abstract：:As a newly discovered deubiquitinating enzyme, ubiquitin-specific protease 22 (USP22) is predictive of therapeutic outcomes in individual cancer patients. However, its clinical effects on malignancy and its roles in conferring resistance to EGFR-TKIs (epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors) in lun...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhang H,Han B,Lu H,Zhao Y,Chen X,Meng Q,Cao M,Cai L,Hu J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact role of mast cells in tumor growth is not clear and multifaceted. In some cases, mast cells stimulate while in others inhibit this process. This dual role may be explained to some extent by the huge number of bioactive molecules stored in mast cell granules, as well as differences between tumor microenvironm...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Ribatti D,Tamma R,Crivellato E

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-α-Acetyltransferase 10 protein (Naa10p) mediates N-terminal acetylation of nascent proteins. Oncogenic or tumor suppressive roles of Naa10p were reported in cancers. Here, we report an oncogenic role of Naa10p in promoting metastasis of osteosarcomas. Higher NAA10 transcripts were observed in metastatic osteosarcoma...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chien MH,Lee WJ,Yang YC,Tan P,Pan KF,Liu YC,Tsai HC,Hsu CH,Wen YC,Hsiao M,Hua KT

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in multiple cellular processes in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, the involvement of lncRNAs in the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) signaling pathway, the critical tumor cell epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and metastasis pathway, remains p...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lu Z,Li Y,Che Y,Huang J,Sun S,Mao S,Lei Y,Li N,Sun N,He J

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the anticancer efficacy of pegylated liposomes containing 6BrCaQ, an hsp90 inhibitor derived from novobiocin. 6BrCaQ has been previously identified as the most potent compound in a series of quinoleic novobiocin analogs but is poorly water-soluble. We investigated, for the first time, th...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Sauvage F,Fattal E,Al-Shaer W,Denis S,Brotin E,Denoyelle C,Blanc-Fournier C,Toussaint B,Messaoudi S,Alami M,Barratt G,Vergnaud-Gauduchon J

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is a major cause of poor prognosis in patients suffered with salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC), in which many factors are implicated. In this study, we identified that IGFBP2, overexpressed in SACC, correlated positively with perineural invasion or metastasis and indicated worse outcome. Moreover, IG...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Yao X,Wang Y,Duan Y,Zhang Q,Li P,Jin R,Tao Y,Zhang W,Wang X,Jing C,Zhou X

更新日期：2018-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Apatinib, a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), has been confirmed for its efficacy and safety in the treatment of advanced gastric carcinoma and some other solid tumors. However, the direct functional mechanisms of tumor lethality mediated by apatinib have not yet been fully characterized, and the precise mechanis...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Cheng X,Feng H,Wu H,Jin Z,Shen X,Kuang J,Huo Z,Chen X,Gao H,Ye F,Ji X,Jing X,Zhang Y,Zhang T,Qiu W,Zhao R

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Control of E2F1 activity is restricted via its interactions with RB1 and HDAC1. However, the detailed regulatory mechanisms underlying the E2F1/HDAC1 complex remain elusive. Here, we report that Nemo-like kinase (NLK) boosts cell cycle progression, which facilitates tumor development by releasing the E2F1 protein from...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Li SZ,Zeng F,Li J,Shu QP,Zhang HH,Xu J,Ren JW,Zhang XD,Song XM,Du RL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most frequent paediatric bone cancer, responsible for 9% of all cancer-related deaths in children. In this paper, a new strategy based on delivering edelfosine (ET) in lipid nanoparticles (LN) was explored in order to target the primary tumour and eliminate metastases. The in vitro and in vivo...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： González-Fernández Y,Brown HK,Patiño-García A,Heymann D,Blanco-Prieto MJ

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is an attractive target for cancer vaccine. However, autoimmune tolerance prevents vaccines based on HER2 protein from inducing long-lasting, highly effective anti-tumor immunity. In this study, we proved that the introduction of p-nitrophenylalanine in the universal T c...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tian H,He Y,Song X,Jiang L,Luo J,Xu Y,Zhang W,Gao X,Yao W

更新日期：2018-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a malignant brain tumor, is the deadliest form of human cancer with low survival rates because of its highly invasive nature. In recent years, there has been a growing appreciation for the role that glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) play during tumorigenesis and tumor recurrence of GBM. GSC...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Nakod PS,Kim Y,Rao SS

更新日期：2018-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Jade family PHD finger 3 (JADE3) plays a role in inducing histone acetylation during transcription, and is involved in the progression of several human cancers; however, its role in colon cancer remains unclear. Herein, we found that JADE3 was markedly upregulated in colon cancer tissues and significantly correlated w...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jian Y,Wang M,Zhang Y,Ou R,Zhu Z,Ou Y,Chen X,Liang X,Ding Y,Song L,Xu X,Liao W

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying molecular mechanism of lung cancer drug resistance is poorly understood. The mediator of endoplasmic reticulum stress CHOP (DNA damage inducible transcript 3) promotes stress-induced apoptosis and appears to function as a transcription factor in multiple diseases. However, its potential contributions to...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tan W,Liao Y,Qiu Y,Liu H,Tan D,Wu T,Tang M,Zhang S,Wang H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the improved 5-year survival rate of breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains a challenge due to lack of effective targeted therapy and higher recurrence and metastasis than other subtypes. To identify novel druggable targets and to understand its unique biology, we tried to implement 24 pat...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jung J,Jang K,Ju JM,Lee E,Lee JW,Kim HJ,Kim J,Lee SB,Ko BS,Son BH,Lee HJ,Gong G,Ahn SY,Choi JK,Singh SR,Chang S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a small subpopulation of tumour cells that have been proposed to be responsible for cancer initiation, chemotherapy resistance and cancer recurrence. Shear stress activated cellular signalling is involved in cellular migration, proliferation and differentiation. However, little is known ab...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Sun J,Luo Q,Liu L,Song G

更新日期：2018-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Residential radon exposure is considered the second cause of lung cancer and the first in never smokers. Nevertheless, the association between the different histological types of lung cancer and radon is not completely clear, and radon effect on small cell lung cancer is not completely understood. We aim to asses the ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Rodríguez-Martínez Á,Torres-Durán M,Barros-Dios JM,Ruano-Ravina A

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of non-coding RNAs that do not have 5' end caps or 3' end poly (A) tails. There are more than one hundred thousand genes that encode circRNAs. Clinical data show that there are differences in the expression of circRNAs in a variety of diseases, including cancer, suggesting that cir...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zhou R,Wu Y,Wang W,Su W,Liu Y,Wang Y,Fan C,Li X,Li G,Li Y,Xiong W,Zeng Z

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a tumor antigen, mesothelin (MSLN) can be identified in various malignancies. MSLN is potential for antigen-specific cancer vaccines. We generated a novel chimeric DNA vaccine using antigen-specific connective tissue growth factor lined with MSLN (CTGF/MSLN). The anti-tumor effects of the CTGF/MSLN DNA vaccine comb...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chen YL,Chang MC,Chiang YC,Lin HW,Sun NY,Chen CA,Sun WZ,Cheng WF

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study characterizes the second hit spectrum in BRCA1 and BRCA2-associated breast and ovarian cancers at both gene loci to investigate if second hit mechanisms are mutually exclusive or able to coincide within the same tumor. METHODS:Loss of heterozygosity, somatic point mutations and copy number altera...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Van Heetvelde M,Van Bockstal M,Poppe B,Lambein K,Rosseel T,Atanesyan L,Deforce D,Van Den Berghe I,De Leeneer K,Van Dorpe J,Vral A,Claes KBM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple therapeutic strategies have been developed to treat pancreatic cancer. However, the outcomes of these approaches are disappointing. Due to deeper understandings of the pivotal roles of the immune system in pancreatic cancer tumorigenesis and progression, novel therapeutic strategies based on immune cells and ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Xu JW,Wang L,Cheng YG,Zhang GY,Hu SY,Zhou B,Zhan HX

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The implementation of novel therapeutic interventions has improved the survival rates of melanoma patients with metastatic disease. Nonetheless, only 33% of treated cases exhibit long term responses. Circulating tumor cell (CTC) measurements are currently of clinical value in breast, prostate and colorectal cancers. H...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Marsavela G,Aya-Bonilla CA,Warkiani ME,Gray ES,Ziman M

更新日期：2018-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the changes in CTC count and CTC-associated miRNAs during the course of chemotherapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Blood samples were collected from 9 metastatic colorectal cancer patients prior to chemotherapy and at every other chemotherapy session during the course of treatment. CTCs w...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tan K,Leong SM,Kee Z,Caramat PV,Teo J,Blanco MVM,Koay ESC,Cheong WK,Soh TI,Yong WP,Pang A

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy has become an important tool in the treatment of cancer patients, but most patients relapse within 5 years. Relapse is due to the presence of cancer stem cells (CSCs), but the molecular mechanism of radioresistance in CSCs remains largely elusive. Here, we found that irradiation-resistant (IR) cells ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Shi Y,Liu N,Lai W,Yan B,Chen L,Liu S,Liu S,Wang X,Xiao D,Liu X,Mao C,Jiang Y,Jia J,Liu Y,Yang R,Cao Y,Tao Y

更新日期：2018-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) represent a minor population that have clonal tumor initiation and self-renewal capacity and are responsible for tumor initiation, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. CSCs reside in niches, which are composed of diverse types of stromal cells and extracellular matrix components. These stro...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Saijo A,Goto H,Nakano M,Mitsuhashi A,Aono Y,Hanibuchi M,Ogawa H,Uehara H,Kondo K,Nishioka Y

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of multidrug resistance (MDR) to chemotherapy remains a major challenge in the treatment of cancer. Numerous mechanisms have been recognized that cause MDR, but one of the most important mechanisms is overexpression of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, through which the ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fan YF,Zhang W,Zeng L,Lei ZN,Cai CY,Gupta P,Yang DH,Cui Q,Qin ZD,Chen ZS,Trombetta LD

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A plethora of tumours have characteristic oncogenic mutations which are the main causes of malignant transformation, exerting their effects through multiple signalling pathways. Downstream of such pathways, microRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression, assisting or antagonizing oncogeni...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Paliouras AR,Monteverde T,Garofalo M

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic metastasis is the main route of breast cancer metastasis. It is known that lymphangiogenesis facilitates lymphatic metastasis through vascular endothelial growth factor-C (VEGF-C)/VEGF receptor 3 (VEGFR3) pathway-linked interactions between the tumor and its microenvironment. Here, we report a novel mechanis...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Wang QS,He R,Yang F,Kang LJ,Li XQ,Fu L,Sun B,Feng YM

更新日期：2018-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammasomes are large multimolecular complexes present in the cytosol of stimulated immune cells; they mediate the activation of caspase-1, leading to cellular pyroptosis. So far, a variety of studies on inflammasomes have emerged, and the best-studied is the NLRP3 inflammasome that is involved in many inflammatory ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jiang D,Chen S,Sun R,Zhang X,Wang D

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma is one of most malignant primary tumors of the brain. However, due to a lack of effective means for diagnosing and treating glioma, the prognosis of glioma patients remains poor. Therefore, understanding the molecular mechanism of glioma progression is essential for effective treatment. Long non-coding RNAs (ln...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Xi J,Sun Q,Ma L,Kang J

更新日期：2018-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of many long non-coding RNAs has been observed in various types of cancer, implicating their crucial roles in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. Emerging knowledge with regard to the critical physiological and pathological roles of long non-coding RNAs in cancers makes them potential targets in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Chen L,Dzakah EE,Shan G

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is the most lethal tumor. CA125 (gene symbol MUC16) is an important serum marker for pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment. High serum CA125 is related to metabolic tumor burden and poor prognosis. The circulating Treg subset is another independent prognostic factor for pancreatic cancer. Our unp...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fan K,Yang C,Fan Z,Huang Q,Zhang Y,Cheng H,Jin K,Lu Y,Wang Z,Luo G,Yu X,Liu C

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RB-E2F1 pathway is an important mechanism of cell-cycle control, and deregulation of this pathway is one of the key factors contributing to tumorigenesis. Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and Cyclin D have been known to increase in aggressive thyroid cancer. However, there has been no study to investigate effects o...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Lee HJ,Lee WK,Kang CW,Ku CR,Cho YH,Lee EJ

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is highly prevalent in developing countries but there has been little recent progress into efficacious yet affordable treatment strategies. Drug repurposing is one attractive approach for cancer therapy. Disulfiram (DSF), used to treat alcoholism, inhibits cancer growth and w...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Jivan R,Peres J,Damelin LH,Wadee R,Veale RB,Prince S,Mavri-Damelin D

更新日期：2018-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bcl-2 agonist of cell death (BAD) is a BH3-only member of the Bcl-2 family which possesses important regulatory function in apoptosis. BAD has also been shown to possess many non-apoptotic functions closely linked to cancer including regulation of glycolysis, autophagy, cell cycle progression and immune system develop...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Bui NL,Pandey V,Zhu T,Ma L,Basappa,Lobie PE

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:As a third-generation platinum drug, oxaliplatin has been widely applied in colorectal cancer (CRC); however, acquired resistance to oxaliplatin has become a major obstacle. In the present study, we found that the nuclear transcription factor Y subunit beta (NFYB) and E2F transcription factor 1 (E2F1) expression level...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Fang Z,Gong C,Yu S,Zhou W,Hassan W,Li H,Wang X,Hu Y,Gu K,Chen X,Hong B,Bao Y,Chen X,Zhang X,Liu H

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunometabolism, which has important implications in cancer biology, has emerged as a major regulator of different immune cell types. Various factors that integrate metabolic switches within immune cells with signal directed program that promote or inhibit their functions remain largely unidentified. Furthermore, sex...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Zi Xu YX,Ande SR,Mishra S

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic colonization involves paracrine/juxtacrine interactions with the microenvironment inducing an adaptive response through transcriptional regulation. However, the identities of transcription factors (TFs) induced by the metastatic microenvironment in ovarian cancer (OC) and their mechanism of action is poorly...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Tomar S,Plotnik JP,Haley J,Scantland J,Dasari S,Sheikh Z,Emerson R,Lenz D,Hollenhorst PC,Mitra AK

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is highly aggressive disease and current treatment regimens fail to effectively cure PDAC. Development of resistance to current therapy is one of the key reasons for this outcome. Nimbolide (NL), a triterpenoid obtained from Azadirachta indica, exhibits anticancer properties in ...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Kumar S,Inigo JR,Kumar R,Chaudhary AK,O'Malley J,Balachandar S,Wang J,Attwood K,Yadav N,Hochwald S,Wang X,Chandra D

更新日期：2018-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Human RecQ helicases that share homology with E. coli RecQ helicase play critical roles in diverse biological activities such as DNA replication, transcription, recombination and repair. Mutations in three of the five human RecQ helicases (RecQ1, WRN, BLM, RecQL4 and RecQ5) result in autosomal recessive syndromes char...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Mo D,Zhao Y,Balajee AS

更新日期：2018-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to adapt to the reduced availability of nutrients and oxygen in the tumor microenvironment and the increased requirements of energy and building blocks necessary for maintaining their high proliferation rate, malignant cells undergo metabolic changes that result in an increased production of lactate, nitric o...

journal_title：Cancer letters

authors： Netea-Maier RT,Smit JWA,Netea MG

更新日期：2018-01-28 00:00:00