By Natumi Araya et al. Human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) is a human retrovirus that causes HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HMA/TAP) and adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). A higher viral load in individuals with HTLV-1 infection increases their risk of developing HAM/TSP and ATL. Reduction of the number of HTLV-1 infected cells is very important, […]
Category: Fucoidan Research
By Hang-Eun Lee et. al., Fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide present in brown algae, has been identified to have multiple biological effects such as antitumor, immunomodulation, antiviral and anticoagulation. The effects of cancer cells are preventable in regard to the secondary fucoidan effect. In this study, we evaluate the effect of fucoidan on human […]
By Guang Yang et. al,. According to lymphoid malignancies, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common type of high-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Based on the pm gene expression profiling, DLBCL has been classified into three groups: Germinal center B-cell (GCB), Activated B-cell (ABC) and Primary mediastinal B-cell (PMBL), with a minority […]
Do you know that fucoidan has the power to increase the effectiveness of chemo-drugs? In this blog, I am going to discuss how fucoidan increase effects of the chemo-drugs by using an example of breast cancer such as estrogen, progesterone receptor-positive, HER2 negative (MCF-7) and triple-negative (MDA-MB231) breast cancers. The following observations are according to […]
This time I will talk about how fucoidan alleviates the side effects of chemotherapy. First of all, I would like to explain about anti-cancer agents that are classified into “cytotoxic anti-cancer agent” and “molecular-targeted therapeutic agent” depending on the method and origin of action. “Cytotoxic agents” are further classified into antimetabolites, alkylating agents and anti-cancer […]
In this blog, I would like to discuss with fucoidan and side effects. Most people ask about fucoidan’s side effects since I have involved about fucoidan. I usually tell them that mainly fucoidan does not have any side effects. Actually, fucoidan is extracted from brown seaweed, thus you could imagine that fucoidan does not have […]
I am very excited to continue to talk about one of the fucoidan’s health benefits. This topic of fucoidan inducing apoptosis is unique, as we are going to discover the more powerful effect of fucoidan that can initiate cancer self-destruction. If cancer cells disappeared by themselves, it is just not great but also a medical […]