abstract：:Ovarian surface epithelium (OSE) is considered to give rise to epithelial ovarian carcinomas (EOCs). To elucidate early processes contributing to the development of EOCs from the OSE, two batches of primary human OSE cells were transduced with non-viral human genes (mutant Cdk4, cyclinD1 and hTERT) so as to efficientl...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Sasaki R,Narisawa-Saito M,Yugawa T,Fujita M,Tashiro H,Katabuchi H,Kiyono T

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G protein-coupled formylpeptide receptor (FPR), known to mediate phagocytic leucocyte chemotaxis in response to bacterial- and host-derived agonists, was expressed by tumor cells in specimens of surgically removed more highly malignant human gliomas. In human glioblastoma cell lines, FPR activation increased cell ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Huang J,Chen K,Huang J,Gong W,Dunlop NM,Howard OM,Bian X,Gao Y,Wang JM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that betel quid containing safrole induced DNA adducts are highly associated with the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) in Taiwan. Sulfotransferase (SULT) is essential for the formation of these adducts. To elucidate the effects of SULT1A1 haplotypes on OSCC susceptibil...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chung YT,Hsieh LL,Chen IH,Liao CT,Liou SH,Chi CW,Ueng YF,Liu TY

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of studies indicate a link between oxidative stress and cancer. We previously developed a rat model of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) induced by ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe-NTA). Here, we performed a genome-wide analysis to study characteristics of genomic alteration and identify putative genes involved ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zhong Y,Onuki J,Yamasaki T,Ogawa O,Akatsuka S,Toyokuni S

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgens and estrogens may play a role in gastric cancer etiology. To investigate the association of gastric cancer with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in six genes (COMT, CYP1B1, CYP17A1, CYP19A1, HSD17B1 and SHBG) involved in estrogen and androgen synthesis and metabolism, 58 haplotype-tagging SNPs were gen...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Freedman ND,Ahn J,Hou L,Lissowska J,Zatonski W,Yeager M,Chanock SJ,Chow WH,Abnet CC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of nuclear transcription factors is often regulated by specific kinase-signaling pathways. We have previously shown that the organochlorine pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) stimulates activator protein-1 activity through the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Here, we show that DD...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bratton MR,Frigo DE,Vigh-Conrad KA,Fan D,Wadsworth S,McLachlan JA,Burow ME

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of the signaling intermediate, EPS8, in tumor progression using a model system and in vivo. HN4 primary tumor cells express low levels of EPS8, similar to normal keratinocytes, and show minimal invasion in vitro in response to epidermal growth factor, whereas HN12 cells express high level...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang H,Patel V,Miyazaki H,Gutkind JS,Yeudall WA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mismatch between metabolic demand and oxygen delivery leads to microenvironmental changes in solid tumors. The resulting tumor hypoxia is associated with malignant progression, therapy resistance and poor prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying therapy resistance in hypoxic tumors are not fully under...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wirthner R,Wrann S,Balamurugan K,Wenger RH,Stiehl DP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we reported the identification of a novel immunoglobulin-like cell adhesion molecule hepaCAM that is frequently downregulated and inhibits cell growth in hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study, we show that the expression of hepaCAM is suppressed in diverse human cancers. Aiming to evaluate the biological...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Moh MC,Zhang T,Lee LH,Shen S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acutely transforming retrovirus AKT8 in rodent T cell lymphoma (Akt) phosphorylates and regulates the function of many cellular proteins involved in processes such as metabolism, apoptosis and proliferation. However, the precise mechanisms by which Akt promotes cell survival and inhibits apoptosis have been characteri...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen HZ,Zhao BX,Zhao WX,Li L,Zhang B,Wu Q

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary resistant starch (RS), as a high amylose maize starch (HAMS), prevents dietary protein-induced colonocyte genetic damage in rats, possibly through the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate produced by large bowel bacterial RS fermentation. Increasing butyrate availability may improve colonic health and dietar...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bajka BH,Clarke JM,Cobiac L,Topping DL

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common genetic variation may play an important role in altering lung cancer risk. We conducted a pathway-based candidate gene evaluation to identify genetic variations that may be associated with lung cancer in a population-based case-control study in Xuan Wei, China (122 cases and 111 controls). A total of 1260 singl...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hosgood HD 3rd,Menashe I,Shen M,Yeager M,Yuenger J,Rajaraman P,He X,Chatterjee N,Caporaso NE,Zhu Y,Chanock SJ,Zheng T,Lan Q

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) plays an essential role in p53-dependent apoptosis following DNA damage. PUMA also mediates apoptosis independent of p53. In this study, we investigated the role and mechanism of PUMA induction in response to serum starvation in p53-deficient cancer cells. Following serum ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Ming L,Sakaida T,Yue W,Jha A,Zhang L,Yu J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol is a phytochemical that has been under consideration for use as a prostate cancer chemopreventive agent. However, the efficacy, as well as the mechanisms of action of resveratrol on prostate cancer prevention, remains largely unknown. This study seeks to address these questions and examine the cancer preve...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wang TT,Hudson TS,Wang TC,Remsberg CM,Davies NM,Takahashi Y,Kim YS,Seifried H,Vinyard BT,Perkins SN,Hursting SD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary adenocarcinoma (PAC) is the leading type of lung cancer in smokers and non-smokers that arises in most cases from small airway epithelial cells. PAC has a high mortality due to its aggressive behavior and resistance to cancer therapeutics. We have shown previously that the proliferation of human PAC cells NC...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Schuller HM,Al-Wadei HA,Majidi M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have the potential to derepress epigenetically silenced genes in cancer cells, leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. In the present study, we screened several garlic-derived small organosulfur compounds for their ability to inhibit HDAC activity in vitro. Among the organosul...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Nian H,Delage B,Pinto JT,Dashwood RH

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a major cause of cellular injury in an increasing number of diseases, including cancer. Most ROS are created in the cell through normal cellular metabolism. They can be produced by environmental insults such as ultraviolet light and toxic chemicals, as well as by the inflammatory proc...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Stoner GD,Wang LS,Casto BC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intake of dietary factors that serve as methyl group donors may influence promoter hypermethylation in colorectal carcinogenesis. We investigated whether dietary folate, vitamin B2 and vitamin B6, methionine and alcohol were associated with mutL homologue 1 (MLH1) hypermethylation and the related molecular phenotypes ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： de Vogel S,Bongaerts BW,Wouters KA,Kester AD,Schouten LJ,de Goeij AF,de Bruïne AP,Goldbohm RA,van den Brandt PA,van Engeland M,Weijenberg MP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis is a dynamic, chronic inflammatory condition of the colon associated with an increased colon cancer risk. Ginkgo biloba is a putative antioxidant and has been used for thousands of years to treat a variety of ailments. The aim of this study was to test whether the standardized G.biloba extract, EGb ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kotakadi VS,Jin Y,Hofseth AB,Ying L,Cui X,Volate S,Chumanevich A,Wood PA,Price RL,McNeal A,Singh UP,Singh NP,Nagarkatti M,Nagarkatti PS,Matesic LE,Auclair K,Wargovich MJ,Hofseth LJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mutagen sensitivity assay is an in vitro measure of DNA repair capacity used to evaluate intrinsic susceptibility for cancer. The high heritability of mutagen sensitivity to different mutagens validates the use of this phenotype to predict cancer susceptibility. However, genetic determinants of mutagen sensitivity...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Leng S,Stidley CA,Bernauer AM,Picchi MA,Sheng X,Frasco MA,Van Den Berg D,Gilliland FD,Crowell RE,Belinsky SA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alk(en)yl trisulfides (R-SSS-R') are organosulfur compounds produced by crushed garlic and other Allium vegetables. We found that these compounds exhibit potent anticancer effects through the reaction with microtubules, causing cell cycle arrest. Nine alk(en)yl trisulfides including dimethyl trisulfide, diethyl trisul...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Hosono T,Hosono-Fukao T,Inada K,Tanaka R,Yamada H,Iitsuka Y,Seki T,Hasegawa I,Ariga T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins control the cell attachment to the extracellular matrix and play an important role in mediating cell proliferation, migration and survival. A number of important cancer-associated integrin genes can be regulated by microRNAs (miRNAs) that bind to their target sites in the 3' untranslated regions. We examined...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Brendle A,Lei H,Brandt A,Johansson R,Enquist K,Henriksson R,Hemminki K,Lenner P,Försti A

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hepatitis B virus x gene (HBx) is a promiscuous transactivator implicated in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The present study was designed to investigate the molecular events regulated by HBx. METHODS:Genomic and proteomic expression profiling was performed in Huh7 HCC cells transfec...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liu X,Wang L,Zhang S,Lin J,Zhang S,Feitelson MA,Gao H,Zhu M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now unanimously accepted that neoplastic cells tend to become less susceptible to the growth regulatory effects of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), mainly because of reduced expression and/or activity of TGF-beta1-specific receptors, as reported for many human cancers including colon cancer. Consequ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Biasi F,Mascia C,Poli G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pulmonary adenoma susceptibility 1 (Pas1) gene affects susceptibility to the development of lung adenomas in mice with a subset of the adenomas progressing to adenocarcinoma (ADC). In this study, genotype distributions for 10 polymorphisms in the human counterparts for three mouse candidate Pas1 genes, KRAS, CASC1...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Kohno T,Kunitoh H,Suzuki K,Yamamoto S,Kuchiba A,Matsuno Y,Yanagitani N,Yokota J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipocytokines are a group of adipocyte-secreted proteins that have significant effects on the metabolism of lipids and carbohydrates, as well as numerous other processes. A number of recent studies have indicated that some adipocytokines may significantly influence the proliferation of malignant cells in vitro, where...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Miyamoto S,Yasui Y,Tanaka T,Ohigashi H,Murakami A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch pathway plays a key role in the development and is increasingly recognized for its importance in cancer. We demonstrated previously the overexpression of Notch-1 and its ligands in gliomas and showed that their knockdown inhibits glioma cell proliferation and survival. To elucidate the mechanisms downstream ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Purow BW,Sundaresan TK,Burdick MJ,Kefas BA,Comeau LD,Hawkinson MP,Su Q,Kotliarov Y,Lee J,Zhang W,Fine HA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genes that are involved in estrogen biosynthesis, cellular binding and metabolism may contribute to breast cancer susceptibility. We examined the effect of the CYP17 promoter T --> C polymorphism and its interactions with the reproductive history, exogenous hormone use and selected lifestyle risk factors on breast...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Chen Y,Gammon MD,Teitelbaum SL,Britton JA,Terry MB,Shantakumar S,Eng SM,Wang Q,Gurvich I,Neugut AI,Santella RM,Ahsan H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate stromal and epithelial cell communication is important in prostate functioning and cancer development. Primary human stromal cells from normal prostate stromal cells (PRSC) maintain a smooth muscle phenotype, whereas those from prostate cancer (6S) display reactive and fibroblastic characteristics. Dihydrotes...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Liu X,Allen JD,Arnold JT,Blackman MR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FEZ1/LZTS1 is a tumor suppressor gene that is frequently altered in human cancers of different histotypes. We have reported previously that LZTS1 is downregulated in high-grade bladder cancer and that its restoration suppresses tumorigenicity in urothelial carcinoma cells. To further investigate the role of LZTS1 in t...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Baffa R,Fassan M,Sevignani C,Vecchione A,Ishii H,Giarnieri E,Iozzo RV,Gomella LG,Croce CM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency results in a strong mutator phenotype and high-frequency microsatellite instability (MSI-H), which are the hallmarks of tumors arising within Lynch syndrome. MSI-H is characterized by length alterations within simple repeated sequences, microsatellites. Lynch syndrome is primarily ...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Imai K,Yamamoto H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genotoxic carcinogens, including 2-acetylaminofluorene (2-AAF), in addition to exerting their genotoxic effects, often cause a variety of non-genotoxic alterations in cells. It is believed that these non-genotoxic effects may be indispensable events in tumorigenesis; however, there is insufficient knowledge to clarify...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Bagnyukova TV,Tryndyak VP,Montgomery B,Churchwell MI,Karpf AR,James SR,Muskhelishvili L,Beland FA,Pogribny IP

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (CaP) is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men. Chronic inflammation has been one of several factors associated with the development of CaP. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in cytokine genes have been associated with increased inflammation, increased cytokine production and po...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Zabaleta J,Lin HY,Sierra RA,Hall MC,Clark PE,Sartor OA,Hu JJ,Ochoa AC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TP63, a member of the TP53 gene family, encodes two groups of three isoforms (alpha, beta and gamma). The TAp63 isoforms act as transcription factors. The DeltaNp63 isoforms lack the main transcription activation domain and act as dominant-negative inhibitors of transactivation (TA) isoforms. To clarify the role of th...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Petitjean A,Ruptier C,Tribollet V,Hautefeuille A,Chardon F,Cavard C,Puisieux A,Hainaut P,Caron de Fromentel C

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraconserved elements (UCEs) are segments of >200 bp length showing absolute sequence identity between orthologous regions of human, rat and mouse genomes. The selection factors acting on these UCEs are still unknown. Recent studies have shown that UCEs function as long-range enhancers of flanking genes or are invol...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Yang R,Frank B,Hemminki K,Bartram CR,Wappenschmidt B,Sutter C,Kiechle M,Bugert P,Schmutzler RK,Arnold N,Weber BH,Niederacher D,Meindl A,Burwinkel B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrated previously that growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 (Grb2) associates with the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) type II receptor [TbetaR-II] upon its phosphorylation on Tyr284 by Src. Although this phosphotransferase reaction is critical in mediating TGF-beta stimulation of epithelial-mese...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Galliher-Beckley AJ,Schiemann WP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the longitudinal course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) load and its relationship with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We conducted a case-cohort study nested within a cohort of 2874 HBV surface antigen-positive male Taiwanese government employees aged 30 years or older. HBV genotyp...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Wu CF,Yu MW,Lin CL,Liu CJ,Shih WL,Tsai KS,Chen CJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possibility that long-term exposure to relatively weak power frequency magnetic fields (MFs) emanating from the generation, transmission and use of electricity could increase the risk of breast cancer is a matter of ongoing debate. Laboratory studies using well-defined exposure conditions are useful to examine whe...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Fedrowitz M,Löscher W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Base excision repair (BER) corrects DNA damage caused by oxidative stress and chronic inflammation, putative risk factors for cancer. To understand the relationship between genetic variation in BER genes and risk of biliary tract cancer and biliary stones, we examined non-synonymous polymorphisms in three key BER gene...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Huang WY,Gao YT,Rashid A,Sakoda LC,Deng J,Shen MC,Wang BS,Han TQ,Zhang BH,Chen BE,Rosenberg PS,Chanock SJ,Hsing AW

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked inter-individual variation in lung cancer risk cannot be accounted for solely by cigarette smoke and other environmental exposures. Evidence suggests that variation in bronchial epithelial cell expression of key DNA repair genes plays a role. Variation in these genes correlates with variation in expression of C...

journal_title：Carcinogenesis

authors： Crawford EL,Blomquist T,Mullins DN,Yoon Y,Hernandez DR,Al-Bagdhadi M,Ruiz J,Hammersley J,Willey JC

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00