Downregulation of GSK3β by miR-544a to maintain self-renewal ability of lung caner stem cells.

abstract：:Platycodin D (PD) is a triterpenoid saponin that exists in the roots of Platycodonis. It exhibits evident growth inhibitory effects and potent cytotoxicity against multiple types of cancer. Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is the most common malignant disease of the biliary tract system. Patients with GBC usually have limited...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang X,Zhai T,Hei Z,Zhou D,Jin L,Han C,Wang J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between cyclin A expression and efficacy of paclitaxel-based chemotherapy in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The expression of cyclin A was examined in 48 newly diagnosed ESCC patients prior to treatment using the MaxVision immunohistoch...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang JX,Shen SL,Lin M,Xiao W,Chen WC,Lin MS,Yu H,Chen P,Qian RY

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, Frizzled-2 (Fz2), a receptor of the Wnt ligand, was investigated as a potential target of molecular therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was performed to determine the expression levels of Fz2. A surgical specimen of HCC was immunostained with a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tomizawa M,Shinozaki F,Motoyoshi Y,Sugiyama T,Yamamoto S,Sueishi M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin, which is synthesized by the pineal gland and released into the blood, exhibits antitumor properties. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects, particularly in stomach cancer, remain unknown. In the present study, the effect of melatonin on the nuclear factor (NF)-κB signaling pathway and the mitogen...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li W,Wang Z,Chen Y,Wang K,Lu T,Ying F,Fan M,Li Z,Wu J

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:erbB-2 is amplified or overexpressed in approximately 30% of human breast cancers, and has been associated with poor prognosis and therapeutic resistance. Previous studies have suggested that erbB-2 overexpression in transgenic mice induces genomic instability; however, the patterns of genetic lesions vary with indivi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kim YM,Ma Z,Lee S,Lee J,Li S,Yang X

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor, RAD001, on the growth of human endometrial cancer cells. The effects of RAD001 on human endometrial cancer Ishikawa and HEC-1A cell proliferation were determined by MTT assay. Green fluorescent protein mi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang H,Li D,Li X,Ou X,Liu S,Zhang Y,Ding J,Xie B

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:The aim of the present study was to identify genes that may serve as markers for breast cancer prognosis by constructing a gene co-expression network and mining modules associated with survival. Two gene expression datasets of breast cancer were downloaded from ArrayExpress and genes from these datasets with a coeffic...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shi H,Zhang L,Qu Y,Hou L,Wang L,Zheng M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the impact of obesity on radiation-induced gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicity. The cases of 54 patients with prostate cancer, treated with three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy (RT), were reviewed. For each patient, the body mass index (BMI), dis...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Doi H,Ishimaru F,Tanooka M,Inoue H,Odawara S,Takada Y,Niwa Y,Fujiwara M,Kamikonya N,Yamamoto S,Hirota S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the prospective roles and the clinicopathological application of microRNA-21-5p (miR-21-5p) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the present review is based on 24 studies and bioinformatics investigation. Firstly, HCC-associated miR-21-5p data were aggregated from literature databases and two public genom...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhong XZ,Deng Y,Chen G,Yang H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy has been widely used in breast cancer therapy, but the efficacy of chemotherapy is intimately associated with the sensitivity of therapeutic drugs to breast cancer. Docetaxel is a first-line chemotherapeutic drug in breast cancer treatment, but further improvement to its efficacy has thus far proved diffi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Cai Y,Yan X,Zhang G,Zhao W,Jiao S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to establish a prediction index (PI) model for the 5-year survival rate of patients with hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after radical resection, and to evaluate the effect of prophylactic transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE). A total of 201 patients with ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： He S,Fan X,Ma H,Xiaerfuhazi H,Rehato A,Feng J,Shi X,He F

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic epithelioid angiomyolipoma (EAML) is a rare type of hepatic tumor. Due to a lack of adequate understanding about this tumor, hepatic EAML is often misdiagnosed as other diseases with similar clinical characteristics such as hepatic cancer. In the present study, 3 cases of hepatic EAML are reported, and the mai...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu W,Meng Z,Liu H,Li W,Wu Q,Zhang X,E C

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growing requirement for novel prognostic biomarkers for pancreatic cancer, many studies have focused on clinical and/or genomic variables. Although many studies have been performed, carbohydrate antigen 19-9 is the only biomarker in clinical use. Therefore, the present study examined whether γ-secretase genes...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jeon YH,Ha M,Kim SW,Kim MJ,Lee CS,Oh CK,Han ME,Oh SO,Kim YH

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate whether oridonin is able to increase the effects of lentinan (LNT) in HepG2 human hepatoblastoma cells by MTT, flow cytometry, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis. The in vitro results demonstrated that 20 µg/ml of orido...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sun Z,Han Q,Duan L,Yuan Q,Wang H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activating mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene are characteristic of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). EGFR mutations were previously detected in histologically normal lung tissue around NSCLC tumors. Computed tomography-guided lung needle biopsy (CTNB) is an accurate and useful technique f...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ueno T,Soh J,Hiraki T,Asano H,Ichimura K,Shibamoto K,Gobara H,Kanazawa S,Toyooka S,Miyoshi S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and immunological responsiveness of a peptide vaccine of ring finger protein 43 and 34-kDa translocase of the outer mitochondrial membrane combined with uracil-tegafur/leucovorin (UFT/LV) was previously demonstrated in metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) in a phase I clinical trial. To clarify the survival b...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kawamura J,Sugiura F,Sukegawa Y,Yoshioka Y,Hida JI,Hazama S,Okuno K

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) has long been recognized as a cause of mortality in immuno-compromised populations, including those with advanced lung cancer. Although Pneumocystis colonization has only recently been described due to the development of more sensitive molecular techniques, including polymerase ch...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Togashi Y,Masago K,Ito Y,Sakamori Y,Okuda C,Fukuhara A,Nagai H,Kim YH,Mishima M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 34-86% of neoplasms of the salivary glands are located in the parotid gland and parotidectomy is the first-line treatment for parotid gland tumors. Frey syndrome and cosmetic deformity are common complications experienced by patients following parotidectomy and the sternocleidomastoid muscle flap (SCMF) ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu DY,Tian XJ,Li C,Sun SS,Xiong YH,Zeng XT

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine whether manipulation of the microRNA-200 (miR-200) family could influence colon adenocarcinoma cell behavior. The miR-200 family has a significant role in tumor suppression and functions as an oncogene. In vitro studies on gain and loss of function with small interfering RNA demonstrated ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Carter JV,O'Brien SJ,Burton JF,Oxford BG,Stephen V,Hallion J,Bishop C,Galbraith NJ,Eichenberger MR,Sarojini H,Hattab E,Galandiuk S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal metastasis is an important prognostic factor for pancreatic cancer. The present study evaluated the possibility of diagnosing peritoneal metastasis by a photodynamic diagnosis using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA-PDD). In vitro, protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) accumulation was examined in the AsPC-1-GFP cell line fo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Harada K,Murayama Y,Kubo H,Matsuo H,Morimura R,Ikoma H,Fujiwara H,Okamoto K,Tanaka T,Otsuji E

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with longstanding ulcerative colitis have an increased risk of colorectal cancer. Mouse models for colitis-associated tumors are indispensable for the development of novel strategies for prevention and intervention, as well as an improved understanding of the mechanisms underlying tumor formation. The present...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yamauchi R,Kominato K,Mitsuyama K,Takedatsu H,Yoshioka S,Kuwaki K,Yamasaki H,Fukunaga S,Mori A,Akiba J,Tsuruta O,Torimura T

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prognosis and treatment differences between initial and second primary chondrosarcoma (pCS) remain unknown. In the present study, patients with chondrosarcoma diagnosed between January 2004 and December 2015 were identified using the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results database. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Mao W,Kong M,Yu H,Wang D,Huang X,Yao X,Fan J,Geng J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs), isolated as a 'liquid biopsy', may provide important diagnostic and prognostic information. Therefore, rapid, reliable and unbiased detection of CTCs are required for routine clinical analyses. It was demonstrated that negative enrichment, an epithelial marker-independent technique for ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xu Y,Liu B,Ding F,Zhou X,Tu P,Yu B,He Y,Huang P

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions (GJs) serve the principal role in the antineoplastic (cytotoxicity and induced apoptosis) effect of chemical drugs. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of GJ intercellular communication (GJIC) composed of connexin 43 (Cx43) on adriamycin cytotoxicity in breast cancer cells. Four cell...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Jiang G,Dong S,Yu M,Han X,Zheng C,Zhu X,Tong X

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of mineral dust-induced gene (mdig) in lung cancer NCI-H1650 cells was detected to investigate the effects of mdig on proliferation and apoptosis of NCI-H1650 cells. NCI-H1650 lung cancer cells were cultured in vitro. The expression of mdig in NCI-H1650 cells was lowered using ribonucleic acid interference ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xu X,Cao L,Zhang Y,Lian H,Sun Z,Cui Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imiquimod is an imidazoquinoline immune response modifier that is used in antiviral and antiallergic creams. Combination therapy using transcutaneous imiquimod and oral sorafenib was previously demonstrated to reduce the tumor burden of renal cell carcinoma growing cutaneously in a mouse model. In the present study, a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Karashima T,Udaka K,Niimura M,Suzuki K,Osakabe H,Shimamoto T,Fukata S,Inoue K,Kuroda N,Seiki M,Shuin T

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) is a member of the STAT family of proteins that serve key roles in the initiation of tumorigenesis and malignant transformation. STAT6 is highly expressed in several types of cancer, including breast, pancreatic, prostate and colorectal cancer. STAT6 transduce...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Delgado-Ramirez Y,Colly V,Gonzalez GV,Leon-Cabrera S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiofrequency ablation has become an increasingly common therapeutic technique for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma or metastatic liver tumors. However, reports on the effect of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (PRFA) on circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are limited. The present study aimed to further investig...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li Y,Huang N,Wang C,Ma H,Zhou M,Lin L,Huang Z,Sun L,Shi M,Liao W

更新日期：2018-09-01 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