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We analyzed the effects of IFN-α2b and TGF-β1 treatments on Wnt/β-catenin pathway, Smads proteins levels, β-catenin/TCF4/Smads interaction and proliferation and apoptotic death in HepG2/C3A and Huh7 cell lines. IFN-α2b and TGF-β1 attenuated Wnt/β-catenin signal by decreasing β-catenin and Fr...
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PMID: 21843516
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We have discovered that other cellular stressors are integrated with glucocorticoid signaling through a new hormone-independent phosphorylation site, Ser134, on the human glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Ser134 phosphorylation is induced by a variety of stress-activating stimuli in a p38 mitogen-activa...
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PMID: 21930780
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We addressed whether p130-DREAM is disrupted in HPV16-transformed cervical cancer cells and whether this is a critical function for E6/E7. We found that p130-DREAM was greatly diminished in HPV16-transformed cervical carcinoma cells (CaSki and SiHa) compared with control cell lines; however, when E6...
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PMID: 21813705
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We show that inhibition of Bcr-Abl oncogene by imatinib induces down-regulation of Jab1 in Bcr-Abl-positive K562, Ku812, and MEG01 leukemia cells suggesting Bcr-Abl may regulate Jab1 expression. Promoter deletion and mutation analysis indicate the Tcf-4/β-catenin and STAT1 binding sites located bet...
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PMID: 21935931
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We show that SFN treatment causes a concentration-dependent reduction in PcG protein (Bmi-1, Ezh2) expression in SCC-13 skin cancer cells and also reduces trimethylation of lysine 27 of histone H3. This is associated with accumulation of cells in G(2)/M phase; reduced levels of cyclin B1, cyclin A,...
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PMID: 21807989
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We show that the negatively charged phospholipid phosphatidylserine (PS) is exposed in the outer leaflet of their plasma membrane not only in tumor cell lines, but also in metastases and primary cultures thereof, which contrasts with a lack of PS exposure by differentiated non-tumorigenic counterpar...
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PMID: 21810406
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Zhuo Z Zhang,
Xin X Wang,
Senping S Cheng,
Lijuan L Sun,
Young-Ok YO Son,
Hua H Yao,
Wenqi W Li,
Amit A Budhraja,
Li L Li,
Brent J BJ Shelton,
Thomas T Tucker,
Susanne M SM Arnold and
Xianglin X Shi
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We investigate the possible linkage between ROS, β-catenin and arsenic induced transformation and tumorigenesis in human colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line, DLD1 cells. Our results show that arsenic was able to activate p47(phox) and p67(phox), two key proteins for activation of NADPH oxidase. Ars...
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PMID: 21854796
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Treatment for lung cancer is still far from satisfying rates. Therefore, there is a need for novel anticancer agents. For this purpose, novel platinum and palladium complexes {[Pd(sac)(terpy)](sac)·4H(2)O (Complex 1), [Pt(sac)(terpy)](sac)·5H(2)O (Complex 2), [PdCl(terpy)](sac)·2H(2)O (Complex 3),...
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PMID: 21809029
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We tested whether or not reintroduction of pro-IL-16 into solid tumors in mice could halt tumor growth....
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PMID: 21818556
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A new sensitive method for multiplex gene-specific methylation analysis was developed using a ligation-based approach combined with a TaqMan-based detection and readout employing universal reporter probes. The approach, termed methylation-specific Ligation Detection Reaction (msLDR),...
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PMID: 21879293
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The objective was to investigate the upstream apoptotic mechanisms that were triggered by a styrylpyrone derivative, goniothalamin (GTN), in tumor protein p53 (TP53)-positive and -negative hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-derived cells. Effects of GTN were evaluated by the flow cytometry, alkaline come...
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PMID: 21810437
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We are the first to indicate that targeting IGF1R together with doxorubicin achieved additive anti-osteosarcoma growth effect, accompanied with increased apoptosis, cytotoxicity, and dual cell cycle arrests. In conclusion, IGF1R inhibition can enhance doxorubicin chemotherapy in some osteosarcoma ce...
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PMID: 21843050
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The p53 gene product is an attractive target for tumor immunotherapy. The present study aims to understand the potential of MVAp53 vaccine to induce expansion of p53-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte ex vivo in cancer patients. The result indicated that 14 of 23 cancer patients demonstrated p53-specifi...
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PMID: 21843052
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We show that changes in the alternative splicing of macroH2A1 pre-mRNA, which lead to a decrease in macroH2A1.1 expression, occur in a variety of cancers, including testicular, lung, bladder, cervical, breast, colon, ovarian, and endometrial. Furthermore, reintroduction of macroH2A1.1 suppresses the...
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PMID: 21844227
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Helicobacter pylori is a risk factor for the development of gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcers, and gastric adenocarcinoma. H. pylori-induced disruption of epithelial adherens junctions (AJs) is thought to promote the development of severe disease; however, the mechanisms whereby H. pylori alters AJ st...
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PMID: 21825064
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We also observed synergic co-inhibition of the cell cycle of SK-OV-3 in the S phase.
We conclude that CH12 antibody is a promising candidate for clinical therapy for ovarian cancer cells, which has lower sensitivity to cisplatin treatment; however, the underlying mechanism needs furt...
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PMID: 21809030
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We examined the possibility of antitumor activity by expressing LIGHT in cervical cancer (CC) model. A recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector was chosen for the transfer, based on its transfection efficiency and lack of detectable pathology. In vitro transfer of recombinant AAV vector expre...
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PMID: 21904218
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We demonstrated that overexpressed HO-1 promotes the survival of renal cancer cells by inhibiting cellular apoptosis; we also showed that the proto-oncogene H-Ras becomes activated in these cells under stress following treatment with immunosuppressive agents. However, it is not known if there is an...
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PMID: 21808062
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We show that ITC-induced apoptosis of oncogene-transformed cells involves thiol modification of DNA topoisomerase II (Top2) based on the following observations. 1) siRNA-mediated knockdown of Top2α in both SV40-transformed MEFs and Ras-transformed human mammary epithelial MCF-10A cells resulted in...
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PMID: 21828038
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We report here that mda-9/syntenin, a positive regulator of cancer metastasis, regulates the activation of Akt (also known as protein kinase B) by facilitating ILK adaptor function during adhesion to type I collagen (COL-I) in human breast cancer cells. COL-I stimulation induced the phosphorylation...
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PMID: 21828040
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Kazutomo Kinoshita,
Takamitsu Kobayashi,
Kohsuke Asoh,
Noriyuki Furuichi,
Toshiya Ito,
Hatsuo Kawada,
Sousuke Hara,
Jun Ohwada,
Kazuo Hattori,
Takuho Miyagi,
Woo-Sang Hong,
Min-Jeong Park,
Kenji Takanashi,
Toshiyuki Tsukaguchi,
Hiroshi Sakamoto,
Takuo Tsukuda and
Nobuhiro Oikawa
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9-Substituted 6,6-dimethyl-11-oxo-6,11-dihydro-5H-benzo[b]carbazoles were discovered as highly selective and potent anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors by structure-based drug design. The high target selectivity was achieved by introducing a substituent close to the E(0) regi...
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PMID: 21823617
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We demonstrate that neutrophils accumulate in the lung prior to the arrival of metastatic cells in mouse models of breast cancer. Tumor-entrained neutrophils (TENs) inhibit metastatic seeding in the lungs by generating H(2)O(2) and tumor secreted CCL2 is a critical mediator of optimal antimetastatic...
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PMID: 21907922
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Wing-Hang WH Tong,
Carole C Sourbier,
Gennady G Kovtunovych,
Suh Young SY Jeong,
Manish M Vira,
Manik M Ghosh,
Vladimir Valera VV Romero,
Rachid R Sougrat,
Sophie S Vaulont,
Benoit B Viollet,
Yeong-Sang YS Kim,
Sunmin S Lee,
Jane J Trepel,
Ramaprasad R Srinivasan,
Gennady G Bratslavsky,
Youfeng Y Yang,
W Marston WM Linehan and
Tracey A TA Rouault
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Inactivation of the TCA cycle enzyme, fumarate hydratase (FH), drives a metabolic shift to aerobic glycolysis in FH-deficient kidney tumors and cell lines from patients with hereditary leiomyomatosis renal cell cancer (HLRCC), resulting in decreased levels of AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and p53 tumor...
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PMID: 21907923
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Ayumu A Taguchi,
Katerina K Politi,
Sharon J SJ Pitteri,
William W WW Lockwood,
Vitor M VM Faça,
Karen K Kelly-Spratt,
Chee-Hong CH Wong,
Qing Q Zhang,
Alice A Chin,
Kwon-Sik KS Park,
Gary G Goodman,
Adi F AF Gazdar,
Julien J Sage,
Daniela M DM Dinulescu,
Raju R Kucherlapati,
Ronald A RA Depinho,
Christopher J CJ Kemp,
Harold E HE Varmus and
Samir M SM Hanash
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We compared plasma protein profiles of four mouse models of lung cancer with profiles of models of pancreatic, ovarian, colon, prostate, and breast cancer and two models of inflammation. A protein signature for Titf1/Nkx2-1, a known lineage-survival oncogene in lung cancer, was found in plasmas of m...
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PMID: 21907921
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Jing-Yu JY Lang,
Jennifer L JL Hsu,
Funda F Meric-Bernstam,
Chun-Ju CJ Chang,
Qingfei Q Wang,
Yi Y Bao,
Hirohito H Yamaguchi,
Xiaoming X Xie,
Wendy A WA Woodward,
Dihua D Yu,
Gabriel N GN Hortobagyi and
Mien-Chie MC Hung
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We show that BIKDD, a constitutively active mutant form of proapoptotic gene, BIK, effectively induces apoptosis of breast cancer cells and synergizes with lapatinib. Most importantly, BikDD significantly reduces BCICs through co-antagonism of its binding partners Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and Mcl-1, suggestin...
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PMID: 21907925
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We used activated EL-4 murine T-lymphoma cells, which produce interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5, but not interferon (IFN)-γ, as T(H)2 cell-like cells and treated them with PMA+cAMP to investigate the effects of shikonin on T(H)2 cytokines, transcriptional factors, and the related mitogen-activated protei...
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PMID: 21806999
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We previously identified a novel Jak2 inhibitor named G6. We showed that G6 specifically inhibits Jak2 kinase activity and suppresses Jak2-mediated cellular proliferation. To elucidate the molecular and biochemical mechanisms by which G6 inhibits Jak2-mediated cellular proliferation, we treated Jak2...
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PMID: 21823612
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We show MMP-9 overexpression conferred a poor prognosis in 163 GBM patients. Furthermore, MMP-9 specific miRNA expression profile (14 positively and 31 negatively correlated miRNAs with MMP-9) was established via miRNA microarrays in 60 GBM samples. Among them, two miRNAs: miR-885-5p and miR-491-5p,...
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PMID: 21831363
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We therefore developed a strategy to combine K vitamins with sorafenib to treat HCC, and found that this combination enhanced sorafenib-induced HCC cell growth inhibition. To explore the mechanisms involved, we examined the role of Raf kinase, since both vitamins K and sorafenib were reported to inh...
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PMID: 21734462
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We show that pretreatment with IFN-α enhanced TRAIL-induced apoptosis of gastric cancer MGC803 cells. IFN-α up-regulated death receptor 5 (DR5) expression and down-regulated survivin expression. Furthermore, extracellular-regulated protein kinase (ERK1/2) activation was induced by IFN-α, and a co...
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PMID: 21725207
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Inhibitors of B-Raf and MEK kinases hold promise for the management of cutaneous melanomas harboring BRAF mutations. BRAF mutations are rare in uveal melanomas (UMs), but somatic mutations in the G protein α subunits Gαq and Gα11 (encoded by GNAQ and GNA11, respectively) occur in...
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PMID: 21828154
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We characterized four new canine OS cell lines and confirmed the relationship between PKC and ezrin in these cells. Three of four cell lines formed tumours in mice that were histologically consistent with OS. All cell lines were markedly aneuploid and expressed ezrin and PKC. Finally, both ezrin pho...
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PMID: 21848623
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Understanding the inherent radiosensitivity and repair capacity of canine transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) can aid in optimizing radiation protocols to treat this disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the parameters surviving fraction at 2 Gy (SF(2) ), α/β ratio and capacity for sub...
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PMID: 21848626
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Our aim was to construct and characterize (111)In-nuclear translocation sequence (NLS)-7G3, an Auger electron-emitting radioimmunotherapeutic agent that preferentially recognizes the expression of CD123 (interleukin-3 receptor [IL-3R] α-subchain) in the absence of CD131 (IL-3R β-subchain) displayed...
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PMID: 21816968
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Therapy of cancer, including basallike breast tumors, that targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) would greatly benefit from noninvasive methods that can quantitatively monitor receptor status and treatment response.
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PMID: 21849406
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De-Gang DG Fan,
Feng F Zhao,
Yong Y Ding,
Ming-Mei MM Wu,
Qing-Yu QY Fan,
Katsuji K Shimizu,
Taikoh T Dohjima,
Satoshi S Nozawa,
Kazuhiko K Wakahara,
Takatoshi T Ohno,
Yun-Shan YS Guo,
Bao-An BA Ma and
Jian-Li JL Jiang
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We previously reported that it also plays a key role in the tumorigenesis and metastasis of human osteosarcoma. In the present study, we constructed a recombinant encoding BLCAP cDNA. Overexpression of BLCAP resulted in growth inhibition and induced apoptosis of human TC-135 Ewing's sarcoma cells in...
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PMID: 21844121
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We used immunoelectron microscopy to determine whether caspase-cleaved tau was present in NFTs of rTg4510 mice. Using a caspase-cleaved tau-specific antibody (TauC3), we found very little immunogold labeling in NFTs in the brains of rTg4510 mice. By immunohistochemistry, the number of TauC3-positive...
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PMID: 21865886
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We show that two PARP1 inhibitors, PJ-34 and 3-AB, attenuate AKT phosphorylation at serine 473 (S473) independent of DNA repair impairment. These inhibitors decrease the AKT-associated phosphorylation of FOXO3A, enhance the nuclear retention of FOXO3A, and activate its transcriptional activity. We f...
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PMID: 21821012
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We have utilized d-cAMP-induced terminally differentiated NB2a cells in culture as an experimental model to study the effects of statins. The cell survival and proliferation were studied by MTT. Measurement of neurite outgrowth was done by neurotoxicity screening test. NB2a cell differentiation was...
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PMID: 22013720
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We explore whether or not human thyroid cancer cell growth can be curbed by a novel isoflavone derivative generated in our laboratory, the N-t-Boc-hexylenediamine derivative of 7-(O)-carboxymethyl daidzein (cD-tboc). With the exception of the follicular cancer cell line WRO, estrogen receptor (ER)α...
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PMID: 21600982
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We attempt to investigate the interaction of metformin, PR and IGF-II expression, and identify whether metformin can enhance the antitumor effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) using Ishikawa and HEC-1B EC cell lines. We found that both IGF-I and IGF-II inhibit PR A/B mRNA and protein expressi...
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PMID: 21168492
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We established several CD4 T-cell clones by in vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from a healthy donor by a peptide pool of 28 to 30 amino acid long peptides spanning the entire Melan-A/MART-1 protein. These CD4 T-cell clones recognized a peptide that is embedded within Melan-A/...
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PMID: 21760531
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Kui Wang,
Rui Liu,
Jingyi Li,
Jiali Mao,
Yunlong Lei,
Jinhua Wu,
Jun Zeng,
Tao Zhang,
Hong Wu,
Lijuan Chen,
Canhua Huang and
Yuquan Wei
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We examined the biological activities of quercetin against gastric cancer. Our studies demonstrated that exposure of gastric cancer cells AGS and MKN28 to quercetin resulted in pronounced pro-apoptotic effect through activating the mitochondria pathway. Meanwhile, treatment with quercetin induced ap...
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PMID: 21610320
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Polyethylenimine-cyclodextrin-tegafur (PEI-CyD-tegafur) conjugate was synthesized as a novel multifunctional prodrug of tegafur for co-delivery of chemotherapeutic agent tegafur and enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) reporter plasmid DNA. Conjugation of tegafur to PEI-CyD via...
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PMID: 21887847
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We characterized the centrosomal status, ploidy, and gene status (TP53, CDKN2A/B, BRAF, and NRAS) of 15 human metastatic melanoma cell lines. Cells were labelled for pericentrin (a centrosomal marker), DNA and α-tubulin, and scored for centrosome morphology, supernumerary centrosomes, and mitotic s...
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PMID: 22018269
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Cancer-associated thrombosis and enduring inflammation are strongly associated with cancer progression and metastasis. Heparin is the mostly clinically used anticoagulant/antithrombotic drug, and has recently been shown to exhibit antimetastatic and anti-inflammatory activities that...
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PMID: 21676168
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We show that recombinant hepsin cleaves pro-MSP at the consensus site Arg(483)-Val(484) with superior efficiency compared with the known activators MT-SP1 and hepatocyte growth factor activator (HGFA). At least 50% of pro-MSP was processed within 1 hour at a hepsin concentration of 2.4 nmol/L and at...
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PMID: 21875933
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David A Solomon,
Taeyeon Kim,
Laura A Diaz-Martinez,
Joshlean Fair,
Abdel G Elkahloun,
Brent T Harris,
Jeffrey A Toretsky,
Steven A Rosenberg,
Neerav Shukla,
Marc Ladanyi,
Yardena Samuels,
C David James,
Hongtao Yu,
Jung-Sik Kim and
Todd Waldman
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We have identified a clue to the mechanistic origins of aneuploidy through integrative genomic analyses of human tumors. A diverse range of tumor types were found to harbor deletions or inactivating mutations of STAG2, a gene encoding a subunit of the cohesin complex, which regulates the separation...
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PMID: 21852505
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We found that the ZA was converted to another type of AJ with punctate morphology (pAJ) at the margins of epithelial colonies. The F-actin-stabilizing protein EPLIN (epithelial protein lost in neoplasm), which functions to maintain the ZA via its association with αE-catenin, was lost in the pAJs. C...
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PMID: 21844208
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The Fas pathway is described as an activator of the glioblastoma proliferation by increasing the pathogenicity of this tumour. The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) pathway depending on Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) could limit the glioblastoma spreading. Here, Fas and TLR4 pathways were activated in glioblasto...
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PMID: 21852034
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We show that genistein can induce estrogen-dependent MCF-7 tumor cell growth and increase breast cancer-associated aromatase expression and activity in vitro. We have previously developed an in vitro breast cancer model where the positive feedback loop between primary BAFs and estrogen-dependent MCF...
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PMID: 21854827
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These results demonstrate the potential of ellipticine as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of human endometrial cancers....
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PMID: 21843585
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We identified a subset of non-HER2 amplified cancer cells with striking sensitivity to HER2 kinase inhibition-particularly from head and neck tumors. These cells were found to depend on a neuregulin-1 (NRG1)-mediated autocrine loop driving HER3 activation, which can be disrupted by lapatinib. Elevat...
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PMID: 21840482
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Mei M Yi,
Jianbo J Yang,
Xiang X Chen,
Ji J Li,
Xiayu X Li,
Li L Wang,
Yixin Y Tan,
Wei W Xiong,
Ming M Zhou,
James B JB McCarthy,
Guiyuan G Li,
Bo B Xiang and
Hongfu H Xie
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We report that compared with melanocytes in normal skins or benign skin lesions, RASSF1A is down-regulated in melanoma tissues as well as cell lines, and its expression negatively correlates with lymph node metastasis. Following ectopic expression in RASSF1A-deficient melanoma A375 cell line, RASSF1...
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PMID: 21660959
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We conducted two genome-wide RNAi screens identifying genes required for intoxication and demonstrating that requirements are strikingly different between PE and Ricin, with only 13% overlap. Yet factors required by both toxins are present from the endosomes to the ER, and, at the morphological leve...
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PMID: 21782526
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There is a link with the upper and lower airway and disruption of alveolar epithelial cells, which is a potential trigger for the reactivation of the epithelial-mesenchymal trophic unit (EMTU) and induced characteristic airway changes associated with allergic asthma. Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus is...
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PMID: 21819759
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Chronic treatment of SLK cells with one of the five HIV-PIs alone or together resulted in increased resistance to doxorubicin. Co-treatment with one of the HIV-PIs in combination with doxorubicin resulted in a synergistic increase in resistance to doxorubicin, and the degree of resistance was found t...
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PMID: 21829205
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We found that VPA potently induced hyperacetylation of histone H3 and H4, increased the expression of E-cadherin and inhibited cell migration in prostate cancer cells. Furthermore, knock-down of E-cadherin significantly restored the effects of VPA on cell migration, while over-expression of E-cadher...
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PMID: 21901986
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