PKM2 and cancer: The function of PKM2 beyond glycolysis.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the association between expression of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells and patient survival. To address this, immunohistochemical staining for HLA class I was performed on specimens from 111 patients with NSCLC, and overall survival ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ichinokawa K,Nakanishi Y,Hida Y,Tsuchikawa T,Kato T,Itoh T,Kaji M,Kaga K,Hirano S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-Met signaling pathway was identified to be associated with malignant tumors. The present study aimed at determining the expression of HGF and c-Met in gastric carcinogenesis and its association with Helicobacter pylori infection. Gastric biopsies were obtained from 16...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xie C,Yang Z,Hu Y,Cao X,Chen J,Zhu Y,Lu N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of death in smokers and the most common cause for cancer mortality in both males and females in the United States. Predisposition of this malignancy to distant metastasis leads to poor prognosis; therefore, it is urgent to discover novel therapeutic agents for me...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Lian J,Wang X

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:Choroidal melanoma is a rare ocular tumor. The present study reports the case of a 66-year-old male who presented with chronic headache and progressive visual loss. Physical eye examination and combined A- and B-mode ultrasonography detected choroidal melanoma. Due to tumor characteristics the eye was enucleated resto...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Terzidou C,Trivli A,Dalianis G,Apessou D,Spandidos DA,Goulielmos GN

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2) is a member of the cAMP response element binding protein family that heterodimerizes and activates other transcription factors involved in stress and DNA damage responses, growth, differentiation and apoptosis. ATF2 has been investigated as a potential carcinogenic biomarker in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： You Z,Zhou Y,Guo Y,Chen W,Chen S,Wang X

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an intracellular protein transport process leading to the degradation of organelles and long-lived proteins in eukaryotes. The down-regulation of autophagy observed in cancer cells has been associated with tumor progression. This study investigated autophagy induced by resveratrol, a natural compound, in ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yamamoto M,Suzuki SO,Himeno M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (LGESS) is a rare malignancy. The tumor is reportedly responsive to hormonal therapy, most commonly with medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), but the effectiveness of aromatase inhibitors for recurrent LGESS remains unclear. The present study reports a case of stage IC LGESS present...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Nakamura K,Nakayama K,Ishikawa M,Ishikawa N,Katagiri H,Katagiri A,Ishibashi T,Sato E,Iida K,Sultana R,Kyo S

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the treatment options for patients with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-associated renal angiomyolipomas (AMLs). A total of 17 patients who were consecutively diagnosed with TSC-associated renal AMLs at the Department of Urology of Zhongshan Hospital between 1998 and 20...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang H,Long Q,Wang Y,Liu L,Zhou L,Guo J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is a significant health concern. In the early stages, prostate cancer cells depend on androgens for growth and survival, hence androgen-ablation therapy at this time may be effective in causing tumor regression. However, treatment options for advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancers are still relat...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhu G,Wang X,Yang Z,Cao H,Meng Z,Wang Y,Chen D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational and experimental studies have produced inconsistent evidence about the association of serum levels of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) with anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity (AIC). Therefore, the current meta-analysis examined the association between serum BNP levels and AIC by using data from high qu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang YD,Chen SX,Ren LQ

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:Mammary fibromatosis is a rare and locally aggressive benign tumor of the breast; it originates from fibroblasts and myofibroblasts within the breast parenchyma and does not metastasize. The condition is locally aggressive and has a high rate of recurrence. The etiology of mammary fibromatosis is unknown. Breast imagi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Benej R,Mečiarová I,Pohlodek K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer occurs in patients with ovarian cancer treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy, which results in tumor progression during treatment, or recurrence of the tumor within 6 months of the treatment. It is vital that a novel biomarker for diagnosis, or an efficient therapeutic target of ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li Q,Zhang J,Zhou J,Yang B,Liu P,Cao L,Jing L,Liu H

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is known as a malignant tumour with a high mortality rate in orthopaedic settings; however, the factors associated with its degree of malignancy and the biological response remains to be elucidated. Although the essential role of the long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) maternally expressed 3 (MEG3) has been recen...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shi Y,Lv C,Shi L,Tu G

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although previous studies have demonstrated that dysregulation of microRNA (miR)-126 is associated with the progression of several types of cancer, including lung cancer, the relationship between miR-126 and lung cancer metastasis remains unclear. SPC-A1 lung cancer cells were transfected with miR-126 mimic and negati...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jia Z,Zhang Y,Xu Q,Guo W,Guo A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunotherapy based on the tumor microenvironment is a feasible method for treating cancer; therefore, it is necessary to investigate the immune microenvironment of pancreatic cancer and the influencing factors of the immune microenvironment. Chemokines are an important factor affecting the tumor immune microenvironme...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu B,Wang J,Wang X,Zhu M,Chen F,Shen Y,Zhong Z

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Resistance to oxaliplatin (L-OHP) is a major obstacle to successful chemotherapy in colorectal cancer (CRC). In the present study, the ability of gambogic acid (GA) to reverse L-OHP resistance in CRC LoVo cells was investigated. L-OHP-resistant LoVo/L-OHP cells were established by exposing them to increasing concentra...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang Q,Wei J,Wang C,Zhang T,Huang D,Wei F,He F,Cai W,Yang P,Zeng S,Li W,Cao J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection and characterisation of tumour-derived circulating epithelial tumor cells (CETCs) or circulating tumor cells (CTCs) have been a main focus of basic oncological research over previous years. Numerous studies in the past decade have shown that CTCs are a promising tool for the estimation of the risk for me...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Willecke-Hochmuth R,Pachmann K,Drevs J

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Gastric cancer is a major cause of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. The aberrant expression of microRNA (miRNA) is involved in tumorigenesis. Ras proteins transfer information from the extracellular environment to internal cellular compartments and are essential in numerous signal transduction pathways. To inves...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Bo X,Chen Y,Sheng W,Gong Y,Wang H,Gao W,Zhang B

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to quantify tumor neo-vessels, macrophages and fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and explore the prognostic factors of HCC. The distribution of tumor neo-vessels, macrophages and fibroblasts was quantified by immunohistochemistry and inverted mi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fang M,Yuan J,Chen M,Sun Z,Liu L,Cheng G,Ying H,Yang S,Chen M

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that homeobox D10 (HOXD10) is the target gene of microRNA-10b (miR-10b) and is closely associated with the inhibition of cell migration and invasion. Ras homolog family member C (RhoC) has been reported to promote tumor metastasis in various types of cancer. The effect of miR-10b on colorectal cance...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang Y,Li Z,Zhao X,Zuo X,Peng Z

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) is a transcriptional co-activator which binds to a variety of transcription factors. An increasing number of studies have provided evidence that TAZ may be a positive regulator of cell proliferation and tumorigenesis. To reveal the underlying mechanisms by whic...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang L,Huang M,Tan J,Hou J,He J,Wang F,Cui H,Yi L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to identify the level of programmed death-1 (PD-1) expression in infiltrating cluster of differentiation (CD)4+ and CD8+ T cells isolated from lung cancer tissues, and investigated whether the level of PD-1 expression may be directly regulated by lung cancer cells via prostaglandin E2 (PGE2)-as...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang J,Zhang L,Kang D,Yang D,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression of activin A in esophageal carcinoma and its association with tumor differentiation and metastasis. A total of 57 esophageal carcinoma patients and 36 controls were included in the current study. The mRNA and protein expression levels of activin A in esoph...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang Z,Zhang N,Song R,Fan R,Yang L,Wu L

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5 (LGR5) is an established cancer stem cell marker and is a target gene of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, a critical pathway in the process of tumor initiation and growth. In the present study, the mRNA expression levels of LGR5, adenomatous polyposis col...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lin YU,Wu T,Yao Q,Zi S,Cui L,Yang M,Li J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TACC3, a member of the transforming acidic coiled-coil protein (TACC) family, is a multifunctional protein that is involved in various biological functions, including proliferation and differentiation of tumor cells, cancer progression and metastasis. The aims of the present study were to examine whether TACC3 express...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao C,He X,Li H,Zhou J,Han X,Wang D,Tian G,Sui F

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine lactoferricin P13 (LfcinB-P13) is a peptide derived from LfcinB. In the present study, the effect of LfcinB-P13 on the human liver cancer cell line SMMC7721 was investigated in vitro and in vivo. The results of the present study indicate that LfcinB-P13 significantly decreased SMMC7721 cell viability in vitro (...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Meng L,Xu G,Li J,Liu W,Jia W,Ma J,Wei D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00