Resistance of transformed mouse keratinocytes to growth inhibition by glucocorticoids.

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity, an established risk and progression factor for postmenopausal breast cancer, remains high in US women. Activation of Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling plays a key role in the obesity-breast cancer link. However, the impact of weight normalization in obese postmenopausal wome...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： De Angel RE,Conti CJ,Wheatley KE,Brenner AJ,Otto G,Degraffenried LA,Hursting SD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice with conditional gene deletions have been extremely valuable in allowing investigators to study the genes of interest in a tissue-specific manner. The Cre-loxP recombination system provides a powerful tool to produce targeted rearrangements of particular genes. The keratin 5-Cre recombinase (K5Cre) transgenic mou...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Chan EL,Peace BE,Toney K,Kader SA,Pathrose P,Collins MH,Waltz SE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) signaling has both tumor suppression and promotion roles. Smads are transcription factors that primarily mediate intracellular signaling for the TGFbeta superfamily. Loss of Smad2 and Smad4, but not Smad3 is common in human cancers. Given the complex nature of TGFbeta signalin...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Bornstein S,Hoot K,Han GW,Lu SL,Wang XJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence suggests that the A allele of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene is a genetic risk factor for prostate cancer. ODC is a target gene of the highly polymorphic androgen receptor (AR) gene, short alleles of which have been associated in some studies with increased prostate cancer risk. We determined O...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： O'Brien TG,Guo Y,Visvanathan K,Sciulli J,McLaine M,Helzlsouer KJ,Watkins-Bruner D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch signaling plays an important role in ovarian cancer chemoresistance, which is responsible for recurrence. Gamma-secretase inhibitor (GSI) is a broad-spectrum Notch inhibitor, but it has serious side effects. The efficacy of Notch3-specific inhibition in paclitaxel-resistant ovarian cancers was assessed in this s...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kang H,Jeong JY,Song JY,Kim TH,Kim G,Huh JH,Kwon AY,Jung SG,An HJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamine metabolism is a highly coordinated process that is essential for normal development and neoplastic growth in mammals. Although polyamine metabolism is a validated pathway for prevention of carcinogenesis, the mechanisms by which polyamines elicit their tumorigenic effects are poorly understood. In this study...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Paz EA,LaFleur B,Gerner EW

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to cisplatin-based chemotherapy is responsible for the majority of deaths from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). In this study, using genome-wide gene expression analysis to investigate potential molecular mediators of HNSCC chemoresistance, we identified SERPINB2, a known inhibitor of extracel...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Huang Z,Li H,Huang Q,Chen D,Han J,Wang L,Pan C,Chen W,House MG,Nephew KP,Guo Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic or functional inactivation of the p53 pathway plays an important role with regards to disease progression from the chronic phase (CP) to blast phase (BP) and imatinib treatment response in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Two functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), p53 R72P and MDM2 SNP309, are a...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Liu YC,Hsiao HH,Yang WC,Liu TC,Chang CS,Yang MY,Lin PM,Hsu JF,Lee CP,Lin SF

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of tumor-associated macrophages on the in vivo growth properties of cervical carcinoma cells, tumorigenic human papilloma virus (HPV) 18-positive HeLa cells were transfected with an expression vector harboring the cDNA for the macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 JE (MCP-1). Although the endo...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kleine K,König G,Kreuzer J,Komitowski D,Zur Hausen H,Rösl F

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of telomerase as an essential requirement for the neoplastic conversion of human cells has been controversial. In the model of conversion of normal human cells to cancer cells by the combination of simian virus 40 (SV40) early region genes and oncogenic Ras (H-Ras(G12V)), telomerase (hTERT) was originally des...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Liang S,Kahlenberg MS,Rousseau DL Jr,Hornsby PJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RhoBTB2 was isolated recently as a tumor suppressor gene from human chromosome 8p21.3. Although RhoBTB2 was found to be frequently lost in breast cancer lines, expression status of RhoBTB2 in sporadic breast cancer tissues and its clinical and prognostic value, however, remain unclear. Tissue samples from breast cance...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Mao H,Qu X,Yang Y,Zuo W,Bi Y,Zhou C,Yin H,Deng B,Sun J,Zhang L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse benign keratinocyte cell line 308 was previously shown to have less AP-1 DNA binding and transactivation ability than its malignant variant 10Gy5. Because elevated AP-1 activity in 10Gy5 appears to be critical for its malignant phenotype, we were interested in examining the molecular mechanisms that regulate...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Joseloff E,Bowden GT

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Deoxyglucose (2-DG), which has been shown to inhibit mammary carcinogenesis, was used as a metabolic probe to investigate effects of limiting energy availability (reduced cellular ATP) on patterns of proteins' phosphorylation that play a role in the development of cancer. Experiments were conducted using a human bre...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Jiang W,Zhu Z,Thompson HJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell senescence and programmed cell death (apoptosis) are two fundamental biological mechanisms that regulate proliferative capacity, survival potential, aging, and death of cells. Here we report several independent lines of experimental evidence that support the hypothesis that telomerase function and telomere length...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Holt SE,Glinsky VV,Ivanova AB,Glinsky GV

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exportin-T (XPOT) belongs to the RAN-GTPase exportin family that mediates export of tRNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Up-regulation of XPOT indicates poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. However, the correlation between XPOT and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains unclear. Here, we found that high expres...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Lin J,Hou Y,Huang S,Wang Z,Sun C,Wang Z,He X,Tam NL,Wu C,Wu L

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are commonly altered in glioblastoma. Publicly available algorithms suggest the Wnt pathway is a potential target of miR-577 and the Wnt pathway is commonly altered in glioblastoma. Glioblastoma has not been previously evaluated for miR-577 expression. Glioblastoma tumors and cell lines were evaluat...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang W,Shen C,Li C,Yang G,Liu H,Chen X,Zhu D,Zou H,Zhen Y,Zhang D,Zhao S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells mainly rely on glycolysis for energetic needs, and mitochondrial ATP production is almost inactive. However, cancer cells require the integrity of mitochondrial functions for their survival, such as the maintenance of the internal membrane potential gradient (DeltaPsim). It thus may be predicted that Delt...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Loiseau D,Morvan D,Chevrollier A,Demidem A,Douay O,Reynier P,Stepien G

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice were developed to study the role of c-src in epithelial tumorigenesis through targeted expression of a constitutively active form of murine c-src (src(529)). Src(529) was targeted to the interfollicular epidermis with the human keratin 1 (HK1) promoter. The skin phenotype of these mice was characterize...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Matsumoto T,Jiang J,Kiguchi K,Carbajal S,Rho O,Gimenez-Conti I,Beltrán L,DiGiovanni J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, bone marrow (BM) failure syndromes, both constitutional and acquired, predispose to myeloid malignancies. We have modeled acquired immune aplastic anemia, the paradigmatic disease of these syndromes, in the mouse by infusing lymph node cells from specific pathogen-free (SPF) CD45.1 congenic C57BL/6 (B6) don...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Li J,Dubois W,Thovarai V,Wu Z,Feng X,Peat T,Zhang S,Sen SK,Trinchieri G,Chen J,Mock BA,Young NS

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endocannabinoid arachidonoyl ethanolamide (AEA) is a potent inducer of tumor cell apoptosis however its mechanism of cytotoxicity is unclear. A previous report from our laboratory showed that AEA induced cell death in a cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-dependent manner and in this report our data indicate that AEA-induced...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kuc C,Jenkins A,Van Dross RT

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many anti-VEGF agents are available for cancer treatment, side effects of these agents limit their application for cancer treatment and prevention. Here we studied the potential use of a diet-based agent as an inhibitor for VEGF production. Using a VEGF reporter assay, our data showed that an extract from cin...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang K,Han ES,Dellinger TH,Lu J,Nam S,Anderson RA,Yim JH,Wen W

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the possible involvement of DNA damage in cell transformation induced by estrogens, we examined whether DNA adduct formation is elicited in cultured Syrian hamster embryo (SHE) cells treated with estrogens and their derivatives by means of the 32P-postlabeling assay. Morphological transformation of the cells ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Hayashi N,Hasegawa K,Komine A,Tanaka Y,McLachian JA,Barrett JC,Tsutsui T

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angelica gigas Nakai (AGN) root ethanol extract exerts anti-cancer activity in several allograft and xenograft models. Here we examined its chemopreventive efficacy through gavage administration against primary carcinogenesis in the transgenic adenocarcinoma of mouse prostate (TRAMP) model. Male C57BL/6 TRAMP mice and...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang J,Wang L,Zhang Y,Li L,Tang S,Xing C,Kim SH,Jiang C,Lü J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and pattern of mutations of the ras oncogenes and the p53 tumor suppressor gene have been shown to differ among different cancer types and even among the same cancer types with different etiological backgrounds. For example, in a previous study we showed that not only the etiology but also the incidence ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kiba T,Tsuda H,Pairojkul C,Inoue S,Sugimura T,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet (UV) light-induced activation of activator protein-1 (AP-1), resulting at least in part from oxidative stress, promotes skin carcinogenesis. It has not yet been determined whether elevating cellular phase II enzymes and glutathione (GSH) levels inhibits the AP-1 activation. We have, therefore, examined the...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhu M,Zhang Y,Cooper S,Sikorski E,Rohwer J,Bowden GT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Canonical Wnt signaling is altered in most cases of colorectal cancer. Experimental evidence indicates that protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) may play either positive or negative roles in Wnt signaling but its precise in vivo functions remain elusive. In this work, using colon cultured cell lines we showed that basal PP2A...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Carmen Figueroa-Aldariz M,Castañeda-Patlán MC,Santoyo-Ramos P,Zentella A,Robles-Flores M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and highly invasive type of astrocytic tumors. Despite advances in diagnosis and therapy, the prognosis and survival time remain poor. Identifying key mediators of tumor cell proliferation, migration, and invasion is crucial to the development of new and more effective therapi...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Liu X,Gao Q,Zhao N,Zhang X,Cui W,Sun J,Fu J,Hao J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are extensive studies on the genetics of bladder cancer, several questions remain unanswered. One of the pathways which are altered in bladder cancer is the mTOR signaling pathway. In the present study, we analyzed the expression of Rheb gene and genetic alterations in the LKB1 gene which are the key co...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Tigli H,Seven D,Tunc M,Sanli O,Basaran S,Ulutin T,Buyru N

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) is involved in the folate metabolism and provision of nucleotides needed for DNA synthesis and repair. Thus, functional genetic variants in TYMS may alter cancer risk. In the study, we evaluated associations of three germline variants (rs2790 A > G, rs16430 6 bp > 0 bp, and rs1059394 C > T)...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Guan X,Liu H,Ju J,Li Y,Li P,Wang LE,Brewster AM,Buchholz TA,Arun BK,Wei Q,Liu Z

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) gene is an identified tumor suppressor gene, of which several single nucleotide polymorphisms have been reported to contribute to cancer susceptibility. We hypothesized that genetic variations in WWOX are associated with lung cancer risk. In two independent case-control s...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Huang D,Qiu F,Yang L,Li Y,Cheng M,Wang H,Ma G,Wang Y,Hu M,Ji W,Zhou Y,Lu J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00