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Correlation of the plasma level of insulin-like growth factor-1 with the number of aberrant crypt foci in male individuals

Hirokazu Takahashi, Tetsuji Takayama, Kunihiro Hosono, Kyoko Yoneda, Hiroki Endo, Yuichi Nozaki, Koji Fujita, Masato Yoneda, Masahiko Inamori, Yasunobu Abe, Noritoshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kirikoshi, Kensuke Kubota, Satoru Saito, Hitoshi Nakagama, Atsushi Nakajima

Pages: 339-343 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Extracellular matrix metabolism-related gene expression in bile duct-ligated rats

Takaaki Sugihara, Masahiko Koda, Tomomitsu Matono, Kazunori Maeda, Satoru Yamamoto, Masaru Ueki, Yoshikazu Murawaki

Pages: 345-351 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Reduced expression of catenin subtypes is a potential indicator of unfavorable prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Tadahiro Nozoe, Tsunehiro Oyama, Hidetaka Uramoto, Mistuhiro Takenoyama, Takeshi Hanagiri, Kenji Sugio, Kosei Yasumoto

Pages: 353-357 Published online on: 01 May 2009
Article Open Access

IL-1β stimulates IL-8 production, including prostaglandin E2 receptor EP4-triggered pathways, in synoviocyte MH7A cells

Yasuko Shibata, Hideo Kasai, Masaaki Shimada, Tohru Koitabashi, Toshiaki Arai, Rika Sai, Hiroko Terao, Masafumi Horikiri, Hideyuki Negishi, Keiji Miyazawa, Yoshimitsu Abiko

Pages: 359-363 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Genome-wide gene expression profiles of ovarian carcinoma: Identification of molecular targets for the treatment of ovarian carcinoma

Dragomira Nikolaeva Nikolova, Nikolai Doganov, Rumen Dimitrov, Krasimir Angelov, Siew-Kee Low, Ivanka Dimova, Draga Toncheva, Yusuke Nakamura, Hitoshi Zembutsu

Pages: 365-384 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Localization and characterization of γ-glutamyl cyclotransferase in cancer cells

Kaoru Azumi, Youhei Ikeda, Tomoharu Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Sorin V. Sabau, Jun-Ichi Hamada, Futoshi Okada, Masuo Hosokawa, Hideyoshi Yokosawa

Pages: 385-391 Published online on: 01 May 2009
Article Open Access

Oral fluoropyrimidine S-1 combined with leucovorin is a promising therapy for colorectal cancer: Evidence from a xenograft model of folate-depleted mice

Sayaka Tsukioka, Junji Uchida, Hiroaki Tsujimoto, Fumio Nakagawa, Yoshikazu Sugimoto, Toshinori Oka, Mamoru Kiniwa

Pages: 393-398 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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In vivo targeted killing of prostate tumor cells by a synthetic amoebapore helix 3 peptide modified with two γ-linked glutamate residues at the COOH terminus

Lori Holle, Wen Song, Eric Holle, Jennifer Nilsson, Yangzhang Wei, Jinhua Li, Thomas E. Wagner, Xianzhong Yu

Pages: 399-403 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Evaluation of the individual 50% inhibitory area under the concentration curve of 5-fluorouracil based on the collagen gel droplet embedded culture drug sensitivity test in colorectal cancer

Takumi Ochiai, Kazuhiko Nishimura, Tomoo Watanabe, Masayuki Kitajima, Masataka Tsuji, Akinori Nakatani, Noboru Nakayama, Takashi Marusasa, Satomi Mashiko, Isao Nagaoka, Shunji Futagawa

Pages: 405-409 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Combining anti-tumor drugs with mild hyperthermia increases the cytotoxic effects of drugs on human leukemia cells in vitro

Youko Itoh, Yoshiaki Kazaoka, Masakazu Nitta, Yoshiaki Yamada, Nobuaki Honda

Pages: 411-415 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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A potential novel combination therapy targeting survivin in renal cancer cells: Inhibition of survivin expression by topotecan and hexamethylene bisacetamide

Akinori Sato, Takako Asano, Keichi Ito, Makoto Sumitomo, Tomohiko Asano, Masamichi Hayakawa

Pages: 423-428 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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High dietary protein intake induces endothelial dysfunction in uninephrectomized rats

Tamehachi Namikoshi, Naruya Tomita, Minoru Satoh, Takeo Sakuta, Atsunori Kuwabara, Hajime Nagasu, Daisuke Yorimitsu, Tamaki Sasaki, Naoki Kashihara

Pages: 429-434 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Analysis of VEGF polymorphisms, tumor expression of VEGF mRNA and colorectal cancer susceptibility in a Swedish population

Jonas Ungerbäck, Nils Elander, Jan Dimberg, Peter Söderkvist

Pages: 435-439 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Effect of estradiol, progesterone and testosterone on apoptosis- and proliferation-induced MAPK signaling in human umbilical vein endothelial cells

Yanina Powazniak, Ana Catalina Kempfer, María de la Paz Dominguez, Cristina Farias, Leticia Keller, Julio Cesar Calderazzo, Maria Angela Lazzari

Pages: 441-447 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Comparative analysis of proliferative and genetic alterations in a primary chordoid meningioma and its recurrence using locus-specific probes and AgNOR

Ana Patrícia Barros Cordeiro, Fábio P.E. da Silva, Julio Cesar Pieczarka, Cleusa Yoshiko Nagamachi, Nilson Praia Anselmo, José Reginaldo Brito, Douglas S. Vasconcelos, Thomas Liehr, Anja Weise, Edivaldo H.C. de Oliveira

Pages: 449-454 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Secondary resistance to imatinib in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors through an acquired KIT exon 17 mutation

C. M. Wang, H. Fu, G. F. Zhao, X. Y. Zhou, C. Y. Du, R. Z. Dong, Y. Zhou, Y. Q. Shi

Pages: 455-460 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Hepatitis C virus F protein: A double-edged sword in the potential contribution of chronic inflammation to carcinogenesis

Jing Kong, Xiaozhao Deng, Zhongchan Wang, Jingjing Yang, Yun Zhang, Juan Yu

Pages: 461-469 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Blockade of NF-κB activation by IκBα gene therapy enhances radiation sensitivity and abolishes acquired resistance to radiation

Choon-Taek Lee, Mi Young Park, Dal Rae Kim, Eun Kyung Choi, Chul-Gyu Yoo, Young Whan Kim, Sung Koo Han, Young-Soo Shim, Yeon-Soo Kim

Pages: 471-475 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Titration of serum CEA, p53 antibodies and CEA-IgM complexes in patients with colorectal cancer

Taiki Kojima, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Takanori Matsui, Yasuhiro Kodera, Hiroshi Kojima

Pages: 477-480 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Increased concentrations of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 and soluble CD40L in subjects with metabolic syndrome

Iván G. Palomo, Julio C. Jaramillo, Marcelo L. Alarcón, César L. Gutiérrez, Rodrigo Moore-Carrasco, Fabián M. Segovia, Elba M. Leiva, Verónica E. Mujica, Gloria Icaza, Nora S. Dí

Pages: 481-485 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Induction of resistance to murine tumor development is associated with alterations in the glycosylation of blood serum proteins

F. V. Donenko, R. K. Ziganshin, S. M. Sitdikova, B. S. Amandzholov, M. V. Kiselevskii, T. Efferth

Pages: 487-495 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Effect of butyrate on the heregulin/ErbB-mediated proliferation of human colorectal cancer cells

Soo-Jeong Lim, Moon-Kyung Choi, Min Jung Kim, Chang-Hun Lee

Pages: 497-502 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Tumor-enhancing activity of Basigin expression in gallbladder carcinoma and its prognostic role

Guang-Fa Xiao, Hui-Huan Tang

Pages: 503-508 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Hesperetin inhibits the maturation and function of monocyte-derived dendritic cells from patients with asthma

Xiaouan Gu, Linfu Zhou, Qiang Du, Desheng Jiang, Xiaofan Yang, Xiaohui Ji, Kaisheng Yin

Pages: 509-513 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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Antitumor efficacy of human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene antisense oligonucleotide in pancreatic cancer cells

Yongping Liu, Yang Ling, Yuedi Hu, Yingze Kong, Peng Li, Zhiwu Zhou, Baorui Liu

Pages: 515-521 Published online on: 01 May 2009
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May-June 2009
Volume 2 Issue 3

Print ISSN: 1791-2997
Online ISSN: 1791-3004

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