Induction of apoptosis in human cervical carcinoma HeLa cells by active compounds from Hypericum ascyron L.

abstract：:Gastric cancer and cholangiocarcinoma are problematic throughout the world due to their destructive malignancy. In attempts to treat cholangiocarcinoma and gastric cancer, researchers often explore the effects of transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). TGF-β1 plays a crucial role in causing cell cycle arrest and fibro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lee SR,Shin JW,Kim HO,Son BH,Yoo CH,Shin JH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While erlotinib is primarily administered to patients with non-small cell lung cancer with sensitizing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, it is also prescribed to patients with wild type (wt) EGFR in higher lines of treatment. However, there is no predictive marker for erlotinib efficacy in patients wi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Svaton M,Fiala O,Krakorova G,Blazek J,Hurdalkova K,Barinova M,Mukensnabl P,Pesek M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docetaxel is a well-known causative agent of nail alterations. The aim of this study was to reveal the impact of nail alterations associated with low-dose metronomic (LDM) docetaxel chemotherapy on the survival of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Clinical information, survival data and nail alterations in ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kibata K,Tamaki T,Inagaki N,Ogata M,Shimizu T,Nomura S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported the case of a 56-year-old male who underwent surgical treatment for gastric hepatoid adenocarcinoma and splenic metastasis. The present study reports the case of the same patient who underwent successful ex vivo hepatectomy and partial liver autotransplantation. Computed tomography scans demonst...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang FQ,Lu Q,Yan J,Peng YY,Xie CR,Su YJ,Zhou JY,Wang BL,Zhao WX,Wang XM,Bie P,Yin ZY

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroperitoneal liposarcoma is a rare tumor with an incidence of 2.5 per million individuals. Early diagnosis is difficult as there is an absence of specific clinical presentations. The present case study reports a patient diagnosed with retroperitoneal liposarcoma who was treated by complete surgical resection and re...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang WD,Liu DR,Que RS,Zhou CB,Zhan CN,Zhao JG,Chen LI

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and immunological responsiveness of a peptide vaccine of ring finger protein 43 and 34-kDa translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane combined with uracil-tegafur/leucovorin (UFT/LV) was previously demonstrated in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in a phase I clinical trial. To clarify the survival b...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kawamura J,Sugiura F,Sukegawa Y,Yoshioka Y,Hida JI,Hazama S,Okuno K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor AP4 (TFAP4) gene serves an important function in the genesis and progression of tumors. However, few studies to date have defined the role of this gene in colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of the present study was to assess the expression of TFAP4 in CRC and its impact on...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang J,Ma JP,Xiao S,Zhang XH,Xu JB,Chen CQ,Cai SR,He YL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between H-ras mutation and primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to describe the role of H-ras mutation in carcinogenesis. Clinical samples of 69 patients were collected and the expression levels of H-ras in HCC and the surrounding normal tissues were exami...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sui G,Ma X,Liu S,Niu H,Dong Q

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 (NDRG1) is a multifunctional protein associated with carcinogenesis and tumor progression. The function of NDRG1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells remains controversial. The present study investigated the role of NDRG1 in HCC as well as its molecular mechanism using a range of t...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Song Y,Wu G,Zhang M,Kong Q,Du J,Zheng Y,Yue L,Cao L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system-based cancers have a much higher mortality rate with the 2016 estimates at 6.4 for incidence and 4.3 for deaths per 100,000 individuals. Grade IV astrocytomas, known as glioblastomas are highly aggressive and show a high proliferation index, diffused infiltration, angiogenesis, microvascular pro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang WJ,Chen WW,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcomes of matched unrelated donor (MUD) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and immunosuppressive therapy (IST) in patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) remain controversial. The clinical outcome in patients that undergo transplantation following failed IST is typically poorer when compared with ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hsu SN,Chen JH,Kao WY

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most frequently occurring malignancies worldwide and it is the fourth most common cause of cancer-associated mortality in Western countries. Thalidomide (THD) plays an important role in tumor therapy, as it is able to promote early stage apoptosis and inhibit the process of angiogenesis...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Qiao Z,Yuan J,Shen J,Wang C,He Z,Hu Y,Zhang M,Xu C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations is necessary for the selection of suitable patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Cytology specimens are known to be suitable for EGFR mutation detection, although tissue specimens should be...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Asaka S,Yoshizawa A,Nakata R,Negishi T,Yamamoto H,Shiina T,Shigeto S,Matsuda K,Kobayashi Y,Honda T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk factors for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients who have achieved a long-term sustained viral response (SVR) to interferon (IFN) are not fully understood. This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of patients who developed HCC after 10 years of achieving SVR. We retrospecti...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Nojiri K,Sugimoto K,Shiraki K,Kusagawa S,Tanaka J,Beppu T,Yamamoto N,Takei Y,Hashimoto A,Shimizu A,Omori S,Tameda M,Takase K

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated expression of long non-coding RNAs has been determined to be important in cancer development; however, their role in tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) progression and carcinogenesis, to the best of our knowledge, is yet to be elucidated. The present study revealed that long intergenic non-coding RNA 0...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li X,Rui B,Cao Y,Gong X,Li H

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma is a type of malignancy, which affects the plasma cells of the bone marrow. Recent studies have found that malignant plasma cells may express urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and uPA receptor (uPAR), and that initiation of proteolytic events by this system contributes to the process of invasion a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shen J,Wang Q,Wang J,Su GH,Wang J,Guo SH,Liu YA,Wu Z,Liu RF,Li X,Guo XJ,Cao J,Zhang YH,Wang ZY

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency of deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) or microsatellite instability-high colorectal cancer (CRC) is estimated to be ~15% of all patients with CRC; however, the patients reported are limited to surgical cases, and the frequency of patients exhibiting stage 0 disease is not considered, despite the currently ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sugiyama T,Iwaizumi M,Kaneko M,Tani S,Yamade M,Hamaya Y,Furuta T,Miyajima H,Osawa S,Baba S,Maekawa M,Sugimoto K

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered expression of microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) contributes to lung carcinogenesis. The present study performed an in silico analysis of differentially expressed miRNAs in different peripheral blood samples from patients with various diseases vs. controls using the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database data, and ass...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu G,Fu D,Jia C,Chai L,Han Y,Liu J,Wu T,Xie R,Chang Z,Yang H,Luo P,Lv Z,Yu F,Zhong X,Ma Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) expression is a poor prognostic factor in various types of cancer. Expression levels of HGF have been reported to be regulated by shorter poly(dA) sequences in the promoter region. In the present study, the poly(dA) mononucleotide tract in various types of human cancer cell lines was exa...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sakai K,Takeda M,Okamoto I,Nakagawa K,Nishio K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin, which is synthesized by the pineal gland and released into the blood, exhibits antitumor properties. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects, particularly in stomach cancer, remain unknown. In the present study, the effect of melatonin on the nuclear factor (NF)-κB signaling pathway and the mitogen...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li W,Wang Z,Chen Y,Wang K,Lu T,Ying F,Fan M,Li Z,Wu J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between the expression of chemokine receptors CCR7 and CXCR4 and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C and the lymph node metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The mRNA transcription levels of CCR7, CXCR4 and VEGF-C were measured in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Guo J,Lou W,Ji Y,Zhang S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although a combination of platinum- and taxane-based chemotherapy is recommended for at least 70% patients with ovarian cancer as treatment subsequent to surgery, the initial response to the chemotherapy is not durable and tumors become resistant. Histone deacetylase and proteasome inhibitors are novel therapeutic age...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jin X,Fang Y,Hu Y,Chen J,Liu W,Chen G,Gong M,Wu P,Zhu T,Wang S,Zhou J,Wang H,Ma D,Li K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a type of lung cancer characterized by a rapid disease progression and poor prognosis. Its diagnosis is often accompanied by distant metastasis. A literature review revealed that metastases to the stomach from breast, lung and esophageal cancer are frequently reported. While SCLC is a ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Peng Y,Liu Q,Wang Y,Song A,Duan H,Qiu Y,Li Q,Cui HJ

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies concerning hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) have been conducted by adopting regimens containing 5-fluorouracil (FU), with a favourable efficacy compared with conventional transcatheter arterial chemoembolisation (TACE) treatment; however, the detailed mechanism of HAIC remains unclear. Th...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao J,Zhen R,Liao H,Zhuang W,Guo W

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary goal of radiotherapy in oncology is to enhance the efficacy of tumor cell death while decreasing damage to surrounding normal cells. Positive therapeutic outcomes may be accomplished by improved targeting, precisely targeting tumor cells or protecting normal cells against radiation-induced damage. The pote...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kim W,Kang J,Lee S,Youn B

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of available studies have focused on the role of mastocytes and their angiogenic factors, such as tryptase expression, in cancer growth as a major research objective. Cardiac myxoma is a rare neoplasia and is the most common primary tumor of the heart. The cellular elements of cardiac myxoma have an endotheli...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Donato G,Conforti F,Camastra C,Ammendola M,Donato A,Renzulli A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients diagnosed preoperatively with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) breast cancer have the potential to develop invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). The present study investigated the usefulness of exosome-encapsulated microRNA-223-3p (miR-223-3p) as a biomarker for detecting IDC in patients initially diagnosed with DC...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yoshikawa M,Iinuma H,Umemoto Y,Yanagisawa T,Matsumoto A,Jinno H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the expression and roles of deleted in pancreatic carcinoma locus 4 (DPC4) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the development of cervical carcinoma. A total of 115 patients aged between 25 and 60 years were involved, including 19 cervical inflammation, 35 cervical i...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： A Y,Li Y,Zhao S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the heat shock protein (HSP)90 inhibitor AUY922 on the proliferation and migratory ability of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells. The expression of HSP90 was measured in vitro using western blotting and quantitative polymerase chain reaction in the ACHN and ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhu J,Zhu Y,Qi W,Qiu W

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of amentoflavone on sorafenib-induced apoptosis in sorafenib-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. The sorafenib-resistant SK-Hep1 (SK-Hep1R) cell line was established for the present study. Initially, the differences in sorafenib-induced cytotoxicity and apopt...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen WL,Hsieh CL,Chen JH,Huang CS,Chen WT,Kuo YC,Chen CY,Hsu FT

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00