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ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
INCORPORATING ANTI-CANCER DRUG
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VOLUME 16
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 12
Laboratory Research
Cellular Studies of MrDb
(DDX18)
Sandy Dubaele and Patrick Chène
Antisense Experiments Demonstrate
an Exon 4 Minus Splice Variant mRNA as the Basis for Expression of tNOX,
a Cancer-Specific Cell Surface Protein
Xiaoyu Tang, D. James Morré, and Dorothy M. Morré
Metabolites of the Radiosensitizer
Nicotinamide Are Unlikely to Contribute to the Degree of Emesis Observed
With the Parent Drug
Mark W. Ruddock and David G. Hirst
Adenosine Modulates Cell
Growth in the Human Breast Cancer Cells Via Adenosine Receptors
Mojtaba Panjehpour and Fatemeh Karami-Tehrani
Clinical Research
Association of CYP1A1 Polymorphisms
With Breast Cancer in North Indian Women
Neetu Singh, Amit Kumar Mitra, Vivek Kumar Garg, Amit Agarwal, Mandira
Sharma, Rashmi Chaturvedi, and Srikanta Kumar Rath
Volume 16 Subject and Author Index
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 11
Laboratory Research
The Proteomic Analysis
of Cisplatin Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells
Laura Smith, Kevin J. Welham, Mark B. Watson, Philip J. Drew, Michael
J. Lind, and Lynn Cawkwell
Actin-Sequestering Protein,
Thymosin-Beta-4 (TB4), Inhibits Caspase-3 Activation in Paclitaxel-Induced
Tumor Cell Death
Eun-Yi Moon, Ji-Hee Song, and Kyu-Hwan Yang
The Effect of Combined
Treatment on Head and Neck Human Cancer Cell Lines With Novel Analogs of
Calcitriol and Cytostatics
Joanna Wietrzyk, Magdalena Milczarek, and Andrzej Kutner
Alterations Found in p16/Rb/Cyclin
D1 Pathway in the Dysplastic and Malignant Cervical Epithelium
N. Vijayalakshmi, G. Selvaluxmi, U. Majhi, and T. Rajkumar
Clinical Research
Analysis of Gene Expression
Profiles Reveals Novel Correlations With the Clinical Course of Colorectal
Cancer
Duccio Cavalieri, Piero Dolara, Enrico Mini, Cristina Luceri, Cinzia
Castagnini, Simona Toti, Karolina Maciag, Carlotta De Filippo, Stefania
Nobili, Maria Morganti, Cristina Napoli, Giulia Tonini, Michela Baccini,
Annibale Biggeri, Francesco Tonelli, Rosa Valanzano, Claudio Orlando,
Stefania Gelmini, Fabio Cianchi, Luca Messerini, and Lucio Luzzatto
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 10
Laboratory Research
Valproic Acid Increases
the In Vitro Effects of Nitrosureas on Human Glioma Cell Lines
Emilio Ciusani, Marco Balzarotti, Chiara Calatozzolo, Ugo de Grazia,
Amerigo Boiardi, Andrea Salmaggi, and Danilo Croci
Expression of the Human
MTA1
Gene in Breast Cell Lines and in Breast Cancer Tissues
Dan Tong, Georg Heinze, Michael Schremmer, Eva Schuster, Klaus Czerwenka,
Sepp Leodolter, and Robert Zeillinger
Evaluation of Adenoviral
Oncolytic Effect on Glioma Spheroids by
18F-DG Positron-Emission
Tomography
S. Idema, A. A. Geldof, C. M. F. Dirven, M. van der Jagt, W. R.
Gerritsen, W. P. Vandertop, and M. L. M. Lamfers
Cisplatin-Induced Senescence
and Growth Inhibition in Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells With Ectopic
Transfer of p16INK4a
Kang Fang, Chien-Chih Chiu, Chin-Hsiao Li, Yung-ta Chang, and Hwei-tein
Hwang
Clinical Research
Short-Term Gefitinib Treatment
Brought About a Long-Term Regression of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Without
EGFR Gene Alterations: A Case Report
Takashi Kijima, Mayumi Suzuki, Kayo Ueda, Seigo Minami, Yoshito
Takeda, Sho Goya, Hiroto Matsuoka, Toru Kumagai, Mitsuhiro Yoshida, Tadashi
Osaki, Isao Tachibana, Soichiro Yokota, and Ichiro Kawase
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 9
Laboratory Research
Functional Evidence for a
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma-Related Gene BCAT1 Located at 12p12
Wen Zhou, Xiangling Feng, Hong Li, Lei Wang, Hui Li, Bin Zhu, Hejun
Zhang, Kaitai Yao, Caiping Ren
Antitumor Activity of Mannan-Methotrexate
Conjugate In Vitro and In Vivo
Renata Budzynska, Dmitry Nevozhay, Urszula Kanska, Monika Jagiello,
Adam Opolski, Joanna Wietrzyk, and Janusz Boratynski
The Role of GSTM1
and GSTT1 Polymorphisms in Head and Neck Cancer Risk
Halit Sinan Suzen, Gulçin Guvenc, Mehmet Turanli, Ela Comert,
Yalçin Duydu, and Atilla Elhan
Loss of Hugl-1 Expression
Associates With Lymph Node Metastasis in Endometrial Cancer
Tetsushi Tsuruga, Shunsuke Nakagawa, Michiko Watanabe, Shin Takizawa,
Yoko Matsumoto, Kazunori Nagasaka, Kenbun Sone, Haruko Hiraike, Yuichiro
Miyamoto, Osamu Hiraike, Takeo Minaguchi, Katsutoshi Oda, Toshiharu Yasugi,
Tetsu Yano, and Yuji Taketani
CYP1A1 Msp1 T/C
Polymorphism in Esophageal Cancer: No Association and Risk Modulation
Meenu Jain, Shaleen Kumar, Uday C. Ghoshal, and Balraj Mittal
Clinical Research
Serum Levels of VEGF-C, VEGF-D,
and sVEGF-R2 in Patients With Lung Cancer During Chemotherapy
Wojciech Naumnik, Tomasz Izycki, Ewa Swidzinska, Maria Ossolinska,
and Elzbieta Chyczewska
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 8
Laboratory Research
TAT Peptide-Modified Liposomes
Provide Enhanced Gene Delivery to Intracranial Human Brain Tumor Xenografts
in Nude Mice
Bhawna Gupta, Tatiana S. Levchenko, and Vladimir P. Torchilin
Increased Preclinical Efficacy
of Irinotecan and Floxuridine Coencapsulated Inside Liposomes Is Associated
With Tumor Delivery of Synergistic Drug Ratios
Troy O. Harasym, Paul G. Tardi, Natashia L. Harasym, Pierrot Harvie,
Sharon A. Johnstone, and Lawrence D. Mayer
Clinical Research
IL-2, TNF-a,
and Leptin: Local Versus Systemic Concentrations in NSCLC Patients
Giovanna E. Carpagnano, Antonio Spanevello, Claudia Curci, Francesco
Salerno, Grazia P. Palladino, Onofrio Resta, Giuseppe Di Gioia, Francesco
Carpagnano, and Maria P. Foschino Barbaro
Prenatal and Perinatal Risk
Factors and Testicular Cancer: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study
Gabe S. Sonke, Shine Chang, Sara S. Strom, Anne M. Sweeney, J. Fred
Annegers, and Alice J. Sigurdson
Radiation-Induced Antitumor
Properties of Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) and its Effects
on Mitomycin C Activity: Experiments In Vitro
Heike Schittl and Nikola Getoff
Expression of MDR1
in Epithelial Ovarian Cancer and its Association With Disease Progression
Lingeng Lu, Dionyssios Katsaros, Andrew Wiley, Irene A. Rigault
de la Longrais, Manuela Puopolo, and Herbert Yu
VOLUME 16, NUMBER 7
Laboratory Research
ECTO-NOX Target for the Anticancer
Isoflavene Phenoxodiol
D. James Morré, P.-J. Chueh, Kader Yagiz, Andrew Balicki,
Chinpal Kim, and Dorothy M. Morré
Antitumor Effects of Hydroxycamptothecin-Loaded
Poly[ethylene glycol]-poly[g-benzyl-L-glutamate]
Micelles Against Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Xue-Qiang Ding, Dan Chen, An-Xun Wang, Su Li, Yu Chen, and Ji Wang
DMBA/TPA-Induced Tumor Formation
Is Aggravated in Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6/E7 Transgenic Mouse Skin
Myoung Ok Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Mi Jung Shin, Dong Hoon Yu, Bong Soo
Kim, Kyu Tae Chang, Sanggyu Lee, Yong Bok Park, Tae-Hoon Lee, and Zae Young
Ryoo
Clinical Research
Relationship Between the
Loss of Heterozygosity and Tobacco Smoking in Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma
Tomofumi Yohena, Ichiro Yoshino, Tomoyoshi Takenaka, Taro Ohba,
Hidenori Kouso, Atsushi Osoegawa, Motoharu Hamatake, Shinya Oda, Yukio
Kuniyoshi, and Yoshihiko Maehara
Combination Therapy of Personalized
Peptide Vaccination and Low-Dose Estramustine Phosphate for Metastatic
Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients: An Analysis of Prognostic
Factors in the Treatment
Masanori Noguchi, Takashi Mine, Akira Yamada, Yayoi Obata, Kazumi
Yoshida, Junko Mizoguchi, Mamoru Harada, Shigetaka Suekane, Kyogo Itoh,
and Kei Matsuoka
Laboratory Research
Ineffectiveness of American
Ginseng in the Prevention of Dimethylbenzanthracene-Induced Mammary Tumors
in Mice
Gregory T. Wurz, Cristina Marchisano-Karpman, and Michael W. DeGregorio
Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations
of LTF at 3p21.3 in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Hong-Mei Yi, Hui Li, Dan Peng, He-Jun Zhang, Lei Wang, Ming Zhao,
kai-Tai Yao, and Cai-Ping Ren
Clinical Research
The Expression of Bcl-2 Family Proteins
and Spontaneous Apoptosis in Laryngeal Carcinomas
George C. Chen, Alexander C. Vlantis, Ernest C. W. Chak, Han Ching
Liu, Michael C. F. Tong, and Charles A. van Hasselt
A Dose Escalation Study of
Docetaxel Plus Capecitabine in Combination With Gemcitabine in Patients
With Advanced Solid Tumors
K. Amarantidis, K. Houhouli, K. Papatheodorou, A. Miloussis, D.
Matthaios, E. Chatzaki, N. Lyrantzopoulos, A. Tsaroucha, A. Tentes, and
S. Kakolyris
Expression of NEU3 (Plasma
Membrane-Associated Sialidase) in Clear Cell Adenocarcinoma of the Ovary:
Its Relationship With T Factor of pTNM Classification
Hiroyuki Nomura, Yutaka Tamada, Taeko Miyagi, Atsushi Suzuki, Momoyo
Taira, Nao Suzuki, Nobuyuki Susumu, Tatsuro Irimura, and Daisuke Aoki
Laboratory Research
In Vivo Treatment of Melanoma
(B16F10) With a Homeopathic Agent and With a Cytokine (IFN-a)
Fernando Pascual-Carpe, Vicente Vicente-Ortega, Matilde Campos-Aranda,
and Josefa Yañez-Gascón
Aberrant Expression of HOX
Genes in Oral Dysplasia and Squamous Cell Carcinoma Tissues
Nur Mohammad Monsur Hassan, Jun-ichi Hamada, Taichi Murai, Akihusa
Seino, Yoko Takahashi, Mitsuhiro Tada, Xiuru Zhang, Haruhiko Kashiwazaki,
Yutaka Yamazaki, Nobuo Inoue, and Tetsuya Moriuchi
Role of Intercellular Communications
in Breast Cancer Multicellular Tumor Spheroids After Chemotherapy
G. Oktem, A. Bilir, S. Ayla, A. Yavasoglu, G. Goksel, G. Saydam,
and A. Uysal
Restored Expression of the
MYO18B Gene Suppresses Orthotopic Growth and the Production of Bloody Pleural
Effusion by Human Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Cells in SCID Mice
Nobutaka Edakuni, Kenji Ikuta, Seiji Yano, Emiko Nakataki, Hiroaki
Muguruma, Hisanori Uehara, Masachika Tani, Jun Yokota, Hisamichi Aizawa,
and Saburo Sone
Brief Communication
In Vitro Study of Low Molecular
Weight Heparin Effect on Cell Growth and Cell Invasion in Primary Cell
Cultures of High-Grade Gliomas
Marco Balzarotti, Federica Fontana, Carlo Marras, Amerigo Boiardi,
Danilo Croci, Emilio Ciusani, and Andrea Salmaggi
Laboratory Research
Black Tea Polyphenols Protect
Against 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-Induced Hamster Buccal Pouch
Carcinogenesis
P. Vidjaya Letchoumy, K. V. P. Chandra Mohan, R. Kumaraguruparan,
Y. Hara, and S. Nagini
Phosphorylation of ErbB4
on Tyrosine 1056 Is Critical for ErbB4 Coupling to Inhibition of Colony
Formation by Human Mammary Cell Lines
Sarah E. Pitfield, Ianthe Bryant, Desi J. Penington, Gar Park, and
David J. Riese II
Chemotherapy Influences Inducible
Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS) and Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS)
Activity on 3D Breast Cancer Cell Line
G. Öktem, A. Bilir, N. Selvi, M. E. Yurtseven, S. Vatansever,
U. Ates, A. Uysal, and S. B. Omay
Clinical Research
Association of Promoter Hypermethylation
of the RASSF1A Gene With Prognostic Parameters in Endometrial Cancer
Hoenil Jo, Jae Weon Kim, Gyeong Hoon Kang, Noh-Hyun Park, Yong-Sang
Song, Soon-Beom Kang, and Hyo-Pyo Lee
Laboratory Research
In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation
of Two Rational-Designed Nonpeptidic Farnesyltransferase Inhibitors on
HT29 Human Colon Cancer Cell Lines
Nicolas Wlodarczyk, Pauline Gilleron, Régis Millet, Raymond
Houssin, Jean-François Goossens, Amélie Lemoine, Nicole Pommery,
Ming X. Wei, and Jean Pierre Hénichart
Pu-erh Tea Supplementation
Suppresses Fatty Acid Synthase Expression in the Rat Liver Through Downregulating
Akt and JNK Signalings as Demonstrated in Human Hepatoma HepG2 Cells
Chun-Te Chiang, Meng-Shih Weng, Shoei-Yn Lin-Shiau, Kuan-Li Kuo,
Yao-Jen Tsai, and Jen-Kun Lin
The Effect of an Estrone
D-Lactam Steroid Ester Derivative on Breast Cancer Cells and Its Predicted
Binding Interactions With the Ligand Binding Domain of Estrogen Receptor-a
Michael Kontos, Marilena Nikolopoulou, Dimitrios T. P. Trafalis,
George D. Geromichalos, Catherine Koukoulitsa, Charalambos Camoutsis, Elias
Bastounis, and Panayiotis Karamanakos
Molecular Characterization
of Established Human Colon Carcinoma Cell Lines (HCT-8) Made Resistant
to 5-Fluorouracil by Different Selection Schedules
Alessio Tempestini, Barbara Caciagli, Maria Morganti, Ewa Witort,
Stefania Nobili, Laura Papucci, Nicola Schiavone, Martino Donnini, Ida
Landini, Andrea Lapucci, Federico Perna, Matteo Lulli, Teresita Mazzei,
Alberto Sobrero, Enrico Mini, and Sergio Capaccioli
In Vitro Inhibition of Promyelocytic
Leukemia/Retinoic Acid Receptor-a (PML/RARa)
Expression and Leukemogenic Activity by DNA/LNA Chimeric Antisense Oligos
Sara Caprodossi, Luca Galluzzi, Simona Biagetti, Giulia Della Chiara,
Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, Mauro Magnani, and Mirco Fanelli
Laboratory Research
Demonstration of Inter- and
Intracellular Distribution of Boron and Gadolinium Using Micro-Proton-Induced
X-Ray Emission (Micro-PIXE)
K. Endo, T. Yamamoto, Y. Shibata, K. Tsuboi, A. Matsumura, H. Kumada,
K. Yamamoto, T. Sakai, T. Sato, M. Oikawa, Y. Ohara, and K. Ishii
Quercetin Induces p53-Independent
Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells by Modulating Bcl-2-Related Proteins:
A Possible Mediation by IGFBP-3
Marati R. Vijayababu, P. Kanagaraj, A. Arunkumar, R. Ilangovan,
A. Dharmarajan, and J. Arunakaran
Different Forms of Prolactin
Have Opposing Effects on the Expression of Cell Cycle Regulatory Proteins
in Differentiated Mammary Epithelial Cells
Wei Wu, Yen-Hao Chen, Eric Ueda, Dunyong Tan, Paolo Bartolini, and
Ameae M. Walker
Schedule-Dependent Interactions
Between Pemetrexed and Cisplatin in Human Carcinoma Cell Lines In Vitro
Yasuhiko Kano, Miyuki Akutsu, Saburo Tsunoda, Tohru Izumi, Hiroyuki
Kobayashi, Koichi Inoue, Kiyoshi Mori, Hirofumi Fujii, Hiroyuki Mano, Tsogbadrakh
Odgerel, and Yusuke Furukawa
Synthesis and Antimelanoma
Activity of Reversed Amide Analogues of N-Acetyl-4-S-cysteaminylphenol
Kathryn Nicoll, Jane Robertson, Neil Lant, Lloyd R. Kelland, Paul
M. Rogers, and David J. Robins
CONTENTS
Laboratory Research
Inhibition of DMXAA-Induced
Tumor Necrosis Factor Production in Murine Splenocyte Cultures by NF-kB
Inhibitors
Liang-Chuan S. Wang, See-Tarn Woon, Bruce C. Baguley, and Lai-Ming
Ching
ZD6474, an Inhibitor of Vascular
Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase, Inhibits Growth of
Experimental Lung Metastasis and Production of Malignant Pleural Effusions
in a Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Model
Yuka Matsumori, Seiji Yano, Hisatsugu Goto, Emiko Nakataki, Stephen
R. Wedge, Anderson J. Ryan, and Saburo Sone
FGF-1 as a Possible Carrier
for Targeted Drug Delivery
Ewa Marcinkowska, Katarzyna Superat, and Antoni Wiedlocha
Clinical Research
The Role of Cell-Free DNA
Size Distribution in the Management of Prostate Cancer
Jane L. Boddy, Shira Gal, Peter R. Malone, Nadeem Shaida, James
S. Wainscoat, and Adrian L. Harris
Are CYP17 Genotypes a Biomarker
for Ovarian Cancer in Patients With Cancer History in Their Family?
Hulya Yazici, Hulya Tigli, Zuleyha Kadehci, Seden Kucucuk, Pinar
Saip, Halim Issever, Hilmi Ozcelik, and Nejat Dalay
Serum Levels of IGF-I and
IGFBP-3 in Patients With Lung Cancer During Chemotherapy
Tomasz Izycki, Elzbieta Chyczewska, Wojciech Naumnik, and Maria
Ossolinska
Erratum