Effect of calcium on e-cadherin expression in breast-tumor cells.

abstract：:The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) confers an aggressive subtype associated with chemotherapy resistance in epithelial cancers. However, the mechanisms underlying the EMT and its associated signaling dysfunctions are still poorly understood. In two genetic models of MCF-...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Ouelaa-Benslama R,De Wever O,Hendrix A,Sabbah M,Lambein K,Land D,Prévost G,Bracke M,Hung MC,Larsen AK,Emami S,Gespach C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many chemotherapies have been developed for melanomas, successful therapy would be aided by the identification of intrinsic mechanisms that are crucial for melanoma survival. Here, we used resveratrol, a phytoalexin, as an anti-melanoma reagent. Applying resveratrol to various human and murine melanoma cell l...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Habibie,Yokoyama S,Abdelhamed S,Awale S,Sakurai H,Hayakawa Y,Saiki I

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lumican is a member of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan (SLRP) family and participates in the maintenance of tissue structures and tumor growth. Neuroendocrine cell tumors (NETs) including carcinoid tumors and NE cell carcinomas (NECs) possess numerous neuroendocrine (NE) granules, and differences between these tum...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Shinji S,Tajiri T,Ishiwata T,Seya T,Tanaka N,Naito Z

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in p53 are the most common genetic abnormality in cancers. Arsenic trioxide (ATO) is an effective chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and is being tested in phase II studies in various types of cancers. We have shown that ATO is a potent inducer of apoptosis in mult...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kircelli F,Akay C,Gazitt Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The promising benefits of cancer gene therapy have been limited by the inability to deliver therapeutic genes homogeneously throughout the tumor mass and to control gene expression within the tumor cells. Transcriptional targeting, the use of DNA regulatory promoter sequences to localize transgene expression, has been...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Lopez CA,Park JO,Mauceri HJ,Beckett MA,Weichselbaum RR,Posner MC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of estrogens on mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) in EPN cells, a line of epithelial cells derived from human normal prostate. 17beta-estradiol (E2) caused a rapid and transient activation of MAPK (ERK1/2) within 5 min. This effect was counteracted by the anti-estrogen ICI 182-780 and by M...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Chieffi P,Kisslinger A,Sinisi AA,Abbondanza C,Tramontano D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WNT signals are transduced to the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway or the beta-catenin pathway. Drosophila Frizzled (Fz), Starry night (Stan), Van Gogh (Vang), Dishevelled (Dsh), Prickle (Pk), Diego (Dgo) and Nemo (Nmo) are implicated in the PCP signaling pathway. Choi and Benzer identified Drosophila Nmo in 1994, a...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Katoh M,Katoh M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the major reasons for the failure of chemotherapy-based gastric carcinoma (GC) treatments, hence, biologically based therapies are urgently needed. Gastrin (GAS), a key gastrointestinal (GI) hormone, was found to be involved in tumor formation, progression, and metastasis. In this ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Zhuang K,Zhang L,Zhang X,Tang H,Zhang J,Yan Y,Han K,Guo H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium metaarsenite (NaAs2O3: code name KML001) is an orally bioavailable arsenic compound with potential anti-cancer activity. However, the effect of KML001 has not been studied in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We investigated the anti-leukemic effect of KML001 in AML, and determined the mode of action of KML001. KML...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Yoon JS,Kim ES,Park BB,Choi JH,Won YW,Kim S,Lee YY

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-xL is an apoptosis inhibitor that is upregulated in bladder cancer (BCa) and provides an attractive target for molecular therapies. Treatment with specific antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (AS‑ODNs) or small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) were able to sensitize BCa cells to conventional chemotherapeutics. Ten new Bcl‑xL...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Rieger C,Huebner D,Temme A,Wirth MP,Fuessel S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients with isolated colorectal liver metastases underwent hepatic artery infusion (HAI) port implantation for regional chemotherapy with bolus injections of 5-FU, LV and fast drip of cisplatin. Ten of the 21 patients had previously failed systemic chemotherapy before HAI. Toxicity was moderate and no nee...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Lyass S,Lyass O,Gabizon A,Peretz T,Eid A,Muggiasullam M,Durst A,Shiloni E

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mammary and thyroid tumors as well as peripheral blood cells of the same patients were examined for the amplification of oncogene fins and the expression of its product. Of the 7 mammary tumors analyzed, amplification of fms was observed in 6 (86%) mammary tumor DNAs, while no amplification was seen in 5 thyroid...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Haga S,Imai S,Morimoto J,Okumoto M,Nishikawa R,Mori N,Kiyozuka Y,Nagano K,Nishino T,Yamamoto H,Sarkar N

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis or progression of ovarian cancer cells is known to be due to the action of various angiogenic factors. We determined the expression of thymidine phosphorylase/platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (TP/PD-ECGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cell lines established from 3 serous ad...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Tsukagoshi S,Saga Y,Suzuki N,Fujioka A,Nakagawa F,Fukushima M,Suzuki M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages activated by lipopolysaccharide or interferon-gamma have been shown to be cytotoxic to tumor cells by releasing nitric oxide. Here, we report that unstimulated rat alveolar macrophages cultured with certain tumor cells produce nitric oxide and are cytotoxic to these tumor cells. Alveolar macrophages were t...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Nozaki Y,Isobe K,Nakashima I,Shimokata K

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The over-expression of urokinase receptor in breast cancer cells results in increased tumor invasion, growth and metastasis. As LY-6K belongs to the Ly6/uPAR superfamily, we assessed the association of LY-6K with metastasis in breast cancer cell lines and how the LY-6K gene mediates cancer cell metastasis. The migrati...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Choi SH,Kong HK,Park SY,Park JH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid crystals are the state of matter existing between liquid and crystalline phases, and recently there has been increasing interest in their biological effects. Following our recently reported work, we investigated the cell suppressive effects of liquid crystal-related compounds (LCRCs), which are precursors of li...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Wakasaya T,Yoshino H,Fukushi Y,Yoshizawa A,Kashiwakura I

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A precise diagnosis of peritoneal dissemination is necessary to determine the appropriate treatment strategy for colorectal cancer. However, small peritoneal dissemination is difficult to diagnose. 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is an intermediate substrate of heme metabolism. The administration of 5-ALA to cancer pati...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kondo Y,Murayama Y,Konishi H,Morimura R,Komatsu S,Shiozaki A,Kuriu Y,Ikoma H,Kubota T,Nakanishi M,Ichikawa D,Fujiwara H,Okamoto K,Sakakura C,Takahashi K,Inoue K,Nakajima M,Otsuji E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the effect of L-histidinol on hyperthermic killing of cells, HeLa and mouse sarcoma-180 (S-180) cells were exposed to heat in vitro in the presence of L-histidinol and the clonogenic surviving fraction of the cells was examined. After pretreating the cells with L-histidinol for 4 h, exposure of the cells to...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kohnoe S,Maehara Y,Takahashi I,Yoshida M,Emi Y,Baba H,Sugimachi K

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human squamous cell carcinomas frequently overexpress the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and this is often associated with poor prognosis in patients with these cancers. The high level of expression of the EGFR provides an important target for therapy and we and others have shown that monoclonal antibodies (m...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Modjtahedi H,Affleck K,Stubberfield C,Dean C

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of immunological results, it is not in doubt that the immune system is able to recognize and eliminate transformed cells. A plethora of studies have investigated the immune system of patients with cancer and how it is prone to immunosuppression, due in part to the decrease in lymphocyte proliferation and ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Scutti JAB

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular cGMP levels or the ratio between extracellular levels of cGMP and cAMP (cGMP(ex)/cAMP(ex)) have been proposed as tumor marker for premalignant and malignant diseases of the uterine cervix. More than 50% of cervical cancers occur in premenopausal women and detailed information about hormonal and drug ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Orbo A,Kjorstad K,Jaeger R,Sager G

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative polyadenylation and microRNA regulation are both mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Alternative polyadenylation often results in mRNA isoforms with the same coding sequence but different lengths of 3' UTRs, while microRNAs regulate gene expression by binding to specific mRNA ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： An J,Zhu X,Wang H,Jin X

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present review was to summarize the current knowledge of the involvement of nestin in breast cancer (BC) pathogenesis. Nestin is a member of the class VI family of intermediate filament proteins, originally identified as a marker of neural stem cells and subsequently demonstrated to be expressed in BC a...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Nowak A,Dziegiel P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple drug resistance is reported to be a major obstacle in treatment of osteosarcoma (OS). Research has demonstrated that small subsets of cells called cancer stem cells (CSCs) are responsible for multiple drug resistance. CSCs are potential targets for reversing chemoresistance. In the present study, we compared ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Shang D,Wu J,Guo L,Xu Y,Liu L,Lu J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel (PTX) is an anticancer drug currently in phase II clinical trials. This study shows for the first time that low doses of PTX (5 nM) potently induce apoptosis in human retinoblastoma Y79 cells. The effect of PTX is accompanied by a potent induction of E2F1 which appears to play a critical role in the effects...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Drago-Ferrante R,Santulli A,Di Fiore R,Giuliano M,Calvaruso G,Tesoriere G,Vento R

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase has been recognized as a common factor in most tumor cells, and in turn a distinctive feature with respect to non-malignant cells. This feature has made telomerase a promising target for cancer therapy. Telomerase studies revealed that it is a multi-subunit complex possessing different levels of regulation,...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Gómez DL,Farina HG,Gómez DE

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive cancer for which more effective treatments are needed. In this study, strong to moderate staining of MET and ERK5 was detected in 67.1 and 48% of the analyzed 73 human mesothelioma tumors, and significant correlation of MET and ERK5 expression was identified (P<0.0...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Wang H,Dai YY,Zhang WQ,Hsu PC,Yang YL,Wang YC,Chan G,Au A,Xu ZD,Jiang SJ,Wang W,Jablons DM,You L

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl‑1), a member of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein family, has been associated with tumor progression and adverse patient outcome. The aims of current study were to evaluate whether Mcl-1 affects the survival or death of gastric cancer cells, and to investigate the prognost...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Lee WS,Park YL,Kim N,Oh HH,Son DJ,Kim MY,Oak CY,Chung CY,Park HC,Kim JS,Myung DS,Cho SB,Joo YE

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggests that colorectal cancer (CRC) should be viewed as a heterogeneous disease, with proximal and distal CRCs showing multiple biological and clinical differences. The aim of this study was to develop a clinicopathological, molecular and protein profile for CRCs based on their region and thus ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Minoo P,Zlobec I,Peterson M,Terracciano L,Lugli A

更新日期：2010-09-01 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