Metalloproteinases and serine proteases activities in mixed spheroids of mouse b16 melanoma-cells and fibroblasts.

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (AM) is a multifunctional 52-amino acid peptide. AM has several effects and acts as a growth factor in several types of cancer cells. Our previous study revealed that an AM antagonist (AMA) suppressed the growth of pancreatic tumors in mice, although its mechanism was not elucidated. In this study, we c...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Tsuchiya K,Hida K,Hida Y,Muraki C,Ohga N,Akino T,Kondo T,Miseki T,Nakagawa K,Shindoh M,Harabayashi T,Shinohara N,Nonomura K,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that triptolide inhibits the growth of several types of cancer cells in vitro and prevents tumor growth in vivo by inducing apoptosis and autophagy. Here we showed that Tripchlorolide (T4) significantly suppressed the proliferation of A549 cells in a dose- a...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Chen L,Liu Q,Huang Z,Wu F,Li Z,Chen X,Lin T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ovarian cancer cell line OV-MZ-19, established from a patient with cystadenocarcinoma of the ovary, expressing thrombomodulin (TM), a cell surface receptor for the serine protease thrombin, interacts with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies having different specificity for TM. These antibodies detect TM ant...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Wilhelm S,Schmitt M,Parkinson J,Kuhn W,Graeff H,Wilhelm OG

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin (diferulolylmethane), an active ingredient derived from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa, has anticancer activity in vitro and in vivo. Although curcumin possesses chemopreventive properties against several types of cancer, the molecular mechanisms by which it inhibits cell growth and induces apoptosis ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Shankar S,Srivastava RK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine lactoferricin (LfcinB) is a cationic antimicrobial peptide that selectively induces apoptosis in several different types of human cancer cells. However, the potential use of LfcinB as an anticancer agent is presently limited by the need for relatively high concentrations of the peptide to trigger apoptosis. Cer...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Furlong SJ,Ridgway ND,Hoskin DW

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamins are the major components of the nuclear lamina and play important roles in many cellular processes. The role of lamins in cancer development and progression is still unclear but it is known that reduced expression of lamin B1 has been observed in colon cancer. Thus, the aim of the present study was to elucidate...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Izdebska M,Gagat M,Grzanka A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioinformatics and computational modeling offer innovative approaches to investigate cancer metabolism and predict the secondary and tertiary cellular responses. Dysregulation of metabolism has also been implicated in the pathophysiology of cancer. A significant proportion of patients with glioblastoma and hematologic...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Koseki J,Colvin H,Fukusumi T,Nishida N,Konno M,Kawamoto K,Tsunekuni K,Matsui H,Doki Y,Mori M,Ishii H

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of mucinous ovarian cancer (OVC) antigen by hybrid cell lines derived by fusing a malignantly transformed Bloom syndrome (BS) cell line (BS-SHI-4M OVC-MU) and mouse L cells has been studied. Cell surfaces of 16 hybrids which grew 12-40 days post-fusion have been analysed by using a number of sera from m...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Shiraishi Y,Taguchi T,Seguchi H

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood was examined for the presence of tumor cells at multiple time points over a one-year period in 45 patients with a history of surgical resection of breast carcinoma. The number of circulating epithelial cells in 8 of 8 patients with clinically active disease concurred or preceded changes in the disease...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Terstappen LW,Rao C,Gross S,Weiss AJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Stockholm Central Railway Station in Sweden was investigated for public radiofrequency (RF) radiation exposure. The exposimeter EME Spy 200 was used to collect the RF exposure data across the railway station. The exposimeter covers 20 different radiofrequency bands from 88 to 5,850 MHz. In total 1,669 data points ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Hardell L,Koppel T,Carlberg M,Ahonen M,Hedendahl L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uveal malignant melanoma (UMM), the most common primary adult intraocular tumor with a marked metastatic potential, is genetically unique and has unfortunately had few treatment breakthroughs. In this study, we subjected a UMM cell line to high‑throughput library screening with 1,018 FDA‑approved compounds to identify...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Shaughnessy M,Lamuraglia G,Klebanov N,Ji Z,Rajadurai A,Kumar R,Flaherty K,Tsao H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted cancer therapies are used to inhibit the growth, progression, and metastasis of the tumor by interfering with specific molecular targets and are currently the focus of anticancer drug development. Protein kinase B, also known as Akt, plays a central role in many types of cancer and has been validated as a the...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Nitulescu GM,Margina D,Juzenas P,Peng Q,Olaru OT,Saloustros E,Fenga C,Spandidos DΑ,Libra M,Tsatsakis AM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma, originated from neural crest cells, is the most common extracranial solid tumor in childhood. In the present study, we evaluated in vitro the oncolytic effect of live-attenuated poliovirus on human neuroblastoma cell lines, and in vivo its therapeutic efficacy in human neuroblastoma-bearing athymic mice...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Toyoda H,Ido M,Hayashi T,Gabazza EC,Suzuki K,Kisenge RR,Kang J,Hori H,Komada Y

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In solid tumours, necrosis is commonly found in the core region in response to metabolic stress that results from oxygen and glucose depletion (OGD) due to insufficient vascularization and has been implicated in tumour progression. We have previously shown that metabolic stress due to glucose depletion (GD) induces ne...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kim CH,Ko AR,Lee SY,Jeon HM,Kim SM,Park HG,Han SI,Kang HS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional diagnosis of prostate cancer does not appear to be sensitive enough to differentiate pre-operatively between organ-confined and extracapsular disease. New technologies, arising from the field of molecular biology, have been introduced to improve diagnosis and their implementation into the clinical practic...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Schamhart DH,Maiazza R,Kurth KH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most cancer cells trigger thrombin generation (TG) to various extent. In the present study, we dissected the mechanisms responsible for the procoagulant activity of pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells (BXPC3), a highly thrombogenic cancer type, and breast cancer cells (MCF7), a less thombogenic tumor type. TG of normal pl...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Rousseau A,Larsen AK,Van Dreden P,Sabbah M,Elalamy I,Gerotziafas GT

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene amplification is frequently found in human glioblastoma but the mechanisms driving amplifications remain to be elucidated. Hypoxia as hallmark of glioblastoma is known to be involved in the induction of fragile sites that are central to gene amplification. We analyzed the potential of hypoxia (pO2 0%) and mini hy...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Fischer U,Radermacher J,Mayer J,Mehraein Y,Meese E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of either of the multidrug resistance genes MDR1 and MRP is associated with resistance of tumors to multiple chemotherapeutic agents. Overexpression of MDR1 has been reported in some cell lines derived from human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) and hepatoblastomas (HB). The human gene for cMOAT (

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Minemura M,Tanimura H,Tabor E

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study suggests that speckle-type POZ protein (SPOP) may be a tumor suppressor gene and its prognostic value in human glioma. Real-time quantitative RT-PCR (qRT‑PCR), western blotting, and immunohistochemical staining were used to examine SPOP expression in glioma tissues and normal brain (NB) tissues. The relatio...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Ding D,Song T,Jun W,Tan Z,Fang J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of epigenetic alterations causes inactivation of tumor suppressors and contributes to the initiation and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Identification of methylated genes is necessary to improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of HCC and develop novel biomarkers and therapeutic targe...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Tanaka Y,Kanda M,Sugimoto H,Shimizu D,Sueoka S,Takami H,Ezaka K,Hashimoto R,Okamura Y,Iwata N,Tanaka C,Yamada S,Fujii T,Nakayama G,Koike M,Nomoto S,Fujiwara M,Kodera Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of clinical agents remains a costly and time-consuming process. Although identification of new uses of existing drugs has been recognized as a more efficient approach for drug discovery than development of novel drugs, little screening of drugs that might be used for a rare malignant tumor such as oste...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Oi T,Asanuma K,Matsumine A,Matsubara T,Nakamura T,Iino T,Asanuma Y,Goto M,Okuno K,Kakimoto T,Yada Y,Sudo A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we have demonstrated that the tumor infiltrating lymphocytes found in SJL/J mice with reticulum cell sarcomas (RCS) are CD4+ T cells which express T cell receptor (TCR) beta chain molecules comprised principally of Vbeta17a encoded variable gene segments. Herein we report both the cellular and molecular cha...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Katz J,Bonavida B

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low concentrations of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) specific for the CD3 component of the T cell receptor complex (TcR) may be both immunosuppressive or potent activators of T cell function in vitro depending upon the experimental situation. The anti-CD3 mAb OKT3 is imnmunosuppressive at high doses (5 mg/day for 10 to 1...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Hollingworth J,Catterick R,Horsburgh T,Veitch P,Bell P

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine, using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), whether treatment of cancer cells with 3'-azido-2'-3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT) has any effect on telomere length as determined by the telomeric signal intensity. To do so, we treated a metastatic murine melanoma cell line (K-173...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Multani AS,Furlong C,Pathak S

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDC28 protein kinase regulatory subunit 2 (CKS2) is a cyclin-dependent kinase subunit (CKS) family member that participates in cell cycle regulation. Few studies have investigated its involvement in gastric cancer. In this study, we focused on the clinical and biological significance of CKS2 over-expression in gastric...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Tanaka F,Matsuzaki S,Mimori K,Kita Y,Inoue H,Mori M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), a fluoropyrimidine analogue, is one of the most commonly used anticancer drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal malignancies. Some studies reported that the cytotoxicity of fluoropyrimidines is mediated, in large part, by inhibition of the thymidylate synthase (TS), an essential DNA synthet...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Matsuoka K,Tsukuda K,Suda M,Kobayashi K,Ota T,Okita A,Watanabe K,Suzuki E,Murakami M,Doihara H,Shimizu N

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells genetically modified to secrete immunoregulatory cytokines offer great promise for human cancer treatment as tumor vaccines. However, in preclinical animal studies, large established cancer burdens have appeared difficult to eradicate with such vaccines. For example, lethally-irradiated GM-CSF-secreting C...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Nigam A,Yacavone RF,Zahurak ML,Johns CM,Pardoll DM,Piantadosi S,Levitsky HI,Nelson WG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are considered to be the cells of origin for most sarcomas, the role of MSCs as a source of tumor stroma is not fully understood in this tumor type. The current study investigated whether MSCs affect the tumor growth and metastatic ability in r...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Tsukamoto S,Honoki K,Fujii H,Tohma Y,Kido A,Mori T,Tsujiuchi T,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we examined the levels of IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-alpha and sIL-2R in the sera and culture supernatants of PHA-stimulated lymphocytes from a series of 90 cancer patients. The expression of the IL-2R p55 chain (alpha subunit) on PHA-stimulated lymphocytes was also evaluated together with th...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Mantovani G,Maccio A,Esu S,Lai P,Ghiani M,Turnu E,Contu G,Volpe A,Delgiacco G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromosomal break indicates a double-stranded DNA break of the chromatin fiber. Cytogenetic observations can enumerate chromosome breaks but cannot detect single-stranded DNA breaks (nicks). When a high frequency of chromosomal breaks occurs in a cell population, whether spontaneously occurred or mutagen induced, a ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Wang R,Hsu T,Liang J

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00