Oncological and renal outcomes of segmental ureterectomy vs. radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

abstract：:Tumor development and progression are multistep processes that involve local tumor growth and invasion, followed by metastasis. The aggressiveness of the tumor is the major determinant of the mortality of oral cancer patients. The present study investigates whether the expression levels of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lee EY,Kang JY,Kim KW

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The geldanamycin derivative 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG) is known to induce internalisation and degradation of the otherwise internalisation-resistant human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) receptor. In the present study, 17-AAG was used to increase internalisation of the HER2-specific Affi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Göstring L,Lindegren S,Gedda L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol has been reported to inhibit or induce DNA damage, depending upon the type of cell and the experimental conditions. Dietary resveratrol is present in the body predominantly as metabolites and limited data is available concerning the activities of these metabolic products. In the present study, physiologica...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zunino SJ,Storms DH

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex determining region Y-box 2 (SOX2) is a transcription factor that serves a role in numerous different types of malignant cancer. Altered expression of chloride channel proteins has been described in a variety of malignancies. However, the association between SOX2 and chloride channel proteins is not yet fully under...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen J,Wang F,Lu Y,Yang S,Chen X,Huang Y,Lin X

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:KG-1 and its less differentiated subline KG-1a are leukemia cell lines used in research in a number of laboratories. The karyotypes of the two lines were initially identical. In the following years, further analysis revealed that the cell lines had acquired additional karyotypical abnormalities and differed in the pre...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Pelliccia F,Ubertini V,Bosco N

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tissue-specific promoter can control downstream gene expression in tissues or organs. The human involucrin (hINV) promoter (pINV) that contains 2474 bp of hINV upstream sequence is able to regulate tissue-specific gene expression. This tissue specificity may be important for the prevention and treatment of human pap...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao H,Huang Z,Shi C,Li H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pleural effusion (PE) is a common manifestation associated with certain chest diseases. However, there is no effective diagnostic marker with high sensitivity and specificity. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of several biomarkers in the use of detecting malignant pleural disorde...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ji M,Zhu X,Dong J,Qian S,Meng F,Gu W,Qiu W

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a disease of the clonal hematopoietic stem cells caused by a balanced translocation between the long arms of chromosomes 9 and 22. Overall, 90-95% of CML patients present with a Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome t(9;22)(q34;q11) translocation and in addition, variant complex translocations...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Asif M,Hussain A,Malik A,Rasool M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer and embryo expression protein 65 (CEP65) is a centrosomal protein that is expressed at relatively high levels in embryonic tissue and different cancerous tissues, but its role in tumorigenesis remains unknown. In the present study, CEP65 was stably expressed in AGS gastric cancer cells. CEP65 was found to promo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jin G,Peng L,Zhang J,Qu L,Shou C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urothelial carcinoma (UC) is the most common type of cancer of the bladder and upper urinary tract, and is characterized by a high risk of recurrence and progression. Urine fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a technique that detects genetic aberrations in exfoliated cells in the urine, with specific probes f...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lin T,Liu Z,Liu L,Yang L,Han P,Zhang P,Wei Q

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) is a DNA-damage-recognition gene active at the early stage of DNA repair. XPC also participates in regulation of cell-cycle checkpoint and DNA-damage-induced apoptosis. In the present study, the expression levels of genes involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) were assessed in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Cao J,Meng Y,Qu C,Shen F,Xu L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are recently identified regulators in tumorigenesis and tumour progression. BRAF-activated lncRNA (BANCR) is overexpressed in melanoma and has a potential functional role in melanoma cell migration. However, little is known concerning the role of BANCR in the development of colorectal ca...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Guo Q,Zhao Y,Chen J,Hu J,Wang S,Zhang D,Sun Y

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5,7-dihydroxy-3',4',6-trimethoxyflavone, commonly known as eupatilin, is a traditional Asian medicinal plant, which is mainly used for the treatment of gastritis, as well as its use as an anti-inflammatory agent. Eupatilin is a bioactive compound; however, its effects on osteosarcoma (OS) have remained to be elucidate...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li YY,Wu H,Dong YG,Lin BO,Xu G,Ma YB

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib is approved for treating relapsed multiple myeloma (MM) and mantle cell lymphoma, and clinical evidence has shown complete clinical responses in MM patients. Peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common adverse effects of bortezomib. However, rare evidence has shown that bortezomib is associated with Gui...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dai X,Sun X,Ni H,Zhu X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganglioneuromas (GNs) arising from neural crest sympathogonia are rare benign neurogenic tumors. The most commonly affected sites are the posterior mediastinum, the retroperitoneum and the adrenal gland. GNs often present as a solitary, painless and slow-growing mass, and multiple occurrences in the cervical region ar...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ma J,Liang L,Liu H

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to detect methylation of the RAR-β gene in tissues from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The methylation of the RAR-β gene in DNA from 80 cases with NSCLC and corresponding non-malignant tissues was tested using methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR; MSP). The result...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao X,Wang N,Zhang M,Xue S,Shi K,Chen Z

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) regulates various biological processes, including invasion, proliferation and apoptosis. E-prostanoid 3 (Ep3) is a PGE2 receptor, and the functional role of Ep3 in the progression of NSCLC rema...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li L,Lv Y,Yan D

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone methylation is closely associated with the occurrence of cancer. Histone H3 trimethylation at lysine 4 (H3K4me3) has been reported to modulate the expression of tumor-associated expression and be altered during the progression of several human cancers. WD Repeat Domain 82 (Wdr82), a key epigenetics-associated ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu H,Li Y,Li J,Liu Y,Cui B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to clarify the association between kinesin family member 11 (KIF11) and human breast cancer, and the effect of KIF11 on breast cancer cell progression. Western blot analysis, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) analysis, retroviral infection, immunohistochemis...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Pei YY,Li GC,Ran J,Wei FX

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) is defined as any malignant tumor that develops or differentiates from cells in the peripheral nerve sheath. This tumor is commonly associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and previous radiotherapy treatment. Primary intraosseous MPNSTs are extremely rare and a ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Suzuki K,Yasuda T,Hori T,Watanabe K,Kanamori M,Kimura T

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical evidence indicates that drug resistance is a major obstacle in the treatment of breast cancer (BC). Drug resistance results in the disease being uncontrollable, and leads to high mortality rates. The aim of the present study was to investigate the chemosensitizing effect of microRNA (miR)-16 on Adriamycin (AD...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao X,Wang M,Zhang Y,Xu Z,Ding J,Tang J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of T-box transcription factor 5 (TBX5) has previously been observed in human cancer. The aim of the present study was to investigate TBX5 expression and its potential clinical significance in gastric cancer (GC). Using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction, the TBX5 mRNA expressio...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zheng Y,Li YF,Wang W,Chen YM,Wang DD,Zhao JJ,Pan QZ,Jiang SS,Zhang XF,Yuan SQ,Qiu HB,Huang CY,Zhao BW,Zhou ZW,Xia JC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the immunosuppression of cancer cells has attracted much attention in recent years. The present study sought to provide a new strategy for tumor immunotherapy targeting mast cells by studying the mechanisms underlying mast cell function in cancer immunosuppression. Between January 2015 and December 2017, t...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao YB,Yang SH,Shen J,Deng K,Li Q,Wang Y,Cui W,Ye H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective amino acid restriction targets mitochondria to induce apoptosis of DU145 and PC3 prostate cancer cells. Biochemical assays and flow cytometry were uitilized to analyze the glucose consumption, lactate production, pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)/NADH and nicotinamide aden...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu X,Fu YM,Meadows GG

更新日期：2011-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione (GSH) is the keystone of the cellular response toward oxidative stress. Elevated GSH content correlates with increased resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy of head and neck (HN) tumors. The purpose of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate whether the expression of glutamate-cysteine liga...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dequanter D,VAN DE Velde M,Bar I,Nuyens V,Rousseau A,Nagy N,Vanhamme L,Vanhaeverbeek M,Brohée D,Delrée P,Boudjeltia K,Lothaire P,Uzureau P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process by which cancer cells acquire mesenchymal properties, such as induction of vimentin, while epithelial-associated genes like E-cadherin are lost. This enables cells to be more metastatic. Factors that are able to induce EMT include growth factors such as transforming...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Randle DD,Clarke S,Henderson V,Odero-Marah VA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the radiosensitizing effect of apatinib on esophageal cancer cells, and to preliminarily investigate the underlying mechanism, KYSE-150 cells were treated with apatinib, x-ray or apatinib combined with x-ray, and compared with a blank control. It was observed that apatinib significantly inhibited vascular...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hu L,Sun F,Sun Z,Ni X,Wang J,Wang J,Zhou M,Feng Y,Kong Z,Hua Q,Yu J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ku80, a subunit of the heterodymeric Ku protein, is clearly implicated in nonhomologous end joining DNA repair, chemoresistance and radioresistance in malignant tumors. In the present study, the clinicopathological significance of Ku80 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) was investigated. The expression level...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang S,Wang Z,Yang YU,Shi MO,Sun Z

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) have not yet been elucidated. The aim of the current study was to identify potential pathogenic biomarkers in PTC by comprehensively analyzing gene expression and methylation profiles, and to increase the understanding of PTC pathogenesis....

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wei S,Yun X,Ruan X,Wei X,Zheng X,Gao M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is a common malignant tumor among females, with triple-negative breast cancer being an important type accounting for 15-20% of all breast cancer cases. Triple-negative breast cancer is one of the most aggressive types of cancer without standard adjuvant chemotherapy. Ganoderic acid A (GA-A) is one of the...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang Y,Zhou H,Liu W,Wu J,Yue X,Wang J,Quan L,Liu H,Guo L,Wang Z,Lian X,Zhang Q

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00