Artesunate promotes G2/M cell cycle arrest in MCF7 breast cancer cells through ATM activation

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Anti-cancer effects of artesunate in a panel of chemoresistant neuroblastoma cell lines

Martin Michaelis, Malte Kleinschmidt, Susanne Barth et al. · Biochemical Pharmacology · 2009 · 111 citations · Full text

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A phase I study of intravenous artesunate in patients with advanced solid tumor malignancies

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Artesunate inhibits the growth of gastric cancer cells through the mechanism of promoting oncosis both in vitro and in vivo

Xiang Zhou, Weijian Sun, Wei‐Ming Wang et al. · Anti-Cancer Drugs · 2013 · 60 citations

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Differential sensitivity of colorectal cancer cell lines to artesunate is associated with expression of beta-catenin and E-cadherin

Lin‐Na Li, Huadong Zhang, Shoujun Yuan et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 2008 · 54 citations

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