Tumor-initiating activity on mouse skin of bay region diol-epoxides of 5,6-dimethylchrysene and benzo[c]phenanthrene.

abstract：:In vitro activation of benzo[a]pyrene to protein-binding forms was investigated with the following two systems: (1) various fractions of human and rat blood had a potential of activating benzo[a]pyrene to forms binding to proteins in the presence of linoleic or arachidonic acid. Red blood cells activated much more ben...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nemoto N

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spices and flavoring plants part rich in supposedly health-promoting phytochemicals are currently receiving much attention as a possible source of cancer chemopreventive compounds. Clove, the sun-dried unopened flower bud from the plant Syzygium aromaticum L. is a commonly used spice and food flavor. In the present wo...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Banerjee S,Panda CK,Das S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) is known to cause lung tumors in rats. To clarify the mutagenicity of DE, we estimated mutant frequency (MF) and determined the mutation spectra in rat lung after exposure to DE using lambda/lacI transgenic rats (Big Blue system). Male Big Blue rats (6 weeks old) were exposed for 4 week...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sato H,Sone H,Sagai M,Suzuki KT,Aoki Y

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that a variety of human tumor cell lines are capable of preventing chloroethylnitrosourea (CNU)-induced DNA crosslinks, presumably by removing guanine O6-chloroethyl DNA monoadducts before crosslinks can form. Those cells capable of preventing crosslinking were of the Mer+ (Methylation repair) p...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zlotogorski C,Erickson LC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals carrying germline mutations in one allele of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes are at significantly increased risk of developing cancer. Although the increased risk of breast cancer is often highlighted, cancer at several other sites is also considerably more common in these individuals. Here, we discuss existing k...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sowter HM,Ashworth A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that 1- and 3-nitrobenzo[a]pyrene (NBaP) were mutagenic in the Salmonella reversion assay without exogenous activation and that 1-, 3- and 6-NBaP were mutagenic in the presence of hepatocytes or liver homogenate (S9). In the present study, 1-, 3- and 6-NBaP were tested for mutagenicity in C...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hass BS,Heflich RH,Schol HM,Chou MW,Fu PP,Casciano DA

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we have reported the development of a model in vitro system for the study of osteosarcoma. In this system, when chick periosteal explants are infected with Fujinami sarcoma virus (FSV), osteosarcoma-like tissue is formed. In the present study, a series of histopathologic parameters of neoplastic transformat...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Birek C,Pawson T,McCulloch CA,Tenenbaum HC

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant risk factor for lung cancer. One potential mechanism through which COPD contributes to lung cancer development could be through generation of an immunosuppressive microenvironment that allows tumor formation and progression. In this study, we compared the s...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Narayanapillai SC,Han YH,Song JM,Kebede ME,Upadhyaya P,Kassie F

更新日期：2020-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Neurotrophic factors possess an emerging role in the pathophysiology of several gastrointestinal disorders, regulating innervation, pain sensation and disease-associated neuroplasticity. Here, we aimed at characterizing the role of the neurotrophic factor neurturin (NRTN) and its receptor glial-cell-line-der...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang K,Demir IE,D'Haese JG,Tieftrunk E,Kujundzic K,Schorn S,Xing B,Kehl T,Friess H,Ceyhan GO

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nasal passages are a common portal of entry and are a prime site for toxicant-induced pathology. Sustained increases in regenerative cell proliferation can be a significant driving force in chemical carcinogenesis. The atmosphere in Mexico City contains a complex mixture of air pollutants and its residents are exp...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Calderón-Garcidueñas L,Rodriguez-Alcaraz A,Garcia R,Barragan G,Villarreal-Calderón A,Madden MC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Grainyhead-like 2 (GRHL2) is one of the three mammalian homologues of Drosophila Grainyhead involved in epithelial morphogenesis. We recently showed that GRHL2 also controls normal epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation. In this study, we investigated the role of GRHL2 in oral carcinogenesis and the underly...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen W,Yi JK,Shimane T,Mehrazarin S,Lin YL,Shin KH,Kim RH,Park NH,Kang MK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N2-ethylidene-2'-deoxyguanosine (N2-ethylidene-dG) is a major DNA adduct induced by acetaldehyde. Although it is unstable in the nucleoside form, it is relatively stable when present in DNA. In this study, we analyzed three acetaldehyde-derived DNA adducts, N2-ethylidene-dG, N2-ethyl-2'-deoxyguanosine (N2-Et-dG) and a...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Matsuda T,Matsumoto A,Uchida M,Kanaly RA,Misaki K,Shibutani S,Kawamoto T,Kitagawa K,Nakayama KI,Tomokuni K,Ichiba M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7-Methylguanine (7-meG) could be a useful marker of recent past exposure to environmental methylating agents for use in epidemiological studies. A method is described that is appropriate for such an application. 7-meG was released from DNA by thermal hydrolysis under conditions (pH 9, 70 degrees C, 8 h) that preferent...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bianchini F,Montesano R,Shuker DE,Cuzick J,Wild CP

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitrogen heterocycle dibenz[c,h]acridine (DB[c,h]ACR) and the enantiomers of the diastereomeric pair of bay-region 3,4-diol 1, 2-epoxides as well as other bay-region epoxides and dihydrodiol derivatives of this hydrocarbon have been evaluated for tumorigenicity on mouse skin and in the newborn mouse. On mouse skin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chang RL,Wood AW,Kumar S,Lehr RE,Shirai N,Jerina DM,Conney AH

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose and time dependence of the cellular phenotype in preneoplastic and neoplastic liver lesions was evaluated quantitatively in groups of male Sprague-Dawley rats exposed for 7 weeks to 0, 12 and 24 mg/kg body wt of N-nitrosomorpholine (NNM) and studied at different time points up to 80 weeks after withdrawal of ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Weber E,Bannasch P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of the signaling intermediate, EPS8, in tumor progression using a model system and in vivo. HN4 primary tumor cells express low levels of EPS8, similar to normal keratinocytes, and show minimal invasion in vitro in response to epidermal growth factor, whereas HN12 cells express high level...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang H,Patel V,Miyazaki H,Gutkind JS,Yeudall WA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the influence of genetic polymorphisms in the microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEPHX) gene on lung cancer risk in a case-control study of two different ethnic groups, Mexican-Americans and African-Americans. There were 138 lung cancer cases (60 Mexican-American and 78 African-American) and 148 contro...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wu X,Gwyn K,Amos CI,Makan N,Hong WK,Spitz MR

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutagenicity of N-nitroso-N-benzyl-methylamine (NBzMA), N-benzyl-N-nitrosourea (BzNU) and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) in Salmonella typhimurium strains was investigated. BzNU selectively mutated TA100 strain as compared to TA1535, whereas MNU showed an inverse strain response, an effect probably related to the fa...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lin DX,Malaveille C,Park SS,Gelboin HV,Bartsch H

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the human placental form of glutathione S-transferase (GST-pi), an enzyme proposed as a marker for human and experimental neoplasia, was immunohistochemically evaluated in 51 samples of 'normal' and diseased adult human uterine cervix. Five fetal uteri were also studied. GST-pi positivity was detected in...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： de Camargo JL,Tsuda H,Tatematsu M,Rodrigues MA,Yamada M,Tzuji K,Ito N

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common polymorphisms in genes encoding phase I and phase II enzymes are considered to modify lung cancer risk due to changes in enzyme activity. Candidates include genetic variants of glutathione S-transferases (GSTM1, GSTT1 and GSTP1) and myeloperoxidase (MPO). We performed a large case-control study of these candida...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Larsen JE,Colosimo ML,Yang IA,Bowman R,Zimmerman PV,Fong KM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpressed DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) strongly contributes to tumor suppressor gene silencing in colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the underlying mechanism of DNMT1 overexpression is still unclear. MicroRNAs (miRNA) have been implicated as gene regulators controlling diverse biological processes, including car...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang H,Wu J,Meng X,Ying X,Zuo Y,Liu R,Pan Z,Kang T,Huang W

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human XPBC/ERCC-3 DNA repair gene specifically corrects the repair defect of xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) complementation group B and rodent repair mutant cell lines of group 3. The gene encodes a presumed DNA- and chromatin-binding helicase involved in early steps of the excision repair pathway. To study the evolut...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Weeda G,Ma L,van Ham RC,Bootsma D,van der Eb AJ,Hoeijmakers JH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two solid-phase extraction methods were developed for the determination of mutagenic heterocyclic aromatic amines in heated meat products. The copper phthalocyanine (CPC) tandem extraction was performed on coupled cartridges of diatomaceous earth and CPC-derivatized Sephasorb HP, followed by further clean-up on Sephas...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Gross GA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orotic acid, a precursor of pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis and a promoter for liver carcinogenesis, when fed at 1% level in a diet for 5 weeks resulted in liver DNA damage. The damage can be monitored as alkali-labile lesions using alkaline sucrose gradients as well as alkaline elution technique. Furthermore, the ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Rao PM,Rajalakshmi S,Alam A,Sarma DS,Pala M,Parodi S

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes commonly occurs in human cancers via increasing DNA methylation and repressive histone modifications at gene promoters. However, little is known about how pathogenic environmental factors contribute to cancer development by affecting epigenetic regulatory mechanisms. Prev...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen H,Kluz T,Zhang R,Costa M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous non-coding RNAs, which play an essential role in the regulation of gene expression during carcinogenesis. The role of miRNAs in breast cancer has been thoroughly investigated, and although many miRNAs are identified as cancer related, little is known about their involvement in benign ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Tahiri A,Leivonen SK,Lüders T,Steinfeld I,Ragle Aure M,Geisler J,Mäkelä R,Nord S,Riis ML,Yakhini Z,Kleivi Sahlberg K,Børresen-Dale AL,Perälä M,Bukholm IR,Kristensen VN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver microsomes from male Syrian golden hamsters and Sprague Dawley rats metabolize the cis and trans isomers of N-nitroso-2,6-dimethylmorpholine (NNDM) to N-nitroso-(2-hydroxypropyl)(2-oxopropyl)amine (HPOP) as the major product detectable by h.p.l.c. The rates of total metabolism are similar for both the cis and tr...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kokkinakis D,Hollenberg PF,Scarpelli DG

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is a characteristic of cancer cells. Since a coordinated interaction of epithelial tumor cells with stromal cells is a prerequisite for tumor invasion and metastasis, the present study was designed to test the hypothesis that skin-derived tumor cells may modula...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Stuhlmann D,Ale-Agha N,Reinehr R,Steinbrenner H,Ramos MC,Sies H,Brenneisen P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive intermediates (ultimate mutagens/carcinogens) generated by alkylating agents are unstable and difficult to characterize by chemical means. We have used a genetic system to distinguish the in vivo interactions of eight carcinogenic methylating agents and five ethylating agents by the patterns of induced mutati...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Elespuru RK,Stupar LL,Gordon JA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4,4'-Methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) is the most widely used isocyanate in the manufacture of polyurethanes. MDI has been implicated as one of the major causes of occupational asthma. Hydrolysis of MDI can yield 4,4'-methylenedianiline (MDA), which is a suspected human carcinogen. Thus the need to monitor occupat...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sepai O,Henschler D,Sabbioni G

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00