Progression from chronic atrophic gastritis to gastric cancer; tangle, toggle, tackle with Korea red ginseng.
Key molecular players that link inflammation to carcinogenesis are prostaglandins, cytokines, nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), chemokines, angiogenic growth factors, and free radicals, all of which lead to increased mutations and altered functions of important enzymes and proteins, for example, activation of oncogenic products and/or inhibition of tumor suppressor proteins, in inflamed tissues, thus contributing to multi-stage carcinogenesis process. Interpreted reversely, the identification of the molecular mechanisms by which chronic inflammation increases cancer risk or optimal intervention of targeted drugs or agents during the inflammation-associated carcinogenic process could be a necessary basis for developing new strategy of cancer prevention at many sites. In this review, we discuss the possibilities for cancer prevention by controlling inflammation process in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-associated inflamed stomach with Korea red ginseng. Korea red ginseng is a good example of a natural herb that has ubiquitous properties that are conductive to stop inflammatory carcinogenesis that is un wanted outcome of H. pylori infection, rendering rejuvenation of chronic atrophic gastritis.
Kim
Yoon Jae
YJ
Department of Gastroenterology Gachon Graduate School of Medicine, 7-45 Songdo-dong, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 406-840, Korea.
Chung
Jun Won
JW
Lee
So Jung
SJ
Choi
Ki Seok
KS
Kim
Ju Hyun
JH
Hahm
Ki Baik
KB