Exploring the role of glucose‑6‑phosphate dehydrogenase in cancer (Review).

abstract：:Mechanisms of synergistic effect of thermotherapy and chemotherapy on human lung adenocarcinoma cell growth are unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate these effects and explore the function of ROS, Akt and caspase-3 in relation to these. A549 cells were subjected to different thermochemotherapy treatmen...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wang L,Liu X,Wu Y,Wu W,Wu Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taxol (paclitaxel) and vinblastine (VBL) are both efficacious chemotherapeutic agents that target the microtubules of tumor cells, but each functions in a mutual antagonistic manner. Op18/stathmin is a small molecular phosphoprotein which promotes depolymerization of microtubules. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) NC...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Shen F,Long D,Yu T,Chen X,Liao Y,Wu Y,Lin X

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-mediated signaling is a newly recognized clinical target in prostate cancer, and it is hypothesized that blockade of the IGF receptor (IGF1R) will impair downstream signaling and slow tumor growth. In this study the efficacy of nordihydroguaiaretic a...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Friedlander TW,Weinberg VK,Huang Y,Mi JT,Formaker CG,Small EJ,Harzstark AL,Lin AM,Fong L,Ryan CJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is a potent chemopreventive and therapeutic agent and exerts its effects by inducing growth arrest. In the present study, we demonstrated that ATRA activated the expression of p53 via Axin and induced cell cycle arrest at the G1/S phase and apoptosis of glioma cells. Briefly, C6 cells we...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Lu J,Zhang F,Yuan Y,Ding C,Zhang L,Li Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) and granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) can mobilize endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in bone marrow cells (BMCs) into peripheral blood (PB) in vivo. Previously, we also reported that macrophage-colony stimulating factor (...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhang Y,Adachi Y,Iwasaki M,Minamino K,Suzuki Y,Nakano K,Koike Y,Mukaide H,Shigematsu A,Kiriyama N,Li C,Ikehara S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of safe, effective radiosensitizing agents is urgently needed to improve the outcome of radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). In this study, we assessed the ability of the polyphenol resveratrol to act as a radiosensitizer in vitro and in vivo. CNE-1 cells were treated with 50 µM resveratrol for ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Tan Y,Wei X,Zhang W,Wang X,Wang K,Du B,Xiao J

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of the specific molecular targets, which underlie liver carcinogenesis is essential for the establishment of an effective strategy for the prevention and/or treatment of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). We previously found that a malfunction of RXRalpha due to its aberrant phosphorylation was assoc...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ando N,Shimizu M,Okuno M,Matsushima-Nishiwaki R,Tsurumi H,Tanaka T,Moriwaki H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparanase is endoglycosidase that degrades heparan sulfate, the main polysaccharide constituent of the extracellular matrix and basement membrane. Heparanase has been thought to have an important role in the process of cancer invasion and metastasis. Recent studies have revealed that heparanase has multifunctional mo...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Naomoto Y,Takaoka M,Okawa T,Nobuhisa T,Gunduz M,Tanaka N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is the major process responsible for the death in cancer patients. In the search for more effective antineoplasic drugs, many substances are under investigation, among them lapachol. This study aims to examine the molecular and morphological alterations caused by lapachol treatment, as well as its effects o...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Balassiano IT,De Paulo SA,Henriques Silva N,Cabral MC,da Gloria da Costa Carvalho M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated metabolism is an emerging hallmark of cancer development, and upregulated lipid synthesis is one of the important tumor metabolic features. However, lipolysis may also contribute to cancer pathogenesis by altering free fatty acid (FFA) metabolism. In the present study, we investigated the importance of th...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hung YH,Chan YS,Chang YS,Lee KT,Hsu HP,Yen MC,Chen WC,Wang CY,Lai MD

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-2 is overexpressed in various types of human tumors, including Burkitt's lymphoma, and it is involved in tumorigenesis and chemoresistance, therefore, it is regarded as a potential target of gene therapy. In this study, RNA interference using short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated R...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Liu Y,Shen Y,Qin C,Shi Y,Rong G,Yu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New therapeutic strategies are needed for colorectal cancer (CRC) treatment. MicroRNAs are involved in cancer‑pertinent cellular processes, including chemoresistance. As miR‑302a is an embryonic stem cell‑specific microRNA, studies on miR‑302a have focused on its role in human stem cells. Studies analyzing miR‑302 fun...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Liu N,Li J,Zhao Z,Han J,Jiang T,Chen Y,Hou N,Huang C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to uncover potential prognostic microRNA (miRNA) markers in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). miRNA expression profile and clinical data were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database. Survival analysis was conducted by Kaplan-Meier method. Then, candidate prog...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hui L,Wu H,Yang N,Guo X,Jang X

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Podoplanin is a 38 kDa mucin-type transmembrane glycoprotein that was first identified in rat glomerular epithelial cells (podocytes). It is expressed in normal lymphatic endothelium, but is absent from vascular endothelial cells. D2-40 is a commercially available mouse monoclonal antibody which binds to an epitope on...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Xu Y,Ogose A,Kawashima H,Hotta T,Ariizumi T,Li G,Umezu H,Endo N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Butyrate was shown to have a preventive effect on colon cancer in vivo. Germinated barley foodstuff (GBF) was in a prebiotic stage and had the potency to attenuate mucosal inflammation and to increase fecal butyrate production in colitis. This study aimed to determine whether the GBF treatment in a colon cancer model ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kanauchi O,Mitsuyama K,Andoh A,Iwanaga T

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the TGF-β superfamily receptors act as master regulators of cancer progression. However, alteration and role of type III TGF-β receptor (TβRIII, or betaglycan) as the most abundant of the TGF-β receptor has not been explored in salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC). Here, we reported that tumo...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Xu D,Li D,Lu Z,Dong X,Wang X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to assess, in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix, the expression of pan-ras, c-myc and tp53 at protein level using an immunohistochemical (IHC) staining method. One hundred and seven patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix were recruited. Fifty-four patients were of stage 1B/2A ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ngan HY,Cheung AN,Liu SS,Cheng DK,Ng TY,Wong LC

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to verify whether histopathological features of extratumoral and of primary tumor breast tissue could play a role in identifying patients with familial characteristics. We examined the clinicopathological features of 504 patients with sporadic or familial breast cancer stratified for risk of ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Mangia A,Tommasi S,Bruno M,Malfettone A,D'Amico C,Zito FA,Paradiso A,Simone G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoke is one of the serious risk factors of gastric cancer. Epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) has been shown to be associated with the initiation and carcinogenesis of gastric cancer. The role of Notch pathway in regulating tobacco smoke-induced EMT has not been investigated. β‑carotene, a carotenoid pre...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Lu L,Chen J,Li M,Tang L,Wu R,Jin L,Liang Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell-specific Moloney murine leukemia virus insertion site 1 (Bmi1) is directly involved in cell growth, proliferation and self-renewal of cancer stem cells (CSCs). The aim of the present study was to assess the role of Bmi1 in the maintenance of stemness properties and tumorigenicity of human bladder CSC-like side ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhu D,Wan X,Huang H,Chen X,Liang W,Zhao F,Lin T,Han J,Xie W

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations of Ras gene families have been found in a variety of human malignancies, including lung cancer, suggesting their dominant role in tumorigenesis. Many studies have showed that the Kras gene is activated by point mutations in approximately 15-20% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs), however, the...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Sasaki H,Okuda K,Kawano O,Endo K,Yukiue H,Yokoyama T,Yano M,Fujii Y

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Frequent metastasis and recurrence are the main reasons for the poor prognosis of PC patients. Thus, the discovery of new biomarkers and wider insights into the mechanisms involved in pancreatic tumorigenesis and metastasis is cruc...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ma D,Jing X,Shen B,Liu X,Cheng X,Wang B,Fu Z,Peng C,Qiu W

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is one of the most common age-related malignancies. The occurrence frequency of prostate cancer is very different according to prostate zones. The prostate stroma is an important element in growth and differentiation of the normal prostate and also has a close relationship to the occurrence of benign p...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhang Y,Nojima S,Nakayama H,Jin Y,Enza H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of Saiboku-to, a traditional Chinese medicine having suppressive activities for leukotriene production and release, on the proliferation of the estrogen-responsive mouse Leydig tumor cell line B-1F. In our previous reports, it is shown that Saiboku-to promotes, but Scutellaria baicalensis, ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Murashima T,Katayama H,Shojiro K,Nishizawa Y

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogene-inducible gene-6 (Mig-6) is involved in the intracellular signaling pathway as an adaptor molecule. Mig-6 expression is rapidly induced upon various kinds of mitogenic and stressful stimulations. We previously demonstrated that Mig-6 expression is induced by activated Ki-ras in human colon cancer cells and th...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Mabuchi R,Sasazuki T,Shirasawa S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase-1 (TK-1) and thymidylate synthase (TS) are key enzymes for salvage and de novo pyrimidine synthesis, respectively. Numerous studies have suggested that increased TS levels are associated closely with resistance to fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy. TAS-102 is a novel drug containing trifluorothymidi...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Shintani M,Urano M,Takakuwa Y,Kuroda M,Kamoshida S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VBP-1 has been isolated as a novel protein binding to the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene product. The fundamental function of the gene was examined in the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans). The C. elegans VBP-1 gene was expressed in adults only in the gonads and was also expressed in early s...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ichimiya H,Hino O,Kohara Y,Ishii N

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that deguelin, one of the compounds of rotenoids from flavonoid family, induced cytotoxic effects through induction of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in many types of human cancer cell lines, but deguelin-affected DNA damage and repair gene expression (mRNA) are not clarified yet. We investigated th...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ji BC,Yu CC,Yang ST,Hsia TC,Yang JS,Lai KC,Ko YC,Lin JJ,Lai TY,Chung JG

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) enzyme is implicated in protection against oxidative stress and carcinogenesis. NQO1 C609T genetic polymorphism was reported to be associated with an increased risk for cancers, including breast cancer. However, there is still lack of evidence whether higher oxidative stress...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Tseng LM,Yin PH,Tsai YF,Chi CW,Wu CW,Lee LM,Lee HC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic anticancer drugs such as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been combined with existing anticancer drugs for synergistic or additive effects. In the present study, we found that a very low concentration of depsipeptide, an HDAC inhibitor, potentiated the antitumor activity of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) i...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Okada K,Hakata S,Terashima J,Gamou T,Habano W,Ozawa S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00