Ovarian cancer is a major gynecological cancer that has poor prognosis associated mainly to its late diagnosis. Cisplatin is an FDA approved ovarian cancer therapy and even though the therapy is initially promising, the patients mostly progress to resistance against cisplatin. The underlying mechanisms are complex and not very clearly understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGliomas, tumors of glial cells, are the most common malignant tumors of the brain. Ephrins are protein ligands that act through tyrosine kinases receptor family, Eph receptors. In glioma, an inverse relationship has been identified between ephrin A1 ligand and EphA2 receptors i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a malignant brain tumor which is the most common and aggressive type of central nervous system cancer, with high morbidity and mortality. Despite lots of systematic studies on the molecular mechanism of glioblastoma, the pathogenesis is still unclear, and effective therapies are relatively rare with surgical resection as the frequently therapeutic intervention. Identification of fundamental molecules and gene networks associated with initiation is critical in glioblastoma drug discovery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 48-year-old man presented with 3 days of mild horizontal diplopia in the left direction, followed by the onset of headache 17 days later. A physical examination revealed isolated left abducens nerve palsy. Head computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans revealed soft-tissue density neoplasms that occupied the sphenoidal sinus and further invaded to destroy the clivus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: Clinically mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion of the corpus callosum (MERS) is a recently identified clinically and radiologically distinct syndrome. Clinical symptoms and lesions on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) often disappear in 1 week or a few weeks. However, MERS manifesting as a severe clinical course with significant sequela has not yet been reported.
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