Apoptosis

Lenalidomide is a derivative of thalidomide. In vitro, lenalidomide has three main activities: direct anti-tumor effect, inhibition of the micro environment support for tumor cells, and immunomodulatory role. It induces tumor cell apoptosis directly and indirectly by inhibition of bone marrow stromal cell support, by anti-angiogenic and anti-osteoclastogenic effects, and by immunomodulatory activity.

LY573636 is a potent anti-tumor agent, which causes growth arrest and apoptosis of a variety of human solid tumors in vitro and in vivo. LY573636-induced apoptosis occurs by a mitochondrial-targeted mechanism.

Asperosaponin VI, A saponin component from Dipsacus asper wall, induces osteoblast differentiation through BMP?\2/p38 and ERK1/2 pathway. Asperosaponin ?? inhibits apoptosis in hypoxia-induced cardiomyocyte by increasing the Bcl-2/Bax ratio and decreasing active caspase-3 expression, as well as enhancing of p-Akt and p-CREB.

Homoharringtonine is a cephalotaxine alkaloid which inhibits the formation of diphenylalanine and acetylphenylalanyl-puromycin in liver ribosomes.

2,3 DCPE displays anticancer agent properties and induces ERK activation.

MIRA-1 restores wild-type conformation, function and DNA binding activity to mutant p53. Induces p53 transcriptional transactivation of p21, MDM2 and PUMA.

Coniferaldehyde (Ferulaldehyde), isolated from the ethanol extract of Vitex rotundifolia fruits, is an effective inducer of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1).