Downregulation of STAT3/NF-κB potentiates gemcitabine activity in pancreatic cancer cells.

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：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a growth modulator that inhibits the proliferation of many epithelial cells through interaction with its receptors, the type I and type II receptors (TGF-beta RI and RII) by activating their serine/threonine kinase activities. Loss of growth inhibition by TGF-beta is thoug...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Jakowlew SB,Moody TW,You L,Mariano JM

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNA) silence target genes through Watson-Crick based binding to the 3'untranslated regions (3'UTR). Thus, polymorphisms in the miRNA-binding sites may disrupt this process and play a potential role in cancer pathogenesis. Integrins have been implicated in the genesis and development of many tumors. This s...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Liu J,Huang J,He Y,Liu J,Liao B,Liao G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity increases colorectal cancer (CRC) risk and progression. However, the impact of obesity on CRC in women is dependent on ovarian hormone status. The purpose of this study was to determine the interactive roles of obesity and ovarian hormones on serum markers of inflammation, cell signaling, and transplanted colo...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Rondini EA,Harvey AE,Steibel JP,Hursting SD,Fenton JI

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N(6)-isopentenyladenosine (i6A) inhibits the tumor cell growth by inducing cell apoptosis in various cancer cell lines. However, little is known regarding the mechanisms by which the drug induces cell apoptosis. In this study, we further explored the molecular mechanisms of i6A as an anticancer agent on a human breast...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Laezza C,Malfitano AM,Di Matola T,Ricchi P,Bifulco M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular pathogenesis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is largely attributed to chromosomal rearrangements and point mutations in genes within the MAPK pathway (i.e., BRAF and RAS). Despite KRAS being the 6th most frequently mutated gene for all cancers, the reported frequency in thyroid cancer is only 2%. Th...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Myers MB,McKim KL,Parsons BL

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The colonic mucosa constitutes a critical barrier and a major site of immune regulation. The immune system plays important roles in cancer development and treatment, and immune activation caused by chronic infection or inflammation is well-k...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Ruan H,Leibowitz BJ,Zhang L,Yu J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat neoplasms induced by methylating carcinogens frequently contain ras genes activated by a single point mutation. Rat prostatic tumors induced by a combination of a single injection of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) and long-term treatment with testosterone were examined for the presence of such activating point mutat...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Sukumar S,Armstrong B,Bruyntjes JP,Leav I,Bosland MC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastoma, the most common extracranial solid tumor in children, arises from precursors of the sympathetic nervous system. Neuroblastoma cell lines are responsive to the differentiation agent retinoic acid, which induces its effects by altering transcription rates of specific target genes. We identified autotaxin ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Dufner-Beattie J,Lemons RS,Thorburn A

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:Metformin, an oral biguanide for the treatment of type II diabetes, has been shown to have anticancer effects in ovarian cancer. Energy starvation induced by metformin causes endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated unfolded protein response (UPR) and autophagy. UPR and autophagy act as a survival or death mechanism in c...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Moon HS,Kim B,Gwak H,Suh DH,Song YS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most frequent primary bone tumor that affect children and adolescents. This tumor is highly aggressive with high risk of metastasis and the implementation of new drugs has not been successful. The search for biomarkers or new therapeutic targets is urgently needed and can help in advances of O...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Lopes LJS,Tesser-Gamba F,Petrilli AS,de Seixas Alves MT,Garcia-Filho RJ,Toledo SRC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss or decrease of wild type BRCA1 function, by either mutation or reduced expression, has a role in hereditary and sporadic human breast and ovarian cancers. We report here that the PI3K/AKT pathway is constitutively active in BRCA1-defective human breast cancer cells. Levels of phospho-AKT are sustained even after ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Yi YW,Kang HJ,Kim HJ,Hwang JS,Wang A,Bae I

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamine metabolism is a highly coordinated process that is essential for normal development and neoplastic growth in mammals. Although polyamine metabolism is a validated pathway for prevention of carcinogenesis, the mechanisms by which polyamines elicit their tumorigenic effects are poorly understood. In this study...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Paz EA,LaFleur B,Gerner EW

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diet-derived butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDI), decreases proliferation and increases apoptosis in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells via epigenetic changes in gene expression. Other HDIs such as suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) and trichostatin A (TSA) have similar effects. This study examined the role...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Humphreys KJ,Cobiac L,Le Leu RK,Van der Hoek MB,Michael MZ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic or functional inactivation of the p53 pathway plays an important role with regards to disease progression from the chronic phase (CP) to blast phase (BP) and imatinib treatment response in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Two functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), p53 R72P and MDM2 SNP309, are a...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Liu YC,Hsiao HH,Yang WC,Liu TC,Chang CS,Yang MY,Lin PM,Hsu JF,Lee CP,Lin SF

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-associated stromal cells are dynamic characters that endorse the carcinogenic process in a multitude of ways. The tumor microenvironment plays a crucial role throughout the tumor progression, which includes initiation, growth, invasion, and metastasis. The tumor microenvironment consists of cellular and non-cell...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Spaw M,Anant S,Thomas SM

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of ovarian cancers over-express the estrogen receptor (ERα) and grow in response to estrogens. We previously demonstrated that ER induction of the chemokine CXCL12 (stromal cell-derived factor-1) is required for estradiol (E2)-stimulated proliferation of human ovarian carcinoma cells. In the current study...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Hall JM,Korach KS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phloretin (Ph), which can be obtained from apples, apple juice, and cider, is a known inhibitor of the type II glucose transporter (GLUT2). In this study, real-time PCR analysis of laser-capture microdissected (LCM) human hepatoma cells showed elevated expression (>5-fold) of GLUT2 mRNA in comparison with nonmalignant...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Yang KC,Tsai CY,Wang YJ,Wei PL,Lee CH,Chen JH,Wu CH,Ho YS

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium chromate induced the formation of DNA-protein complexes in cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells. The DNA-protein complexes were isolated by ultracentrifugal sedimentation in the presence of 2% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and 5 M urea. Two-dimensional SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the ch...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Miller CA 3rd,Costa M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative treatment options for human cholangiocarcinoma (CCC) are quite limited and new therapeutic strategies are of utmost need. c-MET has been shown to be deregulated in many cancers, but the role of c-MET in the carcinogenesis of CCC remains unclear. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the expression a...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Barat S,Bozko P,Chen X,Scholta T,Hanert F,Götze J,Malek NP,Wilkens L,Plentz RR

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental or occupational exposure to low doses of arsenic induces a series of health problems including cancer. The molecular events in arsenic-induced carcinogenicity remain to be defined. In the NuLi-1 immortalized human lung epithelial cell line with p53 and pRb deficiency, exposure to low doses of arsenic tri...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Liu Y,Hock JM,Van Beneden RJ,Li X

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZD1839 ("Iressa") is an orally active, selective epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor. We evaluated the antitumor activity of ZD1839 in combination with HSP90 antagonist, 17-AAG in malignant human glioma cell lines. ZD1839 independently produced a dose-dependent inhibition of cellular proli...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Premkumar DR,Arnold B,Pollack IF

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have reported that connexin (Cx) 32 gene, a member of gap junction protein family, acts as a tumor suppressor gene in human renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Of solid tumors, RCC is one of the most chemoresistant cancers, and there is no effective cancer chemotherapy against RCC at present. In this study, we examined if ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Sato H,Senba H,Virgona N,Fukumoto K,Ishida T,Hagiwara H,Negishi E,Ueno K,Yamasaki H,Yano T

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the expression of two groups of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), stromelysin and interstitial collagenase, in human skin cancer by northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization. Stromelysin-3 (ST-3) mRNA was overexpressed more than tenfold in 17 of 19 (89%) specimens of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) but i...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Majmudar G,Nelson BR,Jensen TC,Voorhees JJ,Johnson TM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch signaling plays an important role in ovarian cancer chemoresistance, which is responsible for recurrence. Gamma-secretase inhibitor (GSI) is a broad-spectrum Notch inhibitor, but it has serious side effects. The efficacy of Notch3-specific inhibition in paclitaxel-resistant ovarian cancers was assessed in this s...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kang H,Jeong JY,Song JY,Kim TH,Kim G,Huh JH,Kwon AY,Jung SG,An HJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the flavonoid compound, kaempferol, which is an inhibitor of cancer cell proliferation and an inducer of cell apoptosis have been shown in various cancers, including lung, pancreatic, and ovarian, but its effect has never been studied in bladder cancer. Here, we investigated the effects of kaempferol on...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Dang Q,Song W,Xu D,Ma Y,Li F,Zeng J,Zhu G,Wang X,Chang LS,He D,Li L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is one of the most important factors leading to chemotherapeutic failure in patients with breast cancer. The invasive/metastatic ability of MDR cells is strengthened compared with their parental cells. However, the mechanisms underlying MDR have not been fully elucidated. We found that CD44 ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Cheng Y,Tao L,Xu J,Li Q,Yu J,Jin Y,Chen Q,Xu Z,Zou Q,Liu X

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intratumoral hypoxia promotes the distant metastasis of cancer subclones. The clinical expression level of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) reflects the prognosis of a variety of cancers, especially breast cancer. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors can target HIF-1α protein due to von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) protei...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Wei Z,Shan Y,Tao L,Liu Y,Zhu Z,Liu Z,Wu Y,Chen W,Wang A,Lu Y

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene encodes the catalytic subunit of telomerase and is located on chromosome 5p15, a genomic region which was found to be associated with multiple cancer types. But no associations with colorectal cancer (CRC) have been reported until recently. Therefore, the purpose of t...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Hofer P,Baierl A,Bernhart K,Leeb G,Mach K,Micksche M,Gsur A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00