Dendritic cell-activated cytokine-induced killer cell-mediated immunotherapy is safe and effective for cancer patients >65 years old.

abstract：:Connexins (Cxs), a conserved family of trans-membrane proteins, function in the organization of cell-cell communicatin via gap junctions in multicellular organisms. However, the role of Cxs in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the relationship between cell proliferation ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yi S,Chen Y,Wen L,Yang L,Cui G

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer is one of the most common forms of malignancies involving the urinary system and multiple risk factors have been associated with its etiology. The most common of which include cigarette smoking and various occupational or chemical exposures. It is usually diagnosed in older individuals with an average a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Khan R,Ibrahim H,Tulpule S,Iroka N

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to examine the role of insulin-like growth factor II mRNA-binding protein 3 (IMP3) expression for the prognostic evaluation of non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), a total of 186 breast cancer patients, with adjacent non-tumor lung tissues, were selected for immunohistochemical staining of IMP3 protein. The...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang J,Ou Y,Ma Y,Zheng L,Zhang X,Xia R,Kong F,Shen Y,Wang S,Lin L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical process in the promotion of epithelial tumor progression and metastasis. The present study aimed to investigate the role of Ras homolog gene family, member C (RhoC) guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) in transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 induced EMT. EMT occurred i...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： He X,Qian Y,Cai H,Yang S,Cai J,Wang Z

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the expression of CD24 and B7-H3 in breast cancer tissues and the clinical significance. Expression of CD24 and B7-H3 in breast cancer and adjacent tissues were detected by immunohistochemistry. Quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression of CD24 and B7-H3...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Cong F,Yu H,Gao X

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes have gained increased research focus due to their key roles as messengers. The components of exosomes include proteins and RNAs that may be horizontally transferred between adjacent or distant cells. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the most malignant types of cancer worldwide, with exosomes implicated...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang S,Chen G,Lin X,Xing X,Cai Z,Liu X,Liu J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forkhead box protein A1 (FOXA1) is essential for the growth and differentiation of breast epithelium, and has a favorable outcome in breast cancer (BC). Elevated FOXA1 expression in BC also facilitates hormone responsiveness in estrogen receptor (ESR)-positive BC. However, the interaction between these two pathways is...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chaudhary S,Krishna BM,Mishra SK

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic schwannomas are rare gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors, and only a limited number of cases has been reported. The occurrence of these tumors is less common in the large intestine than in the stomach. The present study reports a case of colonic schwannoma in a 62-year-old female patient with no specific sympt...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang WB,Chen WB,Lin JJ,Xu JH,Wang JH,Sheng QS

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical value of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the preoperative T staging of gastric cancer and in the postoperative pathological diagnosis. In total, 30 patients with gastric cancer were investigated, including 19 males and 11 females (age, 50-69 years; mean age...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huo X,Yuan K,Shen Y,Li M,Wang Q,Xing L,Shi G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) is central to the pathogenesis and therapeutic target of human hepatocellular carcinoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of casticin on epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) of liver cancer stem cells (LCSCs) derived from the SMMC-7721 cell line. Our res...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： He M,Cao XC,He GC,Sheng XF,Ai XH,Wu YH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miR)-125a-3p is derived from the 3'-end of pre-miR-125a, which is associated with several types of cancer, such as gastric and prostate cancer, and glioma. The aim of the present study was to identify the prognostic significance of miR-125a-3p expression levels in patients with NSCLC. The gene expression omn...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hou L,Luo P,Ma Y,Jia C,Yu F,Lv Z,Wu C,Fu D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forkhead box M1 (FOXM1) and hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway are implicated in the formation and development of human tumors, including cervical cancer. Previous studies have indicated that FOXM1 may be a downstream target gene of the Hh signaling pathway, but their association in cervical cancer is largely unknown. In...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen H,Wang J,Yang H,Chen D,Li P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-associated mortality among men and women globally. The skeleton is one of the most common metastatic sites. The majority of patients exhibiting bone metastases are treated using systemic therapy or symptom-based palliative approaches without surgery. The present study a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao T,Gao Z,Wu W,He W,Yang YI

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of 5α-reductase inhibitors (5α-RIs) as prostate cancer chemoprevention agents is controversial. Two large randomized trials, the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) and the Reduction by Dutasteride of Prostate Cancer Events (REDUCE) Trial, have both shown a decreased incidence of prostate cancer in patient...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lacy JM,Kyprianou N

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer, a malignant tumor, is the most frequently fatal cancer, with poor survival rates in the advanced stages. In order to improve the understanding of this disease, and to improve the outcomes of patients, additional studies are required. In the present study, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in patients ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xu X,Cao L,Zhang Y,Yin Y,Hu X,Cui Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent decades, thyroid cancer (TC) has become one of the most common endocrine malignancies. Next-generation sequencing of paired TC and adjacent healthy thyroid tissues demonstrated that polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1-like 1 (PKHD1L1) may serve as a tumour suppressor gene in thyroid cancer. However, the ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zheng C,Quan R,Xia EJ,Bhandari A,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is one of the most lethal types of cancer, and its poor prognosis is primarily due to drug resistance and cancer recurrence. As it is associated with a low five-year survival rate, lung cancer stem cells (LCSCs) have been the subject of numerous recent studies. For these studies of LCSCs, lung cancer cell ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang Y,Jiang M,Du C,Yu Y,Liu Y,Li M,Luo F

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (p16INK4a) protein is a surrogate immunohistochemical marker of human papillomavirus infection in oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). However, the effects of p16INK4a in non-OPSCC require additional analysis. In addition, major gaps remain in the literature, including small...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang H,Cao Y,Li ZM,Li YJ,Jiang WQ,Shi YX

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor of activated C Kinase 1 (RACK1) is an essential scaffold and anchoring protein, which serves an important role in multiple tumorigenesis signaling pathways. The present study aimed to investigate the expression of RACK1 in gastric cancer (GC), and its association with the occurrence and development of GC. In ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu C,Ren L,Wang Y,Liu Y,Xiao J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation (VISTA) is a novel negative immune checkpoint that belongs to the B7 family. VISTA is primarily expressed on hematopoietic cells and inhibits T cell proliferation and cytokine production. The blockade of VISTA has demonstrated promising results in certain murine ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liao H,Zhu H,Liu S,Wang H

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with non-platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer have a poor prognosis. Non-pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (Myocet®) is a promising drug that may be able to improve treatment for such patients. In the current study, patients with recurrent ovarian cancer relapsing within 12 months after primary treatment...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Brucker J,Mayer C,Gebauer G,Mallmann P,Belau AK,Schneeweiss A,Sohn C,Eichbaum M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to examine the effectiveness of immunostaining of cytological specimens in discerning squamous from non-squamous cell carcinoma. Various combinations of six antibodies were examined in order to determine the optimal combination for use in differential diagnosis. Immunostaining was performed usi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ikeda S,Naruse K,Nagata C,Kuramochi M,Onuki T,Inagaki M,Suzuki K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) to chemotherapy is heterogeneous; particular subtype classifications based on mRNA gene expression analysis have been demonstrated to be associated with a pathological complete response (pCR). The aim of the present study was to investigate additional clinical and p...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Nakashoji A,Matsui A,Nagayama A,Iwata Y,Sasahara M,Murata Y

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the anticancer effect of aloe-emodin, an anthraquinone compound present in the leaves of Aloe vera, on two human colon carcinoma cell lines, DLD-1 and WiDr. Colon carcinoma cells were treated with various concentrations of aloe-emodin for different durations. Cell viability was m...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lin KY,Uen YH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For osteoblastoma, with its predilection for the spinal column and appendicular skeleton, the skull is an unusual site, and paranasal sinus involvement is very rare. Herein, we report on a case in which the disease was located within the sphenoid bone. To the best of our knowledge, this is the 4th reported case of ost...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kukwa W,Oziębło A,Oecińska A,Czarnecka AM,Włodarski K,Kukwa A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 1 (ABCB1) is a transporter that mediates multidrug resistance (MDR) against chemotherapy, which leads to decreased patient survival. To inhibit ABCB1 activity in MDR cancer cells, the authors previously designed and synthesized a derivative from 20(S)-protopanaxadiol (PPD) P...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wei S,Chen W,Hu L,Pan J,Wang X

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations in the cytosolic serine/threonine kinase, BRAF, have been reported in a variety of neoplasms. BRAF activation may contribute to tumor growth via activation of the MAP/ERK kinase pathway, and BRAF represents a possible therapeutic target. Activating BRAF mutations were recently reported in approxim...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Köllermann J,Albrecht H,Schlomm T,Huland H,Graefen M,Bokemeyer C,Simon R,Sauter G,Wilczak W

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate whether ultrasound combined with microbubbles was able to enhance liposome-mediated transfection of genes into human prostate cancer cells, and to examine the association between autophagy and tumor protein P53 (P53). An MTT assay was used to evaluate cell viability, whi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang YU,Chen YN,Zhang W,Yang YU,Bai WK,Shen E,Hu B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferase Mu 1 (GSTM1) induces cancer drug resistance by hydrolyzing cancer chemotherapeutics or activating the anti-apoptosis pathway. However, the chemoresistance-inducing mechanism of GSTM1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unknown. In the present study, the expression of GSTM1 was examined in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fu XT,Song K,Zhou J,Shi YH,Liu WR,Tian MX,Jin L,Shi GM,Gao Q,Ding ZB,Fan J

更新日期：2018-07-01 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