FIGURE 9.
Effects and mechanisms of paeoniflorin in glioma. Paeoniflorin administration can suppress glioma growth by promoting STAT3 degradation and de-phosphorylation of STAT3 and inhibiting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Increasing the expression of miR-16 is another mechanism for the anti-glioma effect of paeoniflorin. The increased miR-16 upon paeoniflorin treatment induces glioma cell apoptosis by down-regulating MMP-9 expression.