title: A review about the development of fucoidan in antitumor activity: Progress and challenges.
abstract: Fucoidan is composed of l-fucose, sulfate groups and one or more small proportions of d-xylose, d-mannose, d-galactose, l-rhamnose, arabinose, glucose, d-glucuronic acid and acetyl groups in different kinds of brown seaweeds. Many reports have demonstrated that fucoidan has antitumor activities on various cancers. However, until now, few reviews have discussed the antitumor activity of fucoidan and few reports have summarized detailed molecular mechanisms of its actions and antitumor challenges of fucoidan specially. In this review, the antitumor signaling pathway mechanisms related to fucoidan are elucidated as much detail as possible. Besides, the factors affecting the anticancer effects of fucoidan, the structural characteristics of fucoidan with anticancer activities and the challenges for the further development of fucoidan are also summarized and evaluated. The existing similar and different conclusions are summarized in an attempt to provide guidelines to help further research, and finally contribute to go into market as chemotherapeumtics.
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. Electronic address: wulei16328@163.com.
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Wu
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. Electronic address: sunjingnlz@163.com.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Sun
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. Electronic address: 1603680865@qq.com.
authors: Xitong
authors: X
authors: Su
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. Electronic address: yuqiuli7698@126.com.
authors: Qiuli
authors: Q
authors: Yu
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. Electronic address: yuqiuyang916@163.com.
authors: Qiuyang
authors: Q
authors: Yu
authors: School of Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, China. Electronic address: zhangpengspu@163.com.
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007448:Invertebrates / Q000737:chemistry; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000187:drug effects; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012624:Seaweed / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D020533:Angiogenesis Inhibitors; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011134:Polysaccharides; C007789:fucoidan
keywords: Antitumor; Challenge; Combination therapy; Fucoidan; Influencing factor; Molecular mechanism