Anti-proliferative mechanism of Huaier extract in human thyroid carcinoma cells
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Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine tumor and typically has a good prognosis; however, some patients still present with local or distant metastases. Huaier is a traditional Chinese medicine reported as effective in treating certain types of tumor, but the effect of Huaier on thyroid cancer has not yet been reported. The thyroid cancer cell lines, B-CPAP and C643, were treated with increasing concentrations of Huaier extract and the therapeutic effect was measured using a cell counting kit 8 (CCK-8) and flow cytometry. High-throughput sequencing was further performed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in Huaier-treated B-CPAP cells. Moreover, quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) was carried out to verify the selected RNAs. Finally, the dual luciferase detection kit was used to detect gene activity.
Keywords: Huaier extract, thyroid cancer, anti-proliferative mechanism, high-throughput sequencing, differentially expressed genes