P53 point mutations in initial superficial bladder cancer occur only in tumors from current or recent cigarette smokers.

abstract：:Hairless mice were given 5 topical applications of 470 nmol 20-methylcholanthrene (MCA) at one week intervals. In one experimental group the MCA was dissolved in reagent grade acetone alone, in another group it was dissolved in a mixture consisting of 50% acetone and 50% dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). A control group rece...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Iversen OH,Thorud E,Volden G

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) is the most abundant adrenal steroid with apparent anticarcinogenic properties. Given our recent observation of the dehydro-epiandrosterone-mediated inhibition of protein isoprenylation and the fact that 99% of the circulating dehydro-epiandrosterone is sulfated, with less than 1...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Schulz S,Nyce JW

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six N-nitroso compounds (N-nitrosodimethylamine, N-nitrosodiethylamine, N-nitrosodi-n-propylamine, N-nitroso-N-methylurea, N-nitrosopyrrolidine, and N-nitrosodi-n-butylamine) were tested in rats for liver DNA damaging activity by the alkaline elution technique. On molar basis their DNA damaging potency was found to de...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Brambilla G,Cavanna M,Pino A,Robbiano L

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutagenicity of N-nitroso-N-benzyl-methylamine (NBzMA), N-benzyl-N-nitrosourea (BzNU) and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) in Salmonella typhimurium strains was investigated. BzNU selectively mutated TA100 strain as compared to TA1535, whereas MNU showed an inverse strain response, an effect probably related to the fa...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lin DX,Malaveille C,Park SS,Gelboin HV,Bartsch H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pirh2 is a Ring-H2 domain containing E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets several important tumor suppressor genes for proteasomal degradation. Overexpression of Pirh2 is frequently detected in many clinical tumor tissues including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the molecular mechanism of Pirh2 activation in tum...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hu L,Liu M,Chen L,Chan TH,Wang J,Huo KK,Zheng BJ,Xie D,Guan XY

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of nuclear transcription factors is often regulated by specific kinase-signaling pathways. We have previously shown that the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) stimulates activator protein-1 activity through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Here, we show that DD...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bratton MR,Frigo DE,Vigh-Conrad KA,Fan D,Wadsworth S,McLachlan JA,Burow ME

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin D1 is believed to play an important role in the genesis and/or progression of transitional cell cancer (TCC) of the urinary bladder. Cyclin D1 gene (CCND1) mRNA is alternatively spliced to produce two transcripts, and the splicing pattern may be modulated by a G to A single nucleotide polymorphism within the sp...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang L,Habuchi T,Takahashi T,Mitsumori K,Kamoto T,Kakehi Y,Kakinuma H,Sato K,Nakamura A,Ogawa O,Kato T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (O6-MT) has been described as a DNA repair enzyme that reverses alkylation damage at the O6 position of guanine in DNA. We demonstrate that the concentration of this protein decreases immediately prior to DNA synthesis in cultured chick hepatocytes. If intracellular levels are ex...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Dutta-Choudhury TA,Couri D,Stephens RE

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The breast cancer gene BRCA1 has previously been cloned from both human and mouse. We cloned a fragment of the rat Brca1 homologue in order to map it and explore its biological function. Partial cDNA fragments of the rat Brca1 homologue were isolated by RT-PCR. Sequence analysis revealed that the RING-finger domain is...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen KS,Shepel LA,Haag JD,Heil GM,Gould MN

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acutely transforming retrovirus AKT8 in rodent T cell lymphoma (Akt) phosphorylates and regulates the function of many cellular proteins involved in processes such as metabolism, apoptosis and proliferation. However, the precise mechanisms by which Akt promotes cell survival and inhibits apoptosis have been characteri...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen HZ,Zhao BX,Zhao WX,Li L,Zhang B,Wu Q

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible roles of cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes in the metabolic activation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA) by rat liver microsomes have been examined in a system containing the bacterial tester strain Salmonella typhimurium NM2009, a newly developed strain showing high O-acetylt...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yamazaki H,Oda Y,Funae Y,Imaoka S,Inui Y,Guengerich FP,Shimada T

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cancer cells show resistance to ionizing radiation (IR)-induced cell death. Recently, Ki-Ras was reported to be responsible for the increased radioresistance. We report here that inhibition of IR-induced activaton of nuclear transcription factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) but not of either Akt or MAPK kinase (MEK), incr...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kim BY,Kim KA,Kwon O,Kim SO,Kim MS,Kim BS,Oh WK,Kim GD,Jung M,Ahn JS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Practical methods for the routine solid-phase synthesis of oligodeoxynucleotides containing O6-alkylguanine are described. It is shown that if the 2-amino group of the alkylated base is protected with a phenylacetyl group, and a mixture of nitrobenzaldoximate ions and ammonia used to remove the protecting groups from ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Smith CA,Xu YZ,Swann PF

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy caused by environmental and genetic factors. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short non-coding RNAs with posttranscriptional regulatory functions. They participate in diverse biological pathways and function as gene regulators. Genetic polymorphisms i...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Gao Y,He Y,Ding J,Wu K,Hu B,Liu Y,Wu Y,Guo B,Shen Y,Landi D,Landi S,Zhou Y,Liu H

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary resistant starch (RS), as a high amylose maize starch (HAMS), prevents dietary protein-induced colonocyte genetic damage in rats, possibly through the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate produced by large bowel bacterial RS fermentation. Increasing butyrate availability may improve colonic health and dietar...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bajka BH,Clarke JM,Cobiac L,Topping DL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staurosporine (stsp) is a kinase inhibitor which induces cornified envelope assembly and terminal differentiation in normal and neoplastic mouse keratinocytes. In the tumorigenic cell lines 308 and SP-1 experiments were performed to determine if this effect was due only to activation of transglutaminases (TGases) alre...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Stanwell C,Dlugosz AA,Yuspa SH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarette smoking is a major cause of human cancer at a variety of sites, although its carcinogenic mechanisms remains unestablished. Cigarette smoke can be divided into two phases, gas phase and particulate matter (tar). Both phases contain high concentrations of oxidants and free radicals, especially nitric oxide (N...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yoshie Y,Ohshima H

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2000, Douglas Hanahan and Robert Weinberg published a review detailing the six hallmarks of cancer. These are six phenotypes that a tumour requires in order to become a fully fledged malignancy: persistent growth signals, evasion of apoptosis, insensitivity to anti-growth signals, unlimited replicative potential, a...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Tennant DA,Durán RV,Boulahbel H,Gottlieb E

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection is widely distributed, certain EBV-driven malignancies are geographically restricted. EBV-associated Burkitt's lymphoma (eBL) is endemic in children living in sub-Saharan Africa. This population is heavily exposed to food contaminated with the mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Accardi R,Gruffat H,Sirand C,Fusil F,Gheit T,Hernandez-Vargas H,Le Calvez-Kelm F,Traverse-Glehen A,Cosset FL,Manet E,Wild CP,Tommasino M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iscador, an extract from the semi-parasitic plant Viscum album, was found to inhibit 20-methylcholanthrene-induced carcinogenesis in mice. Intraperitoneal administration of Iscador (1 mg/dose) twice weekly for 15 weeks could completely inhibit 20-methylcholanthrene-induced sarcoma in mice and protect these animals fro...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kuttan G,Menon LG,Kuttan R

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of human breast cancer is a complex multi-step process that depends on various exogenous and endogenous factors that modulate the transformation of normal human breast epithelial cells into neoplastic ones. Using a spontaneously-immortalized human breast epithelial (MCF-10F) cell line, we have shown pr...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Roy D,Calaf G,Hei TK

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer (OC) has the highest mortality rate of all gynecological cancers, and most patients develop chemoresistance after first-line treatments. Despite recent advances, the 5-year relative survival is ~45% for all OC subtypes, and invasive epithelial OC has only a 17% survival rate when diagnosed at a late sta...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chuffa LGA,Reiter RJ,Lupi LA

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7,8-Dihydro-8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) was measured as an indicator of nickel-induced oxidative base damage in the presence of H2O2. Heterochromatic proteins isolated from Chinese hamster liver cells enhanced the formation of 8-oxo-dG induced by NiCl2 and H2O2 in vitro, whereas euchromatic proteins inhibited t...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Huang X,Kitahara J,Zhitkovich A,Dowjat K,Costa M

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant risk factor for lung cancer. One potential mechanism through which COPD contributes to lung cancer development could be through generation of an immunosuppressive microenvironment that allows tumor formation and progression. In this study, we compared the s...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Narayanapillai SC,Han YH,Song JM,Kebede ME,Upadhyaya P,Kassie F

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Copenhagen (Cop) rats are completely resistant to the chemical induction of mammary adenocarcinomas, but their susceptibility to hepatocarcinogenesis is virtually unknown. Rat liver is a well-characterized and easily manipulated tissue in which to study carcinogenesis. Therefore, if Cop rats are resistant to hepatocar...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wood GA,Korkola JE,Lee VM,Sarma DS,Archer MC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To indicate how readily nitrosamines (NAms) diffuse into the esophagus, we measured diffusion rate (flux) through rat esophagus of dialkyl-NAms using side-by-side diffusion apparatuses. Mucosal and serosal flux at 37 degrees C of two NAms, each at 50 microM, was followed for 90 min by gas chromatography-thermal energy...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Haorah J,Miller DW,Brand R,Smyrk TC,Wang X,Chen SC,Mirvish SS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of consumption of glucosinolate-containing Brussels sprouts on plasma and urinary glutathione S-transferase (GST) class-alpha and -pi were investigated. Five male and five female non-smoking volunteers were randomly assigned to two groups in a crossover design. Five persons started on a glucosinolate-free ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nijhoff WA,Mulder TP,Verhagen H,van Poppel G,Peters WH

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of five non-mutagenic carcinogens--Aroclor 1260, benzoyl peroxide (BP), phenobarbital (PB), 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and 1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene] (DDT)--on gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) were tested in a cell line consisting of initiated cel...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Jansen LA,Jongen WM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase (TK), the enzyme in the pyrimidine salvage pathway, and its isozymes were examined in 15 specimens of normal mucosa, 14 polyps and 14 carcinomas in human colon. The average TK activities in colon polyps and carcinomas were about 1.6 and 2.9 times that in normal colon mucosa, respectively. The colon TK...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sakamoto S,Sagara T,Iwama T,Kawasaki T,Okamoto R

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promoting action of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) was evaluated in female Wistar rats by counting the gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase-positive foci which appeared in the liver after diethylnitrosamine (DENA) initiation. Liver tumor promotion by HCH was further confirmed in a long-term tumorigenicity study after DENA pr...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Munir KM,Rao KV,Bhide SV

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00