BRCA1 and BRCA2 as ovarian cancer susceptibility genes.

abstract：:Several members of the P450 family, including cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1), can convert tobacco smoke (TS) procarcinogens, including benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), to carcinogenic intermediates. In this study we investigated the effects of TS condensate and B[a]P on the expression of CYP1B1 in vitro and in vivo. CYP1B1 mRNA ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Port JL,Yamaguchi K,Du B,De Lorenzo M,Chang M,Heerdt PM,Kopelovich L,Marcus CB,Altorki NK,Subbaramaiah K,Dannenberg AJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asphalt fume condensate (AFC) and chromatographically separated fractions have been shown to cause cancer in mouse skin. The levels of known carcinogenic initiators in these complex mixtures, however, are considered too low to account for their carcinogenic potency. It has been proposed that AFC may contain co-carcino...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wey HE,Breitenstein MJ,Toraason MA

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male rats were treated with [ring-3H]N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene and sacrificed at different periods of time after a single i.p. dose. Chromatin was isolated from liver homogenates and treated with RNAse and proteinase K. The resulting crude DNA was purified as the N-hexadecyl-N-trimethylammonium salt. The amounts of 2-a...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Visser A,Westra JG

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p53 is a tumor suppressor that responds to a variety of stresses such as oncogenes and DNA damage by activating its transcriptional targets to allow repair or elimination of damaged cells. In the absence of stress signals, p53 needs to be kept in check and this is achieved by the E3 ligase MDM2. For tumors that retain...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Roxburgh P,Hock AK,Dickens MP,Mezna M,Fischer PM,Vousden KH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vinyl chloride (VC) is a carcinogen associated with human and animal cancers. The ultimate carcinogenic form of VC, 2-chloroacetaldehyde (CAA), has been suspected to be mutagenic and we confirmed the mutagenicity of CAA using a modified shuttle vector plasmid. Base sequence analyses of 109 mutant plasmids with mutatio...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Matsuda T,Yagi T,Kawanishi M,Matsui S,Takebe H

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) has pleiotropic biological effects, which underlies its potential role in cell transformation. However, its involvement in hepatic fibrosis remains unclear. In this study, we wanted to clarify, in vivo, the role of HBx protein in the development of liver fibrosis. Mice transgenic ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Ahodantin J,Lekbaby B,Bou Nader M,Soussan P,Kremsdorf D

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic microsomes of female F344 rats were capable of N,O-acyltransfer of N-hydroxy-N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene (N-OH-AAF) and N-hydroxy-N-formyl-2-aminofluorene (N-OH-FAF), N-deacetylation of N-OH-AAF and N-acetyl-2-aminofluorene (2-AAF), and O-deacetylation of 4-nitrophenyl acetate (NPA). The activity for N,O-acyltran...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang CY,Zukowski K,Lee MS,Sone T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the smoking parameters (puff profile, puff duration, puff volume, puff frequency) on the delivery of tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) in mainstream smoke was investigated for six different cigarette brands, including filter cigarettes with very low to medium smoke yields and non-filter cigarettes...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Fischer S,Spiegelhalder B,Preussmann R

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) are segments of >200 bp length showing absolute sequence identity between orthologous regions of human, rat and mouse genomes. The selection factors acting on these UCEs are still unknown. Recent studies have shown that UCEs function as long-range enhancers of flanking genes or are invol...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yang R,Frank B,Hemminki K,Bartram CR,Wappenschmidt B,Sutter C,Kiechle M,Bugert P,Schmutzler RK,Arnold N,Weber BH,Niederacher D,Meindl A,Burwinkel B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important difference between chemical agents that induce oxidative damage in DNA and ionizing radiation is that radiation-induced damage is clustered locally on the DNA. Both modelling and experimental studies have predicted the importance of clustering of lesions induced by ionizing radiation and its dependence on...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Prise KM,Pullar CH,Michael BD

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate specific DNA damage caused by nitric oxide (NO) induced lipid peroxidation, levels of promutagenic etheno adducts 1,N6-ethenodeoxyadenosine (epsilondA) and 3,N4-ethenodeoxycytidine (epsilondC) were measured in spleen DNA of SJL mice induced to produce high levels of NO by injection of RcsX (pre...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nair J,Gal A,Tamir S,Tannenbaum SR,Wogan GN,Bartsch H

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzo(a]pyrene was metabolized in liver cell lines derived from BC-IV and BD-IV rats which included several chemically-transformed lines (IAR-6-1; IAR-19; IAR-28), one spontaneous transformant (IAR-27) as well as one non-malignant line (IAR-20). Cultures were treated with tritiated benzo[a]pyrene over a 5-day period. ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Selkirk JK,MacLeod MC,Kuroki T,Drevon C,Piccoli C,Montesano R

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in prostate cancer research has been hindered by the lack of well characterized, immortalized, human prostatic epithelial cell lines that express markers of normal prostatic epithelial cells and mimic normal growth and differentiation responses to androgens. The objectives of this study were to: (i) establish...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Webber MM,Bello D,Kleinman HK,Wartinger DD,Williams DE,Rhim JS

更新日期：1996-08-01 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：:The mutagenicity of the lipid peroxidation product, malondialdehyde (MDA), was measured in the lacZ alpha forward mutation assay using a recombinant M13 phage, M13MB102. Single-stranded M13MB102 DNA was reacted with MDA at neutral pH and the modified DNA was transformed into strains of Escherichia coli induced for the...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Benamira M,Johnson K,Chaudhary A,Bruner K,Tibbetts C,Marnett LJ

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diglycerides function as analogs of the phorbol ester tumor promoters. We compare here the activity of glycerol 1-myristate 2-acetate (GMA) with the corresponding phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). GMA inhibited phorbol ester binding to reconstituted protein kinase C, stimulated protein kinase C enzymatic activity...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sharkey NA,Blumberg PM

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the contribution of susceptibility loci in explaining the genetic basis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), we genotyped 29 high-potential candidate genes with 672 tagged single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a sample (163 cases and 251 healthy controls) of Caucasian children. Fifty SNPs in 15 gene...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Beuten J,Gelfond JA,Piwkham D,Pollock BH,Winick NJ,Collier AB 3rd,Tomlinson GE

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyproterone acetate (CPA), a synthetic steroid hormone widely used as a human pharmaceutical, has recently been shown to induce unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) in vitro in primary cultures of rat and human hepatocytes. In the present study CPA was evaluated for its ability to initiate UDS in the liver of female rats i...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kasper P,Mueller L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oncoprotein ErbB3 is overexpressed in several human cancers, for example in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and in ovarian cancers, and ErbB3-containing heterodimers have been demonstrated to be potent signaling units in carcinogenesis. This especially applies to ErbB2-ErbB3 and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-E...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sak MM,Breen K,Rønning SB,Pedersen NM,Bertelsen V,Stang E,Madshus IH

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Apigenin, a flavonoid abundant in various vegetables and fruits, including parsley and onions, has been reported to possess anticarcinogenic effects. However, the direct molecular target of apigenin and its chemopreventive effect on ultraviolet (UV)-induced skin inflammation are not understood fully. Herein, we examin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Byun S,Park J,Lee E,Lim S,Yu JG,Lee SJ,Chen H,Dong Z,Lee KW,Lee HJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported habits of red meat consumption, particularly red meat that has been cooked to the degree termed 'well-done', is a positive risk factor for colorectal cancer. Under high, pyrolytic temperatures, heterocyclic amines (HCA) and benzo[a]pyrene (BP) molecules can form inside and on the surface of red meat, respecti...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Gunter MJ,Probst-Hensch NM,Cortessis VK,Kulldorff M,Haile RW,Sinha R

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of A and P forms of glutathione S-transferase (GST-A and P), two cytochrome P-450 isoenzymes (P-450 PB3a and P-450 MC2), microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEHb), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (gamma-GT) was compared in preneoplastic liver lesions and background pa...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Tsuda H,Moore MA,Asamoto M,Inoue T,Ito N,Satoh K,Ichihara A,Nakamura T,Amelizad Z,Oesch F

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The broccoli constituent sulforaphane (1-isothiocyanate-4-methylsulfinylbutane) has previously been shown to protect rats against 9,10-dimethyl-1,2-benz[a]anthracene tumorigenesis, thought to be due, at least in part, to induction of phase II detoxification. We investigated the ability of sulforaphane to also inhibit ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Barcelo S,Gardiner JM,Gescher A,Chipman JK

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced retinyl ester synthesis has been associated with several forms of cancer; we therefore proposed studying melanoma development from the perspective of this biochemical pathway. Cultures of human melanoma cells with fibroblastoid morphology showed negligible retinyl ester synthesis; in sharp contrast, those with...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Simmons DP,Andreola F,De Luca LM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of growth hormone 1 (GH1) and insulin-like-growth factor-1 (IGF-1) release is under the influence of three pituitary hormones [growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), ghrelin (GHRL) and somatostatin (SST)], which act in an autocrine/paracrine fashion in the breast. By binding to their respective recept...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wagner K,Hemminki K,Grzybowska E,Klaes R,Burwinkel B,Bugert P,Schmutzler RK,Wappenschmidt B,Butkiewicz D,Pamula J,Pekala W,Försti A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying molecular mechanisms of the tumor-promoting activity of bile acids such as chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) and deoxycholic acid (DCA) and the protective effect of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) remain largely unclear. Using RNA arbitrarily primed PCR (RAP-PCR) for differential display, we identified, cloned a...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Jung B,Vogt T,Mathieu-Daudé F,Welsh J,McClelland M,Trenkle T,Weitzel C,Kullmann F

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inbred male Leeds rats were administered either the liver carcinogen N-nitrosopiperidine or the non-carcinogen 2,2',6,6'-tetramethyl-N-nitrosopiperidine in their drinking water at a concentration of 0.02%. Treatment was continued until the animals were killed, at 12 or 28 days, when their hepatic tissues were removed ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Flaks B,Challis BC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose-related differences in the binding of DNA reactive intermediates for three environmentally important complex mixture particulate extracts and a well-studied carcinogen, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), were examined in female C-57 mice following multiple topical treatments ranging from 1 to 120 mg/mouse. Particulate extract...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Gallagher JE,Jackson MA,George MH,Lewtas J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, TWIST, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, is suggested to be an oncogene because of its over-expression in many types of human cancer and its positive role in promoting cell survival. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of TWIST on the growth of human epithelial cells. Using two imm...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kwok WK,Ling MT,Yuen HF,Wong YC,Wang X

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00