All-trans retinoic acid enhances the effect of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine on p16INK4a demethylation, and the two drugs synergistically activate retinoic acid receptor β gene expression in the human erythroleukemia K562 cell line.

abstract：:Distant metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) most frequently spread to the liver and lungs. CRC metastasis to the kidney is extremely rare and may be generally associated with an unfavorable prognosis. Thus, patients with metastatic CRC and kidney metastasis are a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The present s...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dulskas A,Bagurskas P,Sinkevicius Z,Samalavicius NE

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer (OC) has the worst prognosis among all malignancy types in females worldwide according to epidemiological studies in 2017. Although radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical treatment are the most common treatment methods, their curative effects are not satisfactory. The present study aimed to examine the...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang Y,Yang X,Xian S,Zhang L,Cheng Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) promotes invasive and migratory activities by upregulating Forkhead box protein M1 (FoxM1) expression. The present study investigated whether modulation of MnSOD and FoxM1 expression was responsible for the antitumor effects of genistein on cancer stem-like cells (CSLCs) derived ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fu Z,Cao X,Liu L,Cao X,Cui Y,Li X,Quan M,Ren K,Chen A,Xu C,Qiu Y,Chen X,Wang Z,Cao J

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas may be classified as neurofibromin 2 (NF2)-associated and non-NF2 meningiomas depending on the presence or absence of molecular alterations in the NF2 gene. One of the characteristic histological features of meningiomas is the whorl formation of neoplastic arachnoid cells. NF2 is a human homolog of the Dro...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tate G,Kishimoto K,Mitsuya T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study selected and characterized a multidrug-resistant HL-60 human acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line, HL-60/RS, by exposure to stepwise incremental doses of doxorubicin. The drug-resistant HL-60/RS cells exhibited 85.68-fold resistance to doxorubicin and were cross-resistant to other chemotherapeutics...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Chen J,Wei H,Cheng J,Xie B,Wang B,Yi J,Tian B,Liu Z,Wang F,Zhang Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) are involved in numerous mechanisms of cancer biology, including cell proliferation and survival; however the interaction of the two factors under hypoxic conditions remains unclear. The present study investigated the in vitro mechanism that results ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang X,Li S,Li M,Huang H,Li J,Zhou C

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that numerous types of metastatic cancer overexpress vacuolar-type H+ (V)-ATPases. It may be possible to inhibit the growth and metastasis of human cancer cells by inhibiting V-ATPases. It was previously reported that diphyllin, a novel V-ATPase inhibitor, can inhibit the migration and invasio...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Pan S,Cai H,Gu L,Cao S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HRas proto-oncogene (HRAS) is one of the most commonly mutated genes in thyroid cancer, with mutations frequently occurring in the follicular and Hurthle cell subtypes. However, the contribution of mutations in HRAS to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) progression and the tall-cell variant (TCV) is poorly understood. ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dou R,Zhang L,Lu T,Liu D,Mei F,Huang J,Qian L

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:Ductal adenocarcinoma of the prostate (DAP) is a rare variant of prostate cancer, and has poorly-identified clinical characteristics. Few cases have been previously reported in Chinese males and DAP is more commonly reported in Caucasian males over 70-years of age. In the present study, a 55-year-old Chinese male pati...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ji C,Zhou M,Gan W,Zheng J,Yan X,Guo H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor protein p53 (TP53) gene is associated with various types of cancer; however, little is known about TP53 expression in patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The aim of the present study was to investigate the prognostic value of TP53 expression in childhood ALL. To achieve thi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Weng W,Zhang P,Ruan J,Zhang Y,Ba D,Tang Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pristimerin is an active compound isolated from the traditional Chinese herbs Celastraceae and Hippocrateaceae. It has been reported to exert antitumor effects under experimental and clinical conditions; however, the antitumor effects and underlying mechanisms of pristimerin in oral cancer cells have not yet been iden...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu H,Li L,Ai Z,Yin J,Chen L

更新日期：2019-03-01 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 aim of the present study was to observe the in vivo targeting characteristic of angiopoietin 2-small interfering RNA (Ang2-siRNA) plasmid/chitosan magnetic nanoparticles in an established nude mouse model of malignant melanoma (MM) under an external magnetic field. The nude mouse MM model was first established, th...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shan XY,Xu TT,Liu ZL,Hu XF,Zhang YD,Guo SZ,Wang B

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the effects of the WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) gene on the stem cell properties of human ovarian cancer stem cells. A eukaryotic expression vector containing the WWOX gene was transfected into human ovarian cancer stem cells and Western blotting was used to assess ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yan HC,Xu J,Fang LS,Qiu YY,Lin XM,Huang HX,Han QY

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural dietary components have become the subject of an increasing amount of interest due to the side effects of anticancer treatment. Pterostilbene, an analog of resveratrol, is primarily found in grapes, and has been suggested to exert antioxidant and anticancer effects in different tumor types. The present study a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tan KT,Chen PW,Li S,Ke TM,Lin SH,Yang CC

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an amphipathic molecule that is used as a solvent in biological studies and as a vehicle for drug therapy. The present study was designed to evaluate the potential effects of DMSO as a solvent in the treatment of testicular embryonal carcinomas (ECs). DMSO was applied to two human EC cell ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kita H,Okamoto K,Kushima R,Kawauchi A,Chano T

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to identify differences in protein expression in cases of endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC) with and without coexisting adenomyosis uteri (AM), and to evaluate the histopathological and prognostic distinctions. The total cohort included 22 patients in Group A (patients with concomitant AM a...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hertlein L,Rath J,Zeder-Göss C,Fürst S,Bayer D,Trillsch F,Mahner S,Burges A,Jeschke U

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urothelial cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of malignant tumor in the bladder, of which primary adenocarcinoma accounts for a small percentage. Secondary malignancies, in particular metastatic adenocarcinoma from the lung, are exceedingly rare, with only six cases previously reported in the literature. The...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ye HJ,Ma J,Liu YJ,Ye XF,Zhang LW,Li JG

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to ensure a high dose of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) was delivered to tumor tissue with a low dose to normal organs. Seldinger interventional techniques were used to inject chemotherapy drugs for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). IMRT was conducted 3 weeks after intervention. P...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Fen X,Qin W,Bao W,Jiang F,Li B,Hu F,Chen X

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast metastasis is a rare pattern of distant metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) following curative treatment. The present study reported two patients with breast metastasis from NPC and reviewed four such patients reported in the literature, including the analysis of clinical profiles, pathological diagn...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xiao W,He Z,Xing C,Zhen W,Wang S,Lin H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramuscular myxoma (IM) is a benign intramuscular neoplasm composed of fibroblasts and abundant myxoid stroma. IMs most commonly affect larger skeletal muscles, while those affecting the oral and maxillofacial regions are rare, with a small number of documented cases in the available literature. The aim of the prese...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li G,Jiang W,Li W,Li J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stromal cell-derived factor 1α (SDF1α) and its receptor C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) have been reported to form an important chemokine signaling pathway. Our previous study reported that SDF1α from tumor stromal cells may stimulate the proliferation of gastric cancer (GC) cells through the CXCR4 axis in a h...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yashiro M,Kinoshita H,Tsujio G,Fukuoka T,Yamamoto Y,Sera T,Sugimoto A,Nishimura S,Kushiyama S,Togano S,Kuroda K,Toyokawa T,Ohira M

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare but highly aggressive cancer for which no well-accepted prognostic biomarkers have been identified. Thymus cell antigen 1 (Thy1), also known as cluster of differentiation (CD)90, and integrin α6 (ITGA6), also known as CD49f, are important molecules in cancer and putative markers of v...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang DH,Yang ZL,Zhou EX,Miao XY,Zou Q,Li JH,Liang LF,Zeng GX,Chen SL

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long non-coding RNA (lncRNA), RP11-480I12.5 is one of the most dysregulated lncRNAs, which is believed to contribute to the progression of cervical carcinoma (CC); however, the exact function of RP11-480I12.5 in human CC remains unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the function and underlying molecular ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang L,Li Y,Sona L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homoisoflavanone-1 is a natural compound that may be extracted from the Chinese medicinal herb Polygonatum odoratum, which has pronounced antioxidant activities. The present study reports that homoisoflavanone-1 significantly inhibited tumor cell growth and induced apoptosis in A549 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ning D,Jin M,Xv T,Sun J,Li M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy, particularly the target delineation of cancer based on scanned images, plays a key role in the planning of cancer treatment. Recently, diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) has emerged as a prospective superior procedure compared with intensified computed tomography (CT) and positron emi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang X,Fu Z,Gong G,Wei H,Duan J,Chen Z,Chen X,Wang R,Yin Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study presents the case of a 68-year-old female patient who received biological intensity-modulated radiotherapy (BIMRT) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy for multiple peritoneal metastases of ovarian cancer. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics disease stage was IIIc. In addition, the pati...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang S,Dang Y,Li F,Wei W,Ma Y,Qiao S,Wang Q

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear how microRNA (miR)-494 inhibits the proliferation of cervical cancer cells by altering the expression of SOCS6. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the molecular mechanism underlying miR-494 regulation of suppressor of cytokine signaling 6 (SOCS6) in human cervical cancer samples and the hu...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Cheng L,Kong B,Zhao Y,Jiang J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common pediatric renal malignancy. A recent ontogenic model suggests that undifferentiated tumor state, and hence poor prognosis, in WT is determined by stabilization of β-catenin in the nucleus. Forkhead box M1 (FOXM1) is a downstream component of the Wnt pathway and promotes nuclear loca...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Apelt N,Hubertus J,Mayr D,Graf N,Furtwängler R,Von Schweinitz D,Kappler R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00