Ginsenoside Rh2 represses autophagy to promote cervical cancer cell apoptosis during starvation

• Main Authors: Jiawen Wang (Author), Shuai Bian (Author), Siming Wang (Author), Song Yang (Author), Wanying Zhang (Author), Daqing Zhao (Author), Meichen Liu (Author), Xueyuan Bai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cancer cells through autophagy-mediated recycling to meet the metabolic demands of growth and proliferation. The steroidal saponin 20(S)-ginsenoside Rh2 effectively inhibits the growth and survival of a variety of tumor cell lines and animal models, but the effects of Rh2 on auto...