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Implantation and Characterization of Human Breast Carcinomas in SCID Mice
To establish a better animal model for the study of human breast carcinomas, we investigated the growth and metastatic potential of surgical specimens of human breast carcinomas in SCID mice, using the large a...
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KiSS1 Suppresses Metastasis in Human Ovarian Cancer via Inhibition of Protein Kinase C Alpha
Metastasis is a vital target for cancer treatment, since the majority of cancer patients die from metastatic, rather than the primary disease. KiSS1 has been identified as a metastasis suppressor gene in melanoma...
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Open AccessThalidomide influences growth and vasculogenic mimicry channel formation in melanoma
To observe the effects of thalidomide on melanoma tumor growth and blood supply patterns in C57 mice.
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Open AccessChemokine CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4 expression are associated with perineural invasion of prostate cancer
To identify the roles of CXCL12 and CXCR4 and the associated mechanism involved in perineural invasion of prostate cancer.
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Open AccessExpression and prognostic significance of THBS1, Cyr61 and CTGF in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Thrombospondin1 (THBS1), cystene-rich protein 61 (Cyr61) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) are all involved in the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) signal pathway, which plays an important role...
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Open AccessDifferential expression of decorin, EGFR and cyclin D1 during mammary gland carcinogenesis in TA2 mice with spontaneous breast cancer
The Tientsin Albino 2 (TA2) mouse is an inbred strain originating from the Kunming strain. It has a high incidence of spontaneous breast cancer without the need for external inducers or carcinogens. Until now,...
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Open AccessAutotaxin expression and its connection with the TNF-alpha-NF-κB axis in human hepatocellular carcinoma
Autotaxin (ATX) is an extracellular lysophospholipase D that generates lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) from lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC). Both ATX and LPA have been shown to be involved in many cancers. However, ...
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Open AccessAutotaxin is induced by TSA through HDAC3 and HDAC7 inhibition and antagonizes the TSA-induced cell apoptosis
Autotaxin (ATX) is a secreted glycoprotein with the lysophospholipase D (lysoPLD) activity to convert lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) into lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), a bioactive lysophospholipid involved in di...
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Open AccessICOS gene polymorphisms are associated with sporadic breast cancer: a case-control study
Inducible costimulator (ICOS), a costimulatory molecular of the CD28 family, provides positive signal to enhance T cell proliferation. Its abnormal expression can disturb the immune response and entail an increa...
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Open AccessPhase II trial of first-line chemoradiotherapy with intensity-modulated radiation therapy followed by chemotherapy for synchronous unresectable distant metastases rectal adenocarcinoma
Based on the hypothesis that first-line chemoradiation followed by chemotherapy was superior for primary tumor and non-inferior for distant lesions compared to chemotherapy alone in synchronous unresectable di...
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Analysis of Clinicopathological Features and Prognostic Factors of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor
Desmoplastic small round cell tumor (DSRCT) is a relatively uncommon and highly aggressive malignancy in young males. It is associated with a poor outcome, due in part to missed diagnosis. To characterize the ...
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Open AccessConcomitant boost IMRT-based neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for clinical stage II/III rectal adenocarcinoma: results of a phase II study
This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy and toxicities of concomitant boost intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) along with capecitabine and oxaliplatin, followed by a cycle of Xelox, in neoad...
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Open AccessProfilin-1 suppresses tumorigenicity in pancreatic cancer through regulation of the SIRT3-HIF1α axis
Tumor cells exhibit abnormal actin remodeling profiles, which involve the altered expressions of several important actin-binding proteins. Profilin1 (Pfn1), originally identified as an actin-associated protein...
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Open AccessInhibition of long non-coding RNA NEAT1 impairs myeloid differentiation in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by the reciprocal translocation t(15;17), which fuses PML with retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα). Although PML-RARα is crucially important for pathogenesis...
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Open AccessSuperior efficacy of rituximab-based chemoimmunotherapy as an initial therapy in newly diagnosed patients with B cell indolent lymphomas: long-term results from a single center in China
Rituximab has been confirmed to improve the survival of patients with B cell indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas (B-iNHLs) in Western world as previously reported, however, it is rarely reported in Chinese cohort. ...
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Open AccessSingle nucleotide polymorphism rs13042395 in the SLC52A3 gene as a biomarker for regional lymph node metastasis and relapse-free survival of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients
SLC52A3 was recently identified as a susceptibility gene for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, associations between the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs13042...
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The mechanism of Jurkat cells apoptosis induced by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans cytolethal distending toxin
Cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) which is produced by Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans causes apoptosis in lymphocytes. But the specific mechanism is not clear. The aim of our research was to investigate th...
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Open AccessStrain elastography imaging for early detection and prediction of tumor response to concurrent chemo-radiotherapy in locally advanced cervical cancer: feasibility study
To investigate the feasibility of strain elastography imaging in early detecting and predicting treatment response in patients receiving concurrent chemo-radiotherapy (CCRT) for locally advanced cervical cancer.
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Open AccessHeterogeneity of PD-L1 expression in primary tumors and paired lymph node metastases of triple negative breast cancer
Programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a potential predictive biomarker of the response to anti-PD-L1/anti- programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) therapy in multiple cancers, including triple negative breast cance...
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Open AccessA three-lncRNA signature predicts overall survival and disease-free survival in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Increasing evidence shows that dysregulated long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) can serve as potential biomarkers for cancer prognosis. However, lncRNA signatures, as potential prognostic biomarkers for esophageal ...