Smad2 Cooperating with TGIF2 Contributes to EMT and Cancer Stem Cells Properties in Pancreatic Cancer via Co-Targeting SOX2.

The underlying mechanisms between cancer stem cells (CSC) and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in pancreatic cancer (PC) remain unclear. In this study, we identified TGIF2 as a target gene of CSC using sncRNA and machine learning. TGIF2 is closely related to the expression of SOX2, EGFR, and E-cadherin, indicating poor prognosis.

ZNF263 cooperates with ZNF31 to promote the drug resistance and EMT of pancreatic cancer through transactivating RNF126.

The poor prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is attribute to the aggressive local invasion, distant metastasis and drug resistance of PDAC patients, which was strongly accelerated by epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In current study, we systematically investigate the role of ZNF263/RNF126 axis in the initiation of EMT in PDAC in vitro and vivo. ZNF263 is firstly identified as a novel transactivation factor of RNF126.

Correction: Musashi2 promotes the development and progression of pancreatic cancer by down-regulating Numb protein.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.8736.

Calreticulin promotes EMT in pancreatic cancer via mediating Ca dependent acute and chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress.

Background: Our previous study showed that calreticulin (CRT) promoted EGF-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in pancreatic cancer (PC) via Integrin/EGFR-ERK/MAPK signaling. We next investigated the novel signal pathway and molecular mechanism involving the oncogenic role of CRT in PC.

Methods: We investigated the potential role and mechanism of CRT in regulating intracellular free Ca dependent acute and chronic endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS)-induced EMT in PC in vitro and vivo.

GINS2 promotes EMT in pancreatic cancer via specifically stimulating ERK/MAPK signaling.

Go-Ichi-Ni-San 2 (GINS2), as a newly discovered oncogene, is overexpressed in several cancers. However, the specific role of GINS2 in the development of pancreatic cancer (PC), to our knowledge, is poorly understood. We systematically explored the potential role of GINS2 in epithelial-mesenchymal-transition (EMT)-stimulated PC in vitro and vivo.

Calreticulin promotes EGF-induced EMT in pancreatic cancer cells via Integrin/EGFR-ERK/MAPK signaling pathway.

Our previous study showed that Calreticulin (CRT) promoted the development of pancreatic cancer (PC) through ERK/MAPK pathway. We next investigate whether CRT promotes EGF-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in PC via Integrin/EGFR-ERK/MAPK signaling, which has not been reported yet to our knowledge. EGF simultaneously induced EMT and activated Integrin/EGFR-ERK/MAPK signaling pathway in 3 PC cells.

Cooperation of Musashi-2, Numb, MDM2, and P53 in drug resistance and malignant biology of pancreatic cancer.

Our earlier work showed that Musashi (MSI)-2 promoted the development of pancreatic cancer (PC) by down-regulating Numb, which prevented murine double-minute (MDM)-2-mediated p53 ubiquitin degradation. Thus, we investigate the relationship among MSI2, Numb, MDM2, and p53 in PC and , an association that has not been reported to our knowledge. MSI2 had no relationship with mutant p53 (mtp53) and wild-type p53 (wtp53) in normal PC cells.

Musashi2 promotes the development and progression of pancreatic cancer by down-regulating Numb protein.

Musashi2-Numb interaction plays a vital role in the progression of myeloid leukemia. However, its potential role in solid cancers has rarely been reported. We investigated the coordinate function of Musashi2-Numb in the development of pancreatic cancer (PC) in vitro and vivo.

[Advance in research on the association of ALDH2 gene polymorphisms with cancer susceptibility in drinkers].

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2), as one of the most important alcohol metabolizing enzymes, plays a significant role in the detoxification process of acetaldehyde which is a main carcinogenic product of alcoholic metabolism. Alteration in its genotypes (particularly at the site of rs671) is closely associated with a variety of tumors in drinkers. Recent advance in the research of the association of the ALDH2 gene rs671 polymorphisms with cancer susceptibility in drinkers is reviewed.

Overexpression of calreticulin contributes to the development and progression of pancreatic cancer.

We studied the clinicopathological significance for Calreticulin (CRT) expression in pancreatic cancer (PC), and its functional relationship with other signaling genes (especially with p53) in regulating the biological behavior of PC cells. IHC, IF, IB, and real-time PCR were used to detect CRT expression in PC, while transfection and drug intervention were used to investigate the functional relationship of CRT with other signaling genes. IHC showed both CRT and p53 expression was significantly increased in PC, compared to that in paired non-cancerous pancreatic tissues (P < 0.

[Effects of aniline and phenol on freshwater algae growth].

By the methods of bioassay, this paper studied the effects of aniline or phenol on the growth of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Scenedesmus obiquus. The results showed that these two compounds had evident effects on the growth of test algae species. For the same species, aniline was more toxic.

The analysis of electrode-recording-horizon in multi-electrode array(MEA).

There is a problem that can't be ignored in the MEA collected-signal-sorting process: When a neuron positions in two adjacent microelectrodes, can its activity be detected at the same time by both microelectrodes? Under certain conditions, the contact between the electrode and the cultured cell could be simplified as capacitive contact. Because the distance and the covering area affect the capacitance the amplitude of potential decreases rapidly with the increase of distance to the microelectrode. We show that common MEA chip whose spacing of electrodes is 200 μ m can't detect the neuronal potential in its adjacent electrodes simultaneously.

The origin of spontaneous synchronized burst in cultured neuronal networks based on multi-electrode arrays.

Many neural networks in mammalian central nervous system (CNS) fire single spike and complex spike burst. In fact, the conditions for triggering burst are not well understood. In the paper multi-electrode arrays (MEA) are used to record the spontaneous electrophysiological activities of cultured rat hippocampal neuronal network for a long time.