The functional role and molecular mechanisms of small-nucleolar RNA host gene 14 (SNHG14) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) progression remain unclear. The expression levels of SNHG14 in breast cancer samples and cell lines were determined using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Cell proliferation, migration, and invasion abilities were detected using MTS and transwell assays.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) is a pivotal biomarker of immunotherapy in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). is reported as a positive regulatory predictor of immune efficacy. The correlation of p53 expression or mutation and PD-L1 expression is explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEWSR1-rearranged tumors encompass a rare and heterogeneous group of entities with features of the central nervous system (CNS) mesenchymal and primary glial/neuronal tumors. EWSR1-PLAGL1 gene fusion is a particularly rare form of rearrangement. We presented a recurrent intracranial EWSR1-PLAGL1 rearranged tumor and reviewed the relevant literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrimary hepatic lymphoma (PHL) is a rare malignant tumor, occurring in 0.016% of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). The common histological subtype is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is widely used to treat breast cancer (BC). The prediction and evaluation of chemotherapy responses remains a significant challenge.
Methods: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a crucial role in cancer drug resistance.
Chemotherapy failure causes high breast cancer recurrence and poor patient prognosis. Thus, we studied a cohort of novel biomarkers to predict chemotherapeutic response in breast cancer. In this study, miRNA expression profiling was performed on 10 breast cancer punctured specimens sensitive to chemotherapy (MP grade 4, 5) and 10 chemotherapy resistant (MP grade 1).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Tumor budding (TB) is reported to predict nodal involvement and recurrence in multiple human malignancies. However, it is not clear how TB forms. The purpose of this study is to find markers related to TB formation in gastric cancer and to investigate the underlying mechanisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChemotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of breast cancer. However, chemoresistance remains the main obstacle for effective treatment, leading to poor prognosis. This study aims to investigate the value of detection of S100A8 and ASAH1 in predicting the chemotherapy response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe occurrence of lymph node metastases (LNM) after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in patients with gastric cancer (GC) leads to poor prognosis. However, few biomarkers are available to predict LNM in GC patients. Thus, we measured expression of 6 cancer-related miRNAs using real-time RT-PCR in 102 GC samples that were randomized into a training set and a testing set (each, 51 cases).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDrug resistance is one of the major obstacles for improving the prognosis of breast cancer patients. Increasing evidence has linked the association of aberrantly expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) with tumour development and progression as well as chemoresistance. Despite recent advances, there is still little known about the potential role and mechanism of miRNAs in breast cancer chemoresistance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Hepatocarcinogenesis is a multistep process from cirrhosis through low-grade dysplastic nodule, high-grade dysplastic nodule to hepatocellular carcinoma. Differential diagnosis between high-grade dysplastic nodules and early hepatocellular carcinomas is particularly difficult. The present study aims to identify a novel biological marker for differential diagnosis of the two lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVascular Endothelial Growth Factor C (VEGF-C) has critical roles in angiogenesis in human cancers; however, the underlying mechanisms regulating VEGF-C expression remain largely unknown. In the present study, VEGF-C protein expression and the density of blood vessels or lymphatic vessels were determined by immunohistochemistry in 103 cases of gastric cancer tissues. Suppression of VEGF-C by miR-27b, miR-101 and miR-128 was investigated by luciferase assays, Western blot and ELISA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMicroRNAs have been reported to play key roles in various human cancers, including gastric cancer. However, understanding of the expression of miR-100 and its regulatory mechanisms in human gastric cancer remains elusive. In this study, we reveal that miR-100 is downregulated in gastric cancer samples and gastric cancer cell lines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncreasing evidence supports the association of catenin-δ1 (CTNND1, p120ctn) with tumour development and progression. However, the mechanism and clinical significance of CTNND1 deregulation in gastric cancer remain unknown. The expression level and cellular localization of CTNND1 were determined by immunohistochemistry in 126 human gastric cancer and 50 non-tumourous tissues.
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May 2015
Purpose: Altered expression of serine protease inhibitor peptidase inhibitor clade E member 2 (SERPINE2) associates with human cancer development and progression; thus, this study investigated SERPINE2 expression in gastric cancer tissues for association with clinicopathological and survival data from the patients and then investigated the role of SERPINE2 in gastric cancer cells in vitro.
Methods: The levels of SERPINE2 mRNA in 243 gastric cancer tissues and paired non-cancerous mucosa were determined using quantitative PCR. Inhibition of SERPINE2 expression by small interfering RNA (siRNA) was detected by Western blotting.
MicroRNAs play important roles in the processes of tumor initiation and progression. The expression level of miR-145 in gastric, liver, and cervical cancers has been rarely investigated. Whether miR-145 may function as a common tumor suppressor in the generation of tumor phenotype needs to be clarified.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the expression of microRNA-100 (miR-100) in human gastric cancer cells and its role of miR-100 in migration, invasion and proliferation in gastric cancer cell line SGC7901.
Methods: Total RNAs were extracted from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue samples of SGC7901 cells, gastric cancer (50 cases), non-tumor (18 cases) and lymph nodes with metastases (18 cases). The expression of miR-100 was examined by reverse transcription (RT)-qPCR.
One of the main mechanisms for multidrug resistance (MDR) involves multidrug resistance gene 1 (MDR1) which encodes P-glycoprotein (Pgp). Pgp acts as a drug efflux pump and exports chemotherapeutic agents from cancer cells. Specific inhibition of Pgp expression by gene therapy is considered a well-respective strategy having less innate toxicities.
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November 2011
Biglycan, a member of the small leucine-rich proteoglycan family, has been implicated in the development and progression of human cancers. However, the clinical significance of biglycan expression in gastric cancer has not been determined. In the present study, biglycan mRNA and protein concentrations were analyzed using quantitative realtime reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and Western blot in 69 gastric cancer and adjacent non-tumorous tissues, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSpecific inhibition of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) expression, which is encoded by multidrug resistance gene-1 (MDR1), is considered a well-respected strategy to overcome multidrug resistance (MDR). Deoxyribozymes (DRz) are catalytic nucleic acids that could cleave a target RNA in sequence-specific manner. However, it is difficult to select an effective target site for DRz in living cells.
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