abstract：:Base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways repair damaged DNA, and polymorphisms in these genes might affect breast cancer susceptibility. We evaluated associations between seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms in four DNA repair genes (ERCC4 rs1799801, XPC rs2227998, rs2228001, rs2228000...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Roberts MR,Shields PG,Ambrosone CB,Nie J,Marian C,Krishnan SS,Goerlitz DS,Modali R,Seddon M,Lehman T,Amend KL,Trevisan M,Edge SB,Freudenheim JL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic risk factors for sporadic neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are poorly understood. We tested risk associations in patients with sporadic NET and non-cancer controls, using a custom array containing 1536 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 355 candidate genes. We identified 18 SNPs associated with NET risk at a...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Ter-Minassian M,Wang Z,Asomaning K,Wu MC,Liu CY,Paulus JK,Liu G,Bradbury PA,Zhai R,Su L,Frauenhoffer CS,Hooshmand SM,De Vivo I,Lin X,Christiani DC,Kulke MH

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogens are major risk factors for the development of breast cancer; they can be metabolized to catechols, which are further oxidized to DNA-reactive quinones and semiquinones (SQs). These metabolites are mutagenic and may contribute to the carcinogenic activity of estrogens. Redox cycling of the SQs and subsequent ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Fussell KC,Udasin RG,Smith PJ,Gallo MA,Laskin JD

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpressed DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) strongly contributes to tumor suppressor gene silencing in colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the underlying mechanism of DNMT1 overexpression is still unclear. MicroRNAs (miRNA) have been implicated as gene regulators controlling diverse biological processes, including car...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang H,Wu J,Meng X,Ying X,Zuo Y,Liu R,Pan Z,Kang T,Huang W

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have implicated multipotential mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as an aid to breast cancer cell proliferation and metastasis, partly as a result of the MSCs secretome. As the tumor gets beyond 2 mm in diameter, the stromal cells could undergo starvation due to the lack of sufficient nutrients in solid tumo...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sanchez CG,Penfornis P,Oskowitz AZ,Boonjindasup AG,Cai DZ,Dhule SS,Rowan BG,Kelekar A,Krause DS,Pochampally RR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The magnitude of benefit is variable for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving platinum-based chemotherapy. The purpose of this study is to determine whether genetic variations in the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) pathway are associated with clinical outcomes in NSCLC patients receiv...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lin M,Stewart DJ,Spitz MR,Hildebrandt MA,Lu C,Lin J,Gu J,Huang M,Lippman SM,Wu X

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclin E is reported to be an important cell cycle regulator, and its dysregulation is implicated in tumorigenesis including esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression at the posttranscriptional level and play important roles in tumor initiation and progression. However, the...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Ding DP,Chen ZL,Zhao XH,Wang JW,Sun J,Wang Z,Tan FW,Tan XG,Li BZ,Zhou F,Shao K,Li N,Qiu B,He J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most prevalent and lethal cancers, has shown an alarming rise in the USA. Without effective therapy for HCC, novel chemopreventive strategies may effectively circumvent the current morbidity and mortality. Oxidative stress predisposes to hepatocarcinogenesis and is the major ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bishayee A,Bhatia D,Thoppil RJ,Darvesh AS,Nevo E,Lansky EP

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucuronide conjugates of 4-aminobiphenyl and its N-hydroxy metabolite can be rapidly hydrolyzed in acidic urine to undergo further metabolic activation and form DNA adducts in the urothelium. We conducted a large multicenter case-control study in Spain to explore the etiology of bladder cancer and evaluated the assoc...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Alguacil J,Kogevinas M,Silverman DT,Malats N,Real FX,García-Closas M,Tardón A,Rivas M,Torà M,García-Closas R,Serra C,Carrato A,Pfeiffer RM,Fortuny J,Samanic C,Rothman N

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p90 Ribosomal S6 kinase (RSK) 4 is a serine-threonine kinase that belongs to the p90RSK family. RSK4 has been proposed as a tumor suppressor gene, related with anti-invasive activity, inhibition of the RAS-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway and induction of senescence. Despite the related findings, little...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： López-Vicente L,Pons B,Coch L,Teixidó C,Hernández-Losa J,Armengol G,Ramon Y Cajal S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low vitamin E and selenium (Ve/Se) nutritional status is known to be associated with increased risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). A previous human intervention trial demonstrated that Ve/Se supplementation decreased the occurrence of esophageal cancer death among younger participants but not among olde...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yang H,Fang J,Jia X,Han C,Chen X,Yang CS,Li N

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases are at increased risk for colorectal cancer. Pharmacological inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX) function exacerbates symptoms in colitis patients. Animal models of colitis using Cox-2-knockout mice and COX inhibitors also indicate that COX-2 has a protective role against colon...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Ishikawa TO,Oshima M,Herschman HR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yes-associated protein (YAP), the nuclear effector of the Hippo pathway, is a key regulator of organ size and a candidate human oncogene located at chromosome 11q22. Since we previously reported amplification of 11q22 region in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), in this study we focused on the clinical signifi...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Muramatsu T,Imoto I,Matsui T,Kozaki K,Haruki S,Sudol M,Shimada Y,Tsuda H,Kawano T,Inazawa J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the influence of genetic polymorphisms in the xenobiotic-metabolizing genes GSTM1, GSTP1, GSTT1, EPHX1, NAT1 and NAT2 and the folate-metabolizing genes MTR and MTHFR on the frequencies of cells with chromosomal aberrations (CAs) in peripheral lymphocytes of Norwegian men. Log-linear Poisson regression ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Skjelbred CF,Svendsen M,Haugan V,Eek AK,Clausen KO,Kure EH,Tuimala JT,Svendsen MV,Norppa H,Hansteen IL

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death in the USA and the best example of a cancer with undisputed evidence of environmental risk. However, a genetic contribution to lung cancer has also been demonstrated by studies of familial aggregation, family-based linkage, candidate gene studies and most r...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Schwartz AG,Wenzlaff AS,Bock CH,Ruterbusch JJ,Chen W,Cote ML,Artis AS,Van Dyke AL,Land SJ,Harris CC,Pine SR,Spitz MR,Amos CI,Levin AM,McKeigue PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hallmark of cancer is aberrant DNA methylation, consisting of global hypomethylation and regional hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes. DNA methyltransferase inhibitors have been recognized as promising candidate anticancer drugs. Drug development has focused on DNA methylation inhibitors with the goal of acti...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chik F,Szyf M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Amino-1-methyl-6-phenylimidazo[4,5-b]pyridine (PhIP), the most abundant heterocyclic amine produced during the cooking of meats and fish, is suspected to be a human carcinogen. Metabolic activation of PhIP is primarily mediated by the enzyme cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A2. Metabolism of PhIP by CYP1A2 differs considerabl...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Cheung C,Loy S,Li GX,Liu AB,Yang CS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol is a naturally occurring trihydroxyl-diphenylethylene compound that has been shown experimentally to have beneficial effects in the treatment of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Resveratrol induces programmed cell death (apoptosis) in these cells and activates important signal transducing proteins includ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lin C,Crawford DR,Lin S,Hwang J,Sebuyira A,Meng R,Westfall JE,Tang HY,Lin S,Yu PY,Davis PJ,Lin HY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative DNA modifications such as 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) are generated endogenously in apparently all living cells. The defect of the repair of 8-oxoG in Csb(m/m)Ogg1⁻(/)⁻ mice results in elevated basal levels of these lesions and increased frequencies of spontaneous mutations, which initiate tumorigenesi...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Fusser M,Nesse GJ,Khobta A,Xia N,Li H,Klungland A,Epe B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes commonly occurs in human cancers via increasing DNA methylation and repressive histone modifications at gene promoters. However, little is known about how pathogenic environmental factors contribute to cancer development by affecting epigenetic regulatory mechanisms. Prev...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen H,Kluz T,Zhang R,Costa M

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacological inhibitors of the transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) type I receptor (ALK5) have shown promise in blocking growth of xenotransplanted cancer cell lines but the effect on a multistage cancer model is not known. To test this, we treated mouse skin with SB431542 (SB), a well-characterized ALK5 inhibitor,...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Mordasky Markell L,Pérez-Lorenzo R,Masiuk KE,Kennett MJ,Glick AB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of carcinogen DNA adducts in blood has been used as a surrogate for the target lung tissue. We aimed to examine whether genetic polymorphisms in several metabolic pathway genes modify the relation between DNA adducts in target lung and blood. One hundred and thirty-five early-stage lung cancer patients fro...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Lee MS,Su L,Mark EJ,Wain JC,Christiani DC

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberin (protein encodes by tuberous sclerosis complex 2, Tsc2) deficiency is associated with the decrease in the DNA repair enzyme 8-oxoG-DNA glycosylase (OGG1) in tumour kidney of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) patients. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the mechanisms by which tuberin regulates OGG1. The...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Habib SL,Bhandari BK,Sadek N,Abboud-Werner SL,Abboud HE

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide DNA hypomethylation was one of the first epigenetic alterations described in cancer cells. However, the cause of this hypomethylation is still poorly understood. We have previously developed a line of primary mesenchymal stem cells (MSC, the putative origin of various types of sarcoma) in which five oncoge...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wild L,Funes JM,Boshoff C,Flanagan JM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human DNA polymerase lambda (Polλ) is a DNA repair polymerase, which is believed not only to play a role in base excision repair but also to contribute to DNA double-strand break repair by non-homologous end joining. We described here that cellular expression of the recently described natural polymorphic variant o...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Capp JP,Boudsocq F,Bergoglio V,Trouche D,Cazaux C,Blanco L,Hoffmann JS,Canitrot Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of tumor estrogen receptors (ERs) and serum estrogen in lung cancer is inconclusive. We investigated the hypothesis that ERs and functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the estrogen biosynthesis pathway are associated with poorer lung cancer survival. Lung cancer patients (n = 305) from a National Cance...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Olivo-Marston SE,Mechanic LE,Mollerup S,Bowman ED,Remaley AT,Forman MR,Skaug V,Zheng YL,Haugen A,Harris CC

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to induce double strand DNA breaks in Barrett's oesophagus (BO) and in other cancers has a role in invasion. The specific aims of this study were to investigate whether NO can induce invasion in cells representative of different stages of Barrett's progression and to determine possible...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Clemons NJ,Shannon NB,Abeyratne LR,Walker CE,Saadi A,O'Donovan ML,Lao-Sirieix PP,Fitzgerald RC

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a class of commercially available fatty acids that have been associated with anticancer properties in rodent models of chemical carcinogenesis. We conducted a pilot study to examine the antitumor effect of dietary CLA in a polyoma virus-middle T antigen (PyMT) mouse model of invasive ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Flowers M,Schroeder JA,Borowsky AD,Besselsen DG,Thomson CA,Pandey R,Thompson PA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a 22:6 n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, is the longest and most highly unsaturated fatty acid found in most membranes and has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth in part by modifying cell signaling. In the current study, alterations to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling u...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Rogers KR,Kikawa KD,Mouradian M,Hernandez K,McKinnon KM,Ahwah SM,Pardini RS

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-3 is overexpressed frequently in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Yet, the role of IGFBP3 in esophageal tumor biology remains to be elucidated. We find that IGFBP3 facilitates transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Natsuizaka M,Ohashi S,Wong GS,Ahmadi A,Kalman RA,Budo D,Klein-Szanto AJ,Herlyn M,Diehl JA,Nakagawa H

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ongoing controversy exists on beneficial versus harmful effects of high beta-carotene (BC) intake, especially for the lung. To elucidate potential mechanisms, we studied effects of BC on lung gene expression. We used a beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 (Bcmo1) knockout mouse (Bcmo1(-/-)) model, unable to convert...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： van Helden YG,Godschalk RW,Heil SG,Bunschoten A,Hessel S,Amengual J,Bonet ML,von Lintig J,van Schooten FJ,Keijer J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checkpoint kinase (CHEK) 2, a tumor suppressor gene, plays an essential role in the DNA damage checkpoint response cascade. We first investigated two polymorphisms in the proximal promoter of the CHEK2 gene and evaluated their associations with the risk of lung cancer in a case-control study using 500 incident lung ca...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhang S,Lu J,Zhao X,Wu W,Wang H,Lu J,Wu Q,Chen X,Fan W,Chen H,Wang F,Hu Z,Jin L,Wei Q,Shen H,Huang W,Lu D

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) has been increasing rapidly, particularly among white males, over the past few decades in the USA. However, the etiology of EA and the striking male predominance is not fully explained by known risk factors. To identify susceptible genes for EA risk, we conducted a pathw...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liu CY,Wu MC,Chen F,Ter-Minassian M,Asomaning K,Zhai R,Wang Z,Su L,Heist RS,Kulke MH,Lin X,Liu G,Christiani DC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their individual key roles in promoting head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) progression and treatment resistance, little is known about the impact of intratumoral hypoxia on the activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling pathway in this cancer type. Here, we show that in highly...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang X,Schneider A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low selenium (Se) status correlates with increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Since Se exerts its biological roles through the selenoproteins, genetic variations in selenoprotein genes may influence susceptibility to CRC. This study analysed 12 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in selenoprotein genes [gluta...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Méplan C,Hughes DJ,Pardini B,Naccarati A,Soucek P,Vodickova L,Hlavatá I,Vrána D,Vodicka P,Hesketh JE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood cancer is the leading cause of disease-related death in children aged 1-14 years in Canada and the USA and it has been hypothesized that transplacental exposure to environmental carcinogens such as benzene may contribute to the etiology of these cancers. Our objectives were to determine if transplacental ben...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Badham HJ,LeBrun DP,Rutter A,Winn LM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In light of clinical and biological evidence that bile constituents exert preventive effects against colorectal cancer, we evaluated the influence of oral bilirubin and sodium taurocholate (NaTC) on intestinal tumor formation in APC(Min/+) mice. Mice received bilirubin and/or bovine serum albumin (BSA) and NaTC in the...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Smith DL,Keshavan P,Avissar U,Ahmed K,Zucker SD

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies suggest that fish consumption is associated with a decreased colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. A possible mechanism by which fish could reduce CRC risk is by decreasing colonic genotoxicity. However, concerns have also been raised over the levels of toxic compounds found in mainly oil-rich fish, whic...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Pot GK,Habermann N,Majsak-Newman G,Harvey LJ,Geelen A,Przybylska-Philips K,Nagengast FM,Witteman BJ,van de Meeberg PC,Hart AR,Schaafsma G,Hooiveld G,Glei M,Lund EK,Pool-Zobel BL,Kampman E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGFbeta1) expression is elevated by tumor promoters in the mouse skin, but its role in tumor promotion has not been well defined. To investigate this, we have compared TGFbeta1+/+ and +/- mice in a two-stage skin chemical carcinogenesis protocol. Surprisingly, TGFbeta1+/- mice had few...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Pérez-Lorenzo R,Markell LM,Hogan KA,Yuspa SH,Glick AB

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although microRNAs (miRNA) have extensively been investigated in cancer research, less attention has been paid to their regulation by carcinogens and/or protective factors in early stages of the carcinogenesis process. The present study was designed to evaluate the modulation of mRNA expression as related to exposure ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Izzotti A,Larghero P,Cartiglia C,Longobardi M,Pfeffer U,Steele VE,De Flora S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00