Immunohistochemical expression of mTOR negatively correlates with PTEN expression in gastric carcinoma.

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：:Previous studies have shown that the activation of the β2 adrenergic receptor (ADRB2) can stimulate several signaling pathways that promote tumor growth and metastasis. β-adrenergic antagonism may have a beneficial role in cancer treatment; however, little is known about the effect of ADRB2 inhibition on the growth of...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Dang D,Zhang J,Yang J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivin is expressed in the nucleus and/or cytoplasm of various malignant cells. Nuclear survivin is critical for the completion of mitosis, while cytoplasmic survivin functions as an inhibitor of apoptosis. The expression of survivin has been reported to be associated with the aggressiveness of certain types of canc...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hirano H,Maeda H,Yamaguchi T,Yokota S,Mori M,Sakoda S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is associated with a history of heavy, long-term exposure to asbestos. However, MPM may also be associated with simian virus 40 (SV40), a polyomavirus. The association between SV40 and MPM remains unclear. The present study was conducted in order to investigate the proportion of SV...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Thanh TD,Tho NV,Lam NS,Dung NH,Tabata C,Nakano Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor AP4 (TFAP4) gene serves an important function in the genesis and progression of tumors. However, few studies to date have defined the role of this gene in colorectal cancer (CRC). The aim of the present study was to assess the expression of TFAP4 in CRC and its impact on...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang J,Ma JP,Xiao S,Zhang XH,Xu JB,Chen CQ,Cai SR,He YL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to obtain comprehensive microRNA (miRNA) profiles of type I [Ishikawa (ISK)] and type II (HEC-1B) human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell lines, utilizing the latest high-throughput sequencing techniques. RNA was extracted from ISK and HEC-1B cell lines. Sequencing results were obtained ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu J,Zhang X,Zhang R,Ge Q

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To detect the expression levels of the lethal-7 (let-7) and K-ras genes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and investigate their significance, the expression of let-7 and K-ras was determined in cancerous tissues and pericancerous normal tissues of 31 NSCLC patients using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reac...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xia XM,Jin WY,Shi RZ,Zhang YF,Chen J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current study was to investigate the antineoplastic activities of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (also known as decitabine; DAC) and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), administered alone or in combination, in K562 cells in vitro, as well as the effects on the expression of the tumor suppressor genes, p16INK4a (p16...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xiang L,Dong W,Wang R,Wei J,Qiu G,Cen J,Chen Z,Zheng X,Hu S,Xie X,Cao X,Gu W

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current case study aimed to explore the efficacy of a low-dose bevacizumab regimen in inhibiting tumor growth and minimizing adverse effects. A 55-year-old man with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) suffered bilateral vestibular schwannomas (VS) measuring 5.25 and 2.54 cm3 on the left and right, respectively. His cap...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu P,Yao Q,Li NA,Liu Y,Wang Y,Li M,Li Z,Li J,Li G

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is widely administered to patients with advanced lung cancer; however, data regarding chemotherapeutic sensitivity are limited. The present study aimed to investigate the predictive value of inflammatory indexes for chemotherapeutic efficacy in advanced lung cancer. Patients with stage III and IV unresect...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Sun H,Hu P,Du J,Wang X

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death associated protein kinase 1 (DAPK1) is a notable serine/threonine kinase involved in the regulation of multiple cellular pathways, including apoptosis and autophagy. Although DAPK1 is usually considered to be a tumor suppressor, it was previously reported to promote the viability of p53 mutant cancer cell lines ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang Y,Lin M,Chen X,Huang C,Zhang X,Chen L,Wu K,Chen Y,Zhu Y,Lin Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the ability of Nimotuzumab to increase radiosensitivity at different delivery times in the mixed cancer cell line Eca109, to determine the optimal delivery time. Cultured Eca109 cells were classified into five groups: Control with no treatment (O group); irradiation with...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li J,Wang L,Qiu Z,Su Y

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered expression of microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) contributes to lung carcinogenesis. The present study performed an in silico analysis of differentially expressed miRNAs in different peripheral blood samples from patients with various diseases vs. controls using the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database data, and ass...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu G,Fu D,Jia C,Chai L,Han Y,Liu J,Wu T,Xie R,Chang Z,Yang H,Luo P,Lv Z,Yu F,Zhong X,Ma Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to determine the relationship between human papillomavirus (HPV) and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in cervical cancer using 62 tissues of cervical cancer, and to compare the findings to penile cancer. HPV-DNA integration is a crucial factor for malignant transformation in cervical cancer and can be identi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Senba M,Buziba N,Mori N,Fujita S,Morimoto K,Wada A,Toriyama K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstratedf that heat stress can induce injury of the central nervous system and lead to neuronal cell apoptosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these cellular changes remain unclear. In the present study, flow cytometry was used to investigate heat-stress-induced apoptosis, and c...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li H,Liu Y,Gu Z,Li L,Liu Y,Wang L,Su L

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imaging techniques of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) are presently limited. Upconversion particles (UCPs) could be used to target tumors for imaging. The present study aimed to assess the value of a nano-UCP as a diagnostic probe for deep tumor tissue, including UTUC. Polymer-coated water-soluble UCPs were sy...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liao G,Wang L,Yu W

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) on postoperative rehabilitation of brain tumors and effects on tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were explored. A retrospective analysis of 132 patients with brain tumors treated in the People's Hospital of Rizhao from October 2014 to October 2017 was performe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Hou S,Wu G,Liang J,Cheng H,Chen C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the effects of compound Radix Sophorae Flavescentis on the proliferation of esophageal carcinoma TE-8 cells and to elucidate the mechanisms involved. For this purpose, we incubated TE-8 cells in medium containing various concentrations (0, 0.0125, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang X,Cai W,Yang Q,Lu Z,Li J,Yu J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical practice ionizing radiation (IR) is primarily applied to cancer treatment in the form of fractionated dose (FD) irradiation. Despite this fact, a substantially higher amount of current knowledge in the field of radiobiology comes from in vitro studies based on the cellular response to single dose (SD) irra...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Stankevicius V,Kuodyte K,Schveigert D,Bulotiene D,Paulauskas T,Daniunaite K,Suziedelis K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to explore the therapeutic effect of 20 kHz ultrasound (US) and microbubbles (MBs) on rabbit VX2 liver tumors by spiral computed tomography (CT) scanning. A total of 16 New Zealand rabbits with hepatic VX2 tumors were divided into four groups: Control, MB, low-frequency US and US + MB....

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shen ZY,Liu C,Wu MF,Shi HF,Zhou YF,Zhuang W,Xia GL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, there has been progress in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). However, novel therapeutic strategies are required in order to address the emerging problem of imatinib resistance. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) and proteasome inhibitors are promising alternatives, and may be amenable to i...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhou W,Zhu W,Ma L,Xiao F,Qian W

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have suggested that microRNAs (miRNAs) potently affect hepatocarcinogenesis. However, the miRNA expression profiling in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) of familial aggregation and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has not been elucidated. In the present study, the plasma miRNA expression ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang EL,Gu J,Zhang ZY,Dong KS,Liang BY,Huang ZY

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The upregulation of EPH receptor B4 (EPHB4) results in a survival advantage for tumor cells via the inhibition of the casapse-8-mediated apoptotic pathway, which begins from the cell membrane. The present study investigated the expression patterns of EPHB4, ephrin B2 (EFNB2) and caspase-8 in patients with esophageal s...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ni Q,Chen P,Zhu B,Li J,Xie D,Ma X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase family member 9 (PARP9) promotes the proliferation, survival and chemotherapy resistance in lymphoma and prostate cancer. The expression and function of PARP9 in human breast cancer remains unknown. In the present study, it was demonstrated that PARP9 is frequently overexpressed in human br...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Tang X,Zhang H,Long Y,Hua H,Jiang Y,Jing J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to screen the regulatory mechanism of microRNA (miR/miRNA) typing on gastric cancer cells in gastric cancer tissues. In total, 46 patients who underwent gastric resection in Xiangya Hospital of Central-South University (Changsha, Hunan, China) between January and December 2012 were selected. Ga...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang O,Huang J,Lin S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that cancer stem cells (CSCs) are involved in tumor resistance to chemotherapy and tumor relapse. The goal of the present study was to determine the effect of low-dose 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu) on enriched hepatocellular CSC-like cells. Increased cell motility and epithelial-mesenchymal transition wer...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhan Y,Mou L,Cheng K,Wang C,Deng X,Chen J,Fan Z,Ni Y

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical evidence indicates that drug resistance is a major obstacle in the treatment of breast cancer (BC). Drug resistance results in the disease being uncontrollable, and leads to high mortality rates. The aim of the present study was to investigate the chemosensitizing effect of microRNA (miR)-16 on Adriamycin (AD...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao X,Wang M,Zhang Y,Xu Z,Ding J,Tang J

更新日期：2019-09-01 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

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