Cepharanthine exerts antitumor activity on choroidal melanoma by reactive oxygen species production and c-Jun N-terminal kinase activation.

abstract：:Cell adhesion molecule (CADM) genes encode immunoglobulin superfamily molecules, which are involved in cell-cell adhesion in a number of human epithelia. Through the maintenance of epithelia, CADM genes protect against malignant conversion and metastasis. Whilst numerous in vitro studies have investigated the molecula...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Saito M,Goto A,Abe N,Saito K,Maeda D,Ohtake T,Murakami Y,Takenoshita S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-paclitaxel) is currently approved in Japan for treatment of breast cancer. However, apart from phase I clinical trials, data regarding Japanese patients are scant. In the present study, the efficacy and safety of nab-paclitaxel therapy were retrospectively analyzed in 22 pati...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Takashima S,Kiyoto S,Takahashi M,Hara F,Aogi K,Ohsumi S,Mukai R,Fujita Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, aspiration biopsy cytology (ABC) was used for the diagnosis of peripheral nodular lesions in the lung (PNLL), and liquid-based cytology (LBC) was carried out on the material collected to evaluate it in comparison with the conventional method (CM). The subjects comprised 130 cases that underwent c...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Imura J,Abe K,Uchida Y,Shibata M,Tsunematsu K,Sathoh M,Miwa S,Nakajima T,Nomoto K,Hayashi S,Tsuneyama K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LIM domain containing 2 (LIMD2) is a small LIM-only protein that has been demonstrated to promote tumor progression; however, the expression and function of LIMD2 in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has not previously been reported. In the present study, reverse transcription-quantitative PCR and western blot analys...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang F,Qin S,Xiao X,Tan Y,Hao P,Xu Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Lin28 is involved in the progression of several types of tumors. Data collected from clinical trials have suggested that Lin28 expression is correlated with poor prognosis in thyroid carcinoma. The present study was conducted to investigate the association between Lin28 expression and the clinicopathological parameter...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jin S,Xu C,Wang L,Wei J,Wang S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that the activation of the β2 adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) can stimulate several signaling pathways that promote tumor growth and metastasis. β-adrenergic antagonism may have a beneficial role in cancer treatment; however, little is known about the effect of ADRB2 inhibition on the growth of...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dang D,Zhang J,Yang J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) is a tumor necrosis factor receptor, which may inhibit apoptosis. The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical significance of DcR3 upregulation in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and hepatic fibrosis. A total of 128 patients with a clinical diagnosis of CHB who underwen...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lou X,Hou Y,Cao H,Zhao J,Zhu F

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:In order to estimate the effects of small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting retinoblastoma binding protein 2 (RBP2) on the proliferation, expression, invasion, migration and tumorigenicity abilities of papillary thyroid carcinoma K1 cells, siRNA targeting RBP2 (RBP2-siRNA) and negative control siRNA were transfected i...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kong LL,Man DM,Wang T,Zhang GA,Cui W

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to characterize carbon and iron ion radiation-induced adverse biological effects in terms of toxicity and transformation in vitro. HTori-3 human thyroid epithelial cells were irradiated with 0.3-GeV/n (13.6 KeV/µm) carbon ions and 1-GeV/n (150 KeV/µm) iron ions, both of which represent...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhou Z,Ware JH,Kennedy AR

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between zinc finger protein (ZNF) 689 expression and the clinicopathological features and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A total of 102 paired HCC and paired non-cancerous tissues, and 16 normal liver tissues were collected. ZNF689 exp...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yi PS,Wu B,Deng DW,Zhang GN,Li JS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triptolide exhibits immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory, antifertility and antineoplastic functions. However, the anticancer effect of triptolide on cervical cancer and the underlying mechanism remains to be fully understood. The present study assessed the mechanisms underlying the effect of triptolide on the viabili...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Qin G,Li P,Xue Z

更新日期：2018-09-01 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：:Previous studies have demonstrated that nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) is aberrantly expressed in a number of tumors. In the present study, it was demonstrated that the gene and protein levels of NNMT were significantly increased in gastric cancer cells. Furthermore, upregulation of NNMT significantly increas...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liang L,Zeng M,Pan H,Liu H,He Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been widely reported that patient-derived tumor xenografts (PDXs) are more similar to tumor tissues than conventional cancer cell lines. Kinetochore-associated protein 2 (KNTC2) is known to be upregulated specifically in tumor tissues of cancer patients and is recognized as a potential target for cancer therapy...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Makita Y,Teratani M,Murata S,Hoashi Y,Matsumoto S,Kawamata Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI3K)-AKT-mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is a cellular pathway involved in cell growth, tumorigenesis and cell invasion which is frequently activated in various types of cancer. The downstream effector of the pathway is mTOR which is important in cellular growth and homeost...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li M,Sun H,Song L,Gao X,Chang W,Qin X

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) was one of the first cancer types systematically studied at a genomic and transcriptomic level due to its high incidence and aggressivity; however, the detailed mechanism remains unclear, even though it is known that numerous cytokines are involved in the occurrence and development of GBM...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： He K,Shi L,Jiang T,Li Q,Chen Y,Meng C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis-associated in colon cancer-1 (MACC1) is a gene that has been newly identified by a genome-wide search for differentially expressed genes in human colon cancer tissues, metastases and normal tissues. MACC1 exerts an important role in colon cancer metastasis through upregulation of the c-Met proto-oncogene. T...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li H,Zhang H,Zhao S,Shi Y,Yao J,Zhang Y,Guo H,Liu X

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of lung cancer in never-smokers remain unclear. The potential contribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) to the carcinogenesis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has been reported. In 2008, a prospective registry of never-smokers with NSCLC was established at the Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Sakai, O...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Isa SI,Kurahara Y,Yamamoto S,Tamiya A,Omachi N,Asami K,Okishio K,Utsumi T,Ito N,Yoon HE,Matsumura A,Atagi S,Kawaguchi T

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the case of a 48-year-old man who was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma with an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) 21 L858R mutation. The patient received surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. When multiple lung metastases appeared, icotinib was administered. Following resistance to icot...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu H,Chen B,Qin J,Xie F,Han N,Huang Z

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is a genetically complex tumor type and one of the leading causes of cancer-associated disability and mortality. Genetic instability, such as chromosomal instability, is associated with the tumorigenesis of LSCC. Copy number variations (CNVs) have been demonstrated to contribut...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li D,Wang X,Lu S,Wang P,Wang X,Yin W,Zhu W,Li S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN)-α is generated in response to viral infections and is used clinically in the therapy of a variety of viral infections and cancers. The present study investigated whether IFN-α could inhibit the invasive ability of osteosarcoma cells using a Matrigel invasion assay. In addition, the osteosarcoma cells ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao J,Wang M,Li Z,Chen J,Yin Z,Chang J,Gao D,Wang S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angioleiomyoma of the nasal cavity is extremely rare. There are only a small number of studies in the literature that demonstrate that the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) are expressed in angioleiomyoma, and the results from these studies are inconsistent. The present study identified 6 patients ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhu G,Xiao D,Sun P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotracheal intubation (ETI) and laryngeal mask airway (LMA) in terms of hemodynamics and reaction were compared. A total of 54 general anesthesia patients were randomized into two groups with 27 cases in each group. Acceleration index (ACI), cardiac index (CI), cardiac output (CO), left cardiac work (LCW), systemic ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Song Z,Tan J,Fang J,Bian Q,Gu L

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：: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：:Extraosseous osteosarcoma originating from paratesticular soft tissue is an extremely rare type of malignant tumor. With the exception of the present study, only one other case of osteosarcoma originating from paratesticular soft tissue has previously been reported. A 52-year-old man presented with a painless scrotal ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hong R,Lee G,Kim H,Kim CS,Kee KH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMS) is a distinct mesenchymal myofibroblastic malignancy. The tumor may occur at a variety of sites, but is particularly associated with the head and neck. Of the two maxillary sarcomas that were analyzed in the present study, one was misdiagnosed as an inflammatory myofibroblastic...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Qiu JY,Liu P,Shi C,Han B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00