date:Oct 16, 2012
cytokines CXCL1 und CXCL2. The researchers found that curcumin specifically decreases the expression of these two proteins, and in a mouse model, this effect correlated with a decline in the incidence of metastases.
Due to the action of curcumin, the tumor cells synthesize smaller amounts of cytokines that promote metastasis, they said. As a consequence, the frequency of metastasis formation in the lungs is significantly reduced, in animals with breast cancer, as we showed previously, or carci