Triptolide exerts pro-apoptotic and cell cycle arrest activity on drug-resistant human lung cancer A549/Taxol cells via modulation of MAPK and PI3K/Akt signaling pathways.

abstract：:Nervous system polycomb 1 (NSPc1) is a member of the polycomb group (PcG) family of proteins and has been demonstrated to maintain the differentiation and pluripotency of stem cells. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been demonstrated to be involved in the control of pluripotency and differentiation in embryonic and...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liang Z,Wang Y,Li H,Sun Y,Gong Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major aim of the present study was to develop an integrin receptor-targeted liposomal paclitaxel (PTX) to enhance the targeting specificity and therapeutic effect of PTX on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. The specific Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) ligand was conjugated to 1,2-distearoylphosphatidylethanolamine-polyethyl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen L,Liu Y,Wang W,Liu K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the effects of overexpression of interferon-induced transmembrane protein 5 (IFITM5) and IFITM5 c.-14C>T mutation on osteogenic differentiation, and the proliferation, migration and invasion of SaOS2 cells. SaOS2 cells were transfected with plasmids containing wild type IFITM5 (W...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu BY,Lu YQ,Han F,Wang Y,Mo XK,Han JX

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salivary gland carcinomas are rare tumors, representing ~0.5% of all malignancies. Myoepithelioma is also uncommon, representing ~1% of all salivary gland tumors. Myoepithelial carcinoma (MC) is even rarer, representing 0.2 to 0.6% of all salivary gland tumors. We herein report a case of MC with multiple metastases ar...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Panelli Santos KCP,Matsuzaki H,Unetsubo T,Tsuyoshi S,Nagatsuka H,Asaumi JI

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vestibular schwannoma (VS) is a benign, slow-growing cranial tumor that originates from the hypertrophy of Schwann cells. The majority of sporadic VS are unilateral, and the mechanisms underlying VS tumorigenesis are not fully understood. The human neurofibromin 2 (NF2) gene encodes the tumor suppressor protein merlin...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Su F,Zhou Z,Su W,Wang Z,Wu Q

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin is a non-nutritive yellow pigment found in the spice turmeric, which is derived from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa Linn. Six cyclohexanone analogues of curcumin (A(1)-A(6)) were investigated for their effects on growth and apoptosis in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells. The ability of these compounds ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wei X,DU ZY,Cui XX,Verano M,Mo RQ,Tang ZK,Conney AH,Zheng X,Zhang K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data has demonstrated that particulate matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter ≤ 2.5 µm (PM2.5) is associated with cancer incidence. However, the precise mechanisms underlying PM2.5-mediated hepatocellular carcinoma cancer (HCC) migration and invasion remain unclear. The aim of the present study was t...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang Q,Luo Q,Yuan X,Chai L,Li D,Liu J,Lv Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) promotes distant metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which increases the mortality of patients with HCC and PVTT. The aim of the present study was to develop an early risk warning system for distant metastasis of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated primary HCC (HBV-HCC) with ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li M,Zhao Y,Liu X,Zhang S,Jiang Y,Yang Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old male patient underwent endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR). Additional hybrid 2-port hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) (Mukai's operation) was performed for early rectal cancer located at the distal border of the rectum/below the peritoneal reflection (Rb) region [SM massive invasion/ly+/vertical ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Mukai M,Sekido Y,Fukumitsu H,Izumi H,Hoshikawa T,Tajima T,Tobita K,Sadahiro S,Yasuda S,Ogoshi K

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The danger of overexposure to solar ultraviolet radiation has been widely reviewed since the 1980s due to the depletion of the ozone layer. However, the benefits of mild exposure of the skin to ultraviolet (UV) light have not been widely investigated. Numerous reports have demonstrated that an association exists betwe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Rivas M,Rojas E,Araya MC,Calaf GM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldo-keto reductases, known as AKR1C1-AKR1C4 enzymes, are pivotal to NADPH-dependent reduction, and their expression is highly associated with the progression of malignant cancers. However, the expression and distinct prognostic value of the AKR1C family members in liver cancer are not well established. In the current...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao SF,Wang SG,Zhao ZY,Li WL

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective therapies are limited for pancreatic cancer, particularly for those with distant tumour metastases. Therefore, more individualised drug screening is urgently required. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a powerful tool to investigate the genomic landscape of patients and the mechanism of drug response, whic...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Guan Z,Lan H,Sun D,Wang X,Jin K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial hydatidiform mole and coexisting fetus (PHMCF) is a rare condition that presents a dilemma for physicians and the parents of the fetus, particularly when PHMCF is detected during the second trimester of pregnancy. The present study reports a case of PHMCF terminated by induction of labor via administration of ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang Y,Qian H,Wang J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extremely delicate shift from an inflammatory process to tumorigenesis is a field of major scientific interest. While the inflammation induced by environmental agents has well known underlying mechanisms, less is known concerning the oncogenic changes that follow an inflammatory chronic status in the tissue microe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Neagu M,Constantin C,Caruntu C,Dumitru C,Surcel M,Zurac S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebroma, a nervous system tumor located in the cranial cavity, seriously affects health and may even become life-threatening. The aim of the study was to investigate and discuss the expression levels of cluster of differentiation 44 (CD44) and Golgi protein 73 (GP73) in different types of cerebroma tissues and to st...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yuan Y,Shi L,Wang S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is an aggressive malignant disease that is resistant to various chemotherapeutic agents and commonly relapses. Efficient elimination of metastasized PDA is critical for a positive post-surgical treatment outcome. The present study analyzed the effect of the B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kasai S,Sasaki T,Watanabe A,Nishiya M,Yasuhira S,Shibazaki M,Maesawa C

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant transformation of an epidermoid cyst is rare. The current report presents a case of a 55-year-old female patient with squamous cell carcinoma arising from a benign epidermoid cyst in the left temporal region and prepontine area. She had undergone subtotal resection of an epidermoid cyst 7 months previously. ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ding S,Jin Y,Jiang J

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between endometriosis and malignant transformation has often been described in the medical literature. A search was conducted between 1966 and 2010 through the English language literature (online Medline PubMed database) using the keywords endometriosis combined with malignant transformation. The searc...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Higashiura Y,Kajihara H,Shigetomi H,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that the chronic administration of valproic acid (VPA) suppresses angiogenesis in vivo; however, the mechanisms implicated in VPA-induced autophagy remain unclear. The current study aimed to assess VPA-induced autophagy in three prostate cancer cell lines (PC3, DU145 and LNCaP), in a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xia Q,Zheng Y,Jiang W,Huang Z,Wang M,Rodriguez R,Jin X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypermethylated in cancer 1 (HIC1) is a putative suppressor gene, cooperating with TP53 in the regulation of apoptosis. The promoter site of this gene contains CpG islands susceptible to methylation. Altered methylation leads to the silencing of HIC1. Persistent loss of HIC1 function reflects the attenuation of proapo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Markowski J,Sieroń AL,Kasperczyk K,Ciupińska-Kajor M,Auguściak-Duma A,Likus W

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high mobility group A1 (HMGA1) protein is associated with poor prognosis in patients with a wide range of cancers. However, the affect of HMGA1 on the risk of mortality from breast cancer (BC) has not been fully characterized. In the present retrospective multiple center study, the HMGA1 expression level was deter...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang S,Lei R,Wu J,Shan J,Hu Z,Chen L,Ren X,Yao L,Wang J,Wang X

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary sequestration (PS) is an uncommon lung disease. Carcinoid tumorlets in pulmonary sequestration are extremely rare. This case report presents a rare clinical case of carcinoid tumorlet in pulmonary sequestration with bronchiectasis after breast cancer. A 64-year-old female was diagnosed with infiltrating duct...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ye Y,Mu Z,Wu D,Xie Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most frequent cancer worldwide with a poor 5-year survival. miR-650 acts as an oncogene and regulates tumor progress in various cancers. Molecular mechanisms of miR-650 in NSCLC cell proliferation and invasion was studied. The mRNA levels of miR-650 and special genes were calc...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tang X,Ding Y,Wang X,Wang X,Zhao L,Bi H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newcastle disease virus (NDV) has been reported to selectively duplicate in and then destroy tumor cells, whilst sparing normal cells. However, the effect of NDV on lung cancer has yet to be elucidated. In the present study, recombinant NDV (rl-RVG) was applied to lung adenocarcinoma A549 cell tumor-bearing mice to ex...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yan Y,Jia L,Zhang J,Liu Y,Bu X

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt signaling pathway plays a crucial role in human cancer development, and axis inhibition protein 2 (Axin2) is a master scaffold protein involved in Wnt signaling. Axin2 negatively regulates Wnt signaling and acts as a tumor suppressor protein. The present study evaluated the association between the Axin2 single...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ma C,Liu C,Huang P,Kaku H,Chen J,Guo K,Ueki H,Sakai A,Nasu Y,Kumon H,Shimizu K,Watanabe M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of long non-coding RNA SNHG7 (lncRNA-SNHG7) and its clinical significance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) were explored. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was used to detect the expression level of lncRNA-SNHG7 in cancer tissues. Kaplan-Meier curves and multivariate Cox proportion...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shen A,Ma J,Hu X,Cui X

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the correlation between BCR promoter DNA methylation and response to imatinib in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), we investigated BCR promoter DNA methylation in three groups of subjects. The first group included chronic phase patients enrolled in an imatinib dose escalation trial. In the trial, patients who ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Koh Y,Kim DY,Park SH,Byun HM,Kim I,Yoon SS,Kim BK,Park E,Yang AS,Park S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that microRNAs (miRs) are involved in the carcinogenesis of colorectal cancer (CRC). To the best of our knowledge, the function and regulatory role of miR-532-5p in human CRC remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to determine the role and regulation of miR-532-5p in CRC. ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang J,Zhou W,Liu Y,Liu T,Li C,Wang L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is the third most frequent type of cancer in adolescents and represents >56% of all bone tumors. In addition, metastatic OS frequently demonstrates resistance to conventional chemotherapy; thus, the development of novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of patients with metastatic OS is warranted....

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li X,Yan ML,Yu Q

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to confirm the correlation between serum levels of cystatin C (Cys-C) and those of creatinine (Cre), the most widely used index of renal function in clinical practice, and to evaluate serum levels of Cys-C, with a particular focus on the effects of aging, body mass index (BMI), C-reactive...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ohara G,Miyazaki K,Kurishima K,Kagohashi K,Ishikawa H,Satoh H,Hizawa N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00