Highlights in experimental therapeutics.

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a major health concern and is treated based on its hormone dependence. Agents that alter hormone action can have substantial biological effects on prostate cancer development and progression. As such, there is significant interest in uncovering the potential effects of endocrine disrupting compound ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hess-Wilson JK,Knudsen KE

更新日期：2006-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria are always a considerable tool for the cancer therapy. The bacteria-derived minicells are re-emerged as a promising drug delivery system for cancer therapy. The minicells are nano-sized, anucleated, non-dividing, and metabolically active cells produced by abnormal bacterial cell division that are able to tran...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ali MK,Liu Q,Liang K,Li P,Kong Q

更新日期：2020-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic events have emerged as key mechanisms in the regulation of critical biological processes and in the development of a wide variety of human malignancies, including gastric cancer (GC), however precise gene targets of aberrant DNA methylation in GC remain largely unknown. Here, we have combined pyrosequencing...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Balassiano K,Lima S,Jenab M,Overvad K,Tjonneland A,Boutron-Ruault MC,Clavel-Chapelon F,Canzian F,Kaaks R,Boeing H,Meidtner K,Trichopoulou A,Laglou P,Vineis P,Panico S,Palli D,Grioni S,Tumino R,Lund E,Bueno-de-Mesqui

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inherent DNA damage in the form of single strand breaks and alkali labile sites is generated by essential intracellular processes, such as DNA replication and repair. Utilizing the in situ DNA unwinding assay and the comet assay (single cell gel), we have observed high levels of alkali induced DNA strand breaks in cel...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fairbairn DW,Reyes WA,O'Neill KL

更新日期：1994-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccines containing synthetic peptides derived from tumor-associated antigens (TAA) can elicit potent cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response if they are formulated in an optimal vaccine delivery system. The aim of this study was to develop a simple and effective lipid-based vaccine delivery system using P5 HER2/neu-der...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Shariat S,Badiee A,Jalali SA,Mansourian M,Yazdani M,Mortazavi SA,Jaafari MR

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of HeLa cells to 0, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 microg/ml of guduchi extracts (methanol, aqueous and methylene chloride) resulted in a dose-dependent but significant increase in cell killing, when compared to non-drug-treated controls. The effects of methanol and aqueous extracts were almost identical. However, met...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jagetia GC,Nayak V,Vidyasagar MS

更新日期：1998-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of vitamin E, vitamin B2 and selenite on DNA single strand breaks induced by Na2CrO4 were examined by alkaline elution. Incubation of Chinese hamster V-79 cells with alpha-tocopherol succinate (vitamin E) for 24 h prior to exposure to Na2CrO4 resulted in a decrease of DNA breaks produced by this compound. ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Sugiyama M,Ando A,Furuno A,Furlong NB,Hidaka T,Ogura R

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune repertoire (IR) refers to the sum of B cells and T cells with functional diversity in the circulatory system of one individual at any given time. Immune cells, which reside within microenvironments and are responsible for protecting the human body, include T cells, B cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells....

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Han Y,Li H,Guan Y,Huang J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence of human infection with Toxoplasma gondii has been increasing in China due to the increasing number of cats. However, little is known of the epidemiology of T. gondii infection in different cancer patient groups. Thus, a case-control study of 900 cancer patients and 900 controls was conducted to detect anti...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cong W,Liu GH,Meng QF,Dong W,Qin SY,Zhang FK,Zhang XY,Wang XY,Qian AD,Zhu XQ

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinogenic effects of the fungicide manganese ethylenebisdithiocarbamate (maneb) have been investigated in 2 populations of adult crested newt, which have different prevalences of spontaneous melanoma. Animals were exposed percutaneously to a 5 ppm solution of maneb 4 days a week for 37 weeks. No differences in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zavanella T,Zaffaroni NP,Arias E

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis, even with surgery. ING4 is a member of the inhibitor of growth (ING) tumor suppressor family that has potent inhibitory effects on a variety of tumors; meanwhile, radiotherapy is a common adjunctive therapy for pancreatic cancer. Prior to this study, the effectiveness of a combi...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhao Y,Su C,Zhai H,Tian Y,Sheng W,Miao J,Yang J

更新日期：2012-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperthermia induces cell death and the usual endpoint to study this is the ability of the cells to form colonies. Hyperthermia is also known to alter membrane characteristics, especially transmembrane potential and this has been correlated with duration and degree of heating. The aim of the present study was to see t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Remani P,Ostapenko VV,Akagi K,Bhattathiri VN,Nair MK,Tanaka Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HER-2 is overexpressed in 20-25% of invasive breast cancers and is associated with an aggressive tumor phenotype and reduced survival rate. The HER-2 status of a tumor is the critical determinant of response to the HER-2-targeted antibody Herceptin. Thus, accurate assessment of HER-2 expression levels is essential for...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Nahta R,Esteva FJ

更新日期：2006-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Understanding the molecular pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is essential to identify therapeutic targets. A hepatitis B virus (HBV) related double transgenic murine model was developed. METHODS:Liver specific expression of HBV X protein (HBx) and insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) w...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chung W,Kim M,de la Monte S,Longato L,Carlson R,Slagle BL,Dong X,Wands JR

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:The recurrence rate of soft tissue and bone sarcomas strongly correlates to the status of the surgical margin after excision, yet excessive removal of tissue may lead to distinct, otherwise avoidable morbidity. Therefore, adequate margination of sarcomas both pre- and intra-operatively is a clinical necessity that has...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Baljer BC,Kolhe S,Chan CD,Nicoli F,Ghanbasha A,Brookes MJ,Gamie Z,Ghosh KM,Beckingsale TB,Saleh DB,Ragbir M,Gerrand CH,Jeys L,Knight JC,Petrides G,Rankin KS

更新日期：2020-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:SIRT2, a member of the sirtuin family, is involved in the regulation of a variety of physiological functions. In addition, SIRT2 has been studied in the context of pathological conditions including neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic syndrome, and cancer. The effect of SIRT2 on cancer cell growth depends on cancer t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cheon MG,Kim W,Choi M,Kim JE

更新日期：2015-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbaryl (1-naphthyl methyl carbamate: C12H11NO2) CAS Reg. No. 63-25-2) is a widely used broad spectrum carbamate insecticide known to exert various toxic effects on experimental animals. Along with various other toxicological effects carbaryl is reported to increase the incidence of neoplasm in various tissues in rat...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Shukla Y,Antony M,Mehrotra NK

更新日期：1992-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The suitability of a colorimetric [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT)] assay to the determination of cell viability following photoradiation therapy (PRT) of human breast and melanoma cell lines has been examined. Results have been shown to correlate with those obtained using a clonogen...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： McHale AP,McHale L

更新日期：1988-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of ovarian cancer (OC) patients recur with a platinum-resistant disease. OC cells activate adaptive resistance mechanisms that are only partially described. Here we show that OC cells can adapt to chemotherapy through a positive-feedback loop that favors chemoresistance. In platinum-resistant OC cells we ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tocci P,Cianfrocca R,Sestito R,Rosanò L,Di Castro V,Blandino G,Bagnato A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that a 356 amino acid protein encoded by the MIM (Missing In Metastasis) gene on Chromosome 8q24.1, is a bladder cancer metastasis suppressor. Recently, Machesky and colleagues [Biochem. J. 371 (2003) 463] identified MIM-B, a 759 amino acid protein, of which the C-terminal 356 amino acids are almo...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Nixdorf S,Grimm MO,Loberg R,Marreiros A,Russell PJ,Pienta KJ,Jackson P

更新日期：2004-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon regulatory factor (IRF1) is a potent antiviral, antitumor and immune regulatory protein. Recently, we found that activated Ras/MEK inhibits antiviral response by downregulating IRF1 expression and renders cancer cells susceptible to oncolytic viruses. In this study, we sought to determine whether IRF1 downr...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： AbuSara N,Razavi S,Derwish L,Komatsu Y,Licursi M,Hirasawa K

更新日期：2015-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate characteristic of lung adenocarcinoma growth behavior, we have established a cell line (rat lung cancer in Nara (RLCNR)) from a tumor induced by N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP) in a rat. This clone shows an epithelial cell morphology and grows as sheets in culture with an approximate doubling t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tsujiuchi T,Mori T,Amanuma T,Tanaka N,Tsutsumi M

更新日期：2005-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma (NB) is a common neuroectodermal tumor of childhood with low response to conventional therapy in patients with advanced stage disease. Among novel strategies, immumotherapy has attracted much interest. However, scanty information is available about the immunogenicity of human NB. Here, we review our data...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Raffaghello L,Prigione I,Airoldi I,Camoriano M,Morandi F,Bocca P,Gambini C,Ferrone S,Pistoia V

更新日期：2005-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tamoxifen (TAM)-induced DNA adduct formation in mouse skin was determined by a nuclease P1-enhanced 32P-postlabelling technique. Topical application of TAM significantly induced a number of DNA-adducts in mouse skin in a dose- and time-dependent manner. When SENCAR mice were topically treated with different doses of T...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cai Q,Wei H

更新日期：1995-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinogenic effect of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) s.c. injected at two different dose levels was studied in laboratory bred European hamsters (EH) and data compared to findings for captured EH. Malignant haemangioendotheliomas of the liver and kidney, hepatocellular carcinomas and cholangiocarcinomas were induced. ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Richter-Reichhelm HB,Green U,Ketkar MB,Mohr U

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We planned to determine the relationship between angiogenesis and p53 mutational status in advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer. Using 190 tumor samples from patients with stage III and IV ovarian cancer we performed p53 sequencing, immunohistochemistry, and CD31 microvessel density (MVD) determination. MVD was el...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Nadkarni NJ,Geest KD,Neff T,Young BD,Bender DP,Ahmed A,Smith BJ,Button A,Goodheart MJ

更新日期：2013-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-derived exosomes (TEXs) contain enriched miRNAs that act as novel non-invasive biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and play a role in cancer progression. We investigated the exosomal miRNAs that affect cancer progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and identified the specific molecules involved. We identif...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kim DH,Park S,Kim H,Choi YJ,Kim SY,Sung KJ,Sung YH,Choi CM,Yun M,Yi YS,Lee CW,Kim SY,Lee JC,Rho JK

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The over-expression of N-myc down-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was previously reported to correlate with vascular invasion and patient survival. Our current study aims to elucidate its functions in HCC. We found that it lacked the tumorigenic ability to promote soft agar colony formation ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Yan X,Chua MS,Sun H,So S

更新日期：2008-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus Core plays a vital role in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma; however, its action mechanism is still controversial. Here, we showed that Core down-regulated levels of p16, resulting in inactivation of Rb and subsequent activation of E2F1, which lead to growth stimulation of hepatocytes. For...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Park SH,Lim JS,Lim SY,Tiwari I,Jang KL

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00