A targeted IL-15 fusion protein with potent anti-tumor activity.

abstract：:We investigated the role of vasculogenic mimicry (VM) in the progression of prostate cancer (PCa). Ninety-six patients who had undergone prostatectomy for treatment of PCa and for whom a complete record of clinical and follow-up data were available were reviewed. VM and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) were detected...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Liu R,Yang K,Meng C,Zhang Z,Xu Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 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 androgen receptor is one of the central factors in mediating prostate cancer progression and is an important target for treatment. Several possible mechanisms have been put forth as to how it promotes this process. In the January 2004 issue of Nature Medicine, Chen et al. report that the androgen receptor is consi...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Singh A,Figg WD

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the heparanase gene is associated with invasive, angiogenic and metastatic potential of diverse malignant tumors and cell lines. Here we used RNA interference strategies to evaluate the role of human heparanase in breast malignancy and to explore the therapeutic potential of its specific targeting. The s...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhang ZH,Chen Y,Zhao HJ,Xie CY,Ding J,Hou YT

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the cytotoxicity and mechanism of apoptosis induction of verotoxin-1 (VT-1) in human glioma cell lines. VT-1 is a member of the shiga-toxin family expressed by some serotypes of Escherichia coli and Shigella dysenteriae. Shiga-toxins have been shown to induce apoptosis by binding t...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Johansson D,Johansson A,Grankvist K,Andersson U,Henriksson R,Bergström P,Brännström T,Behnam-Motlagh P

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) operate through an immature (iDC) step (where tumor antigens are internalized) and a mature step (mDC) (where tumor antigens (TA) are cross-presented to naive TA-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) progenitors). Receptors by which cellbound antigens can access the DC cross-presentation pathway i...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Signorino E,Brusa D,Granata R,Malavasi F,Ferrone S,Matera L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies suggest that obesity increases the risk of developing several cancers, including melanoma. Obesity increases the expression of angiogenic factors, such as leptin, that may contribute to tumor growth. However, a direct cause and effect relationship between obesity and tumor growth has not been c...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Brandon EL,Gu JW,Cantwell L,He Z,Wallace G,Hall JE

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) is a tumor fibroblast protease that has been shown to potentiate colorectal cancer growth. The clinical impact of FAP inhibition was tested using Val-boroPro (Talabostat), the first clinical inhibitor of FAP enzymatic activity, in a phase II study of patients with metastatic ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Narra K,Mullins SR,Lee HO,Strzemkowski-Brun B,Magalong K,Christiansen VJ,McKee PA,Egleston B,Cohen SJ,Weiner LM,Meropol NJ,Cheng JD

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the 6-mo overall survival, safety and tolerability of lenalidomide in combination with standard gemcitabine as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. METHODS:Eligibility included: previously untreated metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas with metastases incurab...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Infante JR,Arkenau HT,Bendell JC,Rubin MS,Waterhouse D,Jones GT,Spigel DR,Lane CM,Hainsworth JD,Burris HA 3rd

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies in women. Despite the remarkable success of mammography screening and use of adjuvant systemic therapy, it is estimated that approximately 200,000 new diagnoses will be made this year and 40,000 deaths will occur due to this disease (American Cancer Soci...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Rosca EV,Koskimaki JE,Pandey NB,Wolff AC,Popel AS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant methylation of tumour suppressor genes is associated with the progression to a blast crisis in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML). Methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 2 (MBD2) has been studied as a "reader" of DNA methylation in many cancers, but its role in CML is unclear. We constructed cell models of a homozygo...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Cheng L,Tang Y,Chen X,Zhao L,Liu S,Ma Y,Wang N,Zhou K,Zhou J,Zhou M

更新日期：2018-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most deadly tumors. Prognosis of patients with HCC is generally poor due to the high recurrence rate. In the present study, TaqMan Real-time PCR microRNA Array was used to identify differentially expressed miRNAs from 10 tumor tissue samples (5 from recurrence group vs. 5 f...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Wang L,Liu M,Zhu H,Rong W,Wu F,An S,Liu F,Feng L,Wu J,Xu N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although targeted therapy directed toward driver mutations has produced a significant efficacy benefit for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), many patients do not possess mutations associated with the approved targeted drugs. Angiogenic agents play an important role in the therapeutic strategy for advan...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Wu F,Zhang S,Gao G,Zhao J,Ren S,Zhou C

更新日期：2018-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Celecoxib exhibits cancer preventive and therapeutic effects in animal models and clinical trials. It presumably acts through selective inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and subsequent reduction of prostaglandin (PG) synthesis. However, the concentrations of celecoxib required for growth inhibition and apoptosis ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Sun SY,Schroeder CP,Yue P,Lotan D,Hong WK,Lotan R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Many genes controlling cell proliferation and survival (those most important to cancer biology) are now known to be regulated specifically at the translational (RNA to protein) level. The internal ribosome entry site (IRES) provides a mechanism by which the translational efficiency of an individual or group of mRNAs c...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Vaklavas C,Meng Z,Choi H,Grizzle WE,Zinn KR,Blume SW

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current treatment modalities for pancreatic carcinoma afford only modest survival benefits. TRAIL, as a potent and specific inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells, would be a promising new treatment option. However, since not all pancreatic cancer cells respond to TRAIL, further improvements and optimizations are still ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Yu R,Albarenque SM,Cool RH,Quax WJ,Mohr A,Zwacka RM

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the expression of annexin-1 (ANXA1) in thyroid carcinoma cell lines and in thyroid cancers with a different degree of differentiation. The highest level of ANXA1 expression examined by Western blotting was detected in the papillary carcinoma cells (NPA) and in the follicular cells (WRO). On the other h...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Petrella A,Festa M,Ercolino SF,Zerilli M,Stassi G,Solito E,Parente L

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The pelvic failure rate decreases with increase in the radiation dose but the complications increase. The four field pelvic technique has a theoretical advantage of providing a higher tumor dose with less dose to the surrounding normal tissue thus reducing the complications. RESULT:Eighty-three patients comple...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Gupta D,Shukla P,Bisht SS,Aggarwal A,Dhawan A,Pant MC,Bhatt ML,Gupta R,Srivastava K,Gupta S,Srivastava M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor growth is often associated with insufficient apoptosis. The Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) and its proapoptotic receptors death receptor 4 (DR4) and DR5 agonistic monoclonal antibodies are being developed as targeted therapeutics because they kill cancer cells while sparing...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhou L,Wang W,Dicker DT,Humphreys RC,El-Deiry WS

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:MDM2 antagonists stabilize and activate wild-type p53, and histone methyltransferase (HMT) inhibitors reduce methylation on histone lysines and arginines. Both MDM2 antagonists and HMT inhibitors are being developed as cancer therapeutics. Wild-type p53 expressing HCT116 colon cancer cells were resistant to apoptosis ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhou Y,Perez RE,Duan L,Maki CG

更新日期：2018-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The greatest health threat from malignant melanoma is death due to metastatic disease. Consequently, the identification of markers predictive of metastatic disease is essential for identifying new therapeutic targets. EphA2, a protein tyrosine kinase receptor commonly expressed in epithelial cells, has been found to b...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Margaryan NV,Strizzi L,Abbott DE,Seftor EA,Rao MS,Hendrix MJ,Hess AR

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Camptothecins are commonly used chemotherapeutics; in some models, they enhance signaling via the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway through effects on upstream kinases. To evaluate the impact of camptothecin (CPT) on MAPKs in human colon cancer, we studied HCT116 and CaCo2 colon cancer cells. We found th...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Lee M,Young Kim S,Kim J,Kim HS,Kim SM,Kim EJ

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, estrogen signaling was thought to be mediated strictly through genomic pathways. Recently, however, it has been demonstrated that estrogen stimulation of cells leads to rapid nongenomic effects including ERK activation. While the precise mechanism of this action is still under investigation, it is known...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Visram H,Greer PA

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：:Prior to 2011, only 2 systemic treatments were approved for the treatment of melanoma and these had limited efficacy. In the past 4 years, 6 novel agents have received FDA approval. Herein, we will focus on 4 recently published NEJM papers reporting the results of clinical trials, comprising 4 agents targeting the MAP...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Massey PR,Prasad V,Figg WD,Fojo T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspases play a key role in the apoptotic pathway by virtue of their ability to cleave key protein substrates within the dying cell. Caspases are produced as inactive zymogens, and need to become proteolytically processed in order to become active. A key executioner caspase, caspase-3, has previously been found to exi...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Frank AK,Pietsch EC,Dumont P,Tao J,Murphy ME

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Docetaxel is an important anti-microtubule agent used to treat a variety of solid tumors, including breast cancer; notably, docetaxel-containing regimens improve outcomes for patients in metastatic, adjuvant, and neoadjuvant settings. However, the effectiveness of docetaxel in clinical practice can be compromised by s...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Xuan L,Sun B,Meng X,Liu C,Cong Y,Wu S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is caused by the abnormal accumulation of non-functional B-cells in peripheral blood and bone marrow. However, the precise aetiology and mechanism of the disease are unclear. Recently, progress has been made in the identification of both the genetic deficiencies and environmen...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Chen J,McMillan NA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an urgent need to develop new strategies to treat ovarian cancer, the most deadly gynecologic malignancy. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are emerging as novel therapeutic drugs in the treatment of a variety of cancers, including those resistant to standard chemotherapy. Since there are multiple HDAC is...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Khabele D,Son DS,Parl AK,Goldberg GL,Augenlicht LH,Mariadason JM,Rice VM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00