abstract：:Passive immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies represents a cornerstone of human anticancer therapies, but has not been established in veterinary medicine yet. As the tumor-associated antigen EGFR (ErbB-1) is highly conserved between humans and dogs, and considering the effectiveness of the anti-EGFR antibody cetuxi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Singer J,Fazekas J,Wang W,Weichselbaumer M,Matz M,Mader A,Steinfellner W,Meitz S,Mechtcheriakova D,Sobanov Y,Willmann M,Stockner T,Spillner E,Kunert R,Jensen-Jarolim E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is a highly drug-resistant cancer with resistance developing to agents targeting single proteins. To circumvent this problem, a new class of agent inhibiting multiple key pathways important in this disease is being developed to reduce the likelihood of developing resistant disease. The phosphoinositide 3-kina...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Gowda R,Madhunapantula SV,Kuzu OF,Sharma A,Robertson GP

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) with activating mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) initially respond well to the EGFR inhibitors erlotinib and gefitinib. However, all patients relapse because of the emergence of drug-resistant mutations, with T790M mutations accounting for approxi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Tjin Tham Sjin R,Lee K,Walter AO,Dubrovskiy A,Sheets M,Martin TS,Labenski MT,Zhu Z,Tester R,Karp R,Medikonda A,Chaturvedi P,Ren Y,Haringsma H,Etter J,Raponi M,Simmons AD,Harding TC,Niu D,Nacht M,Westlin WF,Pette

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein mutations are one of the most common mutations occurring in uveal melanoma activating the protein kinase C (PKC)/mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathways. In this study, we described the effect of dual pathway inhibition in uveal melanoma harboring GNAQ and GNA11 mut...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Musi E,Ambrosini G,de Stanchina E,Schwartz GK

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work is based on previous evidence showing that chemotactic sequence of the urokinase receptor (uPAR(88-92)) drives angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo in a protease-independent manner, and that the peptide Ac-Arg-Glu-Arg-Phe-NH(2) (RERF) prevents both uPAR(88-92)- and VEGF-induced angiogenesis. New N-acetylated an...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Carriero MV,Bifulco K,Minopoli M,Lista L,Maglio O,Mele L,Di Carluccio G,De Rosa M,Pavone V

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA repair protein O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is known to play a role in sensitivity to temozolomide. Promoter hypermethylation of MGMT is commonly used to predict low expression levels of MGMT in gliomas, despite observed discordance between promoter methylation and protein levels. Here, we i...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Moen EL,Stark AL,Zhang W,Dolan ME,Godley LA

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular characterization of radical prostatectomy specimens after systemic therapy may identify a gene expression profile for resistance to therapy. This study assessed tumor cells from patients with prostate cancer participating in a phase II neoadjuvant docetaxel and androgen deprivation trial to identify mediator...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Marín-Aguilera M,Codony-Servat J,Reig Ò,Lozano JJ,Fernández PL,Pereira MV,Jiménez N,Donovan M,Puig P,Mengual L,Bermudo R,Font A,Gallardo E,Ribal MJ,Alcaraz A,Gascón P,Mellado B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fighting metastasis is a major challenge in cancer therapy and novel therapeutic targets and drugs are highly appreciated. Resistance of invasive cells to anoikis, a particular type of apoptosis induced by loss of cell-matrix contact, is a major prerequisite for their metastatic spread. Inducing anoikis in metastatic ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Schempp CM,von Schwarzenberg K,Schreiner L,Kubisch R,Müller R,Wagner E,Vollmar AM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown the prognostic significance of disseminated tumor cells (DTC) in bone marrow of patients with colorectal cancer. However, the molecular characteristics of DTCs, including their miRNA expression profiles, remain mostly unknown. In this study, we analyzed the miRNA expression of DTCs in bone marrow. E...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Takeyama H,Yamamoto H,Yamashita S,Wu X,Takahashi H,Nishimura J,Haraguchi N,Miyake Y,Suzuki R,Murata K,Ohue M,Kato T,Takemasa I,Mizushima T,Ishii H,Mimori K,Doki Y,Mori M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK) is involved in the pathogenesis of several carcinomas, including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Echinoderm microtubule-associated protein like 4 (EML4)-ALK, which is derived from the rearrangement of ALK and EML4 genes, has been validated as a thera...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Mori M,Ueno Y,Konagai S,Fushiki H,Shimada I,Kondoh Y,Saito R,Mori K,Shindou N,Soga T,Sakagami H,Furutani T,Doihara H,Kudoh M,Kuromitsu S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor recurrence after curative resection remains a major problem in patients with locally advanced colorectal cancer treated with adjuvant chemotherapy. Genetic single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) may serve as useful molecular markers to predict clinical outcomes in these patients and identify targets for future dr...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Ning Y,Gerger A,Zhang W,Hanna DL,Yang D,Winder T,Wakatsuki T,Labonte MJ,Stintzing S,Volz N,Sunakawa Y,Stremitzer S,El-Khoueiry R,Lenz HJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type I EGF receptor (EGFR or ErbB1) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) are highly expressed in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a particularly aggressive disease that cannot be treated with conventional therapies targeting the estrogen or progesterone receptors (ER and PR), or HER2. We...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Martin JL,de Silva HC,Lin MZ,Scott CD,Baxter RC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA topoisomerase I (Top1) inhibition by camptothecin derivatives can impair the hypoxia-induced cell transcriptional response. In the present work, we determined molecular aspects of the mechanism of camptothecin's effects on hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) activity in human cancer cells. In particular, we provi...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Bertozzi D,Marinello J,Manzo SG,Fornari F,Gramantieri L,Capranico G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humanized anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody (mAb) trastuzumab (Herceptin; Genentech) effectively inhibits human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast tumors. However, many patients responding to treatment often develop resistance. Cross-talk between type I insulin-like growth factor receptor (IGF-I...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Chen C,Zhang Y,Zhang Y,Li J,Tsao SW,Zhang MY

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma is highly chemoresistant, and ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (ABCG2) is thought to play a critical role in this drug resistance. The present study aims to develop effective therapeutic strategies to decrease ABCG2 expression level and to surmount drug resistance in hepatocellular ca...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Hou H,Sun H,Lu P,Ge C,Zhang L,Li H,Zhao F,Tian H,Zhang L,Chen T,Yao M,Li J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that in innately resistant tumors, silencing of the estrogen receptor (ER) could be reversed by treatment with a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, entinostat. Tumors were then responsive to aromatase inhibitor (AI) letrozole. Here, we investigated whether ER in the acquired letrozole-resistant...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sabnis GJ,Goloubeva OG,Kazi AA,Shah P,Brodie AH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STAT3 is an important transcriptional factor for cell growth, differentiation, and apoptosis. Although evidence suggests a positive role for STAT3 in cancer, the inhibitory effects of tumor STAT3 on natural killer (NK) cell functions in human hepatocellular carcinoma are unclear. In this study, we found that blocking ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sun X,Sui Q,Zhang C,Tian Z,Zhang J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many malignant human tumors, including melanomas, are auxotrophic for arginine due to reduced expression of argininosuccinate synthetase-1 (ASS1), the rate-limiting enzyme for arginine biosynthesis. Pegylated arginine deiminase (ADI-PEG20), which degrades extracellular arginine, resulting in arginine deprivation, has ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Long Y,Tsai WB,Wangpaichitr M,Tsukamoto T,Savaraj N,Feun LG,Kuo MT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsp90 is widely overexpressed in cancer cells and believed to be essential for the maintenance of malignant phenotypes. Targeting Hsp90 by small molecules has shown promise in solid and hematologic malignancies, which likely involves degradation of client oncoproteins in a cell-type-specific manner. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： He K,Zheng X,Zhang L,Yu J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checkpoint kinase 1 (ChK1) is a serine/threonine kinase that functions as a central mediator of the intra-S and G2-M cell-cycle checkpoints. Following DNA damage or replication stress, ChK1-mediated phosphorylation of downstream effectors delays cell-cycle progression so that the damaged genome can be repaired. As a t...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Blackwood E,Epler J,Yen I,Flagella M,O'Brien T,Evangelista M,Schmidt S,Xiao Y,Choi J,Kowanetz K,Ramiscal J,Wong K,Jakubiak D,Yee S,Cain G,Gazzard L,Williams K,Halladay J,Jackson PK,Malek S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preclinical data suggest that combined EGF receptor (EGFR) targeting with an EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor and an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody may be superior over single-agent targeting. Therefore, as part of a phase I study, we analyzed the outcome of 20 patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with the co...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Wheler JJ,Tsimberidou AM,Falchook GS,Zinner RG,Hong DS,Fok JY,Fu S,Piha-Paul SA,Naing A,Kurzrock R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment options for hepatocellular carcinoma using chemotherapeutics at intermediate and advanced stages of disease are limited as patients most rapidly escape from therapy and succumb to disease progression. Mechanisms of the hepatic xenobiotic metabolism are mostly involved in providing chemoresistance to therapeu...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Haider C,Grubinger M,Řezníčková E,Weiss TS,Rotheneder H,Miklos W,Berger W,Jorda R,Zatloukal M,Gucky T,Strnad M,Kryštof V,Mikulits W

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process associated with the metastasis of solid tumors as well as with the acquisition of resistance to standard anticancer modalities. A major initiator of EMT in carcinoma cells is TGF-β, which has been shown to induce the expression of several transcription factors u...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Larocca C,Cohen JR,Fernando RI,Huang B,Hamilton DH,Palena C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma is the most frequent brain tumor of glial origin in adults. With the best available standard-of-care, patients with this disease have a life expectancy of only approximately 15 months after diagnosis. Because the EGF receptor (HER1/EGFR) is one of the most commonly dysregulated oncogenes in glioblastoma, ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Karpel-Massler G,Westhoff MA,Zhou S,Nonnenmacher L,Dwucet A,Kast RE,Bachem MG,Wirtz CR,Debatin KM,Halatsch ME

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been observed in many malignant tumors and its constitutive signal transduction facilitates the proliferation of tumors. EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as gefitinib, are widely used as a molecular-targeting agent for the inactivation of EGFR signalin...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Saito K,Takigawa N,Ohtani N,Iioka H,Tomita Y,Ueda R,Fukuoka J,Kuwahara K,Ichihara E,Kiura K,Kondo E

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospho-sulindac is a sulindac derivative with promising anticancer activity in lung cancer, but its limited metabolic stability presents a major challenge for systemic therapy. We reasoned that inhalation delivery of phospho-sulindac might overcome first-pass metabolism and produce high levels of intact drug in lung ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Cheng KW,Wong CC,Alston N,Mackenzie GG,Huang L,Ouyang N,Xie G,Wiedmann T,Rigas B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) for epithelial cancers is increased when PDT is combined with calcitriol (Vit D), a form of differentiation therapy (DT). Here, we describe an underlying mechanism for this effect. Differentiation-promoting agents are known to upregulate CCAAT/enhancer-binding proteins (C/EBP...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Anand S,Hasan T,Maytin EV

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), potent cytotoxic drugs linked to antibodies via chemical linkers, allow specific targeting of drugs to neoplastic cells. We have used this technology to develop the ADC DCDT2980S that targets CD22, an antigen with expression limited to B cells and the vast majority of non-Hodgkin lympho...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Li D,Poon KA,Yu SF,Dere R,Go M,Lau J,Zheng B,Elkins K,Danilenko D,Kozak KR,Chan P,Chuh J,Shi X,Nazzal D,Fuh F,McBride J,Ramakrishnan V,de Tute R,Rawstron A,Jack AS,Deng R,Chu YW,Dornan D,Williams M,Ho W,

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zoledronic acid, a third-generation bisphosphonate, has been shown to reduce cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. However, the effects of zoledronic acid on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a cellular process essential to the metastatic cascade, remain unclear. Therefore, the effects of zoledronic aci...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Schech AJ,Kazi AA,Gilani RA,Brodie AH

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the mechanism by which 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-riboside (AICAr) induces apoptosis in multiple myeloma cells, we conducted an unbiased metabolomics screen. AICAr had selective effects on nucleotide metabolism, resulting in an increase in purine metabolites and a decrease in pyrimidine metaboli...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Bardeleben C,Sharma S,Reeve JR,Bassilian S,Frost P,Hoang B,Shi Y,Lichtenstein A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma is characterized by the malignant proliferating antibody-producing plasma cells in the bone marrow. Despite recent advances in therapy that improve the survival of patients, multiple myeloma remains incurable and therapy resistance is the major factor causing lethality. Clearly, more effective treatme...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Vincenz L,Jäger R,O'Dwyer M,Samali A

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate circulating hepatocyte growth factor (cHGF) as a pharmacodynamic biomarker of Met inhibition for onartuzumab (MetMAb, OA5D5v2) in a phase I trial in patients with advanced cancers and a phase II trial in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The phase I study was a dose escala...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Penuel E,Li C,Parab V,Burton L,Cowan KJ,Merchant M,Yauch RL,Patel P,Peterson A,Hampton GM,Lackner MR,Hegde PS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among females. Many challenges exist in the current management of advanced stage breast cancer as there are fewer recognized therapeutic strategies, often because of therapy resistance. How breast cancer cells evade chemotherapy and the underlying mechanism r...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sharma B,Nawandar DM,Nannuru KC,Varney ML,Singh RK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to antiandrogen drugs, like MDV3100, occurs in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Thus, preventing or treating antiandrogen resistance is a major clinical challenge. We identified a novel antiandrogen, Compound 30, and compared its efficacy with MDV3100. We found that Compound 30 inh...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Kuruma H,Matsumoto H,Shiota M,Bishop J,Lamoureux F,Thomas C,Briere D,Los G,Gleave M,Fanjul A,Zoubeidi A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crizotinib (PF02341066) is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) that has been shown to selectively inhibit growth of cancer cells that harbor the EML4-ALK fusion found in a subset of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). While in clinical trials, PF02341066 has shown a significan...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sun Y,Nowak KA,Zaorsky NG,Winchester CL,Dalal K,Giacalone NJ,Liu N,Werner-Wasik M,Wasik MA,Dicker AP,Lu B

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although both erlotinib and gefitinib target the EGF receptor (EGFR), erlotinib is effective in patients with EGFR wild-type or mutated tumors, whereas gefitinib is only beneficial for patients with activating mutations. To determine whether these differences in clinical outcomes can be attributed to their respective ...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Augustin A,Lamerz J,Meistermann H,Golling S,Scheiblich S,Hermann JC,Duchateau-Nguyen G,Tzouros M,Avila DW,Langen H,Essioux L,Klughammer B

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein ubiquitination is important for cell signaling, DNA repair, and proteasomal degradation, and it is not surprising that alterations in ubiquitination occur frequently in cancer. Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes (E2) mediate ubiquitination by selective interactions with ubiquitin-activating (E1) and ubiquitin ligas...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Sanders MA,Brahemi G,Nangia-Makker P,Balan V,Morelli M,Kothayer H,Westwell AD,Shekhar MPV

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hodgkin-Reed/Sternberg (HRS) cells of classical Hodgkin lymphoma show aberrant expression and activation of several receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) in the majority of cases. Therefore, we tested whether tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) already in clinical use or late stages of clinical trials have antiproliferative ef...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Holz MS,Janning A,Renné C,Gattenlöhner S,Spieker T,Bräuninger A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is a highly metastatic and deadly disease. An agent simultaneously targeting the COX-2, PI3K/Akt, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways that are deregulated in up to 70% of sporadic melanomas might be an effective treatment, but no agent of this type exists. To develop a single drug i...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Gowda R,Madhunapantula SV,Desai D,Amin S,Robertson GP

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gemcitabine is the standard chemotherapeutic drug for treatment of pancreatic cancer, almost all patients eventually develop resistance to this agent. Previous studies identified Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) as the mediator of gemcitabine resistance, but the molecular mechanism remains unknown. In this study, we...

journal_title：Molecular cancer therapeutics

authors： Song B,Liu XS,Rice SJ,Kuang S,Elzey BD,Konieczny SF,Ratliff TL,Hazbun T,Chiorean EG,Liu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00