abstract：:The overexpression of EGFR and/or HER-2 is associated with tumor cell resistance to chemotherapy, radiotherapy, disease progression and poor prognosis in patients with a variety of malignant tumors. Treatment combining the EGFR-targeting drug, gefitinib (ZD1839, Iressa) with the HER-2-targeting drug, trastuzumab (Herc...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kondo N,Ishiguro Y,Kimura M,Sano D,Fujita K,Sakakibara A,Taguchi T,Toth G,Matsuda H,Tsukuda M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study 10(7) peripheral blood mononuclear cells including on average 78.56% CD19+/CD5+ lymphocytes were irradiated, and then administered intradermally as an anti-cancer vaccine to seventeen patients with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) at early stages (twelve injections, four at a weekly interval f...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hus I,Kawiak J,Tabarkiewicz J,Radej S,Hoser G,Bojarska-Junak A,Schmitt M,Giannopoulos K,Dmoszynska A,Rolinski J

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many studies have been conducted on the role of alternative medicine in the treatment of cancer, only a few reports have been published regarding the total regression of malignant tumors. At the PBH Research Foundation (PBHRF), two of the authors have used homoeopathic therapy to treat many patients with vari...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Banerji P,Campbell DR,Banerji P

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic mechanisms responsible for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are poorly understood. In an IBD animal model, the oral administration of polysaccharides such as dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) induced colitis, which exhibited several clinical and histological features similar to IBD. However, pathogenic facto...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Araki Y,Mukaisyo K,Sugihara H,Hattori T

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDIs) as well as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including aspirin show promise as antineoplastic agents. The treatment with both HDIs and aspirin can result in hyperacetylation of proteins. In this study, we investigated whether HDIs and aspirin interacted in inducing anticancer ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Sonnemann J,Hüls I,Sigler M,Palani CD,Hong le TT,Völker U,Kroemer HK,Beck JF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we identified a gene termed Nbla10993 whose expression levels are higher in favorable neuroblastomas versus unfavorable ones. Structural analysis showed that Nbla10993 is a novel splicing variant of the ER-associated protein of 140 kDa (ERAP140), which lacks the central acidic as well as the COOH...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Arai H,Ozaki T,Niizuma H,Nakamura Y,Ohira M,Takano K,Matsumoto M,Nakagawara A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human leukocyte antigen B (HLA-B), a novel member of the NF-kappaB signal pathway in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC), mediates immunological surveillance of tumor cells by presenting peptides to cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) together with S100 calcium binding protein A8 (S100A8). The objective of this study ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Guo Y,Liu J,Xu Z,Sun K,Fu W

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) consist of a series of neoplasm that differ morphologically and biologically. Due to its rarity and indolent natural history, large-scale prospective trials have been lacking. This study aimed to evaluate long-term clinical outcomes and clinicopathologic features for TET after surgical ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kim BK,Cho BC,Choi HJ,Sohn JH,Park MS,Chang J,Kim SK,Kim DJ,Chung KY,Lee CG,Kim JH,Yoo NC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cell-mediated cell immunity is the main anti-tumor immunity in which the effector T cells need specific antigen and costimulatory signals. One of the vaccines applied in tumor immunotherapy is the gene-modified tumor cell vaccine. One potential method to increase cell epitope density is to link the antigen with the ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Fang L,Wang K,Liu X,Zhang L,Zhang X,Qian L,Lu J,Qian G,Ge S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) network has rich targets for prostate cancer killing. Herein we evaluated the effects of combining the EGFR inhibition and radiation on DU145 prostate cancer. We treated DU145 prostate cancer cells with various doses of anti-EGFR antibody (C225) and gamma-irradiation (RAD). ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Wagener M,Zhang X,Villarreal HG,Levy L,Allen P,Shentu S,Fang B,Krishnan S,Chang JY,Cheung MR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel tumor suppressor RASSF1A is frequently inactivated during human tumorigenesis by promoter methylation. In this study, we detected the RASSF1A promoter methylation by methylated-specific PCR and investigated RASSF1A gene expression by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and immunohistochemical staining in 36 cases of br...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Li Y,Wei Q,Cao F,Cao X

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of NADPH oxidase is increased in malignant skin keratinocytes. We demonstrated that inhibition of NADPH oxidase activity by diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) suppressed free radical production, inhibited cell growth and promoted cell differentiation of B16 melanoma cells, as indicated by cell morphology, increase...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhao Y,Liu J,McMartin KE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis induced in uterine endometrium by therapeutic anti-estrogenic Tamoxifen (TAM) exposure, 27 uterine tumors (4 benign endometrial polyps and 23 carcinomas) associated with TAM exposure were analyzed for the presence and spectrum of p53 and K-ras mutations. ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Fujiwara K,Enomoto T,Fujita M,Kanda T,Fujii S,Ito K,Wakasa K,Ishiko O,Ueda M,Yamaguchi S,Kimura T,Umesaki N

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 69-year-old woman presented to her local clinic with vomiting and abdominal distension. Since a bowel obstruction by left colon cancer was suspected due to a marked dilation of the transverse colon, she was referred to our hospital. On admission, an enema disclosed a complete obstruction at the splenic flexure of th...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Mukai M,Tanaka A,Tajima T,Fukasawa M,Yamagiwa T,Okada K,Sato K,Tobita K,Oida Y,Makuuchi H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the high response rates of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) to first-line cisplatin-based chemotherapies, most patients with SCLC will eventually experience disease progression. Accordingly, novel chemotherapeutic regimens are desired. This in vitro study was carried out in order to develop novel chemotherapeutic...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Takeda K,Suyama H,Igishi T,Shigeoka Y,Matsumoto S,Yamasaki A,Hashimoto K,Sumikawa T,Morita M,Ueda Y,Shimizu E

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EVL belongs to the Ena/VASP (Enabled/vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein) family of proteins [Mena (mammalian Ena), VASP and EVL], which have a range of roles in regulating the actin cytoskeleton. Growing evidence suggests that Mena and VASP are involved in carcinogenesis, though little is known about the significan...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hu LD,Zou HF,Zhan SX,Cao KM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immune suppression of sentinel lymph node (SN) is directly influenced by primary tumors. It has been reported that the T-helper type 1 (Th1) to T-helper type 2 (Th2) ratio or T-cytotoxic type 1 (Tc1) to T-cytotoxic type 2 (Tc2) ratio of lymph node lymphocytes could be used to evaluate direct immunological circumst...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ehi K,Ishigami S,Masamoto I,Uenosono Y,Natsugoe S,Arigami T,Arima H,Kijima Y,Yoshinaka H,Yanagita S,Kozono T,Funasako Y,Maruyama I,Aikou T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DLC-1 (deleted in liver cancer-1) is a potential tumor suppressor gene, which is inactive in liver carcinogenesis. To observe the effects of DLC-1 gene expression on cell proliferation and migration in the human colon cancer cell line, RNAi Lipo-recombinant of the DLC-1 gene (pGCsil-DLC-1) was constructed and transduc...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Jin Y,Tian X,Shang Y,Huang P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-3 is a soluble endogenous lectin in vertebrates and is implicated in a variety of biological functions, including tumor cell adhesion, proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, cancer progression and metastasis. In the present study, we analyzed the role of galectin-3 in apoptosis in human malignant lymphoma...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Suzuki O,Abe M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen receptor (ER) expression and HER2 amplification are important factors in determining the prognosis and therapy of breast cancer. Interactions between the two signaling pathways for example resulted in ERalpha-dependent regulation of HER2 expression in breast cancer cells. In this study, we investigated to...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Lattrich C,Juhasz-Boess I,Ortmann O,Treeck O

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) play an important role in neovascularisation and tumor growth. However, the clinical relevance of EPCs on blood vessel formation in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unclear. EPC numbers in circulation are very low and therefore their detection is technically ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Pircher A,Kähler CM,Skvortsov S,Dlaska M,Kawaguchi G,Schmid T,Gunsilius E,Hilbe W

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitor of differentiation/DNA binding 1 (Id-1), a negative regulator of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors, plays an important role in the regulation of cell proliferation and differentiation. We examined the Id-1 expression by immunohistochemistry in 9 adenomas, 79 primary colorectal adenocarcinomas ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhao ZR,Zhang ZY,Zhang H,Jiang L,Wang MW,Sun XF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological prognostic factors in patients with stage IVb cervical carcinoma (CC). All patients with stage IVb CC included in the study were diagnosed from 1997 to 2006 at the National Cancer Center Hospital. We retrospectively examined clinicopathological parameters i...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Nishio S,Katsumata N,Matsumoto K,Tanabe H,Yonemori K,Kohno T,Shimizu C,Ando M,Kasamatsu T,Fujiwara Y

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is an attractive target for cancer gene therapy. However, the poor inhibition of telomerase and a time lag between the inhibition and arrest of cell proliferation limits its use in cancer gene therapy. RNA interference (RNAi) has been proposed as a potential technique for...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Qian X,Cheng J,Chen A,Wang Y,Tao Y,Cao J,Feng Z

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of possible preventive agents for cancers in different organs have been reported, however, little information is available regarding the effective agents for the development of gastric cancers. The rice components are known to be effective for the prevention of the development of cancers. Our group has demons...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Tomita H,Kuno T,Yamada Y,Oyama T,Asano N,Miyazaki Y,Baba S,Taguchi A,Hara A,Iwasaki T,Kobayashi H,Mori H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latent infection of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is strongly associated with the pathogenesis of several human tumor types. The restricted expression of the latent EBV antigens is critical for EBV-associated tumors to escape from immune surveillance. EBV lytic replication can be triggered by various treatments and the...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Seo JS,Cho NY,Kim HR,Tsurumi T,Jang YS,Lee WK,Lee SK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ONECUT1 (HNF-6) is the prototype of a new class of homeodomain transcription factors, that controls the development of pancreatic ducts during mouse development. In the present study, the role of ONECUT1 and its targeted genes TCF2, PKHD1 and CYS1 was analyzed in human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). mRNA lev...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Jiang X,Zhang W,Kayed H,Zheng P,Giese NA,Friess H,Kleeff J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed to obtain additional information on the activity of a cyclized 9-amino acid peptide (cP) containing the active site of alpha fetoprotein, which inhibits the estrogen-stimulated proliferation of tumor cells in culture and of xenografts in immunodeficient mice. Breast cancer cells cultured in the pr...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Sierralta WD,Epuñan MJ,Reyes JM,Valladares LE,Andersen TT,Bennett JA,Jacobson HI,Pino AM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is a common cancer of the upper respiratory tract. The cytogenetic and molecular events involved in the pathogenesis of LSCC are not well understood. In this study, a combined strategy of conventional cytogenetics, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and microsatellite pol...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kang N,Li F,Fu W,Zhang J,Sun K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) exhibit an increased risk for the development of cancer of the colon and rectum. This association is widely attributed to colonic inflammation. However, the severity of colonic inflammation necessary for the development of dysplasia and/or cancer remains unknown. In this study, we...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Inoue T,Murano M,Kuramoto T,Ishida K,Kawakami K,Abe Y,Morita E,Murano N,Toshina K,Nishikawa T,Maemura K,Shimamoto C,Hirata I,Katsu K,Higuchi K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soft tissue sarcomas comprise a heterogeneous group of mesenchymal tumors with varying biological behavior ranging from indolent tumors with no or minimal metastatic risk to aggressive and frequently metastasizing tumors. Among the more common aggressive adult soft tissue sarcomas are malignant fibrous histiocytoma, s...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Alford SH,Vrana MS,Waite L,Heim-Hall J,Sylvia VL,Williams RP

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence of an angiogenic response of irradiated tumors resulting in decreased radiation sensitivity. However, little is known about the contribution of tumor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF)-release induced by irradiation to the individual level of...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Brieger J,Kattwinkel J,Berres M,Gosepath J,Mann WJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are small chemotactic cytokines that can induce the migration of leukocytes, activate inflammatory/immune responses and have recently been implicated in the regulation of tumor growth and organ-specific spread. In this setting, the macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (CCL3) chemokine displays a diversity...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Silva TA,Ribeiro FL,Oliveira-Neto HH,Watanabe S,Alencar Rde C,Fukada SY,Cunha FQ,Leles CR,Mendonça EF,Batista AC

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of HER-2/neu gene amplification by fluorescence in situ hybridization was performed in 40 patients with invasive bladder cancer in order to evaluate the potential for molecular targeted therapy of HER-2 as a tailor-made treatment for patients with invasive bladder cancer. This study included 40 patients seen ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Yamada Y,Naruse K,Nakamura K,Aoki S,Taki T,Tobiume M,Zennami K,Katsuda R,Hirano M,Hayashida K,Mizumukai E,Nanaura H,Honda N

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predicting the tumor response to radiotherapy is one of the major goals of human cancer treatment. Identification of the genes that are differentially expressed between radiosensitive and radioresistant cancers by global gene analysis may provide new insights into the mechanisms underlying clinical radioresistance and...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ogawa K,Murayama S,Mori M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis-associated protein 1 (MTA1) is highly upregulated in cancer cells with metastatic potential; however, the molecular mechanism by which MTA1 increases the metastatic potential of cancer cells is far from clear. We characterized the functional consequences of MTA1 overexpression on p53-induced apoptosis of ca...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Moon HE,Cheon H,Lee MS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although ascorbate (Vitamin C) has been shown to inhibit cell growth and induce cell death in variety of cancer cells, results reported in other studies are inconsistent with this conclusion. It was previously reported that ascorbate induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells. However, the molecular mechanism for ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hong SW,Jin DH,Hahm ES,Yim SH,Lim JS,Kim KI,Yang Y,Lee SS,Kang JS,Lee WJ,Lee WK,Lee MS

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of the specific molecular targets, which underlie liver carcinogenesis is essential for the establishment of an effective strategy for the prevention and/or treatment of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). We previously found that a malfunction of RXRalpha due to its aberrant phosphorylation was assoc...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ando N,Shimizu M,Okuno M,Matsushima-Nishiwaki R,Tsurumi H,Tanaka T,Moriwaki H

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of our study was to define a neural network for predicting recurrence and progression-free probability in patients affected by recurrent pTaG3 urothelial bladder cancer to use in everyday clinical practice. Among all patients who had undergone transurethral resection for bladder tumors, 143 were finally ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Cai T,Conti G,Nesi G,Lorenzini M,Mondaini N,Bartoletti R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IFN-alpha regulates tumor cell growth at least through induction of apoptosis. We have recently demonstrated that IFN-alpha causes apoptosis through upregulation of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) in Daudi B lymphoma and U266 myeloma cells. However, other cell lines such as Ramos and RPMI 8226 underwent ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Yanase N,Kanetaka Y,Mizuguchi J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00