Dibenzoylmethane induces cell cycle deregulation in human prostate cancer cells.

abstract：:EGFR polymorphisms have not been thoroughly evaluated for association with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) risk. We genotyped 578 HNSCC patients and 588 cancer-free controls for 60 EGFR single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and tested associations with HNSCC risk. EGFR intronic SNPs rs12535536, rs207511...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fung C,Zhou P,Joyce S,Trent K,Yuan JM,Grandis JR,Weissfeld JL,Romkes M,Weeks DE,Egloff AM

更新日期：2015-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of telomerase by the induction of a full-length telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) transcript is a critical step during cellular immortalization and malignant transformation. Telomerase activity or hTERT expression has thus served as diagnostic and/or prognostic markers in different types of human mal...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Li W,Li L,Liu Z,Liu C,Liu Z,Strååt K,Björkholm M,Jia J,Xu D

更新日期：2008-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Hamster liver S9 prepared from control animals and animals given 30% glucose in drinking water 48 h before killing was used in studies of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) and aflatoxin (AFB1)-induced mutagenesis, metabolism of BaP and AFB1, and metabolite binding to calf thymus DNA. BAP-induced mutagenesis in Salmonella typhimuri...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Rubano DC,Teel RW,Strother A

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that hepatocyte growth factor binding to its receptor regulates gastric cancer progression and metastasis. HGF was found to up-regulate the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 gene and increases prostaglandin (PG) synthesis in gastric mucosa cells. Overexpression of COX-2 and increased PG secretion have also be...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chen JH,Wu CW,Kao HL,Chang HM,Li AF,Liu TY,Chi CW

更新日期：2006-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress is implicated in the etiology of cancer, hence compounds that alleviate oxidative stress by inducing enzymes that defend against free radical damage might be useful as cancer chemopreventives. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) has been suggested to be a candidate for a critical enzyme in protecting cell...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fiander H,Schneider H

更新日期：2000-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article provides a comprehensive overview of the experimental data detailing the incidence, mechanism and significance of low dose hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS). Important discoveries gained from past and present studies are mapped and highlighted to illustrate the pathway to our current understanding of HR...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Martin LM,Marples B,Lynch TH,Hollywood D,Marignol L

更新日期：2014-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Application of a single high dose of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA, 1 mg) or N-nitrosomethylurea (NMU, 0.4 mg) to the ears of either athymic nu/nu or phenotypically normal nu/+ mice (BALB/c background) resulted in the appearance of cutaneous sebaceous adenomas as well as squamous cell tumors, both at the site o...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Rice JM,Anderson LM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the ERK pathway occur in approximately one-third of all human cancers and most often involve production of mutant RAS or BRAF. Several studies, including our own, have shown that mutations in the BRAF and RAS genes are generally mutually exclusive. This study was performed to determine the relative oncoge...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Benjamin CL,Ananthaswamy HN

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between lung cancer risk and common polymorphisms in the DNA repair genes xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group D (XPD), X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1), XRCC3 and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease/redox factor 1 were examined within a randomized clinical trial designed to determin...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Misra RR,Ratnasinghe D,Tangrea JA,Virtamo J,Andersen MR,Barrett M,Taylor PR,Albanes D

更新日期：2003-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt signaling pathway has long been known to direct growth and patterning during embryonic development. Recent evidence also implicates this pathway in the development of childhood tumors of the liver, the kidney, the brain, and the pancreas. Here, we review the current evidence on how constitutive activation of t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Koesters R,von Knebel Doeberitz M

更新日期：2003-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient DNA repair mechanisms comprise a critical component in the protection against human cancer, as indicated by the high predisposition to cancer of individuals with germ-line mutations in DNA repair genes. This includes biallelic germ-line mutations in the MUTYH gene, encoding a DNA glycosylase that is involved...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Paz-Elizur T,Sevilya Z,Leitner-Dagan Y,Elinger D,Roisman LC,Livneh Z

更新日期：2008-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse monoclonal anti-BAL antibody induced apoptosis in a pre-B acute lymphocytic leukemia cell line within 2 days of incubation, after being crosslinked by a secondary antibody. The antibody specifically recognized a 37 kDa membrane protein that was expressed on a wide spectrum of normal and malignant cells, but ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wallén-Ohman M,Lönnbro P,Schön A,Borrebaeck CA

更新日期：1993-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that the cut-off for age utilized in neuroblastoma risk groups should be increased from the 365-day cut-off currently in use. Separate cooperative group analyses were performed by German and Italian groups and two analyses by the Children's Oncology Group (North America, Australia, New Zealand...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： London WB,Boni L,Simon T,Berthold F,Twist C,Schmidt ML,Castleberry RP,Matthay KK,Cohn SL,De Bernardi B

更新日期：2005-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the ingestion of cooked meat which contains carcinogenic heterocyclic amines causes increase in urinary mutagenicity in humans. Using 6 healthy non-smokers, we examined the effect of 3-week oral administration of Lactobacillus casei (bacilli commonly present in yoghurt), on the urinary mutagenicity de...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hayatsu H,Hayatsu T

更新日期：1993-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvements in technologies to yield purer circulating tumor cells (CTCs) will enable a broader range of clinical applications. We have previously demonstrated the use of a commercially available cell-adhesion matrix (CAM) assay to capture invasive CTCs (iCTCs). To improve the purity of the isolated iCTCs, here we us...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Premasekharan G,Gilbert E,Okimoto RA,Hamirani A,Lindquist KJ,Ngo VT,Roy R,Hough J,Edwards M,Paz R,Foye A,Sood R,Copren KA,Gubens M,Small EJ,Bivona TG,Collisson EA,Friedlander TW,Paris PL

更新日期：2016-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional anti-angiogenic cancer therapy could trigger hypoxia induced factor (HIF) response, leading to "reactive resistance" to chemotherapy. Simultaneously inhibiting both angiogenesis and tumorigenesis would be ideal to overcome this limitation. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are increasingly explored as new agents for ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Li Y,Cai B,Shen L,Dong Y,Lu Q,Sun S,Liu S,Ma S,Ma PX,Chen J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are an homologous family of proteolytic enzymes capable of degrading components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and thereby facilitating the invasion of tumour cells into normal tissues. The neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAMs) of neuronal and glial cells provide a Ca2+-independent...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Maidment SL,Rucklidge GJ,Rooprai HK,Pilkington GJ

更新日期：1997-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of HeLa cells with the polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and/or methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) (MGBG) results in marked depression in levels of the cellular polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine. Cells in this polyamine-depleted state exhibited increased sensitivit...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Snyder RD,Bhatt S

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of the inducible hsp72 (72-kDa heat shock protein) after hyperthermia and/or cisplatin treatment in human glioblastoma cell line (A-172) was studied by Western blot analysis. The level of hsp72 increased to eight-fold 10 h after hyperthermia alone (44 degrees C for 20 min, D50) and to three-fold 10 h ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Matsumoto H,Hayashi S,Shioura H,Ohtsubo T,Ohnishi T,Kano E

更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of 1-nitro[14C]pyrene (1-NP) or its metabolites to cellular DNA and protein in cultures of rabbit alveolar macrophages and lung and tracheal tissues was examined. DNA binding was highest in tracheal tissue (136.9 +/- 18.3 pmol 1-NP/mg DNA). DNA binding in macrophages and lung tissue was one-fifth of the level ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： King LC,Jackson M,Ball LM,Lewtas J

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposome encapsulation of anticancer agents results in reduced side effects of the entrapped drug and improved therapeutic efficacy. The external surface of the lipidic envelope can be coupled with antibodies directed against tumor-associated antigens. The resulting immunoliposomes allow to increase the therapeutic in...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Brignole C,Marimpietri D,Pagnan G,Di Paolo D,Zancolli M,Pistoia V,Ponzoni M,Pastorino F

更新日期：2005-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Thiourea (TU) fails to enhance the incidence of foci deficient in adenosine-5'-triphosphatase (ATPase) either by initiation or by promotion in a rat liver foci bioassay. To weanling female Sprague-Dawley rats, 3 x 200 or 3 x 500 mg/kg body wt of TU, respectively, were applied for initiation. One week later Clophen A 5...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Oesterle D,Deml E

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of experimental evidence supports the view that certain human chromosomal fragile sites have roles to play in cancer. The principle lines of evidence are at the level of mutation mechanism and gene function. Most research in this area has previously focussed on the FRA3B common fragile site and the FHIT...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： O'Keefe LV,Richards RI

更新日期：2006-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The chimeric transcripts described in endometrial stromal sarcomas (ESS) are JAZF1/SUZ12, YWHAE/FAM22, ZC3H7/BCOR, MBTD1/CXorf67, and recombinations of PHF1 with JAZF1, EPC1, and MEAF6. The MEAF6/PHF1 fusion had hitherto been identified in only one tumor. We present two more ESS with MEAF6/PHF1 detected by transcripto...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Micci F,Gorunova L,Gatius S,Matias-Guiu X,Davidson B,Heim S,Panagopoulos I

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA expression levels of human catalytic subunit (TERT) and the RNA subunit (TR) of telomerase were analysed after treatment with the agonists of the membrane receptor (S 20098) and the nuclear receptor (CGP 52608) for melatonin in the MCF-7 human breast tumor cell line. Neither membrane nor nuclear signalling aff...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Leon-Blanco MM,Guerrero JM,Reiter RJ,Pozo D

更新日期：2004-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenolic antioxidants protected against Al-phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate-sensitized photohemolysis of human erythrocytes. A quantitative structure-activity relationship has been obtained to describe the protective effects of di- and trihydroxybenzenes: log cI(50) (microM)=(1.8620+/-1.5565)+(3.6366+/-2.8245) E(1)(7...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Maroziene A,Kliukiene R,Sarlauskas J,Cenas N

更新日期：2000-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of radioactivity from nude mice was determined after inoculation of human tumor cells prelabeled with [111In]indium oxine (111InOx). Elimination of 111In was increased somewhat by treating the mice with diphtheria toxin (DT), which is toxic selectively for human cells compared to mice. Calcium disodium edetate (C...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lockshin A,Giovanella BC,Kozielski T,Stehlin JS Jr

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitrosatability of dried Nigerian vegetables and spices was investigated under simulated gastric conditions. N-Nitroso-dimethylamine (NDMA) was the only volatile nitrosamine found above the preformed level except in ugwu where N-nitroso-piperidine (2.3 ppb) was also detected. The lowest NDMA value of 0.4 ppb was found...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Atawodi SE,Maduagwu EN,Preussmann R,Spiegelhalder B

更新日期：1991-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the events triggered by a sub-lethal concentration of airborne particulate matter (PM(10)) in A549 cells, which include the formation DNA double-strand breaks, gammaH2A.X generation, and 53BP1 recruitment. To protect the genome, cells activated ATM/ATR/Chk1/Chk2/p53 pathway but, after 48 h, cells turned in...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Sánchez-Pérez Y,Chirino YI,Osornio-Vargas ÁR,Morales-Bárcenas R,Gutiérrez-Ruíz C,Vázquez-López I,García-Cuellar CM

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Enormous efforts have been made to explore small molecules that interfere with the TGF-β signaling pathway, so as to inhibit EMT and the cancer metastasis, but few agents have been identified. In this study, we demonstrated that Nutlin-3 could abolish the down-regulation of E-cadherin induced by TGF-β1 in p53-deficien...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wu Y,Fu Y,Zheng L,Lin G,Ma J,Lou J,Zhu H,He Q,Yang B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00