Epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a complex process with a primordial role in
cellular transformation whereby an epithelial cell transforms and acquires a mesenchymal …

Autophagy, also known as macroautophagy, is a tightly regulated process involved in the
stress responses, such as starvation. It is a vacuolar, lysosomal pathway for the degradation …

Herbal medicine has attracted great attention in the recent years and is increasingly used as
alternatives to chemical drugs. Several lines of evidence support the positive impact of …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Nigella sativa (N. sativa) L.(Ranunculaceae), well known
as black cumin, has been used as a herbal medicine that has a rich historical background. It …

For many centuries, seeds of Nigella sativa (black cumin), a dicotyledon of the
Ranunculaceae family, have been used as a seasoning spice and food additive in the …

Abstract Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STATs) comprise an important
class of transcription factors that have been implicated in a wide variety of essential cellular …

Many herbal products are now used as remedies to treat various infectious and non-
infectious conditions. Even though the use of herbs and natural products is much more …

Cancer remains the topmost disorder of the mankind and number of cases is unceasingly
growing at unprecedented rates. Although the synthetic anti-cancer compounds still hold the …

Nigella sativa has attracted healers in ancient civilizations and researchers in recent times.
Traditionally, it has been used in different forms to treat many diseases including asthma …

Background: Neovascularization, also known as angiogenesis, is the process of capillary
sprouting from pre-existing blood vessels. This physiological process is a hallmark event in …