abstract：:The clinicopathological significance of cell-cycle proteins has remained unclear in oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC). In the current study, we evaluated several cell-cycle proteins in relation to clinicopathological parameters and disease outcome for OTSCC. A total of 123 previously untreated patients with...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Goto M,Tsukamoto T,Inada K,Mizoshita T,Ogawa T,Terada A,Hyodo I,Shimozato K,Hasegawa Y,Tatematsu M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIF-1 is a heterodimer consisting of the HIF-1alpha and HIF-1beta subunits, and HIF-1alpha is the unique oxygen regulated subunit that determines HIF-1 activity. HIF-1alpha upgrades many gene products which include the glucose transporter protein 1 (Glut-1). Immunohistochemical studies using a monoclonal antibody spec...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Palit V,Phillips RM,Puri R,Shah T,Bibby MC

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and pancreatic cancer are at the forefront of chemotherapy-resistant tumors with poor prognosis. Even with innovative treatment regimens, response rates remain low and the duration of response is short. We examined whether the suppression of DNA methylation was capable of enhancing the s...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kanda T,Tada M,Imazeki F,Yokosuka O,Nagao K,Saisho H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccine strategies for the treatment of human papillomavirus-induced cervical cancer are based mainly on the human papillomavirus 16 E7 (HPV16 E7) oncoprotein. The immunogenicity of the E7 gene has been enhanced by its fusion to many different genes. Here, we linked a short sequence coding for the E7 peptide (aa 44-60...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Pokorna D,Cerovska N,Smahel M,Moravec T,Ludvikova V,Mackova J,Synkova H,Duskova M,Hozak P,Veleminsky J

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidylate synthase (TS) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides, required for DNA synthesis, and is also a critical target for fluoropyrimidines, which are widely used in the treatment of gastrointestinal tumours. We examined TS expression in tumours from 86 patients with advanced colo...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Bendardaf R,Lamlum H,Elzagheid A,Ristamäki R,Pyrhönen S

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vimentin is a member of the intermediate filament family, and the NF-kappaB binding site is located in the human vimentin promoter. To gain insight into the role of NF-kappaB in the regulation of the vimentin gene during 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-dependent differentiation of HL-60 cells, the effect of...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zheng M,Son MY,Park C,Park JI,Jo EK,Yoon WH,Park SK,Hwang BD,Lim K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a phase III randomized trial to compare efficacy and tolerance of CDDP + 5-FU to CDDP + VP16, both given intravenously in patients with unresectable advanced head and neck cancer. The 197 eligible patients were paired off successively on the basis of tumor sites and UICC stage. Comparisons were made th...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Prévost A,Mérol JC,Aimé P,Moutel K,Roger-Liautaud F,Nasca S,Legros M,Coninx P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a process associated with development and progression of breast cancer. The association between connexins and programmed cell death has only been demonstrated in a few studies. The aim of the present study was the evaluation of Cx26 and Cx43 expression in breast cancer in correlation with Bcl-2 and Bak pr...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kanczuga-Koda L,Sulkowski S,Tomaszewski J,Koda M,Sulkowska M,Przystupa W,Golaszewska J,Baltaziak M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN and the PI3K/Akt pathway are involved in the development and/or progression of endometrial carcinoma. To clarify the impact of the pathway-related molecules on prognosis, we analyzed PTEN, phosphorylated-Akt (p-Akt), and Ki-67 expression by immunohistochemistry in 99 patients with advanced endometrial carcinoma. ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Uegaki K,Kanamori Y,Kigawa J,Kawaguchi W,Kaneko R,Naniwa J,Takahashi M,Shimada M,Oishi T,Itamochi H,Terakawa N

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we investigated the sequence variation and different transcriptional activities of the upstream regulatory region (URR) in HPV 16 E7 variants in cervical cancer tissue from Korean women. Using PCR-directed sequencing, the presence of sequence variations in URRs were analyzed and the sites of sequence va...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kim YB,Song YS,Jeon YT,Park JS,Um SJ,Kim JW,Park NH,Kang SB,Lee HP

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:External abdomino-pelvic irradiation after primary surgery in early stages of epithelial ovarian carcinoma has been used as adjuvant therapy. The aims of this study were to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of abdomino-pelvic radiotherapy in ovarian carcinomas and to find predictive factors for recurrent disease. Fro...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Skirnisdottir I,Nordqvist S,Sorbe B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparanase is endoglycosidase that degrades heparan sulfate, the main polysaccharide constituent of the extracellular matrix and basement membrane. Heparanase has been thought to have an important role in the process of cancer invasion and metastasis. Recent studies have revealed that heparanase has multifunctional mo...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Naomoto Y,Takaoka M,Okawa T,Nobuhisa T,Gunduz M,Tanaka N

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of arachidonic acid by either the cyclooxygenase or lipoxygenase (LOX) pathway is believed to play an important role in tumor promotion. We investigated the expression of 5- and 12-LOX in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), as well as the effects of their inhibitors on cell proliferation in 2 RCC cell lines (Ca...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Matsuyama M,Yoshimura R,Mitsuhashi M,Tsuchida K,Takemoto Y,Kawahito Y,Sano H,Nakatani T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the role of chemotherapy in cancer cachexia, which is well known to lower QOL and responsiveness to chemotherapy. In BALB/c mice we used two clones derived from the murine colon 26 adenocarcinoma cell line; clone 5, a non-cachexigenic tumor and clone 20, a cachexigenic tumor, in which IL-6 mRNA was selectiv...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Takahashi Y,Yasumoto K,Mai M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drug sensitivity of tumor cells is one of key issues to explore individualized therapy for cancer patients. One of such methods is in vitro anticancer drug sensitivity test which is generally based on one drug concentration and contact time. In this study, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) sensitivity of cancer cells from col...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ochiai T,Nishimura K,Noguchi H,Kitajima M,Tsuruoka Y,Takahashi Y

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether the expression of Topoisomerase II-alpha (TII-alpha) can serve as a prognostic factor in renal cell carcinoma (RCC), histological sections from 27 renal tumors were stained immunohistochemically for TII-alpha expression. The percentage of positive cells in the area of greatest staining was recor...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Dekel Y,Frede T,Kugel V,Neumann G,Rassweiler J,Koren R

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the components of the prostaglandin biosynthetic pathway, the characteristics of cyclooxygenase (COX)-1, COX-2, hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase (hPGDS), microsomal prostaglandin E synthase (mPGES), and thromboxane synthase (TXS) were examined for autopsied cases with small cell lung cancer (SCLC)...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Yoshimoto A,Kasahara K,Kawashima A,Fujimura M,Nakao S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluoroquinolones affect the proliferation and apoptotic cell death of several human malignancies. Therefore, we investigated whether new 6-aminoquinolone derivatives, initially synthesized as anti-HIV agents, could affect the proliferation and apoptotic cell death of human prostate cancer cell lines. PC3 and LNCaP cel...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Minelli A,Bellezza I,Siciliano E,Liguori L,Tabarrini O,Cecchetti V,Fravolini A

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the radioprotective effect of HGFs (GM-CSF, IL-3 and SCF) in irradiated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in vitro, and the survival effect of lethally irradiated C3H mice in vivo. The irradiation of human PBMCs using a (137)Cs irradiator showed a dose-depend...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kim JY,Oh SJ,Park HK,Yoon JS,Kim ES,Kim ES,Kim CS,Lee YY,Kim BK

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the effects of Bowman-Birk inhibitor (BBI) on up-regulation of connexin (Cx) expression to estimate BBI's tumor-suppressor effect in mice with M5076 ovarian sarcoma. The relative tumor weight (p<0.05, r(2)=0.301) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA, p<0.01, r(2)=0...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Suzuki K,Yano T,Sadzuka Y,Sugiyama T,Seki T,Asano R

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy plays a major role in cancer management; however, acquired drug resistance remains a significant problem for ovarian cancer treatment. Chemoresistance is regulated by the coordinated expression of a set of genes. Thus, the identification of genes specifically modulated in the process provides an important...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Li L,Luan Y,Li X,Tang B,Zhang W,Li D,Zhao J,Wang G,Ding H,Reed E,Li QQ

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene is the most frequent genetic event observed in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CC-RCC). However, the prognostic relevance of somatic VHL alteration and its target, hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha has not been defined. We investigated the genetic changes i...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kim JH,Jung CW,Cho YH,Lee J,Lee SH,Kim HY,Park J,Park JO,Kim K,Kim WS,Park YS,Im YH,Kang WK,Park K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the established importance of angiogenesis in the pathogenesis of solid tumours, there is still no consensus on how this is best measured or which method is the most appropriate in the determination of prognosis. Here we review the pros and cons of current methods of assessing angiogenesis, both clinical and i...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Pollitt MJ,Hanby AM,Horgan K,Murphy CE,Jones PF,Speirs V

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WNT signaling pathway networks with Hedgehog, Notch and FGF signaling pathways during carcinogenesis and embryogenesis. FZD8 is up-regulated in HeLa S3 and A549 cells. Here we identified and characterized rat Fzd8 gene by using bioinformatics. Rat Fzd8 gene was identified within AC131883.2 genome sequence. Rat Fzd8 (6...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Katoh Y,Katoh M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma), a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily, is involved in suppressing the growth of several tumors. We showed that PPAR-gamma is expressed in Barrett's adenocarcinoma cell lines and inhibited the growth of these lines through the induction of G1...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Takashima T,Fujiwara Y,Hamaguchi M,Sasaki E,Tominaga K,Watanabe T,Oshitani N,Higuchi K,Arakawa T

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the efficacy of long-term postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with low-dose cisplatin (CDDP) plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) (CDDP/5-FU), we retrospectively examined 167 patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus who received the treatment after curative surgery (R0 resection). We classified the pat...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Shiozaki A,Yamagishi H,Itoi H,Fujiwara H,Kikuchi S,Okamoto K,Ichikawa D,Fuji N,Ochiai T,Sonoyama T,Ueda Y

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymph node metastasis is one of the most important prognostic factors in malignant tumors. In this study, we investigated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C expression in human gastric cancer using immunohistochemical techniques and determined the number of microvessels in peritumoral tissue. VEGF-C expressio...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Hachisuka T,Narikiyo M,Yamada Y,Ishikawa H,Ueno M,Uchida H,Yoriki R,Ohigashi Y,Miki K,Tamaki H,Mizuno T,Nakajima Y

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is the second most deadly cancer in the United States. When diagnosed early, current treatments bring a limited success; however, once metastasis occurs, radiation and chemotherapy are generally ineffective. Structural changes in the ECM are necessary for cell migration during tissue remodeling. Matr...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Roomi MW,Ivanov V,Kalinovsky T,Niedzwiecki A,Rath M

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogene-inducible gene-6 (Mig-6) is involved in the intracellular signaling pathway as an adaptor molecule. Mig-6 expression is rapidly induced upon various kinds of mitogenic and stressful stimulations. We previously demonstrated that Mig-6 expression is induced by activated Ki-ras in human colon cancer cells and th...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Mabuchi R,Sasazuki T,Shirasawa S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report immunohistochemical (IHC) and molecular findings in a rare case of a carcinoid tumor of the extrahepatic bile ducts in a 33-year-old woman, who presented with a 3.9x2.8x2.6 cm mass within the right and common hepatic ducts. She underwent surgery and a carcinoid tumor was identified. This lesion is of interes...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Ligato S,Furmaga W,Cartun RW,Hull D,Tsongalis GJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequent invasion of oral cancers into the neighboring jaw bones is a major cause of increased mortality. Moreover, majority of patients with these oral cancers suffer from functional inconveniences and esthetic disadvantages during clinical course and after surgical treatments. Understanding of the mechanisms underly...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kitagawa Y,Hiraga T,Yura Y,Yoneda T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The meningioma evolution remains problematic as 6 to 19% relapse after total resection. We have no criterion or marker to predict with certainty the tumour behaviour, and the WHO grading system is to a certain degree controversial. Telomerase expression seems to play an active role in conferring to the tumour cell ind...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kalala JP,Maes L,Vandenbroecke C,de Ridder L

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is the major process responsible for the death in cancer patients. In the search for more effective antineoplasic drugs, many substances are under investigation, among them lapachol. This study aims to examine the molecular and morphological alterations caused by lapachol treatment, as well as its effects o...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Balassiano IT,De Paulo SA,Henriques Silva N,Cabral MC,da Gloria da Costa Carvalho M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human colon cancer cells were implanted subcutaneously into nude mice. After 12 days, the animals were divided into two groups. The first group received 40 microg/kg body weight of octreotide, galanin and serotonin via an intraperitoneally implanted pump. The second group received sterile saline only. Treatment lasted...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： El-Salhy M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta1-6 branching of L-PHA reactive oligosaccharides, one of the N-glycan structures, plays an important role in the biological behavior of various tumor cell lines. We reported previously that the expression of L-PHA reactive oligosaccharides was closely associated with the prognosis of patients with human diffuse la...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Suzuki O,Nozawa Y,Abe M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivin, a member of the inhibitor-of-apoptosis family is an essential protein for regular mitosis and is involved in an anti-apoptotic pathway. In some studies, an association between survivin expression and radiosensitivity has been described for tumor cells, but the relationship between p53 and survivin regarding ...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Kappler M,Taubert H,Bartel F,Blümke K,Panian M,Schmidt H,Dunst J,Bache M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frequent frameshift mutations in the DNA mismatch repair genes hMSH3, and hMSH6, have been reported in colorectal and endometrial cancers with microsatellite instability, however, it is unclear whether they are similarly altered in ovarian endometrioid carcinoma. In this study, we examined frequency of frameshift muta...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Albarracin CT,Silva EG,Malpica A,Luthra R,Liu J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paternally expressed imprinted gene 1/mesoderm-specific transcript (PEG1/MEST) is an imprinted gene expressed from the paternal allele. Recently, frequent loss of imprinting (LOI) of PEG1/MEST has been reported in lung adenocarcinomas. It is suggested that the LOI may be involved in pathogenesis of lung adenocarcinoma...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Nakanishi H,Suda T,Katoh M,Watanabe A,Igishi T,Kodani M,Matsumoto S,Nakamoto M,Shigeoka Y,Okabe T,Oshimura M,Shimizu E

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP1A1 expression in various tissues of 43 gastric cancer cases was analyzed with frozen tissue array-based immunohistochemical staining (IHC), RT-PCR, Western blot analysis and EROD (7-ethoxyresourfin-O-deethylase) assay. CYP1A1 was detected immunohistochemically in 86% (37/43) of gastric cancers, in both 57% (4/7) o...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Zhang KL,Ma JX,Chen XY,Sun Y,Kong QY,Liu J,Li H

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a novel oral fluoropyrimidine derivative S-1 on peritoneal metastasis from gastric cancer were investigated. OCUM-2MD3 cells, a highly peritoneal-metastatic cell line, were injected intraperitoneally in nude mice. These mice were allocated to the following three groups (each group, n=10): the S-1 group,...

journal_title：Oncology reports

authors： Yamagata S,Nakata B,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00