Journal Articles

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Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 mutants regulate angiogenesis of human umbilical and lung vascular endothelial cells

Joanna Chorostowska-Wynimko, Rafal Swiercz, Ewa Skrzypczak-Jankun, Steven H. Selman, Jerzy Jankun

Pages: 1155-1162 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Relationship between immunohistochemical evaluation of thymidylate synthase and proliferating cell nuclear antigen labeling index in gastrointestinal carcinoma

Yukihiro Kunimoto, Takeshi Nakamura, Masakazu Ohno, Yoshikazu Kuroda

Pages: 1163-1167 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Suppressive effect of CPT-11 on rat esophageal tumorigenesis induced by N-nitrosomethylbenzylamine

Yushi Fukiwara, Harushi Osugi, Keichirou Morimura, Masashi Takemura, Shigeru Lee, Kazuhiro Hirohashi, Shoji Fukushima, Shigefumi Suehiro

Pages: 1169-1176 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Amplicon profiling reveals cytoplasmic overexpression of MUC1 protein as an indicator of resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with ovarian cancer

Masashi Takano, Kazuyuki Fujii, Tsunekazu Kita, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, Kazuhiko Uchida

Pages: 1177-1182 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Induction of apoptosis by maackiain and trifolirhizin (maackiain glycoside) isolated from sanzukon (Sophora Subprostrate Chen et T. Chen) in human promyelotic leukemia HL-60 cells

Yue Aratanechemuge, Hiroshige Hibasami, Hirotaka Katsuzaki, Kunio Imai, Takashi Komiya

Pages: 1183-1188 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Expression of survivin mRNA associates with apoptosis, proliferation and histologically aggressive features in hepatocellular carcinoma

Soichiro Morinaga, Yoshiyasu Nakamura, Naoki Ishiwa, Takaki Yoshikawa, Yoshikazu Noguchi, Yuji Yamamoto, Yasushi Rino, Toshio Imada, Yoshinori Takanashi, Makoto Akaike, Yukio Sugimasa, Shoji Takemiya

Pages: 1189-1194 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Intrinsic radiosensitivity by metallothionein expression has no great influence on clinical radiosensitivity in esophageal carcinoma

Takuma Nomiya, Kenji Nemoto, Eiko Nakata, Hideo Miyachi, Yoshihiro Takai, Shogo Yamada

Pages: 1195-1199 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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P-glycoprotein 170 expression and function as an adverse independent prognostic factor in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

F. Casale, V. D'Angelo, R. Addeo, M. Caraglia, S. Crisci, R. Rondelli, M. T. Di Tullio, P. Indolfi

Pages: 1201-1207 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Nitric oxide production in fluoro-edenite treated mouse monocyte-macrophage cultures

Venera Cardile, Lidia Proietti, Annamaria Panico, Laura Lombardo

Pages: 1209-1215 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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The role of hMSH3 and hMSH6 in ovarian endometrioid carcinoma and relationship with microsatellite instability phenotype

Constance T. Albarracin, Elvio G. Silva, Anais Malpica, Rajalakshmi Luthra, Jinsong Liu

Pages: 1217-1219 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Assessment of K-ras, Smad4 and p53 gene alterations in colorectal metastases and their role in the metastatic process

Lorena Losi, Gabriele Luppi, Jean Benhattar

Pages: 1221-1225 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Demonstration of human telomerase reverse transcriptase by in situ hybridization in lung carcinoma

Mitsuhiro Fukushima, Naotaka Shimomura, Ken-Ichi Nakamura, Makoto Kammori, Kiyoshi Koizumi, Kazuo Shimizu, Kaiyo Takubo

Pages: 1227-1232 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Methyl jasmonate induces apoptosis through induction of Bax/Bcl-Xs and activation of caspase-3 via ROS production in A549 cells

Ji Hye Kim, Su Yeon Lee, Su Young Oh, Song Iy Han, Hye Gyeong Park, Mi-Ae Yoo, Ho Sung Kang

Pages: 1233-1238 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Cdx2 expression in pancreatic tumors: Relationship with prognosis of invasive ductal carcinomas

Kakuya Matsumoto, Tsutomu Mizoshita, Tetsuya Tsukamoto, Naotaka Ogasawara, Akihiro Hirata, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Masakazu Haneda, Kenji Yamao, Masae Tatematsu

Pages: 1239-1243 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

mRNA and protein expression of PUMA in sporadic colorectal cancer

Agneta Jansson, Gunnar Arbman, Xiao-Feng Sun

Pages: 1245-1249 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Characterization of stage-specific embryonic antigen-1 expression during early stages of human embryogenesis

Shanrong Liu, Houqi Liu, Shuping Tang, Yuqiong Pan, Kaihong Ji, Hui Ning, Shuling Wang, Zhongtian Qi, Lingsong Li

Pages: 1251-1256 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Utility of initial MRI for predicting extent of residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Analysis of 70 breast cancer patients

Yoriko Murata, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Shoji Yoshida, Kei Kubota, Satoshi Itoh, Mitsutaka Fukumoto, Akihito Nishioka, Toshiaki Moriki, Hironori Maeda, Yosuke Tanaka

Pages: 1257-1262 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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TU12B1-TY, a novel gene in the region at 12q22-q23.1 frequently deleted in pancreatic cancer, shows reduced expression in pancreatic cancer cells

Toshimasa Yatsuoka, Toru Furukawa, Makoto Sunamura, Seiki Matsuno, Akira Horii

Pages: 1263-1268 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Hotspot mutations of BRAF gene are not associated with pediatric solid neoplasms

Jiangyong Miao, Takeshi Kusafuka, Masahiro Fukuzawa

Pages: 1269-1272 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Loss of imprinting of PEG1/MEST in lung cancer cell lines

Hirofumi Nakanishi, Tetsuji Suda, Motonobu Katoh, Akiko Watanabe, Tadashi Igishi, Masahiro Kodani, Shingo Matsumoto, Masaki Nakamoto, Yasushi Shigeoka, Tetsuro Okabe, Mitsuo Oshimura, Eiji Shimizu

Pages: 1273-1278 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Effects of thymidine phosphorylase levels in cancer, background mucosa, and regional lymph nodes on survival of advanced gastric cancer patients receiving postoperative fluoropyrimidine therapy

Takeo Kosaka, Kazuo Usami, Nobuo Ueshige, Junichi Sugaya, Yasuharu Nakano, Shigeki Takashima

Pages: 1279-1286 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Gene expression in response to anti-tumour intervention by polysaccharide-K (PSK) in colorectal carcinoma cells

Reigetsu Yoshikawa, Hidenori Yanagi, Tomoko Hashimoto-Tamaoki, Tomonori Morinaga, Yoshiro Nakano, Masafumi Noda, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Haruki Okamura, Takehira Yamamura

Pages: 1287-1293 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Long-term survival of patients with advanced colorectal cancer may not be due to the response to chemotherapy

George P. Stathopoulos, Sotiris K. Rigatos, Nicos A. Malamos, John G. Stathopoulos, Panayiota Thallasinou, Ekaterini Papazachariou, Fotini Antoniou, Emmanuel Kondopodis, John Xynotroulas

Pages: 1295-1300 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Predicting recurrence and metastasis of stage III/Dukes' C colorectal cancer with lymph node metastasis

Masaya Mukai, Shinkichi Sato, Tomomi Kimura, Hiromi Ninomiya, Nobukazu Komatsu, Takayuki Tajima, Hisao Nakasaki, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Pages: 1301-1304 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Predicting recurrence and metastasis of Dukes' A primary colorectal cancer with or without proper muscle invasion

Masaya Mukai, Shinkichi Sato, Hiromi Ninomiya, Tomomi Kimura, Nobukazu Komatsu, Takayuki Tajima, Hisao Nakasaki, Hiroyasu Makuuchi

Pages: 1305-1308 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

ErbB2 oncogene antibodies differentiate between the normal and diseased pancreas, and between chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer

Jens Standop, Matthias Schneider, Alexis Ulrich, Guenther Mathiak, Randall E. Brand, Markus W. Buechler, Parviz M. Pour

Pages: 1309-1315 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Immunohistochemical staining of metallothionein in canine mammary tumors: better survival with higher expression

Sérgio Vitorino Cardoso, Marcelo Vidigal Caliari, Maria Cássia Ferreira de Aguiar, Geovanni Dantas Cassali

Pages: 1317-1321 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Inactivation of HTB63 human melanoma cells by irradiation with protons and gamma rays

Aleksandra Ristic-Fira, Ivan Petrovic, Danijela Todorovic, Lela Koricanac, Miroslava Vujèic, Miroslav Demajo, Gabriella Sabini, Pablo Cirrone, Giacomo Cuttone

Pages: 1323-1328 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Response of T and B lymphocytes in the spleen, lymph nodes and mammary tumors in rats treated with human soluble tumor-associated antigens and commercial human albumin

Herzl Ben-Hur, George Kossoy, Herbert Mehrdad, Asher Elhayany, Itshak Zusman

Pages: 1329-1333 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Frequent CYP1A1 expression in gastric cancers and their related lesions

Kai-Li Zhang, Jing-Xin Ma, Xiao-Yan Chen, Yuan Sun, Qing-You Kong, Jia Liu, Hong Li

Pages: 1335-1340 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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PTEN and DMBT1 homozygous deletion and expression in medulloblastomas and supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors

María Del Mar Inda, Javier Mercapide, Jorge Muñoz, Philippe Coullin, Giséle Danglot, Teresa Tuñon, José María Martínez-Peñuela, José María Rivera, Juan J. Burgos, Alain Bernheim, Javier S. Castresana

Pages: 1341-1347 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

The role of Raf-1 in radiation resistance of human hepatocellular carcinoma Hep G2 cells

W. Y. Tang, Sophia P.Y. Chau, W. P. Tsang, S. K. Kong, T. T. Kwok

Pages: 1349-1354 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Expression levels of melanoma inhibitory activity correlate with time to progression in patients with high-grade glioma

Peter Hau, Petra Ruemmele, Leoni A. Kunz-Schughart, Anett Doerfelt, Birgit Hirschmann, Annette Lohmeier, Horst Koch, Adolf Mueller, Ulrich Bogdahn, Anja-Katrin Bosserhoff

Pages: 1355-1364 Published online on: 01 December 2004
Article

Effect of lung resistance-related protein on the resistance to cisplatin in human ovarian cancer cell lines

Wei Wang, Shunan Ke, Gang Chen, Qinglei Gao, Sufang Wu, Shixuan Wang, Jianfeng Zhou, Xiaokui Yang, Yunping Lu, Ding Ma

Pages: 1365-1370 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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Lovastatin potentiates antitumor effects of saquinavir against human lymphoma cells

Tadeusz Issat, Dominika Nowis, Marek Jakóbisiak, Jakub Golab

Pages: 1371-1375 Published online on: 01 December 2004
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December 2004
Volume 12 Issue 6

Print ISSN: 1021-335X
Online ISSN: 1791-2431

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