Thymidylate synthetase and dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase mRNA levels in esophageal cancer.

abstract：:Breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R) are critical in ovarian cancer progression. However, the crosstalk between the BRCA1 and IGF1R signaling pathways in ovarian cancer remains largely unknown. The effects of BRCA1 on IGF1R were assessed in 121 serous ovarian cancer patients (BRCA1...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liu B,Li D,Guan YF

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge of potential tumor markers may improve chemotherapeutic efficacy. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression in local tumor tissues is associated with cancer progression and poor prognosis in variety of cancer types. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role and potential application of IL-6 in determini...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao ZF,Li JX,Ye R,Wu X,Gao LL,Niu BL

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) is not generally considered to be a biomarker in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), as the majority of pNETs present with a normal range of CA19-9. The present study aimed to evaluate the role of serum CA19-9 levels as a prognostic factor in a relatively large number of patien...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Luo G,Jin K,Cheng H,Liu C,Guo M,Lu Y,Yang C,Xu J,Wang W,Gao H,Zhang S,Long J,Xu J,Ni Q,Chen J,Yu X

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated energy metabolism and its association with inflammatory cytokines and appetite- regulating hormones in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Subjects were inpatients scheduled to undergo therapeutic intervention for diagnosed gastrointestinal cancer. Nutritional status on admission was assesse...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Shinsyu A,Bamba S,Kurihara M,Matsumoto H,Sonoda A,Inatomi O,Andoh A,Takebayashi K,Kojima M,Iida H,Tani M,Sasaki M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive impact of polymorphisms in the HIF-1α gene on the response to chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in rectal cancer. This study included two cohorts of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer receiving long-course CRT. The HIF-1α C1772T (rs11549465), G1790A (rs11549467) ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Havelund BM,Spindler KL,Ploen J,Andersen RF,Jakobsen A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis negatively affects the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In the present study, niclosamide, which is known to suppress the proliferation of HCC cells, was investigated for possible suppressant effects on the migration of HCC cells. HLF and PLC/PRF/5 HCC cells were cultured in the presence of nicl...

journal_title：Oncology letters

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

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA/miR) dysfunction is a hallmark of lung cancer, and results in the dysregulation of tumor suppressors and oncogenes during lung cancer progression. Selection of the 5p and 3p arms of miRNA is a mechanism that improves the modulation of miRNA biological functions and complicates the regulatory network in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lin MH,Chen YZ,Lee MY,Weng KP,Chang HT,Yu SY,Dong BJ,Kuo FR,Hung LT,Liu LF,Chen WS,Tsai KW

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Lonidamine, 6-Diazo-5-oxo-L-norleucine (DON) and orlistat are well known inhibitors of glycolysis, glutaminolysis and of de novo fatty acid synthesis, respectively. Although their antitumor effects have been explored in detail, the potential inhibition of the malignant metabolic phenotype and its influence on the expr...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Schcolnik-Cabrera A,Dominguez-Gómez G,Chávez-Blanco A,Ramírez-Yautentzi M,Morales-Bárcenas R,Chávez-Díaz J,Taja-Chayeb L,Dueáas-González A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer and development of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with the T cell immune response, therefore investigating the key regulators of cell immune response is needed to improve chronic HBV treatment. Blood samples from patients with chronic HBV infection were used to confirm the correla...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu J,Niu Q,Yuan J,Xu X,Cao L

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the inhibitory effects of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) on the primary tumor growth and metastasis of the human breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-231, in vitro. The expression levels of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) were detected by immunocytochemistry in two cell ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhang S,Ma Y,Jiang J,Dai Z,Gao X,Yin X,Xi W,Min W

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to investigate if rapamycin is a radiosensitizer of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), and to identify which pathways are involved in radiation sensitization. In vitro, using untreated cells as the control, NPC cells were treated with rapamycin, ionizing radiation (IR) or both. Differences...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang D,Gao L,Liu X,Yuan C,Wang G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (Mets), including diabetes and hypertension, increases the risk of colorectal cancer via the induction of chronic inflammation, acceleration of oxidative stress, and activation of the renin-angiotensin system. The present study examined the possible inhibitory effects of captopril, an angiotensin-co...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Kochi T,Shimizu M,Ohno T,Baba A,Sumi T,Kubota M,Shirakami Y,Tsurumi H,Tanaka T,Moriwaki H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary mediastinal seminoma is a rare extragonadal germ cell tumour that mainly occurs in males. The present study reports the case of a 27-year-old woman that presented with superior vena cava syndrome and a large mass in the mediastinum, which was diagnosed as primary female mediastinal seminoma. The patient receiv...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Cao J,Zhou Y,Zou F,Ma JA,Hu C

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the expression level of microRNA-146a-5p (miR-146a-5p) in breast cancer tissue and cell lines was investigated and its effects on proliferation of breast cancer cells. miR-146a-5p expression was detected by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction in breast cancer tissues, par...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Gao W,Hua J,Jia Z,Ding J,Han Z,Dong Y,Lin Q,Yao Y

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate regional liver function impairment following transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE), assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enhanced by gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA). Additionally, this study evaluated the associations betwe...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Xiao YD,Paudel R,Liu H,Zhang B,Ma C,Zhou SK

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are an approved first-line therapy against unresectable or advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR gene activating mutations. However, the majority of tumors develop acquired resistance against EGFR-TKIs and some tumors exhibi...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yamaura T,Muto S,Mine H,Takagi H,Watanabe M,Ozaki Y,Inoue T,Fukuhara M,Okabe N,Matsumura Y,Hasegawa T,Osugi J,Hoshino M,Higuchi M,Shio Y,Suzuki H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchronous or metachronous occurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) and other primary gastrointestinal neoplasms has previously been reported. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are few studies regarding metachronous multiple GISTs and adenocarcinoma of the colon. The current case of an 80-year...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wang YP,Li Y,Song C

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transient receptor potential melastatin member 8 (TRPM8) is a newly characterized oncoprotein involved in various malignant tumors. However, its expression pattern and biological function in osteosarcoma remain unclear. The present study aimed to explore the expression and prognostic significance of TRPM8 in osteo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Zhao W,Xu H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) is aberrantly expressed in a number of tumors. In the present study, it was demonstrated that the gene and protein levels of NNMT were significantly increased in gastric cancer cells. Furthermore, upregulation of NNMT significantly increas...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Liang L,Zeng M,Pan H,Liu H,He Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine/threonine kinase 39 (STK39) is associated with hypertension, autism, Parkinson's disease and various types of cancer in recent years. This study investigated STK39 expression and possible roles in osteosarcoma using qPCR and western blot analysis. Compared to normal bone tissues, the mRNA and protein expression...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang T,Zhou Y,Cao Y,Tao J,Zhou ZH,Hang DH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. The human wings apart-like (hWAPL) gene, which is 30,793 bp long and located on 10q23.2., is a human homologue of the WAPL gene in Drosophila melanogaster. hWAPL has the characteristics of an oncogene in uterine cervical cancer. The present study in...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Lu X,Cui J,Fu M,Wang W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)-microRNA (miRNA)-mRNA regulatory network in gastric cancer (GC) using bioinformatics analysis. Two mRNA gene expression profiles, GSE79973 and GSE54129, and two miRNA expression profiles, GSE93415 and GSE78091, were downloaded from the Ge...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Ma XY,Ma Y,Zhou H,Zhang HJ,Sun MJ

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (p16INK4a) protein is a surrogate immunohistochemical marker of human papillomavirus infection in oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC). However, the effects of p16INK4a in non-OPSCC require additional analysis. In addition, major gaps remain in the literature, including small...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Yang H,Cao Y,Li ZM,Li YJ,Jiang WQ,Shi YX

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritumoral edema (PTE), one of the main characteristics of malignant glioma, is a significant contributor to the morbidity and mortality from glioma, however, a recent systematic review suggested that controversy remains with regard to its prognostic value. To further determine whether PTE was a potential prognostic ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Wu CX,Lin GS,Lin ZX,Zhang JD,Chen L,Liu SY,Tang WL,Qiu XX,Zhou CF

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a patient with a solitary left frontoparietal brain metastasis of melanoma previously treated with surgery. Three months later, the patient was admitted to the emergency room in a confusional state with meningeal signs. A cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) test and magnetic resonance imaging findings sug...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Moyano MS,Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez G,Rodríguez-Esteban I,Crespo GS,Casado E

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence rate of tonsillar cancer is increasing worldwide. The current study identifies a parallel increase in the incidence of tonsillar cancer, human papilloma virus (HPV) and p16 expression among a population from northern Sweden, a sparsely populated area, confirming the strong association between p16 and HPV...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Loizou C,Laurell G,Lindquist D,Öfverman C,Stefansson K,Nylander K,Olofsson K

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing number of microRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to play an important role in the development and progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In particular, microRNA-497-5p (miR-497-5p) has been proposed as a tumor suppressor miRNA in human cancers. However, the role of miR-497-5p and its potential mo...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Huang X,Wang L,Liu W,Li F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leiomyosarcomas account for ~24% of all adult sarcomas, and develop predominantly either in the uterus [uterine leiomyosarcoma (ULMS)] or in deep soft tissue or the retroperitoneum [non-uterine leiomyosarcoma (NULMS)]. Leiomyosarcomas are relatively chemoresistant tumors, and the prognosis of patients with leiomyosarc...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Iura K,Kohashi K,Yasutake N,Ishii T,Maekawa A,Bekki H,Otsuka H,Yamada Y,Yamamoto H,Ohishi Y,Matsumoto Y,Iwamoto Y,Oda Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer is one of the most prevalent forms of cancer and has a particularly high mortality rate due to early metastasis; however, the underlying mechanisms of its formation and progression remain unclear. The present study performed immunohistochemical analysis and observed that the expression of activating ...

journal_title：Oncology letters

authors： Li J,Yang Z,Chen Z,Bao Y,Zhang H,Fang X,Yang W

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00