Expression of an antisense transforming growth factor-beta1 transgene reduces tumorigenicity of EMT6 mammary tumor cells.

abstract：:The significant burden of resistance to conventional anticancer treatments in patients with advanced disease has prompted the need to explore alternative therapeutic strategies. The challenge for oncology researchers is to identify a therapy which is selective for tumors with limited toxicity to normal tissue. Enginee...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Cronin M,Stanton RM,Francis KP,Tangney M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present here the updated results after 9 years of the beginning of a trial on canine patients with malignant melanoma. This surgery adjuvant approach combined local suicide gene therapy with a subcutaneous vaccine composed by tumor cells extracts and xenogeneic cells producing human interleukin-2 and granulocyte-ma...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Finocchiaro LM,Glikin GC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor-suppressive role of Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) in colorectal tumorigenesis supports restoring FXR expression as a novel therapeutic strategy. However, the complicated signaling network and tumor heterogeneity hinder the effectiveness of FXR agonists in the clinical setting. These difficulties highlight the i...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Yu J,Yang K,Zheng J,Zhao W,Sun X

更新日期：2020-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of human neuroblastomas express low to undetectable levels of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II antigens (MHC-I and -II). We studied the effects of gamma interferon (gamma-IFN) transduction on expression of these antigens in six human neuroblastoma cell lines with and without genomic a...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Uçar K,Seeger RC,Challita PM,Watanabe CT,Yen TL,Morgan JP,Amado R,Chou E,McCallister T,Barber JR

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop novel therapies for aggressive thyroid cancers, we have synthesized a collection of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor analogs named AB1 to AB13, which have different linkers between a metal chelating group and a hydrophobic cap. The purpose of this study was to screen out the most effective compounds and...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Jang S,Yu XM,Odorico S,Clark M,Jaskula-Sztul R,Schienebeck CM,Kupcho KR,Harrison AD,Winston-McPherson GN,Tang W,Chen H

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of costimulatory molecules by recombinant poxviruses is a promising strategy for enhancing therapeutic vaccines. CD40-CD40L interactions are critical for conditioning dendritic cells (DC) and priming T- and B-cell immunity. We constructed a vaccinia virus expressing murine CD40L (rV-CD40L) and studied its i...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Bereta M,Bereta J,Park J,Medina F,Kwak H,Kaufman HL

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neprilysin (neutral endopeptidase, NEP) is a cell surface peptidase whose expression is lost in approximately 50% of prostate cancers (PC). NEP normally functions to inactivate peptides such as bombesin and endothelin-1, and potentiates the effects of the PTEN tumor suppressor via a direct protein-protein interaction....

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Horiguchi A,Zheng R,Goodman OB Jr,Shen R,Guan H,Hersh LB,Nanus DM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) were discovered more than a decade ago as noncoding, single-stranded small RNAs (approximately 22 nucleotides) that control the timed gene expression pattern in Caenorhabditis elegans life cycle. A number of these evolutionarily conserved, endogenous miRNAs have been shown to regulate mammalian cell...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Tong AW,Nemunaitis J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung metastases are a frequent complication of osteosarcoma and a treatment that would reduce the severity of this complication would be of great benefit to patients. We have used a formulation consisting of polyethyleneimine (PEI) and a p53 gene administered in aerosol to treat established lung micrometastases as a m...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Densmore CL,Kleinerman ES,Gautam A,Jia SF,Xu B,Worth LL,Waldrep JC,Fung YK,T'Ang A,Knight V

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is among the most important mechanisms that helps cancer cells to survive, grow and undergo metastasis. Therefore, inhibiting angiogenesis will suppress tumor growth. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor (VEGFR) are believed to be important players of angiogenesis. The goal of this s...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Alirahimi E,Ashkiyan A,Kazemi-Lomedasht F,Azadmanesh K,Hosseininejad-Chafi M,Habibi-Anbouhi M,Moazami R,Behdani M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ki-ras gene is frequently mutated and/or overexpressed in human cancer. Since it is suspected to play a key role in the pathogenesis of many tumors, there is interest to search for strategies aiming at the specific inhibition of this oncogene. In this paper, we investigated the capacity of a 20 mer G-rich oligonuc...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Cogoi S,Ballico M,Bonora GM,Xodo LE

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p53 mutations are common genetic alterations in human cancer. Gene transfer of a wild-type (wt) p53 gene reverses the loss of normal p53 function in vitro and in vivo. A phase I dose escalation study of single intratumoral (i.t.) injection of a replication-defective adenoviral expression vector containing wt p53 was c...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Dummer R,Bergh J,Karlsson Y,Horowitz JA,Mulder NH,Huinink DTB,Burg G,Hofbauer G,Osanto S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy remains the main tool for the treatment of cancers, but is often hampered by tumor cell resistance. In this context, the transfer of genes able to accentuate the effect of anticancer drugs may constitute a useful approach, as exemplified by inactivation of nuclear factor (NF)-kappa B via direct transfer o...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Cherbonnier C,Déas O,Vassal G,Merlin JL,Haeffner A,Senik A,Charpentier B,Dürrbach A,Bénard J,Hirsch F

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apatinib, a selective vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has demonstrated activity against a wide range of solid tumors, including advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Preclinical and preliminary clinical results have confirmed the synergistic antitumor effects of apatinib in ...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Yang Y,Wang C,Sun H,Jiang Z,Zhang Y,Pan Z

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite radical surgery and multi-agent chemotherapy, less than one third of patients with recurrent or metastatic osteosarcoma (OS) survive. The limited efficacy of current therapeutic approaches to target tumor-initiating cells (TICs) may explain this dismal outcome. The purpose of this study was to assess the impac...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Rainusso N,Brawley VS,Ghazi A,Hicks MJ,Gottschalk S,Rosen JM,Ahmed N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed with the aim to investigate the correlations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) gene promoter polymorphisms with the risk of thymoma-associated myasthenia gravis (T-MG) in a northern Chinese Han population. Between June 2005 and June 2015, 305 MG patients (150 males and 155 females, MG gro...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Yang HW,Lei P,Xie YC,Han ZL,Li D,Wang SH,Sun ZL

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combination therapy with replicative oncolytic viruses is a recent topic in innovative cancer therapy, but few studies have examined the efficacy of oncolytic adenovirus plus replication-deficient adenovirus carrying a suicide gene. We aim to evaluate whether an E1A, E1B double-restricted oncolytic adenovirus, AxdAdB-...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Fukuda K,Abei M,Ugai H,Kawashima R,Seo E,Wakayama M,Murata T,Endo S,Hamada H,Hyodo I,Yokoyama KK

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of viruses to readily infect tumor cells both in vitro and in vivo has resulted in their study as antitumor agents through a variety of strategies. Replicating and conditionally replicating viruses and recombinant viruses encoding genes for toxins and/or prodrugs have been studied for their direct antitumo...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Mastrangelo MJ,Lattime EC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognosis of glioblastoma remains poor despite intensive research efforts. Glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) contribute to tumorigenesis, invasive capacity, and therapy resistance. Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5 (Lgr5), a stem cell marker, is involved in the maintenance of GSCs, although ...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Tanigawa S,Fujita M,Moyama C,Ando S,Ii H,Kojima Y,Fujishita T,Aoki M,Takeuchi H,Yamanaka T,Takahashi Y,Hashimoto N,Nakata S

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Gliomas express a higher amount of Fas than normal brain tissue. It is of interest to know whether expression of the Fas receptor is unfavorable to the antiapoptotic pathways in gliomas. In this study, we introduced the Fas gene via an adenovirus vector (Adeno-Fas) into the A-172, U251, and U-373 MG glioma cell lines,...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Shinoura N,Ohashi M,Yoshida Y,Kirino T,Asai A,Hashimoto M,Hamada H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nonviral gene delivery vector has been developed in our laboratory based on the cationic polymer, poly(2-(dimethylethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (p(DMAEMA)). p(DMAEMA)-based polyplexes have been successfully used for the transfection of OVCAR-3 cells in vitro. However, these polyplexes were unable to transfect OVCAR...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Mastrobattista E,Kapel RH,Eggenhuisen MH,Roholl PJ,Crommelin DJ,Hennink WE,Storm G

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural cellular regulatory process that inhibits gene expression by transcriptional, post-transcriptional and translational mechanisms. Synthetic approaches that emulate this process (small interfering RNA (siRNA), short hairpin RNA (shRNA)) have been shown to be similarly effective in th...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Rao DD,Maples PB,Senzer N,Kumar P,Wang Z,Pappen BO,Yu Y,Haddock C,Jay C,Phadke AP,Chen S,Kuhn J,Dylewski D,Scott S,Monsma D,Webb C,Tong A,Shanahan D,Nemunaitis J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrantly expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in breast tumorigenesis. It is still unclear if and how miRNAs-221/222 are implicated in breast cancer and the resistance to estrogen receptor modulator tamoxifen. We investigated the roles and mechanisms of miR-221/222 in breast cancer cells, particularly in modula...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Gan R,Yang Y,Yang X,Zhao L,Lu J,Meng QH

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Americans. The high mortality rate is mainly attributed to the invasiveness and metastasis of advanced prostate cancer. Targeting the molecules involved in metastasis could be an effective mode of treatment f...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Nalla AK,Gorantla B,Gondi CS,Lakka SS,Rao JS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) accounts for 10% of hematological malignant disorders. Its refractory nature indicates the necessity of developing novel therapeutic modalities. Since interleukin 6 (IL-6) is one of the major growth factors for MM cells, we expressed suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 (SOCS-1), one of the blockad...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Yamamoto M,Nishimoto N,Davydova J,Kishimoto T,Curiel DT

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug metabolizing transgene products, which activate bioreductive cytotoxins, can be used to target treatment-resistant hypoxic tumors. The prodrug AQ4N is bioreduced in hypoxic cells by cytochrome P450s (CYPs) to the cytotoxin AQ4. Previously we have shown that intra-tumoral injection of CYP3A4 and CYP2B6 transgenes ...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Yakkundi A,McErlane V,Murray M,McCarthy HO,Ward C,Hughes CM,Patterson LH,Hirst DG,McKeown SR,Robson T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is one of the most threatening malignant tumors in females due to the frequent occurrence of metastasis that precedes diagnosis. The present study explored the possibility of preventing ovarian cancer metastasis by promoting nm23H1 expression through adeno-associated virus (AAV)-mediated gene transfer. ...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Li J,Zhou J,Chen G,Wang H,Wang S,Xing H,Gao Q,Lu Y,He Y,Ma D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zinc-fingers and homeoboxes (ZHX) family is a group of nuclear homodimeric transcriptional repressors that interact with a subunit of nuclear factor-Y (NF-YA) and contain two C2H2-type zinc fingers and five homeobox DNA-binding domains. The members of ZHX family form homodimers or heterodimers with other members o...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Liu Y,Ma D,Ji C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy for prostate cancer may be realized through transduction of whole genes, such as PSA or PSMA, into immunotherapeutic dendritic cells (DCs). An oncoretroviral vector encoding human PSMA and a bicistronic oncoretroviral vector encoding human PSA and cell surface CD25 cDNAs were constructed. Remarkably, tran...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Medin JA,Liang SB,Hou JW,Kelley LS,Peace DJ,Fowler DH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is the preferred treatment for malignancies. However, a successful long-term use of chemotherapy is often prevented by the development of drug resistance. Many mechanisms such as gene mutation, DNA methylation and histone modification have important roles in the resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapeu...

journal_title：Cancer gene therapy

authors： Ma J,Dong C,Ji C

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00