Hypericin-mediated photodynamic therapy elicits differential interleukin-6 response in nasopharyngeal cancer.

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a commonly diagnosed malignancy with unsatisfactory survival outcomes. Recent studies indicate that noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) can be selectively packaged into exosomes, the extracellular vesicles composed of a lipid bilayer, and delivered from donor to recipient cells, thus regulating the beha...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wu Q,Liu W,Wang J,Zhu L,Wang Z,Peng Y

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporin 3 (AQP3) and c-Met are both overexpressed in human gastric carcinoma and highly associated with its metastasis and invasion. However, it still remains unknown whether c-Met and AQP3 correlate with each other. Herein, we demonstrated that c-Met expression in gastric cancer tissues significantly correlated wit...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wang J,Gui Z,Deng L,Sun M,Guo R,Zhang W,Shen L

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin, a major component of the Curcuma species, is known to have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory properties and induce apoptosis of cancer cells, however, the precise molecular mechanisms of apoptosis in vitro are unclear. In this study, we showed that curcumin, a plant product containing the phenolic phytochemical...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lin SS,Huang HP,Yang JS,Wu JY,Hsia TC,Lin CC,Lin CW,Kuo CL,Gibson Wood W,Chung JG

更新日期：2008-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the controversy that exists regarding the histamine content and diamine oxidase activity in relation to human carcinomatous growths, the present investigation was undertaken and carcinomatous tissues of skin, breast and rectum were analysed. The result of the experiment gives a clear evidence that both hist...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chanda R,Ganguly AK

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity reduction of cisplatin is necessary for improved treatment of cancer. Here we have demonstrated the synergistic growth-inhibitory effect of cisplatin on cervical cancer cells in-combination with a nontoxic herbal carbazole alkaloid, mahanine. Mahanine enhanced cisplatin-induced apoptosis and reduced its effec...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Das R,Bhattacharya K,Samanta SK,Pal BC,Mandal C

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of gadolinium neutron-capture therapy (Gd-NCT) for cancer was evaluated using chitosan nanoparticles as a novel gadolinium device. The nanoparticles, incorporating 1200 microg of natural gadolinium, were administered intratumorally twice in mice bearing subcutaneous B16F10 melanoma. The thermal neutron i...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tokumitsu H,Hiratsuka J,Sakurai Y,Kobayashi T,Ichikawa H,Fukumori Y

更新日期：2000-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Upregulation of serine biosynthesis pathway activity is an increasingly apparent feature of many cancers. Most notably, the first rate-limiting enzyme of the pathway, phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), is genomically amplified in some melanomas and breast cancers and can be transcriptionally regulated by various ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Li AM,Ye J

更新日期：2020-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Syrian hamster embryo cell transformation assay has been used to investigate the effect of two synthetic antioxidants on morphological transformation induced by the initiator benzo[a]pyrene (BP). A two-stage protocol was employed with an initiation phase of 2 days and a subsequent promotion phase of 5 days. When 1...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Potenberg J,Schiffmann D,Kahl R,Hildebrandt AG,Henschler D

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In continuation of our studies of natural and synthetic products as cancer chemopreventive agents, we have examined a number of naphthoquinone derivatives including monomeric, dimeric and tetrameric naphthaquinones occurring in the Diospyros and other selected plant genera. Several synthetic naphthoquinones were also ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kapadia GJ,Balasubramanian V,Tokuda H,Konoshima T,Takasaki M,Koyama J,Tagahaya K,Nishino H

更新日期：1997-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular mimicry (VM) describes the phenomenon that tumor cells but not endothelial cells form vascular-like channels, which provide blood perfusion for tumor tissues. VM is associated with tumor growth, metastasis and worse survival of different cancers. The mechanisms of VM formation remain largely unknown. We showe...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Yang J,Lu Y,Lin YY,Zheng ZY,Fang JH,He S,Zhuang SM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple therapeutic strategies have been developed to treat pancreatic cancer. However, the outcomes of these approaches are disappointing. Due to deeper understandings of the pivotal roles of the immune system in pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis and progression, novel therapeutic strategies based on immune cells and ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Xu JW,Wang L,Cheng YG,Zhang GY,Hu SY,Zhou B,Zhan HX

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is an evolutionary conserved mechanism for specific gene silencing. There are currently numerous cancer therapy clinical trials based on RNAi technology. Using an adenoviral system as a delivery mediator of RNAi, we investigated the therapeutic effects of targeting three genes simultaneously in...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Han JB,Tao ZZ,Chen SM,Kong YG,Xiao BK

更新日期：2011-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is one of the major modifiable risk factors in breast cancer, with obese adipose tissue showing a pathological role in breast cancer development and malignancy via the release of secretory factors, such as proinflammatory cytokines and adipocytokines. The current article focuses on visfatin and resistin, two s...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wang YY,Hung AC,Lo S,Yuan SF

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the improved 5-year survival rate of breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains a challenge due to lack of effective targeted therapy and higher recurrence and metastasis than other subtypes. To identify novel druggable targets and to understand its unique biology, we tried to implement 24 pat...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jung J,Jang K,Ju JM,Lee E,Lee JW,Kim HJ,Kim J,Lee SB,Ko BS,Son BH,Lee HJ,Gong G,Ahn SY,Choi JK,Singh SR,Chang S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro cultured r/mHM-SFME-1 cells were injected into the hind foot pads of Balb/c mice. Metastasis was detected in the lungs of tumor-bearing mice by means of both PCR and histological methods. Primers for the PCR were set to amplify a 128 bp exon-1 sequence of the human c-Ha-ras1 gene which had been introduced int...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Matano S,Ryoyama K,Nakamura S,Okada G,Nomura T

更新日期：1995-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin (FN), a heterodimeric glycoprotein overexpressed in several types of tumors, has been implicated in cancer progression via the activation of integrin-mediated pro-oncogenic pathways. The FN level in human bile fluid is dramatically increased in malignant biliary diseases; however, FN expression and its bio...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cao Y,Liu X,Lu W,Chen Y,Wu X,Li M,Wang XA,Zhang F,Jiang L,Zhang Y,Hu Y,Xiang S,Shu Y,Bao R,Li H,Wu W,Weng H,Yen Y,Liu Y

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the contents of flavonoids in the Danish diet, we have used a high performance liquid chromatographic method for the analysis of fruits, vegetables and beverages. The flavonoid contents were quantified, and the observations were verified by mass spectrometry. The investigation is not completed, but we are ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Justesen U,Knuthsen P,Leth T

更新日期：1997-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:AKT is a promising target for anticancer drug development. In this work, a bioinformatics approach was applied to search for AKT inhibitors based on the correlation analysis between phospho-Ser473 AKT expression level and the antiproliferative data of NCI small molecule compounds against NCI 60 cancer cell lines, the ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhang M,Fang X,Liu H,Guo R,Wu X,Li B,Zhu F,Ling Y,Griffith BN,Wang S,Yang D

更新日期：2007-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Bile acids are promoters of colon cancer; however, the mechanism(s) of action of this tumor promoter are largely unknown. Bile acids induce apoptosis in colon epithelial cells and it is probable that the modulation of apoptosis contributes, in part, to colon carcinogenesis. We tested the hypothesis that damage to mito...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Washo-Stultz D,Crowley-Weber CL,Dvorakova K,Bernstein C,Bernstein H,Kunke K,Waltmire CN,Garewal H,Payne CM

更新日期：2002-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Dating back to the seminal work of Paul Ehrlich, the idea of harnessing our immune system to eliminate cancerous cells is now over a century old. In the presence of a functional immune system that so efficiently guards the host against developing neoplasms, tumour cells must evolve sophisticated strategies to escape i...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chang WH,Lai AG

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is frequently observed in multiple myeloma (MM) cancer and can upregulate the expression of several genes involved in proliferation, survival, metastasis, and angiogenesis. The effect of farnesol (FOH) on STAT3 activation, associated pro...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lee JH,Kim C,Kim SH,Sethi G,Ahn KS

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to adapt to the reduced availability of nutrients and oxygen in the tumor microenvironment and the increased requirements of energy and building blocks necessary for maintaining their high proliferation rate, malignant cells undergo metabolic changes that result in an increased production of lactate, nitric o...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Netea-Maier RT,Smit JWA,Netea MG

更新日期：2018-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Much of the interest on the chemopreventive properties of licorice has been focused on the plant genius Glycyrrhiza glabra. In this study the ethanol extract of Chinese licorice root, Glycyrrhiza uralensis (G. uralensis) was investigated for its estrogenic effect and the ability to inhibit cell proliferation in the MC...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jo EH,Kim SH,Ra JC,Kim SR,Cho SD,Jung JW,Yang SR,Park JS,Hwang JW,Aruoma OI,Kim TY,Lee YS,Kang KS

更新日期：2005-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioproline (TPRO), an effective nitrite trapping agent in vivo, was examined for its detoxifying ability in rats against N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) and N-nitrosocimetidine (NCIM). When NDMA (37-101.5 mg/kg) was administered with TPRO (532 mg/kg), no influence of TPRO on NDMA-induced lethality and histological resu...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Frank N,Tsuda M,Ohgaki H,Frei E,Kato T,Sato S

更新日期：1990-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical use of chemotherapy in cancer treatment is limited by the occurrence of multidrug resistance (MDR) associated with the overexpression of membrane transporters, one of the best known is P-glycoprotein (Pgp), that actively expels drugs out of tumor cells. To overcome Pgp-mediated MDR, synthetic peptides cor...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Gatouillat G,Odot J,Balasse E,Nicolau C,Tosi PF,Hickman DT,López-Deber MP,Madoulet C

更新日期：2007-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid and retinol induced functional and morphological differentiation of human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60) into mature granulocytes, but did not induce functional or morphological differentiation of mouse myeloid leukemia cells (M1). Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein, but not retinol-binding pr...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Takenaga K,Honma Y,Hozumi M

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an urgent need to elucidate the mechanistic links between obesity and colon cancer. Convincing evidence for the role of Lgr5(+) stem cells in colon tumorigenesis has been established; however, the influence of obesity on stem cell maintenance is unknown. We assessed the effects of high fat (HF) feeding on col...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： DeClercq V,McMurray DN,Chapkin RS

更新日期：2015-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Both PTEN (encoding phosphate and tensin homologue) and p53 are known as cancer suppressor genes, and they are assumed that their gene mutations and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) occur frequently in various types of carcinoma. In the present study, we investigated both the p53 mutation and LOH of PTEN in 113 gastric ca...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Oki E,Tokunaga E,Nakamura T,Ueda N,Futatsugi M,Mashino K,Yamamoto M,Watanabe M,Ikebe M,Kakeji Y,Baba H,Maehara Y

更新日期：2005-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the simultaneous uptake of porphyrin and (LDL) by four established cell lines of glioma and normal fibroblasts using flow cytometry (FCM). The results indicated porphyrin and LDL showed competitive conjugation with the LDL receptor. These results support the theory of the porphyrin uptake via the LDL recep...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Shibata Y,Matsumura A,Yoshida F,Yamamoto T,Nakai K,Nose T,Sakata I,Nakajima S

更新日期：2001-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an optimized systematic screen of known kinases using osteosarcoma cell lines (KHOS and U-2OS) and a lentiviral-based short hairpin RNA (shRNA) human kinase library. CellTiter 96(R)AQueous One Solution Cell Proliferation Assay was used to measure cell growth and survival. We identified several kinases, inc...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Duan Z,Ji D,Weinstein EJ,Liu X,Susa M,Choy E,Yang C,Mankin H,Hornicek FJ

更新日期：2010-07-28 00:00:00