Quercetin / TumCP Cancer Research Results

QC, Quercetin: Click to Expand ⟱
Features:
Plant pigment (flavonoid) found in red wine, onions, green tea, apples and berries.
Quercetin is thought to contribute to anticancer effects through several mechanisms:
-Antioxidant Activity:
-Induction of Apoptosis:modify Bax:Bcl-2 ratio
-Anti-inflammatory Effects:
-Cell Cycle Arrest:
-Inhibition of Angiogenesis and Metastasis: (VEGF)

Cellular Pathways:
-PI3K/Akt/mTOR Pathway: central to cell proliferation, survival, and metabolism.
-MAPK/ERK Pathway: influencing cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis.
-NF-κB Pathway: downregulate NF-κB
-JAK/STAT Pathway: interfere with the activation of STAT3
-Apoptotic Pathways: intrinsic (mitochondrial) and extrinsic (death receptor-mediated) pathways

Quercetin has been used at doses around 500–1000 mg per day
Quercetin’s bioavailability from foods or standard supplements can be low.

-Note half-life 11 to 28 hours.
BioAv low 1-10%, poor water-solubility, consuming with fat may improve bioavialability. also piperine or VitC.
Pathways:
- induce ROS production in cancer cells (higher dose). Typicallys Lowers ROS in normal cells(unless it is high dose?)or depends on Redox status?. "quercetin paradox"
- ROS↑ related: MMP↓(ΔΨm), ER Stress↑, UPR↑, GRP78↑, Ca+2↑, Cyt‑c↑, Caspases↑, DNA damage↑, cl-PARP↑, HSP↓, Prx,
- Confusing info about Lowering AntiOxidant defense in Cancer Cells: NRF2↓(some contrary), TrxR↓**, SOD↓(contrary), GSH↓ Catalase↓(contrary), HO1↓(some contrary), GPx↓(some contrary)
- Raises AntiOxidant defense in Normal Cells: ROS↓, NRF2↑, SOD↑, GSH↑, Catalase↑,
- lowers Inflammation : NF-kB↓, COX2↓, p38↓, Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines : NLRP3↓, IL-1β↓, TNF-α↓, IL-6↓, IL-8↓
- inhibit Growth/Metastases : TumMeta↓, TumCG↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, TIMP2, IGF-1↓, uPA↓, VEGF↓, ROCK1↓, FAK↓, NF-κB↓, CXCR4↓, SDF1↓, TGF-β↓, α-SMA↓, ERK↓
- reactivate genes thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth : HDAC↓, DNMTs↓, EZH2↓, P53↑, HSP↓, Sp proteins↓, TET↑
- cause Cell cycle arrest : TumCCA↑, cyclin D1↓, cyclin E↓, CDK2↓, CDK4↓, CDK6↓,
- inhibits Migration/Invasion : TumCMig↓, TumCI↓, TNF-α↓, FAK↓, ERK↓, EMT↓, TOP1↓, TET1,
- inhibits glycolysis and ATP depletion : HIF-1α↓, PKM2↓, cMyc↓, GLUT1↓, LDH↓, LDHA↓, HK2↓, PFKs↓, PDKs↓, ECAR↓, OXPHOS↓, GRP78↑, GlucoseCon↓
- inhibits angiogenesis↓ : VEGF↓, HIF-1α↓, Notch↓, FGF↓, PDGF↓, EGFR↓,
- some indication of inhibiting Cancer Stem Cells : CSC↓, CK2↓, Hh↓, CD24↓, β-catenin↓, Notch2↓,
- Others: PI3K↓, AKT↓, JAK↓, STAT↓, Wnt↓, β-catenin↓, AMPK, α↓, ERK↓, JNK, - SREBP (related to cholesterol).
- Synergies: chemo-sensitization, chemoProtective, RadioSensitizer, RadioProtective, Others(review target notes), Neuroprotective, Cognitive, Renoprotection, Hepatoprotective, CardioProtective,

- Selectivity: Cancer Cells vs Normal Cells

Rank Pathway / Axis Cancer Cells Normal Cells Label Primary Interpretation Notes
1 Reactive oxygen species (ROS) ↑ ROS (dose-, metal-, context-dependent) ↓ ROS Conditional Driver Biphasic redox modulation Quercetin exhibits pro-oxidant behavior in cancer cells while protecting normal cells
2 Mitochondrial integrity / intrinsic apoptosis ↓ ΔΨm; ↑ caspase activation ↔ preserved Driver Execution of intrinsic apoptosis Mitochondrial dysfunction is a central apoptosis route in cancer cells
3 PI3K → AKT → mTOR axis ↓ AKT / ↓ mTOR ↔ adaptive suppression Driver Growth and survival inhibition AKT/mTOR suppression is a consistently reported upstream effect in cancer models
4 NF-κB signaling ↓ NF-κB activation ↓ inflammatory NF-κB tone Secondary Reduced survival and inflammatory transcription NF-κB inhibition contributes to chemosensitization and apoptosis susceptibility
5 MAPK signaling (JNK / p38) ↑ JNK / ↑ p38 ↔ minimal Secondary Stress-mediated apoptosis signaling MAPK activation supports apoptosis downstream of redox stress
6 Cell cycle regulation ↑ G1/S or G2/M arrest ↔ largely spared Phenotypic Cytostatic growth control Cell-cycle arrest reflects disruption of growth signaling
7 HIF-1α hypoxia signaling ↓ HIF-1α ↔ minimal Secondary Reduced hypoxia tolerance Quercetin interferes with hypoxia-driven transcriptional programs
8 NRF2 antioxidant response ↑ NRF2 (adaptive, context-dependent) ↑ NRF2 (protective) Adaptive Stress compensation NRF2 induction reflects redox buffering rather than primary cytotoxicity


TumCP, Tumor Cell proliferation: Click to Expand ⟱
Source:
Type:
Tumor cell proliferation is a key characteristic of cancer. It refers to the rapid and uncontrolled growth of cells that can lead to the formation of tumors.
Scientific Papers found: Click to Expand⟱
24- EGCG,  GEN,  QC,    Targeting CWR22Rv1 prostate cancer cell proliferation and gene expression by combinations of the phytochemicals EGCG, genistein and quercetin
- in-vitro, Pca, 22Rv1
NQO1↑, P53↑, NQO2↑, chemoPv↑, TumCP↓, AR↓,
2342- QC,    Quercetin Inhibits the Proliferation of Glycolysis-Addicted HCC Cells by Reducing Hexokinase 2 and Akt-mTOR Pathway
- in-vitro, HCC, Bel-7402 - in-vitro, HCC, SMMC-7721 cell - in-vivo, NA, NA
TumCP↓, HK2↓, Akt↓, mTOR↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, Glycolysis↓,
913- QC,    Effects of low dose quercetin: Cancer cell-specific inhibition of cell cycle progression
- in-vitro, BC, SkBr3 - in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-435
TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, DNAdam↑, Chk2↑, CycB/CCNB1↓, CDK1↓, tumCV↓, p‑RB1↓, P21↑,
59- QC,    Quercetin Inhibits Breast Cancer Stem Cells via Downregulation of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1), Chemokine Receptor Type 4 (CXCR4), Mucin 1 (MUC1), and Epithelial Cell Adhesion Molecule (EpCAM)
- in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-231
ALDH1A1↓, CXCR4↓, MUC1↓, EpCAM↓, CSCs↓, TumCP↓, TumCI↓, CD44↓, CD24↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑,
62- QC,  GoldNP,    Gold nanoparticles-conjugated quercetin induces apoptosis via inhibition of EGFR/PI3K/Akt-mediated pathway in breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231)
- in-vitro, BC, MCF-7 - in-vitro, BC, MDA-MB-231
EGFR↓, PI3k/Akt/mTOR↓, GSK‐3β↓, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑, tumCV↓, mTOR↓, PTEN↑,
66- QC,    Emerging impact of quercetin in the treatment of prostate cancer
- Review, Pca, NA
CycB/CCNB1↓, CDK1↓, EMT↓, PI3K↓, MAPK↓, Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, PSA↓, VEGF↓, PARP↑, Casp3↑, Casp9↑, DR5↑, ROS⇅, Shh↓, P53↑, P21↑, EGFR↓, TumCCA↑, ROS↑, miR-21↓, TumCP↓, selectivity↑, PDGF↓, EGF↓, TNF-α↓, VEGFR2↓, mTOR↓, cMyc↓, MMPs↓, GRP78/BiP↑, CHOP↑,
43- QC,    Investigation of the anti-cancer effect of quercetin on HepG2 cells in vivo
- in-vivo, Liver, HepG3
cycD1/CCND1↓, TumCG↓, TumCP↓,
39- QC,    A Comprehensive Analysis and Anti-Cancer Activities of Quercetin in ROS-Mediated Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells
- Analysis, NA, NA
ROS↑, GSH↓, IL6↓, COX2↓, IL8↓, iNOS↓, TNF-α↓, MAPK↑, ERK↑, SOD↑, ATP↓, Casp↑, PI3K/Akt↓, mTOR↓, NOTCH1↓, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, IFN-γ↓, TumCP↓, TumCCA↑, Akt↓, P70S6K↓, *Keap1↓, *GPx↑, *Catalase↑, *HO-1↑, *NRF2↑, NRF2↑, eff↑, HIF-1↓,
40- QC,    Quercetin arrests G2/M phase and induces caspase-dependent cell death in U937 cells
- in-vitro, lymphoma, U937
cycD1/CCND1↓, cycE/CCNE↓, E2Fs↓, CycB/CCNB1↑, Casp↑, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, TumCP↓,
44- QC,    Preclinical Colorectal Cancer Chemopreventive Efficacy and p53-Modulating Activity of 3′,4′,5′-Trimethoxyflavonol, a Quercetin Analog
- in-vivo, CRC, HCT116
P53↑, chemoPv↑, TumVol↓, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑,
50- QC,    Anticancer effect and mechanism of polymer micelle-encapsulated quercetin on ovarian cancer
- vitro+vivo, Ovarian, A2780S
Casp3↑, Casp9↑, Mcl-1↓, Bcl-2↓, BAX↑, angioG↓, TumCG↓, Apoptosis↑, p‑p44↓, Akt↓, TumCP↓, eff↑,
96- QC,  docx,    Quercetin reverses docetaxel resistance in prostate cancer via androgen receptor and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways
- vitro+vivo, Pca, LNCaP - in-vitro, Pca, PC3
PI3K/Akt↓, Ki-67↓, BAX↑, Bcl-2↓, EpCAM↓, Twist↓, E-cadherin↑, P-gp↓, TumCP↓, TumCMig↓, TumCI↓,
88- QC,  PacT,    Quercetin Enhanced Paclitaxel Therapeutic Effects Towards PC-3 Prostate Cancer Through ER Stress Induction and ROS Production
- vitro+vivo, Pca, PC3
ROS↑, ER Stress↑, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCCA↑, TumCMig↓, GRP78/BiP↑, CHOP↑, TumCG↓,
79- QC,    Chemopreventive Effect of Quercetin in MNU and Testosterone Induced Prostate Cancer of Sprague-Dawley Rats
- in-vivo, Pca, NA
GSH↑, SOD↑, Catalase↑, GPx↑, GSR↑, IGF-1R↓, Akt↓, AR↓, TumCP↓, lipid-P↓, H2O2↓, Raf↓, p‑MEK↓, Bcl-2↑, Bcl-xL↑, Casp3↑, Casp8↑, Casp9↑,
82- QC,  ATG,    Arctigenin in combination with quercetin synergistically enhances the anti-proliferative effect in prostate cancer cells
- in-vitro, Pca, LNCaP
AR↓, PI3K/Akt↓, miR-21↓, STAT3↓, BAD↓, PRAS40↓, GSK‐3β↓, PSA↓, NKX3.1↑, Bax:Bcl2↑, miR-19b↓, miR-148a↓, AMPKα↓, TumCP↓, chemoPv↑, TumCMig↓,
3381- QC,    Quercetin induces cell death in cervical cancer by reducing O-GlcNAcylation of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase
- in-vitro, Cerv, HeLa
SREBP1↓, TumCP↓, TumCD↑, AMPK↑, SREBP1↓, FASN↓, ACC↓,
3380- QC,    Quercetin as a JAK–STAT inhibitor: a potential role in solid tumors and neurodegenerative diseases
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Park, NA - Review, AD, NA
JAK↓, STAT↓, Inflam↓, NO↓, COX2↓, CRP↓, selectivity↑, *neuroP↑, STAT3↓, cycD1/CCND1↓, MMP2↓, STAT4↓, JAK2↓, TumCP↓, Diff↓, *eff↑, *IL6↓, *TNF-α↓, *IL1β↓, *Aβ↓,
3347- QC,    Recent Advances in Potential Health Benefits of Quercetin
- Review, Var, NA - Review, AD, NA
*antiOx↑, *ROS↓, *Inflam↓, TumCP↓, Apoptosis↑, *cardioP↑, *BP↓, TumMeta↓, MDR1↓, NADPH↓, ChemoSen↑, MMPs↓, TIMP2↑, *NLRP3↓, *IFN-γ↑, *COX2↓, *NF-kB↓, *MAPK↓, *CRP↓, *IL6↓, *TNF-α↓, *IL1β↓, *TLR4↑, *PKCδ↓, *AP-1↓, *ICAM-1↓, *NRF2↑, *HO-1↑, *lipid-P↓, *neuroP↑, *eff↑, *memory↑, *cognitive↑, *AChE↓, *BioAv↑, *BioAv↑, *BioAv↑, *BioAv↑, *BioAv↑,
3346- QC,    Regulation of the Intracellular ROS Level Is Critical for the Antiproliferative Effect of Quercetin in the Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line HepG2
- in-vitro, Liver, HepG2 - in-vitro, Liver, HUH7
TumCCA↑, Apoptosis↑, P53↑, TumCP↓, ROS↓, antiOx↑, HO-1↑, CDK1↓,
3341- QC,    Antioxidant Activities of Quercetin and Its Complexes for Medicinal Application
- Review, Var, NA - Review, Stroke, NA
*antiOx↑, *BioAv↑, *GSH↑, *AChE↓, *BChE↓, *H2O2↓, *lipid-P↓, *SOD↑, *SOD2↑, *Catalase↑, *GPx↑, *neuroP↑, *HO-1↑, *cardioP↑, *MDA↓, *NF-kB↓, *IKKα↓, *ROS↓, *PI3K↑, *Akt↑, *hepatoP↑, P53↑, BAX↑, IGF-1R↓, Akt↓, AR↓, TumCP↓, GSH↑, SOD↑, Catalase↑, lipid-P↓, *TNF-α↓, *Ca+2↓,
3374- QC,    Therapeutic effects of quercetin in oral cancer therapy: a systematic review of preclinical evidence focused on oxidative damage, apoptosis and anti-metastasis
- Review, Oral, NA - Review, AD, NA
α-SMA↓, α-SMA↑, TumCP↓, tumCV↓, TumVol↓, TumCI↓, TumMeta↓, TumCMig↓, ROS↑, Apoptosis↑, BioAv↓, *neuroP↑, *antiOx↑, *Inflam↓, *Aβ↓, *cardioP↑, MMP↓, Cyt‑c↑, MMP2↓, MMP9↓, EMT↓, MMPs↓, Twist↓, Slug↓, Ca+2↑, AIF↑, Endon↑, P-gp↓, LDH↑, HK2↓, PKA↓, Glycolysis↓, GlucoseCon↓, lactateProd↓, GRP78/BiP↑, Casp12↑, CHOP↑,
3373- QC,    The Effect of Quercetin in the Yishen Tongluo Jiedu Recipe on the Development of Prostate Cancer through the Akt1-related CXCL12/ CXCR4 Pathway
- in-vitro, Pca, DU145
TumCP↓, Casp3↑, Bcl-2↓, Apoptosis↑, TumCI↓, TumCMig↓, CXCL12↓, CXCR4↓,

Showing Research Papers: 1 to 22 of 22

* indicates research on normal cells as opposed to diseased cells
Total Research Paper Matches: 22

Pathway results for Effect on Cancer / Diseased Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 1,   Catalase↑, 2,   GPx↑, 1,   GSH↓, 1,   GSH↑, 2,   GSR↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 1,   lipid-P↓, 2,   NQO1↑, 1,   NRF2↑, 1,   ROS↓, 1,   ROS↑, 4,   ROS⇅, 1,   SOD↑, 3,  

Mitochondria & Bioenergetics ⓘ

AIF↑, 1,   ATP↓, 1,   EGF↓, 1,   p‑MEK↓, 1,   MMP↓, 1,   Raf↓, 1,  

Core Metabolism/Glycolysis ⓘ

ACC↓, 1,   AMPK↑, 1,   cMyc↓, 1,   FASN↓, 1,   GlucoseCon↓, 2,   Glycolysis↓, 2,   HK2↓, 2,   lactateProd↓, 2,   LDH↑, 1,   NADPH↓, 1,   PI3K/Akt↓, 3,   PI3k/Akt/mTOR↓, 1,   SREBP1↓, 2,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↓, 5,   Apoptosis↑, 10,   BAD↓, 1,   BAX↑, 4,   Bax:Bcl2↑, 1,   Bcl-2↓, 4,   Bcl-2↑, 1,   Bcl-xL↑, 1,   Casp↑, 2,   Casp12↑, 1,   Casp3↑, 4,   Casp8↑, 1,   Casp9↑, 3,   Chk2↑, 1,   Cyt‑c↑, 1,   DR5↑, 1,   Endon↑, 1,   iNOS↓, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,   MAPK↑, 1,   Mcl-1↓, 1,   TumCD↑, 1,  

Kinase & Signal Transduction ⓘ

AMPKα↓, 1,  

Transcription & Epigenetics ⓘ

miR-21↓, 2,   tumCV↓, 3,  

Protein Folding & ER Stress ⓘ

CHOP↑, 3,   ER Stress↑, 1,   GRP78/BiP↑, 3,   NQO2↑, 1,  

DNA Damage & Repair ⓘ

DNAdam↑, 1,   NKX3.1↑, 1,   P53↑, 5,   PARP↑, 1,  

Cell Cycle & Senescence ⓘ

CDK1↓, 3,   CycB/CCNB1↓, 2,   CycB/CCNB1↑, 1,   cycD1/CCND1↓, 3,   cycE/CCNE↓, 1,   E2Fs↓, 1,   P21↑, 2,   p‑RB1↓, 1,   TumCCA↑, 7,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

ALDH1A1↓, 1,   CD24↓, 1,   CD44↓, 1,   CSCs↓, 1,   Diff↓, 1,   EMT↓, 2,   EpCAM↓, 2,   ERK↑, 1,   GSK‐3β↓, 2,   IGF-1R↓, 2,   mTOR↓, 4,   NOTCH1↓, 1,   P70S6K↓, 1,   PI3K↓, 1,   PTEN↑, 1,   Shh↓, 1,   STAT↓, 1,   STAT3↓, 2,   STAT4↓, 1,   TumCG↓, 3,   Wnt/(β-catenin)↓, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

Ca+2↑, 1,   CXCL12↓, 1,   E-cadherin↑, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   miR-148a↓, 1,   miR-19b↓, 1,   MMP2↓, 2,   MMP9↓, 1,   MMPs↓, 3,   MUC1↓, 1,   p‑p44↓, 1,   PDGF↓, 1,   PKA↓, 1,   Slug↓, 1,   TIMP2↑, 1,   TumCI↓, 4,   TumCMig↓, 5,   TumCP↓, 22,   TumMeta↓, 2,   Twist↓, 2,   α-SMA↓, 1,   α-SMA↑, 1,  

Angiogenesis & Vasculature ⓘ

angioG↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 2,   HIF-1↓, 1,   NO↓, 1,   VEGF↓, 1,   VEGFR2↓, 1,  

Barriers & Transport ⓘ

P-gp↓, 2,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 2,   CRP↓, 1,   CXCR4↓, 2,   IFN-γ↓, 1,   IL6↓, 1,   IL8↓, 1,   Inflam↓, 1,   JAK↓, 1,   JAK2↓, 1,   PSA↓, 2,   TNF-α↓, 2,  

Hormonal & Nuclear Receptors ⓘ

AR↓, 4,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↓, 1,   ChemoSen↑, 1,   eff↑, 2,   MDR1↓, 1,   selectivity↑, 2,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

AR↓, 4,   CRP↓, 1,   EGFR↓, 2,   IL6↓, 1,   Ki-67↓, 1,   LDH↑, 1,   PSA↓, 2,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

chemoPv↑, 3,   PRAS40↓, 1,   TumVol↓, 2,  
Total Targets: 153

Pathway results for Effect on Normal Cells:


Redox & Oxidative Stress ⓘ

antiOx↑, 3,   Catalase↑, 2,   GPx↑, 2,   GSH↑, 1,   H2O2↓, 1,   HO-1↑, 3,   Keap1↓, 1,   lipid-P↓, 2,   MDA↓, 1,   NRF2↑, 2,   ROS↓, 2,   SOD↑, 1,   SOD2↑, 1,  

Cell Death ⓘ

Akt↑, 1,   MAPK↓, 1,  

Proliferation, Differentiation & Cell State ⓘ

PI3K↑, 1,  

Migration ⓘ

AP-1↓, 1,   Ca+2↓, 1,   PKCδ↓, 1,  

Immune & Inflammatory Signaling ⓘ

COX2↓, 1,   CRP↓, 1,   ICAM-1↓, 1,   IFN-γ↑, 1,   IKKα↓, 1,   IL1β↓, 2,   IL6↓, 2,   Inflam↓, 2,   NF-kB↓, 2,   TLR4↑, 1,   TNF-α↓, 3,  

Synaptic & Neurotransmission ⓘ

AChE↓, 2,   BChE↓, 1,  

Protein Aggregation ⓘ

Aβ↓, 2,   NLRP3↓, 1,  

Drug Metabolism & Resistance ⓘ

BioAv↑, 6,   eff↑, 2,  

Clinical Biomarkers ⓘ

BP↓, 1,   CRP↓, 1,   IL6↓, 2,  

Functional Outcomes ⓘ

cardioP↑, 3,   cognitive↑, 1,   hepatoP↑, 1,   memory↑, 1,   neuroP↑, 4,  
Total Targets: 44

Scientific Paper Hit Count for: TumCP, Tumor Cell proliferation
22 Quercetin
1 EGCG (Epigallocatechin Gallate)
1 Genistein (soy isoflavone)
1 Gold NanoParticles
1 Docetaxel
1 Paclitaxel
1 Arctigenin
Query results interpretion may depend on "conditions" listed in the research papers.
Such Conditions may include : 
  -low or high Dose
  -format for product, such as nano of lipid formations
  -different cell line effects
  -synergies with other products 
  -if effect was for normal or cancerous cells

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