Concern about: Echinacoside exerts anti-tumor activity via the miR-503-3p/TGF-β1/Smad aixs in liver cancer

Abstract

Abstract We concentrated on a paper in Cancer Cell International “Echinacoside exerts anti-tumor activity via the miR-503-3p/TGF-β1/Smad aixs in liver cancer”. Echinacoside may be a safe and effective anti-tumor agent for the treatment of liver cancer. However, some problems in this paper made us confused.

Keywords

• Echinacoside
• Liver cancer
• Invasion
• Apoptosis
• Proliferation