Suppression of quercetin-induced autophagy enhances cytotoxicity through elevating apoptotic cell death in human bladder cancer cells

Objective: Quercetin, a natural dietary compound, has been demonstrated with antitumor activities against several types of cancers by disrupting cell cycle and inducing apoptotic cell death. However, human bladder cancer cells such as 5637 and T24 cells expressing mutant p53 are resistant to a 24 hrs quercetin treatment. In this study, the anticancer effect of quercetin was evaluated in these bladder cancer cells. Materials and Methods: The...