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abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) have a high incidence of regional and distant metastases. Although metastasis is the main cause of CRC-related death, its molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. METHODS:Using array-CGH and expression microarray analyses, changes in DNA copy number and mRNA express...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Pan Y,Tong JHM,Lung RWM,Kang W,Kwan JSH,Chak WP,Tin KY,Chung LY,Wu F,Ng SSM,Mak TWC,Yu J,Lo KW,Chan AWH,To KF

更新日期：2018-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer and almost 90% of lung cancer is due to cigarette smoking. Even though nicotine, one of the major ingredients of cigarette smoke and the causative agent for addiction, is not a carcinogen by itself, several investigators have shown that nicotine can induce cell prolifera...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Puliyappadamba VT,Cheriyan VT,Thulasidasan AK,Bava SV,Vinod BS,Prabhu PR,Varghese R,Bevin A,Venugopal S,Anto RJ

更新日期：2010-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously identified TrkB as an oncogene involved in promoting metastasis in endometrial carcinoma (EC). Here, we sought to delineate the effect of changes in TrkB expression on the global profile of microRNAs (miRNAs) in EC cells and further investigated the correlation between the expression of certain...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Bao W,Wang HH,Tian FJ,He XY,Qiu MT,Wang JY,Zhang HJ,Wang LH,Wan XP

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosomal aberrations of BCL11A at 2p16.1 have been reported in a variety of B-cell malignancies and its deficiency in mice leads to a profound block in B-cell development. RESULTS:Alternative pre-mRNA splicing of BCL11A produces multiple isoforms sharing a common N-terminus. The most abundant isoform we ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu H,Ippolito GC,Wall JK,Niu T,Probst L,Lee BS,Pulford K,Banham AH,Stockwin L,Shaffer AL,Staudt LM,Das C,Dyer MJ,Tucker PW

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:RNA interference (RNAi), a newly developed method in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression, has recently received considerable research attention. In the development of RNAi-based therapies, nanoparticles, which have distinctive size effects along with facile modification strategies and are capable of ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Xin Y,Huang M,Guo WW,Huang Q,Zhang LZ,Jiang G

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In previously published studies, oncolytic adenovirus-mediated gene therapy has produced good results in targeting cancer cells. However, safety and efficacy, the two most important aspects in cancer therapy, remain serious challenges. The specific expression or deletion of replication related genes in an ad...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Xu HN,Huang WD,Cai Y,Ding M,Gu JF,Wei N,Sun LY,Cao X,Li HG,Zhang KJ,Liu XR,Liu XY

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aspartate β-hydroxylase (ASPH) is silent in normal adult tissues only to re-emerge during oncogenesis where its function is required for generation and maintenance of malignant phenotypes. Exosomes enable prooncogenic secretome delivering and trafficking for long-distance cell-to-cell communication. This stu...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lin Q,Chen X,Meng F,Ogawa K,Li M,Song R,Zhang S,Zhang Z,Kong X,Xu Q,He F,Bai X,Sun B,Hung MC,Liu L,Wands J,Dong X

更新日期：2019-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Because circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have drawn a great deal of attention as promising novel cancer diagnostics and prognostic biomarkers, we sought to identify serum miRNAs significantly associated with outcome in glioblastoma patients. To do this, we performed global miRNA profiling in serum samples from 106 prima...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhao H,Shen J,Hodges TR,Song R,Fuller GN,Heimberger AB

更新日期：2017-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In addition to androgens, growth factors are also implicated in the development and neoplastic growth of the prostate gland. Prosaposin is a potent neurotrophic molecule. Homozygous inactivation of prosaposin in mice has led to the development of a number of abnormalities in the male reproductive system, inc...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lee TJ,Sartor O,Luftig RB,Koochekpour S

更新日期：2004-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment are enabling a more targeted approach to treating lung cancers. Therapy targeting the specific oncogenic driver mutation could inhibit tumor progression and provide a favorable prognosis in clinical practice. Activating mutations of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wu SG,Shih JY

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances have revealed a significant contribution of chemokines and their receptors in tumor growth, survival after chemotherapy, and organ-specific metastasis. The CXC chemokine receptor-7 (CXCR7) is the latest chemokine receptor implicated in cancer. Although over expressed in breast cancer cell lin...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Salazar N,Muñoz D,Kallifatidis G,Singh RK,Jordà M,Lokeshwar BL

更新日期：2014-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expression of kappa gene is under the control of distinct cis-regulatory elements, including the kappa intron enhancer (iE kappa) and the kappa 3' enhancer (3'E kappa). The active enhancers and expression of immunoglobulin is generally considered to be restricted to B lymphocytes. However, accumulating evide...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu H,Zheng H,Duan Z,Hu D,Li M,Liu S,Li Z,Deng X,Wang Z,Tang M,Shi Y,Yi W,Cao Y

更新日期：2009-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although both circular RNAs (circRNAs) and autophagy are associated with the function of breast cancer (BC), whether circRNAs regulate BC progression via autophagy remains unknown. In this study, we aim to explore the regulatory mechanisms and the clinical significance of autophagy-associated circRNAs in BC....

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liang G,Ling Y,Mehrpour M,Saw PE,Liu Z,Tan W,Tian Z,Zhong W,Lin W,Luo Q,Lin Q,Li Q,Zhou Y,Hamai A,Codogno P,Li J,Song E,Gong C

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The HER4 intracellular domain (4ICD) is a potent estrogen receptor (ERalpha) coactivator with activities in breast cancer and the developing mammary gland that appear to overlap with progesterone receptor (PgR). In fact, 4ICD has recently emerged as an important regulator and predictor of tamoxifen response, a role pr...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Rokicki J,Das PM,Giltnane JM,Wansbury O,Rimm DL,Howard BA,Jones FE

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Live animal imaging is becoming an increasingly common technique for accurate and quantitative assessment of tumor burden over time. Bioluminescence imaging systems rely on a bioluminescent signal from tumor cells, typically generated from expression of the firefly luciferase gene. However, previous reports have sugge...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Tiffen JC,Bailey CG,Ng C,Rasko JE,Holst J

更新日期：2010-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer has become a major health issue worldwide, contributing to a high mortality rate. Tumor metastasis is attributed to the death of most patients. Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) plays a vital role in inducing metastasis. During EMT, epithelial cells lose their characteristics, such as cell-to-cell adhe...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Shang BQ,Li ML,Quan HY,Hou PF,Li ZW,Chu SF,Zheng JN,Bai J

更新日期：2019-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increasing number of studies support the presence of stem-like cells in human malignancies. These cells are primarily responsible for tumor initiation and thus considered as a potential target to eradicate tumors. CD133 has been identified as an important cell surface marker to enrich the stem-like popula...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Tabu K,Kimura T,Sasai K,Wang L,Bizen N,Nishihara H,Taga T,Tanaka S

更新日期：2010-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Hedgehog (HH) pathway promotes tumorigenesis in a diversity of cancers. Activation of the HH signaling pathway is caused by overexpression of HH ligands or mutations in the components of the HH/GLI1 cascade, which lead to increased transactivation of GLI transcription factors. Although negative kinase re...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Mizuarai S,Kawagishi A,Kotani H

更新日期：2009-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kinases downstream of growth factor receptors have been implicated in radioresistance and are, therefore, attractive targets to improve radiotherapy outcome in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients. METHODS:An antibody-based array was used to quantify the expression levels of multiple phosp...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Stegeman H,Kaanders JH,Verheijen MM,Peeters WJ,Wheeler DL,Iida M,Grénman R,van der Kogel AJ,Span PN,Bussink J

更新日期：2013-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fibroblast growth factors FGF-1 and FGF-2 are often upregulated in tumors, but tightly bound to heparan sulphate proteoglycans of the extracellular matrix (ECM). One mechanism of their bioactivation relies on the FGF-binding protein (FGF-BP) which, upon reversible binding to FGF-1 or -2, leads to their relea...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Schulze D,Plohmann P,Höbel S,Aigner A

更新日期：2011-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The implementation of gene therapy for the treatment of pituitary tumors emerges as a promising complement to surgery and may have distinct advantages over radiotherapy for this type of tumors. Up to now, suicide gene therapy has been the main experimental approach explored to treat experimental pituitary tu...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Console GM,Herenu CB,Camihort GA,Luna GC,Bracamonte MI,Morel GR,Goya RG

更新日期：2008-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a well-known oncogenic driver, contributes to the initiation and progression of a wide range of cancer types. Aberrant lipid metabolism including highly produced monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) is recognized as a hallmark of cancer. However, how EGFR regulates MUFA...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang J,Song F,Zhao X,Jiang H,Wu X,Wang B,Zhou M,Tian M,Shi B,Wang H,Jia Y,Wang H,Pan X,Li Z

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phospholipid phosphatase 4 (PPAPDC1A or PLPP4) has been demonstrated to be involved in the malignant process of many cancers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical significance and biological roles of PLPP4 in lung carcinoma. METHODS:PLPP4 expression was examined in 8 paired lung carcino...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang X,Zhang L,Lin B,Chai X,Li R,Liao Y,Deng X,Liu Q,Yang W,Cai Y,Zhou W,Lin Z,Huang W,Zhong M,Lei F,Wu J,Yu S,Li X,Li S,Li Y,Zeng J,Long W,Ren D,Huang Y

更新日期：2017-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the poorest prognoses among all cancers. Over the past several decades, investigators have made great advances in the research of PDAC pathogenesis. Importantly, identification of pancreatic cancer stem cells (PCSCs) in pancreatic cancer cases has increased our unders...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Quan M,Wang P,Cui J,Gao Y,Xie K

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies and the major cause of cancer-related death in women. Although the importance of PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) in cancer has been increasingly recognized, few studies have been explored the functional mechanism of piRNAs in breast cancer development and p...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Tan L,Mai D,Zhang B,Jiang X,Zhang J,Bai R,Ye Y,Li M,Pan L,Su J,Zheng Y,Liu Z,Zuo Z,Zhao Q,Li X,Huang X,Yang J,Tan W,Zheng J,Lin D

更新日期：2019-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For long, natural killer (NK) cells have been suspected to play a critical role in suppressing the development of spontaneous metastases in cancer patients. Despite a wide range of studies it remains unclear so far to what extent primary tumor growth together with formation of distant metastases and NK cell ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Brodbeck T,Nehmann N,Bethge A,Wedemann G,Schumacher U

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive malignant primary tumor in the central nervous system. One of the most widely used chemotherapeutic drugs for GBM is temozolomide, which is a DNA-alkylating agent and its efficacy is dependent on MGMT methylation status. Little progress in improving the p...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhao HF,Wang J,Shao W,Wu CP,Chen ZP,To ST,Li WP

更新日期：2017-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zebrafish have been used as a vertebrate model to study human cancers such as melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, liver cancer, and leukemia as well as for high-throughput screening of small molecules of therapeutic value. However, they are just emerging as a model for human brain tumors, which are among the most de...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ju B,Chen W,Orr BA,Spitsbergen JM,Jia S,Eden CJ,Henson HE,Taylor MR

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The survival rate of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) at advanced stage is poor, despite contemporary advances in treatment modalities. Recent studies have indicated that astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1), a single transmembrane protein without any known functional domains, is overexpressed in v...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wang YP,Liu IJ,Chiang CP,Wu HC

更新日期：2013-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer precursor/progenitor cells may initiate and sustain the growth of tumors, but evidence for their existence in human disease is indirect, relying on their in vitro properties and animal models. More directly, specific elimination of these rare cells from cancer patients should produce a delayed but progressive d...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Foster AE,Okur FV,Biagi E,Lu A,Dotti G,Yvon E,Savoldo B,Carrum G,Andreeff M,Goodell MA,Heslop HE,Brenner MK

更新日期：2009-11-18 00:00:00