Are seaweed-derived fucoidans possible future anti-cancer agents?

Fucoidans: Pro- or antiangiogenic agents?

(2014) N. E. Ustyuzhanina et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Fucoidan Inhibits the Proliferation of Human Urinary Bladder Cancer T24 Cells by Blocking Cell Cycle Progression and Inducing Apoptosis

(2014) Hye Park et al.   MOLECULES

Fucoidan Can Function as an Adjuvant In Vivo to Enhance Dendritic Cell Maturation and Function and Promote Antigen-Specific T Cell Immune Responses

(2014) Jun-O Jin et al.   PLoS One

Doxorubicin loading fucoidan acetate nanoparticles for immune and chemotherapy in cancer treatment

(2013) Kun Woo Lee et al.   CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

The fucoidans from brown algae of Far-Eastern seas: Anti-tumor activity and structure–function relationship

(2013) Olesya S. Vishchuk et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Fucoidan induces G1 phase arrest and apoptosis through caspases-dependent pathway and ROS induction in human breast cancer MCF-7 cells

(2013) Amal M. Banafa et al.   Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology-Medical Sciences

Supplementation of Elderly Japanese Men and Women with Fucoidan from Seaweed Increases Immune Responses to Seasonal Influenza Vaccination

(2013) Hirokuni Negishi et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Fucoidans as Potential Inhibitors of HIV-1

(2013) Maria Prokofjeva et al.   Marine Drugs

Influence of Fucoidans on Hemostatic System

(2013) Nadezhda Ustyuzhanina et al.   Marine Drugs

Fucoidan Derived from Undaria pinnatifida Induces Apoptosis in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma SMMC-7721 Cells via the ROS-Mediated Mitochondrial Pathway

(2013) Lili Yang et al.   Marine Drugs

Fucoidan Extract Enhances the Anti-Cancer Activity of Chemotherapeutic Agents in MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells

(2013) Zhongyuan Zhang et al.   Marine Drugs

Induction of Apoptosis by Fucoidan in Human Leukemia U937 Cells through Activation of p38 MAPK and Modulation of Bcl-2 Family

(2013) Hyun Park et al.   Marine Drugs

The Anticancer Effect of Fucoidan in PC-3 Prostate Cancer Cells

(2013) Hye-Jin Boo et al.   Marine Drugs

Fucoidan Inhibited 4T1 Mouse Breast Cancer Cell Growth In Vivo and In Vitro Via Downregulation of Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

(2013) Meilan Xue et al.   NUTRITION AND CANCER-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

Grapefruit-medication interactions: Forbidden fruit or avoidable consequences?

(2012) D. G. Bailey et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

Fucoidan induces changes in the epithelial to mesenchymal transition and decreases metastasis by enhancing ubiquitin-dependent TGF  receptor degradation in breast cancer

(2012) H.-Y. Hsu et al.   CARCINOGENESIS

Fucoidan from Seaweed Fucus vesiculosus Inhibits Migration and Invasion of Human Lung Cancer Cell via PI3K-Akt-mTOR Pathways

(2012) Hyunkyoung Lee et al.   PLoS One

Fucoidan from Sargassum sp. and Fucus vesiculosus reduces cell viability of lung carcinoma and melanoma cells in vitro and activates natural killer cells in mice in vivo

(2011) Marcel Tutor Ale et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Therapies from Fucoidan; Multifunctional Marine Polymers

(2011) Janet Helen Fitton   Marine Drugs

Fucoidan reduces the toxicities of chemotherapy for patients with unresectable advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer

(2011) MASAHIDE IKEGUCHI et al.   Oncology Letters

Fucoidan therapy decreases the proviral load in patients with human T-lymphotropic virus 
type-1-associated neurological disease

(2010) Natsumi Araya et al.   ANTIVIRAL THERAPY

Fucoidin enhances dendritic cell-mediated T-cell cytotoxicity against NY-ESO-1 expressing human cancer cells

(2010) Yaling Hu et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Development of a Fucoidan-Specific Antibody and Measurement of Fucoidan in Serum and Urine by Sandwich ELISA

(2010) Yoshiharu TOKITA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Pilot clinical study to evaluate the anticoagulant activity of fucoidan

(2009) Mohammad R Irhimeh et al.   BLOOD COAGULATION & FIBRINOLYSIS

Defensive effects of a fucoidan from brown alga Undaria pinnatifida against herpes simplex virus infection

(2007) Kyoko Hayashi et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY