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Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research

Issue 1/2018

Content (327 Articles)

Open Access Research

Notch1 signaling in melanoma cells promoted tumor-induced immunosuppression via upregulation of TGF-β1

Zike Yang, Yanxia Qi, Nan Lai, Jiahe Zhang, Zehong Chen, Mingyu Liu, Wan Zhang, Rongcheng Luo, Shijun Kang

Open Access Review

Relevance of 3d culture systems to study osteosarcoma environment

Angela De Luca, Lavinia Raimondi, Francesca Salamanna, Valeria Carina, Viviana Costa, Daniele Bellavia, Riccardo Alessandro, Milena Fini, Gianluca Giavaresi

Open Access Research

EZH2 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression through modulating miR-22/galectin-9 axis

Shaofei Chen, Jiarui Pu, Jie Bai, Yuping Yin, Ke Wu, Jiliang Wang, Xiaoming Shuai, Jinbo Gao, Kaixiong Tao, Guobin Wang, Hang Li

Open Access Research

Microfluidic co-culture of pancreatic tumor spheroids with stellate cells as a novel 3D model for investigation of stroma-mediated cell motility and drug resistance

Ji-Hyun Lee, Seul-Ki Kim, Iftikhar Ali Khawar, Su-Yeong Jeong, Seok Chung, Hyo-Jeong Kuh

Open Access Review

Role of the nervous system in cancer metastasis

Nyanbol Kuol, Lily Stojanovska, Vasso Apostolopoulos, Kulmira Nurgali

Open Access Research

Stress-inducible Protein-1 promotes metastasis of gastric cancer via Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

Linlin Huang, Ertao Zhai, Shirong Cai, Yi Lin, Junbin Liao, Huilin Jin, Sui Peng, Lixia Xu, Minhu Chen, Zhirong Zeng

Open Access Research

INPP4B promotes cell survival via SGK3 activation in NPM1-mutated leukemia

Hongjun Jin, Liyuan Yang, Lu Wang, Zailin Yang, Qian Zhan, Yao Tao, Qin Zou, Yuting Tang, Jingrong Xian, Shuaishuai Zhang, Yipei Jing, Ling Zhang

Open Access Research

Autophagy promotes metastasis and glycolysis by upregulating MCT1 expression and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway activation in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Qing Fan, Liang Yang, Xiaodong Zhang, Yingbo Ma, Yan Li, Lei Dong, Zhihong Zong, Xiangdong Hua, Dongming Su, Hangyu Li, Jingang Liu

Open Access Research

MCM6 promotes metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma via MEK/ERK pathway and serves as a novel serum biomarker for early recurrence

Mingyu Liu, Qiaoting Hu, Mengxian Tu, Xinyi Wang, Zike Yang, Guoxiong Yang, Rongcheng Luo

Open Access Research

A synthetic cell-penetrating peptide derived from nuclear localization signal of EPS8 exerts anticancer activity against acute myeloid leukemia

Yiran Chen, Xiaoling Xie, Anqin Wu, Lei Wang, Yuxing Hu, Honghao Zhang, Yuhua Li

Open Access Research

Over-expression of oncigenic pesudogene DUXAP10 promotes cell proliferation and invasion by regulating LATS1 and β-catenin in gastric cancer

Yongcan Xu, Xiang Yu, Chenchen Wei, Fengqi Nie, Mingde Huang, Ming Sun

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: miR-3928v is induced by HBx via NF-κB/EGR1 and contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma malignancy by down-regulating VDAC3

Qiaoge Zhang, Ge Song, Lili Yao, Yankun Liu, Min Liu, Shengping Li, Hua Tang

Open Access Research

The miR-181 family promotes cell cycle by targeting CTDSPL, a phosphatase-like tumor suppressor in uveal melanoma

Leilei Zhang, Xiaoyu He, Fang Li, Hui Pan, Xiaolin Huang, Xuyang Wen, He Zhang, Bin Li, Shengfang Ge, Xiaofang Xu, Renbing Jia, Xianqun Fan

Open Access Research

Serum DNA integrity index as a potential molecular biomarker in endometrial cancer

Enrico Vizza, Giacomo Corrado, Martina De Angeli, Mariantonia Carosi, Emanuela Mancini, Ermelinda Baiocco, Benito Chiofalo, Lodovico Patrizi, Ashanti Zampa, Giulia Piaggio, Lucia Cicchillitti

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Integrin-β5, a miR-185-targeted gene, promotes hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis by regulating β-catenin stability

Zhikun Lin, Ruiping He, Haifeng Luo, Chang Lu, Zhen Ning, Yuanhang Wu, Chuanchun Han, Guang Tan, Zhongyu Wang

Open Access Research

MicroRNA-150 enhances radiosensitivity by inhibiting the AKT pathway in NK/T cell lymphoma

Shao Jie Wu, Jun Chen, BingYi Wu, Yu Jue Wang, Kun Yuan Guo

Open Access Research

miR-302a-5p/367-3p-HMGA2 axis regulates malignant processes during endometrial cancer development

Jian Ma, Da Li, Fan-Fei Kong, Di Yang, Hui Yang, Xiao-Xin Ma

Open Access Review

Fate of Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Cancer Cells

Cécile Chalouni, Sophia Doll

Open Access Research

Flavagline analog FL3 induces cell cycle arrest in urothelial carcinoma cell of the bladder by inhibiting the Akt/PHB interaction to activate the GADD45α pathway

Gangjun Yuan, Xin Chen, Zhuowei Liu, Wensu Wei, Qinghai Shu, Hussein Abou-Hamdan, Lijuan Jiang, Xiangdong Li, Rixin Chen, Laurent Désaubry, Fangjian Zhou, Dan Xie

Open Access Research

RHBDD1 promotes colorectal cancer metastasis through the Wnt signaling pathway and its downstream target ZEB1

Mengmeng Zhang, Fei Miao, Rong Huang, Wenjie Liu, Yuechao Zhao, Tao Jiao, Yalan Lu, Fan Wu, Xiaojuan Wang, Han Wang, Hong Zhao, Hongge Ju, Shiying Miao, Linfang Wang, Wei Song

Open Access Research

14, 15-EET induces breast cancer cell EMT and cisplatin resistance by up-regulating integrin αvβ3 and activating FAK/PI3K/AKT signaling

Jing Luo, Jian-Feng Yao, Xiao-Fei Deng, Xiao-Dan Zheng, Min Jia, Yue-Qin Wang, Yan Huang, Jian-Hua Zhu

Open Access Research

SMURF1 facilitates estrogen receptor ɑ signaling in breast cancer cells

Huijie Yang, Na Yu, Juntao Xu, Xiaosheng Ding, Wei Deng, Guojin Wu, Xin Li, Yingxiang Hou, Zhenhua Liu, Yan Zhao, Min Xue, Sifan Yu, Beibei Wang, Xiumin Li, Gang Niu, Hui Wang, Jian Zhu, Ting Zhuang

Open Access Research

microRNA-193a stimulates pancreatic cancer cell repopulation and metastasis through modulating TGF-β2/TGF-βRIII signalings

Chi Fang, Chen-yun Dai, Zhu Mei, Ming-jie Jiang, Dian-na Gu, Qian Huang, Ling Tian

Open Access Review

Salinomycin, as an autophagy modulator-- a new avenue to anticancer: a review

Jiang Jiang, Hailong Li, Eskandar Qaed, Jing Zhang, Yushu Song, Rong Wu, Xinmiao Bu, Qinyan Wang, Zeyao Tang

Open Access Research

TFAP2C promotes stemness and chemotherapeutic resistance in colorectal cancer via inactivating hippo signaling pathway

Xu Wang, Di Sun, Jiandong Tai, Si Chen, Miao Yu, Dong Ren, Lei Wang

Open Access Research

MYL6B, a myosin light chain, promotes MDM2-mediated p53 degradation and drives HCC development

Xingwang Xie, Xueyan Wang, Weijia Liao, Ran Fei, Nan Wu, Xu Cong, Qian Chen, Lai Wei, Yu Wang, Hongsong Chen

Open Access Research

Development and evaluation of novel tumor-targeting paclitaxel-loaded nano-carriers for ovarian cancer treatment: in vitro and in vivo

Shu Yao, Li Li, Xuan-tao Su, Kai Wang, Zai-jun Lu, Cun-zhong Yuan, Jin-bo Feng, Shi Yan, Bei-hua Kong, Kun Song

Open Access Review

New therapeutic strategies to treat human cancers expressing mutant p53 proteins

Giovanni Blandino, Silvia Di Agostino

Open Access Research

Dacomitinib potentiates the efficacy of conventional chemotherapeutic agents via inhibiting the drug efflux function of ABCG2 in vitro and in vivo

Xiaoran Guo, Kenneth K. W. To, Zhen Chen, Xiaokun Wang, Jianye Zhang, Min Luo, Fang Wang, Shirong Yan, Liwu Fu

Open Access Research

FAK-ERK activation in cell/matrix adhesion induced by the loss of apolipoprotein E stimulates the malignant progression of ovarian cancer

Huiling Lai, Xuejiao Zhao, Yu Qin, Yi Ding, Ruqi Chen, Guannan Li, Marilyne Labrie, Zhiyong Ding, Jianfeng Zhou, Junbo Hu, Ding Ma, Yong Fang, Qinglei Gao

Open Access Research

Along with its favorable prognostic role, CLCA2 inhibits growth and metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells via inhibition of FAK/ERK signaling

Yuan-Yuan Qiang, Chang-Zhi Li, Rui Sun, Li-Sheng Zheng, Li-Xia Peng, Jun-Ping Yang, Dong-Fang Meng, Yan-Hong Lang, Yan Mei, Ping Xie, Liang Xu, Yun Cao, Wen-Wen Wei, Li Cao, Hao Hu, Qin Yang, Dong-Hua Luo, Ying-Ying Liang, Bi-Jun Huang, Chao-Nan Qian

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Serum DNA integrity index as a potential molecular biomarker in endometrial cancer

Enrico Vizza, Giacomo Corrado, Martina De Angeli, Mariantonia Carosi, Emanuela Mancini, Ermelinda Baiocco, Benito Chiofalo, Lodovico Patrizi, Ashanti Zampa, Giulia Piaggio, Lucia Cicchillitti

Open Access Review

CDK9 inhibitors in acute myeloid leukemia

Silvia Boffo, Angela Damato, Luigi Alfano, Antonio Giordano

Open Access Review

The viable circulating tumor cells with cancer stem cells feature, where is the way out?

Y. T. Luo, J. Cheng, X. Feng, S. J. He, Y. W. Wang, Q. Huang

Open Access Research

Upregulation of lactate-inducible snail protein suppresses oncogene-mediated senescence through p16INK4a inactivation

Xiangrui Li, Zhijian Zhang, Yao Zhang, Yuxiang Cao, Huijun Wei, Zhihao Wu

Open Access Research

Wilms’ tumor 1-associating protein promotes renal cell carcinoma proliferation by regulating CDK2 mRNA stability

Jingyuan Tang, Feng Wang, Gong Cheng, Shuhui Si, Xi Sun, Jie Han, Hao Yu, Wei Zhang, Qiang Lv, Ji-Fu Wei, Haiwei Yang

Open Access Research

Osteoglycin (OGN) reverses epithelial to mesenchymal transition and invasiveness in colorectal cancer via EGFR/Akt pathway

Xiang Hu, Ya-Qi Li, Qing-Guo Li, Yan-Lei Ma, Jun-Jie Peng, San-Jun Cai

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Efficient targeted tumor imaging and secreted endostatin gene delivery by anti-CD105 immunoliposomes

Huiqin Zhuo, Baoshi Zheng, Jianming Liu, Yong Huang, Huiling Wang, Duo Zheng, Naiquan Mao, Jinyu Meng, Sufang Zhou, Liping Zhong, Yongxiang Zhao

Open Access Research

TNFα induces Ca2+ influx to accelerate extrinsic apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Jianjun Zhu, Mingpeng Jin, Jiaojiao Wang, Hui Zhang, Yousheng Wu, Deyang Li, Xiaoying Ji, Hushan Yang, Chun Yin, Tingting Ren, Jinliang Xing

Open Access Research

Blockade of TIM3 relieves immunosuppression through reducing regulatory T cells in head and neck cancer

Jian-Feng Liu, Lei Wu, Lei-Lei Yang, Wei-Wei Deng, Liang Mao, Hao Wu, Wen-Feng Zhang, Zhi-Jun Sun

Open Access Research

Downregulation of castor zinc finger 1 predicts poor prognosis and facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma progression via MAPK/ERK signaling

Ji-Long Wang, Meng-yuan Yang, Shuai Xiao, Bo Sun, Yi-Ming Li, Lian-Yue Yang

Open Access Research

CADM2, as a new target of miR-10b, promotes tumor metastasis through FAK/AKT pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma

Dongliang Li, Yongjian Zhang, He Zhang, Chao Zhan, Xin Li, Tu Ba, Zini Qiu, Fang E, Guixiang Lv, Chendan Zou, Chuxuan Wang, Lining Si, Chaoxia Zou, Qiang Li, Xu Gao

Open Access Commentary

Tearing down the walls: FDA approves next generation sequencing (NGS) assays for actionable cancer genomic aberrations

Matteo Allegretti, Alessandra Fabi, Simonetta Buglioni, Aline Martayan, Laura Conti, Edoardo Pescarmona, Gennaro Ciliberto, Patrizio Giacomini

Open Access Meeting Report

Reprogramming Tumor-Immune Cell Interface in Solid and Hematological Malignancies to Enhance Response to Therapy

Maria Teresa Di Martino, Francesca Zazzeroni, Massimo Donadelli, Claudia Chiodoni, Michele Caraglia, Katia Scotlandi, Stefania Meschini, Carlo Leonetti

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: MicroRNA-1468 promotes tumor progression by activating PPAR-γ-mediated AKT signaling in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Zhikui Liu, Yufeng Wang, Changwei Dou, Liankang Sun, Qing Li, Liang Wang, Qiuran Xu, Wei Yang, Qingguang Liu, Kangsheng Tu

Open Access Research

EEF1D overexpression promotes osteosarcoma cell proliferation by facilitating Akt-mTOR and Akt-bad signaling

Dong-dong Cheng, Shi-jie Li, Bin Zhu, Shu-min Zhou, Qing-cheng Yang

Open Access Research

C-Myc-dependent repression of two oncogenic miRNA clusters contributes to triptolide-induced cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Shu-Guang Li, Qian-Wei Shi, Ling-yan Yuan, Li-ping Qin, Yan Wang, Yu-Qing Miao, Zhe Chen, Chang-Quan Ling, Wen-xing Qin

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Exosomal microRNA-32-5p induces multidrug resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma via the PI3K/Akt pathway

Xiao Fu, Mengjie Liu, Shengyang Qu, Jiequn Ma, Yamin Zhang, Tingting Shi, Hongqing Wen, Yujuan Yang, Shuhong Wang, Jing Wang, Kejun Nan, Yu Yao, Tao Tian

Open Access Research

Novel smac mimetic APG-1387 elicits ovarian cancer cell killing through TNF-alpha, Ripoptosome and autophagy mediated cell death pathway

Bao-Xia Li, Heng-Bang Wang, Miao-Zhen Qiu, Qiu-Yun Luo, Han-Jie Yi, Xiang-Lei Yan, Wen-Tao Pan, Lu-Ping Yuan, Yu-Xin Zhang, Jian-Hua Xu, Lin Zhang, Da-Jun Yang

Open Access Research

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 promotes colorectal cancer metastasis in response to glucose by suppressing PTEN

Hui Ran, Yemin Zhu, Ruyuan Deng, Qi Zhang, Xisheng Liu, Ming Feng, Jie Zhong, Shuhai Lin, Xuemei Tong, Qing Su

Open Access Research

Monitoring the effect of first line treatment in RAS/RAF mutated metastatic colorectal cancer by serial analysis of tumor specific DNA in plasma

C. B. Thomsen, T. F. Hansen, R. F. Andersen, J. Lindebjerg, L. H. Jensen, A. Jakobsen

Open Access Research

LncRNA-TUSC7/miR-224 affected chemotherapy resistance of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by competitively regulating DESC1

Zhi-wei Chang, Yong-xu Jia, Wei-jie Zhang, Li-jie Song, Ming Gao, Ming-jun Li, Rui-hua Zhao, Jing Li, Ya-li Zhong, Qiao-zhi Sun, Yan-ru Qin

Open Access Research

Targeting KRAS in metastatic colorectal cancer: current strategies and emerging opportunities

Manuela Porru, Luca Pompili, Carla Caruso, Annamaria Biroccio, Carlo Leonetti

Open Access Research

Long non-coding RNA MIAT promotes gastric cancer growth and metastasis through regulation of miR-141/DDX5 pathway

Min Sha, Mei Lin, Jia Wang, Jun Ye, Jie Xu, Ning Xu, Junxing Huang

Open Access Research

CDK5RAP3 suppresses Wnt/β-catenin signaling by inhibiting AKT phosphorylation in gastric cancer

Chao-Hui Zheng, Jia-Bin Wang, Man-Qiang Lin, Peng-Yang Zhang, Li-Chao Liu, Jian-Xian Lin, Jun Lu, Qi-Yue Chen, Long-Long Cao, Mi Lin, Ru-Hong Tu, Jian-Wei Xie, Ping Li, Chang-Ming Huang

Open Access Correction

Correction to: RHBDD1 promotes colorectal cancer metastasis through the Wnt signaling pathway and its downstream target ZEB1

Mengmeng Zhang, Fei Miao, Rong Huang, Wenjie Liu, Yuechao Zhao, Tao Jiao, Yalan Lu, Fan Wu, Xiaojuan Wang, Han Wang, Hong Zhao, Hongge Ju, Shiying Miao, Linfang Wang, Wei Song

Open Access Review

The interplay of reactive oxygen species and the epidermal growth factor receptor in tumor progression and drug resistance

Meng-Shih Weng, Jer-Hwa Chang, Wen-Yueh Hung, Yi-Chieh Yang, Ming-Hsien Chien

Open Access Research

Induction of apoptosis in imatinib sensitive and resistant chronic myeloid leukemia cells by efficient disruption of bcr-abl oncogene with zinc finger nucleases

Ningshu Huang, Zhenglan Huang, Miao Gao, Zhenhong Luo, Fangzhu Zhou, Lin Liu, Qing Xiao, Xin Wang, Wenli Feng

Open Access Research

Metformin induces autophagy and G0/G1 phase cell cycle arrest in myeloma by targeting the AMPK/mTORC1 and mTORC2 pathways

Yan Wang, Wenbin Xu, Zixun Yan, Weili Zhao, Jianqing Mi, Junmin Li, Hua Yan

Open Access Research

BRD7 expression and c-Myc activation forms a double-negative feedback loop that controls the cell proliferation and tumor growth of nasopharyngeal carcinoma by targeting oncogenic miR-141

Yukun Liu, Ran Zhao, Yanmei Wei, Mengna Li, Heran Wang, Weihong Niu, Yao Zhou, Yuanzheng Qiu, Songqing Fan, Yihao Zhan, Wei Xiong, Yanhong Zhou, Xiaoling Li, Zheng Li, Guiyuan Li, Ming Zhou

Open Access Research

PHD-finger domain protein 5A functions as a novel oncoprotein in lung adenocarcinoma

Yan Yang, Jian Zhu, Tiantian Zhang, Jing Liu, Yumei Li, Yue Zhu, Lingjie Xu, Rui Wang, Fang Su, Yurong Ou, Qiong Wu

Open Access Research

Growth differentiation factor 15 contributes to marrow adipocyte remodeling in response to the growth of leukemic cells

Wei Lu, Yun Wan, Zhiqiang Li, Bin Zhu, Chunrong Yin, Haiyan Liu, Shaoxin Yang, Yuanmei Zhai, Yehua Yu, Yanyu Wei, Jun Shi

Open Access Research

Treatment of B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the Galectin-1 inhibitor PTX008

Helicia Paz, Eun Ji Joo, Chih-Hsing Chou, Fei Fei, Kevin H. Mayo, Hisham Abdel-Azim, Haike Ghazarian, John Groffen, Nora Heisterkamp

Open Access Research

5′/ 3′ imbalance strategy to detect ALK fusion genes in circulating tumor RNA from patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Yongqing Tong, Zhijun Zhao, Bei Liu, Anyu Bao, Hongyun Zheng, Jian Gu, Mary McGrath, Ying Xia, Bihua Tan, Chunhua Song, Yan Li

Open Access Research

Inhibiting YAP expression suppresses pancreatic cancer progression by disrupting tumor-stromal interactions

Zhengdong Jiang, Cancan Zhou, Liang Cheng, Bin Yan, Ke Chen, Xin Chen, Liang Zong, Jianjun Lei, Wanxing Duan, Qinhong Xu, Xuqi Li, Zheng Wang, Qingyong Ma, Jiguang Ma

Open Access Research

Inflammatory interferon activates HIF-1α-mediated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition via PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway

Yen-Hsiu Yeh, Ho-Fu Hsiao, Yen-Cheng Yeh, Tien-Wen Chen, Tsai-Kun Li

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miR-148b-3p inhibits gastric cancer metastasis by inhibiting the Dock6/Rac1/Cdc42 axis

Xiaowei Li, Mingzuo Jiang, Di Chen, Bing Xu, Rui Wang, Yi Chu, Weijie Wang, Lin Zhou, Zhijie Lei, Yongzhan Nie, Daiming Fan, Yulong Shang, Kaichun Wu, Jie Liang

Open Access Research

The anti-tumor efficacy of CDK4/6 inhibition is enhanced by the combination with PI3K/AKT/mTOR inhibitors through impairment of glucose metabolism in TNBC cells

Daniele Cretella, Andrea Ravelli, Claudia Fumarola, Silvia La Monica, Graziana Digiacomo, Andrea Cavazzoni, Roberta Alfieri, Alessandra Biondi, Daniele Generali, Mara Bonelli, Pier Giorgio Petronini

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SGK1 inhibition-induced autophagy impairs prostate cancer metastasis by reversing EMT

Weiwei Liu, Xuchu Wang, Yiyun Wang, Yibei Dai, Yiyi Xie, Ying Ping, Binbin Yin, Pan Yu, Zhenping Liu, Xiuzhi Duan, Zhaoping Liao, Yuhua Chen, Chunhua Liu, Xiang Li, Zhihua Tao

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Mature and progenitor endothelial cells perform angiogenesis also under protease inhibition: the amoeboid angiogenesis

Anastasia Chillà, Francesca Margheri, Alessio Biagioni, Mario Del Rosso, Gabriella Fibbi, Anna Laurenzana

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Lipid accumulation in human breast cancer cells injured by iron depletors

Maida De Bortoli, Elena Taverna, Elisa Maffioli, Patrizia Casalini, Francesco Crisafi, Vikas Kumar, Claudio Caccia, Dario Polli, Gabriella Tedeschi, Italia Bongarzone

Open Access Research

MiR-10a-5p targets TFAP2C to promote gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Guangbing Xiong, Hua Huang, Mengyu Feng, Gang Yang, Suli Zheng, Lei You, Lianfang Zheng, Ya Hu, Taiping Zhang, Yupei Zhao

Open Access Research

Radiotherapy-induced cell death activates paracrine HMGB1-TLR2 signaling and accelerates pancreatic carcinoma metastasis

Xuelian Chen, Lirong Zhang, Yujie Jiang, Lian Song, Yanfang Liu, Fang Cheng, Xin Fan, Xiongfeng Cao, Aihua Gong, Dongqing Wang, Haitao Zhu

Open Access Research

Alternative splicing of human telomerase reverse transcriptase in gliomas and its modulation mediated by CX-5461

Guihong Li, Jing Shen, Junguo Cao, Guangtong Zhou, Ting Lei, Yuxue Sun, Haijun Gao, Yaonan Ding, Weidong Xu, Zhixin Zhan, Yong Chen, Haiyan Huang

Open Access Commentary

Iron-dependent cell death as executioner of cancer stem cells

Bin Zhao, Xin Li, Ye Wang, Peng Shang

Open Access Research

SP1-induced upregulation of lncRNA SPRY4-IT1 exerts oncogenic properties by scaffolding EZH2/LSD1/DNMT1 and sponging miR-101-3p in cholangiocarcinoma

Yi Xu, Yue Yao, Xingming Jiang, Xiangyu Zhong, Zhidong Wang, Chunlong Li, Pengcheng Kang, Kaiming Leng, Daolin Ji, Zhenglong Li, Lining Huang, Wei Qin, Yunfu Cui

Open Access Research

The phospholipase DDHD1 as a new target in colorectal cancer therapy

Stefania Raimondo, Marta Cristaldi, Simona Fontana, Laura Saieva, Francesca Monteleone, Giovanna Calabrese, Gianluca Giavaresi, Rosalba Parenti, Riccardo Alessandro

Open Access Research

MiR-760 suppresses human colorectal cancer growth by targeting BATF3/AP-1/cyclinD1 signaling

Ling Cao, Yulin Liu, Dan Wang, Lan Huang, Feng Li, Jinbo Liu, Chaoqi Zhang, Zhibo Shen, Qun Gao, Weitang Yuan, Yi Zhang

Open Access Research

Next-generation sequencing analysis of receptor-type tyrosine kinase genes in surgically resected colon cancer: identification of gain-of-function mutations in the RET proto-oncogene

Duarte Mendes Oliveira, Katia Grillone, Chiara Mignogna, Valentina De Falco, Carmelo Laudanna, Flavia Biamonte, Rosa Locane, Francesco Corcione, Massimiliano Fabozzi, Rosario Sacco, Giuseppe Viglietto, Donatella Malanga, Antonia Rizzuto

Open Access Research

The CXCL5/CXCR2 axis contributes to the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells by activating ERK/GSK-3β/snail signalling

Wen-Ze Qiu, Hai-Bo Zhang, Wei-Xiong Xia, Liang-Ru Ke, Jing Yang, Ya-Hui Yu, Hu Liang, Xin-Jun Huang, Guo-Ying Liu, Wang-Zhong Li, Yan-Qun Xiang, Tie-Bang Kang, Xiang Guo, Xing Lv

Open Access Review

The perfect personalized cancer therapy: cancer vaccines against neoantigens

Luigi Aurisicchio, Matteo Pallocca, Gennaro Ciliberto, Fabio Palombo

Open Access Review

Role of metabolism in cancer cell radioresistance and radiosensitization methods

Le Tang, Fang Wei, Yingfen Wu, Yi He, Lei Shi, Fang Xiong, Zhaojian Gong, Can Guo, Xiayu Li, Hao Deng, Ke Cao, Ming Zhou, Bo Xiang, Xiaoling Li, Yong Li, Guiyuan Li, Wei Xiong, Zhaoyang Zeng

Open Access Research

Targeting chemotherapy-resistant leukemia by combining DNT cellular therapy with conventional chemotherapy

Branson Chen, Jong Bok Lee, Hyeonjeong Kang, Mark D. Minden, Li Zhang

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Attenuation of TGFBR2 expression and tumour progression in prostate cancer involve diverse hypoxia-regulated pathways

Hui Zhou, Guanqing Wu, Xueyou Ma, Jun Xiao, Gan Yu, Chunguang Yang, Nan Xu, Bao Zhang, Jun Zhou, Zhangqun Ye, Zhihua Wang

Open Access Research

Androgen receptor and heat shock protein 27 co-regulate the malignant potential of molecular apocrine breast cancer

Xiaozhen Liu, Changyun Feng, Junjun Liu, Lu Cao, Guomin Xiang, Fang Liu, Shuling Wang, Jiao Jiao, Yun Niu

Open Access Research

Bortezomib enhances radiosensitivity in oral cancer through inducing autophagy-mediated TRAF6 oncoprotein degradation

Yuan-Hua Wu, Wun-Syuan Wu, Li-Ching Lin, Chiang-Shin Liu, Sheng-Yow Ho, Bour-Jr Wang, Bu-Miin Huang, Ya-Ling Yeh, Hui-Wen Chiu, Wei-Lei Yang, Ying-Jan Wang

Open Access Research

The dual blockade of MET and VEGFR2 signaling demonstrates pronounced inhibition on tumor growth and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Yu Zhang, Xiaomei Gao, Ying Zhu, Dhruba Kadel, Haoran Sun, Jing Chen, Qin Luo, Haoting Sun, Luyu Yang, Jing Yang, Yuanyuan Sheng, Yan Zheng, Kejin Zhu, Qiongzhu Dong, Lunxiu Qin

Open Access Research

miR-221 stimulates breast cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) through selective interference with the A20/c-Rel/CTGF signaling

Maria Francesca Santolla, Rosamaria Lappano, Francesca Cirillo, Damiano Cosimo Rigiracciolo, Anna Sebastiani, Sergio Abonante, Pierfrancesco Tassone, Pierosandro Tagliaferri, Maria Teresa Di Martino, Marcello Maggiolini, Adele Vivacqua

Open Access Research

Serum miR-22 as potential non-invasive predictor of poor clinical outcome in newly diagnosed, uniformly treated patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: an explorative pilot study

Francesco Marchesi, Giulia Regazzo, Francesca Palombi, Irene Terrenato, Andrea Sacconi, Manuela Spagnuolo, Sara Donzelli, Mirella Marino, Cristiana Ercolani, Anna Di Benedetto, Giovanni Blandino, Gennaro Ciliberto, Andrea Mengarelli, Maria Giulia Rizzo

Open Access Research

NHERF1 and tumor microenvironment: a new scene in invasive breast carcinoma

Concetta Saponaro, Alessandro Vagheggini, Emanuela Scarpi, Matteo Centonze, Ivana Catacchio, Ondina Popescu, Maria Irene Pastena, Francesco Giotta, Nicola Silvestris, Anita Mangia

Open Access Research

A novel small molecule inhibitor of MDM2-p53 (APG-115) enhances radiosensitivity of gastric adenocarcinoma

Hanjie Yi, Xianglei Yan, Qiuyun Luo, Luping Yuan, Baoxia Li, Wentao Pan, Lin Zhang, Haibo Chen, Jing Wang, Yubin Zhang, Yifan Zhai, Miao-Zhen Qiu, Da-Jun Yang

Open Access Research

Cyclizing-berberine A35 induces G2/M arrest and apoptosis by activating YAP phosphorylation (Ser127)

Wuli Zhao, Hong Liu, Junxia Wang, Mengyan Wang, Rongguang Shao

Open Access Research

Matrix stiffness-upregulated LOXL2 promotes fibronectin production, MMP9 and CXCL12 expression and BMDCs recruitment to assist pre-metastatic niche formation

Sifan Wu, Qiongdan Zheng, Xiaoxia Xing, Yinying Dong, Yaohui Wang, Yang You, Rongxin Chen, Chao Hu, Jie Chen, Dongmei Gao, Yan Zhao, Zhiming Wang, Tongchun Xue, Zhenggang Ren, Jiefeng Cui

Open Access Review

The dysregulation of tRNAs and tRNA derivatives in cancer

Shi-qiong Huang, Bao Sun, Zong-ping Xiong, Yan Shu, Hong-hao Zhou, Wei Zhang, Jing Xiong, Qing Li

Open Access Research

Inactivation of the tight junction gene CLDN11 by aberrant hypermethylation modulates tubulins polymerization and promotes cell migration in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Hsin-Pai Li, Chen-Ching Peng, Chih-Ching Wu, Chien-Hsun Chen, Meng-Jhe Shih, Mei-Yuan Huang, Yi-Ru Lai, Yung-Li Chen, Ting-Wen Chen, Petrus Tang, Yu-Sun Chang, Kai-Ping Chang, Cheng-Lung Hsu

Open Access Research

Physical interaction of STAT1 isoforms with TGF-β receptors leads to functional crosstalk between two signaling pathways in epithelial ovarian cancer

Xiaoling Tian, Wencai Guan, Lingyun Zhang, Wenwen Sun, Daibing Zhou, Qunbo Lin, Weimin Ren, Lubna Nadeem, Guoxiong Xu

Open Access Research

Chibby suppresses aerobic glycolysis and proliferation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma via the Wnt/β-catenin-Lin28/let7-PDK1 cascade

Cheng-fu Cai, Guo-dong Ye, Dong-yan Shen, Wei Zhang, Mao-li Chen, Xin-xin Chen, Da-xiong Han, Yan-jun Mi, Qi-cong Luo, Wang-yu Cai, Shu-yu Yang

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: LncMAPK6 drives MAPK6 expression and liver TIC self-renewal

Guanqun Huang, Hui Jiang, Yueming He, Ye Lin, Wuzheng Xia, Yuanwei Luo, Min Liang, Boyun Shi, Xinke Zhou, Zhixiang Jian

Open Access Research

RETRACTED ARTICLE: LncRNA TUG1 promoted KIAA1199 expression via miR-600 to accelerate cell metastasis and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer

Junfeng Sun, Jiyi Hu, Guojun Wang, Zhen Yang, Chunlin Zhao, Xiefu Zhang, Jiaxiang Wang

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The PARP inhibitor olaparib potentiates the effect of the DNA damaging agent doxorubicin in osteosarcoma

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ERRα suppression enhances the cytotoxicity of the MEK inhibitor trametinib against colon cancer cells

Sheng Zhou, Hongwei Xia, Huanji Xu, Qiulin Tang, Yongzhan Nie, Qi yong Gong, Feng Bi

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The putative tumour suppressor miR-1-3p modulates prostate cancer cell aggressiveness by repressing E2F5 and PFTK1

Sen-Mao Li, Huan-Lei Wu, Xiao Yu, Kun Tang, Shao-Gang Wang, Zhang-Qun Ye, Jia Hu

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FOXC1 induces cancer stem cell-like properties through upregulation of beta-catenin in NSCLC

Sisi Cao, Zhuo Wang, Xiujuan Gao, Wenjuan He, Yue Cai, Hui Chen, Rong Xu

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Endothelial cells promote metastasis of prostate cancer by enhancing autophagy

Ruizhe Zhao, Xiaoyu Bei, Boyu Yang, Xiaohai Wang, Chenyi Jiang, Fei Shi, Xingjie Wang, Yiping Zhu, Yifeng Jing, Bangmin Han, Shujie Xia, Qi Jiang

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LncRNA SLCO4A1-AS1 facilitates growth and metastasis of colorectal cancer through β-catenin-dependent Wnt pathway

Jiangtao Yu, Zhiyang Han, Ziquan Sun, Yue Wang, Ming Zheng, Chunfang Song

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Regulation of PTEN expression by noncoding RNAs

Wang Li, Ting Zhang, Lianying Guo, Lin Huang

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FBP1 loss contributes to BET inhibitors resistance by undermining c-Myc expression in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Bo Wang, Ping Fan, Jingyuan Zhao, Heyu Wu, Xin Jin, Heshui Wu

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LGR5, a novel functional glioma stem cell marker, promotes EMT by activating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway and predicts poor survival of glioma patients

Jin Zhang, Hongqing Cai, Lixin Sun, Panpan Zhan, Meng Chen, Feng Zhang, Yuliang Ran, Jinghai Wan

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The roles of tumor-derived exosomes in non-small cell lung cancer and their clinical implications

Hongmei Zheng, Yuting Zhan, Sile Liu, Junmi Lu, Jiadi Luo, Juan Feng, Songqing Fan

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TIPE3 hypermethylation correlates with worse prognosis and promotes tumor progression in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Xian-Yue Ren, Xin Wen, Ying-Qing Li, Jian Zhang, Qing-Mei He, Xiao-Jing Yang, Xin-Ran Tang, Ya-Qin Wang, Pan-Pan Zhang, Xiao-Zhong Chen, Bin Cheng, Jun Ma, Na Liu

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SPAG5 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma progression by downregulating SCARA5 through modifying β-catenin degradation

Hongliang Liu, Junwen Hu, Ran Wei, Longfei Zhou, Hua Pan, Hongchao Zhu, Mingwen Huang, Jun Luo, Wei Xu

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miR-4317 suppresses non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) by targeting fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF9) and cyclin D2 (CCND2)

Xi He, Si-yuan Chen, Zhao Yang, Jie Zhang, Wei Wang, Mei-yue Liu, Yi Niu, Xiao-mei Wei, Hong-min Li, Wan-ning Hu, Guo-gui Sun

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HSCs-derived COMP drives hepatocellular carcinoma progression by activating MEK/ERK and PI3K/AKT signaling pathways

Qing Li, Cong Wang, Yufeng Wang, Liankang Sun, Zhikui Liu, Liang Wang, Tao Song, Yingmin Yao, Qingguang Liu, Kangsheng Tu

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The effects of ultrasound exposure on P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance in vitro and in vivo

Chixiong Huang, Senlin Huang, Hairui Li, Xinzhong Li, Bing Li, Lintao Zhong, Junfeng Wang, Meishen Zou, Xiang He, Hao Zheng, Xiaoyun Si, Wangjun Liao, Yulin Liao, Li Yang, Jianping Bin

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Integrated genomic analyses in PDX model reveal a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor Palbociclib as a novel candidate drug for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cheng-Lung Hsu, Kar-Wai Lui, Lang-Ming Chi, Yung-Chia Kuo, Yin-Kai Chao, Chun-Nan Yeh, Li-Yu Lee, Yenlin Huang, Tung-Liang Lin, Mei-Yuan Huang, Yi-Ru Lai, Yuan-Ming Yeh, Hsien-Chi Fan, An-Chi Lin, Yen-Jung Lu, Chia-Hsun Hsieh, Kai-Ping Chang, Ngan-Ming Tsang, Hung-Ming Wang, Alex Y. Chang, Yu-Sun Chang, Hsin-Pai Li

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The LAT1 inhibitor JPH203 reduces growth of thyroid carcinoma in a fully immunocompetent mouse model

Pascal Häfliger, Julien Graff, Matthias Rubin, Amandine Stooss, Matthias S. Dettmer, Karl-Heinz Altmann, Jürg Gertsch, Roch-Philippe Charles

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miR-203 inhibits ovarian tumor metastasis by targeting BIRC5 and attenuating the TGFβ pathway

Baojin Wang, Xia Li, Guannan Zhao, Huan Yan, Peixin Dong, Hidemichi Watari, Michelle Sims, Wei Li, Lawrence M Pfeffer, Yuqi Guo, Junming Yue

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Effects of repurposed drug candidates nitroxoline and nelfinavir as single agents or in combination with erlotinib in pancreatic cancer cells

Serena Veschi, Laura De Lellis, Rosalba Florio, Paola Lanuti, Alberto Massucci, Nicola Tinari, Michele De Tursi, Pierluigi di Sebastiano, Marco Marchisio, Clara Natoli, Alessandro Cama

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Long noncoding RNA MLK7-AS1 promotes ovarian cancer cells progression by modulating miR-375/YAP1 axis

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MiR-452 promotes an aggressive colorectal cancer phenotype by regulating a Wnt/β-catenin positive feedback loop

Tingting Li, Xiangyu Jian, Han He, Qiuhua Lai, Xianzheng Li, Danling Deng, Tengfei Liu, Jiehong Zhu, Hongli Jiao, Yaping Ye, Shuyang Wang, Minhui Yang, Lin Zheng, Weijie Zhou, Yanqing Ding

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Recent advances in searching c-Myc transcriptional cofactors during tumorigenesis

Matteo Caforio, Cristina Sorino, Stefano Iacovelli, Maurizio Fanciulli, Franco Locatelli, Valentina Folgiero

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An ABCG2 non-substrate anticancer agent FL118 targets drug-resistant cancer stem-like cells and overcomes treatment resistance of human pancreatic cancer

Xiang Ling, Wenjie Wu, Chuandong Fan, Chao Xu, Jianqun Liao, Laurie J. Rich, Ruea-Yea Huang, Elizabeth A. Repasky, Xinjiang Wang, Fengzhi Li

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Enhanced efficacy of histone deacetylase inhibitor combined with bromodomain inhibitor in glioblastoma

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Melanoma cell-secreted exosomal miR-155-5p induce proangiogenic switch of cancer-associated fibroblasts via SOCS1/JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway

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Inhibition of STAT3 blocks protein synthesis and tumor metastasis in osteosarcoma cells

Dongqing Zuo, Kristen L Shogren, Jie Zang, Donna E Jewison, Brian E Waletzki, Alan L Miller II, Scott H Okuno, Zhengdong Cai, Michael J Yaszemski, Avudaiappan Maran

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Zaira Boussadia, Jessica Lamberti, Fabrizio Mattei, Elisabetta Pizzi, Rossella Puglisi, Cristiana Zanetti, Luca Pasquini, Federica Fratini, Luca Fantozzi, Federica Felicetti, Katia Fecchi, Carla Raggi, Massimo Sanchez, Stefania D’Atri, Alessandra Carè, Massimo Sargiacomo, Isabella Parolini

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GLI2 promotes cell proliferation and migration through transcriptional activation of ARHGEF16 in human glioma cells

Dengliang Huang, Yiting Wang, Linlin Xu, Limin Chen, Minzhang Cheng, Wei Shi, Huanting Xiong, Detina Zalli, Shiwen Luo

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Andrographolide inhibits breast cancer through suppressing COX-2 expression and angiogenesis via inactivation of p300 signaling and VEGF pathway

Yulin Peng, Yan Wang, Ning Tang, Dongdong Sun, Yulong Lan, Zhenlong Yu, Xinyu Zhao, Lei Feng, Baojing Zhang, Lingling Jin, Fabiao Yu, Xiaochi Ma, Chuanzhu Lv

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Correction to: Anti-tumor effects of Atractylenolide I on bladder cancer cells

Rui Yu, Bi-xia Yu, Jun-feng Chen, Xiu-yi Lv, Ze-jun Yan, Yue Cheng, Qi Ma

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Temozolomide-Perillyl alcohol conjugate impairs Mitophagy flux by inducing lysosomal dysfunction in non-small cell lung Cancer cells and sensitizes them to irradiation

Minghui Chang, Xingguo Song, Xinran Geng, Xingwu Wang, Weijun Wang, Thomas C. Chen, Li Xie, Xianrang Song

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Synergistic inhibitory effects of capsaicin combined with cisplatin on human osteosarcoma in culture and in xenografts

Yang Wang, Xu Deng, Chang Yu, Guosheng Zhao, Jing Zhou, Ge Zhang, Ming Li, Dianming Jiang, Zhengxue Quan, Yuan Zhang

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MicroRNA-302a/d inhibits the self-renewal capability and cell cycle entry of liver cancer stem cells by targeting the E2F7/AKT axis

Yu-Shui Ma, Zhong-Wei Lv, Fei Yu, Zheng-Yan Chang, Xian-Ling Cong, Xiao-Ming Zhong, Gai-Xia Lu, Jian Zhu, Da Fu

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Long noncoding RNA AFAP1-AS1 acts as a competing endogenous RNA of miR-423-5p to facilitate nasopharyngeal carcinoma metastasis through regulating the Rho/Rac pathway

Yu Lian, Fang Xiong, Liting Yang, Hao Bo, Zhaojian Gong, Yumin Wang, Fang Wei, Yanyan Tang, Xiayu Li, Qianjin Liao, Hui Wang, Ming Zhou, Bo Xiang, Xu Wu, Yong Li, Xiaoling Li, Xiang Chen, Guiyuan Li, Can Guo, Zhaoyang Zeng, Wei Xiong

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AFF3 upregulation mediates tamoxifen resistance in breast cancers

Yawei Shi, Yang Zhao, Yunjian Zhang, NiJiati AiErken, Nan Shao, Runyi Ye, Ying Lin, Shenming Wang

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Elevated Na/H exchanger 1 (SLC9A1) emerges as a marker for tumorigenesis and prognosis in gliomas

Xiudong Guan, Lanxin Luo, Gulnaz Begum, Gary Kohanbash, Qingkun Song, Aparna Rao, Nduka Amankulor, Baoshan Sun, Dandan Sun, Wang Jia

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HIF-2α promotes conversion to a stem cell phenotype and induces chemoresistance in breast cancer cells by activating Wnt and Notch pathways

Yuanyuan Yan, Fangxiao Liu, Li Han, Lin Zhao, Jianjun Chen, Olufunmilayo I Olopade, Miao He, Minjie Wei

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Aberrant miRNAs expressed in HER-2 negative breast cancers patient

Cornelia Braicu, Lajos Raduly, Gabriela Morar-Bolba, Roxana Cojocneanu, Ancuta Jurj, Laura-Ancuta Pop, Valentina Pileczki, Cristina Ciocan, Alin Moldovan, Alexandru Irimie, Alexandru Eniu, Patriciu Achimas-Cadariu, Angelo Paradiso, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe

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The deubiquitinating enzyme UCHL1 is a favorable prognostic marker in neuroblastoma as it promotes neuronal differentiation

Yuting Gu, Fan Lv, Mingxing Xue, Kai Chen, Cheng Cheng, Xinyuan Ding, Min Jin, Guofeng Xu, Yanyun Zhang, Zhixiang Wu, Leizhen Zheng, Yeming Wu

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Hydroxychloroquine induced lung cancer suppression by enhancing chemo-sensitization and promoting the transition of M2-TAMs to M1-like macrophages

Yong Li, Fengjun Cao, Mingxing Li, Pindong Li, Yuandong Yu, Longchao Xiang, Tao Xu, Jinhua Lei, Yun Yan Tai, Jianyong Zhu, Bingbing Yang, Yingpin Jiang, Xiufang Zhang, Long Duo, Ping Chen, Xiongjie Yu

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Lentinan inhibits tumor angiogenesis via interferon γ and in a T cell independent manner

Shengming Deng, Guoxi Zhang, Jiajie Kuai, Peng Fan, Xuexiang Wang, Pei Zhou, Dan Yang, Xichen Zheng, Xiaomei Liu, Qunli Wu, Yuhui Huang

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Apigenin suppresses PD-L1 expression in melanoma and host dendritic cells to elicit synergistic therapeutic effects

Lu Xu, Yang Zhang, Kang Tian, Xi Chen, Rongxin Zhang, Xindi Mu, Yueguang Wu, Duchuang Wang, Shanshan Wang, Fang Liu, Taishu Wang, Jinrui Zhang, Shuyan Liu, Yingqiu Zhang, Caixia Tu, Han Liu

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Anand Rotte, Gabriella D’Orazi, Madhuri Bhandaru

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ATF3 inhibits the tumorigenesis and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via upregulation of CYR61 expression

Cong Chen, Chao Ge, Zheng Liu, Liangyu Li, Fangyu Zhao, Hua Tian, Taoyang Chen, Hong Li, Ming Yao, Jinjun Li

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Carbonyl reductase 1 is a new target to improve the effect of radiotherapy on head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

Miyong Yun, Ae Jin Choi, Young Chan Lee, Munkyoo Kong, Ji-Youn Sung, Sung Soo Kim, Young-Gyu Eun

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The role of cellular reactive oxygen species in cancer chemotherapy

Haotian Yang, Rehan M Villani, Haolu Wang, Matthew J Simpson, Michael S Roberts, Min Tang, Xiaowen Liang

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Correction to: Liver cancer cell lines distinctly mimic the metabolic gene expression pattern of the corresponding human tumours

Zeribe C. Nwosu, Nadia Battello, Melanie Rothley, Weronika Piorońska, Barbara Sitek, Matthias P. Ebert, Ute Hofmann, Jonathan Sleeman, Stefan Wölfl, Christoph Meyer, Dominik A. Megger, Steven Dooley

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: MicroRNA-31-5p regulates chemosensitivity by preventing the nuclear location of PARP1 in hepatocellular carcinoma

Ke-ting Que, Yun Zhou, Yu You, Zhen Zhang, Xiao-ping Zhao, Jian-ping Gong, Zuo-jin Liu

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Vitexin compound 1, a novel extraction from a Chinese herb, suppresses melanoma cell growth through DNA damage by increasing ROS levels

Nian Liu, Kuan Song Wang, Min Qi, Ying Jun Zhou, Guang Yao Zeng, Juan Tao, Jian Da Zhou, Jiang Lin Zhang, Xiang Chen, Cong Peng

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Correction to: PHF8 upregulation contributes to autophagic degradation of E-cadherin, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Wuhua Zhou, Li Gong, Qinchuan Wu, Chunyang Xing, Bajin Wei, Tianchi Chen, Yuan Zhou, Shengyong Yin, Bin Jiang, Haiyang Xie, Lin Zhou, Shusen Zheng

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GABA, glutamine, glutamate oxidation and succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase expression in human gliomas

Zoltán Hujber, Gergő Horváth, Gábor Petővári, Ildikó Krencz, Titanilla Dankó, Katalin Mészáros, Hajnalka Rajnai, Norbert Szoboszlai, William P. J. Leenders, András Jeney, László Tretter, Anna Sebestyén

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Tunicamycin specifically aggravates ER stress and overcomes chemoresistance in multidrug-resistant gastric cancer cells by inhibiting N-glycosylation

Jian Wu, Sheng Chen, Hao Liu, Zhe Zhang, Zhen Ni, Jie Chen, Zhiping Yang, Yongzhan Nie, Daiming Fan

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Long non-coding RNA DANCR promotes malignant phenotypes of bladder cancer cells by modulating the miR-149/MSI2 axis as a ceRNA

Yonghao Zhan, Zhicong Chen, Yifan Li, Anbang He, Shiming He, Yanqing Gong, Xuesong Li, Liqun Zhou

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LAT2 regulates glutamine-dependent mTOR activation to promote glycolysis and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer

Mengyu Feng, Guangbing Xiong, Zhe Cao, Gang Yang, Suli Zheng, Jiangdong Qiu, Lei You, Lianfang Zheng, Taiping Zhang, Yupei Zhao

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CircRNA circRNA_102171 promotes papillary thyroid cancer progression through modulating CTNNBIP1-dependent activation of β-catenin pathway

Wen Bi, Jiayu Huang, Chunlei Nie, Bo Liu, Guoqing He, Jihua Han, Rui Pang, Zhaoming Ding, Jin Xu, Jiewu Zhang

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Downregulation of CLDN7 due to promoter hypermethylation is associated with human clear cell renal cell carcinoma progression and poor prognosis

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Compound kushen injection suppresses human acute myeloid leukaemia by regulating the Prdxs/ROS/Trx1 signalling pathway

Yanxia Jin, Qian Yang, Li Liang, Lu Ding, Yuxing Liang, Dongdong Zhang, Balu Wu, Tian Yang, Hailing Liu, Tingting Huang, Hui Shen, Honglei Tu, Yunbao Pan, Yongchang Wei, Yi Yang, Fuling Zhou

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Semaphorin 5A drives melanoma progression: role of Bcl-2, miR-204 and c-Myb

Simona D’Aguanno, Elisabetta Valentini, Maria Grazia Tupone, Marianna Desideri, Marta Di Martile, Manuela Spagnuolo, Simonetta Buglioni, Cristiana Ercolani, Italia Falcone, Marco De Dominici, Michele Milella, Maria Giulia Rizzo, Bruno Calabretta, Carlo Cota, Andrea Anichini, Daniela Trisciuoglio, Donatella Del Bufalo

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Helicobacter pylori CagA promotes epithelial mesenchymal transition in gastric carcinogenesis via triggering oncogenic YAP pathway

Nianshuang Li, Yan Feng, Yi Hu, Cong He, Chuan Xie, Yaobin Ouyang, Stephen C. Artim, Deqiang Huang, Yin Zhu, Zhijun Luo, Zhongming Ge, Nonghua Lu

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Distinct expression profiles and functions of Kindlins in breast cancer

Paula Azorin, Florian Bonin, Ahmad Moukachar, Aurélie Ponceau, Sophie Vacher, Ivan Bièche, Elisabetta Marangoni, Laetitia Fuhrmann, Anne Vincent-Salomon, Rosette Lidereau, Keltouma Driouch

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Artemisinin derivatives inactivate cancer-associated fibroblasts through suppressing TGF-β signaling in breast cancer

Yuyuan Yao, Qinglong Guo, Yue Cao, Yangmin Qiu, Renxiang Tan, Zhou Yu, Yuxin Zhou, Na Lu

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EBV-miR-BART8-3p induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition and promotes metastasis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells through activating NF-κB and Erk1/2 pathways

Cheng Lin, Jingfeng Zong, Wansong Lin, Minghui Wang, Yuanji Xu, Rui Zhou, Shaojun Lin, Qiaojuan Guo, Honglin Chen, Yunbin Ye, Bin Zhang, Jianji Pan

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: MNAT1 is overexpressed in colorectal cancer and mediates p53 ubiquitin-degradation to promote colorectal cancer malignance

Shan Zhou, Jinping Lu, Yuejin Li, Chan Chen, Yongqiang Cai, Gongjun Tan, Zhengke Peng, Zhenlin Zhang, Zigang Dong, Tiebang Kang, Faqing Tang

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Increasing intratumor C/EBP-β LIP and nitric oxide levels overcome resistance to doxorubicin in triple negative breast cancer

Iris C. Salaroglio, Elena Gazzano, Ahmad Abdullrahman, Eleonora Mungo, Barbara Castella, Gamal Eldein Fathy Abd-ellatef Abd-elrahman, Massimo Massaia, Massimo Donadelli, Menachem Rubinstein, Chiara Riganti, Joanna Kopecka

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Abnormally elevated USP37 expression in breast cancer stem cells regulates stemness, epithelial-mesenchymal transition and cisplatin sensitivity

Tao Qin, Bai Li, Xiaoyue Feng, Shujun Fan, Lei Liu, Dandan Liu, Jun Mao, Ying Lu, Jinfeng Yang, Xiaotang Yu, Qingqing Zhang, Jun Zhang, Bo Song, Man Li, Lianhong Li

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Inhibition of TPL2 by interferon-α suppresses bladder cancer through activation of PDE4D

Zhe Qiang, Zong-yuan Zhou, Ting Peng, Pu-zi Jiang, Nan Shi, Emmanuel Mfotie Njoya, Bahtigul Azimova, Wan-li Liu, Wei-hua Chen, Guo-lin Zhang, Fei Wang

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Long noncoding RNA LINC00511 contributes to breast cancer tumourigenesis and stemness by inducing the miR-185-3p/E2F1/Nanog axis

Guanming Lu, Yueyong Li, Yanfei Ma, Jinlan Lu, Yongcheng Chen, Qiulan Jiang, Qiang Qin, Lifeng Zhao, Qianfang Huang, Zhizhai Luo, Shiqing Huang, Zhongheng Wei

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Gain of UBE2D1 facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma progression and is associated with DNA damage caused by continuous IL-6

Chuanchuan Zhou, Fengrui Bi, Jihang Yuan, Fu Yang, Shuhan Sun

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Hypoxia potentiates gemcitabine-induced stemness in pancreatic cancer cells through AKT/Notch1 signaling

Zhengle Zhang, Han Han, Yuping Rong, Kongfan Zhu, Zhongchao Zhu, Zhigang Tang, Chenglong Xiong, Jing Tao

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Dysregulation of miR-6868-5p/FOXM1 circuit contributes to colorectal cancer angiogenesis

Ye Wang, Meijuan Wu, Zengjie Lei, Mengxi Huang, Zhiping Li, Liya Wang, Qijun Cao, Dong Han, Yue Chang, Yanyan Chen, Xiaobei Liu, Lijun Xue, Xiaobei Mao, Jian Geng, Yanan Chen, Tingting Dai, Lili Ren, Qian Wang, Hongju Yu, Cheng Chen, Xiaoyuan Chu

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Inhibition of skin carcinogenesis by suppression of NF-κB dependent ITGAV and TIMP-1 expression in IL-32γ overexpressed condition

Yong Sun Lee, Chung Hee Lee, Jun Tae Bae, Kyung Tak Nam, Dae Bong Moon, Ok Kyung Hwang, Jeong Soon Choi, Tae Hoon Kim, Hyoung Ok Jun, Young Suk Jung, Dae Yeon Hwang, Sang-Bae Han, Do Young Yoon, Jin Tae Hong

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miR-296-5p suppresses EMT of hepatocellular carcinoma via attenuating NRG1/ERBB2/ERBB3 signaling

Dong-Min Shi, Li-Xin Li, Xin-Yu Bian, Xue-Jiang Shi, Li-Li Lu, Hong-Xin Zhou, Ting-Jia Pan, Jian Zhou, Jia Fan, Wei-Zhong Wu

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GPR119 agonist enhances gefitinib responsiveness through lactate-mediated inhibition of autophagy

Ji Hye Im, Keon Wook Kang, Sun Young Kim, Yoon Gyoon Kim, Yong Jin An, Sunghyouk Park, Byung Hwa Jeong, Song-Yi Choi, Jin-Sun Lee, Keon Wook Kang

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HDAC2 depletion promotes osteosarcoma’s stemness both in vitro and in vivo: a study on a putative new target for CSCs directed therapy

Marcella La Noce, Francesca Paino, Luigi Mele, Gianpaolo Papaccio, Tarik Regad, Angela Lombardi, Federica Papaccio, Vincenzo Desiderio, Virginia Tirino

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Mutated Von Hippel-Lindau-renal cell carcinoma (RCC) promotes patients specific natural killer (NK) cytotoxicity

Anna Maria Trotta, Sara Santagata, Serena Zanotta, Crescenzo D’Alterio, Maria Napolitano, Giuseppina Rea, Rosa Camerlingo, Fabio Esposito, Elvira Lamantia, Annamaria Anniciello, Giovanni Botti, Nicola Longo, Gerardo Botti, Sandro Pignata, Sisto Perdonà, Stefania Scala

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RBMS2 inhibits the proliferation by stabilizing P21 mRNA in breast cancer

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Hypermethylation of DMTN promotes the metastasis of colorectal cancer cells by regulating the actin cytoskeleton through Rac1 signaling activation

Ya-Ping Ye, Hong-Li Jiao, Shu-Yang Wang, Zhi-Yuan Xiao, Dan Zhang, Jun-Feng Qiu, Ling-Jie Zhang, Ya-Li Zhao, Ting-Ting Li, Li-Liang, Wen-Ting Liao, Yan-Qing Ding

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Tetraspanin 1 promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastasis of cholangiocarcinoma via PI3K/AKT signaling

Yan Wang, Yingjian Liang, Guangchao Yang, Yaliang Lan, Jihua Han, Jiabei Wang, Dalong Yin, Ruipeng Song, Tongsen Zheng, Shugeng Zhang, Shangha Pan, Xirui Liu, Mingxi Zhu, Yao Liu, Yifeng Cui, Fanzheng Meng, Bo Zhang, Shuhang Liang, Hongrui Guo, Yufeng Liu, Md Khaled Hassan, Lianxin Liu

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Promoter hypomethylation mediated upregulation of MicroRNA-10b-3p targets FOXO3 to promote the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC)

Yi-fang Lu, Jia-rui Yu, Zhao Yang, Guan-xia Zhu, Peng Gao, Huan Wang, Si-yuan Chen, Jie Zhang, Mei-yue Liu, Yi Niu, Xiao-mei Wei, Wei Wang, Feng-jin Ye, Li-xin Zhang, Yue Zhao, Guo-gui Sun

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Tspan8 and Tspan8/CD151 knockout mice unravel the contribution of tumor and host exosomes to tumor progression

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Cyclin G2 suppresses Wnt/β-catenin signaling and inhibits gastric cancer cell growth and migration through Dapper1

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Pancreatic cancer associated with obesity and diabetes: an alternative approach for its targeting

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Novel role of miR-133a-3p in repressing gastric cancer growth and metastasis via blocking autophagy-mediated glutaminolysis

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Arsenic trioxide reverses the chemoresistance in hepatocellular carcinoma: a targeted intervention of 14–3-3η/NF-κB feedback loop

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Osthole inhibits triple negative breast cancer cells by suppressing STAT3

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: SIRT6 drives epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer via snail-dependent transrepression of KLF4

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Hepatocellular carcinoma-derived exosomal miRNA-21 contributes to tumor progression by converting hepatocyte stellate cells to cancer-associated fibroblasts

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RNA sequencing reveals the expression profiles of circRNA and indicates that circDDX17 acts as a tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer

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TNF-alpha and metalloproteases as key players in melanoma cells aggressiveness

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Classification of triple-negative breast cancers based on Immunogenomic profiling

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