abstract：:The pi-class glutathione S-transferase (GSTP1) actively protect cells from carcinogens and electrophilic compounds. Loss of GSTP1 expression via promoter hypermethylation is the most common epigenetic alteration observed in human prostate cancer. Silencing of GSTP1 can increase generation of reactive oxygen species (R...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kanwal R,Pandey M,Bhaskaran N,Maclennan GT,Fu P,Ponsky LE,Gupta S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both EGFR and HER2 are important mediators of tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Despite their best-characterized roles as plasma membrane-bound receptors, both receptors undergo nuclear translocation though the impact of this process remains unclear. In this study, we provide evidence showing that EGFR upregulates ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Han W,Carpenter RL,Cao X,Lo HW

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies of the individual functionalities of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the development and progression of cancer have suggested that HOX transcript antisense RNA (HOTAIR) is capable of reprogramming chromatin organization and promoting cancer cell metastasis. In order to ascertain the expression pattern...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Chen FJ,Sun M,Li SQ,Wu QQ,Ji L,Liu ZL,Zhou GZ,Cao G,Jin L,Xie HW,Wang CM,Lv J,De W,Wu M,Cao XF

更新日期：2013-11-01 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

abstract：:Loss or decrease of wild type BRCA1 function, by either mutation or reduced expression, has a role in hereditary and sporadic human breast and ovarian cancers. We report here that the PI3K/AKT pathway is constitutively active in BRCA1-defective human breast cancer cells. Levels of phospho-AKT are sustained even after ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Yi YW,Kang HJ,Kim HJ,Hwang JS,Wang A,Bae I

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of Fas ligand (FasL) in cancer cells elicits potential antitumor effects via recruitment of neutrophils. Conversely, FasL-expressing tumors may counterattack tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes by delivering apoptotic death signals via Fas/FasL interactions, which may lead to tumor escape. In order to distin...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Chiu HY,Sun GH,Chen SY,Wang HH,Ho MY,Chu CY,Wu WL,Jhou RS,Tsai YL,Huang RT,Sun KH,Tang SJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of ovarian cancers over-express the estrogen receptor (ERα) and grow in response to estrogens. We previously demonstrated that ER induction of the chemokine CXCL12 (stromal cell-derived factor-1) is required for estradiol (E2)-stimulated proliferation of human ovarian carcinoma cells. In the current study...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Hall JM,Korach KS

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Betanin, also called beetroot red, has been extensively used as a food colorant. In this study, the chemopreventive activity of betanin by oral consumption was investigated in two mouse lung tumor models. Vinyl carbamate (VC) and benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) were used to induce lung tumors, and female A/J mice were treated ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang Q,Pan J,Wang Y,Lubet R,You M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence has shown the association of aberrantly expressed miR-106a with cancer development, however, little is known about its potential role in gastric carcinogenesis. In our present study, obviously overexpressed miR-106a was found in gastric cancer tissues compared with their nontumor counterparts. Suppre...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Wang Z,Liu M,Zhu H,Zhang W,He S,Hu C,Quan L,Bai J,Xu N

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Diet-derived butyrate, a histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDI), decreases proliferation and increases apoptosis in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells via epigenetic changes in gene expression. Other HDIs such as suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) and trichostatin A (TSA) have similar effects. This study examined the role...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Humphreys KJ,Cobiac L,Le Leu RK,Van der Hoek MB,Michael MZ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Promoter hypermethylation is gaining strength as one of the main mechanisms through which tumor suppressor genes are silenced during tumor progression. Three tumor suppressor genes are frequently found methylated in their promoter, in concordance with absence of expression, RASSF1A, SLIT2, and WIF1. In addition, a pre...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Alvarez C,Tapia T,Cornejo V,Fernandez W,Muñoz A,Camus M,Alvarez M,Devoto L,Carvallo P

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are elevated in patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) over either the head and neck (HNSCC) or the esophagus (ESCC). Synchronous SCC with both HNSCC and ESCC predispose to worse survival. This study tested if serum MMP levels correlate with clinical features and predict survival ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Wang WL,Chang WL,Yeh YC,Lee CT,Chang CY,Lin JT,Sheu BS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using relatively primitive tools in the 1920s, Otto Warburg demonstrated that tumor cells show an increased dependence on glycolysis to meet their energy needs, regardless of whether they were well-oxygenated or not. High rates of glucose uptake, fueling glycolysis, are now used clinically to identify cancer cells. Ho...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Nakajima EC,Van Houten B

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black currant fruits containing high amounts of anthocyanins are known to possess potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. We have previously reported that anthocyanin-rich black currant skin extract (BCSE) inhibits diethylnitrosamine (DENA)-initiated hepatocarcinogenesis in rats although the underlying me...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Bishayee A,Thoppil RJ,Mandal A,Darvesh AS,Ohanyan V,Meszaros JG,Háznagy-Radnai E,Hohmann J,Bhatia D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinogenesis is a multistep sequential process of clonal expansion of initiated cells associated with the accumulation of multiple cancer-specific heritable phenotypes. The acquisition of these heritable cancer-specific alterations may be triggered by mutational and/or non-mutational changes in the genome that affec...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Koturbash I,Melnyk S,James SJ,Beland FA,Pogribny IP

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human colorectal cancer (CRC) cells are resistant to the anti-proliferative effect of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), suggesting that disruption of TGF-β signaling plays an important role in colorectal carcinogenesis. Ecotropic virus integration site-1 (Evi-1) oncoprotein represses TGF-β signaling by interacting...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Deng X,Cao Y,Liu Y,Li F,Sambandam K,Rajaraman S,Perkins AS,Fields AP,Hellmich MR,Townsend CM Jr,Thompson EA,Ko TC

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is a prerequisite for progression of cancers. The number of genes linked to angiogenesis suggests the existence of complex gene-networks, which remain to be elucidated. To identify angiogenesis genes deregulated in carcinomas, we performed a meta-profiling analysis of published gene expression microarray ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Anders M,Fehlker M,Wang Q,Wissmann C,Pilarsky C,Kemmner W,Höcker M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies show that elevated insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer; however, mechanisms through which IGF-1 promotes mammary tumorigenesis in vivo have not been fully elucidated. To assess the possible involvement of COX-2 signaling in the pro-tumorigenic effe...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Tian J,Lambertz I,Berton TR,Rundhaug JE,Kiguchi K,Shirley SH,Digiovanni J,Conti CJ,Fischer SM,Fuchs-Young R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of adipose tissue resident stromal cells on tumor cell invasion. Our data show that a subpopulation of adipose tissue derived stromal cells expressing Nestin, NG2, α-smooth muscle actin and PDGFR-α migrate toward the cancer cells. Microarray analysis revealed the upregulat...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Welte G,Alt E,Devarajan E,Krishnappa S,Jotzu C,Song YH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated whether high-fat diet (HFD), in the absence of increased calorie intake, increases colon cancer growth and metastasis. Four-week-old male BALB/c mice were fed on an HFD (60 kcal% fat) or control diet (10 kcal% fat) for 16 wk, after which CT26 colon cancer cells were subcutaneously injected into the right ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Park H,Kim M,Kwon GT,Lim DY,Yu R,Sung MK,Lee KW,Daily JW 3rd,Park JH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymorphisms in metabolic and DNA repair genes may alter protein function, consequently affecting patients' response to chemo/radiotherapy. We retrospectively assessed whether polymorphisms of glutathione-S-transferase genes GSTM1 (deletion), GSTT1 (deletion), GSTP1 (Ile105Val, rs1695), and DNA repair genes hOGG1 (Se...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Mahimkar MB,Samant TA,Kannan S,Tulsulkar J,Pai PS,Anantharaman D

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene encodes the catalytic subunit of telomerase and is located on chromosome 5p15, a genomic region which was found to be associated with multiple cancer types. But no associations with colorectal cancer (CRC) have been reported until recently. Therefore, the purpose of t...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Hofer P,Baierl A,Bernhart K,Leeb G,Mach K,Micksche M,Gsur A

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of matrix metalloproteinase3 (MMP3) promoter in the development and progression of gastric cancer of whole stomach has never been investigated in any population. We conducted a hospital-based case-control study to explore the MMP3 SNPs and their haplotypes with the risk of gastri...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Dey S,Stalin S,Gupta A,Saha D,Kesh K,Swarnakar S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA repair gene Ku70 plays a key role in the DNA double strand break (DSB) repair system. Defects in DSB repair capacity can lead to genomic instability. We hypothesized that the Ku70 C-1310G polymorphism (rs2267437) was associated with risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). We genotyped the Ku70 C-1310G polymorphism...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Wang W,Pan X,Huo X,Yan F,Wang M,Wang D,Gao Y,Cao Q,Luo D,Qin C,Yin C,Zhang Z

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The P53 gene is a tumor suppressor gene and can prevent mutation and tumor induction though apoptosis and DNA repair when it is activated by genotoxic stress. miR-34a expression is regulated by the P53 gene and might be required for cell response to DNA damage. TK6 cells are human lymphoblast cells with normal P53 fun...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Chen X,Yan J,Chen T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) is a phase II metabolic enzyme responsible for the biotransformation of aromatic and heterocyclic amine carcinogens such as 4-aminobiphenyl (ABP). NAT1 catalyzes N-acetylation of arylamines as well as the O-acetylation of N-hydroxylated arylamines. O-acetylation leads to the formation of e...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Millner LM,Doll MA,Cai J,States JC,Hein DW

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess systematically whether potentially functional polymorphisms in DNA repair genes influence the clinical behavior of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), we examined the impact of a comprehensive panel of 218 signal nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in 50 candidate DNA repair genes on overall survival of NSCLC in ...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Dong J,Hu Z,Shu Y,Pan S,Chen W,Wang Y,Hu L,Jiang Y,Dai J,Ma H,Jin G,Shen H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a cellular energy sensor that is conserved in eukaryotes. Although AMPK is traditionally thought to play a major role in the regulation of cellular lipid and protein metabolism, recent discoveries reveal that AMPK inhibits mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling and connec...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Tong X,Smith KA,Pelling JC

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Here, we have demonstrated that xenobiotic activation of the nuclear receptor (CAR, NR1I3) can result in arresting DNA-damaged human hepatocellular carcinoma Huh7 cells at the G2/M phase. Huh7 cells over-expressing CAR were either treated with dimethyl sulfoxide, the CAR activator TCPOBOP (1,4-bis[2-(3,5-dichloropyrid...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Kamino H,Negishi M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tobacco smoking represents an important known cause of ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Recent data from pooled analyses in consortia involving multiple case-control and cohort studies suggest that heavy (but not moderate or light) alcohol consumption also may increase pancreatic cancer risk. Animal and human evidenc...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Duell EJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a critical event in solid tumor development, invasion, and metastasis. Cellular adaptation to hypoxic microenvironment is essential for tumor progression and is largely mediated by hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) through coordinated regulation of hypoxia-responsive genes. In this study, we found that m...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhu S,Zhou Y,Wang L,Zhang J,Wu H,Xiong J,Zhang J,Tian Y,Wang C,Wu H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity and its associated metabolic syndrome (MetS) are recognized risk factors for breast cancer. The molecular basis for this association remains largely unknown. Adipokines, in particular leptin and adiponectin, are thought to form part of the mechanism linking obesity with cancer through their altered expression/...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Carroll PA,Healy L,Lysaght J,Boyle T,Reynolds JV,Kennedy MJ,Pidgeon G,Connolly EM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic is a known human carcinogen. However, the mechanism of how arsenic induces cell transformation remains unclear. In this study, we demonstrated that long-term exposure to sodium arsenite at low-dose (2 µM) increases cell proliferation and neoplastic transformation in a mouse epidermal cell model, JB6 promotion-...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang Y,Wang Q,Guo X,Miller R,Guo Y,Yang HS

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composition of extracellular matrix (ECM) is crucial to the establishment and maintenance of epithelial apical-basolateral polarity. Increased ECM rigidity caused by deposition of fibrillar collagen, for example, collagen type I (Col-1), promotes loss of epithelial polarity and tumor progression. microRNAs are small n...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Li C,Nguyen HT,Zhuang Y,Lin Y,Flemington EK,Guo W,Guenther J,Burow ME,Morris GF,Sullivan D,Shan B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity increases colorectal cancer (CRC) risk and progression. However, the impact of obesity on CRC in women is dependent on ovarian hormone status. The purpose of this study was to determine the interactive roles of obesity and ovarian hormones on serum markers of inflammation, cell signaling, and transplanted colo...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Rondini EA,Harvey AE,Steibel JP,Hursting SD,Fenton JI

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotoxicity tests indicate methanol (MeOH) is not mutagenic, but a rodent study has suggested carcinogenic potential, which could result from free radical-initiated oxidative DNA damage. To investigate this possibility we treated male CD-1 mice, New Zealand white rabbits, and cynomolgus monkeys with MeOH (2.0 g/kg ip...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： McCallum GP,Siu M,Ondovcik SL,Sweeting JN,Wells PG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown that aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression is associated with the development and progression of various types of human cancer and serum miRNAs are potential biomarkers. This study examined whether some commonly deregulated miRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are presented in serum of p...

journal_title：Molecular carcinogenesis

authors： Xu J,Wu C,Che X,Wang L,Yu D,Zhang T,Huang L,Li H,Tan W,Wang C,Lin D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00