However, some other
studies have shown that baicalein leads to human cancer cell death by
inducing autophagy rather than apoptosis, because cell death induced
by baicalein was completely reversed by suppressing the expression of
key molecules in autophagy, such as Beclin-1, vacuolar protein sorting
34 (Vps34), autophagy-related (Atg)5 and Atg7, but not by pancaspase
inhibitor [23].