Transcription factors Inflammatory mediators
Activating transcription factor-3 ↓ C-reactive protein ↓
Activator protein-1 ↓ Interleukin-1β ↓
β-catenin ↓ Interleukin-2 ↓
CREB-binding protein ↓ Interleukin-5 ↓
C/EBP homologous protein ↓ Interleukin-6 ↓
Electrophile response element ↑ Interleukin-8 ↓
Early growth response gene-1 ↓ Interleukin-12 ↓
Hypoxia inducible factor-1α↓ Interleukin-18 ↓
Nuclear factor κ-B ↓ Interferon-γ ↓
Notch-1 ↓ Inducible nitric oxide synthase ↓
NFE2 related factor ↑ 5-Lipoxygenase ↓
p53↑ Monocyte chemoattractant protein ↓
Peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor -γ ↑ Migration inhibition protein ↓
Specificity protein-1 ↓ Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α↓
STAT-1 ↓ Prostate specific antigen ↓
STAT-3 ↓  
STAT-4 ↓ Protein kinases
STAT-5 ↓ Autophosphorylation-activated protein kinase ↓
Wilms' tumor gene 1 ↓ Ca2+, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase C ↓
  c-jun N-terminal kinase ↓
Enzymes cAMP-dependent protein kinase ↓
Acetylcholinesterase ↓ CSN-associated kinase ↓
Aldose reductase ↓ EGF receptor-kinase ↓
Arylamine N-acetyltransferases-1 ↓ Extracellular receptor kinase ↓
Beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme-1 ↓ Focal adhesion kinase ↓
CD13 ↓ IL-1 receptor-associated kinase ↓
DNA polymerase I ↓ IκB kinase ↓
DNA topoisomerase-II ↓ Janus kinase ↓
GTPase (microtubule assembly) ↓ Mitogen-activated protein kinase ↓
Glutathione reductase ↓ pp60c-src tyrosine kinase ↓
Glutathione-peroxidase ↓ Phosphorylase kinase ↓
Glutathione S-transferase ↑ Protein kinase A ↓
Hemeoxygenase-1 ↑ PI3K-Akt ↓
Ca2+-dependent ATPase ↓ Protamine kinase ↓
Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase ↓  
17β-HSD3 ↓ Drug resistance proteins
Ornithine decarboxylase ↓ Multi-drug resistance protein-1 ↓
Monoamine oxidase ↓ Multi-drug resistance protein-2 ↓
NADP(H):quinoneoxidoreductase -1 ↓  
Phospholipase D ↓ Adhesion molecules
Thioredoxinreductase 1 ↓ Intracellular adhesion molecule-1 ↓
Telomerase ↓ Endothelial leukocyte adhesion molecule-1 ↓
Ubiquitin isopeptidases ↓ Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 ↓
  Growth factors Cell-survival proteins
Connective tissue growth factor ↓ B-cell lymphoma protein-xL ↓
Epidermal growth factor ↓ Cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein ↓
Fibroblast growth factor ↓ Inhibitory apoptosis protein ↓
HER2 ↓ X-linked IAP ↓
Hepatocyte growth factor ↓  
Platelet derived growth factor ↓ Chemokines and chemokine receptor
Tissue factor ↓ Chemokine ligand 1 ↓
Transforming growth factor-β1 ↓ Chemokine ligand 2 ↓
  Chemokine receptors 4 ↓
Receptors Invasion and angiogenesis biomarkers
Androgen receptor ↓ Matrix metalloproteinase-9 ↓
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor ↓ Urokinase-type plasminogen activator ↓
Death receptor-5 ↓ Vascular endothelial growth factor ↓
EGF-receptor ↓  
Endothelial protein C-receptor ↓ Others
Estrogen receptor-α ↓ cAMP response element binding protein ↓
Fas ↑ DNA fragmentation factor 40-kD subunit ↑
Histamine 2- receptor ↓ Fibrinogen ↓
Interleukin 8-receptor ↓ Ferritin H and L ↓
Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor ↓ Heat-shock protein 70 ↑
Integrin receptor ↓ Iron regulatory protein ↓
Low density lipoprotein-receptor ↑ Prion fibril ↓
Transferrin receptor 1 ↓  
  Cell-cycle regulatory proteins  
Cyclin D1 ↓  
Cyclin E ↓  
c-Myc ↓  
p21 ↓  
Table 1: Molecular targets of curcumin [27].
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