In this study of chemoprevention in the rat modified resistant hepatocyte model, preneoplastic cells were diminished by >60% with quercetin pretreatment compared with those rats treated with N-Diethylnitrosamine (DEN) to induce liver cancer. This decrease occurred associated with an abolished DEN-induced lipid peroxidation as well as activation of caspase 9 and increased caspase 3, as determined by increased expression of cleaved caspase 3 and 9, but not cleaved caspase 8 and increased fragmentation of Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inducing apoptosis of presumed genetically injured cells, when quercetin was administered before the initiation agent.
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January 2025
Department of Biomedical sciences, Oklahoma State University Centre for Health and Science, Oklahoma, USA.
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Group for Rare Disease Research and Therapeutics Development, Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia.
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