abstract：:Our aim was to identify novel tumor-associated antigens from the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cell line EC0156, and related autoantibodies in sera from patients with ESCC. We used modified serological proteome analysis, involving one- and two-dimensional electrophoresis, Western blot, and MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Gao H,Zheng Z,Mao Y,Wang W,Qiao Y,Zhou L,Liu F,He H,Zhao X

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxiredoxin 2 (Prdx2) has been shown to act as an antioxidant whose main function is to reduce hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in cells, and Prdx2 is abnormally elevated in colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the functional significance of this up-regulation and the detailed molecular mechanism behind the regulatory effect o...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lu W,Fu Z,Wang H,Feng J,Wei J,Guo J

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) and autophagy are two major regulators involved in both tumor initiation and progression. However, the association between these two signaling pathways still remains obscure. In this work, we demonstrate that dihydroartemisinin (DHA) stimulates the induction of autophagy in several cance...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Hu W,Chen SS,Zhang JL,Lou XE,Zhou HJ

更新日期：2014-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and the involvement of cancer stem-like cells (CSCs) in tumor initiation and progression, and chemo-resistance are documented. Herein, we functionally analyzed melanoma stem-like cells (MSC)/CD133(+) cells on their resistance and response to taxol-induced apoptosis. Besides being taxol resistant, the CD13...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： El-Khattouti A,Selimovic D,Haïkel Y,Megahed M,Gomez CR,Hassan M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tissue field of somatic genetic alterations precedes the histopathological phenotypic changes of carcinoma. Genomic changes could be of potential use in the diagnosis and prognosis of pre-invasive squamous head and neck carcinoma (HNSCC) lesions and as markers for cancer risk assessment. Studies of sequential molecu...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Worsham MJ,Stephen JK,Chen KM,Havard S,Shah V,Gardner G,Schweitzer VG

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic aberrations have been associated with cutaneous melanoma tumorigenesis and progression including dysregulated DNA gene promoter region methylation, histone modification, and microRNA. Several of these major epigenetic aberrations have been developed into biomarkers. Epigenetic biomarkers can be detected in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Greenberg ES,Chong KK,Huynh KT,Tanaka R,Hoon DS

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Enormous efforts have been made to explore small molecules that interfere with the TGF-β signaling pathway, so as to inhibit EMT and the cancer metastasis, but few agents have been identified. In this study, we demonstrated that Nutlin-3 could abolish the down-regulation of E-cadherin induced by TGF-β1 in p53-deficien...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wu Y,Fu Y,Zheng L,Lin G,Ma J,Lou J,Zhu H,He Q,Yang B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) expression is frequently amplified in human glioblastoma cells. Nimotuzumab, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against EGFR, has been used globally in clinics as an anti-cancer agent. It is largely unknown whether the blockade of miR-21, a microRNA that is upregulated in glioma cells...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhang KL,Han L,Chen LY,Shi ZD,Yang M,Ren Y,Chen LC,Zhang JX,Pu PY,Kang CS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glypican-5 (GPC5) may be a potential tumor suppressor gene in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The present study aimed to clarify the GPC5 expression pattern and to explore its potential functions in NSCLC. The expression of GPC5 gene was lower in lung cancer tissues compared with adjacent noncancerous tissues. The...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Yang X,Zhang Z,Qiu M,Hu J,Fan X,Wang J,Xu L,Yin R

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of cellular dormancy has been observed in normal adult stem cells in many different tissues such as the skin, the intestine and the hematopoietic system. These dormant cells have been proposed to be important for life-long self-renewal and for the generation of the different cellular lineages. As tumor ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Schillert A,Trumpp A,Sprick MR

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple cancers contain subpopulations that exhibit characteristics of cancer stem cells (CSCs), the ability to self-renew and seed heterogeneous tumors. Recent evidence suggests two potentially overlapping models for these phenotypes: one where stem cells arise from multipotent progenitor cells, and another where th...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chang JT,Mani SA

更新日期：2013-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The notions of inter- and intra-tumour heterogeneity (ITH) have been recognised for many years but recent advances in sequencing technology are allowing the true extent of both forms of heterogeneity to be revealed in detail for the first time. In this review we examine the current evidence for ITH, the possibility of...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Horswell S,Matthews N,Swanton C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current limitation in cancer genomic studies is a lack of the integration of various omics data generated through next generation sequencing technologies, as well as a lack of the sounding and comprehensive epigenomic and genomic information about a particular cancer cell type. In this review, we will discuss main asp...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tang B,Hsu PY,Huang TH,Jin VX

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence suggested that the irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have potential to override the acquired resistance to target-based therapies. Herein, we reported IC-4 as a novel irreversible TKI for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). IC-4 potentially suppressed proliferation, induced apop...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Li YB,Wang ZQ,Yan X,Chen MW,Bao JL,Wu GS,Ge ZM,Zhou DM,Wang YT,Li RT

更新日期：2013-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring angiogenesis is potentially an effective strategy for the early detection of cancer. In this study, early detection was achieved by evaluating blood vessel density in the liver using a three-dimensional contrast-enhanced high-frequency ultrasound (CE-HFUS) system and Sonazoid microbubbles. Three-dimensional...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Horie S,Chen R,Li L,Mori S,Kodama T

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that fibroblast growth factor 8b (FGF8b) is up-regulated in a large proportion of prostate cancer patients and that it plays a key role in prostate carcinogenesis. In this study, we designed and synthesized a gN helix domain derived short peptide (termed 8b-13) based on the analysis ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Li T,Luo W,He D,Wang R,Huang Y,Zeng X,Wang W,Chen X,Gao S,Yu Y,Li X,Wu X

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although end-binding protein 1 (EB1) is well known to regulate microtubule dynamics, the role of EB1 in apoptosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is poorly understood. Here, we investigated the molecular mechanism by which EB1 regulates apoptosis in H460, A549, and H1299 cells. Depletion of EB1 in A549 and H1299...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kim MJ,Yun HS,Hong EH,Lee SJ,Baek JH,Lee CW,Yim JH,Kim JS,Park JK,Um HD,Hwang SG

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a sub-population of cancer cells that possess characteristics associated with normal stem cells but with the peculiarity that they are tumourigenic. This property allows them to persist in the tumour population, causing relapse and metastasis by giving rise to new tumours. Accordingly, if ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Leal JA,Lleonart ME

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermis of the skin is a multilayered stratified epithelium whose primary function is to provide a barrier against our external environment. As a result, cells in the epidermis are subject to constant assault from environmental pathogens, many of which can cause deleterious mutations. However, most of these muta...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Thieu K,Ruiz ME,Owens DM

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ellagic acid (EA) is a polyphenol found in several plants and fruits. The objectives of this study were to examine the molecular mechanisms by which EA inhibits pancreatic cancer growth in Balb C nude mice. PANC-1 cells were injected subcutaneously into Balb c nude mice, and tumor-bearing mice were treated with EA. Th...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhao M,Tang SN,Marsh JL,Shankar S,Srivastava RK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer urgently needs an efficient therapy. Here we demonstrated that cisplatin combined with gene therapy by transfecting the attenuated Salmonella that carry a plasmid containing p53 gene and MDM2 siRNA provided a super-synergistic effect on the inhibition of prostate cancer growth in vivo. This synergistic...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jiang T,Zhou C,Gu J,Liu Y,Zhao L,Li W,Wang G,Li Y,Cai L

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are pro-apoptotic as a co-medication to treat leukemia and lymphoma. However, the effects in breast cancer (BC) are diverse with mechanisms less understood. In this study using BC model cell MCF7, we found that dexamethasone (Dex) promotes cell proliferation. Gene expression analysis identified t...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Khan S,Lopez-Dee Z,Kumar R,Ling J

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:p66(Shc), one of the SHC1 gene encoding proteins, promotes cell death and reports cell anchorage status, mediating anoikis in vitro and functioning as a metastasis suppressor in vivo. However, very little is known about p66(Shc) gene regulation in cancer cells. Here, we show that methylation of a specific CpG site in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Du W,Jiang Y,Zheng Z,Zhang Z,Chen N,Ma Z,Yao Z,Terada L,Liu Z

更新日期：2013-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins emerge nowadays as crucial actors of tumor aggressiveness and resistance to therapies. Integrin α5β1, the fibronectin receptor, determines malignant properties of colon carcinoma which is one of the most important causes of cancer-related deaths in the world. Here we show that inhibition of α5 integrin subun...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Janouskova H,Ray AM,Noulet F,Lelong-Rebel I,Choulier L,Schaffner F,Lehmann M,Martin S,Teisinger J,Dontenwill M

更新日期：2013-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Shh pathway effector, Gli1, is overexpressed in gliomas, we investigated the effect of novel Shh inhibitor SANT-1 on glioma cell viability. Though SANT-1 failed to induce apoptosis, it reduced proliferation of glioma stem-like cells. Apart from canonical Shh cascade, Gli1 is also induced by non-canonical pathway...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Dixit D,Ghildiyal R,Anto NP,Ghosh S,Sharma V,Sen E

更新日期：2013-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of 5-Lox induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells by inactivating PKCε which is prevented by 5-oxoETE, and activators of PKCε prevent 5-Lox inhibition-induced apoptosis, suggesting that 5-Lox metabolites exert survival signaling via PKCε. However, mechanisms by which 5-Lox metabolites activate PKCε are no...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Sarveswaran S,Ghosh J

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 25% of stage III colorectal cancer patients do not benefit from standard adjuvant chemotherapies. To identify biomarkers for nonresponders, fresh-frozen tissues of 19 nonresponders and 16 responders were analyzed with gene expression and microRNA arrays. Fifty-nine genes and 17 miRNAs were differentially...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Dou R,Deng Y,Huang L,Fu S,Tan S,Wang L,Lian L,Fang L,Fan X,Jin G,Liu H,Wang J

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-oxide nanoparticles of small dimensions that have superparamagnetic properties show immense potential to revolutionize the future of cancer theranostics, the combinatorial diagnosis and therapeutic approach towards cancer. Superparamagnetic iron-oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have unique magnetic properties, due to...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Santhosh PB,Ulrih NP

更新日期：2013-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the mechanisms of action and antitumor effects of OPB-31121, a novel STAT3 inhibitor, in gastric cancer cells. OPB-31121 downregulated JAK2 and gp130 expression and inhibited JAK2 phosphorylation which leads to inhibition of STAT3 phosphorylation. OPB-31121 inhibited constitutively activated and IL-6-i...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kim MJ,Nam HJ,Kim HP,Han SW,Im SA,Kim TY,Oh DY,Bang YJ

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi), a natural cellular mechanism for RNA-guided regulation of gene expression could in fact become new therapeutic modality if an appropriate efficient delivery strategy that is also reproducible and safe will be developed. Numerous efforts have been made for the past eight years to address this c...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Landesman-Milo D,Goldsmith M,Leviatan Ben-Arye S,Witenberg B,Brown E,Leibovitch S,Azriel S,Tabak S,Morad V,Peer D

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The (32)P-postlabelling method for the analysis of carcinogen-DNA adducts originated 30years ago from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and was the work of a team comprised of Kurt and Erica Randerath, Ramesh Gupta and Vijay Reddy. With subsequent modifications and developments, it has become a highly sensitive an...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Phillips DH

更新日期：2013-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MS) and related disorders, including cancer, are steadily increasing in most countries of the world. However, mechanisms underlying the link between MS and colon carcinogenesis have yet to be fully elucidated. In this review article we focus on the relationships between various individual associate...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ishino K,Mutoh M,Totsuka Y,Nakagama H

更新日期：2013-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most devastating diseases with very poor prognosis. Only a small proportion is curable by surgical resection, whilst standard chemotherapy for patients with advanced disease has only modest effect with substantial toxicity. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the development of novel...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Xu C,Li H,Su C,Li Z

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD95, TNFR1, TRAILR1 and TRAILR2 belong to a subgroup of TNF receptors which is characterized by a conserved cell death-inducing protein domain that connects these receptors to the apoptotic machinery of the cell. Activation of death receptors in malignant cells attracts increasing attention as a principle to fight ca...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wajant H,Gerspach J,Pfizenmaier K

更新日期：2013-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming acidic coiled-coil protein 3 (TACC3) is a member of the TACC family, essential for mitotic spindle dynamics and centrosome integrity during mitosis. Mounting evidence suggests that deregulation of TACC3 is associated with various types of human cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms by which TACC3 cont...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ha GH,Park JS,Breuer EK

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the antitumor effects of deguelin in several human breast cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Deguelin inhibited cell viability and the anchorage-dependent and anchorage-independent colony formation of triple-negative (MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-468) and triple-positive (MCF-7) breast cancer c...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Suh YA,Kim JH,Sung MA,Boo HJ,Yun HJ,Lee SH,Lee HJ,Min HY,Suh YG,Kim KW,Lee HY

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cucurbitacin B (CuB), has recently emerged as a potent anticancer agent; however, its efficacy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the mechanism(s) initiating its biological effects remain largely unclear. In this study, CuB potently suppressed the growth of four NSCLC cells (H1299, A549, HCC-827 and H661) in vi...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kausar H,Munagala R,Bansal SS,Aqil F,Vadhanam MV,Gupta RC

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrin, cholecystokinin2 receptor (CCK2R), and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) have been implicated in the carcinogenesis and progression of gastric cancer. Our study demonstrated that antagonist or siRNA against CCK2R blocked amidated gastrin (G17)-induced activation of STAT3 and Akt in gastric cancer cell lines. G17-incre...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Xu W,Chen GS,Shao Y,Li XL,Xu HC,Zhang H,Zhu GQ,Zhou YC,He XP,Sun WH

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate immunity that occurs in a tumor environment is in part due to the presence of M2-type tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs). TGF-β has a multi-functional role in tumor development including modulating the biological activity of both the tumor and TAMs. In this study, using an in vitro TAM/tumor cell co-cultur...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Peng J,Tsang JY,Li D,Niu N,Ho DH,Lau KF,Lui VC,Lamb JR,Chen Y,Tam PK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a subtype of aggressive and resistant non-Hodgkin lymphoma that occurs predominantly in patients with advanced AIDS. In this study, we examined the antitumor activity of zoledronic acid (Zol)-induced Vγ9Vδ2 T cells against PEL cells in vitro and in vivo. Vγ9Vδ2 T cells recognized end...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Goto H,Matsuda K,Srikoon P,Kariya R,Hattori S,Taura M,Katano H,Okada S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00