PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 34607979-9 2021 Consistently, the overexpression of LKB1 in HeLa cancer cells prevented metformin-triggered apoptosis while LKB1 knockdown significantly increased apoptosis in HEC-1-A and KLE cancer cells. Metformin 72-81 serine/threonine kinase 11 Homo sapiens 36-40 34607979-10 2021 Taken together, these findings indicate an underlying biological/physiological molecular function specifically for metformin-triggered apoptosis dependent on the presence of the LKB1 gene in tumorigenesis. Metformin 115-124 serine/threonine kinase 11 Homo sapiens 178-182