TGF-β1 acts through miR-155 to down-regulate TP53INP1 in promoting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cell phenotypes.

abstract：:Metastatic colonization involves paracrine/juxtacrine interactions with the microenvironment inducing an adaptive response through transcriptional regulation. However, the identities of transcription factors (TFs) induced by the metastatic microenvironment in ovarian cancer (OC) and their mechanism of action is poorly...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tomar S,Plotnik JP,Haley J,Scantland J,Dasari S,Sheikh Z,Emerson R,Lenz D,Hollenhorst PC,Mitra AK

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD95, TNFR1, TRAILR1 and TRAILR2 belong to a subgroup of TNF receptors which is characterized by a conserved cell death-inducing protein domain that connects these receptors to the apoptotic machinery of the cell. Activation of death receptors in malignant cells attracts increasing attention as a principle to fight ca...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wajant H,Gerspach J,Pfizenmaier K

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human PRL-1, PRL-2, and PRL-3 tyrosine phosphatases induce the malignant transformation of epithelial cells. We tested the hypothesis that the oncogenic effects of PRL occur by increasing cellular proliferation. Cells stably transfected with PRL-1 or PRL-2 exhibited 2.7-3.3-fold increases over control cells in the rat...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Werner SR,Lee PA,DeCamp MW,Crowell DN,Randall SK,Crowell PL

更新日期：2003-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven patients with malignant teratoma, 19 of which received radiation, are presented and the radiation response analyzed. Radiotherapy seems most effective in the palliation of undifferentiated (embryonal) teratoma of the gonads and sacrococcygeal region in early childhood. It is less effective, yet useful, in...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Pantoja E,Roswit B

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hepatic mixed-function oxygenase system gave enhanced biphenyl 2-hydroxylation in the presence of known carcinogens in vitro and was therefore suggested as a convenient short-term assay for the detection of potentially dangerous compounds. However, the test did not yield the expected increase of biphenyl 2-hydroxyla...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： McPherson F,Kolar GF

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family of ligands, binding proteins and receptors is an important growth factor system involved in both the development of the organism and the maintenance of normal function of many cells of the body. The system also has powerful anti-apoptotic effects. More recently, evidence has...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： LeRoith D,Roberts CT Jr

更新日期：2003-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the controversy that exists regarding the histamine content and diamine oxidase activity in relation to human carcinomatous growths, the present investigation was undertaken and carcinomatous tissues of skin, breast and rectum were analysed. The result of the experiment gives a clear evidence that both hist...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chanda R,Ganguly AK

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutagenic effects of chamuvaritin, dihydrobenzylchalcone isolated from Uvaria chamae, were investigated using Salmonella typhimurium tester strains TA92, TA94--98, TA100--1535, TA1537 and TA1538. The phytochemical was mutagenic in tester strains TA98 and TA100 and required activation by the hepatic S-9 microsomal ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Uwaifo AO,Okorie DA,Bababunmi EA

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) and associated reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are involved in many physiological functions. There has been an ongoing debate to whether RNS can inhibit or perpetuate chronic inflammation and associated carcinogenesis. Although the final outcome depends on the genetic make-up of its target, the surro...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hofseth LJ

更新日期：2008-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-K)/Akt, an important cell survival signaling pathway, to stimulate growth of various cell types. Transforming growth factor (TGF) superfamily ligands activate intracellular Smad signaling to regulate cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Qiao J,Kang J,Ko TC,Evers BM,Chung DH

更新日期：2006-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfection of the estrogen-dependent and poorly invasive MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line so that it stably overexpressed 12-lipoxygenase and secreted high levels of 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid when cultured with arachidonate resulted in rapid growth in athymic nude mice when compared with the parental line. ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Connolly JM,Rose DP

更新日期：1998-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse mammary tumor viruses (MMTV) replicate in the mammary gland, appear as infectious particles in mother's milk and invade the sucking pups from the intestinal tract. The immune system is essential for MMTV in the gut to reach the mammary gland. These properties make the life cycle of MMTV unique. We review the onc...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Matsuzawa A,Nakano H,Yoshimoto T,Sayama K

更新日期：1995-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of iron, dihydroartemisinin forms free radicals and causes cell death. Since most cancer cells have high rates of iron intake, dihydroartemisinin would have selective cytotoxic effect on cancer cells. The present experiment was designed to study the effect of dihydroartemisinin and ferrous sulfate on t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Moore JC,Lai H,Li JR,Ren RL,McDougall JA,Singh NP,Chou CK

更新日期：1995-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ markers for quantitative analysis of cell proliferation and apoptotic cell death have been used to evaluate both the proliferation level and net growth potential of preneoplastic nodules and malignant tumor tissues from rats experimentally induced for hepatocarcinogenesis by the dietary administration of 2-ace...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kong J,Ringer DP

更新日期：1996-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal tissue injury may lead to severe, life threatening, late side effects after therapeutic use of irradiation. Neurological complications caused by radiation of the spinal cord are ascribed to progressive, irreversible damage to the vasculature. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is known to induce angiogenesis in irradiated...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Sminia P,van der Kleij AJ,Carl UM,Feldmeier JJ,Hartmann KA

更新日期：2003-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro and pre-clinical studies have suggested that addition of the diet-derived agent curcumin may provide a suitable adjunct to enhance efficacy of chemotherapy in models of colorectal cancer. However, the majority of evidence for this currently derives from established cell lines. Here, we utilised patient-derive...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： James MI,Iwuji C,Irving G,Karmokar A,Higgins JA,Griffin-Teal N,Thomas A,Greaves P,Cai H,Patel SR,Morgan B,Dennison A,Metcalfe M,Garcea G,Lloyd DM,Berry DP,Steward WP,Howells LM,Brown K

更新日期：2015-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the carcinogen 2-acetylaminofluorene (2AAF) administration on splenic natural killer (NK) cell function in two strains of rats has been examined and compared with that of the non-carcinogenic analogue 4-acetylaminofluorene (4AAF). In both strains it was observed that daily exposure to 25 mg kg-1 2AAF ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kimber I,Griffin AC,Jones K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy plays a critical role in intracellular metabolism and maintaining cellular homeostasis. Certain tumor cells present a higher basal autophagy rate and autophagy inhibition can lead to impaired metabolic dysfunction in autophagy-dependent tumor cells. Autophagy status in immune cells dictates their fate and re...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ishimwe N,Zhang W,Qian J,Zhang Y,Wen L

更新日期：2020-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of the inducible hsp72 (72-kDa heat shock protein) after hyperthermia and/or cisplatin treatment in human glioblastoma cell line (A-172) was studied by Western blot analysis. The level of hsp72 increased to eight-fold 10 h after hyperthermia alone (44 degrees C for 20 min, D50) and to three-fold 10 h ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Matsumoto H,Hayashi S,Shioura H,Ohtsubo T,Ohnishi T,Kano E

更新日期：1996-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study a methodological approach is taken which quantitates aberrant dysplastic crypts in the unsectioned murine colon. C57BL/6J or CF1 female mice (7-8 weeks old) were injected (i.p.) with azoxymethane (5 mg/kg body wt./week) for 4 weeks. Their colons were excised, cut open on the median axis and fixed ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Bird RP

更新日期：1987-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate characteristic of lung adenocarcinoma growth behavior, we have established a cell line (rat lung cancer in Nara (RLCNR)) from a tumor induced by N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine (BHP) in a rat. This clone shows an epithelial cell morphology and grows as sheets in culture with an approximate doubling t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tsujiuchi T,Mori T,Amanuma T,Tanaka N,Tsutsumi M

更新日期：2005-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnane X receptor (PXR) regulates cell proliferation and carcinogenesis in female reproductive tissue. We showed that PXR was expressed in cervical cells and tissue samples. PXR were lower or greatly diminished in cancer tissues compared to normal control. Functionally, activation of human PXR by rifampicin or ectop...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Niu Y,Wang Z,Huang H,Zhong S,Cai W,Xie Y,Shi G

更新日期：2014-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome is a rare inherited genodermatosis characterized by benign hamartomatous skin lesions and an increased risk of pneumothorax and renal tumors. Many of the patients harbor insertion/deletion mutations in the hypermutable poly(C)(8) tract in exon 11 of the BHD gene. This mutational hot spot ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jiang W,Fujii H,Matsumoto T,Ohtsuji N,Tsurumaru M,Hino O

更新日期：2007-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancerous breast hyperthermia is seemingly associated with non-neurological vasodilation modulated by nitric oxide (NO). NO, associated with enhanced immune response, is produced autocatalytically involving ferritin as the supplier of Fe2+, which catalyses the formation of NO. NO, in turn, releases Fe2+ from ferritin....

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Anbar M

更新日期：1994-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectins are suitable tools for investigating the glycoconjugate characteristics of metastatic cells. In the present study, we investigated whether there were differences between high metastatic T3 cells and a low metastatic isolate in their reactivities to several lectins specific for galactosyl and sialyl groups. Ana...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Mannori G,Mugnai G,Ruggieri S

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that fibroblast growth factor 8b (FGF8b) is up-regulated in a large proportion of prostate cancer patients and that it plays a key role in prostate carcinogenesis. In this study, we designed and synthesized a gN helix domain derived short peptide (termed 8b-13) based on the analysis ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Li T,Luo W,He D,Wang R,Huang Y,Zeng X,Wang W,Chen X,Gao S,Yu Y,Li X,Wu X

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells are derived from their precursor cells, which normally develop to the matured cells to form individual organs. Neuroblastoma, one of the most common pediatric solid tumors, originates from possible cancer stem cells derived from the neural crest. During the development, neural crest cells segregate into s...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Nakagawara A,Ohira M

更新日期：2004-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:B7-homolog 4 (B7-H4), a recently identified homolog of B7.1/2 (CD80/86), has been described to exert co-stimulatory and immune regulatory functions. We investigated the expression and the functional activity of B7-H4 in lung cancer in vitro and in vivo. Although a lung cancer cell line constitutively expressed B7-H4 m...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chen C,Qu QX,Shen Y,Mu CY,Zhu YB,Zhang XG,Huang JA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, which ranks as the sixth of cancer-related death. Despite the emergence of targeted therapy, advanced-stage HCC remains largely incurable due to low response rate and therapeutic resistance. In this review, we mainly focused on the current pro...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chen S,Cao Q,Wen W,Wang H

更新日期：2019-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Avemar (MSC) is a nontoxic fermented wheat germ extract demonstrated to significantly improve the survival rate in patients suffering from various malignancies. We investigated its effects in human HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells. After 24, 48, and 72 h of incubation, Avemar inhibited the growth of HL-60 cells with...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Saiko P,Ozsvar-Kozma M,Madlener S,Bernhaus A,Lackner A,Grusch M,Horvath Z,Krupitza G,Jaeger W,Ammer K,Fritzer-Szekeres M,Szekeres T

更新日期：2007-06-08 00:00:00