Journal of International Oncology››2016,Vol. 43››Issue (2): 113-.

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Anticancer effect of metformin and regulation on HIF-1α

GAO Jun-Rong, ZHANG Ti, CAO Man-Qing, ZHANG Xue-Jun, ZHU Xiao-Lin

  1. epartment of Ultrasound, Tianjin People′s Hospital, Tianjin 300121, China
  • Online:2016-02-08Published:2015-12-28

Abstract:Studies show that metformin inhibits the proliferation of several types of cancer cells. All evidences, therefore propose the antitumor effect of metformin. Metformin can repress the oxygen consumption of tumor cells, and suppress hypoxiainducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) accumulation through the translational and posttranslational mechanisms, and suppress the expression of HIF-1α by activating AMPactivated protein kinase (AMPK).

Key words:Metformin,Neoplasms,Hypoxiainducible factor 1, alpha subunit