... others using Noggin [26] and Chordin [31] support the potential therapeutic role of these antagonists inovariancancerprogression through the inhibition of BMP signaling It will be of great interest ... using diaminobenzidine containing 0.3% H2O2 as a substrate for peroxidase and nuclei were counterstained with diluted hematoxylin Epithelial zones were scored according to the intensity of staining ... 1/5/8 and Erk MAPKs inovariancancer cell lines To investigate the role of BMP-2 inovariancancer cells we selected three cell lines, TOV-2223, TOV-1946 and TOV112D, for in vitro assays [33]...
... BSA Bovine serum albumin CBD Collagen binding domain CR Conserved region CRIB Cdc42/Rac interactive binding protein DTT Dithiothreitol DLK Dual leucine zipper-bearing kinase DNA ... signal peptide domain (SPD), the propeptide domain (Pro), the catalytic domain containing the Zn2+-binding region and the collagen-binding domain (CBD), a hemopexin-like C-terminus connected to ... serine/threonine kinases and tyrosine kinases Out of the eleven 27 protein kinase conserved regions in MLKs, the first seven have sequence similarity to serine/threonine kinases while the remaining...
... on a four level scale (0 = no staining, = weak staining, = moderate staining, = intense staining) by a GU pathologist Results Expression Profiling of OvarianCancer Patients We sought to establish ... Peters JM: The small molecule Hesperadin reveals a role for Aurora B in correcting kinetochoremicrotubule attachment and in maintaining the spindle assembly checkpoint J Cell Biol 2003, 161(2):281-294 ... patient's cores The TMA staining data, including detailed patient information is summarized in Table On average, the benign tumors contained the highest percentage of cells staining positive for Aurora-A...
... sialylation of β1 integrins in three ovarian carcinoma Figure cell lines2 α2–6 sialylation of β1 integrins in three ovarian carcinoma cell lines.A, Lysates from PA1, OV4, and SKOV3 cells were incubated ... hypersialylation could modify integrindependent cell responses through a change in receptor conformation, by masking functional domains within the integrin heterodimer, by affecting integrin interaction with ... the role of this enzyme inovariancancer The accumulating evidence indicating that ST6Gal-I-mediated integrin sialylation causes increased cell migration and invasion in multiple tumor types...
... provides useful prognostic information in patients with ovariancancerIn a clinical setting, the SGA is invaluable in identifying malnourished patients in a quick and non-invasive manner Moreover, ... chemotherapy-induced toxicity and a reduction in survival of cancer patients [11,12] ovariancancer being no exception [13] The prevalence of malnutrition in patients with ovariancancer has been ... inovariancancer To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate SGA for its prognostic importance inovariancancer patients treated in an integrative cancer treatment setting...
... trioxide induced cytotoxicity in human ovariancancer cells are promising Clinically achievable concentrations (2 μM) induced apoptosis in the platinum-resistant human ovariancancer cell line CI80-13S ... al.: Intraperitoneal cisplatin with regional hyperthermia in advanced ovarian cancer: pharmacokinetics and cisplatin-DNA adduct formation in patients and ovariancancer cell lines Eur J Cancer ... action binding to tubulin polymers (microtubules) and stabilizing the microtubule against depolymerization [29-32] During this time analogues of cisplatin were investigated in an effort to maintain...
... accuracy in diagnosis, staging, and management decisions inovariancancerIn this review article, the role of FDG-PET and FDG-PET/ CT in the diagnosis, staging, and management of ovariancancer ... gynecologic cancer and in determining the efficacy of hormonal therapy [18,19], as a future PET method for evaluating ovariancancer Imaging protocol for ovarian tumors FDG is excreted through the urinary ... breast cancer and determine the efficacy of hormonal therapy in these patients [17] In this article, we also discuss our preliminary studies indicating the usefulness of FES-PET imaging in the...
... ovarian cell line and the remaining cell lines were derived from ovariancancer cell lines (A) Ethidium bromide-induced fluorescence of RT-PCR amplification product from ovarian tumor RNA using ... staining in normal tissue) The remaining benign ovarian tissues as well as one malignant ovary showed no STYK1 immunoreactivity Many of the ovariancancer tissue sections had weak STYK1 staining ... factors Inoculation of these cells into nude mice induced tumor formation within one week and the cells metastasized after weeks Introducing a tyrosine to phenylalanine point mutation into the...
... repetitive domains of peptides rich in serine, threonine, and proline in their backbone Serine and threonine are sites for O- and N-glycosylation Presence of the tandem repeat domain which varies in number, ... of ovariancancer samples and adjacent normal ovary samples [53] The expression pattern of certain membrane bound mucins inovarian tumors is shown in Figure Pathological Roles of Mucins inOvarian ... Mucin gene expression inovarian cancers Cancer Res 1998, 58:5546-5550 Boman F, Buisine MP, Wacrenier A, Querleu D, Aubert JP, Porchet N: Mucin gene transcripts in benign and borderline mucinous...
... β -catenin pathway is known to be disrupted in a variety of cancers, including ovariancancer Activation of the β -catenin signaling pathway leads to nuclear localization of β -catenin which interacts ... ɴ -catenin (94kDa) * * 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.2 c-Myc (65kDa) 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.2 ɴ-actin (42kDa) Control Cisplatin Curcumin Curcumin + Cisplatin Figure Curcumin inhibits nuclear β -catenin signaling (A)Curcumin inhibits ... of cisplatin treatment in cisplatin resistant cells by increasing the sensitivity of cells to apoptotic pathways and modulating nuclear β -catenin signaling Curcumin is in early phase clinical trials...
... al: Gemcitabine plus vinorelbine compared with cisplatin plus vinorelbine or cisplatin plus gemcitabine for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase III trial of the Italian GEMVIN Investigators ... advanced ovarian cancer: a randomised trial comparing adriamycin or 4’epi-adriamycin in combination with cisplatin and cyclophosphamide Med Pediatr Oncol 1986, 14(1):26-29 Advanced OvarianCancer ... Cancer statistics 2009 CA Cancer J Clin 2009, 59:225-249 Chauhan SC, Kumar D, Jaggi M: Mucins inovariancancer diagnosis and therapy J Ovarian Res 2009, 2:21 Armstrong DK: Relapsed ovarian cancer: ...
... CA125 measurements in managing therapy inovariancancer patients continues to be a subject of great research interest A randomized trial was designed by Rustin GJ et al to determine whether there ... our study and lack of information on treatments received by our patients, the specific implications of our findings on managing therapy inovariancancer patients are uncertain Prospective studies ... M et al included only patients with suboptimal residual stage III (defined as the presence of at least one tumor mass >2 cm in diameter remaining within the peritoneal cavity following initial...
... ErBB2/HER2 [28], potentiating its responsiveness incancersignaling [7,8] Our recent finding showed that an overexpression of MUC4 increases the expression of HER2 inovariancancer cells [8] and ... oncoprotein in pancreatic cancer cells [7] In the present study, we analyzed the expression of the HER2 protein in MUC4transfected ovariancancer cells The exogenous MUC4 expression inovariancancer ... important role in the pathogenesis of ovariancancerIn this study, we have investigated increased expression of HER2 and the cancer stem cell population in MUC4 overexpressed ovariancancer cells...
... tumourgenesis inovariancancer cell lines containing genetic alterations in p53, myc and K-ras but not in cell lines containing genetic alterations in p53, myc and Akt In this ras activated cell line, ... suggesting b1 integrin has a role in mediating these changes Intriguingly, these changes in protein level are not reflected at the RNA level, indicating that the effect of HOXA4 on b1 integrin and ... overexpressed in this cell line Invasive EOC cell lines also show overexpression of HOXA4 compared to non-invasive cell lines, suggesting a possible role for HOXA4 in promoting migration and invasion...
... Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal CancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancerCancer UniGene ID N/A Hs.471234 Hs.592304 Hs.348319 ... cytokeratin and vimentin using anti-cytokeratin AE1/AE3 (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN) and anti-vimentin (Boehringer Mannheim, Indianapolis, IN) following the manufacturer’s instructions To ... or remove the ubiquitin moiety from a target protein The deubiquitinating enzymes are also involved in processing of poly-ubiquitin precursors into ubiquitin monomers, targeting or salvage of proteasomal...
... been fully investigated inovariancancerIn the present study, we examined the relationship between the expression of Ets-1 and its targets Ang-2 and maspin inovariancancer and their clinical ... staining for Ets-1, Ang-2 and Maspin inovarian tumor tissues A: Ets-1 expression inovarian moderately and poorly differentiated serous adenocarcinoma; B: Ets-1 expression inovarian borderline ... borderline mucinous cystadenoma; C: Ang-2 expression in left ovarian serous papillary cystadenocarcinoma; D: Ang-2 expression inovarian borderline mucinous cystadenoma; E: Maspin expression in mucinous...
... Lorand 1989) Interaction with integrins makes it possible for TG2 to be involved in integrin-dependent signal transduction, including in the focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and GTP-binding proteins Raf-1 ... hinge region, which is between the N-terminal ECM binding domain and the C-terminal LAP binding domain This can be achieved by many proteinases in the serine proteinase family, such as plasmin, ... Immunofluorescence IFN-γ Interferon-gamma IGFBP-3 Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 IκBα Inhibitor of kappa B alpha ILK Integrin-linked kinase IP3 Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate xviii i.p Introperitoneal...
... cytoplasm In addition to its role in gene regulation, β -catenin is involved in regulating cell-cell adhesion by acting as a structural adaptor protein linking E -cadherin to the actin cytoskeleton in ... Ecadherin binding while the tyrosine kinases Fer, Fyn or Met are capable of inducing phosphorylation of tyrosine residue 142 of β -catenin to disrupt interaction with α -catenin but promotes binding ... Both functions of catenin are deregulated in several cancers, thus leading to the loss of β -catenin/ Ecadherin-mediated cell adhesion and a corresponding increase in β -catenin- dependent transcription...
... ……………………………………………………………… 4-17 Intracellular GPx level inovariancancer cell lines ……………… 4-18 Intracellular CAT level inovariancancer cell lines …………… 4-19 Intracellular arsenic concentration inovariancancer ... MS-275 inovariancancer cell lines after 48 hrs of treatment ……………… Combination indices for the drug combinations in OVCAR-3 cells ……………………………………………………………… Combination indices for the drug combinations ... are involved in cytokine processing and inflammation, at least seven caspases (caspases 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) participate in cell death The caspases that are involved in apoptotic signaling and...
... GTBP G/T binding protein TIMP Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases DISC Death-Inducing Signaling Complex Apaf-1 Apoptotic protease-activating factor-1 IAP Inhibition of Apoptosis Proteins Smac ... death-inducing signaling complex; IAPs, inhibition of apoptosis proteins; Smac/DIABLO, second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases/direct IAP-binding protein with low pI 10 Both the intrinsic ... alteration In animals, methylcytosine is mainly found in cytosine-guanine (CpG) 19 dinuleotides(Bird 1986) The presence of 5-methylcytosine in the promoter of specific genes prevents binding of transcription...