简介:AIMTocompareKAI1incancerofpapillaofVaterandpancreastoevaluatewhethertherearedifferencesinbiologicbehaviorwhichmightaccountforprognosis.METHODSWecomparedtheexpressionin24papillayand29pancreaticcancersusingNorthernblotanalysis,immunochemicalassayandinsituhybridization,andinvestigatedwhetherearlydiagnosisormoleculardifferencespredicttheoutcomeinthesetumorentities.RESULTSByNorthernblotanalysisthereisnostatisticaldifferenceofKAI1levelsinnormalandcancerouspapilla.NoassociationbetweenKAI1mRNAexpressionandtumorstageortumordifferentiationwasfoundinthetumors.Byimmunohistochemicalassay,KAI1stainingincytoplasmofpapillarycancercellswassimilartothatofnormalpapillarycells.Byinsituhybridization,theresultsofKAI1mRNAexpressioninnormalandcancerouspapillaweresimilartothosewithimmunohistochemicalassay.Thenormalandcancerouspancreastissueswerealsoanalyzedbythemethodsusedinpapillarysamples.CONCLUSIONAlthoughthebiologicrolesofKAI1havenotbeenclarified,ourresultssuggestthatKAI1mayrestricttheprogressionofmalignantpapillarycancer,butitsexpressionmightnothaveanyeffectonthecharacteristicsofpapillarytumor,whereasbytheanalysisofKAl1gene,itsreducedexpressioniscloselyrelatedtotheprogressionandmetastasesofpancreaticcancer.
简介:Cancerscreeningisasourceofmuchdebate.Attheinterfacebetweenpublichealth,specialistcare,economicsandpolicy,itcreatestensionsbetweenprofessionalgroups,politicians,themediaandthepublic.Ascreeningtestmaybecheap,butapplyingittoapopulation(withrigorousqualitycontrolandeffectiveprocessingofpatientswithabnormalresults)createsahugeworkloadandthereforecost.Screeningcanalsohavepsychologicaleffectsonindividualswithfalse-positiveresultswhorequireinvestigationbutareeventuallyfoundnottohavecancer.
简介:Ithabeenknownforsometimethatsometumourshavetheabilitytoproducaehormones.Thishastraditionallybeentermed‘ectopic'hormoneproduction,butwiththeincreasingsensitivityofmodenmoleculartechniques,ithasbecomeclearthatthisisamisnomer;manytissuescanproducehormoner,andnormallydosoatlowlevels,thehormonesactinglocallyascytokinesinaparacrinemanner.Intumours,bymechanismsthatremainunclear,productionofthesehormonesand/orincompletelyprocessedprecursorsisinereased,andthetem‘eutopic’productionismoreappropriate.
简介:Inthepastdecade,anincreasedamountofclinically-orientedresearchinvolvingimmunotoxinshasbeenpublished.Immunotoxinsareagroupofartificially-madecytotoxicmoleculestargetingcancercells.Thesemoleculescomposedofatargetingmoiety,suchasaligandoranantibody,linkedtotoxinmoiety,whichisatoxinwitheithertruncatedordeletedcell-bindingdomainthatpreventsitfrombindingtonormalcells.Immunotoxinscanbedividedintotwocategories:chemicallyconjugatedimmunotoxinsandrecombinantones.Theimmunotoxinsofthefirstcategoryhaveshownlimitedefficacyinclinicaltrialsinpatientswithhematologicmalignanciesandsolidtumors.Withinthelastfewyears,single-chainimmunotoxinsprovideenhancedtherapeuticefficacyoverconjugatedformsandresultinimprovedantitumoractivity.Inthisreview,webrieflyillustratethedesignoftheimmunotoxinsandtheirapplicationsinclinicaltrials.Cellular&MolecularImmunology.2005;2(2):106-112.
简介:DuckhepatitisBvims(DHBV)DNAwasdetectedindifferenttumorousnodulesofduckswithhepaticmulticentriccancerorintrahepaticmetastasisbySouthernblottechnique.Among7duckswithhepatocellularcarcinomaofmultipletumornodules,thehybridizationpatternofIntegratedDHBVDNAIndifferenttumorousnoduleswasidenticalin3casesanddifferentin2cases.OnecaseshowedasimilarhybridizationpatternintwotumorousnodulesandotheronewasnegativetorDHBVDNA.IntegratedDHBVDNAwasalsoidentifiedinametastaticlungcancerofduckswithhepatocellularcarcinoma.Thehybridizationpatternofmetastasisoflungswasasthesomeasthatinprimaryhepatocellularcarcinoma.ThesamediscretehybridizationbandsInthedifferenttumorousnodulesindicatethatthesenodulesmightarisefromonetransformedcell.ThedifferenthybridizationpatternsInvarioustumorousnodulesshowthatthesetumorousnodulesmightarisefromvarioustransformedcells.Theresultssuggestthatthehyb
简介:摘要:在中介或先进的胰腺的头癌上改进辩解的效果。方法:手术与intermediated或先进的胰腺的头癌在26个病人被动。在癌上与一根电子横梁与intraoperative放射疗法相结合的Cholecystojejunostomy或choledochojejunostomy从1996年5月被执行到1998年5月。同时,多功能的可植入的药交货系统的导管为手术后的灌注化疗经由胃与十二指肠的动脉被插入。结果:327月后续调查建议肿瘤在治疗的功课以后在不同的度缩小了。所有病人疼痛被减轻。6月、12月、24月的幸存率是100%,93.9%和20%分别地。5个死了的病人的平均幸存时间是17.8个月。结论:这操作是很完成与中介或先进的胰腺的头癌延长病人的生活。
简介:Tumorgrowthandmetastasisareangiogenesis-dependent.Anti-angiogenictherapymaybeausefulapproachtocancertherapy.Thisreviewdiscussedtumorangiogenesisandimmunotherapyoftargetingtumorangiogenesisfromtwomainaspects:(1)activevaccinationtoinduceeffectiveanti-angiogenesisimmunity;(2)passiveimmunotherapywithanti-pro-angiogenicmoleculesrelevantantibody.Evidencefromtherecentyearssuggestedthatanti-angiogenictherapyshouldbeoneofthemostpromisingapproachestocancertherapy.
简介:Wehavereviewedthegenetherapyingastrointestinaldiseases^[1].GastriccanceriscommoninChina^(2-20),anditsearlydiagnosisandtreatmentarestilldifficultuptonow^(13-36).Theex-pressionofanexogenousgeneintroducedbygenetherapyintopa-tientswithgliomascanbemonitorednon-invasivelybypositron-emissiontornography^[4].
简介:Nitricoxide(NO)isapleiotropicregulator,criticaltonumerousbiologicalprocesses,includingva-sodilatation,neurotransmissionandmacrophage-mediatedimmunity.Thefamilyofnitricoxidesynthases(NOS)comprisesinducibleNOS(iNOS),endothelialNOS(eNOS),andneuronalNOS(nNOS).Interest-ingly,variousstudieshaveshownthatallthreeisoformscanbeinvolvedinpromotingorinhibitingtheetiologyofcancer.NOSactivityhasbeendetectedintumourcellsofvarioushistogeneticoriginsandhasbeenassociatedwithtumourgrade,proliferationrateandexpressionofimportantsignalingcomponentsassociatedwithcancerdevelopmentsuchastheoestrogenreceptor.ItappearsthathighlevelsofNOSexpression(forexample,generatedbyactivatedmacrophages)maybecytostaticorcytotoxicfortumorcells,whereaslowlevelactivitycanhavetheoppositeeffectandpromotetumourgrowth.Paradoxicallytherefore,NO(andrelatedreactivenitrogenspecies)mayhavebothgenotoxicandangiogenicproperties.IncreasedNO-generationinacellmayselectmutantp53cellsandcontributetotumourangiogenesisbyupregulatingVEGF.Inaddition,NOmaymodulatetumourDNArepairmechanismsbyupregulatingp53,poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase(PARP)andtheDNA-dependentproteinkinase(DNA-PK).Anunderstand-ingatthemolecularleveloftheroleofNOincancerwillhaveprofoundtherapeuticimplicationsforthediagnosisandtreatmentofdisease.
简介:Acupuncture,asacomplementarytherapy,hasbeenusedtomanagethecancerassociatedsymptomsofcancerpatients.Toidentifytheefficacyandsafetyofacupunctureinthemanagementofcancer,thisreviewcriticallyanalysestherelevantpublicationsincludingbothexperimentalandclinicalstudies.Themajorityofstudiessuggestthatacupunctureeffectivelyrelievessomecancerrelatedsymptomssuchascancerpain,andsomeadverseeffectscausedbythecancerconventionaltreatmentssuchasnausea,vomiting,neutropeniaandxerostomia.
简介:Duetoconcernsregardingtheoverlappingfiguresinthisreviewthatareidenticaltothosecontainedinareviewarticlethatwehaveco-authoredandpublishedearlier,weretracttheabovepaperwepublishedinCellResearch.Weapologizeforanyconfusionthatmaybecausedbythismatter,althoughwestandbythescientificcontentscontainedintheCellResearchpaper.
简介:ChineseJournalofCancerResearch,aninternationalbiomedicaljournaleditedandpublishedquarterlyinEnglishbyChinaAnti-CancerAssociation(CACA),isacomprehensiveacademicjournal,aimingtoreflectprimarilythecreativeorinnovativeachievementsinallfieldsofcancerresea...
简介:OurpreviousstudyshowedthattwoMKN45variants,namelyMKN45Lm-andMKN45Lm+selectedbylamininadhesioninvitro,haddifferentabilitiesofinvasionandmetastasisinvivo(inoculatedinnudemice)andinvitro(inBoydenchamber),alsohaddifferentexpressionofcysteineproteinase.Inthepresentstudy,weinvestigatedthecellapoptosisofthisMKN45variantsbyTUNELandFACSmethods.Theresultswereshownsignificantdifferentofcellapoptosisinthiscellsublines.TheMKN45Lm-cellshadasmallsubdiploidypeak(3.5%)inDNAcontentanalyzedbyflowcytometry,
简介:MeSHpancreaticoduodenectomy;pancreaticanastomoticleak;fistulaofpancreas;periampullarycarcinoma;jaundicecomplicationcarcinomaofpancreas;ABSTRACYObjectTopreventpancreaticanastomoticleakbythecomprehensiveleakproofmeasuresforpancre-aticoduodenectomy.MethodsFromDecember1981toJune2002,128consecutivepatientsunderwentpancreati-coduodenectomy.127casessufferedfromthemalignantdiseaseandonefromchronicpancreatitis.Theauthorperformedtheoperationsandadoptedthecomprehensivemeasurestopreventpancreaticanastomoticleak.Themeasuresweremainly