abstract：:Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is primarily characterized by development of tumors exhibiting germ-line mutations in the p53 gene. Cell lines developed from patients of a LFS family have decreased p53 activity as evidenced by the absence of apoptosis upon etoposide treatment. To test our hypothesis that changes in gene ex...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Sherif ZA,Sultan AS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with serosal (pleural or peritoneal) spread of malignancy have few definitive treatment options and consequently have a very poor prognosis. We have previously shown that photodynamic therapy (PDT) can be an effective treatment for these patients, but that the therapeutic index is relatively narrow. Here, we ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Edmonds C,Hagan S,Gallagher-Colombo SM,Busch TM,Cengel KA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells convert glucose preferentially to lactate even in the presence of oxygen (aerobic glycolysis-Warburg effect). New concepts in cancer treatment aim at inhibition of aerobic glycolysis. Pyruvate dehydrogenase converts pyruvate to acetylCoA thus preventing lactate formation. Therefore, the aim of this study ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Feuerecker B,Pirsig S,Seidl C,Aichler M,Feuchtinger A,Bruchelt G,Senekowitsch-Schmidtke R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of sporadic colorectal cancer involves distinct pathways, with characteristic genomic alterations. The first pathway, chromosome instability (CIN), is driven by APC mutations and is typified by Kras mutations, p53 mutation/loss of heterozygosity, and deletions at chromosome 18q. The second pathway is ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Ye Y,Madison B,Wu X,Rustgi AK

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations that activate the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway are relatively common in urothelial (bladder) cancers, but how these pathway mutations affect AKT dependency is not known. We characterized the relationship between AKT pathway mutational status and sensitivity to the effects of the selective AKT kinase inhib...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Dickstein RJ,Nitti G,Dinney CP,Davies BR,Kamat AM,McConkey DJ

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP), a key enzyme in the catabolism of 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA), catalyzes the formation of adenine and 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate. MTAP is expressed in all cells throughout the body, but a significant percentage of human tumors have lost MTAP expression, thereby m...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Tang B,Testa JR,Kruger WD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two peptides derived from the C1B domain of protein kinase Cγ (PKCγ) were shown to associate with classical PKC isozymes and modulate their activities. These C1B peptides are designated C1B1 (amino acid residues 101-112) and C1B5 (residues 141-151). Since PKC enzyme activity is shown to be involved in colon cancer dev...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Kawabata A,Matsuzuka T,Doi C,Seiler G,Reischman J,Pickel L,Ayuzawa R,Nguyen TA,Tamura M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary brain tumors have always been associated with high morbidity and mortality. Glioma is the most common type of malignant brain tumors,with a high probability of recurrence after surgical excision and with poor prognosis.The purpose of this study was to compare the therapeutic efficacy of computed tomo...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Hu X,Qiu H,Zhang L,Zhang W,Ma Y,Qiao Z,Chen D,Han J,Duan G,Zhang F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are a distinct subset of human T cells, which expresses an invariant T cell receptor Vα24 Jα18 and recognizes glycolipid antigens in the context of CD1d molecules. iNKT cells exert pivotal regulatory roles in many immune responses, including antitumor immune responses. Alteratio...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Altomare E,Fallarini S,Biaggi G,Gattoni E,Botta M,Lombardi G

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present studies sought to further understand how the anti-folate pemetrexed and the multi-kinase inhibitor sorafenib interact to kill tumor cells. Sorafenib activated SRC, and via SRC the drug combination activated ERK1/2. Expression of dominant negative SRC or dominant negative MEK1 abolished drug-induced ERK1/2 ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Bareford MD,Hamed HA,Allegood J,Cruickshanks N,Poklepovic A,Park MA,Ogretmen B,Spiegel S,Grant S,Dent P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Rac1 regulates many cellular processes, including cytoskeletal reorganization, cell migration, proliferation, and survival. Additionally, Rac1 plays a major role in activating NF-κB-mediated transcription. Both Rac1 and NF-κB regulate many properties of the malignant phenotype, including anchorage-ind...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Gastonguay A,Berg T,Hauser AD,Schuld N,Lorimer E,Williams CL

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of vasculogenic mimicry (VM) in the progression of prostate cancer (PCa). Ninety-six patients who had undergone prostatectomy for treatment of PCa and for whom a complete record of clinical and follow-up data were available were reviewed. VM and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) were detected...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Liu R,Yang K,Meng C,Zhang Z,Xu Y

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A right amount of oxygen and nutrients is essential for a tumor to develop. The role of oxygen dependent pathways and their regulators is therefore of utmost importance although little is known about the detailed impact they can have. Recently we have shown that inhibition of the oxygen sensor PHD2 in tumor cells bloc...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Klotzsche-von Ameln A,Muschter A,Heimesaat MM,Breier G,Wielockx B

更新日期：2012-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced melanoma is the most virulent form of cancer and has a poor prognosis. In a previous study, myriocin, an inhibitor of serine palmitoyltransferase, was found to suppress melanoma cell proliferation by cell cycle arrest at the G 2/M phase through decreased sphingolipid levels and increased p53 and p21 (waf1/cip...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Lee YS,Choi KM,Lee S,Sin DM,Lim Y,Lee YM,Hong JT,Yun YP,Yoo HS

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Current knowledge of changes in the mammary epithelium relevant to breast carcinogenesis is limited to when histological changes are already present because of a lack of biomarkers needed to identify where such molecular changes might be ongoing at earlier during the of decades-long latent stages of breast carcinogene...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Weisz J,Shearer DA,Murata E,Patrick SD,Han B,Berg A,Clawson GA

更新日期：2012-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among men. The availability of animal models that represent the events and factors that exist in the natural history and biology of human prostate cancer is essential in dealing with prostate cancer. In recent decades and presently, emphasis has been directe...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Costello LC,Franklin RB,Zou J,Feng P,Bok R,Swanson MG,Kurhanewicz J

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The serine/threonine protein kinase Aurora A is known to interact with and phosphorylate tumor suppressor p53 at Serine 215 (S215), inhibiting the transcriptional activity of p53. We show that Aurora A positively regulates human p53 protein levels and, using isogenic p53 wild-type and p53-null colorectal carcinoma cel...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Warnock LJ,Raines SA,Milner J

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) displays immunosuppressive properties and phenotypic plasticity. The malignant T cells in CTCL can possess features of immunomodulating regulatory T cells (Treg) and IL-17-producing helper T cells (Th17) depending on the stimuli they receive from antigen presenting cells and other sour...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Abraham RM,Zhang Q,Odum N,Wasik MA

更新日期：2011-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:bcr/abl fusion gene is thought to be a promising target for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients to enhance immune response after attaining complete remission. In this study, we sought to enhance cellular immunity by co-expression of BCR/ABL and murine IL-12 gene on the tumor cell surface as a glycosyl-phosphat...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Tao K,Li YJ,Wang D,Qi JY,Deng YP,Wang HX,Hu J,Feng WL

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed malignancies in women. Despite the remarkable success of mammography screening and use of adjuvant systemic therapy, it is estimated that approximately 200,000 new diagnoses will be made this year and 40,000 deaths will occur due to this disease (American Cancer Soci...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Rosca EV,Koskimaki JE,Pandey NB,Wolff AC,Popel AS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to evaluate CA19-9 and CK8/18 expression patterns in pancreatic cancer cell lines induced by 5-fluorouracil (5-Fu), and in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in peripheral blood of patients previously untreated with advanced pancreatic cancer. Furthermore, the goal was to test the re...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Ren C,Han C,Zhang J,He P,Wang D,Wang B,Zhao P,Zhao X

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have demonstrated that atorvastatin induces autophagy in the androgen receptor negative prostate cancer PC3 cells through inhibition of geranylgeranyl biosynthesis [Parikh et al., Prostate. 70(9): 971-981 (2010)]. This study attempts to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying atorvastatin-ind...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Toepfer N,Childress C,Parikh A,Rukstalis D,Yang W

更新日期：2011-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antitumor imidazoacridinone C-1311 is a DNA-reactive topoisomerase II and FLT3 receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor. Here, we demonstrate the mechanism of C-1311 inhibitory action on novel targets: hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α), vascular-endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and angiogenesis. In a cell-free system, C...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Paradziej-Łukowicz J,Skwarska A,Peszyńska-Sularz G,Brillowska-Dąbrowska A,Konopa J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sunitinib, a multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is frequently incorporated into the management of papillary thyroid carcinoma refractory to standard therapies. Although clinical trials are in progress, the mechanism of action in papillary thyroid carcinomas is not clear, especially regarding the effect on BRAF ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Jeong WJ,Mo JH,Park MW,Choi IJ,An SY,Jeon EH,Ahn SH

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical early event in tumorigenesis. The contribution of heparan sulfate (HS) to EMT has not been fully elucidated. HS D-glucosaminyl 3-O-sulfotransferase-3B1 (3-OST-3B1) participates in the final step of HS fine structure biosynthesis, whose involvement in cancer has yet...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Song K,Li Q,Jiang ZZ,Guo CW,Li P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor growth is often associated with insufficient apoptosis. The Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) and its proapoptotic receptors death receptor 4 (DR4) and DR5 agonistic monoclonal antibodies are being developed as targeted therapeutics because they kill cancer cells while sparing...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Zhou L,Wang W,Dicker DT,Humphreys RC,El-Deiry WS

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) in epithelial ovarian cancer indicates a host antitumor response and is associated with improved survival. We wished to determine the extent to which TIL density differs from site to site within a given patient. We initially studied multiple paired metastases from ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Hagemann AR,Hagemann IS,Cadungog M,Hwang WT,Patel P,Lal P,Hammond R,Gimotty PA,Chu CS,Rubin SC,Birrer MJ,Powell DJ Jr,Feldman MD,Coukos G

更新日期：2011-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular phenotype of tumor vasculature is different from normal vasculature, offering new opportunities for diagnosis and therapy of cancer, but the identification of tumor-restricted targets remains a challenge. We investigated 13 tumor vascular markers (TVMs) from 50 candidates identified through expression pr...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Sasaroli D,Gimotty PA,Pathak HB,Hammond R,Kougioumtzidou E,Katsaros D,Buckanovich R,Devarajan K,Sandaltzopoulos R,Godwin AK,Scholler N,Coukos G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer-testis antigens (CTAs) are often specifically expressed in cancer cells and under normal conditions are only considered to be expressed in the germ line cells and the placenta. CTAs are potential targets for cancer immunotherapy and therefore necessitates their expression profiling. The expression profile of LA...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Forghanifard MM,Gholamin M,Farshchian M,Moaven O,Memar B,Forghani MN,Dadkhah E,Naseh H,Moghbeli M,Raeisossadati R,Abbaszadegan MR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bevacizumab, is a humanized monoclonal antibody to vasculo-endothelial-growth-factor, with anticancer activity in non-small-cell-lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Our previous results from a dose/finding phase I trial in NSCLC patients, demonstrated the anti-angiogenic effects and toxicity of a newest bevacizumab-based co...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Correale P,Botta C,Basile A,Pagliuchi M,Licchetta A,Martellucci I,Bestoso E,Apollinari S,Addeo R,Misso G,Romano O,Abbruzzese A,Lamberti M,Luzzi L,Gotti G,Rotundo MS,Caraglia M,Tagliaferri P

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Cancer Biology & Therapy, Vitale et al. introduced the paper of Franco et al. reporting the expression of GPER (a seven-transmembrane-spanning receptor also known as GPR30) on testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs). The paper commented on the possible pathophysiological role of this G-protein-coupled...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Chevalier N,Bouskine A,Fenichel P

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated different methods of EGFR (Epithelial Growth Factor Receptor) targeting in feline squamous cell carcinoma with the ultimate aim of establishing a large animal model of human head and neck cancer. Both small molecule receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) and RNA interference (RNAi) techniques...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Bergkvist GT,Argyle DJ,Pang LY,Muirhead R,Yool DA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent reports have shown that cancer stem cells exist in many malignancies. Side population (SP) cells are used to enrich cancer stem-like cells in many cell lines and fresh tumor specimens. In this study, we cultured primary esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) cells from ESCC tissue specimens. SP cells from pr...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Li H,Gao Q,Guo L,Lu SH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To achieve effective delivery of siRNA into target cells in vivo, we have developed a novel approach of siRNA delivery by using local drug delivery systems. RESULTS:The chitosan hydrogel (CH-HG) displayed a liquid-solid phase transition in a temperature-dependent manner and formed an endothermic hydrogel in ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Han HD,Mora EM,Roh JW,Nishimura M,Lee SJ,Stone RL,Bar-Eli M,Lopez-Berestein G,Sood AK

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:H. pylori interacts with gastric epithelial cells, which may activate signaling pathways important for gastric cancer invasion. Ezrin, a membrane cytoskeletal crosslinker protein, is well documented to regulate cell adhesion and cell motility. The aim of the present study was to determine whether ezr...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Fan LL,Chen DF,Lan CH,Liu KY,Fang DC

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspases play a key role in the apoptotic pathway by virtue of their ability to cleave key protein substrates within the dying cell. Caspases are produced as inactive zymogens, and need to become proteolytically processed in order to become active. A key executioner caspase, caspase-3, has previously been found to exi...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Frank AK,Pietsch EC,Dumont P,Tao J,Murphy ME

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) is a key cell cycle regulator that is frequently overexpressed in human hepatocellular carcinomas. Blockade of the Plk1 pathway has been reported to be capable of inducing anti-tumor effect. Here, plasmids containing U6 promoter-driven shRNAs against human Plk1 were constructed and transfecte...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Deng H,Jiang Q,Yang Y,Zhang S,Ma Y,Xie G,Chen X,Qian Z,Wen Y,Li J,Yang J,Chen L,Zhao X,Wei Y

更新日期：2011-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to demonstrate the role of the pituitary tumor transforming gene 1 (PTTG1) in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its value as a molecular target for cancer therapy, we analyzed the expression of PTTG1 mRNA and protein, and their relation to clinicopathological characteristics and basic fibr...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Liang M,Chen X,Liu W,Li S,Li C,Jiang L,Lv S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, which is notoriously aggressive and chemo-resistant, and for which there is little effective treatment available if it goes undetected. Curcumin from the turmeric spice (Curcuma longa) has long been used in Southeast Asian medicine to alleviate ailments and cure an array ...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Chatterjee SJ,Pandey S

更新日期：2011-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We herein assessed the influence of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) gene mutations on EGFR expression levels, downstream mediators such as Akt or ERK, and overall survival in patients with ovarian cancer. STUDY DESIGN:EGFR mutation status was analyzed by direct sequencing in 102 Japanese ovarian can...

journal_title：Cancer biology & therapy

authors： Tanaka Y,Terai Y,Tanabe A,Sasaki H,Sekijima T,Fujiwara S,Yamashita Y,Kanemura M,Ueda M,Sugita M,Franklin WA,Ohmichi M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00