CTEN Inhibits Tumor Angiogenesis and Growth by Targeting VEGFA Through Down-Regulation of β-Catenin in Breast Cancer.

C-terminal tensin-like (CTEN) belongs to the tensin gene family, which encodes proteins that localize to focal adhesions and modulate integrin function. Accumulating studies have reported that CTEN expression can be upregulated or downregulated in different types of cancers, suggesting that CTEN has both oncogenic and tumor suppressor functions. In this study, by analyzing the expression level of CTEN in the human breast cancer (BRCA) samples from the clinically annotated genomic database, The Cancer Genome Atlas, we found that CTEN was downregulated in different BRCA subclasses, including luminal, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive and triple-negative BRCA.

Overexpression of CTEN is associated with gefitinib resistance in non-small cell lung cancer.

COOH-terminus tensin-like molecule (CTEN) is a member of the tensin family, which is considered to be one of the novel proto-oncogenes involved in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. However, the mechanisms of CTEN in acquired resistance of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain relatively unknown. The aim of the present study was to understand the roles of CTEN in acquired gefitinib resistance of NSCLC.

Simvastatin downregulates HER2 via upregulation of PEA3 to induce cell death in HER2-positive breast cancer cells.

Simvastatin is a widely used cholesterol-adjusting drug that selectively inhibits the 3-hyrdoxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, leading to decreased cholesterol biosynthesis. Notably, through this activity, simvastatin exerts antiproliferative and proapoptotic effects on various cancer cells, including non-small cell lung and breast cancer. Although statin-induced breast cancer cell death is nitric oxide inducible and arginase dependent, we report alternative mechanisms relative to the antitumor function of simvastatin in breast cancer cells.

[Efficacy and side-effects of docetaxel combined with cisplatin on the treatment of local advanced esophageal cancer with concomitant radiation therapy].

Objective: To investigate the therapeutical effect and side-effect of docetaxel combined with cisplatin (DDP) on the treatment of local advanced esophageal cancer with concomitant radiation therapy.

Methods: Ninety patients with LOCAL advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma were divided into two groups: (DDP + 5-Fu) group and (docetaxel + DDP) group. Chemotherapy was carried out every 4 weeks for a total of 4 courses.