↓, PPARα↓, ER Stress↑, Ca+2↑, ERK↓, MMP↑, Cyt‑c↑, Casp3↑, HK2↓, NRF2↓, HO-1↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, Fibronectin↓, GRP78/BiP↑, XBP-1↓, p‑eIF2α↑, *AST↓, ALAT↓, ALP↓, LDH↓, COX2↑, Bcl-xL↓, IL6↓, PGE2↓, iNOS↓, DNAdam↑, UPR↑, Hif1a↓, EMT↓, Twist↓, lipid-P↑, CLDN1↓, PDK1↓, IL10↓, TLR4↓, NOTCH1↑, PARP↑, Mcl-1↓, XIAP↓,
3892- Cin,    Cinnamon from the selection of traditional applications to its novel effects on the inhibition of angiogenesis in cancer cells and prevention of Alzheimer's disease, and a series of functions such as antioxidant, anticholesterol, antidiabetes, antibacterial, antifungal, nematicidal, acaracidal, and repellent activities
- Review, AD, NA - Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, *cardioP↑, angioG↓, VEGF↓, *LDL↓, COX2↓, Hif1a↓, *Aβ↓, *tau↓, *toxicity↓,
5069- dietSTF,    The Role of Intermittent Fasting in the Activation of Autophagy Processes in the Context of Cancer Diseases
- Review, Var, NA
Risk↓, ChemoSen↑, RadioS↑, *Dose↝, *Dose↝, *Dose↝, *LDL↓, *CRP↓, *TNF-α↓, TumAuto↓, GLUT1↓, GLUT2↓, glucose↓, IGF-1↓, Insulin↓, mTOR↓, mTORC1↓, AMPK↑, Warburg↓, OXPHOS↑, ROS↑, DNAdam↑, JAK1↓, STAT↓, TumCP↓, QoL↑,
5071- dietSTF,    Unraveling the impact of intermittent fasting in cancer prevention, mitigation, and treatment: A narrative review
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
Risk↓, TumCMig↓, IGF-1↓, TumAuto↑, Inflam↓, ChemoSen↑, Apoptosis↑, chemoP↑, *glucose↓, *AntiDiabetic↑, *cardioP↑, *LDL↓, *BP↓, *neuroP↑, *cognitive↑, *memory↑, *OS↑, *QoL↑, Imm↑, TumCG↓, ChemoSideEff↓, QoL↑,
3205- EGCG,    The Role of Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate in Autophagy and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress (ERS)-Induced Apoptosis of Human Diseas
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
Beclin-1↑, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, ER Stress↑, *Inflam↓, *cardioP↑, *antiOx↑, *LDL↓, *NF-kB↓, *MPO↓, *glucose↓, *ROS↓, ATG5↑, LC3B↑, MMP↑, lactateProd↓, VEGF↓, Zeb1↑, Wnt↑, IGF-1R↑, Fas↑, Bak↑, BAD↑, TP53↓, Myc↓, Casp8↓, LC3II↑, NOTCH3↓, eff↑, p‑Akt↓, PARP↑, *Cyt‑c↓, *BAX↓, *memory↑, *neuroP↑, *Ca+2?, GRP78/BiP↑, CHOP↑, ATF4↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, UPR↑,
4791- Lyco,    Investigating into anti-cancer potential of lycopene: Molecular targets
- Review, Var, NA
*antiOx↑, TumCP↓, TumCCA↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCI↓, angioG↓, TumMeta↓, *Risk↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, CycD3↓, cycE/CCNE↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, Bcl-2↓, P21↑, p27↑, P53↑, BAX↑, selectivity↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, Wnt↓, eff↑, PPARγ↑, LDL↓, Akt↓, PI3K↓, mTOR↓, PDGF↓, NF-kB↓, eff↑,
3601- QC,    Overviews of Biological Importance of Quercetin: A Bioactive Flavonoid
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
*Inflam↓, *cardioP↑, AntiCan↑, AntiTum↑, *neuroP↑, *cognitive↑, *ROS↓, *BP↓, *LDL↓,
3639- Sage,    Pharmacological properties of Salvia officinalis and its components
- Review, AD, NA - Review, Var, NA
AntiCan↑, *Inflam↓, *antiOx↑, *cognitive↑, *memory↑, *LDL↓, TumCG↓, MAPK↓, ROS↓, NF-kB↓, COX2↓, angioG↓, *AST↓, *ALAT?,
5904- TV,    Pharmacological Properties and Molecular Mechanisms of Thymol: Prospects for Its Therapeutic Potential and Pharmaceutical Development
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Stroke, NA - Review, Diabetic, NA - Review, Obesity, NA - Review, AD, NA - Review, Arthritis, NA
*antiOx↑, *ROS↓, *Inflam↓, *Bacteria↓, AntiTum↑, IronCh↑, *HDL↑, *LDL↓, *BioAv↝, *Half-Life↝, *BioAv↑, *SOD↑, *GPx↑, *GSTs↑, *eff↑, radioP↑, *MDA↓, *other↑, *COX1↓, *COX2↓, *AntiAg↑, *RNS↓, *NO↓, *H2O2↓, *NOS2↓, *NADH↓, *Imm↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCP↓, angioG↓, TumCMig↓, Ca+2↑, TumCCA↑, DNAdam↑, BAX↑, Casp9↑, Casp8↑, Casp3↑, cl‑PARP↑, AIF↑, i-ROS↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, APAF1↑, Ca+2↑, MMP9↓, MMP2↓, PKCδ↓, ERK↓, H2O2↑, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, DNAdam↑, lipid-P↑, ChemoSen↑, chemoP↑, *cardioP↑, *SOD↑, *Catalase↑, *GPx↑, *GSH↑, *BP↓, *AntiDiabetic↑, *Obesity↓, RenoP↑, *GastroP↑, hepatoP↑, *AChE↓, *cognitive↑, *BChE↓, *other↓, *BioAv↑,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 14 of 14

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 14

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

H2O2↑, 1,   HO-1↓, 1,   lipid-P↓, 1,   lipid-P↑, 2,   NRF2↓, 1,   OXPHOS↑, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 4,   i-ROS↑, 1,  

Metal & Cofactor Biology ⓘ

IronCh↑, 1,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↑, 1,   Insulin↓, 1,   MMP↓, 3,   MMP↑, 2,   mtDam↑, 1,   XIAP↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ACLY↓, 1,   ALAT↓, 1,   AMPK↑, 1,   glucose↓, 1,   GLUT2↓, 1,   HK2↓, 1,   HMG-CoA↓, 1,   lactateProd↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   LDL↓, 5,   PDK1↓, 1,   PPARα↓, 1,   PPARγ↑, 1,   Warburg↓, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 2,   p‑Akt↓, 1,   APAF1↑, 1,   Apoptosis↑, 6,   BAD↑, 1,   Bak↑, 1,   BAX↑, 4,   Bcl-2↓, 3,   Bcl-xL↓, 1,   BIM↑, 1,   Casp↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 3,   Casp8↓, 1,   Casp8↑, 2,   Casp9↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 3,   Fas↑, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   Myc↓, 1,   p27↑, 1,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

CHOP↑, 1,   p‑eIF2α↑, 1,   ER Stress↑, 2,   GRP78/BiP↑, 2,   UPR↑, 2,   XBP-1↓, 1,  

Autophagy & Lysosomes ⓘ

ATG5↑, 1,   Beclin-1↑, 1,   LC3B↑, 1,   LC3II↑, 1,   TumAuto↓, 1,   TumAuto↑, 2,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 4,   P53↑, 1,   PARP↑, 2,   cl‑PARP↑, 2,   TP53↓, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK2↓, 1,   CDK4↓, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 2,   CycD3↓, 1,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   P21↑, 2,   TumCCA↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 2,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

EMT↓, 1,   ERK↓, 2,   HDAC↓, 2,   HMGCR↓, 2,   IGF-1↓, 2,   IGF-1R↑, 1,   mTOR↓, 3,   mTORC1↓, 1,   NOTCH1↑, 1,   NOTCH3↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,   PTEN↑, 1,   RAS↓, 1,   STAT↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 1,   TOP1↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 3,   Wnt↓, 1,   Wnt↑, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 3,   CLDN1↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   Fibronectin↓, 1,   MMP-10↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 2,   PDGF↓, 1,   PKCδ↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   Snail↓, 1,   TET1↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 1,   TumCMig↓, 2,   TumCP↓, 3,   TumMeta↓, 2,   Twist↓, 1,   Vim↓, 1,   Zeb1↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 6,   ATF4↑, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   Hif1a↓, 2,   VEGF↓, 3,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GLUT1↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 2,   COX2↑, 1,   IL10↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   Imm↑, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   JAK1↓, 1,   NF-kB↓, 2,   NK cell↑, 1,   PD-L1↑, 1,   PGE2↓, 1,   TLR4↓, 1,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Cellular Microenvironment ⓘ

cGAS–STING↑, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   BioAv↑, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 5,   eff↑, 8,   RadioS↑, 2,   selectivity↑, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

ALAT↓, 1,   ALP↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 1,   hTERT/TERT↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   LDH↓, 1,   Myc↓, 1,   PD-L1↑, 1,   TP53↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiCan↑, 3,   AntiTum↑, 3,   cardioP↑, 2,   chemoP↑, 2,   ChemoSideEff↓, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 1,   OS↑, 1,   QoL↑, 2,   radioP↑, 1,   Remission↑, 1,   RenoP↑, 2,   Risk↓, 3,   toxicity↓, 2,  
Total Targets: 166

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 7,   Catalase↑, 1,   GPx↑, 2,   GSH↑, 2,   GSTs↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 1,   HDL↑, 2,   MDA↓, 1,   MPO↓, 1,   NADH↓, 1,   RNS↓, 1,   ROS↓, 4,   SOD↑, 2,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ALAT?, 1,   glucose↓, 2,   LDL↓, 9,  

Cell Death ⓘ

BAX↓, 1,   Cyt‑c↓, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

other↓, 1,   other↑, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

AntiAg↑, 3,   Ca+2?, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

NO↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

GastroP↑, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX1↓, 1,   COX2↓, 2,   CRP↓, 1,   Imm↑, 1,   Inflam↓, 5,   NF-kB↓, 2,   TNF-α↓, 1,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission ⓘ

AChE↓, 1,   BChE↓, 1,   tau↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↑, 2,   BioAv↝, 1,   Dose↝, 3,   eff↓, 1,   eff↑, 1,   Half-Life↝, 1,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

ALAT?, 1,   AST↓, 2,   BP↓, 5,   CRP↓, 1,   NOS2↓, 1,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

AntiDiabetic↑, 4,   cardioP↑, 6,   cognitive↑, 5,   memory↑, 3,   neuroP↑, 3,   Obesity↓, 1,   OS↑, 1,   QoL↑, 1,   Risk↓, 1,   toxicity↓, 1,   Weight↓, 1,  

Infection & Microbiome ⓘ

Bacteria↓, 1,  
Total Targets: 59

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: LDL, LDL-cholesterol
2 Atorvastatin
2 diet Short Term Fasting
1 Allicin (mainly Garlic)
1 bempedoic acid
1 Chocolate
1 Chrysin
1 Cinnamon
1 EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate)
1 Lycopene
1 Quercetin
1 Salvia officinalis
1 Thymol-Thymus vulgaris
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