Title : Metformin and cancer: new applications for an old drug.

Pub. Date : 2012 Jun

PMID : 21301998






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1 Several potential mechanisms have been suggested for the ability of metformin to suppress cancer growth in vitro and vivo: (1) activation of LKB1/AMPK pathway, (2) induction of cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis, (3) inhibition of protein synthesis, (4) reduction in circulating insulin levels, (5) inhibition of the unfolded protein response (UPR), (6) activation of the immune system, and (7) eradication of cancer stem cells. Metformin serine/threonine kinase 11 Homo sapiens