miR-494 promotes progression of retinoblastoma via PTEN through PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.

abstract：:The transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) pathway plays an important role in various types of human cancer. However, the role of TGFB1 -509C/T and TGFBR2 -875A/G polymorphisms in gastric cancer is controversial. We aimed to investigate the associations between these polymorphisms and gastric cancer susceptibility, clini...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xu L,Zeng Z,Chen B,Wu X,Yu J,Xue L,Tian L,Wang Y,Chen M,Sung JJ,Hu P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenocarcinoma is one of the most serious diseases that threaten human health. Numerous studies have investigated adenocarcinoma and have obtained a considerable amount of data regarding genes and microRNA (miRNA) in adenocarcinoma. However, studies have only focused on one or a small number of genes and miRNAs, and t...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ning J,Guo X,Wang N,Xue L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin 3 (Sirt3) is an important member of the sirtuin protein family. It is a deacetylase that was previously reported to modulate the level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and limit the extent of oxidative damage in cellular components. As an important member of the class III type of histone deacetylase...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shi Y,He R,Yang Y,He Y,Zhan L,Wei B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) represent a rare type of soft tissue tumor. Extrathoracic SFTs (ESFTs) in the soft tissues of the abdominopelvic cavity are extremely rare. Between January 2002 and January 2013, 10 patients were identified with abdominopelvic SFTs at the Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital. The clinicopa...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang H,Chen P,Zhao W,Shi L,Gu X,Xu Q

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant gastrointestinal neuroectodermal tumor (GNET) is a rare soft tissue sarcoma, previously referred to as clear cell sarcoma-like gastrointestinal tumor (CCSLGT) and also commonly reported in the literature as clear cell sarcoma of the gastrointestinal tract (CCS-GI). The current study reports a case of GNET ar...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kong J,Li N,Wu S,Guo X,Gu C,Feng Z

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies have revealed the usefulness of multimodal imaging in gliomas. Although the results have been heavily affected by the method used for region of interest (ROI) design, the most discriminatory method for setting the ROI remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to determine the most suitable ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Takano K,Kinoshita M,Arita H,Okita Y,Chiba Y,Kagawa N,Watanabe Y,Shimosegawa E,Hatazawa J,Hashimoto N,Fujimoto Y,Kishima H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical effect of interventional therapy on gastric cancer after chemotherapy and effect on inflammatory factors in peripheral blood serum of patients were investigated. A retrospective analysis of 429 patients with gastric cancer treated in Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine from Jul...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu P,Wang J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most common type of malignancy to metastasize to the brain, with the median survival time of patients being 6-11 months. In the present study, the aim was to compare the actionable gene mutation profiles of primary lung adenocarcinoma (LC) samples and LC brain metastasis (LCBM) samples through targe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ma Y,Chen K,Yang Z,Guan M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression level of messenger RNA (mRNA) of cold shock domain protein A intronless pseudogene (CSDAP1) in lung cancer tissues was studied. Fresh pathological specimens collected from 317 patients with primary lung cancer through surgical resection from January 2007 to January 2012 were selected. Reverse transcription-...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xu T,Li D,He Y,Zhang F,Qiao M,Chen Y

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperparathyroidism is characterized by the oversecretion of parathyroid hormone biochemically and increased cell proliferation histologically. Primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism exhibit distinct pathophysiology but share certain common microscopic features. The present study performed the first genome-wide exp...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lee F,Lee JJ,Jan WC,Wu CJ,Chen HH,Cheng SP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to apoptosis is an characteristic of cancer cells that serves a critical function in tumor development and represents a target for antitumor therapy. Isoimperatorin (ISOIM), a coumarin compound, exhibits antitumor functions in multiple types of tumor cells. However, its antitumor effects and molecular mecha...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang HB,Gao HR,Ren YJ,Fang FX,Tian HT,Gao ZJ,Song W,Huang SM,Zhao AF

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial chondrosarcoma is a rare malignant cartilage-forming tumor, with only a small number of cases in the posterior cranial fossa reported previously. The present study reports the case of a 40-year-old male patient who was admitted to Tianjin Huanhu Hospital with a progressive headache and dizziness that had ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chi J,Zhang M,Kang J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is the third most frequent type of cancer in adolescents and represents >56% of all bone tumors. In addition, metastatic OS frequently demonstrates resistance to conventional chemotherapy; thus, the development of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of patients with metastatic OS is warranted....

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li X,Yan ML,Yu Q

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) is a rare type of hepatic tumor. Due to a lack of adequate understanding about this tumor, hepatic EAML is often misdiagnosed as other diseases with similar clinical characteristics such as hepatic cancer. In the present study, 3 cases of hepatic EAML are reported, and the mai...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu W,Meng Z,Liu H,Li W,Wu Q,Zhang X,E C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-initiating cells (TICs) are defined as a specialized subset of cells with tumor-initiating capacity that can initiate tumor growth, tumor relapse and metastasis. In the present study, osteosarcoma TICs (OS-TICs) were isolated and enriched from the osteosarcoma U2OS and MG-63 cell lines using sphere formation ass...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lee YH,Yang HW,Yang LC,Lu MY,Tsai LL,Yang SF,Huang YF,Chou MY,Yu CC,Hu FW

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the feasibility and value of serum microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) as biological markers for the prediction of the behavior and prognosis of esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC). The differential expression of serum miRNA was detected by an miRNA microarray of 9 patients with ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hui B,Chen X,Hui L,Xi R,Zhang X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of claudin-6 (CLDN6) in the tissues of gastric cancer patients and its association with clinical pathology and prognosis were investigated. A retrospective analysis was performed on 213 gastric cancer patients diagnosed and surgically treated in the Central Hospital of Zibo from January 2010 to January 2013...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao F,Li M,Xiang R,Zhou X,Zhu L,Zhai Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch-regulated ankyrin-repeat protein (NRARP) has recently been reported to be involved in a number of malignant cancers; however, its role in non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) remains unclear. The present study aimed to identify whether NRARP could be applied as a novel prognostic marker for NSCLC. A total of 108 NSCLC ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liao Y,Chen J,Ma J,Mao Q,Wei R,Zheng J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to identify monitoring and prevention measures as well as predictive factors for early detection of renal toxicity associated with long-term administration of adefovir dipivoxil in order to avoid progression to Fanconi syndrome. Clinical data of 28 patients with Fanconi syndrome caused...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lin Y,Pan F,Wang Y,Chen Z,Lin C,Yao L,Zhang X,Zhou R,Pan C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite all efforts at management, prognosis of advanced lung cancer is extremely poor, with a median survival time of ~1 year. The number of cancer patients aged >70 years is significantly increased among the cancer patient population. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical importance of age in lung ca...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tas F,Ciftci R,Kilic L,Karabulut S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present case report describes the infrequent coexistence of squamous cell transformation and the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutation as resistance mechanisms to first line treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. The patient was a 44-year-old female, diagnosed with a primitive advanced lung ad...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Bruno R,Proietti A,Alì G,Puppo G,Ribechini A,Chella A,Fontanini G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TERT is the main functional unit of telomerase, which maintains telomere length and chromosome structure stability. TERT has been shown to act as a key factor in various biological processes, such as cell proliferation, via uncharacterized mechanisms. We transfected HEp-2 laryngeal carcinoma cells with a TERT overexpr...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jiang Y,Chen C,Chen SM,Wang YQ,Xu Y,Wang Y,Chen Z,Xiao BK,Tao ZZ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The autosomal dominant hereditary disorder von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is caused by a germline mutation in the VHL gene. The symptoms of VHL include hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system, retinal angiomas, visceral tumors and multiple visceral cysts. However, advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) occurs in ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang L,Xu B,Wang Y,Liu C,Lu K,Huang Y,Liu N,Zhang X,Chen S,Chen M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have suggested that microRNAs (miRNAs) potently affect hepatocarcinogenesis. However, the miRNA expression profiling in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of familial aggregation and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has not been elucidated. In the present study, the plasma miRNA expression ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang EL,Gu J,Zhang ZY,Dong KS,Liang BY,Huang ZY

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebroma, a nervous system tumor located in the cranial cavity, seriously affects health and may even become life-threatening. The aim of the study was to investigate and discuss the expression levels of cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) and Golgi protein 73 (GP73) in different types of cerebroma tissues and to st...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yuan Y,Shi L,Wang S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine receptor 2 (DR2) may be a biomarker for various types of cancer. Ovarian cancer cells overexpress DR2; therefore, blocking DR2 may be a novel treatment strategy for ovarian cancer. Thioridazine, a DR2 blocker, has antineoplastic activity in a variety of cancer cells. In view of the requirement for novel thera...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yong M,Yu T,Tian S,Liu S,Xu J,Hu J,Hu L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is increasingly common in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) due to improved treatment, and ultimately, prolonged patient survival. The current study is a pooled analysis that evaluated intrathecal chemotherapy (ITC) as a treatment for NSCLC patients with LM. The PUBMED, OV...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu YL,Zhou L,Lu Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the mRNA levels of thymidylate synthetase (TYMS) and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPYD) in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). TYMS and DPYD gene expression was quantified using real-time RT-PCR in 56 patients with ESCC, co-amplified with glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase as a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kimura M,Kuwabara Y,Mitsui A,Ishiguro H,Sugito N,Tanaka T,Shiozaki M,Naganawa Y,Takeyama H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRs) are often located in genomic breakpoint regions and are hypothesized to be important regulators involved in the regulation of critical cell processes, including cell apoptosis, proliferation and differentiation. miR-299 has been reported to be upregulated in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL); however...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu SQ,Zhang LH,Huang HB,Li YP,Niu WY,Zhan R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) is a transcriptional co-activator which binds to a variety of transcription factors. An increasing number of studies have provided evidence that TAZ may be a positive regulator of cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. To reveal the underlying mechanisms by whic...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang L,Huang M,Tan J,Hou J,He J,Wang F,Cui H,Yi L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00