abstract：:The O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase gene (MGMT) encodes the direct reversal DNA repair protein that removes alkyl adducts from the O6 position of guanine. Several single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) exist in the MGMT promoter/enhancer (P/E) region. However, the haplotype structure encompassing these SNPs and...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Xu M,Nekhayeva I,Cross CE,Rondelli CM,Wickliffe JK,Abdel-Rahman SZ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is among the most prevalent cancers in the world and is characterized by high morbidity and few therapeutic options. Like most cancers, oral SCC arises from a multistep process involving alterations of genes responsible for balancing proliferation and differentiation. Among these, Kr...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Abrigo M,Alvarez R,Paparella ML,Calb DE,Bal de Kier Joffe E,Gutkind JS,Raimondi AR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCL5 is a member of the CXC-type chemokine family that may play a role in carcinogenesis and cancer progression. This study investigates the biological function and clinical significance of CXCL5 in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). We demonstrated that CXCL5 was overexpressed in ICC cell lines and tumor samples...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhou SL,Dai Z,Zhou ZJ,Chen Q,Wang Z,Xiao YS,Hu ZQ,Huang XY,Yang GH,Shi YH,Qiu SJ,Fan J,Zhou J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Despite progress in developing chemotherapeutics for the treatment of NSCLC, primary and secondary resistance limits therapeutic success. NSCLC cells exhibit multiple mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), which c...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kim MO,Lee MH,Oi N,Kim SH,Bae KB,Huang Z,Kim DJ,Reddy K,Lee SY,Park SJ,Kim JY,Xie H,Kundu JK,Ryoo ZY,Bode AM,Surh YJ,Dong Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in detection and treatment for breast cancer (BC), recurrence and death rates remain unacceptably high. Therefore, more convenient diagnostic and prognostic methods still required to optimize treatments among the patients. Here, we report the clinical significance of the serum cathepsin E (CatE) activ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kawakubo T,Yasukochi A,Toyama T,Takahashi S,Okamoto K,Tsukuba T,Nakamura S,Ozaki Y,Nishigaki K,Yamashita H,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA deregulation and pathway alterations have been implicated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a highly invasive and metastatic cancer widely prevalent in Southern China. In this study, we report that miR-9 is commonly downregulated in NPC specimens and NPC cell lines with important functional consequences. The...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lu J,Luo H,Liu X,Peng Y,Zhang B,Wang L,Xu X,Peng X,Li G,Tian W,He ML,Kung H,Li XP

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies and animal evidence suggest an association between coffee consumption and the risk of prostate cancer. However, the results are inconsistent. We evaluated the association by conducting a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. PubMed and Embase were searched through June 2013 to identify stu...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cao S,Liu L,Yin X,Wang Y,Liu J,Lu Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) displays a predilection for metastasis to liver. Although stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/CXCR4 plays an important role in the liver metastasis, the molecular mechanism still remains obscure. We previously reported that integrin αvβ6 was implicated in the progression of CRC. However, no d...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang B,Wang W,Niu W,Liu E,Liu X,Wang J,Peng C,Liu S,Xu L,Wang L,Niu J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Neurotrophic factors possess an emerging role in the pathophysiology of several gastrointestinal disorders, regulating innervation, pain sensation and disease-associated neuroplasticity. Here, we aimed at characterizing the role of the neurotrophic factor neurturin (NRTN) and its receptor glial-cell-line-der...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang K,Demir IE,D'Haese JG,Tieftrunk E,Kujundzic K,Schorn S,Xing B,Kehl T,Friess H,Ceyhan GO

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous non-coding RNAs, which play an essential role in the regulation of gene expression during carcinogenesis. The role of miRNAs in breast cancer has been thoroughly investigated, and although many miRNAs are identified as cancer related, little is known about their involvement in benign ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Tahiri A,Leivonen SK,Lüders T,Steinfeld I,Ragle Aure M,Geisler J,Mäkelä R,Nord S,Riis ML,Yakhini Z,Kleivi Sahlberg K,Børresen-Dale AL,Perälä M,Bukholm IR,Kristensen VN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of primary molecular targets of cancer-preventive phytochemicals is essential for a comprehensive understanding of their mechanism of action. In the present study, we investigated the chemopreventive effects and molecular targets of acacetin, a flavonoid found in Robinia p seudoacacia, also known as...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Jung SK,Kim JE,Lee SY,Lee MH,Byun S,Kim YA,Lim TG,Reddy K,Huang Z,Bode AM,Lee HJ,Lee KW,Dong Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA-demethylating agents activate tumor suppressor genes that are silenced by DNA methylation in cancer and are therefore emerging as a novel approach to cancer therapy. 5-azacytidine (VIDAZA), the first representative of this class of drugs was approved for treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes and is currently bein...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chik F,Machnes Z,Szyf M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAPK2) is recognized as oncogenic and simulative role on tumorigenesis by virtue of abnormal expression in cancer including nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). We hypothesized that the copy number variation (CNV)-30450, which duplicates the MAPKAPK2...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yang L,Liu B,Qiu F,Huang B,Li Y,Huang D,Yang R,Yang X,Deng J,Jiang Q,Zhou Y,Lu J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wnt signaling plays a central role in mammary stem cell (MaSC) homeostasis and in breast cancer. In particular, epigenetic alterations at different members of the Wnt pathway have been identified among triple-negative, basal-like breast cancers. Previously, we developed a mouse model for metaplastic breast adenocarcin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Monteiro J,Gaspar C,Richer W,Franken PF,Sacchetti A,Joosten R,Idali A,Brandao J,Decraene C,Fodde R

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumorigenic activities of polyphenols such as ellagitannins and anthocyanins in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) have been previously studied where cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects were evident in various cancer models. The objective of this study was to investigate the role of miR-126/vasc...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Banerjee N,Kim H,Talcott S,Mertens-Talcott S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing regulators have emerged as new players in cancer development, modulating the activities of many tumor suppressors and oncogenes and regulating the signaling pathways. However, little is known about the mechanisms by which these oncogenic splicing factors lead to cellular transformation. We have sh...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Shimoni-Sebag A,Lebenthal-Loinger I,Zender L,Karni R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase activity in cancer cells is dependent on the transcriptional regulation of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene, encoding the catalytic subunit of human telomerase. We have shown previously that HTLV-1 basic leucine zipper (HBZ), a viral regulatory protein encoded by the human retrovirus,...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Borowiak M,Kuhlmann AS,Girard S,Gazzolo L,Mesnard JM,Jalinot P,Dodon MD

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been demonstrated that nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB), which is overactivated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), plays important roles in the development of HCC. Recently, a group of dysregulated micro RNAs were reported to be involved in HCC progression. Further understanding of micro RNA-mediated regulation o...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Li HP,Zeng XC,Zhang B,Long JT,Zhou B,Tan GS,Zeng WX,Chen W,Yang JY

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD133 is a pivotal marker of cancer stem cells (CSCs), which is involved in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. Recent studies have identified CD133 to be a prognostic factor for cancer rested with its expression and genetic variants. Here, we hypothesized that the single nuclear polymorphisms (SNPs) in CD133 may be...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cheng M,Yang L,Yang R,Yang X,Deng J,Yu B,Huang D,Zhang S,Wang H,Qiu F,Zhou Y,Lu J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemcitabine has limited clinical benefits in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. The solvent-based traditional taxanes docetaxel and paclitaxel have not shown clinical results superior to gemcitabine. Nab-paclitaxel, a water-soluble albumin-bound paclitaxel, may carry superior distribution properties into the tumor micr...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Awasthi N,Zhang C,Schwarz AM,Hinz S,Wang C,Williams NS,Schwarz MA,Schwarz RE

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapeutic agents have been the mainstay of cancer therapy for years. However, their effectiveness has been limited by toxicities they impart on normal cells. Staurosporine (ST) has been shown to arrest normal, but not breast cancer, cells in G1. Therefore, ST may become a chemoprotective agent, arresting normal...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Murray MM,Bui T,Smith M,Bagheri-Yarmand R,Wingate H,Hunt KK,Keyomarsi K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-II (IGF-II) may be a prognostic marker in ovarian cancer, and its intronic single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs4320932 has been associated with risk of the disease. We determined whether rs4320932 is associated with IGF-II expression and patient survival in ovarian cancer, and explored wh...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lu L,Risch E,Deng Q,Biglia N,Picardo E,Katsaros D,Yu H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metastasis suppressor, N-myc downstream regulated gene 1 (NDRG1), is negatively correlated with tumor progression in multiple neoplasms, being a promising new target for cancer treatment. However, the precise molecular effects of NDRG1 remain unclear. Herein, we summarize recent advances in understanding the impac...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sun J,Zhang D,Bae DH,Sahni S,Jansson P,Zheng Y,Zhao Q,Yue F,Zheng M,Kovacevic Z,Richardson DR

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pardaxin, an antimicrobial peptide secreted by the Red Sea flatfish Pardachirus marmoratus, inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of human cancer cell lines. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are only partially understood at present. In this study, we used proteomic approaches and network reconstruct...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Huang TC,Chen JY

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent genome-wide association studies have identified 15 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and its subtypes. Because the incidence and subtype portion of NHL between the Chinese population and Caucasian populations are substantially different, we assessed the associatio...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Qiao Y,Zhou Y,Wu C,Zhai K,Han X,Chen J,Tian X,Chang J,Lu Z,Zhang B,Yu D,Yao J,Shi Y,Tan W,Lin D

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression levels of miR-365 vary in different malignancies. Herein, we found that miR-365 was overexpressed in both cells and clinical specimens of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We demonstrated that the HaCaT(pre-miR-365-2) cell line, which overexpressed miR-365, could induce subcutaneous tumors in viv...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhou M,Liu W,Ma S,Cao H,Peng X,Guo L,Zhou X,Zheng L,Guo L,Wan M,Shi W,He Y,Lu C,Jiang L,Ou C,Guo Y,Ding Z

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch signaling pathway is evolutionarily conserved and responsible for cell fate determination in the developing embryo and mature tissue. At the molecular level, ligand binding activates Notch signaling by liberating the Notch intracellular domain, which then translocates into the nucleus and activates gene tran...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Capaccione KM,Pine SR

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone metastasis in patient with advanced-stage prostate cancer, the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in Western countries, increases the risk of intractable bone pain. The nephroblastoma overexpressed (NOV/CCN3) gene, a member of the CCN gene family, is responsible for the secretion of CCN3, a matrix-associated prot...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen PC,Cheng HC,Tang CH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma (MB) cells arise from granule neuron precursors (GNPs) that have lost growth control. During normal development, GNPs divide in response to Sonic hedgehog (SHH), a ligand that binds to the patched (PTCH) receptor on GNPs. If one copy of the Ptch gene is lost, as in human Gorlin's syndrome and in Ptch(+...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Barakat MT,Humke EW,Scott MP

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HSP70 family of heat shock proteins consists of molecular chaperones of approximately 70kDa in size that serve critical roles in protein homeostasis. These adenosine triphosphatases unfold misfolded or denatured proteins and can keep these proteins in an unfolded, folding-competent state. They also protect nascent...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Murphy ME

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, primary murine prostate cancer (PCa) cells were derived using the well-established TRAMP model. These PCa cells were treated with the histone deacetylase inhibitor, valproic acid (VPA), and we demonstrated that VPA treatment has an antimigrative, antiinvasive and antiproliferative effect on PCa cells. U...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Witt D,Burfeind P,von Hardenberg S,Opitz L,Salinas-Riester G,Bremmer F,Schweyer S,Thelen P,Neesen J,Kaulfuss S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In China, esophageal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death where essentially all cases are histologically esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), in contrast to esophageal adenocarcinoma in the West. Globally, ESCC is 2.4 times more common among men than women and recently it has been suggested that se...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hyland PL,Freedman ND,Hu N,Tang ZZ,Wang L,Wang C,Ding T,Fan JH,Qiao YL,Golozar A,Wheeler W,Yu K,Yuenger J,Burdett L,Chanock SJ,Dawsey SM,Tucker MA,Goldstein AM,Abnet CC,Taylor PR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and mortality statistics for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) were 10th and 12th, respectively, in human cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2008. In this study, to identify novel tumor-suppressive microRNAs (TS-miRNAs) and their direct targets in OSCC, we performed methylation-based screening for 43 miRNA...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Endo H,Muramatsu T,Furuta M,Uzawa N,Pimkhaokham A,Amagasa T,Inazawa J,Kozaki K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miR) have been integrated into tumorigenic programs as either oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. The miR-124 was reported to be attenuated in several tumors, such as glioma, medulloblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma. However, its role in cancer remains greatly elusive. In this study, we show ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liang YJ,Wang QY,Zhou CX,Yin QQ,He M,Yu XT,Cao DX,Chen GQ,He JR,Zhao Q

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) is a short-lived, pleiotropic molecule that affects numerous critical functions in the body. Presently, there are markedly conflicting findings in the literature regarding NO and its role in carcinogenesis and tumor progression. NO has been shown to have dichotomous effects on cellular proliferation,...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Burke AJ,Sullivan FJ,Giles FJ,Glynn SA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a type of head and neck cancer with significantly high prevalence in Southern China. Unlike other head and neck cancers, mutations or deletions of tumor suppressor genes in NPC are not common. Recently, downregulation of tumor suppressor genes expression by microRNA (miRNA) is increas...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang LY,Ho-Fun Lee V,Wong AM,Kwong DL,Zhu YH,Dong SS,Kong KL,Chen J,Tsao SW,Guan XY,Fu L

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apigenin, a flavonoid abundant in various vegetables and fruits, including parsley and onions, has been reported to possess anticarcinogenic effects. However, the direct molecular target of apigenin and its chemopreventive effect on ultraviolet (UV)-induced skin inflammation are not understood fully. Herein, we examin...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Byun S,Park J,Lee E,Lim S,Yu JG,Lee SJ,Chen H,Dong Z,Lee KW,Lee HJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that quinacrine (QC) has anticancer activity against breast cancer cells. Here, we examine the mechanism of action of QC and its ability to inhibit Wnt-TCF signaling in two independent breast cancer cell lines. QC altered Wnt-TCF signaling components by increasing the levels of adenomatous polyp...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Preet R,Mohapatra P,Das D,Satapathy SR,Choudhuri T,Wyatt MD,Kundu CN

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulated microRNAs (miRNAs) and their roles in cancer development have attracted much attention. Two miRNAs, miR-15a and miR-16, which act as putative tumor suppressor by targeting the oncogene BCL2, have been implicated in cell cycle, apoptosis and proliferation. In this study, we investigated the possible role ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sun CY,She XM,Qin Y,Chu ZB,Chen L,Ai LS,Zhang L,Hu Y

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroblastic tumors (NTs) include the neuroblastomas, ganglioneuroblastomas and ganglioneuromas. We have reported previously that the calcium-sensing receptor is expressed in differentiated, favorable NTs but almost undetectable in unfavorable neuroblastomas. We have now detected hypermethylation of a particular regio...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Casalà C,Gil-Guiñón E,Ordóñez JL,Miguel-Queralt S,Rodríguez E,Galván P,Lavarino C,Munell F,de Alava E,Mora J,de Torres C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00