Simvastatin protects Sertoli cells against cisplatin cytotoxicity through enhanced gap junction intercellular communication.

abstract：:Serenoa repens, a palm species native to the Southeastern United States, is one of the widely used phytotherapeutic agents in benign prostatic hyperplasia. In this study, we found for the first time that Serenoa repens induced growth arrest of a variety of human leukemia cells including U266 and RPMI 8226 multiple mye...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Che Y,Hou S,Kang Z,Lin Q

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-17-5p has been proven upregulated in many human malignancies and correlated with tumor progression. However, its expression and clinical significance in osteosarcoma is still unclear. Thus, the aim of the present study was to explore the effects of miR-17-5p in osteosarcoma tumorigenesis and development. The ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wang W,Zhang L,Zheng K,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan (HA), a component of the extracellular matrix, plays an important role in cell-cell adhesion and cell migration. Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1‑MMP) is often expressed in invasive cancer cells. CD44, a transmembrane receptor for HA, is implicated in various adhesion-dependent cellular process...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kung CI,Chen CY,Yang CC,Lin CY,Chen TH,Wang HS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia always exists in the processes involved in the development of lung cancer and contributes to an acidic microenvironment. Despite that hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment is associated with the formation of chemotherapeutic resistance, the exact role of an acidic microenvironment in the development of hypoxia...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hu CF,Huang YY,Wang YJ,Gao FG

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-1 is an oral antitumor agent that contains tegafur, which is converted to fluorouracil (5-FU) in the human body. Cytochrome P450 2A6 (CYP2A6) is the principal enzyme responsible for bioconversion of tegafur to 5-FU. A number of CYP2A6 polymorphisms have been associated with variat...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Fang WJ,Mou HB,Jin DZ,Zheng YL,Zhao P,Mao CY,Peng L,Huang MZ,Xu N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term effort in investigating chemical methods to eliminate only cancer cells has improved our knowledge and has led to the development of new drugs. The targets for cancer treatment may be large polymeric molecules such as DNA or microtubules as well as regulatory pathways for tumor development and cell survi...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Stathopoulos GP

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequent frameshift mutations in the DNA mismatch repair genes hMSH3, and hMSH6, have been reported in colorectal and endometrial cancers with microsatellite instability, however, it is unclear whether they are similarly altered in ovarian endometrioid carcinoma. In this study, we examined frequency of frameshift muta...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Albarracin CT,Silva EG,Malpica A,Luthra R,Liu J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch signaling plays a critical role in embryonic vascular development and tumor angiogenesis. The present study was conducted to investigate the prognostic role of the angiogenesis-related Notch ligand and the receptor in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and assess whether their expre...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhang J,Ma D,Ye J,Zang S,Lu F,Yang M,Qu X,Sun X,Ji C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:nm23-H1, a nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK), enhances drug sensitivity and has antimetastatic activity, whereas focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is closely associated with cell migration and tumour spreading. The relationship between these two proteins, however, is not well elucidated. In this study, we investigate the...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hsu NY,Chen CY,Hsu CP,Lin TY,Chou MC,Chiou SH,Chow KC

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a phase III randomized trial to compare efficacy and tolerance of CDDP + 5-FU to CDDP + VP16, both given intravenously in patients with unresectable advanced head and neck cancer. The 197 eligible patients were paired off successively on the basis of tumor sites and UICC stage. Comparisons were made th...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Prévost A,Mérol JC,Aimé P,Moutel K,Roger-Liautaud F,Nasca S,Legros M,Coninx P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is one of the most malignant diseases world-wide and it ranks the first among female cancers. Masses of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, especially the inflammatory factors can lead to breast cancer. Aberrant activation and accumulation of key molecules can lead to inflammation associated carcinogenesis....

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wang N,Wei L,Huang Y,Wu Y,Su M,Pang X,Wang N,Ji F,Zhong C,Chen T,Li B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fecal microRNAs (miRNAs) are increasingly explored as non-invasive markers of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, its holistic profile in Asian CRC patients remains elusive. In the present study, the global human fecal miRNAs in Asian Chinese CRC patients was assayed to elucidate novel diagnostic fecal markers. Addition...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Phua LC,Chue XP,Koh PK,Cheah PY,Chan EC,Ho HK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As tumor-associated antigens are not well characterized for the majority of human tumors, polyvalent vaccines prepared with whole-tumor antigens are an attractive approach for tumor vaccination. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 (VEGFR2), as a model antigen with which to...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Yan HX,Cheng P,Wei HY,Shen GB,Fu LX,Ni J,Wu Y,Wei YQ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinases (PI-3 kinases) play a crucial role in the inositol phospholipid signaling pathway. The effect of wortmannin, an inhibitor of PI-3 kinases, on the suppression of thermotolerance development was investigated in the temperature-sensitive cell line tsAF8. When wortmannin was added immediatel...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Shibuya K,Kawasaki S,Kuroda M,Takemoto M,Asaumi J,Hiraki Y

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer (GC), a type of gastric mucosal epithelium disease caused by common malignant tumors, has become a major threat to human health and survival. Tumor necrosis factor‑α‑induced protein‑8 like‑2 (TIPE2) is a negative immune regulatory factor that is selectively expressed in immune organs, immune cells and v...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Lin Z,Liu W,Xiao C,Fan Y,Zhuang G,Qi Z

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence has shown that microRNAs play important roles in tumor development, progression, and metastasis. miR-128 has been reported to be deregulated in different tumor types, whereas the function of miR-128 in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) largely remains to be elucidated. The aim of the present study was to investigate...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wu L,Shi B,Huang K,Fan G

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vimentin is a member of the intermediate filament family, and the NF-kappaB binding site is located in the human vimentin promoter. To gain insight into the role of NF-kappaB in the regulation of the vimentin gene during 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-dependent differentiation of HL-60 cells, the effect of...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zheng M,Son MY,Park C,Park JI,Jo EK,Yoon WH,Park SK,Hwang BD,Lim K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of malignant melanoma has increased greatly in recent decades presenting a high mortality rate despite intensive efforts in this area of research. Recent studies indicate that the chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) plays a critical role in cancer. Thus, it has been reported that CXCL12 binding to CXCR4 initiat...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： André ND,Silva VA,Watanabe MA,De Lucca FL

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin 6 (SIRT6) is a member of the mammalian NAD+‑dependent deacetylase sirtuin family that acts to maintain genomic stability and to repress genes. SIRT6 has recently been reported to be a tumor suppressor that controls cancer metabolism, although this effect of SIRT6 is still in dispute. Moreover, the role of SIRT...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Feng J,Yan PF,Zhao HY,Zhang FC,Zhao WH,Feng M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein kinase 2 interacting protein-1 (CKIP-1; also known as PLEKHO1) is involved in regulating many processes such as cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. CKIP-1 also plays an important role in many types of cancer, such as colon, breast cancer and human osteosarcoma. In the present study, we found that...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhu X,Ouyang Y,Zhong F,Wang Q,Ding L,Zhang P,Chen L,Liu H,He S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical significance of NK-like T CD3+/CD16+CD56+ cells in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is still a subject of controversy. There are few previous descriptions that this cell population can be qualitatively or quantitatively deficient in CLL patients. In the present study we investigated the clinical value o...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Bojarska-Junak A,Hus I,Sieklucka M,Wasik-Szczepanek E,Mazurkiewicz T,Polak P,Dmoszynska A,Rolinski J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) is involved in malignant transformation and the biological aggressiveness of several human malignancies. Growing evidence indicates that EZH2 may be an appropriate therapeutic target for malignancies, including cholangiocarcinoma. Recently, an S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase inhi...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Nakagawa S,Sakamoto Y,Okabe H,Hayashi H,Hashimoto D,Yokoyama N,Tokunaga R,Sakamoto K,Kuroki H,Mima K,Beppu T,Baba H

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human homologue of Drosophila disc large tumor suppressor protein (hDlg) is one of the proteins known to act cooperatively in regulating cell polarity and proliferation, suggesting an important connection between epithelial organization and cellular growth control. An abnormal expression of hDlg has been reported ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Niimi R,Matsumine A,Iino T,Murata T,Shintani K,Nakazora S,Nakamura T,Uehara Y,Kusuzaki K,Akiyama T,Uchida A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies, and 90% of advanced prostate cancer patients relapse after therapy. Trophinin associated protein (TROAP) is essential for centrosome integrity and proper bipolar organisation of spindle assembly during mitosis and plays an essential role in prol...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ye J,Chu C,Chen M,Shi Z,Gan S,Qu F,Pan X,Yang Q,Tian Y,Wang L,Yang W,Cui X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frizzled2 (Fzd2) is a receptor for wingless-type MMTV integration site family members (Wnts), the aberrant overexpression of which has been noted to contribute to cancer metastasis. The present study was performed to characterize the role of Fzd2 in the migration and invasion of oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) in...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhang E,Li Z,Xu Z,Duan W,Sun C,Lu L

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies on sarcomas have examined the relationships between microsatellite alterations in particular loci, tumor prognosis and tumorigenesis, because sarcomas are uncommon and those prognoses can be confounded by coexisting factors, such as tumor site. We studied the relationship between microsatellite alterations...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Iyoda A,Hiroshima K,Toyozaki T,Baba M,Fujisawa T,Yusa T,Ohwada H

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidylate synthase (TS) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides, required for DNA synthesis, and is also a critical target for fluoropyrimidines, which are widely used in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumours. We examined TS expression in tumours from 86 patients with advanced colo...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Bendardaf R,Lamlum H,Elzagheid A,Ristamäki R,Pyrhönen S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy of the endocrine system, the incidence of which has increased rapidly in the last 30 years. Genetic alterations in pathways, including the mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK)/extracellular signal‑regulated kinase (Erk) and phosphatidylinositol‑3‑kinase (PI3K...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Chen H,Chen W,Zhang X,Hu L,Tang G,Kong J,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a group of important regulators in human types of cancer including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). miR-616 has been found to be a novel cancer-related miRNA. However, the expression and biological function of miR-616 in NSCLC have not been investigated. In this study, qRT-PCR was performed t...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wang D,Cao Q,Qu M,Xiao Z,Zhang M,Di S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly (aspartic acid-co-lactic acid) (PAL) has been investigated as a new biodegradable material for Drug Delivery Systems (DDS). Similar to the poly (lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanospheres, the PAL nanospheres can control-release encapsulated drugs by hydrolysis and adhere to the mucous membranes to improve ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hara K,Tsujimoto H,Huang CC,Kawashima Y,Mimura H,Miwa N

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00