abstract：:Investigators have shown that green tea may decrease the risk of cancer. It is widely accepted that the main active component of green tea is EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate). In our previous study, we examined the effect of green tea on breast cancer growth and endothelial cells both in in vitro assays and in animal...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Sartippour MR,Heber D,Zhang L,Beatty P,Elashoff D,Elashoff R,Go VL,Brooks MN

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the relationship between the development of either HSILs (high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions) or invasive cancers of the uterine cervix and the p53 codon 72 polymorphisms consisting of arginine (Arg)- or proline (Pro)-encoded allele in Japanese populations. Furthermore, we determ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kawamata Y,Mitsuhashi A,Unno Y,Kado S,Shino Y,Uesugi K,Eguchi O,Ishii J,Seki K,Sekiya S,Shirasawa H

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autocrine fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling was genetically manipulated in human gliomas by an adenovirus-mediated strategy. Antisense inhibition of endogenous basic FGF (bFGF) expression showed inhibition of the proliferation of human glioma cells (U251MG, NMC-G1) without promoting apoptosis. The reduction in ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Aoki T,Kato S,Fox JC,Okamoto K,Sakata K,Morimatsu M,Shigemori M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase (T) is a ribonucleoprotein complex that includes the telomerase RNA component (hTR), telomerase associated protein (TP1) and the telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT). Telomerase has been shown in stem cells and found to be activated in tumor tissues and immortalized cells. We wanted to test whether the expr...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Hoang-Vu C,Boltze C,Gimm O,Poremba C,Dockhorn-Dworniczak B,Köhrle J,Rath FW,Dralle H

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A long-held central dogma of radiation biology has been that the carcinogenic effects of ionizing radiation (IR) are induced by the direct and radiolytic actions of IR on nuclear DNA. Numerous investigations, however, have revealed that several cancer relevant effects of IR can occur in cells that have received only c...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Goldberg Z,Lehnert BE

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present work is to investigate whether microtubule-affecting drugs including vincristine, vinblastine, vindesine and vinorelbine are able to produce an anti-angiogenic effect at non-cytotoxic doses in the same way of taxol. The cytotoxic effects were determined by means of the colorimetric MTT assay, an...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Hayot C,Farinelle S,De Decker R,Decaestecker C,Darro F,Kiss R,Van Damme M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arsenic trioxide (As2O3) can induce clinical remission in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) through induction of apoptosis. To investigate the potential therapeutic usage of As2O3 in cervical cancer and its possible mechanisms, human cervical cancer cell line HeLa was employed. The cells underwent apopt...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Woo SH,Park IC,Park MJ,Lee HC,Lee SJ,Chun YJ,Lee SH,Hong SI,Rhee CH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherins play a crucial role in epithelial morphogenesis and mediate intercellular adhesion. These receptors bind catenins and are involved in signal transduction pathways that regulate cell growth and apoptosis, and are frequently down-regulated in invasive and metastatic carcinomas. In order to assess the role of E...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Vizirianakis IS,Chen YQ,Kantak SS,Tsiftsoglou AS,Kramer RH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer related deaths in men in the United States. Ciprofloxacin is a relatively non-toxic antibiotic that can be easily administered orally with large volume of distribution and good tissue penetration. Studies from others and our l...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： El-Rayes BF,Grignon R,Aslam N,Aranha O,Sarkar FH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral infection of hTERT, the catalytic component of telomerase, into BJ fibroblasts (population doubling 28) resulted in reconstitution of telomerase activity, telomere maintenance, and extension of in vitro lifespan. The hTERT-infected cells also exhibited increased growth rate and colony forming efficiency rel...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Forsythe HL,Elmore LW,Jensen KO,Landon MR,Holt SE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the involvement of proteasome inhibition in apoptosis induced by anthracycline anticancer agents, we investigated the interaction between the proteasome and anthracycline anticancer agents, and the function of the proteasome in apoptosis. Exposure of L1210 mouse lymphocytic leukemia cells to adriamycin (A...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kiyomiya K,Kurebe M,Nakagawa H,Matsuo S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL-2) which has no cross-resistance with chemotherapy, has given responses in tumors resistant to chemotherapy, and shown to be more effective when tumor burden is low. 13-cis retinoic acid (RA) has immunomodulatory properties, potentially synergistic with IL-2. The objective of this pilot phase II stud...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Recchia F,De Filippis S,Rosselli M,Saggio G,Fumagalli L,Rea S

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (CaP), the most common malignancy in American men, presents its greatest challenge to clinicians when the cancer progresses to the hormone-refractory state. In the present investigation, we studied the combined effects of interferon (IFN) and onconase, each of which has reported antitumor activity, on ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Tsai SY,Hsieh TC,Ardelt B,Darzynkiewicz Z,Wu JM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have analyzed 18 families with high incidence of breast cancer or breast and ovarian cancer for the presence of BRCA1 mutations. We identified 4 mutations in the BRCA1 gene in 4 unrelated probands who belong to families with at least 1 case of breast and 1 case of ovarian cancer. Two of the mutations reported in th...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Curci A,Capasso I,Romano A,Bruni P,Motti ML,Pignata S,D'Aiuto G,Casamassimi A,D'Urso M,Fusco A,Viglietto G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although only less than 10% of women with primary breast cancer have clinicopathologic signs of overt metastases, metastatic relapse occurs in about half of the cases with apparently localized tumors within five years after surgery. In 23% of the patients, bone marrow metastases are detectable at first relapse and thi...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kasimir-Bauer S,Oberhoff C,Schindler AE,Seeber S

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Equiguard is a dietary supplement comprised of standardized extracts from nine herbs, respectively, Herba epimedium brevicornum Maxim (stem and leaves), Radix morindae officinalis (root), Fructus rosa laevigatae michx (fruit), Rubus chingii Hu (fruit), Schisandra chinensis (Turz.) Baill (fruit), Ligustrum lucidum ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Hsieh TC,Lu X,Guo J,Xiong W,Kunicki J,Darzynkiewicz Z,Wu JM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense oligonucleotides have been investigated as anticancer agents administered alone or in combination with conventional chemotherapeutics. In the present study, we demonstrated synergistic effects between anti-MDM2 antisense oligonucleotides and the clinically used anticancer agent irinotecan, using nude mouse m...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Wang H,Wang S,Nan L,Yu D,Agrawal S,Zhang R

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we demonstrated that a mutated human prolactin (hPRL) with a single amino acid substitution at position 129 (hPRL-G129R) was able to inhibit human breast cancer cell proliferation via the induction of apoptosis. In this study, we report the in vivo anti-tumor effects of hPRL-G129R in nude mice bearing human...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Chen NY,Holle L,Li W,Peirce SK,Beck MT,Chen WY

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated three clonally related human keratinocyte cell lines of different biological behaviour, HaCaT (non-tumorigenic), A5 (benign, tumorigenic) and II-4RT (malignant, tumorigenic), with regard to the cell-associated localization of the major MMPs -1, -2, -3, -9, -10 and -11. These observations were correlate...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Bachmeier BE,Nerlich AG

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PDZ-domain protein GIPC1/GIPC interacts with GTPase-activating protein RGS-GAIP, TGFbeta type III receptor, and integrin alpha6A subunit. Kermit, a Xenopus orthologue of human GIPC1, interacts with some class of WNT receptor. In this study, we identified a novel GIPC1-related gene in human genome by using bioinformati...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kirikoshi H,Katoh M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation between the consumption of cruciferous vegetables and reduced prostate cancer occurrence has been documented, although the responsible phytochemicals are unknown. The effects of sulforaphane (SFN) which occurs as the precursor glucosinolate in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables, and its metabolite ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Chiao JW,Chung FL,Kancherla R,Ahmed T,Mittelman A,Conaway CC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The FHIT gene, at 3p14.2, has been suggested to form a molecular target to damage induced by human lung carcinogens. We examined aberrant expression of the Fhit protein and allele loss at the FHIT gene in a series of lung cancer cases, mainly of non-small cell carcinoma (NSCLC) histology. We had detailed data on tobac...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Pylkkanen L,Wolff H,Stjernvall T,Tuominen P,Sioris T,Karjalainen A,Anttila S,Husgafvel-Pursiainen K

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tap1 and Tap2 genes encoding for a heterodimeric peptide transporter play a key role in antigen processing and presentation. The TAP complex mediates the transport of peptides generated by the IFN-gamma-inducible proteasome subunits LMP2, 7 and 10 from the cytosol into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where they bi...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Seliger B,Bock M,Ritz U,Huber C

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether the soluble tumor-associated antigens (sTAA) of 66 kDa and 51 kDa could promote suppression of chemically-induced rat mammary tumorigenesis by the hormone-related anticancer drug tamoxifen and prevent the drug's toxic side-effects. Dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA, 10 mg/rat, 3 administrations)...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Ben-Hur H,Kossoy G,Zusman I

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of carcinoma is associated with alterations in the expression of many cell adhesion molecules. Syndecan-1 is a cell surface proteoglycan that binds cells to the extracellular matrix and changes its expression following malignant transformation in some tumors. Our purpose was to examine the pattern of s...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Numa F,Hirabayashi K,Kawasaki K,Sakaguchi Y,Sugino N,Suehiro Y,Suminami Y,Hirakawa H,Umayahara K,Nawata S,Ogata H,Kato H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frizzled (FZD) genes encode receptors for WNTs, which play key roles in carcinogenesis and embryogenesis. We have previously cloned the FZD10 gene, and demonstrated up-regulation of FZD10 mRNA in the cervical cancer cell line HeLa S3, gastric cancer cell lines TMK1 and MKN74, and 4 cases out of 10 cases of primary gas...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Saitoh T,Mine T,Katoh M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene amplification occurs frequently in human glioblastomas. We report the amplification and expression analysis of glioma amplified sequence 64 (GAS64) which was recently identified by microdissection mediated cDNA capture from the amplicon at 12q13-15. Herein we analyzed primary tumor tissues for amplification frequ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Fischer U,Schütz N,Hemmer D,Meese E

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical lymph node metastasis is the most common recurrence pattern of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), and it is usually treated with radiation therapy and/or neck dissection. There has long been a desire for markers useful in predicting radiosensitivity to enable assignment of patients with recurrent ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Ito Y,Kamijo T,Yokose T,Kawashima M,Ogino T,Ikeda H,Hayashi R,Sasaki S,Ochiai A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prognostic significance of 20 putative markers has been assessed in a consecutive series of 1,198 patients with malignant lymphoma seen by the Sheffield Lymphoma Group over three decades. Univariate analysis disclosed that ten factors for both Hodgkin's disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) Grade I, and tw...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Low SE,Horsman JM,Hancock H,Walters SJ,Hancock BW

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed interventional treatments on 50 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and analyzed the relationship between these treatments and the exacerbation of liver function after treatment. The different treatments included transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE), percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (P...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Okano H,Shiraki K,Inoue H,Deguchi M,Sugimoto K,Sakai T,Ohmori S,Murata K,Nakano T,Yamakado K,Takeda K

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modifying effects of dietary administration of capsaicin, which is the principal pungent capsicum fruit, and rotenone, which is a naturally occurring pesticide derived from Derris and Lonchorcarpus species, on azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon tumorigenesis were investigated in male F344 rats. Gavage with capsaicin...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Yoshitani SI,Tanaka T,Kohno H,Takashima S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WNT signaling pathway is implicated in carcinogenesis and embryogenesis. We have previously cloned and characterized WNT10A, and demonstrated up-regulation of WNT10A in gastric cancer. Here, we investigated expression of WNT10A mRNA in various types of human cancer. WNT10A mRNA was detected in 10 out of 12 esophageal ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Kirikoshi H,Inoue S,Sekihara H,Katoh M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase activity (TA) is associated with most malignant human tumors but is not detected in normal somatic cells with a few exceptions. Three major subunits (hTR, hTP1 and hTERT) of telomerase have been identified. To investigate the clinical implications of the mRNA detection of these components as useful diagnost...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Lee BK,Diebel E,Neukam FW,Wiltfang J,Ries J

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of differentiation represents a promising concept for chemotherapy of malignant gliomas, which are often refractory even to the combined treatment with surgery, irradiation and chemotherapy. Since anti-neoplastic alkylphosphocholines can induce differentiation of leukemic cell lines, the effects of the intra...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Jendrossek V,Kugler W,Erdlenbruch B,Eibl H,Lakomek M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutational inactivation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) (p16CDKN2a) tumor suppressor gene has been found in a variety of human tumor types. To investigate the involvement of CDKI abnormality in clear cell chondrosarcoma, alterations of CDKIs were examined in clear cell chondrosarcoma tissues using a ...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Park YK,Cho CH,Chi SG,Han CS,Ushigome S,Unni KK

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most malignant tumors have a defect in the Rb pathway that allows them to proliferate autonomously, unrestricted by the availability of mitogens and growth factors. This defect preconditions tumor cells to be less sensitive to inhibitors of growth factor receptors and/or signal transduction pathways that arrest normal...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Du L,Smolewski P,Bedner E,Traganos F,Darzynkiewicz Z

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary adenocarcinoma (PAC) is the leading type of lung cancer and is highly resistant to conventional cancer therapy. A better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms which control the growth of this deadly malignancy are urgently needed to develop more effective cancer intervention strategies. Recent studies h...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Schuller HM,Plummer HK 3rd,Bochsler PN,Dudric P,Bell JL,Harris RE

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of the extracellular matrix is a prerequisite for the invasive phenotype in glioma cells. Several proteases released by invading tumor cells seem to participate in the focal degradation of extracellular matrix proteins. Using enzymatic assays, Western blotting, and Northern blotting techniques, we investig...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Konduri S,Lakka SS,Tasiou A,Yanamandra N,Gondi CS,Dinh DH,Olivero WC,Gujrati M,Rao JS

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of intravenous thermosensitive liposomal doxorubicin (TL-DOX) together with local hyperthermia on primary tumors in highly metastatic hamster osteosarcoma. This combination resulted in higher DOX concentrations in plasma, primary tumors and lungs than standard DOX under the same conditions. Tum...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Shimose S,Sugita T,Nitta Y,Kubo T,Ikuta Y,Murakami T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas usually involve extranodal sites, especially the stomach, lung and salivary glands. The Bcl10 gene was recently isolated from the breakpoint region of t(1;14) (p22;q32) in MALT lymphomas, and considered to be an apoptosis-associated gene, and involves a caspase recrui...

journal_title：International journal of oncology

authors： Ohshima K,Muta H,Kawasaki C,Muta K,Deyev V,Kanda M,Kumano Y,Podack ER,Kikuchi M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00