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Various Malignant Tumors (various + malignant_tumor)
Selected AbstractsVascular fractal dimension and total vascular area in the study of oral cancerHEAD & NECK: JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES & SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK, Issue 3 2009Lampros P. Goutzanis DDS Abstract Background Microvessel quantification has been studied extensively as a factor reflecting angiogenesis in various malignant tumors. The aim of our study was to evaluate the vascular fractal dimension and the immunohistochemically positive total vascular area in oral cavity carcinomas in order to assess their potential value as factors reflecting angiogenesis. Methods Histologic sections from 48 carcinomas and 17 nonmalignant mucosa specimens were evaluated by image analysis using fractal analysis software. Total vascular area was also quantified. Results Carcinomas presented higher mean values of vascular fractal dimension and total vascular area compared to normal mucosa. The difference for the vascular fractal dimension was statistically significant. Conclusions This study provides evidence that vascular fractal dimension could be used as a reliable factor reflecting angiogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma and that there are several statistically significant correlations among total vascular area, vascular fractal dimension, nuclear size, and clinicopathologic factors. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2009 [source] Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms are associated with increased risk and progression of renal cell carcinoma in a Japanese populationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, Issue 6 2007Wataru Obara Aim: Biological and epidemiologic data suggest that 1 alpha, 25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) levels may influence development of renal cell carcinoma. The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is a crucial mediator for the cellular effects of 1,25(OH)2D3 and additionally interacts with other cell signaling pathways that influence cancer progression. VDR gene polymorphisms may play an important role in risk of incidence for various malignant tumors. This study investigated whether VDR gene polymorphisms were associated with increased risk and prognosis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a Japanese population. Methods: To analyze risk of RCC depending on VDR polymorphism, a case,control association study was performed. The VDR gene polymorphisms at three locations, BsmI, ApaI and TaqI, were genotyped in 135 RCC patients and 150 controls in a Japanese population. Logistic regression models were used to assess the genetic effects on prognosis. Results: Significant differences in the ApaI genotype were observed between RCC patients and controls (,2 = 6.90, P = 0.032). No statistical significant difference was found in the BsmI and TaqI polymorphisms. The frequency of the AA genotype in the ApaI polymorphism was significantly higher in the RCC patients than in the controls (odds ratio, 2.59; 95% confidence intervals, 1.21,5.55; P = 0.012). Multivariate regression analysis showed that the AA genotype was an independent prognostic factor for cause-specific survival (relative risk 3.3; P = 0.038). Conclusion: The AA genotype at the ApaI site of the VDR gene may be a risk of incidence and poor prognosis factor for RCC in the Japanese population. Additional studies with a large sample size and investigation of the functional significance of the ApaI polymorphism in RCC cells are warranted. [source] Glycosaminoglycan-binding cytokines as tumor markersPROTEINS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS, Issue 16 2008Takashi Muramatsu Dr. Abstract A significant proportion of cytokines bind to glycosaminoglycans such as heparin. Glycosaminoglycans are involved in signaling, stabilization and/or storage of these cytokines. Typical examples of glycosaminoglycan-binding cytokines are basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), interleukin-8 (IL-8), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), VEGF-C, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), midkine, and pleiotrophin. All are present in the tumor microenvironment and promote tumor growth, tumor invasion and/or tumor angiogenesis. Serum or plasma levels of glycosaminoglycan-binding cytokines are frequently elevated in patients with various malignant tumors. High levels of these cytokines are usually correlated with the occurrence of metastasis and a poor prognosis. The mode of elevation of individual glycosaminoglycan-binding cytokines in patients with malignant tumors is summarized here. Further studies, especially with multiple cytokines, are expected to make assays clinically useful for both early detection and prognostic prediction. [source] Titration of serum p53 antibodies in 1085 patients with various types of malignant tumorsCANCER, Issue 3 2003A multiinstitutional analysis by the Japan p53 antibody research group Abstract BACKGROUND There have been very few large-scale, multiinstitutional studies of surveillance of serum p53 antibodies (S- p53 Abs) in patients with various malignant tumors. METHODS A highly specific, quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit was developed and used to evaluate the efficiency of detecting p53 Abs. A cut-off value was established by analyzing sera from 205 healthy volunteers as reference individuals. Sera from 1085 patients with various types of primary malignant tumors were studied for the presence of S- p53 Abs before treatment. Sera from 34 patients were selected randomly for a competition assay to ensure that antibodies were specific to p53 protein. Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was assessed to compare its positive rate with the positive rate of S- p53 Abs. RESULTS The median value of S- p53 Abs in healthy control individuals was 0.33 U/mL (range, 0.0,4.39 U/mL). Based on reference values that were calculated using parametric determination of the lower 0.95 fraction of the reference distribution in healthy control individuals, the cut-off value was determined as 1.3 U/mL. Two hundred twenty-one of 1085 patients (20.4%) were positive for S- p53 Abs. The highest relevance of S-53 Abs was associated with head and neck carcinoma (32%), followed by esophageal carcinoma (30%), colorectal carcinoma (24%), and carcinoma of the uterus (23%). The positive rate for S- p53 Abs was higher compared with the positive rate for CEA in patients with squamous cell carcinoma. CONCLUSIONS Surveillance of S- p53 Abs is useful in detecting various types of malignant tumors, particular in patients with squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer 2003;97:682,9. © 2003 American Cancer Society. DOI 10.1002/cncr.11092 [source] Inhibition of heat shock protein 90 sensitizes melanoma cells to thermosensitive ferromagnetic particle-mediated hyperthermia with low Curie temperatureCANCER SCIENCE, Issue 3 2009Aki Ito Heat shock protein (Hsp) 90 is a key regulator of a variety of oncogene products and cell-signaling molecules, and the therapeutic benefit of its inhibition in combination with radiation or chemotherapy has been investigated. In addition, hyperthermia has been used for many years to treat various malignant tumors. We previously described a system in which hyperthermia was induced using thermosensitive ferromagnetic particles (FMP) with a Curie temperature (Tc = 43,C) low enough to mediate automatic temperature control, and demonstrated its antitumor effect in a mouse melanoma model. In the present study, we examined the antitumor effects of combining a Hsp90 inhibitor (geldanamycin; GA) with FMP-mediated hyperthermia. In cultured B16 melanoma cells, GA exerted an antitumor effect by increasing the cells' susceptibility to hyperthermia and reducing expression of Akt. In an in vivo study, melanoma cells were subcutaneously injected into the backs of C57BL/6 mice. FMP were then injected into the resultant tumors, and the mice were divided into four groups: group I, no treatment (control); group II, one hyperthermia treatment; group III, GA alone; and group IV, GA with hyperthermia. When exposed to a magnetic field, the temperature of tissues containing FMP increased and stabilized at the Tc. In group IV, complete regression of tumors was observed in five of nine mice (56%), whereas no tumor regression was seen in groups I,III. Our findings suggest that inhibition of Hsp90 with hyperthermia increases its antitumor effect. Thus, the combination of FMP-mediated, self-regulating hyperthermia with Hsp90 inhibition has important implications for the treatment of cancer. (Cancer Sci 2009; 100: 558,564) [source] Introduction of Clusterin Gene into Human Renal Cell Carcinoma Cells Enhances Their Resistance to Cytotoxic Chemotherapy through Inhibition of Apoptosis both in vitro and in vivoCANCER SCIENCE, Issue 11 2001Isao Hara Recent studies have revealed the powerful antiapoptotic activity of clusterin in various malignant tumors; however, the significance of clusterin expression in the acquisition of a resistant phenotype against several kinds of treatment in human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has not been well characterized. We, therefore, transfected the clusterin cDNA into RCC ACHN cells, that scarcely express clusterin protein, to examine whether overexpression of clusterin inhibits chemotherapy-induced apoptosis both in vitro and in vivo. Although no significant differences were observed in the in vitro growth rates between clusterin-transfected ACHN (ACHN/CL) and the vector only-transfected cell line (ACHN/Co), ACHN/CL exhibited high resistance to cisplatin treatment compared with ACHN/Co, with a greater than 5-fold higher IC50 through the inhibition of apoptotic cell death, which was demonstrated by DNA fragmentation analysis and western blotting of PARP protein. Moreover, intravenous administration of cisplatin into athymic nude mice bearing ACHN/CL tumors resulted in 2- to 3-times faster tumor growth compared with ACHN/Co tumors. These findings suggest that clusterin overexpression helps confer a chemoresistant phenotype through inhibition of apoptosis in human RCC cells. [source] | ||||||||||