Trophic and neurotrophic factors in human pituitary adenomas (Review).

abstract：:Autocrine/paracrine stimulation of KIT has been observed in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) cell lines. We investigated the expression of KIT and stem cell factor (SCF) in CRC in comparison with premalignant colon lesions and normal colonic mucosa to assess the prognostic and therapeutic relevance of this receptor/ligand s...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Bellone G,Smirne C,Carbone A,Buffolino A,Scirelli T,Prati A,Solerio D,Pirisi M,Valente G,Nano M,Emanuelli G

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) require chemotherapy that is effective and minimally toxic. We evaluated the activity of a combination of vinorelbine and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)/UFT (a fixed combination of tegafur and uracil) in vitro and in vivo to establish a rationale for clinical us...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Matsumoto S,Igishi T,Hashimoto K,Kodani M,Shigeoka Y,Nakanishi H,Touge H,Kurai J,Makino H,Takeda K,Yasuda K,Hitsuda Y,Shimizu E

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically engineered stem cells (GESTECs) producing suicide enzymes and immunotherapeutic cytokines have therapeutic effects on tumors, and may possibly reduce the side effects of toxic drugs used for treatments. Suicide enzymes can convert non-toxic pro-drugs to toxic metabolites that can reduce tumor growth. Cytos...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kim KY,Yi BR,Lee HR,Kang NH,Jeung EB,Kim SU,Choi KC

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract. The gestational trophoblastic diseases (GTD) are uncommon complications of pregnancy. The UK GTD registration scheme offers specialist facilities for screening and treatment. In Sheffield about 5% of all patients monitored require chemotherapy. The successful treatment - almost 100% cure - of these patients ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Sheridan E,Hancock B,Smith S,Dorreen M,Neal F,Pennington G,Millar D

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignancy of the bone. There have been some advances in surgical and chemotherapeutic strategies, but it is still a tumor with a high mortality rate in children and young adults. Mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal regulated...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Si H,Peng C,Li J,Wang X,Zhai L,Li X,Li J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic administration of 17 beta-estradiol to male Syrian hamsters for at least six months induces estrogen-dependent kidney tumors, which express high levels of c-fos mRNA compared to surrounding renal or control tissues. We have investigated the cellular localization of c-Fos oncoprotein in these tissues and studie...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Bhat H,Hacker H,Thompson E,Liehr J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human teratocarcinoma cell line (Tera 2) could be stimulated to a moderate increase in cell number in serum-free medium by addition of 5 ng leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)/ml. However this effect was only observed in short term (24 h) cultures. By comparing cell numbers with thymidine incorporation data and propo...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Granerus M,Bierke P,Engstrom W

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most malignant tumors have a defect in the Rb pathway that allows them to proliferate autonomously, unrestricted by the availability of mitogens and growth factors. This defect preconditions tumor cells to be less sensitive to inhibitors of growth factor receptors and/or signal transduction pathways that arrest normal...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Du L,Smolewski P,Bedner E,Traganos F,Darzynkiewicz Z

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor gene product p53 has been detected in a high percentage of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. To evaluate the role of this protein in carcinogenesis, we examined the p53 overexpression both in esophageal dysplasia and in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the same patients. Using anti-p53 anti...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Maruyama K,Shiozaki H,Shimaya K,Inoue M,Iwazawa T,Matsui S,Mori T

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a major cause of cancer deaths. Concurrent administration of radiation and chemotherapy is the treatment of choice for advanced NPC. Previously, we showed that apogossypolone (ApoG2) induced apoptosis by blocking the binding of Bcl-2 to Bax, arresting the cell cycle in the S phase, in...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： He JH,Liao XL,Wang W,Li DD,Chen WD,Deng R,Yang D,Han ZP,Jiang JW,Zhu XF

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. We have previously reported that LASP-1 is a downstream protein of the urokinase type plasminogen activator (uPA). Here we investigated the role of LASP-1 in HCC by a molecular and biological characterization of LASP-1...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Salvi A,Bongarzone I,Ferrari L,Abeni E,Arici B,De Bortoli M,Scuri S,Bonini D,Grossi I,Benetti A,Baiocchi G,Portolani N,De Petro G

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibin and activin, members of transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) superfamily, have been localized immunohistochemically in fetal bovine heart endothelial cells (FBHE), suggesting that these cells produce inhibin/activin proteins. In addition, the mRNAs coding for alpha-, and beta A-subunits of inhibin/activi...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Ying S,Zhang Z

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous resistance of cancer cells to multiple cytotoxic drugs, multidrug resistance (MDR), is the major limitation to the successful chemotherapeutic treatment of disseminated neoplasms. The 'classical' MDR phenotype is conferred by MDR1/P-glycoprotein (MDR1/P-gp) that is expressed in almost 50% of human cancers...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kaszubiak A,Holm PS,Lage H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ninety-four human non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC) of previously untreated patients were analyzed for the presence of metallothionein (MT) expression by means of immunohistochemistry. Of the tumors investigated, expression of MT was detected in 63%. The expression of MT was correlated with the results of doxorub...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Mattern J,Volm M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is an established treatment modality for bone sarcomas such as osteosarcoma (OS). However, the use of chemotherapy in high-grade soft tissue sarcomas remains controversial, with the most active chemotherapeutic agent, doxorubicin (DOX), reported to have a response rate of, at best only 34% and most studie...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Bouralexis S,Clayer M,Atkins GJ,Labrinidis A,Hay S,Graves S,Findlay DM,Evdokiou A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA or miR) inhibition of oncogenic related pathways has been shown to be a promising therapeutic approach for cancer. SIRT1 might be a promoter factor on tumorigenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the mechanism is unknown. We investigated whether miRNAs regulate the SIRT1 and its downstream...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Zhang H,Feng Z,Huang R,Xia Z,Xiang G,Zhang J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lin28 is a family of RNA binding proteins and microRNA regulators. Two members of this family have been identified: Lin28A and Lin28B, which are encoded by genes localized in different chromosomes but share a high degree of sequence identity. The role of Lin28B in androgen-independent prostate cancer (AIPC) is not wel...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Borrego-Diaz E,Powers BC,Azizov V,Lovell S,Reyes R,Chapman B,Tawfik O,McGregor D,Diaz FJ,Wang X,Veldhuizen PV

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer treatment mainly results from drug resistance to androgen receptor antagonists. Although an aberrant caveolin‑1 (Cav‑1) expression has been reported in multiple tumor cell lines, it is unknown whether it is responsible for the progression of castration‑res...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Gao Y,Li L,Li T,Ma L,Yuan M,Sun W,Cheng HL,Niu L,Du Z,Quan Z,Fan Y,Fan J,Luo C,Wu X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoroquinolone antibiotics induce cytotoxicity in various cancer cell lines and may therefore represent a potentially important source of novel anticancer agents. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of ciprofloxacin on the viability, redox balance, apoptosis, expression of p53, Bax and Bcl-2, cell ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Beberok A,Wrześniok D,Rok J,Rzepka Z,Respondek M,Buszman E

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifying effects of dietary administration of capsaicin, which is the principal pungent capsicum fruit, and rotenone, which is a naturally occurring pesticide derived from Derris and Lonchorcarpus species, on azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon tumorigenesis were investigated in male F344 rats. Gavage with capsaicin...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Yoshitani SI,Tanaka T,Kohno H,Takashima S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) patients initially respond to conventional therapy, however, many develop resistance and have recurrences. We have reported in other tumors that the transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) is a resistant factor and, thus, we hypothesized that YY1 may be over-expressed in MM. Significantly, higher e...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Huerta-Yepez S,Liu H,Baritaki S,Del Lourdes Cebrera-Muñoz M,Rivera-Pazos C,Maldonado-Valenzuela A,Valencia-Hipolito A,Vega MI,Chen H,Berenson JR,Bonavida B

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are potentially mutagenic/carcinogenic lesions. Induction of DSBs triggers phosphorylation of histone H2AX on Ser-139. Phosphorylated H2AX (gammaH2AX) can be detected immunocytochemically, and the intensity of gammaH2AX immunofluorescence (IF), reflecting the number of gammaH2AX-IF foci...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Albino AP,Huang X,Jorgensen ED,Gietl D,Traganos F,Darzynkiewicz Z

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of the current mechanisms identified as associated with the expression of multidrug resistance is provided. The clinical relevance of multidrug resistance associated with the overexpression of the three major drug resistance-associated proteins namely, P-glycoprotein, MRP and/or LRP, is discussed. Alternat...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Hill B

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New aromatase inhibitors are an exciting treatment option for postmenopausal women with hormone sensitive breast cancer. They have been shown to reduce tumors in a significant number of patients, and exhibit definite antitumor activity at a relatively low daily dose, and are highly potent, highly selective, and well-t...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Crucitta E,Lorusso V,Attolico M,Sambiasi D,Mazzei A,De Lena M

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peyronie's disease (PD) is fibrosis localized in the tunica albuginea that is characterized by penile deformity and curvature. The pathogenesis of this disease remains unclear even though transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)/smad signalling has been reported to be associated with PD. Recent studies have shown that pho...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Jung KH,Ryu YL,Lee HS,Lee H,Son MK,Yan HH,Hong SW,Ryu JK,Hong S,Suh JK,Hong SS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play a key role in events related to tumor cell invasion and growth. Therefore, we examined tumor tissue samples from 12 individuals with invasive breast cancer for the expression and localization of MMP-1, -2, -3 and -9. These were detected by immunohistochemistry. Simultaneously in t...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Bachmeier BE,Rohrbach H,De Waal J,Jochum M,Nerlich AG

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are malignant brain tumors thought to arise through multi-step tumorigenesis, involving both the activation of oncogenes and the loss of tumor suppressor genes. The cyclin D1 gene encodes a proto-oncogenic cell cycle regulator implicated in the pathogenesis of several types of cancer, including gliomas. Northe...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Maxwell M,Galanopoulos T,Antoniades H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is an important prognosis factor in lung cancer, therefore, it is imperative to identify target molecules and elucidate molecular mechanism of metastasis for developing new therapeutics and diagnosis methods. We searched for metastasis-related proteins by utilizing a novel antibody proteome technology devel...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Nagano K,Imai S,Zhao X,Yamashita T,Yoshioka Y,Abe Y,Mukai Y,Kamada H,Nakagawa S,Tsutsumi Y,Tsunoda S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that the tumor microenvironment plays a major role in the aggressive behavior of malignant solid tumors. Among cell types associated with tumor microenvironment, tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are the most influential for tumor progression. Breast cancer is characterized by having a large p...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Obeid E,Nanda R,Fu YX,Olopade OI

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:m-Chloroperoxybenzoic acid (CPBA),which induces ornithine decarboxylase activity as much as 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), was tested for its ability to induce DNA synthesis, hydroperoxide (HPx) production, and tumor promotion in mouse epidermis in vivo. After an early inhibition, CPBA stimulates DNA synt...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Chen G,Perchellet E,Gao X,Johnson F,Davis A,Newell S,Hemingway R,Bottari V,Perchellet J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00