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Biological Activity:
Orally-available antioxidant inflammation modulator (AIM), being the most potent known inducer of the Nrf2 pathway; induces apoptosis of human tumor cells by disruption of redox balance and directly blocks IKKβ activity and thereby the NF-κB pathway.
References: online
R Ahmad et al. Triterpenoid CDDO-Me Blocks the NF-κB Pathway by Direct Inhibition of IKKβ on Cys-179. J. Biol. Chem. 2006, 281, 35764-35769. [online]
M Konopleva et al. Novel triterpenoid CDDO-Me is a potent inducer of apoptosis and differentiation in acute myelogenous leukemia. Blood 2002, 99(1), 326-335. [online]
R Ahmad et al. Combining the FLT3 inhibitor PKC412 and the triterpenoid CDDO-Me synergistically induces apoptosis in acute myeloid leukemia with the internal tandem duplication mutation. Mol. Cancer Res. 2010, 8(7), 986-993. [online]
Chemical Name: Methyl 2-cyano-3,12-dioxoleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oate
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