Journal Articles

Review

Epigenetic DNA hypermethylation: Clinical applications in endometrial cancer (Review)

Yuriko Muraki, Kouji Banno, Megumi Yanokura, Yusuke Kobayashi, Makiko Kawaguchi, Hiroyuki Nomura, Akira Hirasawa, Nobuyuki Susumu, Daisuke Aoki

Pages: 967-972 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Review

Focal adhesion kinase as potential target for cancer therapy (Review)

Huifang Hao, Yoshio Naomoto, Xiaohong Bao, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Kazufumi Sakurama, Kazuhiro Noma, Takayuki Motoki, Yasuko Tomono, Takuya Fukazawa, Yasuhiro Shirakawa, Tomoki Yamatsuji, Junji Matsuoka, Z. G. Wang, Munenori Takaoka

Pages: 973-979 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Review
Article

Myosin VI is a modulator of androgen-dependent gene expression

Ildikó Loikkanen, Katja Toljamo, Pasi Hirvikoski, Timo Väisänen, Timo K. Paavonen, Markku H. Vaarala

Pages: 991-995 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Three-dimensional alginate spheroid culture system of murine osteosarcoma

Koji Akeda, Akinobu Nishimura, Haruhiko Satonaka, Ken Shintani, Katsuyuki Kusuzaki, Akihiko Matsumine, Yuichi Kasai, Koichi Masuda, Atsumasa Uchida

Pages: 997-1003 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Expression of the FAM5C in tongue squamous cell carcinoma

Tsukasa Kuroiwa, Nobuharu Yamamoto, Takeshi Onda, Takahiko Shibahara

Pages: 1005-1011 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

The status of KRAS mutations in patients with non-small cell lung cancers from mainland China

Mei Li, Lina Liu, Zhimin Liu, Shichang Yue, Luming Zhou, Qiuping Zhang, Shihua Cheng, Rachel W. Li, Paul N. Smith, Shen Lu

Pages: 1013-1020 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Vitamin D receptor expression is associated with colon cancer in ulcerative colitis

Koji Wada, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kiyoshi Maeda, Toru Inoue, Eiji Noda, Ryosuke Amano, Naoshi Kubo, Kazuya Muguruma, Nobuya Yamada, Masakazu Yashiro, Tetsuji Sawada, Bunzo Nakata, Masaichi Ohira, Kosei Hirakawa

Pages: 1021-1025 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

High expression of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V in mucinous tumors of the ovary

Noriko Takahashi, Eiko Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Ino, Eiji Miyoshi, Tetsuro Nagasaka, Hiroaki Kajiyama, Kiyosumi Shibata, Akihiro Nawa, Fumitaka Kikkawa

Pages: 1027-1032 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Danthron inhibits the migration and invasion of human brain glioblastoma multiforme cells through the inhibition of mRNA expression of focal adhesion kinase, Rho kinases-1 and metalloproteinase-9

Chin-Chung Lin, Jin-Tang Chen, Jai-Sing Yang, Hsu-Feng Lu, Shu-Chun Hsu, Tzu-Wei Tan, Yuh-Tzy Lin, Yi-Shih Ma, Siu-Wan Ip, Jia-Jiuan Wu, Yu-Chinh Li, Jing-Gung Chung

Pages: 1033-1037 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Use of telomelysin (OBP-301) in mouse xenografts of human head and neck cancer

Oumi Nakajima, Daiju Ichimaru, Yasuo Urata, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, Tomohisa Horibe, Masayuki Kohno, Koji Kawakami

Pages: 1039-1043 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Hyperbaric oxygen as a chemotherapy adjuvant in the treatment of osteosarcoma

Yasuomi Kawasoe, Masahiro Yokouchi, Yoshinori Ueno, Hiroaki Iwaya, Hiroki Yoshida, Setsuro Komiya

Pages: 1045-1050 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Houttuynia cordata Thunb extract induces apoptosis through mitochondrial-dependent pathway in HT-29 human colon adenocarcinoma cells

Yih-Jing Tang, Jai-Sing Yang, Chin-Fen Lin, Woei-Cherng Shyu, Minoru Tsuzuki, Chi-Cheng Lu, Yuh-Fung Chen, Kuang-Chi Lai

Pages: 1051-1056 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Different expression of mimecan as a marker for differential diagnosis between NSCLC and SCLC

Cui-Xia Zheng, Shuang-Xia Zhao, Ping Wang, Hui-Min Yu, Cao-Fu Wang, Bing Han, Bin Su, Yi Xiang, Xue-Song Li, Sheng-Xian Li, Qin-Yun Ma, Rong-Xin Zhang, Huan-Ying Wan, Huai-Dong Song

Pages: 1057-1061 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Estrogen receptor-β expression in human laryngeal carcinoma: correlation with the expression of epithelial-mesenchymal transition specific biomarkers

Anastasios K. Goulioumis, Jonas Fuxe, John Varakis, Maria Repanti, Panos Goumas, Helen Papadaki

Pages: 1063-1068 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Induction of tumor inhibition and apoptosis by a candidate tumor suppressor gene DRR1 on 3p21.1

Quan Liu, Xin-Yu Zhao, Rui-Zhen Bai, Shu-Fang Liang, Chun-Lai Nie, Zhu Yuan, Chun-Ting Wang, Yang Wu, Li-Juan Chen, Yu-Quan Wei

Pages: 1069-1075 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

A traditional Chinese medicine formulation consisting of Rhizoma Corydalis and Rhizoma Curcumae exerts synergistic anti-tumor activity

Jian-Li Gao, Tong-Chuan He, Ying-Bo Li, Yi-Tao Wang

Pages: 1077-1083 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Efficient preparation of highly pure chlorin e6 and its photodynamic anti-cancer activity in a rat tumor model

Yeon-Hee Moon, Seong-Min Kwon, Hyo-Jun Kim, Kwan-Young Jung, Jong-Hwan Park, Soo-A Kim, Yong-Chul Kim, Sang-Gun Ahn, Jung-Hoon Yoon

Pages: 1085-1091 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Endothelial VEGFR-3 expression in colorectal carcinomas is associated with hematogenous metastasis

C. Jayasinghe, N. Simiantonaki, R. Michel-Schmidt, C. J. Kirkpatrick

Pages: 1093-1100 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) induces G2/M arrest and apoptosis through sustained activation of cyclin B1-CDK1 kinase

Ping Cheng, Yuhua Li, Liping Yang, Yanjun Wen, Wei Shi, Yongqiu Mao, Ping Chen, Huimin Lv, Qingqing Tang, Yuquan Wei

Pages: 1101-1107 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Expression and prognostic value of L1-CAM in breast cancer

Christine Schröder, Udo Schumacher, Mina Fogel, Friedrich Feuerhake, Volkmar Müller, Ralph M. Wirtz, Peter Altevogt, Sylke Krenkel, Fritz Jänicke, Karin Milde-Langosch

Pages: 1109-1117 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

MMP13 is potentially a new tumor marker for breast cancer diagnosis

Hui-Jen Chang, Ming-Je Yang, Yu-Hsiang Yang, Ming-Feng Hou, Er-Jung Hsueh, Shiu-Ru Lin

Pages: 1119-1127 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Identification and characterization of cancer stem-like cells from primary carcinoma of the cervix uteri

Dingqing Feng, Cheng Peng, Cairong Li, Ying Zhou, Min Li, Bin Ling, Haiming Wei, Zhigang Tian

Pages: 1129-1134 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

CD44 expression during tumor progression of follicular lymphoma

Morihiro Higashi, Yoshiki Sugaya, Satoshi Soeta, Akira Yokota, Genichiro Ishii, Kenichi Harigaya

Pages: 1135-1140 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Analysis of the expression profiles of cytokines and cytokine-related genes during the progression of breast cancer growth in mice

Mi Young Jung, Seung Hyun Kim, Daeho Cho, Tae Sung Kim

Pages: 1141-1147 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

CD24 overexpression in cancer development and progression: A meta-analysis

Ju-Han Lee, Seo-Hee Kim, Eung-Seok Lee, Young-Sik Kim

Pages: 1149-1156 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Induction chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Sojiro Kusumoto, Takashi Hirose, Motoko Fukayama, Daisuke Kataoka, Kenji Hamada, Tomohide Sugiyama, Takao Shirai, Toshimitsu Yamaoka, Kentaro Okuda, Tsukasa Ohnishi, Tohru Ohmori, Mitsutaka Kadokura, Mitsuru Adachi

Pages: 1157-1162 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for organ function preservation in advanced patients with hypopharyngeal and laryngeal cancer

Yasunao Kogashiwa, Kohichi Yamauchi, Hiroshi Nagafuji, Takehiro Matsuda, Toshihito Tsubosaka, Tomoko Tsutsumi, Takehiro Karaho, Naoyuki Kohno

Pages: 1163-1167 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand induces apoptotic cell death through c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase activation in squamous cell carcinoma cells

Takenori Noutomi, Mizue Itoh, Hiroko Toyota, Eiko Takada, Junichiro Mizuguchi

Pages: 1169-1172 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Aberrant promoter hypermethylation of the CHFR gene in oral squamous cell carcinomas

Seiji Baba, Akira Hara, Keizo Kato, Nguyen Khanh Long, Yuichiro Hatano, Masashi Kimura, Yukio Okano, Yasuhiro Yamada, Toshiyuki Shibata

Pages: 1173-1179 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

FOXP3 expression of micrometastasis-positive sentinel nodes in breast cancer patients

Kazuo Matsuura, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Akihiko Osaki, Masahiro Ohara, Riki Okita, Akiko Emi, Shigeru Murakami, Koji Arihiro

Pages: 1181-1187 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Let-7a microRNA functions as a potential tumor suppressor in human laryngeal cancer

Xiao-Bo Long, Guang-Bin Sun, Shuang Hu, Geng-Tian Liang, Nan Wang, Xin-Hao Zhang, Ping-Ping Cao, Hong-Tao Zhen, Yong-Hua Cui, Zheng Liu

Pages: 1189-1195 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Enhancement of DNA cancer vaccine efficacy by combination with anti-angiogenesis in regression of established subcutaneous B16 melanoma

Ray Chun-Fai Chan, Benjamin Gutierrez, Thomas E. Ichim, Feng Lin

Pages: 1197-1203 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Intronic polymorphisms in TP53 indicate lymph node metastasis in breast cancer

Roman Hrstka, Michal Beranek, Katerina Klocova, Rudolf Nenutil, Borivoj Vojtesek

Pages: 1205-1211 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Co-expression of P1A35-43/β2m fusion protein and co-stimulatory molecule CD80 elicits effective anti-tumor immunity in the P815 mouse mastocytoma tumor model

Xingqian Zhang, Wenhan Mei, Leilei Zhang, Hai Yu, Xiaoping Zhao, Xianqun Fan, Guanxiang Qian, Shengfang Ge

Pages: 1213-1220 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Promoter histone H3 lysine 9 di-methylation is associated with DNA methylation and aberrant expression of p16 in gastric cancer cells

Chun-Feng Meng, Xin-Jiang Zhu, Guo Peng, Dong-Qiu Dai

Pages: 1221-1227 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

A role of functional T-type Ca2+ channel in hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation

Yajuan Li, Shuang Liu, Fengmin Lu, Ting Zhang, Hairu Chen, Songwei Wu, Hui Zhuang

Pages: 1229-1235 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Cisplatin cytotoxicity is increased by mifepristone in cervical carcinoma: An in vitro and in vivo study

Rafael Jurado, Angelica Lopez-Flores, Aaron Alvarez, Patricia García-López

Pages: 1237-1245 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

Depletion of the proteasome subunit PSMA7 inhibits colorectal cancer cell tumorigenicity and migration

Xiao-Tong Hu, Wei Chen, Fu-Biao Zhang, Qing-Lan Shi, Jian-Bin Hu, Shu-Min Geng, Chao He

Pages: 1247-1252 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Article

The characterization of blood flow changes in mouse tumor during Photofrin-based photodynamic therapy by using the color Doppler ultrasonography

Karmen Dubreta, Sinisa Ivankovic, Arijana Lovrencic-Huzjan, Marijana Bosnar-Puretic, Ranko Stojkovic, Mislav Jurin

Pages: 1253-1257 Published online on: 01 November 2009
Journal Cover

November 2009
Volume 22 Issue 5

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

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