IRF5 promotes the proliferation of human thyroid cancer cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chromosomal aberrations of BCL11A at 2p16.1 have been reported in a variety of B-cell malignancies and its deficiency in mice leads to a profound block in B-cell development. RESULTS:Alternative pre-mRNA splicing of BCL11A produces multiple isoforms sharing a common N-terminus. The most abundant isoform we ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu H,Ippolito GC,Wall JK,Niu T,Probst L,Lee BS,Pulford K,Banham AH,Stockwin L,Shaffer AL,Staudt LM,Das C,Dyer MJ,Tucker PW

更新日期：2006-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The IκB kinase (IKK) complex, comprising the two enzymes IKKα and IKKβ, is the main activator of the inflammatory transcription factor NF-κB, which is constitutively active in many cancers. While several connections between NF-κB signaling and the oncogene c-Myc have been shown, functional links between the ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Moser B,Hochreiter B,Basílio J,Gleitsmann V,Panhuber A,Pardo-Garcia A,Hoesel B,Salzmann M,Resch U,Noreen M,Schmid JA

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer and almost 90% of lung cancer is due to cigarette smoking. Even though nicotine, one of the major ingredients of cigarette smoke and the causative agent for addiction, is not a carcinogen by itself, several investigators have shown that nicotine can induce cell prolifera...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Puliyappadamba VT,Cheriyan VT,Thulasidasan AK,Bava SV,Vinod BS,Prabhu PR,Varghese R,Bevin A,Venugopal S,Anto RJ

更新日期：2010-08-20 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:Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (ACC) is a rare tumor entity with an unfavorable prognosis. Recent whole-exome sequencing identified p53 mutations in a subset of human ACC. Activation of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is associated with various pancreatic neoplasms. We thus aimed at analyz...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Kong B,Cheng T,Qian C,Wu W,Steiger K,Cao J,Schlitter AM,Regel I,Raulefs S,Friess H,Erkan M,Esposito I,Kleeff J,Michalski CW

更新日期：2015-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the major causes of mortality. ABT-263 is a newly synthesized, orally available Bcl-2/xL inhibitor that shows promising efficacy in HCC therapy. ABT-263 inhibits the anti-apoptotic activity of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL, but not Mcl-1. Previous reports have shown that ABT-263 u...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wang B,Ni Z,Dai X,Qin L,Li X,Xu L,Lian J,He F

更新日期：2014-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, particularly because of its high mortality rate in patients who are diagnosed at late stages. Conventional biomarkers originating from blood are widely used for cancer diagnosis, but their low sensitivity and specificity limit their widespread application in cancer screeni...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wang S,Zhang K,Tan S,Xin J,Yuan Q,Xu H,Xu X,Liang Q,Christiani DC,Wang M,Liu L,Du M

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a well-known oncogenic driver, contributes to the initiation and progression of a wide range of cancer types. Aberrant lipid metabolism including highly produced monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) is recognized as a hallmark of cancer. However, how EGFR regulates MUFA...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Zhang J,Song F,Zhao X,Jiang H,Wu X,Wang B,Zhou M,Tian M,Shi B,Wang H,Jia Y,Wang H,Pan X,Li Z

更新日期：2017-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in polymerase ε (POLE) confer favorable prognosis and outcomes in various cancer types, but their role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unknown. Utilizing the data of 513 patients with adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and 497 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) cohor...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu L,Ruiz J,O'Neill SS,Grant SC,Petty WJ,Yang M,Chen K,Topaloglu U,Pasche B,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is highly malignant with highly invasive and metastatic capabilities and poor prognosis. It is believed that the ESCC cancer stem-like cells (ECSLCs) are critical for tumorigenicity, invasion and metastasis of ESCC. However, the properties of ECSLCs vary with differe...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu Q,Cui X,Yu X,Bian BS,Qian F,Hu XG,Ji CD,Yang L,Ren Y,Cui W,Zhang X,Zhang P,Wang JM,Cui YH,Bian XW

更新日期：2017-04-21 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:Medulloblastoma is the most common type of malignant brain tumor that afflicts children. Although recent advances in chemotherapy and radiation have improved outcomes, high-risk patients do poorly with significant morbidity. METHODS:To identify new molecular targets, we performed an integrated genomic analy...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Harris PS,Venkataraman S,Alimova I,Birks DK,Balakrishnan I,Cristiano B,Donson AM,Dubuc AM,Taylor MD,Foreman NK,Reigan P,Vibhakar R

更新日期：2014-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been documented as playing important roles in cancer development. In this study, we investigated the role of miR-124 in breast cancer and clarified the regulation of flotillin-1 (FLOT1) by miR-124. METHODS:The expression levels of miR-124 were examined in breast cancer cell lines and...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Li L,Luo J,Wang B,Wang D,Xie X,Yuan L,Guo J,Xi S,Gao J,Lin X,Kong Y,Xu X,Tang H,Xie X,Liu M

更新日期：2013-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:TGF-beta resistance often develops in breast cancer cells that in turn overproduce this cytokine to create a local immunosuppressive environment that fosters tumor growth and exacerbates the invasive and metastatic behavior of the tumor cells themselves. Smads-mediated cross-talk with the estrogen receptor h...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ren Y,Wu L,Frost AR,Grizzle W,Cao X,Wan M

更新日期：2009-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aurora-A is an oncogenic kinase playing well-documented roles in mitotic spindle organisation. We previously found that Aurora-A inactivation yields the formation of spindles with fragmented poles that can drive chromosome mis-segregation. Here we have addressed the mechanism through which Aurora-A activity ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Asteriti IA,Giubettini M,Lavia P,Guarguaglini G

更新日期：2011-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zebrafish have been used as a vertebrate model to study human cancers such as melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, liver cancer, and leukemia as well as for high-throughput screening of small molecules of therapeutic value. However, they are just emerging as a model for human brain tumors, which are among the most de...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Ju B,Chen W,Orr BA,Spitsbergen JM,Jia S,Eden CJ,Henson HE,Taylor MR

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amplifications at 6p22.3 are prevalent in advanced stage bladder cancer (TCC). Previous studies have identified SOX4, CDKAL, and E2F3 as targets of this amplification and therefore potential oncogenes, but the more telomeric DEK gene too has been reported as overexpressed and amplified. We have therefore inv...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wu Q,Hoffmann MJ,Hartmann FH,Schulz WA

更新日期：2005-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PP2Calpha is the representative member of the type 2C family of protein phosphatases, and it has recently been implicated in the regulation of p53-, TGFbeta-, cyclin-dependent kinase- and apoptosis-signaling. To investigate the role of PP2Calpha in cell growth and in radio- and chemosensitivity, wild type an...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lammers T,Peschke P,Ehemann V,Debus J,Slobodin B,Lavi S,Huber P

更新日期：2007-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remains the leading cause of mortality in patients with clear cell RCC arising from mutations in the von Hippel Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor. Successful RCC tumor suppression by VHL requires the negative regulation of hypoxia inducible factor alpha (HIF alpha) protein a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Petrella BL,Brinckerhoff CE

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic process that mediates degradation of pernicious or dysfunctional cellular components, such as invasive pathogens, senescent proteins, and organelles. It can promote or suppress tumor development, so it is a "double-edged sword" in tumors that depends on the cell and tissue typ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Chen HT,Liu H,Mao MJ,Tan Y,Mo XQ,Meng XJ,Cao MT,Zhong CY,Liu Y,Shan H,Jiang GM

更新日期：2019-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The expression level of osteopontin correlates with the metastatic potential of several tumors. Osteopontin is a well-characterized ligand for the alphavbeta3 integrin. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the possible role of osteopontin/alphavbeta3 signaling in prostate cancer cell migration. RES...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Desai B,Rogers MJ,Chellaiah MA

更新日期：2007-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are at increased risk for the development of colorectal cancer. Surgery and chemoprevention are the most effective means to prevent cancer development. Thymoquinone (TQ) is considered the main compound of the volatile Nigella sativa seed oil and has been rep...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Lang M,Borgmann M,Oberhuber G,Evstatiev R,Jimenez K,Dammann KW,Jambrich M,Khare V,Campregher C,Ristl R,Gasche C

更新日期：2013-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are involved in cancer development and progression, acting as tumor suppressors or oncogenes. Our previous studies have revealed that miR-148a and miR-152 are significantly down-regulated in gastrointestinal cancers. Interestingly, miR-148b has the same "seed sequences" as miR-148a and miR...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Song YX,Yue ZY,Wang ZN,Xu YY,Luo Y,Xu HM,Zhang X,Jiang L,Xing CZ,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a new type of non-coding RNAs and their functions in gastric cancer (GC) remain unclear. Recent studies have revealed that circRNAs play an important role in cancer development and certain types of pathological responses, acting as microRNA (miRNA) sponges to regulate gene expres...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Liu H,Liu Y,Bian Z,Zhang J,Zhang R,Chen X,Huang Y,Wang Y,Zhu J

更新日期：2018-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:By nature, scientists contribute to our understanding of nature and ourselves. As communities undergo significant changes, new challenges are presented. Here, we offer alternative views on recent changes in society. ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Christian LM,Naqvi HR,Schmidt C,Covarrubias D,Mathur S

更新日期：2008-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ADAMTS-1 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs) is a member of the ADAMTS family of metalloproteases. Here, we investigated mRNA and protein levels of ADAMTS-1 in normal and neoplastic tissues using qPCR, immunohistochemistry and immunoblot analyses, and we addressed the role of ADAMT...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Freitas VM,do Amaral JB,Silva TA,Santos ES,Mangone FR,Pinheiro Jde J,Jaeger RG,Nagai MA,Machado-Santelli GM

更新日期：2013-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increasing number of studies support the presence of stem-like cells in human malignancies. These cells are primarily responsible for tumor initiation and thus considered as a potential target to eradicate tumors. CD133 has been identified as an important cell surface marker to enrich the stem-like popula...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Tabu K,Kimura T,Sasai K,Wang L,Bizen N,Nishihara H,Taga T,Tanaka S

更新日期：2010-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the publication of this work [1] and in response to a recent query that was brought to our attention in relation to the Western Blot in Figure 1(C) for NP2, protein lysates prepared around the same time as those presented in the manuscript in question, were run by SDS-PAGE under similar experimental conditions a...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Barr MP,Gray SG,Gately K,Hams E,Fallon PG,Davies AM,Richard DJ,Pidgeon GP,O'Byrne KJ

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alterations in lipid metabolism are inherent to the metabolic transformations that support tumorigenesis. The relationship between the synthesis, storage and use of lipids and their importance in cancer is poorly understood. The human group X secreted phospholipase A2 (hGX sPLA2) releases fatty acids (FAs) f...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Pucer A,Brglez V,Payré C,Pungerčar J,Lambeau G,Petan T

更新日期：2013-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence supports the role of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) as master gene regulators at the epigenetic modification level. However, the underlying mechanism of these functional ncRNAs in colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been well investigated. METHODS:The dysre...

journal_title：Molecular cancer

authors： Wu H,Qin W,Lu S,Wang X,Zhang J,Sun T,Hu X,Li Y,Chen Q,Wang Y,Zhao H,Piao H,Zhang R,Wei M

更新日期：2020-05-22 00:00:00