Production of IL-1β by bone marrow-derived macrophages in response to chemotherapeutic drugs: synergistic effects of doxorubicin and vincristine.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To achieve effective delivery of siRNA into target cells in vivo, we have developed a novel approach of siRNA delivery by using local drug delivery systems. RESULTS:The chitosan hydrogel (CH-HG) displayed a liquid-solid phase transition in a temperature-dependent manner and formed an endothermic hydrogel in ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Han HD,Mora EM,Roh JW,Nishimura M,Lee SJ,Stone RL,Bar-Eli M,Lopez-Berestein G,Sood AK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 67-year-old male presented with anasarca and persistent non-pruritic rash of lower extremities. Physical examination was positive for subcutaneous edema with a non-blanching rash of abdomen and lower extremities. Labs showed leukocytosis, lymphocytosis, anemia and thrombocytopenia. He also had acute kidney injury an...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Wahab A,Kesari K,J Smith S,Liu Y,Barta SK

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Angiogenesis is one of the key processes in the development of malignant tumors. The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptor-2 (VEGFR-2) signaling pathway regulates branching angiogenesis in cancer. In this study, we analyzed the associations of VEGF/VEGFR-2 proteins and VEGFR-2 genetic va...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhu X,Wang Y,Xue W,Wang R,Wang L,Zhu ML,Zheng L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy in prostate cancer (CaP) even as an adjunct has not been a success. In this communication, we report the pre-clinical efficacy of a nitroacridine derivative, C-1748 (9[2'-hydroxyethylamino]-4-methyl-1-nitroacridine) in CaP cell culture and human xenograft animal models. C-1748, a DNA intercalating agent h...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Tadi K,Ashok BT,Chen Y,Banerjee D,Wysocka-Skrzela B,Konopa J,Darzynkiewicz Z,Tiwari RK

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase is the ribonucleoprotein that enables cancer and stem cells to maintain their telomeres, resulting in unlimited proliferative potential. The catalytic component of telomerase in humans, hTERT, is upregulated in nearly 90% of all cancers, making it the most widely expressed marker of malignancy. With the exc...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Nguyen B,Elmore LW,Holt SE

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutationally activated and oncogenic versions of the ras genes were first identified in human tumors in 1982. This discovery prompted great interest in the development of anti-Ras strategies as novel, target-based approaches for cancer treatment. The three human ras genes represent the most frequently mutated oncogene...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Cox AD,Der CJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting c-Met are currently in clinical trials for several cancers. Their efficacy is limited due to the development of resistance. The present study aims to elucidate this mechanism of c-Met TKI resistance by investigating key mTOR and Wnt signaling proteins in melanoma ce...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Etnyre D,Stone AL,Fong JT,Jacobs RJ,Uppada SB,Botting GM,Rajanna S,Moravec DN,Shambannagari MR,Crees Z,Girard J,Bertram C,Puri N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reported incidence of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) has increased, due in large part to improvements in detection and awareness. However, therapeutic options are limited and a critical need exists for understanding a more thorough characterization of the molecular pathology underlying this disease. Th...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Lin W,Francis JM,Li H,Gao X,Pedamallu CS,Ernst P,Meyerson M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of MAP kinases is involved in various cellular processes, including immunoregulation, inflammation, cell growth, cell differentiation, and cell death. To investigate the role of p38 MAP kinase activation in the signaling pathway of TRAIL-mediated apoptosis, we compared TRAIL-mediated MAP kinase activation i...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhang L,Zhu H,Davis JJ,Jacob D,Wu S,Teraishi F,Gutierrez A,Wang Y,Fang B

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP), a key enzyme in the catabolism of 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA), catalyzes the formation of adenine and 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate. MTAP is expressed in all cells throughout the body, but a significant percentage of human tumors have lost MTAP expression, thereby m...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Tang B,Testa JR,Kruger WD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current risk stratification using clinical and pathological parameters in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) is insufficient. Additional information on the tumor biology can be derived from molecular biomarkers assessed in surgical UCB specimens and the predictive accuracy of oncologic end points ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Bolenz C,Lotan Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient treatment of lung carcinomas with chemotherapeutics still poses a challenge for anti-cancer therapy. Since stromal cells of the tumor may alter the responsiveness of tumor cells to chemotherapeutics, we studied the impact of lung fibroblasts (WI-38) on the chemotherapy-induced death of non-small cell lun...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Bartling B,Hofmann HS,Silber RE,Simm A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several agents targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) have been FDA-approved to treat cancer patients with varying tumor types including metastatic colorectal cancer. Many patients treated with anti-EGFR therapy however do not respond and those that do initially respond often acquire resistance. Here we...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Ung N,Putoczki TL,Stylli SS,Ng I,Mariadason JM,Chan TA,Zhu HJ,Luwor RB

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase that has mainly been studied in haematopoietic cells. We have investigated whether BTK is a potential therapeutic target in prostate cancer. We find that BTK is expressed in prostate cells, with the alternate BTK-C isoform predominantly expressed in pros...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Kokabee L,Wang X,Sevinsky CJ,Wang WL,Cheu L,Chittur SV,Karimipoor M,Tenniswood M,Conklin DS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Due to the absence of reliable and accurate biomarkers for the early detection of liver malignancy, circulating microRNAs have recently emerged as great candidates for prompt cancer identification. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the potential of liver-specific circulating microRNAs as an...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Mourad L,El-Ahwany E,Zoheiry M,Abu-Taleb H,Hassan M,Ouf A,Rahim AA,Hassanien M,Zada S

更新日期：2018-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most prevalent malignancy of the oral cavity resulting in severe morbidity and mortality. To date only few proteins have been suggested as potential biomarkers or targets for this type of cancer. Cancerous inhibitor of PP2A (CIP2A) is a protein expressed in epithelial tis...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Katz J,Jakymiw A,Ducksworth MK,Stewart CM,Bhattacharyya I,Cha S,Chan EK

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A right amount of oxygen and nutrients is essential for a tumor to develop. The role of oxygen dependent pathways and their regulators is therefore of utmost importance although little is known about the detailed impact they can have. Recently we have shown that inhibition of the oxygen sensor PHD2 in tumor cells bloc...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Klotzsche-von Ameln A,Muschter A,Heimesaat MM,Breier G,Wielockx B

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to apoptosis is one reason for the poor response of malignant brain tumors to therapy. The PPARgamma-modulating drug Troglitazone downregulates the anti-apoptotic FLIP protein and sensitizes glioblastoma cells to apoptosis induced by the death ligand TRAIL. To investigate the molecular basis of an experimen...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Grund K,Ahmadi R,Jung F,Funke V,Gdynia G,Benner A,Sykora J,Walczak H,Joos S,Felsberg J,Reifenberger G,Wiestler OD,Herold-Mende C,Roth W

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy-number variants such as germ-line deletions and amplifications are associated with inherited genetic disorders including familial cancer. The gene or genes responsible for the majority of familial clustering of pancreatic cancer have not been identified. We used representational oligonucleotide microarray analysi...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Lucito R,Suresh S,Walter K,Pandey A,Lakshmi B,Krasnitz A,Sebat J,Wigler M,Klein AP,Brune K,Palmisano E,Maitra A,Goggins M,Hruban RH

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both Pten and Nras are downstream mediators of receptor tyrosine kinase activation that plays important roles in controlling cell survival and proliferation. Here, we investigated whether and how Pten loss cross-talks with Nras activation in driving liver cancer development in mice. Somatic disruption of hepatic Pten ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Gao M,Liu D

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovering drugs has never been an easy task. Traditionally, this task has exclusively been undertaken by large pharmaceutical companies that recovered their high research and development costs by selling expensive medications. Despite the huge amount of time and effort devoted towards drug discovery over the last de...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Sager JA,Lengauer C

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoids are used in leukemia therapy and chemoprevention of cancers. Treatment of MCF-7 breast carcinoma cells with low doses of retinoids induces gradual proliferation arrest with phenotypic markers of senescence. cDNA microarray hybridization and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Dokmanovic M,Chang BD,Fang J,Roninson IB

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of discoveries have clarified the molecular mechanism of apoptosis, thus clarifying the link between apoptosis and therapeutic outcome. Even though apoptosis is thought to play a major role in anticancer therapy, the clinical relevance of induction of apoptosis remains uncertain, particularly in solid tumors....

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Kim R,Emi M,Tanabe K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal metaplasia of the gastric mucosa is an important component in the pathway to adenocarcinoma. The mechanisms that induce the progression from intestinal metaplasia to cancer have not been elucidated. High dietary salt has been known as one of the risk factors for gastric cancer development in humans. Therefo...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Xiao F,Crissey MA,Lynch JP,Kaestner KH,Silberg DG,Suh E

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has become a cliché that cancer therapy fails because it does not target rare cancer stem cells (CSCs). Here we are discuss that this is not how therapy fails and not any cancer cell with stem-like properties is CSC. Paradoxically, CSCs must be resting to explain their resistance to therapy yet must be cycling to e...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Blagosklonny MV

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Farnesyl transferase inhibitors (FTIs) exhibit limited cytotoxic effects against human cancer cells, perhaps explaining the limited efficacy of FTIs in clinical trials. Learning how these well-tolerated drugs trigger p53-independent apoptosis in mouse models of cancer might therefore benefit efforts to leverage their ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Kamasani U,Duhadaway JB,Alberts AS,Prendergast GC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Double-strand breaks are one the most severe types of DNA damage with respect to cell survival and the preservation of genomic integrity. Therefore, cells have evolved complex mechanisms including cell cycle regulation, activation of repair pathways and in certain cases induction of apoptosis in response to these lesi...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Karagiannis TC,El-Osta A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes released from cancer cells support metastasis and growth of recipient cells and increase their resistance to chemotherapy. Therapeutic targeting of exosomes is a promising area in cancer research. Our aim is to test the effect of the mast cell stabilizer ketotifen on exosomes release from cancer cells and how...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Khan FM,Saleh E,Alawadhi H,Harati R,Zimmermann WH,El-Awady R

更新日期：2018-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is known to play important role in cancer biology.  In sarcomas, hypoxia-induced protein biomarkers such as Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1a (HIF-1a), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and Erythropoietin (Epo) have been previously reported in only a few studies.  Moreover, the biologic significance and rel...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Huang JH,Lee FS,Pasha TL,Sammel MD,Karakousis G,Xu G,Fraker D,Zhang PJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the biology of breast cancer stem cells and trying new ways to obliterate these cells would be a key step in developing cures for breast cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of mutant TNFalpha on human breast cancer stem cells derived from MCF7 cell line under the characteriz...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Li Y,Kong L,Yang Y,Li K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00