Application of cytology and molecular biology in diagnosing premalignant or malignant oral lesions.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differential mRNA splicing and alternative promoter usage of the TP73 gene results in the expression of multiple NH2-truncated isoforms that act as oncogenes. Abundant levels of these p73 variants in a variety of human cancers correlated with adverse clinical prognosis and response failure to conventional th...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Emmrich S,Wang W,John K,Li W,Pützer BM

更新日期：2009-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence supports the role of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as master gene regulators at the epigenetic modification level. However, the underlying mechanism of these functional ncRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been well investigated. METHODS:The dysre...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wu H,Qin W,Lu S,Wang X,Zhang J,Sun T,Hu X,Li Y,Chen Q,Wang Y,Zhao H,Piao H,Zhang R,Wei M

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SLC/CCL21, normally expressed in high endothelial venules and in T cell zones of spleen and lymph nodes, strongly attracts T cells and dendritic cells (DC). We have previously shown that SLC/CCL21-mediated anti-tumor responses are accompanied by significant induction of IFNgamma and the CXC chemokines, monok...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Sharma S,Yang SC,Hillinger S,Zhu LX,Huang M,Batra RK,Lin JF,Burdick MD,Strieter RM,Dubinett SM

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a highly lethal cancer that contains cellular and functional heterogeneity. Previously, we enriched a subpopulation of highly tumorigenic head and neck cancer initiating cells (HN-CICs) from HNSCC. However, the molecular mechanisms by which to govern the chara...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wu MJ,Jan CI,Tsay YG,Yu YH,Huang CY,Lin SC,Liu CJ,Chen YS,Lo JF,Yu CC

更新日期：2010-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PTEN is the second most mutated tumor suppressor gene other than p53. It suppresses tumorigenesis by dephosphorylating phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-triphosphate (PIP3) to phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-biphosphate (PIP2), thereby directly inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)-mediated tumorigenic activ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Fan C,He L,Kapoor A,Rybak AP,De Melo J,Cutz JC,Tang D

更新日期：2009-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although chemotherapy represents a predominant anti-cancer therapeutic modality, drug treatment efficacy is often limited due to the development of resistant tumor cells. The pregnane X receptor (PXR) affects chemotherapeutic effects by regulating targets involved in drug metabolism and transportation, but t...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Dong Y,Wang Z,Xie GF,Li C,Zuo WW,Meng G,Xu CP,Li JJ

更新日期：2017-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To test if the expression of Smad1-8 mRNAs were predictive of survival in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We analyzed, prospectively, the expression of Smad1-8, by means of Ribonuclease Protection Assay in 48 primary, operable, oral SCC. In addition, 21 larynx, 10 orop...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Mangone FR,Walder F,Maistro S,Pasini FS,Lehn CN,Carvalho MB,Brentani MM,Snitcovsky I,Federico MH

更新日期：2010-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PP2Calpha is the representative member of the type 2C family of protein phosphatases, and it has recently been implicated in the regulation of p53-, TGFbeta-, cyclin-dependent kinase- and apoptosis-signaling. To investigate the role of PP2Calpha in cell growth and in radio- and chemosensitivity, wild type an...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lammers T,Peschke P,Ehemann V,Debus J,Slobodin B,Lavi S,Huber P

更新日期：2007-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence indicates that the ability of cancer cells to convey biological information to recipient cells within the tumor microenvironment (TME) is crucial for tumor progression. Microvesicles (MVs) are heterogenous vesicles formed by budding of the cellular membrane, which are secreted in larger amounts by ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Bian X,Xiao YT,Wu T,Yao M,Du L,Ren S,Wang J

更新日期：2019-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most lethal malignancies. Neovascularization during tumorigenesis supplies oxygen and nutrients to proliferative tumor cells, and serves as a conduit for migration. Targeting oncogenes involved in angiogenesis is needed to treat organ-confined and local...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Chen Y,Wang D,Peng H,Chen X,Han X,Yu J,Wang W,Liang L,Liu Z,Zheng Y,Hu J,Yang L,Li J,Zhou H,Cui X,Li F

更新日期：2019-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the number one cancer killer. Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) are responsible for tumor progression and recurrence. Emerging evidences suggest that small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) play malfunctioning roles in lung tumorigenesis. This study aims to determine if snoRNAs have ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Mannoor K,Shen J,Liao J,Liu Z,Jiang F

更新日期：2014-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive type of primary brain tumours. Anti-angiogenic therapies (AAT), such as bevacizumab, have been developed to target the tumour blood supply. However, GBM presents mechanisms of escape from AAT activity, including a speculated direct effect of AAT on GBM cells. Furthermore, beva...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Simon T,Pinioti S,Schellenberger P,Rajeeve V,Wendler F,Cutillas PR,King A,Stebbing J,Giamas G

更新日期：2018-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2) is a bifunctional protein that plays a critical role in the regulation of post-translational processing and protein synthesis. MetAP2 is overexpressed in human colon cancer. In this report we screened various MetAP2 inhibitors and treated HT29 cells with various concentrations of c...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Selvakumar P,Lakshmikuttyamma A,Das U,Pati HN,Dimmock JR,Sharma RK

更新日期：2009-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellular senescence is a state of irreversible cell growth arrest and senescence cells permanently lose proliferation potential. Induction of cellular senescence might be a novel therapy for cancer cells. TRIB2 has been reported to participate in regulating proliferation and drug resistance of various cancer...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Hou Z,Guo K,Sun X,Hu F,Chen Q,Luo X,Wang G,Hu J,Sun L

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, circular RNAs (circRNAs), a new star of non-coding RNA, have been emerged as vital regulators and gained much attention for involvement of initiation and progression of diverse kinds of human diseases, especially cancer. However, regulatory role, clinical significance and underlying mechanis...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Yang R,Xing L,Zheng X,Sun Y,Wang X,Chen J

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perifosine, an alkylphospholipid tested in phase II clinical trials, modulates the extrinsic apoptotic pathway and cooperates with tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) to augment apoptosis. The current study focuses on revealing the mechanisms by which perifosine enhances TRAIL-ind...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Fu L,Lin YD,Elrod HA,Yue P,Oh Y,Li B,Tao H,Chen GZ,Shin DM,Khuri FR,Sun SY

更新日期：2010-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies of tumors have revealed substantial numbers of clonally expanded somatic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), not observed in adjacent intact tissues. These findings were interpreted as indicating the involvement of mtDNA mutations in tumorigenesis. Such comparisons, however, ignore an important con...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Khaidakov M,Shmookler Reis RJ

更新日期：2005-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sigma-2 receptors are over-expressed in proliferating cancer cells, making an attractive target for the targeted treatment of pancreatic cancer. In this study, we investigated the role of the novel sigma-2 receptor ligand SW43 to induce apoptosis and augment standard chemotherapy. RESULTS:The binding affini...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Hornick JR,Xu J,Vangveravong S,Tu Z,Mitchem JB,Spitzer D,Goedegebuure P,Mach RH,Hawkins WG

更新日期：2010-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is the second most common malignant tumor in head and neck. Autophagy and circular RNAs (circRNAs) play critical roles in cancer progression and chemoresistance. However, the function and mechanism of circRNA in autophagy regulation of LSCC remain unclear. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Gao W,Guo H,Niu M,Zheng X,Zhang Y,Xue X,Bo Y,Guan X,Li Z,Guo Y,He L,Zhang Y,Li L,Cao J,Wu Y

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:TGF-β promotes tumor invasion and metastasis through inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are recognized as functional non-coding RNAs involved in human cancers. However, whether and how circRNAs contribute to TGF-β-induced EMT and m...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wang L,Tong X,Zhou Z,Wang S,Lei Z,Zhang T,Liu Z,Zeng Y,Li C,Zhao J,Su Z,Zhang C,Liu X,Xu G,Zhang HT

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells respond to hypoxia by shifting cellular processes from general housekeeping functions to activating specialized hypoxia-response pathways. Oxygen plays an important role in generating ATP to maintain a productive rate of protein synthesis in normoxia. In hypoxia, the rate of the canonical protein synthesis pathw...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Chee NT,Lohse I,Brothers SP

更新日期：2019-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:TPC-1 is a papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC)-derived cell line that spontaneously expresses the oncogene RET/PTC1. TPC-1 treated with the RET/PTC1 inhibitor RPI-1 displayed a cytostatic and reversible inhibition of cell proliferation and a strong activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). As dasatinib inhibi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Caccia D,Miccichè F,Cassinelli G,Mondellini P,Casalini P,Bongarzone I

更新日期：2010-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cancer/testis (CT) genes have expression normally restricted to the testis, but become activated during oncogenesis, so they have excellent potential as cancer-specific biomarkers. Evidence is starting to emerge to indicate that they also provide function(s) in the oncogenic programme. Human TEX19 is a recen...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Planells-Palop V,Hazazi A,Feichtinger J,Jezkova J,Thallinger G,Alsiwiehri NO,Almutairi M,Parry L,Wakeman JA,McFarlane RJ

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine malignancy with high mutational heterogeneity and a generally poor clinical outcome. Despite implicated roles of deregulated TP53, IGF-2 and Wnt signaling pathways, a clear genetic association or unique mutational link to the disease is still missing. Recent...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Korah R,Healy JM,Kunstman JW,Fonseca AL,Ameri AH,Prasad ML,Carling T

更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-beta) plays an important role in tumor invasion and metastasis. We set out to investigate the possible clinical utility of TGF-beta antagonists in a human metastatic basal-like breast cancer model. We examined the effects of two types of the TGF-beta pathway antagonists (...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ganapathy V,Ge R,Grazioli A,Xie W,Banach-Petrosky W,Kang Y,Lonning S,McPherson J,Yingling JM,Biswas S,Mundy GR,Reiss M

更新日期：2010-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:ERBB3, one of the four members of the ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases, plays an important role in breast cancer etiology and progression. In the present study, we aimed to identify novel miRNAs that can potentially target ERBB3 and their biological functions. METHOD:The expression levels of miR-1...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Yan X,Chen X,Liang H,Deng T,Chen W,Zhang S,Liu M,Gao X,Liu Y,Zhao C,Wang X,Wang N,Li J,Liu R,Zen K,Zhang CY,Liu B,Ba Y

更新日期：2014-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A vast array of tumor-derived genetic, proteomic and cellular components are constantly released into the circulation of cancer patients. These molecules including circulating tumor DNA and RNA, proteins, tumor and immune cells are emerging as convenient and accurate liquid biomarkers of cancer. Circulating cancer bio...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lim SY,Lee JH,Diefenbach RJ,Kefford RF,Rizos H

更新日期：2018-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Co-Activator Arginine Methyltransferase 1(CARM1) is an Estrogen Receptor (ER) cofactor that remodels chromatin for gene regulation via methylation of Histone3. We investigated CARM1 levels and localization across breast cancer tumors in a cohort of patients of either European or African ancestry. METHODS:We...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Davis MB,Liu X,Wang S,Reeves J,Khramtsov A,Huo D,Olopade OI

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene fusions occur in up to 17% of solid tumours. Oncogenic kinases are often involved in such fusions. In lung cancer, almost 30% of patients carrying an activated oncogene show the fusion of a tyrosine kinase to an heterologous gene. Several genes are partner in the fusion with the three kinases ALK, ROS1 and RET in...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Cerrato A,Visconti R,Celetti A

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most ovarian cancers are highly invasive in nature and the high burden of metastatic disease make them a leading cause of mortality among all gynaecological malignancies. The homeodomain transcription factor, PITX2 is associated with cancer in different tissues. Our previous studies demonstrated increased PI...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Basu M,Bhattacharya R,Ray U,Mukhopadhyay S,Chatterjee U,Roy SS

更新日期：2015-08-23 00:00:00