Unraveling the roles of Atg4 proteases from autophagy modulation to targeted cancer therapy.

abstract：:The p53 mutations in betel-related oral cancer have been studied but the results may be confounded by tobacco and alcohol due to tobacco components in the quid or concomitant habits of smoking and drinking. In this study, p53 mutations in tumors from Thai betel chewers who neither smoke nor drink were studied in compa...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Thongsuksai P,Boonyaphiphat P,Sriplung H,Sudhikaran W

更新日期：2003-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The alkylation of hamster liver, lung and pancreas DNA by [1-14C]- and [2,3-14C]N-nitrosobis (2-oxopropyl) amine (BOP) has been examined. The specific activity of pancreas DNA after [2,3-14C]BOP administration was only 2% of that when [1-14C]BOP was given. 7-Methylguanine, but not O-6-methylguanine, was found in hydro...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lawson TA,Gingell R,Nagel D,Hines LA,Ross A

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human kinome/phosphatome screen identified CAMK2N1 genes suppressing the development of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). CAMK2N1 downregulation was found in 47% HCCs and associated with poor prognosis. The downregulation was mainly attributed to its genome deletion (28.4%) and DNA hypermethylation of its promoter...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Peng JM,Tseng RH,Shih TC,Hsieh SY

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells with transplatin (trans-DDP) and beta-hydroxyisovalerylshikon (beta-HIVS) together had a strong inhibitory effect on A431 cells. By contrast, trans-DDP and beta-HIVS by themselves, at the same respective concentrations, had practically no effect. The tyrosine kinase a...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Xu Y,Nakajo S,Nakaya K

更新日期：2002-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinase (CaMK) I and II expression in endometrial cancer cells correlates with the malignant potential of this tumor, and CaMKI and II are potential therapeutic targets in endometrial cancer. CaMKI and II expression was significantly associated with PCNA-labeling index, clinical stage, hist...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Takai N,Ueda T,Nasu K,Yamashita S,Toyofuku M,Narahara H

更新日期：2009-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-dependence of 2-amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (MeIQx) carcinogenicity when given in the diet continuously throughout the experiment (56 weeks) at doses of 100, 200 and 400 ppm, was examined in F344 male rats. Tumors developed dose-dependently in the liver, Zymbal glands and skin in the experimen...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kushida H,Wakabayashi K,Sato H,Katami M,Kurosaka R,Nagao M

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) is required for multiple stages of mitosis and has been found to be overexpressed in many human malignancies. Previous studies by our group have revealed PLK1 overexpression as an independent prognostic factor for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the underlying mechanisms of the tumor...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： He Z,Wu J,Dang H,Lin H,Zheng H,Zhong D

更新日期：2011-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last decade the linkage between hyperthermia, heat shock proteins and fever with the body's immune system has been well investigated. The immunomodulatory function of hyperthermia has been found to be quite sensitively regulated by temperature, as different levels of heating can bring different modulatory eff...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhang HG,Mehta K,Cohen P,Guha C

更新日期：2008-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Alteration of the p16 tumor suppressor gene has been implicated as a critical lesion in the molecular pathogenesis of esophageal adenocarcinoma. The aim of this study was to characterize the spectrum of p16 alterations in surgically resected esophageal tissues, comprising histologically normal esophageal squamous and ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hardie LJ,Darnton SJ,Wallis YL,Chauhan A,Hainaut P,Wild CP,Casson AG

更新日期：2005-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylnitrosourea (MNU)-induced carcinomas in organ-cultured human pancreas when injected into nude mice produced subcutaneous carcinomas none of which recognizable as being of acinar cell origin. Both monoclonal antibody to acinar cell surface marker produced by hybridoma, and in vitro tumor cell differentiation were...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Parsa I

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD271, known as a neurotrophin receptor, is expressed in various cancers such as hypopharyngeal cancer (HPC) and melanoma. We recently reported that CD271 is a cancer-stem-cell biomarker of HPC, and that its expression is essential for cancer-cell proliferation and is correlated with a poor prognosis in this disease. ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Morita S,Mochizuki M,Wada K,Shibuya R,Nakamura M,Yamaguchi K,Yamazaki T,Imai T,Asada Y,Matsuura K,Sugamura K,Katori Y,Satoh K,Tamai K

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sorafenib is the approved systemic drug of choice for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but has demonstrated limited benefits because of drug resistance. 2-Methoxyestradiol (2ME2) has been shown to be a promising anticancer drug against various types of cancers and acts by dysregulating hypoxia-inducible factor...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ma L,Li G,Zhu H,Dong X,Zhao D,Jiang X,Li J,Qiao H,Ni S,Sun X

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the molecular effects of 3,4,2',4'-tetrahydroxychalcone (butein) treatment in two human hepatoma cancer cell lines-HepG2 and Hep3B. Butein treatment inhibited cancer cell growth by inducing G(2)/M phase arrest and apoptosis. Butein-induced G(2)/M phase arrest was associated with increased ATM, Chk1, an...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Moon DO,Kim MO,Choi YH,Hyun JW,Chang WY,Kim GY

更新日期：2010-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Urethane-induced lung tumors and their genetic changes were investigated in transgenic (Tg) mice carrying a human prototype c-Ha-ras gene (rasH2 mice). Male and female rasH2 mice and non-transgenic (non-Tg) littermates were injected intraperitoneally with 1000 mg/kg of urethane once or three times at 2-day intervals. ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Mori I,Yasuhara K,Hayashi SM,Nonoyama T,Nomura T,Mitsumori K

更新日期：2000-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have compared the anti-proliferative effects of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and retinoic acid (RA) on a moderately-differentiated colon carcinoma cell line (JVC). TGF-beta, DMF and RA inhibited the anchorage-independent growth and induced morphological chang...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hoosein NM,Brattain DE,McKnight MK,Childress KE,Chakrabarty S,Brattain MG

更新日期：1988-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that oligonucleotides designed to bind in triplex fashion to a specific p53 binding site homology inhibit the proliferation of colon cancer cells in vitro. The present study was designed to extend these observations in an in vivo model. HCT 116 human colon carcinoma cells were injected subcuta...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Re RN,Cook JL,Giardina JF

更新日期：2004-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether the level of bone marrow-derived progenitor cells and mature endothelial cells could be used as predictors of clinical outcome in patients receiving taxotere-based chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained from 49 gastric cancer patients who rece...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Shin SJ,Jeung HC,Ahn JB,Rha SY,Yoo NC,Roh JK,Noh SH,Chung HC

更新日期：2008-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an epithelial cell line derived from mouse liver which represents a spectrum of malignant progression. When inoculated into mice at low passage, the cells induced benign cysts; after extensive subcultures, the same line induced low grade adenocarcinomas. A variant of these cells with increased invasi...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Dollbaum CM,Anderson LW,Smith HS

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vectors PAI2, C595 and Herceptin target the membrane-bound uPA, MUC1 and HER2 antigens expressed by cancer cells, respectively. The expression of these receptors was tested in the ovarian cancer cell line OVCAR-3; MUC-1 was strongly expressed (3+), uPA moderately expressed (2+), but HER2 was negative (-). The alph...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Song YJ,Qu CF,Rizvi SM,Li Y,Robertson G,Raja C,Morgenstern A,Apostolidis C,Perkins AC,Allen BJ

更新日期：2006-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) was given to pregnant SPF pigs (Danish Landrace) in doses of 0, 50, 200 and 400 mg/kg body wt per day for 110 days. BHA was mixed in the diet (pelleted). Hyperkeratotic and parakeratotic proliferative changes of the stratified epithelium of the stomach were found at various degree in bot...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Olsen P

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effects of hyperthermia on the apoptosis induced by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). Confluent monolayers of human gastric cancer cell line MKN45 were either treated or untreated with hyperthermia for 1 h. The cells were subsequently stimulated with TNF-alpha. A 24-h incubation with TN...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kokura S,Yoshida N,Ueda M,Imamoto E,Ishikawa T,Takagi T,Naito Y,Okanoue T,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2003-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain polyunsaturated fatty acids can selectively kill tumor cell lines while causing little to no harm to normal cell lines. However, the mechanism of this cytotoxicity is only partially understood. Antioxidants such as vitamin E have been shown to be capable of completely blocking the cytotoxic response when admin...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ells GW,Chisholm KA,Simmons VA,Horrobin DF

更新日期：1996-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:EGFR polymorphisms have not been thoroughly evaluated for association with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) risk. We genotyped 578 HNSCC patients and 588 cancer-free controls for 60 EGFR single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and tested associations with HNSCC risk. EGFR intronic SNPs rs12535536, rs207511...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fung C,Zhou P,Joyce S,Trent K,Yuan JM,Grandis JR,Weissfeld JL,Romkes M,Weeks DE,Egloff AM

更新日期：2015-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooking beef patties results in the formation of mutagens detectable by Salmonella typhimurium TA98 with metabolic activation. Decreased mutagenic activity results when frying beef with added soy protein concentrates (SPC). The reduction in mutagenicity takes place during the cooking process. Whereas fried beef hambur...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wang YY,Vuolo LL,Spingarn NE,Weisburger JH

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasohibin 2 (VASH2) is an angiogenic factor and cancer-related protein that acts via paracrine mechanisms. Here, we investigated the angiogenic function and mechanism of action of VASH2 in 200 human breast cancer tissues by performing immunohistochemical staining, western blot, indirect sandwich enzyme-linked immunoso...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tu M,Lu C,Lv N,Wei J,Lu Z,Xi C,Chen J,Guo F,Jiang K,Li Q,Wu J,Song G,Wang S,Gao W,Miao Y

更新日期：2016-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis remains a sensible target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) therapy. VEGF, PDGF, FGF and their receptors are expressed at high levels and correlate with poor prognosis in human PDAC. Nintedanib is a triple angiokinase inhibitor that targets VEGFR1/2/3, FGFR1/2/3 and PDGFRα/β signaling. We invest...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Awasthi N,Hinz S,Brekken RA,Schwarz MA,Schwarz RE

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between clinicopathological or immunohistochemical factors and postoperative prognosis for Dukes' C colorectal cancer. Short-term survivors died from cancer within 2 years of surgery, whereas long-term survivors were disease-free for over 10 years. The groups differed in Ki-67 ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ishida H,Miwa H,Tatsuta M,Masutani S,Imamura H,Shimizu J,Ezumi K,Kato H,Kawasaki T,Furukawa H,Kawakami H

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte nodules and hepatocellular carcinomas were induced in male Fischer rats using the resistant hepatocyte model. The immunoreactive cytosolic levels of the heme-binding Z protein (HBP) were reduced by 56% (P less than 0.001; 2-tailed t-test) in early hepatocyte nodules (25 weeks) and hepatocellular carcinomas ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Roomi MW,Vincent SH,Farber E,Muller-Eberhard U

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In all organisms, heat-shock proteins (HSPs) provide an ancient defense system. These proteins act as molecular chaperones by assisting proper folding and refolding of misfolded proteins and aid in the elimination of old and damaged cells. HSPs include Hsp100, Hsp90, Hsp70, Hsp40, and small HSPs. Through its substrate...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kumar S,Stokes J 3rd,Singh UP,Scissum Gunn K,Acharya A,Manne U,Mishra M

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of different sources of dietary protein, fat and carbohydrate on tumor development and on tests relating to cell-mediated immunity were investigated in male BALB/c mice after subcutaneous injection of 8 X 10(4) 1,2-dimethylhydrazine (DMH)-induced colon tumor (no. 51) cells. Results indicated that mice fed ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Nutter RL,Gridley DS,Kettering JD,Andres ML,Aprecio RM,Slater JM

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00