Luciferase expression and bioluminescence does not affect tumor cell growth in vitro or in vivo.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), which is a receptor tyrosine kinase, is essentially and transiently expressed in the developing nervous system. Recently, the deregulated expression of full-length ALK has been observed in some primary solid tumors, but little is known about its involvement in the tumorigene...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Inoue H,Hashimura M,Akiya M,Chiba R,Saegusa M

更新日期：2017-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:microRNAs (miRNAs) play both oncogenic and oncostatic roles in leukemia. However, the molecular details underlying miRNA-mediated regulation of their target genes in pediatric B- and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemias (ALLs) remain unclear. The present study investigated the relationship between miR-2909 a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Malik D,Kaul D,Chauhan N,Marwaha RK

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, thyroid malignances have become more prevalent, especially among women. The most common sporadic types of thyroid tumors of follicular origin include papillary, follicular and anaplastic thyroid carcinomas. Although modern diagnosis methods enable the identification of tumors of small diameter, tumor ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Pstrąg N,Ziemnicka K,Bluyssen H,Wesoły J

更新日期：2018-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer in nonsmokers tends to be driven by a single somatic mutation or a gene fusion. KIF5B-RET fusion is an oncogene identified in non-small cell lung cancers. In this study, we verified the oncogenic activity of KIF5B-RET fusion and investigated how KIF5B-RET activates the specific signaling pathways...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Qian Y,Chai S,Liang Z,Wang Y,Zhou Y,Xu X,Zhang C,Zhang M,Si J,Huang F,Huang Z,Hong W,Wang K

更新日期：2014-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cellular senescence is a state of irreversible cell growth arrest and senescence cells permanently lose proliferation potential. Induction of cellular senescence might be a novel therapy for cancer cells. TRIB2 has been reported to participate in regulating proliferation and drug resistance of various cancer...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Hou Z,Guo K,Sun X,Hu F,Chen Q,Luo X,Wang G,Hu J,Sun L

更新日期：2018-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:After the publication of this work [1], an error was found in Fig. 1b. As described in the Results section that circ0084003 has 13 exons, it should be formed by 5-17 (13exons) exons, authors have described "formed by 5-19 exons". The authors extend their apology for the mistake caused by their action. With that mistak...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang PF,Pei X,Li KS,Jin LN,Wang F,Wu J,Zhang XM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:For long, natural killer (NK) cells have been suspected to play a critical role in suppressing the development of spontaneous metastases in cancer patients. Despite a wide range of studies it remains unclear so far to what extent primary tumor growth together with formation of distant metastases and NK cell ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Brodbeck T,Nehmann N,Bethge A,Wedemann G,Schumacher U

更新日期：2014-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is one of the most prevalent neoplasias in developed countries. Advances in patient survival have been limited and the identification of prognostic molecules is needed. Resistance to treatment is strongly related to tumor cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix and alterations in the quantity a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Irigoyen M,Pajares MJ,Agorreta J,Ponz-Sarvisé M,Salvo E,Lozano MD,Pío R,Gil-Bazo I,Rouzaut A

更新日期：2010-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MUC16 is a cell surface mucin expressed at high levels by epithelial ovarian tumors. Following proteolytic cleavage, cell surface MUC16 (csMUC16) is shed in the extracellular milieu and is detected in the serum of cancer patients as the tumor marker CA125. csMUC16 acts as an adhesion molecule and facilitates...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Belisle JA,Horibata S,Jennifer GA,Petrie S,Kapur A,André S,Gabius HJ,Rancourt C,Connor J,Paulson JC,Patankar MS

更新日期：2010-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is the second most common malignant tumor in head and neck. Autophagy and circular RNAs (circRNAs) play critical roles in cancer progression and chemoresistance. However, the function and mechanism of circRNA in autophagy regulation of LSCC remain unclear. METHODS:Th...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Gao W,Guo H,Niu M,Zheng X,Zhang Y,Xue X,Bo Y,Guan X,Li Z,Guo Y,He L,Zhang Y,Li L,Cao J,Wu Y

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The clinical use of BRAF inhibitors for treatment of metastatic melanoma is limited by the development of drug resistance. In this study we investigated whether co-targeting the MAPK and the PI3K-AKT pathway can prevent emergence of resistance or provide additional growth inhibitory effects in vitro. METHOD...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lassen A,Atefi M,Robert L,Wong DJ,Cerniglia M,Comin-Anduix B,Ribas A

更新日期：2014-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin enhancer binding protein-1 (ISL-1), a LIM-homeodomain transcription factor, is essential for the heart, motor neuron and pancreas development. Recently, ISL-1 has been found in some types of human cancers. However, how ISL-1 exerts the role in tumor development is not clear. METHODS AND RESULTS:The ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang Q,Yang Z,Jia Z,Liu C,Guo C,Lu H,Chen P,Ma K,Wang W,Zhou C

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib is a novel anti-cancer agent which has shown promising activity in non-small lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, only a subset of patients respond to this treatment. We show that NSCLC cell lines are differentially sensitive to bortezomib, IC50 values ranging from 5 to 83 nM. The apoptosis-inducing poten...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Voortman J,Checińska A,Giaccone G

更新日期：2007-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tetraspanin CD63 is a highly N-glycosylated protein that is known to regulate cancer malignancy. However, the contribution of glycosylation of CD63 to cancer malignancy remains unclear. Previously, we reported that ribophorin II (RPN2), which is part of an N-oligosaccharyle transferase complex, is respon...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Tominaga N,Hagiwara K,Kosaka N,Honma K,Nakagama H,Ochiya T

更新日期：2014-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sharing the common neuroectodermal origin, melanoma and neuroblastoma are tumors widely diffused among adult and children, respectively. Clinical prognosis of aggressive neuroectodermal cancers remains dismal, therefore the search for novel therapies against such tumors is warranted. Curcumin is a phytochemi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Pisano M,Pagnan G,Dettori MA,Cossu S,Caffa I,Sassu I,Emionite L,Fabbri D,Cilli M,Pastorino F,Palmieri G,Delogu G,Ponzoni M,Rozzo C

更新日期：2010-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The human microbial pathogen Helicobacter pylori resides in the stomach of about fifty percent of the world's population and represents a risk factor for chronic gastritis, peptic ulcers and, in rare cases, gastric cancer. Alterations of the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway have been described in almost ev...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Gnad T,Feoktistova M,Leverkus M,Lendeckel U,Naumann M

更新日期：2010-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SLC/CCL21, normally expressed in high endothelial venules and in T cell zones of spleen and lymph nodes, strongly attracts T cells and dendritic cells (DC). We have previously shown that SLC/CCL21-mediated anti-tumor responses are accompanied by significant induction of IFNgamma and the CXC chemokines, monok...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Sharma S,Yang SC,Hillinger S,Zhu LX,Huang M,Batra RK,Lin JF,Burdick MD,Strieter RM,Dubinett SM

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although both circular RNAs (circRNAs) and autophagy are associated with the function of breast cancer (BC), whether circRNAs regulate BC progression via autophagy remains unknown. In this study, we aim to explore the regulatory mechanisms and the clinical significance of autophagy-associated circRNAs in BC....

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liang G,Ling Y,Mehrpour M,Saw PE,Liu Z,Tan W,Tian Z,Zhong W,Lin W,Luo Q,Lin Q,Li Q,Zhou Y,Hamai A,Codogno P,Li J,Song E,Gong C

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) leads to the development of a wide-range of cancers, accounting for 5% of all human cancers. A prominent example is cervical cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer death in women worldwide. It has been well established that tumor development and progression induced by ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang L,Wu J,Ling MT,Zhao L,Zhao KN

更新日期：2015-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Among women worldwide, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Improved understanding of breast tumourigenesis may facilitate the development of more effective therapies. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ is a transcription ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Apostoli AJ,Roche JM,Schneider MM,SenGupta SK,Di Lena MA,Rubino RE,Peterson NT,Nicol CJ

更新日期：2015-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of TNF-alpha in affecting the fate of tumors is controversial, while some studies have reported apoptotic or necrotic effects of TNF-alpha, others provide evidence that endogenous TNF-alpha promotes growth and development of tumors. Understanding the mechanism(s) of TNF-alpha mediated growth arrest ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Kumar PS,Shiras A,Das G,Jagtap JC,Prasad V,Shastry P

更新日期：2007-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CADM1 encodes an immunoglobulin superfamily (IGSF) cell adhesion molecule. Inactivation of CADM1, either by promoter hypermethylation or loss of heterozygosity, has been reported in a wide variety of tumor types, thus it has been postulated as a tumor suppressor gene. FINDINGS:We show for the first time tha...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： van der Weyden L,Arends MJ,Rust AG,Poulogiannis G,McIntyre RE,Adams DJ

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer is third most common malignancy and is the second most common cause of cancer-related death. The MUC1 heterodimeric protein is aberrantly overexpressed in colorectal cancer and has been linked to poor outcomes in this disease. Here, we investigate the effects of the MUC1-C subunit inhibitor...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ahmad R,Alam M,Hasegawa M,Uchida Y,Al-Obaid O,Kharbanda S,Kufe D

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Constitutive activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) has been linked with proliferation, survival, invasion and angiogenesis of a variety of human cancer cells, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Thus, novel agents that can suppress STAT3 activation have potential for ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Sethi G,Chatterjee S,Rajendran P,Li F,Shanmugam MK,Wong KF,Kumar AP,Senapati P,Behera AK,Hui KM,Basha J,Natesh N,Luk JM,Kundu TK

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many human cancer cells express filamin A (FLNA), an actin-binding structural protein that interacts with a diverse set of cell signaling proteins, but little is known about the biological importance of FLNA in tumor development. FLNA is also expressed in endothelial cells, which may be important for tumor a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Nallapalli RK,Ibrahim MX,Zhou AX,Bandaru S,Sunkara SN,Redfors B,Pazooki D,Zhang Y,Borén J,Cao Y,Bergo MO,Akyürek LM

更新日期：2012-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Because circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) have drawn a great deal of attention as promising novel cancer diagnostics and prognostic biomarkers, we sought to identify serum miRNAs significantly associated with outcome in glioblastoma patients. To do this, we performed global miRNA profiling in serum samples from 106 prima...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhao H,Shen J,Hodges TR,Song R,Fuller GN,Heimberger AB

更新日期：2017-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) is a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily and is highly expressed in many human tumors including breast cancer. PPARgamma has been identified as a potential target for breast cancer therapy based on the fact that its activation by syn...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zaytseva YY,Wang X,Southard RC,Wallis NK,Kilgore MW

更新日期：2008-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal malignant diseases worldwide. It is refractory to conventional treatments, and consequently has a documented 5-year survival rate as low as 7%. Increasing evidence indicates that activated pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs), one of the stromal components ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Fu Y,Liu S,Zeng S,Shen H

更新日期：2018-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare endocrine malignancy with high mutational heterogeneity and a generally poor clinical outcome. Despite implicated roles of deregulated TP53, IGF-2 and Wnt signaling pathways, a clear genetic association or unique mutational link to the disease is still missing. Recent...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Korah R,Healy JM,Kunstman JW,Fonseca AL,Ameri AH,Prasad ML,Carling T

更新日期：2013-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Perifosine, an alkylphospholipid tested in phase II clinical trials, modulates the extrinsic apoptotic pathway and cooperates with tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) to augment apoptosis. The current study focuses on revealing the mechanisms by which perifosine enhances TRAIL-ind...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Fu L,Lin YD,Elrod HA,Yue P,Oh Y,Li B,Tao H,Chen GZ,Shin DM,Khuri FR,Sun SY

更新日期：2010-12-20 00:00:00