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Three cases of rare salivary gland tumours: a molecular study of TP53, CDKN2A/ARF, RAS, BRAF, PTEN, MAPK2 and EGFR genes

Vincenzo Falbo, Giovanna Floridia, Federica Censi, Manuela Marra, Maria P. Foschini, Domenica Taruscio

Pages: 3-11 Published online on: 14 April 2011
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The prostate stem cell antigen represents a novel glioma-associated antigen

K. D. Geiger, S. Hendruschk, E. P. Rieber, A. Morgenroth, B. Weigle, T. Juratli, V. Senner, G. Schackert, A. Temme

Pages: 13-21 Published online on: 15 April 2011
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Aurora-A as an independent molecular prognostic marker in gastric cancer

Jing Wang, Sheng Yang, Haizeng Zhang, Yan Song, Xun Zhang, Haili Qian, Xiaohong Han, Yuankai Shi

Pages: 23-32 Published online on: 06 April 2011
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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC)-like-c-Kit positive cells are involved in gastritis and carcinogenesis in human stomach

Rohyun Sung, Young Chul Kim, Hyo-Yung Yun, Woong Choi, Hun Sik Kim, Heon Kim, Kwang Ju Lee, Ra Young You, Seon Mee Park, Sei Jin Youn, Mi-Jung Kim, Won Seop Kim, Young-Jin Song, Seok-Yong Kim, Wen-Xie Xu, Sang Jin Lee

Pages: 33-42 Published online on: 29 April 2011
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Quantitative analysis of colorectal mucosal lesions by autofluorescence endoscopy: Discrimination of carcinomas from other lesions

Keiko Arita, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Hiroshi Kawano, Shin Hasegawa, Yasuhiko Maeyama, Junya Masuda, Yoshito Akagi, Yasutomo Watanabe, Yoshinobu Okabe, Osamu Tsuruta, Michio Sata

Pages: 43-48 Published online on: 28 April 2011
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Rare MDM4 gene amplification in colorectal cancer: The principle of a mutually exclusive relationship between MDM alteration and TP53 inactivation is not applicable

Tetsuji Suda, Mitsuyo Yoshihara, Yoshiyasu Nakamura, Hironobu Sekiguchi, Ten-I Godai, Nobuhiro Sugano, Kazuhito Tsuchida, Manabu Shiozawa, Yuji Sakuma, Eiju Tsuchiya, Yoichi Kameda, Makoto Akaike, Shoichi Matsukuma, Yohei Miyagi

Pages: 49-54 Published online on: 18 April 2011
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Identification of ELAVL4 as a modulator of radiation sensitivity in A549 non-small cell lung cancer cells

Kyu Jin Choi, Ji-Hyun Lee, Kwang Seok Kim, Seongman  Kang, Yun-Sil Lee, Sangwoo Bae

Pages: 55-63 Published online on: 13 April 2011
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Fat accumulation in adipose tissues as a risk factor for the development of endometrial cancer

Keiichiro Nakamura, Atsushi Hongo, Junichi Kodama, Yuji Hiramatsu

Pages: 65-71 Published online on: 13 April 2011
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Involvement of endoplasmic reticulum stress in adenosine-induced human hepatoma HepG2 cell apoptosis

Ling-Fei Wu, Yan-Qing Ye, Guan-You Huang, Hong-Biao Li, Guo-Ping Li, Ze-Jin Pu, Bi-Liu Wei, Jia-Lin Feng

Pages: 73-79 Published online on: 06 April 2011
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Antiproliferative and antimetastatic effects of emodin on human pancreatic cancer

An Liu, Hui Chen, Weitian Wei, Sheng Ye, Wei Liao, Jianming Gong, Zhengcai Jiang, Lian Wang, Shengzhang Lin

Pages: 81-89 Published online on: 12 April 2011
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Neuroepithelial stem cell marker nestin regulates the migration, invasion and growth of human gliomas

Toshiyuki Ishiwata, Kiyoshi Teduka, Tetsushi Yamamoto, Kiyoko Kawahara, Yoko Matsuda, Zenya Naito

Pages: 91-99 Published online on: 15 April 2011
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CDH12 promotes the invasion of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma

Jin-Feng Wang, Lin She, Bo-Hua Su, Lin-Can Ding, Fei-Fei Zheng, Da-Li Zheng, You-Guang Lu

Pages: 101-108 Published online on: 28 April 2011
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Lupulone triggers p38 MAPK-controlled activation of p53 and of the TRAIL receptor apoptotic pathway in human colon cancer-derived metastatic cells

Virginie Lamy, Souad Bousserouel, Francine Gossé, Carole Minker, Annelise Lobstein, Francis Raul

Pages: 109-114 Published online on: 20 April 2011
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Autophagy is involved in anticancer effects of matrine on SGC-7901 human gastric cancer cells

Junqiang Zhang, Yumin Li, Xiaohui Chen, Tao Liu, Yingtai Chen, Wenting He, Quanbao Zhang, Shiyuan Liu

Pages: 115-124 Published online on: 21 April 2011
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Synergism between K-rasVal12 and mutant Apc accelerates murine large intestinal tumourigenesis

Feijun Luo, George Poulogiannis, Hongtao Ye, Rifat Hamoudi, Mark J. Arends

Pages: 125-133 Published online on: 29 April 2011
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Maintenance of retinal cancer stem cell-like properties through long-term serum-free culture from human retinoblastoma

Bo Ma, Xia Lei, Yuan Guan, Li-Sha Mou, Yi-Fei Yuan, Han Yue, Yi Lu, Guo-Tong Xu, Jiang Qian

Pages: 135-143 Published online on: 29 April 2011
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Rab15 expression correlates with retinoic acid-induced differentiation of neuroblastoma cells

Noriyuki Nishimura, Thi Van Huyen Pham, Tri Budi Hartomo, Myeong Jin Lee, Daiichiro Hasegawa, Hiroki Takeda, Keiichiro Kawasaki, Yoshiyuki Kosaka, Tomoto Yamamoto, Satoru Morikawa, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Ikuko Kubokawa, Takeshi Mori, Tomoko Yanai, Akira Hayakawa, Yasuhiro Takeshima, Hisahide Nishio, Masafumi Matsuo

Pages: 145-151 Published online on: 12 April 2011
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Estrogen and progesterone receptor expression in HPV-positive and HPV-negative cervical carcinomas

Anna Kwasniewska, Krzysztof Postawski, Anna Gozdzicka-Jozefiak, Wojciech Kwasniewski, Ewelina Grywalska, Malgorzata Zdunek, Elzbieta Korobowicz

Pages: 153-160 Published online on: 12 April 2011
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Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 6 expression in testis and testicular cancer and its implication in cisplatin resistance

Yasuhiro Tada, Akira Yokomizo, Masaki Shiota, Yoohyun Song, Eiji Kashiwagi, Kentaro Kuroiwa, Yoshinao Oda, Seiji Naito

Pages: 161-167 Published online on: 20 April 2011
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Antitumor effects of the combination of cholesterol reducing drugs

Tadeusz Issat, Dominika Nowis, Jacek Bil, Magdalena Winiarska, Marek Jakobisiak, Jakub Golab

Pages: 169-176 Published online on: 13 April 2011
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Gallic acid suppresses the migration and invasion of PC-3 human prostate cancer cells via inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 signaling pathways

Kuo-Ching Liu, An-Cheng Huang, Ping-Ping Wu, Hui-Yi Lin, Fu-Shin Chueh, Jai-Sing Yang, Chi-Cheng Lu, Jo-Hua Chiang, Menghsiao Meng, Jing-Gung Chung

Pages: 177-184 Published online on: 15 April 2011
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Differential protein expression in primary breast cancer and matched axillary node metastasis

Phatcharaporn Thongwatchara, Waraporn Promwikorn, Chantragan Srisomsap, Daranee Chokchaichamnankit, Pleumjit Boonyaphiphat, Paramee Thongsuksai

Pages: 185-191 Published online on: 15 April 2011
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Efficient inhibition of ovarian cancer by short hairpin RNA targeting claudin-3

Chuntang Sun, Tao Yi, Xiangrong Song, Shuangzhi Li, Xiaorong Qi, Xiancheng Chen, Honggang Lin, Xiang He, Zhengyu Li, Yuquan Wei, Xia Zhao

Pages: 193-200 Published online on: 20 April 2011
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Altered cytokine levels and increased CD4+CD57+ T cells in the peripheral blood of hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Tatsuya Shiraki, Eiji Takayama, Hirohito Magari, Takahiro Nakata, Takao Maekita, Shotaro Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Mori, Naoki Shingaki, Kosaku Moribata, Hisanobu Deguchi, Kazuki Ueda, Izumi Inoue, Masako Mizuno-Kamiya, Koji Yashiro, Mikitaka Iguchi, Hideyuki Tamai, Yasunaga Kameyama, Jun Kato, Nobuo Kondoh, Masao Ichinose

Pages: 201-208 Published online on: 12 April 2011
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Is the T1/2N1 (≤3 nodes) category actually stage IIIA (TNM)/IIIa (Japanese classification) in patients with primary colorectal cancer?

Masaya Mukai, Kyoko Kishima, Hiroshi Fukumitsu, Yasutomo Sekido, Hideki Izumi, Tatsuhiko Hoshikawa, Takayuki Tajima, Kousuke Tobita, Sotaro Sadahiro, Seiei Yasuda, Kyoji Ogoshi

Pages: 209-214 Published online on: 21 April 2011
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Induction of CTLs by DCs pulsed with K-ras mutant peptide on the surface of nanoparticles in the treatment of pancreatic cancer

Guang Tan, Zhongyu Wang, Xin Zhang, Zhengang Cai, Junkai Zhang

Pages: 215-221 Published online on: 28 April 2011
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CRM1-dependent p53 nuclear accumulation in lung lesions of a bitransgenic mouse lung tumor model

Lixia Chen, Joseph E. Moore, Christina Samathanam, Changxia Shao, Everardo Cobos, Mark Steven Miller, Weimin Gao

Pages: 223-228 Published online on: 21 April 2011
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Modifications in plasma membrane lipid composition and morphological features of AH-130 hepatoma cells by polyenylphosphatidylcholine in vivo treatment

Vincenzo Cinosi, Roberto Antonini, Pasqualina Crateri, Giuseppe Arancia

Pages: 229-235 Published online on: 20 April 2011
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Knockdown of human antigen R reduces the growth and invasion of breast cancer cells in vitro and affects expression of cyclin D1 and MMP-9

Zhu Yuan, Andrew J. Sanders, Lin Ye, Yu Wang, Wen G. Jiang

Pages: 237-245 Published online on: 18 April 2011
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Dose-dependent effects of leucine supplementation on preservation of muscle mass in cancer cachectic mice

S. J. Peters, A. van Helvoort, D. Kegler, J. M. Argilès, Y. C. Luiking, A. Laviano, J. van Bergenhenegouwen, N. E.P. Deutz, H. P. Haagsman, M. Gorselink, K. van Norren

Pages: 247-254 Published online on: 18 April 2011
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Co-expression of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase and Escherichia coli nitroreductase by an hTERT-driven adenovirus vector in breast cancer cells results in additive anti-tumor effects

Bin Yu, Yu Zhang, Yang Zhan, Xiao Zha, Yonege Wu, Xizhen Zhang, Qingzhe Dong, Wei Kong, Xianghui Yu

Pages: 255-264 Published online on: 28 April 2011
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Identification of genes related to carcinogenesis of oral leukoplakia by oligo cancer microarray analysis

Weiwei Liu, Wenling Zheng, Jun Xie, Bao Zhang, Wenli Ma, Xianjiu Chen

Pages: 265-274 Published online on: 26 April 2011
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The role of photosensitized macrophages in photodynamic therapy

Aleksandra Kawczyk-Krupka, Zenon Czuba, Ewelina Szliszka, Wojciech Król, Aleksander Sieroń

Pages: 275-280 Published online on: 14 April 2011
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Repeated tumor oximetry to identify therapeutic window during metronomic cyclophosphamide treatment of 9L gliomas

Sriram Mupparaju, Huagang Hou, Jean P. Lariviere, Harold Swartz, Youssef Jounaidi, Nadeem Khan

Pages: 281-286 Published online on: 15 April 2011
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Screening for serological biomarkers of pancreatic cancer by two-dimensional electrophoresis and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Yufeng Wang, Yasuhiro Kuramitsu, Shigefumi Yoshino, Motonari Takashima, Xiulian Zhang, Tomio Ueno, Nobuaki Suzuki, Masaaki Oka, Kazuyuki Nakamura

Pages: 287-292 Published online on: 21 April 2011
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July 2011
Volume 26 Issue 1

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

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