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Effects of herbal preparation Equiguard™ on hormone-responsive and hormone-refractory prostate carcinoma cells: Mechanistic studies

Tze-Chen Hsieh, Xiaohua Lu, Junqiao Guo, Wen Xiong, Jan Kunicki, Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Joseph M. Wu
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Clinical relevance of fusion images using 18F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in local recurrence of rectal cancer

Hiroki Fukunaga, Mitsugu Sekimoto, Mitsuaki Tatsumi, Masakazu Ikenaga, Masayuki Ohue, Iwao Seshimo, Ichiro Higuchi, Osamu Takayama, Masayoshi Yasui, Masataka Ikeda, Hirofumi Yamamoto, Morito Monden
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A comparative guide to gene prediction tools for the bioinformatics amateur

J. Jones, J. K. Field, J. M. Risk
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Fetal ontogeny and tumor expression of the early thymic antigen UN1

P. Tassone, F. Tuccillo, P. Bonelli, F. P. D'Armiento, H. M. Bond, C. Palmieri, P. Tagliaferri, S. Venuta
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Expression of PLAG1 and HMGIC proteins and fusion transcripts in radiation-associated pleomorphic adenomas

F. Enlund, A. Nordkvist, P. Sahlin, J. Mark, G. Stenman
Pages: 713-716
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An evaluation of the prognostic significance of vascular endothelial growth factor in node positive primary breast carcinoma

Malcolm MacConmara, Deirdre M. O'Hanlon, Mark James Kiely, Yvonne Connolly, Michael Jeffers, F. B.V. Keane
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Bax-induction alone is sufficient to activate apoptosis cascade in wild-type Bax-bearing K562 cells, and the initiation of apoptosis requires simultaneous caspase activation

T. Kobayashi, H. Sawa, J. Morikawa, S. Ueno, N. Katayama, W. Zhang, H. Shiku
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Expression of interleukin-10 is inversely correlated with distant metastasis of renal cell carcinoma

Noriyasu Uwatoko, Tetsuji Tokunaga, Hiroyuki Hatanaka, Hideo Osada, Tsutomu Kawakami, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Yoshiyuki Abe, Hiroshi Kijima, Yoshito Ueyama, Masato Nakamura
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Alternately spliced luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotropin receptor mRNA in human breast epithelial cells

Xiaoshan Jiang, Irma H. Russo, Jose Russo
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Molecular cloning and characterization of bovine bgl-1, a novel family member of WD-40 repeat-containing lethal giant larvae tumor suppressor genes

K.-H. Baek, Y.-S. Kim, S. Jung, K. Y. Lee, H.-K. Choi, K.-S. Kim
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Antisense anti-MDM2 mixed-backbone oligonucleotides enhance therapeutic efficacy of topoisomerase I inhibitor irinotecan in nude mice bearing human cancer xenografts: In vivo activity and mechanisms

H. Wang, S. Wang, L. Nan, D. Yu, S. Agrawal, R. Zhang
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Lamin B, caspase-3 activity, and apoptosis induction by a combination of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and COX-2 inhibitors: A novel approach in developing effective chemopreventive regimens

Malisetty V. Swamy, Indranie Cooma, Bandaru S. Reddy, Chinthalapally V. Rao
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Fibroblasts capture cathepsin D secreted by breast cancer cells: Possible role in the regulation of the invasive process

N. Heylen, L.-M. Vincent, V. Devos, V. Dubois, C. Remacle, A. Trouet
Pages: 761-767
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Expression of p57KIP2 in hepatocellular carcinoma: relationship between tumor differentiation and patient survival

S. Nakai, T. Masaki, Y. Shiratori, T. Ohgi, A. Morishita, K. Kurokohchi, S. Watanabe, S. Kuriyama
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Expression of WRCH1 in human cancer and down-regulation of WRCH1 by β-estradiol in MCF-7 cells

Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Masaru Katoh
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Molecular cloning and expression of proto-oncogene FRAT1 in human cancer

Tetsuroh Saitoh, Tetsuya Mine, Masaru Katoh
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Scarff-Bloom-Richardson (SBR) grading: a pleiotropic marker of chemosensitivity in invasive ductal breast carcinomas treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy

S. Amat, F. Penault-Llorca, H. Cure, G. Le Bouedec, J.-L. Achard, I. Van Praagh, V. Feillel, M.-A. Mouret-Reynier, J. Dauplat, P. Chollet
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Decrease in growth factor receptors after treatment with serine protease inhibitor ONO-3403

T. Hiwasa, H. Shimada, T. Ochiai, T.-L. Liu, Y. Yuasa, M. Takiguchi, M. Ohkoshi
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Deficient R-smad/smad4 complex formation in fibroblasts growth-stimulated by TGF-β1

David A. Lawrence
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B7.1 immunogene therapy effectively activates CD4+ tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in the central nervous system in comparison with B7.2 gene therapy

H. Ando, M. Saio, N. Ohe, N. Tamakawa, H. Yu, T. Nakayama, S.-I. Yoshimura, Y. Kaku, T. Iwama, J. Shinoda, N. Sakai, T. Takami
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In vivo studies of the anti-tumor effects of a human prolactin antagonist, hPRL-G129R

N. Y. Chen, L. Holle, W. Li, S. K. Peirce, M. T. Beck, W. Y. Chen
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Actinomycin D-mediated sensitization of AIDS-Kaposi's sarcoma cells to Fas-mediated apoptosis: Involvement of the mitochondrion-dependent pathway

Shunsuke Mori, Kaoru Murakami-Mori, Shuji Nakamura, Benjamin Bonavida
Pages: 819-826
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Osteopenia in survivors of Wilms tumor

Fahad Othman, Chun-Yuan Guo, Colin Webber, Stephanie A. Atkinson, Ronald D. Barr
Pages: 827-833
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Lack of NQO1 induction in human tumor cells is not due to changes in the promoter region of the gene

Asher Begleiter, Laurie Lange
Pages: 835-838
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A possible role for IVIg in the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma: A clinical case and an experimental model

Ofer Merimsky, Isaac Meller, Moshe Inbar, Sara Bar-Yehuda, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Pnina Fishman
Pages: 839-843
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Dominant-negative activity of a Brca1 truncation mutant: Effects on proliferation, tumorigenicity in vivo, and chemosensitivity in a mouse ovarian cancer cell line

V. Sylvain, S. Lafarge, Y.-J. Bignon
Pages: 845-853
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Ceramide involvement in homocamptothecin- and camptothecin-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in colon HT29 cells

D. Chauvier, H. Morjani, M. Manfait
Pages: 855-863
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Lack of protein kinase C (PKC)-β and low PKC-α, -δ, -ε, and -ζ isozyme levels in proliferating human melanoma cells

Konstantin Krasagakis, Sabine Fimmel, Daniela Genten, Jurgen Eberle, Petra Quas, Wolfgang Ziegler, Hermann Haller, Constantin E. Orfanos
Pages: 865-871
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March-2026 Volume 68 Issue 3

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Impact Factor: 4.9

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CiteScore Rank: Q1: #66/415 Oncology

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Circ72309 modulates gemcitabine metabolism and gemcitabine sensitivity in pancreatic cancer: Serum Circ72309 levels as a potential predictor of treatment response

Naoko Sekiguchi, Hidenori Takahashi, Shogo Kobayashi, Kazuki Sasaki, Shinichiro Hasegawa, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Yoshito Tomimaru, Hirofumi Akita, Tadafumi Asaoka, Takehiro Noda, Junzo Shimizu, Koji Tanaka, Ryota Chijimatsu, Yuichiro Doki, Hidetoshi Eguchi
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Unveiling sex differences in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: Current evidence and future directions (Review)

Sophie Rauschenberg, Elisabeth Orgler‑Gasche, Didem Karakas Zeybek, Ivonne Regel, J.-Matthias Löhr, Daniel Öhlund, Michael Günther, Lina Aguilera Munoz
Article Number: 35
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[Retracted] LTBP2 promotes the migration and invasion of gastric cancer cells and predicts poor outcome of patients with gastric cancer

Jun Wang, Wen-Jia Liang, Guang-Tao Min, Hong-Peng Wang, Wei Chen, Nan Yao
Article Number: 34
Published online on: 13 January 2026

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KMO downregulation promotes hepatocellular carcinoma growth via 3‑HAA‑mediated mitochondrial mass and function imbalances

Ming Liu, Xintong Zhang, Yanfen Hu, Li Niu, Linzhi Guo, Guoqing Zhao, Fan Lu, Fengfeng Jia, Li Li, Hao Wu, Jianjun Zhu
Article Number: 33
Published online on: 13 January 2026

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Regulatory networks of HIFs in tumor‑infiltrating immune cells: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic implications (Review)

Chaoqun Li, Chenge Qin, Xingchen Li, Jinzhu Wang, Yang Li, Qin Sun
Article Number: 32
Published online on: 12 January 2026

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[Retracted] uPAR and cathepsin B knockdown inhibits radiation‑induced PKC integrated integrin signaling to the cytoskeleton of glioma‑initiating cells

Kiranmai Alapati, Sreelatha Gopinath, Rama Rao Malla, Venkata Ramesh Dasari, Jasti S. Rao
Article Number: 31
Published online on: 05 January 2026

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PTPN18 functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer by negatively regulating cyclin E

Na Zhang, Tao Wang, Bin Bai, Xiaonan Zhang, Wenying Xu, Weilu Chen, Yang Yu, Bing Wang
Article Number: 30
Published online on: 30 December 2025

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[Retracted] Suppression of the death gene BIK is a critical factor for resistance to tamoxifen in MCF‑7 breast cancer cells

Rubí Viedma-Rodriguez, Luis Arturo Baiza-Gutman, Alejandro García-Carrancá, Leticia Moreno-Fierros, Fabio Salamanca-Gómez, Diego Arenas-Aranda
Article Number: 29
Published online on: 23 December 2025

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April-2026 Volume 68 Issue 4

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Impact Factor: 4.9

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SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1226.0

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[Retracted] Matrix metalloproteinase‑1 promotes prostate tumor growth and metastasis

Sai Murali Krishna Pulukuri, Jasti S. Rao
Article Number: 37
Published online on: 19 January 2026

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