Using cells devoid of RAS proteins as tools for drug discovery.

abstract：:The identification of cancer-associated long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and the investigation of their molecular and biological functions are vital for understanding the molecular biology and progression of cancer. The lncRNA-LET, a newly identified lncRNA, was demonstrated to be down-regulated in hepatocellular cancer...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Ma MZ,Kong X,Weng MZ,Zhang MD,Qin YY,Gong W,Zhang WJ,Quan ZW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinoma accounts for ∼40% of lung cancer, equating to ∼88 500 new patients in 2015, most of who will succumb to this disease, thus, the public health burden is evident. Unfortunately, few early biomarkers as well as effective therapies exist, hence the need for novel targets in lung cancer treatment. We previou...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Bauer AK,Velmurugan K,Xiong KN,Alexander CM,Xiong J,Brooks R

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human p53 gene, a putative tumor suppressor gene, has a polymorphism in amino acid residue 72. We recently developed a method of detecting codon 72 polymorphism in this gene by digestion of polymerase chain reaction-amplified DNA using an allele-specific restriction endonuclease. This polymorphism allows the ident...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Oka K,Ishikawa J,Bruner JM,Takahashi R,Saya H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (IQ), a food carcinogen formed in cooked meats, can induce gene mutation at the hprt locus of CHO-K1 cells in the presence of hepatic S9 mix. To elucidate the molecular nature of IQ-induced mutation, we characterized the entire coding region of the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl-tr...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Lee H,Shih MK

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports on the association of TP53 polymorphisms with oral cancer are not only limited but also not specific to site and/or gender. Hence, we examined the effect of TP53 polymorphisms (EX4 215G>C, IVS3+40-41ins16 and IVS6+62G>A) on buccal mucosa cancer (BMC) and tongue cancer (TC) risk, survival of patients in relatio...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Nagam SL,Katta S,Prasad VV

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies with murine models suggest that maternal exposure to aromatic hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonists may impair mammary gland differentiation and increase the susceptibility to mammary carcinogenesis in offspring. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for these perturbations remain largely unknown. Previo...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Papoutsis AJ,Selmin OI,Borg JL,Romagnolo DF

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzo[alpha]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide (B[a]PDE), the major metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), shows an ultimate complete carcinogen in various animals and is a causative agent for human cancers. However, its effects on the activation of signal pathways and the expression of genes involved in its carcinogenic eff...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Ouyang W,Ma Q,Li J,Zhang D,Ding J,Huang Y,Xing MM,Huang C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:O6-Alkylguanine is a major toxic, mutagenic, and carcinogenic lesion in cellular DNA that is repaired by O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (ATase). The expression of this gene is directly related to the cellular sensitivity of alkylating agents, with levels of this protein varying widely among human organs, tumors,...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Wani G,D'Ambrosio SM

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if hemizygous transgenic mice carrying the human c-Ha-ras gene (CB6F1-Tg Hras2 mice (Hras2 mice)) are susceptible to the carcinogenic potential of known murine carcinogens, male and female Hras2 mice and their non-transgenic CB6F1 littermates (non-Tg mice) were each given a single intraperitoneal injectio...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Mitsumori K,Wakana S,Yamamoto S,Kodama Y,Yasuhara K,Nomura T,Hayashi Y,Maronpot RR

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FAM134B is an autophagy regulator of endoplasmic reticulum and acts as a cancer suppressor in colon cancer. However, the molecular signaling pathways by which FAM134B interacts within colon carcinogenesis is still unknown. Herein, this study aims to determine the interacting partners of FAM134B for the first time in c...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Islam F,Chaousis S,Wahab R,Gopalan V,Lam AK

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tocopherols, the major forms of vitamin E, are a family of fat-soluble compounds that exist in alpha (α-T), beta (β-T), gamma (γ-T), and delta (δ-T) variants. A cancer preventive effect of vitamin E is suggested by epidemiological studies. However, past animal studies and human intervention trials with α-T, the most a...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Chen JX,Liu A,Lee MJ,Wang H,Yu S,Chi E,Reuhl K,Suh N,Yang CS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The abnormal expression of adipocyte enhancer binding protein 1 (AEBP1) has been implicated in the carcinogenesis and progression of various types of human tumors. However, the role of AEBP1 in colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) remains largely unelucidated. In this study, we explored the clinical significance and biological...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Xing Y,Zhang Z,Chi F,Zhou Y,Ren S,Zhao Z,Zhu Y,Piao D

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction of energy intake has a profound inhibitory effect on carcinogenesis, yet the mechanism or mechanisms that account for this effect are unknown. In this experiment, the hypothesis tested was that energy restriction upregulates the expression of p27/kip1, a gene product associated with cell-cycle growth a...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhu Z,Jiang W,Thompson HJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid hormones are strong inhibitors of normal keratinocyte proliferation, but established mouse skin papillomas and carcinomas become resistant to these hormones. The biological effect of glucocorticoids is mediated through a highly specific glucocorticoid receptor (GR). To study the possible mechanisms of g...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Spiegelman VS,Budunova IV,Carbajal S,Slaga TJ

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been established that retinoids exert some of their effects on cell differentiation and malignant phenotype reversion through the interaction with different members of the protein kinase C (PKC) family. Till nowadays the nature and extension of this interaction is not well understood. Due to the cytostatic and ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Berardi DE,Bessone MI,Motter A,Bal de Kier Joffé ED,Urtreger AJ,Todaro LB

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decrease in the intracellular concentrations of the transcripts for some tumor suppressor genes has been found during murine lung tumorigenesis; for p15INK4b and p16INK4a, this was due to homozygous deletions. We report here a decrease in the mRNA levels of the mutated in colorectal cancer (Mcc) and adenomatous poly...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Oreffo VI,Robinson S,You M,Wu MC,Malkinson AM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells mainly rely on glycolysis for energetic needs, and mitochondrial ATP production is almost inactive. However, cancer cells require the integrity of mitochondrial functions for their survival, such as the maintenance of the internal membrane potential gradient (DeltaPsim). It thus may be predicted that Delt...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Loiseau D,Morvan D,Chevrollier A,Demidem A,Douay O,Reynier P,Stepien G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the progeny of isolated mouse embryo fibroblasts acquire the ability to grow indefinitely during cultivation, presumably through some mutational events. The relevance of p53 mutations and loss of heterozygosity to the mechanism of such immortal growth capability remains controversial. Since four bases in intro...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Tokumitsu M,Kadohama T,Ogawa K

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of telomerase as an essential requirement for the neoplastic conversion of human cells has been controversial. In the model of conversion of normal human cells to cancer cells by the combination of simian virus 40 (SV40) early region genes and oncogenic Ras (H-Ras(G12V)), telomerase (hTERT) was originally des...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Liang S,Kahlenberg MS,Rousseau DL Jr,Hornsby PJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is known that cells transformed by ras and other oncogenes show reduced gap junction function, to date there has been no investigation of the quantitative relationship between intracellular levels of ras oncoprotein and loss of cell-cell communication. Using the rat liver epithelial cell line MTR6, which c...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： de Feijter AW,Trosko JE,Krizman DB,Lebovitz RM,Lieberman MW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Hydroxyanthraquinone (1-HA), which is present in some herbs, and methylazoxymethanol (MAM) acetate, a metabolite of azoxymethane, show synergistic carcinogenicity in rat colon, and 1-HA induces ulcerative changes with simultaneous severe inflammation of the entire colon. In this study, mutations in Ki-ras (exons 1 a...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Suzui M,Yoshimi N,Ushijima T,Hirose Y,Makita H,Wang A,Kawamori T,Tanaka T,Mori H,Nagao M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patulin (PAT), a present day major contaminant of commercial apple and apple products is reported to be carcinogenic, embryotoxic, and immunotoxic. While oral and inhalation are considered to be the most prevalent routes of exposure to this toxin, exposure through skin is now being extensively investigated. Our previo...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Alam S,Pal A,Kumar R,Dwivedi PD,Das M,Ansari KM

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the in vitro effects of pyrogallol on cell growth, cell cycle regulation, and apoptosis in HeLa cells. Pyrogallol inhibited the growth of HeLa cells with an IC(50) of approximately 45 microM. Pyrogallol induced arrest during all phases of the cell cycle and also very efficiently resulted in apoptosis i...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kim SW,Han YW,Lee ST,Jeong HJ,Kim SH,Kim IH,Lee SO,Kim DG,Kim SH,Kim SZ,Park WH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown that aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression is associated with the development and progression of various types of human cancer and serum miRNAs are potential biomarkers. This study examined whether some commonly deregulated miRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are presented in serum of p...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Xu J,Wu C,Che X,Wang L,Yu D,Zhang T,Huang L,Li H,Tan W,Wang C,Lin D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas are common, aggressive central nervous system tumors with poor overall survival rates. Despite improvements in neurosurgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, the outcomes of patients with malignant gliomas remain poor. Therefore, increased knowledge of the molecular mechanisms that regulate glioma progression i...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhou Y,Tan Z,Chen K,Wu W,Zhu J,Wu G,Cao L,Zhang X,Zeng X,Li J,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signaling networks play important roles in cancer progression. For example, overexpression of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a poor prognostic indicator in multiple tumor types. Recent studies have postulated that the EGFR functions as a central conduit for signaling by different classes of cell surfac...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Boerner JL,Biscardi JS,Silva CM,Parsons SJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found that the T24 Ha-ras oncogene induces metastatic ability in NIH 3T3 cells and that this change depends on expression of the ras oncogene. As part of our studies on mechanisms by which ras may induce metastasis, we investigated expression and activity of two cysteine proteinases, cathepsin L (major e...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Chambers AF,Colella R,Denhardt DT,Wilson SM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xiphophorus fish have been the subject of intensive genetic research for more than 60 yr, primarily because of the availability of a number of interspecific hybrids that are malignant melanoma models with apparently simple oncogene and tumor suppressor gene determinants. The gene map of Xiphophorus is one of the most ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Morizot DC,McEntire BB,Della Coletta L,Kazianis S,Schartl M,Nairn RS

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human colorectal cancer (CRC) cells are resistant to the anti-proliferative effect of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), suggesting that disruption of TGF-β signaling plays an important role in colorectal carcinogenesis. Ecotropic virus integration site-1 (Evi-1) oncoprotein represses TGF-β signaling by interacting...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Deng X,Cao Y,Liu Y,Li F,Sambandam K,Rajaraman S,Perkins AS,Fields AP,Hellmich MR,Townsend CM Jr,Thompson EA,Ko TC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), a member of the tumor necrosis factor family, induces apoptosis in a variety of cancer cells. However, gastric cancer (GC) cells are insensitive to TRAIL usually. In the previous study, we showed that Periplocin could induce apoptosis in GC cells via the...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhao LM,Li L,Huang Y,Han LJ,Li D,Huo BJ,Dai SL,Xu LY,Zhan Q,Shan BE

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00