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Open AccessThe functions and prognostic value of Krüppel‐like factors in breast cancer
Krüppel‐like factors (KLFs) are zinc finger proteins which participate in transcriptional gene regulation. Although increasing evidence indicate that KLFs are involved in carcinogenesis and progression, its cl...
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Mild chronic hypoxia-induced HIF-2α interacts with c-MYC through competition with HIF-1α to induce hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has emerged as a leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally, in which hypoxia and activated hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) play important roles. The sibling rivalry betwee...
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Next-generation sequencing-guided molecular-targeted therapy and immunotherapy for biliary tract cancers
Chemotherapy is a standard regimen for advanced or relapsed biliary tract cancer (BTC) with a 5-year overall survival (OS) rate of approximately 5% and a median OS of less than a year. Targeted therapies and i...
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Open AccessDistinct clinical and prognostic implication of IDH1/2 mutation and other most frequent mutations in large duct and small duct subtypes of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Isocitrate dehydrogenase 1/2 (IDH1/2), BAP1, ARID1A and PBRM1 have been reported as the most frequent mutant genes in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), and their relationships with clinicopathological fea...
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Open AccessCorrection to: miR-182-5p promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by repressing FOXO3a
The original article [1] contains an error in Fig. 5a whereby the Western blot bands representing CyclinD1 have mistakenly been duplicated over the Western blot bands intended to represent SGK.
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Open AccessmiR-182-5p promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by repressing FOXO3a
High frequency of recurrence is the major cause of the poor outcomes for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). microRNA (miR)-182-5p emerged as a high-priority miRNA in HCC and was found to be related ...
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Open AccessMetformin sensitizes sorafenib to inhibit postoperative recurrence and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma in orthotopic mouse models
Sorafenib is recognized as a standard treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, many patients have to adopt dose reduction or terminate the use of sorafenib because of side effects. In ad...
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HIF-2α regulates CDCP1 to promote PKCδ-mediated migration in hepatocellular carcinoma
Overexpression of CUB domain-containing protein 1 (CDCP1), a transmembrane glycoprotein and major substrate of Src family kinases (SFKs), always indicates unfavorable outcomes in various cancers. The character...
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Tenascin-C induces resistance to apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cell through activation of ERK/NF-κB pathway
As a glycol-protein located in extracellular matrix (ECM), tenascin-C (TNC) is absent in most normal adult tissues but is highly expressed in the majority of malignant solid tumors. Pancreatic cancer is charac...
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The prognostic analysis of clinical breast cancer subtypes among patients with liver metastases from breast cancer
To determine whether the inferior outcome noted with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) reflects a higher risk population among patients with breast cancer liver metastases.
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Treatment outcome of patients with liver-only metastases from breast cancer after mastectomy: a retrospective analysis
To evaluate the efficiency of combined treatment of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and systemic chemotherapy (SC) for liver-only metastases from breast cancer after mastectomy.
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Increased prevalence of regulatory T cells in the tumor microenvironment and its correlation with TNM stage of hepatocellular carcinoma
Few detailed studies about the correlations among the expanded prevalence, elevated function of Treg cells in tumor microenvironment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and different clinical tumor stage were r...