Tumor cell invasion of von Hippel Lindau renal cell carcinoma cells is mediated by membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase.

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:The implementation of gene therapy for the treatment of pituitary tumors emerges as a promising complement to surgery and may have distinct advantages over radiotherapy for this type of tumors. Up to now, suicide gene therapy has been the main experimental approach explored to treat experimental pituitary tu...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Console GM,Herenu CB,Camihort GA,Luna GC,Bracamonte MI,Morel GR,Goya RG

更新日期：2008-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic process that mediates degradation of pernicious or dysfunctional cellular components, such as invasive pathogens, senescent proteins, and organelles. It can promote or suppress tumor development, so it is a "double-edged sword" in tumors that depends on the cell and tissue typ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Chen HT,Liu H,Mao MJ,Tan Y,Mo XQ,Meng XJ,Cao MT,Zhong CY,Liu Y,Shan H,Jiang GM

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide, and the biology of this cancer remains poorly understood. Recent evidence indicates that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are found to be dysregulated in a variety of cancers, including HCC. Taurine Up-regulated Gene...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Huang MD,Chen WM,Qi FZ,Sun M,Xu TP,Ma P,Shu YQ

更新日期：2015-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment are enabling a more targeted approach to treating lung cancers. Therapy targeting the specific oncogenic driver mutation could inhibit tumor progression and provide a favorable prognosis in clinical practice. Activating mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wu SG,Shih JY

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant accumulation of beta-catenin plays an important role in a variety of human neoplasms. We recently reported accumulation of beta-catenin in parathyroid adenomas from patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT). In CTNNB1 exon 3, we detected a stabilizing mutation (S37A) in 3 out of 20 analyzed a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Björklund P,Lindberg D,Akerström G,Westin G

更新日期：2008-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human microbial pathogen Helicobacter pylori resides in the stomach of about fifty percent of the world's population and represents a risk factor for chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers and, in rare cases, gastric cancer. Alterations of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway have been described in almost ev...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Gnad T,Feoktistova M,Leverkus M,Lendeckel U,Naumann M

更新日期：2010-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell lines are still a tool of choice for many fields of biomedical research, including oncology. Although cancer is a very complex disease, many discoveries have been made using monocultures of established cell lines. Therefore, the proper use of in vitro models is crucial to enhance our understanding of cancer. Ther...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Brodaczewska KK,Szczylik C,Fiedorowicz M,Porta C,Czarnecka AM

更新日期：2016-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Sema4D, also known as CD100, is a protein belonging to class IV semaphorin. Its physiologic roles in the immune and nervous systems have been extensively explored. However, the roles of Sema4D have extended beyond these traditionally studied territories. Via interaction with its high affinity receptor Plexin-B1, Sema4...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ch'ng ES,Kumanogoh A

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many human cancer cells express filamin A (FLNA), an actin-binding structural protein that interacts with a diverse set of cell signaling proteins, but little is known about the biological importance of FLNA in tumor development. FLNA is also expressed in endothelial cells, which may be important for tumor a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Nallapalli RK,Ibrahim MX,Zhou AX,Bandaru S,Sunkara SN,Redfors B,Pazooki D,Zhang Y,Borén J,Cao Y,Bergo MO,Akyürek LM

更新日期：2012-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the major causes of mortality. ABT-263 is a newly synthesized, orally available Bcl-2/xL inhibitor that shows promising efficacy in HCC therapy. ABT-263 inhibits the anti-apoptotic activity of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, but not Mcl-1. Previous reports have shown that ABT-263 u...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wang B,Ni Z,Dai X,Qin L,Li X,Xu L,Lian J,He F

更新日期：2014-04-30 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：BACKGROUND:The Sonic hedgehog (Shh) signaling pathway plays an important role in cerebellar development, and mutations leading to hyperactive Shh signaling have been associated with certain forms of medulloblastoma, a common form of pediatric brain cancer. While the fundamentals of this pathway are known, the molecular...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lee SJ,Litan A,Li Z,Graves B,Lindsey S,Barwe SP,Langhans SA

更新日期：2015-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily and is highly expressed in many human tumors including breast cancer. PPARgamma has been identified as a potential target for breast cancer therapy based on the fact that its activation by syn...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zaytseva YY,Wang X,Southard RC,Wallis NK,Kilgore MW

更新日期：2008-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, which is one of the most aggressive, malignant tumors in humans, results in an extremely poor prognosis despite chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The present study was designed to evaluate therapeutic effects of radiation by glycerol on p53-mutant anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cel...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ohnishi K,Ota I,Yane K,Takahashi A,Yuki K,Emoto M,Hosoi H,Ohnishi T

更新日期：2002-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies and the major cause of cancer-related death in women. Although the importance of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in cancer has been increasingly recognized, few studies have been explored the functional mechanism of piRNAs in breast cancer development and p...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Tan L,Mai D,Zhang B,Jiang X,Zhang J,Bai R,Ye Y,Li M,Pan L,Su J,Zheng Y,Liu Z,Zuo Z,Zhao Q,Li X,Huang X,Yang J,Tan W,Zheng J,Lin D

更新日期：2019-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metabolic plasticity has been increasingly thought to be a determinant of tumor growth and metastasis. MACC1, a transcriptional regulator of MET, was recognized as an oncogene in gastric cancer (GC); however, its transcriptional or post-translational regulation was not clear. We previously reported the metab...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhao Y,Liu Y,Lin L,Huang Q,He W,Zhang S,Dong S,Wen Z,Rao J,Liao W,Shi M

更新日期：2018-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The poor prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) highlights the need for novel strategies against this disease. Our previous study suggested the involvement of CCL2 and tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) in esophageal carcinogenesis. Despite the recognition of TAMs as a promising target for c...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Yang H,Zhang Q,Xu M,Wang L,Chen X,Feng Y,Li Y,Zhang X,Cui W,Jia X

更新日期：2020-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SKI and SnoN proteins have been shown to inhibit TGF-β signaling, acting both as transcriptional co-repressors in the cell nucleus, and as sequestrators of SMAD proteins in the cytoplasm. TGF-β, on the other hand, induces rapid, proteasome-mediated, degradation of both proteins. How elevated SKI and SnoN pro...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Javelaud D,van Kempen L,Alexaki VI,Le Scolan E,Luo K,Mauviel A

更新日期：2011-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:TGF-beta resistance often develops in breast cancer cells that in turn overproduce this cytokine to create a local immunosuppressive environment that fosters tumor growth and exacerbates the invasive and metastatic behavior of the tumor cells themselves. Smads-mediated cross-talk with the estrogen receptor h...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ren Y,Wu L,Frost AR,Grizzle W,Cao X,Wan M

更新日期：2009-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hedgehog acyltransferase (Hhat) catalyzes the transfer of the fatty acid palmitate onto Sonic Hedgehog (Shh), a modification that is essential for Shh signaling activity. The Shh signaling pathway has been implicated in the progression of breast cancer. METHODS:To determine the functional significance of Hh...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Matevossian A,Resh MD

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

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:Although the prognosis of gastric cancer patients have a favorable progression, there are some patients with unusual patterns of locoregional and systemic recurrence. Therefore, a better understanding of early molecular events of the disease is needed. Current evidences demonstrate that long noncoding RNAs (...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu YW,Xia R,Lu K,Xie M,Yang F,Sun M,De W,Wang C,Ji G

更新日期：2017-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New blood vessel formation, or angiogenic switch, is an essential event in the development of solid tumors and their metastatic growth. Tumor blood vessel formation and remodeling is a complex and multi-step processes. The differentiation and recruitment of mural cells including vascular smooth muscle cells ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Dhar K,Dhar G,Majumder M,Haque I,Mehta S,Van Veldhuizen PJ,Banerjee SK,Banerjee S

更新日期：2010-08-05 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:Gefitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) especially effective in tumors with activating EGFR gene mutations while EGFR wild-type non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients at present do not benefit from this treatment.The primary site of gefitinib metabol...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Alfieri RR,Galetti M,Tramonti S,Andreoli R,Mozzoni P,Cavazzoni A,Bonelli M,Fumarola C,La Monica S,Galvani E,De Palma G,Mutti A,Mor M,Tiseo M,Mari E,Ardizzoni A,Petronini PG

更新日期：2011-11-23 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：:Circular RNAs (CircRNAs) are single-stranded, covalently closed RNA molecules that are ubiquitous across species ranging from viruses to mammals. Important advances have been made in the biogenesis, regulation, localization, degradation and modification of circRNAs. CircRNAs exert biological functions by acting as tra...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhou WY,Cai ZR,Liu J,Wang DS,Ju HQ,Xu RH

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept that vegetables and fruits are relevant sources of cancer-preventive substances is strongly supported by population studies. Among others, cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts are thought to affect the development of various types of cancers and especially prostat...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Appendino G,Bardelli A

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Akt/PKB is a serine/threonine kinase that has attracted much attention because of its central role in regulating cell proliferation, survival, motility and angiogenesis. Activation of Akt in breast cancer portends aggressive tumour behaviour, resistance to hormone-, chemo-, and radiotherapy-induced apoptosis...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Pecorari L,Marin O,Silvestri C,Candini O,Rossi E,Guerzoni C,Cattelani S,Mariani SA,Corradini F,Ferrari-Amorotti G,Cortesi L,Bussolari R,Raschellà G,Federico MR,Calabretta B

更新日期：2009-08-03 00:00:00