Activating mutations in STAT3 and STAT5 differentially affect cellular proliferation and apoptotic resistance in multiple myeloma cells.

abstract：:A 67-year-old male presented with anasarca and persistent non-pruritic rash of lower extremities. Physical examination was positive for subcutaneous edema with a non-blanching rash of abdomen and lower extremities. Labs showed leukocytosis, lymphocytosis, anemia and thrombocytopenia. He also had acute kidney injury an...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Wahab A,Kesari K,J Smith S,Liu Y,Barta SK

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To avoid cell cycle arrest or apoptosis, rapidly proliferating cancer cells have to promote DNA double strand break (DSB) repair to fix replication stress induced DSBs. Therefore, developing drugs blocking homologous recombination (HR) and nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) - 2 major DSB repair pathways - holds great po...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhang L,Zhang F,Zhang W,Chen L,Gao N,Men Y,Xu X,Jiang Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have shown that cancer stem cells exist in many malignancies. Side population (SP) cells are used to enrich cancer stem-like cells in many cell lines and fresh tumor specimens. In this study, we cultured primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cells from ESCC tissue specimens. SP cells from pr...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Li H,Gao Q,Guo L,Lu SH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Krüppel-Like Factor 4 (KLF4) functions as a tumor suppressor in some cancers, but its molecular mechanism is not clear. Our recent study also showed that the expression of KLF4 is dramatically reduced in primary lung cancer tissues. To investigate the possible role of KLF4 in lung cancer, we stably transfected KLF4 in...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhou Y,Hofstetter WL,He Y,Hu W,Pataer A,Wang L,Wang J,Zhou Y,Yu L,Fang B,Swisher SG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspases play a key role in the apoptotic pathway by virtue of their ability to cleave key protein substrates within the dying cell. Caspases are produced as inactive zymogens, and need to become proteolytically processed in order to become active. A key executioner caspase, caspase-3, has previously been found to exi...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Frank AK,Pietsch EC,Dumont P,Tao J,Murphy ME

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although targeted therapy directed toward driver mutations has produced a significant efficacy benefit for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), many patients do not possess mutations associated with the approved targeted drugs. Angiogenic agents play an important role in the therapeutic strategy for advan...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Wu F,Zhang S,Gao G,Zhao J,Ren S,Zhou C

更新日期：2018-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and novel effective drugs against NSCLC are urgently needed. Isodon species are rich in ent-kaurane diterpenoids that have been reported to have antitumor bioactivity. Acetyl-macrocalin B (A-macB) is a novel ent-kaurane diterpen...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Wang JN,Zhang ZR,Che Y,Yuan ZY,Lu ZL,Li Y,Li N,Wan J,Sun HD,Sun N,Puno PT,He J

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The 26S proteasome is a large multi-subunit protein complex found in the cytoplasm and nucleus of mammalian cells which plays a critical role in intracellular proteolysis. It has been found that the 26S proteasome degrades multiple important substrates which are associated with tumor growth and development. Emerging e...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Fribley A,Wang CY

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IL-24 (interleukin-24) is a promising, multi-functional anti-cancer agent able to selectively induce tumor cell apoptosis while sparing normal cells. Additionally, IL-24 can enhance the immune response to tumors and suppress tumor angiogenesis. In this study, we introduced IL-24 into the oncolytic adenovirus...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Xiao LL,Wu YM,Qian J,Tan Y,Xie GL,Zhang KJ,Wang YG,Jia XY,Liu XY

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies suggest that obesity increases the risk of developing several cancers, including melanoma. Obesity increases the expression of angiogenic factors, such as leptin, that may contribute to tumor growth. However, a direct cause and effect relationship between obesity and tumor growth has not been c...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Brandon EL,Gu JW,Cantwell L,He Z,Wallace G,Hall JE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The F-box protein Fbw7/Sel-10/hCdc4/Ago, which is known to regulate ubiquitination and degradation of numerous important regulators of cell division and death including Notch, cyclin E, c-Jun and c-Myc, has been recently rediscovered as a p53-dependent tumor suppressor. Delineation of the mechanisms of Fbw7 anti-oncog...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Fuchs SY

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Causes for the complex phenotypes of cancers, such as altered differentiation, invasion and metastasis, are not known, and multigenic defects are likely. In contrast, well-defined deficiencies, such as those affecting DNA-repair mechanisms and enzymatic pathways, are simple, typically caused by one or a few gene mutat...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Dezentje DA,Arking DE,Kortenhorst MS,West K,Chakravarti A,Kern SE

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to demonstrate the role of the pituitary tumor transforming gene 1 (PTTG1) in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its value as a molecular target for cancer therapy, we analyzed the expression of PTTG1 mRNA and protein, and their relation to clinicopathological characteristics and basic fibr...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Liang M,Chen X,Liu W,Li S,Li C,Jiang L,Lv S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although daunomycin and adriamycin are considered effective antitumor drugs and have been used in the clinic for over 40 years, their mechanism of action is still a matter of debate. We investigated the influence of daunomycin on interaction between linker or core histones and DNA in live HeLa cells in vitro, using im...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Wójcik K,Zarębski M,Cossarizza A,Dobrucki JW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-7 (IGFBP7) is a gene identified as being low expressed in colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC) cell lines. In the current study, we investigated the function of IGFBP7 in CRC by transfection studies. We found that IGFBP7 could inhibit cell growth, decrease soft agar colony formati...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Ruan W,Xu E,Xu F,Ma Y,Deng H,Huang Q,Lv B,Hu H,Lin J,Cui J,Di M,Dong J,Lai M

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutationally activated and oncogenic versions of the ras genes were first identified in human tumors in 1982. This discovery prompted great interest in the development of anti-Ras strategies as novel, target-based approaches for cancer treatment. The three human ras genes represent the most frequently mutated oncogene...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Cox AD,Der CJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubule-active drugs, including paclitaxel (Taxol, PTX), cause mitotic arrest, and this can result in apoptosis. A recently study has reported that PTX mediates apoptosis by upregulating FasL in Jurkat and MDA-231 cells. In contrast to the previous report, we found that anti-FasL antibodies failed to inhibit PTX-i...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Blagosklonny MV,Robey R,Sheikh MS,Fojo T

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silibinin, derived from milk thistle extract, has been shown to inhibit growth factor receptor-mediated mitogenic and cell survival signaling, and to alter cell cycle regulators. Alteration in pathways regulating cell growth likely account for silibinin's inhibition of tumor growth. Since the epidermal growth factor r...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Qi L,Singh RP,Lu Y,Agarwal R,Harrison GS,Franzusoff A,Glode LM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPK has been termed the fuel sensor of mammalian cells because it directly responds to the depletion of the fuel molecule ATP. In previous work, we found that AMPK is strongly activated by tumor-like hypoxia and glucose deprivation, independently of the oxygen response system associated with HIF-1. We also observed h...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Laderoute KR,Calaoagan JM,Madrid PB,Klon AE,Ehrlich PJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:EphA2 overexpression predicts poor prognosis in endometrial cancer. To explore mechanisms for this association and assess its potential as therapeutic target, the relationship of EphA2 expression to markers of angiogenesis was examined using patient samples and an orthotopic mouse model of uterine cancer. EX...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Merritt WM,Kamat AA,Hwang JY,Bottsford-Miller J,Lu C,Lin YG,Coffey D,Spannuth WA,Nugent E,Han LY,Landen CN,Nick AM,Stone RL,Coffman K,Bruckheimer E,Broaddus RR,Gershenson DM,Coleman RL,Sood AK

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1955 and 1963 millions of people were worldwide vaccinated with polio-vaccines that were contaminated with the simian virus 40 (SV40). This tumor-inducing virus has subsequently been detected in several human tumors. In Austria, polio mass vaccination started in winter 1961/62 with a presumably SV40-free Briti...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Leithner A,Weinhaeusel A,Windhager R,Schlegl R,Waldner P,Lang S,Dominkus M,Zoubek A,Popper HH,Haas OA

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia, a common phenomenon in human solid tumors, is associated with invasion and metastasis in various tumors. Hypoxia inducible factors (HIFs) are key molecules in the hypoxic response, and regulate the activation of specific genes, which mediate many of the adaptations to hypoxia. CC chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) h...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Li Y,Qiu X,Zhang S,Zhang Q,Wang E

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a central regulator of tumor progression in human cancers. Cetuximab is an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody that has been approved for use in oncology. Despite clinical success the majority of patients do not respond to cetuximab and those who initially respond frequently ac...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Iida M,Brand TM,Campbell DA,Starr MM,Luthar N,Traynor AM,Wheeler DL

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluids of body cavities result in a series of pathophysiological events associated with non-malignant and malignant conditions that lead to the formation of exudative effusion. Diagnosis of effusion from the patients is frequently troublesome for the cytologist because of the differentiation and biological behavior of...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Cora T,Acar H,Ceran S,Bodur S

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The androgen receptor is one of the central factors in mediating prostate cancer progression and is an important target for treatment. Several possible mechanisms have been put forth as to how it promotes this process. In the January 2004 issue of Nature Medicine, Chen et al. report that the androgen receptor is consi...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Singh A,Figg WD

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, which is notoriously aggressive and chemo-resistant, and for which there is little effective treatment available if it goes undetected. Curcumin from the turmeric spice (Curcuma longa) has long been used in Southeast Asian medicine to alleviate ailments and cure an array ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Chatterjee SJ,Pandey S

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoblastoma (HB) is the most common liver tumor of childhood, usually occurring in children under the age of 3 y. The prognosis of patients presenting with distant metastasis, vascular invasion and advanced tumor stages remains poor and children that do survive often face severe late effects from the aggressive che...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Beck A,Eberherr C,Hagemann M,Cairo S,Häberle B,Vokuhl C,von Schweinitz D,Kappler R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poor oxygenation is a unique and prevalent feature of solid tumors associated with poor patient prognosis. In part, this is caused by a series of adaptive cellular responses that together have a large impact on gene expression and cell phenotype. HIF plays a key role in this response by activating a transcriptional pr...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： van den Beucken T,Koritzinsky M,Wouters BG

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men. The availability of animal models that represent the events and factors that exist in the natural history and biology of human prostate cancer is essential in dealing with prostate cancer. In recent decades and presently, emphasis has been directe...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Costello LC,Franklin RB,Zou J,Feng P,Bok R,Swanson MG,Kurhanewicz J

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of discoveries have clarified the molecular mechanism of apoptosis, thus clarifying the link between apoptosis and therapeutic outcome. Even though apoptosis is thought to play a major role in anticancer therapy, the clinical relevance of induction of apoptosis remains uncertain, particularly in solid tumors....

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Kim R,Emi M,Tanabe K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00