Further investigations into the effect of non-benzo ring bay-region methyl substituents on tumor-initiating activity of polycyclic hydrocarbons.

abstract：:Imatinib has revolutionized treatment strategies for chronic myeloid leukemia patients: long-term overall survival was reported to be up to 80% at 8 years of follow-up in respondent patients. Despite the straightforward results obtained, it has been estimated a failure rate per year of 2-4%. Several attempts to improv...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Breccia M,Alimena G

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we aimed to establish a platinum-based chemotherapy response and toxicity prediction model in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. 416 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 185 genes were genotyped, and their association with drug response and toxicity were estimated using logistic ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Yin JY,Li X,Li XP,Xiao L,Zheng W,Chen J,Mao CX,Fang C,Cui JJ,Guo CX,Zhang W,Gao Y,Zhang CF,Chen ZH,Zhou H,Zhou HH,Liu ZQ

更新日期：2016-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, Tbx3, a member of the T-box family of transcription factors, was identified as an up-regulated gene by mRNA differential display in the regression (apoptosis) stage after uracil-induction of papillomatosis in the rat urinary bladder. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that apoptosis cells are ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ito A,Asamoto M,Hokaiwado N,Takahashi S,Shirai T

更新日期：2005-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometrial cancer is the leading gynecologic cancer in women in the United States with 52,630 women predicted to be diagnosed with the disease in 2014. The objective of this study was to determine if progesterone (P4) receptor membrane component 1 (PGRMC1) influenced endometrial cancer cell viability in response to c...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Friel AM,Zhang L,Pru CA,Clark NC,McCallum ML,Blok LJ,Shioda T,Peluso JJ,Rueda BR,Pru JK

更新日期：2015-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascorbate anion and glutathione were found to inhibit the aqueous reaction between nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and morpholine (MOR) and thereby prevented the formation of N-nitrosomorpholine (NMOR) and N-nitromorpholine (NTMOR) at both pH 7.4 and 12.5. These antioxidants are approximately 3 orders of magnitude more reactiv...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cooney RV,Ross PD,Bartolini GL

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary liver cancer is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accounts for over 85% of all primary liver cancers. The clinical management of advanced and metastatic HCC is challenging on many counts. Besides largely occurs within a background of underlying chronic liver disease and ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hui KM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel second generation retroviral producer cell strategy (an adenoviral/retroviral combined delivery system) has been developed by this laboratory. In the present studies, this delivery system was used to examine its delivery efficiency in vitro and in vivo by using a marker gene, LacZ, and a therapeutic gene, herp...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Pan Y,Zhai P,Dashti AM,Wu S,Lin X,Wu M

更新日期：2002-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:A RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (RTase) was purified from human osteosarcoma tissue by successive column chromatography of the microsomal fraction on DEAE-cellulose (DE-23 and DE-52) and phosphocellulose. The purified enzyme has a molecular weight of about 68,000, a pH optimum of 8.1, a Mg2+ optimum of 0.8 mM, Mn2+ opt...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ebener U,Welte K,Chandra P

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the roles of Bmi-1 in colorectal carcinoma, we examined the expression of Bmi-1 in 41 samples out of 46 colorectal carcinomas by reverse transcription-PCR, whereas all 46 were analyzed by immunostaining. In addition, we analyzed the expression patterns of Bmi-1 in association with p16INK4a and p14ARF (in mo...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kim JH,Yoon SY,Kim CN,Joo JH,Moon SK,Choe IS,Choe YK,Kim JW

更新日期：2004-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring angiogenesis is potentially an effective strategy for the early detection of cancer. In this study, early detection was achieved by evaluating blood vessel density in the liver using a three-dimensional contrast-enhanced high-frequency ultrasound (CE-HFUS) system and Sonazoid microbubbles. Three-dimensional...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Horie S,Chen R,Li L,Mori S,Kodama T

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most lethal cancers mainly due to the high rate of metastasis. Here, we find that the expression level of CD100 in HNSCC is positively correlated with the T category, pathological grade and lymph node metastasis of the tumor. The level of soluble CD100 (sCD10...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhang C,Qiao H,Guo W,Liu Y,Yang L,Liu Y,Jin B,Fu M,Wang G,Li W

更新日期：2019-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hepatoma cell lines were incubated for 72 h with ATRA and its analog 13cisRA and according to MTT assay, Hep3B cells were highly susceptible whereas HepG2 cells were more resistant to the treatment. At the high concentration of 166 microM, retinoids were able to induce apoptosis in both cell lines and the highest ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Arce F,Gätjens-Boniche O,Vargas E,Valverde B,Díaz C

更新日期：2005-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of HeLa cells with the polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and/or methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) (MGBG) results in marked depression in levels of the cellular polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine. Cells in this polyamine-depleted state exhibited increased sensitivit...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Snyder RD,Bhatt S

更新日期：1993-08-16 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：:Aberrant activation of mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), caused by loss or inactivation of TSC1/TSC2 protein complex, leads to negative feedback inhibition of Akt. The exact mechanisms of this process are still not fully understood. Here we present evidence for the involvement of STAT3, a known mTORC1 ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zha X,Hu Z,He S,Wang F,Shen H,Zhang H

更新日期：2011-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:By virtue of being a localized treatment modality, radiotherapy is unable to deliver a tumoricidal radiation dose to tissues outside of the irradiated field. Nevertheless, ionizing radiation may result in radiation damage mediated by a bystander like effect away from the irradiated field, but this response is likely t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hanna GG,Coyle VM,Prise KM

更新日期：2015-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cucurbitacin B is a natural anti-cancer compound found in Cucurbitaceae. Although the anti-cancer activity of cucurbitacin B in human leukemia cells has been reported, the underlining mechanism is still unclear. To clarify its anti-cancer activity and the mechanism of action, five different leukemia cell lines (CCRF-C...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chan KT,Li K,Liu SL,Chu KH,Toh M,Xie WD

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of gadolinium neutron-capture therapy (Gd-NCT) for cancer was evaluated using chitosan nanoparticles as a novel gadolinium device. The nanoparticles, incorporating 1200 microg of natural gadolinium, were administered intratumorally twice in mice bearing subcutaneous B16F10 melanoma. The thermal neutron i...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tokumitsu H,Hiratsuka J,Sakurai Y,Kobayashi T,Ichikawa H,Fukumori Y

更新日期：2000-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:miRNAs are small, non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional and translational levels. miRNA-451 was previously reported to be down-regulated in gastric and colorectal cancers. Here, we showed that miRNA-451 expression decreased in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues an...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wang XC,Tian LL,Jiang XY,Wang YY,Li DG,She Y,Chang JH,Meng AM

更新日期：2011-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple therapeutic strategies have been developed to treat pancreatic cancer. However, the outcomes of these approaches are disappointing. Due to deeper understandings of the pivotal roles of the immune system in pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis and progression, novel therapeutic strategies based on immune cells and ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Xu JW,Wang L,Cheng YG,Zhang GY,Hu SY,Zhou B,Zhan HX

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and the involvement of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) in tumor initiation and progression, and chemo-resistance are documented. Herein, we functionally analyzed melanoma stem-like cells (MSC)/CD133(+) cells on their resistance and response to taxol-induced apoptosis. Besides being taxol resistant, the CD13...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： El-Khattouti A,Selimovic D,Haïkel Y,Megahed M,Gomez CR,Hassan M

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:The incidence and pattern of ras oncogene mutations in human malignancies demonstrate geographic and racial differences. For example, specificity of alterations is found in cholangiocellular carcinomas in Thai patients with a different etiology from those in Japanese patients. In the present study, a comparison of ras...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Naito H,Pairojkul C,Kitahori Y,Yane K,Miyahara H,Konishi N,Matsunaga T,Hiasa Y

更新日期：1998-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) technique was used to generate a database of the most abundant transcripts of the MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma cell line IMR-5. A total of 8568 tags were sequenced and shown to represent 4034 unique tags, each of which corresponds to an individual transcript. Expression le...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fischer M,Berthold F

更新日期：2003-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhanced c-erbB-2/neu expression has been linked with a poor prognosis in human bladder cancer. Previous reports have shown that a point mutation at nucleotide T2012 in the coding region of the transmembrane domain of the rat gene is sufficient to confer transformation potential on this gene. We examined the comparati...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Mann AM,Asamoto M,Masui T,Macatee T,Eklund SH,Cohen SM

更新日期：1994-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovery of activating mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) as a predictive biomarker for first-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has initiated an era of precision oncology for the treatment of advanced EGFR-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite the robust efficacy of firs...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhang YC,Zhou Q,Wu YL

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpes simplex virus was grown in different lines of human tumor and normal cells. The progeny virus was assayed for resistance to iododeoxycytidine, an indicator of a forward mutation in the virus genome. Virus grown in cells from 4 of 5 tumor lines demonstrated greater fractions mutated to iododeoxycytidine resistan...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Bockstahler LE,Lytle CD,Lubiniecki AS,Cantwell JM,Galleshaw JA

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By comparing protein profiles of nasopharyngeal carcinoma HONE1 cells to transformed nasopharyngeal epithelial NP 69 cells, several clusters of differentially expressed proteins were identified. The increased expression of cytokeratin 8 (CK8) and pyruvate kinase M2 was a common feature in four NPC cell lines compared ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wang Y,He QY,Tsao SW,Cheung YH,Wong A,Chiu JF

更新日期：2008-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor angiogenesis has been found to be prognostically significant in many types of malignant tumors. We assessed tumor vascularity in 43 cases of histologically proven primary fallopian tube cancer, FIGO stage I-IV, using the highly specific endothelial cell marker CD34. Microvessel count was determined by counting C...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Bancher-Todesca D,Rosen A,Graf A,Wasicky R,Hohlagschwandtner M,Rebhandl W,Heinze G,Breitenecker G,Gitsch G,Obermair A

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression has been observed in various types of cancer. Induction of COX-2 expression has been reported to increase invasiveness and angiogenesis of tumours. While COX-2 overexpression has been repeatedly proven to promote tumor growth, little is known about what initiates its induct...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cressey R,Pimpa S,Tontrong W,Watananupong O,Leartprasertsuke N

更新日期：2006-02-28 00:00:00