Repurposing metformin, simvastatin and digoxin as a combination for targeted therapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

abstract：:The expression of the WAF1/CIP1 gene product, p21, in enzyme-altered foci (EAF) induced by diethylnitrosamine (DEN) and phenobarbital (PB) was examined. p21 expression in the nucleus of hepatocytes in EAF was decreased compared to surrounding tissue. Fifty-eight percent of all GST-P-positive EAF induced by DEN and 79%...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Martens U,Lennartsson P,Högberg J,Stenius U

更新日期：1996-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard chemotherapy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), nab-paclitaxel (NPT) plus gemcitabine (Gem), has led to an average survival of 8.5 months. Presently, no therapeutics exist that effectively target the KRAS oncogene, activated in 95% of PDACs, but alternative strategies focus on inhibition of downstre...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Awasthi N,Kronenberger D,Stefaniak A,Hassan MS,von Holzen U,Schwarz MA,Schwarz RE

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of leukemic lymphocytes and leukemic myelomonocytic cells bind significantly more cAMP/mg protein than do normal cells. The binding of cAMP in leukemic cells is non-specific since the binders are unable to effectively discriminate between cAMP and cGMP in contrast to normal cells. When normal lymphocytes are ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Weber TH,Linkola J

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed an SV40-derived expression vector containing a mutated albumin minigene of Nagase analbuminemic rats (NAR), and introduced it into cultured cells. Transient expression of the minigene mRNA was determined by RT-PCR. Three kinds of aberrant mRNAs were expressed by the non-hepatic cells COS-1, and the undi...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Sugiyama K,Hitomi Y,Adachi H,Esumi H

更新日期：1994-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 25% of stage III colorectal cancer patients do not benefit from standard adjuvant chemotherapies. To identify biomarkers for nonresponders, fresh-frozen tissues of 19 nonresponders and 16 responders were analyzed with gene expression and microRNA arrays. Fifty-nine genes and 17 miRNAs were differentially...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Dou R,Deng Y,Huang L,Fu S,Tan S,Wang L,Lian L,Fang L,Fan X,Jin G,Liu H,Wang J

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticancer properties of chemically synthesized compounds have continuously been optimized for better efficacy and selectivity. Derivatives of heterocyclic compounds are well known to have selective antiproliferative effect against many types of cancer. In this study, we investigated the ability of an indigenously syn...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Saleh AM,Taha MO,Aziz MA,Al-Qudah MA,AbuTayeh RF,Rizvi SA

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：: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：:Degradation of DNA produces deoxycytidine. Metabolism of deoxycytidine to dCTP inhibits phosphorylation of cytosine arabinoside (araC), fludarabine (FaraA) and 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (CdA) by deoxycytidine kinase. This study measured plasma deoxycytidine in healthy adults and two leukemia patients and then determined ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cohen JD,Strock DJ,Teik JE,Katz TB,Marcel PD

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is the most common osteogenic malignant tumor characterized by a high level of malignancy, relapse, metastasis and poor prognosis. S100A4 has been implicated in the proliferation, cell cycle progression, and metastasis of many malignant tumors, although the roles of S100A4 in osteosarcoma have not been do...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ma X,Yang Y,Wang Y,An G,Lv G

更新日期：2010-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is the second most common primary liver cancer. Appropriate treatment of this aggressive and heterogeneous cancer requires accurate staging and prognostic stratification, as does patient selection for clinical trials. Over the past two decades, several staging systems and prognost...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cheng Z,Lei Z,Shen F

更新日期：2019-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:While the vast majority of cancers are believed to occur sporadically, most forms of cancer, both adult and paediatric, have a hereditary equivalent. In the case of adult malignancies, these include hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and syndromes such as the multiple endocrine neoplasias types 1 and 2 characterised...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Marsh D,Zori R

更新日期：2002-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut microbiota forms a symbiotic relationship with the host and benefits the body in many critical aspects of life. However, immune system defects, alterations in the gut microbiota and environmental changes can destroy this symbiotic relationship and may lead to diseases, including cancer. Due to the anatomic and...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhou A,Tang L,Zeng S,Lei Y,Yang S,Tang B

更新日期：2020-04-01 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 role of the gastrointestinal microflora in the nitrate-dependent formation of nitrosoproline was assessed in control and antibiotic-treated rats. Urinary nitrosoproline excretion as an index of in vivo nitrosamine formation was shown to be unaffected by bacterial decontamination of the alimentary tract, and procee...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Mallett AK,Rowland IR,Cottrell RC,Gangolli SD

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of consumption of Brussels sprouts on the excretion of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) into human urine was investigated. Ten non-smoking volunteers (five males and five females) were randomly assigned to two groups. Five volunteers started on a diet of 300 g of glucosinolate-free vegetables w...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Verhagen H,de Vries A,Nijhoff WA,Schouten A,van Poppel G,Peters WH,van den Berg H

更新日期：1997-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been nearly 9years since the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved the first anti-angiogenic drug (bevacizumab) for treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Other angiogenic inhibitors have since been approved or are in different stages of clinical trials. However, continued clinical and preclinical inv...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Shojaei F

更新日期：2012-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The human c-myb gene which encodes a DNA binding protein and which is rarely amplified in neoplastic cells was found to be altered in four human glioblastoma cell lines. It exists in multiple copies in 2 out of 4 cases studied. The degree of amplification as determined by densitometry was about 10-fold, a rearrangemen...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Welter C,Henn W,Theisinger B,Fischer H,Zang KD,Blin N

更新日期：1990-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation of the CpG-rich 5' region of the deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) gene is potentially involved in the suppression of the gene and the resistance of tumour cells to arabinosylcytosine (ara-C). 2-Chlorodeoxyadenosine (cladribine, CdA) and 2-chloro-2'-arabino-fluoro-2'-deoxyadenosine (CAFdA) are purine nucleosi...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Leegwater PA,De Abreu RA,Albertioni F

更新日期：1998-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficient DNA repair mechanisms comprise a critical component in the protection against human cancer, as indicated by the high predisposition to cancer of individuals with germ-line mutations in DNA repair genes. This includes biallelic germ-line mutations in the MUTYH gene, encoding a DNA glycosylase that is involved...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Paz-Elizur T,Sevilya Z,Leitner-Dagan Y,Elinger D,Roisman LC,Livneh Z

更新日期：2008-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer results from the interaction of multiple aberrations including activation of dominant oncogenes and upregulation of signal transduction pathways. Identification of the genes involved in malignant transformation is a pre-requisite for understanding cancer and improving its diagnosis and treatment. Quite a few of...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Katzav S

更新日期：2007-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of the carcinogen 2-acetylaminofluorene (2AAF) administration on splenic natural killer (NK) cell function in two strains of rats has been examined and compared with that of the non-carcinogenic analogue 4-acetylaminofluorene (4AAF). In both strains it was observed that daily exposure to 25 mg kg-1 2AAF ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kimber I,Griffin AC,Jones K

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We generated mice expressing a COX-2 transgene in colon epithelium and found that they did not develop spontaneous colon tumors. But when treated with azoxymethane, a colon carcinogen, COX-2 mice had a higher tumor load compared to wild-type mice. There was no change in the number of pre-neoplastic lesions, indicating...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Al-Salihi MA,Terrece Pearman A,Doan T,Reichert EC,Rosenberg DW,Prescott SM,Stafforini DM,Topham MK

更新日期：2009-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study characterizes the second hit spectrum in BRCA1 and BRCA2-associated breast and ovarian cancers at both gene loci to investigate if second hit mechanisms are mutually exclusive or able to coincide within the same tumor. METHODS:Loss of heterozygosity, somatic point mutations and copy number altera...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Van Heetvelde M,Van Bockstal M,Poppe B,Lambein K,Rosseel T,Atanesyan L,Deforce D,Van Den Berghe I,De Leeneer K,Van Dorpe J,Vral A,Claes KBM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of bile acids on the formation of azoxymethane induced aberrant crypt foci (ACF) was investigated using the fecal stream-excluded colons of colostomized F344 rats. The excluded colon was irrigated with saline or bile acids (1 mg/0.5 ml per day, 5 days/week) for 4 weeks. The mean numbers of ACF per colon in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lin CX,Umemoto A,Seraj MJ,Mimura S,Monden Y

更新日期：2001-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factors (TGFs) are implicated in malignancy, therefore qualitative and quantitative differences of these growth factors in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in chronic phase has been investigated in this report. Induction of anchorage independent growth of BALB/c 3T3 and NRK-49F fibroblasts was us...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kothari V,Advani SH,Rao SG

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide synthase (NOS), an important bioregulator of a variety of biological processes, is overexpressed in colonic tumors of humans and rodents. In this study, effects of L-N(G)-nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME), a NOS inhibitor, on development of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) induced by azoxymethane (AOM) in F344...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kawamori T,Takahashi M,Watanabe K,Ohta T,Nakatsugi S,Sugimura T,Wakabayashi K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene amplification has been found to be biologically important in cancer. We report a complementary DNA sequence obtained using a subtractive hybridization approach which is frequently and highly amplified in human gliomas. 39/45 (87%) glial tumor specimens (of pathologically low and high grade) revealed increases in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Liang BC,Hays L

更新日期：1996-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Enormous efforts have been made to explore small molecules that interfere with the TGF-β signaling pathway, so as to inhibit EMT and the cancer metastasis, but few agents have been identified. In this study, we demonstrated that Nutlin-3 could abolish the down-regulation of E-cadherin induced by TGF-β1 in p53-deficien...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wu Y,Fu Y,Zheng L,Lin G,Ma J,Lou J,Zhu H,He Q,Yang B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biological characteristic cell locomotion and invasion, melanin content, metalloproteinases and telomerase activity were studied in a parental mouse melanoma cell line B16 and two descendents B16BL6 and B16F10. The invasive potential of melanoma cells was assayed in a transwell cell culture chamber. Melanin conten...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhao W,Liu H,Xu S,Entschladen F,Niggemann B,Zänker KS,Han R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00