Gastric Cancer
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 7, 2006; 12(1): 21-28
Published online Jan 7, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i1.21
Figure 8
Figure 8 Proposed model of berberine mechanism of action on G2/M arrest and apoptosis in SNU-5 cells. Berberine induced p53 expression that led to the decrease of cyclin B and CDK1 but increase of the expression of cdc25c and Wee1 for G2/M arrest. Berberine induced ROS, Ca2+ production and decreased MMP levels led to cytochrome C release and caspase-3 activity, causing apoptosis in SNU-5 cells.