Nitric oxide as a target of complementary and alternative medicines to prevent and treat inflammation and cancer.

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the role of Ca(2+) in curcumin-induced paraptosis, a cell death mode that is accompanied by dilation of mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Curcumin induced mitochondrial Ca(2+) overload selectively in the malignant breast cancer cells, but not in the normal breast cell, con...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Yoon MJ,Kim EH,Kwon TK,Park SA,Choi KS

更新日期：2012-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) expression is frequently amplified in human glioblastoma cells. Nimotuzumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against EGFR, has been used globally in clinics as an anti-cancer agent. It is largely unknown whether the blockade of miR-21, a microRNA that is upregulated in glioma cells...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhang KL,Han L,Chen LY,Shi ZD,Yang M,Ren Y,Chen LC,Zhang JX,Pu PY,Kang CS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxiredoxin I (Prx I) is newly discovered oxidative stress inducible protein, having a thioredoxin peroxidase activity. The Prx I expression level in 107 samples out of 60 thyroid lesions, including normal thyroid, tumors and thyroiditis including Graves' disease were examined using immunoblotting. Prx I expression ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Yanagawa T,Ishikawa T,Ishii T,Tabuchi K,Iwasa S,Bannai S,Omura K,Suzuki H,Yoshida H

更新日期：1999-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen samples from 11 patients suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL; 5 untreated, 6 chemotherapeutically treated) were analysed for their individual gene expression of the multidrug resistance (MDR) associated genes encoding mdr1/P-glycoprotein, mrp, and topoisomerase II alpha/beta-isoenzymes by a compl...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Beck J,Niethammer D,Gekeler V

更新日期：1994-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor angiogenesis has been found to be prognostically significant in many types of malignant tumors. We assessed tumor vascularity in 43 cases of histologically proven primary fallopian tube cancer, FIGO stage I-IV, using the highly specific endothelial cell marker CD34. Microvessel count was determined by counting C...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Bancher-Todesca D,Rosen A,Graf A,Wasicky R,Hohlagschwandtner M,Rebhandl W,Heinze G,Breitenecker G,Gitsch G,Obermair A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic action has been advocated as an alternative treatment of tumors but the most common used dyes, hematoporphyrin derivatives, are substrate for P-glycoprotein. This study investigated the MDR-reverting properties of methylene blue (MB) and compared the sensitivity to its photodynamic action (PDA) in five ce...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Trindade GS,Farias SL,Rumjanek VM,Capella MA

更新日期：2000-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Insertion of functional interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene into a plasmacytoma cell line X63-Ag8.653 substantially reduced tumorigenicity of the resulting cloned cells, designated as X63-m-IL-2. Peritumoral administration of the X63-m-IL-2 cells, producing constitutively large quantities of IL-2, resulted in regressions of est...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Bubeník J,Lotzová E,Indrová M,Símová J,Jandlová T,Bubeníková D

更新日期：1992-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ArgBP2 is a multi-adapter protein involved in signal transduction associated to the cytoskeleton and was shown to regulate the migration and adhesion of pancreatic cancer cells thereby modulating their tumorigenicity. Here we describe the interaction of ArgBP2 with CIP4, a new associated protein identified by yeast tw...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Roignot J,Taïeb D,Suliman M,Dusetti NJ,Iovanna JL,Soubeyran P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) catalyzes a key step in the biotransformation of benzo[a]pyrene that yields the highly mutagenic (+)-anti-7,8-diol-9,10 epoxide (BPDE). Two polymorphisms have been described in the coding region of the mEH gene (EPHX1) that produce two protein variants: 113Tyr-->113His (exon 3)...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： To-Figueras J,Gené M,Gómez-Catalán J,Piqué E,Borrego N,Corbella J

更新日期：2001-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoids are derivatives of vitamin A that include all trans-retinoic acid (ATRA), 13-cis-retinoic acid, (13-cis-RA), and fenretinide (4-HPR). High levels of either ATRA or 13-cis-RA can cause arrest of cell growth and morphological differentiation of human neuroblastoma cell lines, and phase I trials showed that hig...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Reynolds CP,Matthay KK,Villablanca JG,Maurer BJ

更新日期：2003-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene amplification has been found to be biologically important in cancer. We report a complementary DNA sequence obtained using a subtractive hybridization approach which is frequently and highly amplified in human gliomas. 39/45 (87%) glial tumor specimens (of pathologically low and high grade) revealed increases in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Liang BC,Hays L

更新日期：1996-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pediatric cancers is rising steadily across the world, along with the challenges in understanding the molecular mechanisms and devising effective therapeutic strategies. Pediatric cancers are presented with diverse molecular characteristics and more distinct subtypes when compared to adult cancers. Re...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Vellichirammal NN,Chaturvedi NK,Joshi SS,Coulter DW,Guda C

更新日期：2021-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue samples from germ-free and conventional rats fed pectins with different degrees of esterification (DE) were tested for containing indigenous DNA adducts (I-compounds). For 21 days groups of six germ-free and 10 conventional rats each were fed either pectin-free or with diets containing 7.5% of three differently...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zunft HJ,Goldin-Lang P,Dongowski G

更新日期：1997-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In a comparative experimental study, excisions of a transplanted Lewis lung carcinoma in BDF1 mice were performed by means of the CO2 laser and conventional methods, namely common scalpel and diathermy. The results showed a significant reduction in tumor recurrence and animal mortality rates (27.5% vs. 75% and 45%) af...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Peled I,Shohat B,Gassner S,Kaplan I

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:scFv fragments of a monoclonal antibody that penetrates living cells and localizes in nuclei were designed as fusion proteins with C-terminal p53 peptides and tested for restoring p53 function in p53 mutant cancer cells. scFv fragments transported a 30-mer C-terminal peptide of p53 into cancer cells and induced cellul...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Weisbart RH,Miller CW,Chan G,Wakelin R,Ferreri K,Koeffler HP

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorafenib has been used as a clinical targeted therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) for more than a decade. In 2017, regorafenib was approved for HCC treatment and has since been reported to prolong the survival of advanced HCC patients after treatment failure with sorafenib. However, there has been no direct sy...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Liu S,Du Y,Ma H,Liang Q,Zhu X,Tian J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of analbuminemic rats, a mutant strain of Sprague-Dawley rats, to bladder carcinogens was examined by testing the agglutinability of isolated bladder epithelial cells by Concanavalin A (Con A). One-week treatment with 0.001% N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BHBN) in the drinking water or 0.01%...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Honma Y,Kakizoe T,Komatsu H,Niijima T,Sugimura T,Nagase S

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is up-regulated in diverse solid tumors and acts as the critical link between immune response and tumorigenesis. In this study, we demonstrated that MIF overexpression promoted migration of breast cancer cells by elevating TLR4 expression. Further investigation evidenced th...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lv W,Chen N,Lin Y,Ma H,Ruan Y,Li Z,Li X,Pan X,Tian X

更新日期：2016-06-01 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 cell transforming ability of asbestos dust was investigated using C3H10T 1/2 murine fibroblasts. In a series of experiments both crocidolite and amosite caused no increase in the number of transformed foci over that seen in cultures from untreated cells. The dusts, were, however, capable of augmenting the oncogeni...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Brown RC,Poole A,Fleming GT

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aristolochic acid (AA), a naturally occurring nephrotoxin and carcinogen, has been associated with the development of urothelial cancer in humans. Using the 32P-postlabeling assay we showed that AAI is activated by human recombinant cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A1, CYP1A2 and NADPH:CYP reductase to species generating DNA ad...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Stiborová M,Sopko B,Hodek P,Frei E,Schmeiser HH,Hudecek J

更新日期：2005-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth of a transplantable myeloid leukaemia into its syngeneic host is accompanied by a progressive increase in the number of blood monocytes. These were shown to be of host origin and were not derived from the inoculated leukaemia cells. The host response which is responsible for the monocytosis differs from tha...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Gauci CL,Wrathmell A,Alexander P

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro induction of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells by the polycyclic hydrocarbons, 7,12-dimethylbena[a]anthracene and 3-methylcholanthrene and some of the related dihydrodiols was investigated. Increased numbers of SCEs were seen in the chromosomes of cells exposed to non-...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Pal K,Grover PL,Sims P

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retroviral vector carrying herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene was introduced into psi 2 packaging cells (psi 2tkn) and XC tumor cells (XCtkn). psi 2tkn, XCtkn and XC cells co-cultured with TK-carrying cells were killed by ganciclovir (GCV) treatment. The growth of XC cells transplanted into nude mic...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kaneko Y,Tsukamoto A

更新日期：1996-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is required for multiple stages of mitosis and has been found to be overexpressed in many human malignancies. Previous studies by our group have revealed PLK1 overexpression as an independent prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the underlying mechanisms of the tumor...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： He Z,Wu J,Dang H,Lin H,Zheng H,Zhong D

更新日期：2011-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:p27kip, as a cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor (CDKI), plays a pivotal role in the regulation of cell cycle progression and hepatocarcinogenesis. Herein, we revealed that p27 exhibited apparent nucleolar distribution and interacted with nucleolar protein nucleostemin (NS) in Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. Furth...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hu B,Hua L,Ni W,Wu M,Yan D,Chen Y,Lu C,Chen B,Wan C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel (Taxol) is currently used as the front-line chemotherapeutic drug for many types of human cancers. However, the emergence of drug resistance has been a major obstacle to the effective treatment of cancers in clinical settings. The transcription factor Forkhead box protein C2 (FOXC2) was recently demonstrate...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhou Z,Zhang L,Xie B,Wang X,Yang X,Ding N,Zhang J,Liu Q,Tan G,Feng D,Sun LQ

更新日期：2015-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor promoters such as phorbol esters, teleocidin and okadaic acid increase the numbers of multilayered, transformed foci produced by BPV DNA-transfected C3H/10T1/2 cells. We questioned whether arsenic and chromium, which are known human carcinogens also enhance transformation of BPV DNA-transfected C3H/10T1/2 cells....

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kowalski LA,Tsang SS,Davison AJ

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with inadequate anti-cancer T cell responses experience limited benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors and other immunotherapies that require T cells. Therefore, treatments that induce de novo anti-cancer T cell immunity are needed. One strategy - referred to as in situ vaccination - is to deliver chemothe...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lynn GM,Laga R,Jewell CM

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Dibenzoylmethane (DBM), a minor beta-diketone constituent of licorice and sunscreens, has been shown to exhibit anti-neoplastic effects in chemically induced skin and mammary cancers in several animal models. To date, no mechanism for the growth inhibitory effects of DBM on prostate cancer cells has been proposed. In ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jackson KM,DeLeon M,Verret CR,Harris WB

更新日期：2002-04-25 00:00:00