• Here, we examined the anti-lung-metastatic effects and the mechanism of lycopene in combination with sorafenib in C57BL/6 mice xenografted with Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • The results showed that lycopene reduced the number of metastatic tumors in the lungs, which was further suppressed by the combined treatment with sorafenib. (frontiersin.org)
  • In anti-metastatic studies, lycopene has been found to inhibit the metastasis of human hepatoma SK-Hep-1 cells in athymic nude mice ( 17 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • spread of metastatic cells [3]. (researchgate.net)
  • In addition, we differentiate for the first time the contributions of ERBB1 and ERBB2 to the key metastatic properties of in vivo tumor cell invasion and intravasation. (aacrjournals.org)
  • The epidermal growth factor receptor family (ERBB) is overexpressed in a wide variety of tumor types and is correlated with poor prognosis. (aacrjournals.org)
  • In mouse and rat xenograft tumor models, TAK-285 showed antitumor activity against cancers that expressed HER2 or EGFR. (jcancer.org)
  • Treatment of xenograft tumors resulted in PD-L1-dependent tumor growth inhibition. (elifesciences.org)
  • Immunostaining revealed that major melanoma-associated antigens, such as S100 protein, HMB-45, melanotransferrin, chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan, and the gangliosides GD2 and GD3, were consistently expressed by the tumour tissue, severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse xenograft and derived cell lines. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • The availability of the soft tissue melanoma cell line, the SCID mouse xenograft tumour system as well as autologous TILs described herein would provide useful materials for identifying T-cell-defined antigens as well as a model system for devising individualised cancer biotherapeutic strategies. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • Overall, the present study demonstrates that lycopene in combination with sorafenib additively inhibits the lung metastasis of tumor, indicating lycopene has potential as an adjuvant for sorafenib in cancer treatment. (frontiersin.org)
  • Cancer/testis antigen MAGEC2 (also known as HCA587) is highly expressed in a wide variety of tumors and plays an active role in promoting growth and metastasis of tumor cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this work, bacterial cellulose (BC)/gelatin hydrogels were successfully synthesized and were investigated as scaffolds for cancer cells in vitro culture to simulate tumor microenvironment. (edu.au)
  • Thus, addressing the presence of immunosuppressive myeloid cell populations in the periphery and tumor microenvironment of patients with cancer is likely to be required for effective NK cell-based immunotherapy. (elifesciences.org)
  • Clinical studies using ERBB inhibitors have focused on tumor growth effects, but ERBBs can contribute to malignancy independent of their effects on tumor growth. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Many chemotherapeutical drugs used to treat cancer exert their biological effects on tumor cells through activation of the p53 pathway. (news-medical.net)
  • Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) from the same patient blood sample, was assessed by ddPCR targeting tumour-specific mutations. (nature.com)
  • 2004) Activating mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor underlying responsiveness of non-small-cell lung cancer to gefitinib. (scielo.br)
  • If p53 is inactivated, as it is in over half of all human cancers, checks and balances on cell growth fail to operate, and body cells start to accumulate mutations, which ultimately may lead to cancer. (news-medical.net)
  • The objective of this study was to optimize conditions for preparing Boswellea sacra essential oil with the highest biological activity in inducing tumor cell-specific cytotoxicity and suppressing aggressive tumor phenotypes in human breast cancer cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mechanistically, both peptides caused a significant reduction at G0/G1 phase, in correlation with an augmented expression of the cell cycle inhibitory proteins p53, p27, p21, necrosis, exacerbated generation of reactive oxygen species and diminished mitochondrial membrane potential, all hallmarks of cellular stress. (nature.com)
  • A localized hypoxic environment occurs during tumor growth necessitating an angiogenic response or tumor necrosis results. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The effects of the two macrolides on tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) release were also examined. (karger.com)
  • Cigana C, Assael BM, Melotti P: Azithromycin selectively reduces tumor necrosis factor alpha levels in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells. (karger.com)
  • TAK-285 was examined in a model of breast cancer brain metastasis using direct intracranial injection of BT-474-derived luciferase-expressing cells and showed greater inhibition of brain tumor growth compared to animals treated with lapatinib. (jcancer.org)
  • Engineered human immune cells can vanquish a deadly pediatric brain tumor in a mouse model, a study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated. (stanford.edu)
  • The in vitro MDA-MD-231 cell culture results demonstrated that cells cultured on the BC/gelatin scaffolds had significant adhesion, proliferation, ingrowth and differentiation. (edu.au)
  • During the metastasis, cancer cells in situ move to other tissues and organs from the blood circulation or the lymphatic system through proliferation, adhesion, invasion, and migration. (frontiersin.org)
  • Cell proliferation and invasion were assayed using the kidney cell lines HEK293 with wild-type p53 and a ccRCC cell line MZ1257RC mutated for p53. (frontiersin.org)
  • HEK293 cells demonstrated a restriction of ERV-K113 env expression and invasion with no changes in proliferation in the absence of Aza. (frontiersin.org)
  • Also, our mutants induced proliferation, glucose uptake, inhibited the migration of 293T cells and affected the responsiveness of the cells to cisplatin and radiation. (scielo.br)
  • MiaPaCa-2 and CFPAC-1 cells were treated with 100 ng/ml of NGF or the NGF inhibitor Tanezumab for 24 h, CCK-8 and Transwell assays were employed to test cell proliferation, invasion, and migration, respectively. (hindawi.com)
  • IM combined with IR can synergistically inhibit the proliferation, apoptosis, clonogenesis, invasion, migration and cell cycle of GIST cells. (researchsquare.com)
  • Specifically, ERV-K members were originally identified due to their similarity to the Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus (MMTV) and are subdivided into ten so-called human MMTV-like clades (HML1-10) ( 2 , 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Ma Z, Gibson SL, Byrne MA, Zhang J, White MF and Shaw LM (2006) Suppression of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) promotes mammary tumor metastasis. (scielo.br)
  • Using in vivo mouse models of breast cancer, we test the effects of ERBB1 and ERBB2 inhibitors AC480 and lapatinib, ERBB1 inhibitor gefitinib, and ERBB2 inhibitor AG825 on in vivo tumor cell invasive properties in mammary fat pad tumors. (aacrjournals.org)
  • This study supports ERV-K env as a single prognostic indicator for better survival of RCC, which we propose represents a new tumor antigen. (frontiersin.org)
  • Failed T cell-based immunotherapies in the presence of genomic alterations in antigen presentations pathways may be overcome by NK cell-based immunotherapy. (elifesciences.org)
  • Here, we demonstrate that NK cells (haNKs) engineered to express a PD-L1 chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) haNKs killed a panel of human and murine head and neck cancer cells at low effector-to-target ratios in a PD-L1-dependent fashion. (elifesciences.org)
  • T cell-based immunotherapy, such as immune checkpoint blockade or adoptive T cell transfer, is limited by the ability of T cells to detect major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-presented antigen by tumor cells. (elifesciences.org)
  • Natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy may overcome genetic mechanisms of resistance to T cell-based immunotherapy through antigen- and MHC-independent recognition of malignant cells. (elifesciences.org)
  • Here, we describe the pre-clinical in vitro and in vivo study of irradiated haNK cells engineered to express a second-generation chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) targeting programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1). (elifesciences.org)
  • In mice whose brainstems were implanted with human DIPG, engineered immune cells known as chimeric antigen receptor T cells - or CAR-T cells - were able to eliminate tumors, leaving very few residual cancer cells. (stanford.edu)
  • In CAR-T therapies now used in humans, some of the patient's own immune cells are removed, engineered to attack a surface antigen on the cancer cells, and returned to the patient's body, where they target the cancer cells for destruction. (stanford.edu)
  • In vitro studies have shown that stromal cells cultured in hypoxic growth conditions secrete higher levels of critical angiogenesis-inducing factors than cells cultured in normoxic conditions [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Sixteen histological tumor subtypes exist and the most common are papillary, chromophobe and clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) representing 85% of all RCC. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this investigation a human RCC tissue microarray (TMA) (n=374) predominantly consisting of the most common histological tumor subtypes was hybridized with an ERV-K env antibody and correlated with patient clinical data. (frontiersin.org)
  • This observation prompted us to characterise the cell-autonomous cytotoxic and anti-proliferative profile of gomesin in DFTD cells and in comparison, to non-transformed (healthy) Tasmanian devil fibroblasts (FIBS). (nature.com)
  • Essential oil prepared by distillation of the gum resin traditionally used for aromatic therapy has also been shown to have tumor cell-specific anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic activities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In vivo , CWO induced transcriptional changes in immune-related genes, resulting in cytotoxic T cell-dependent tumor regression. (biorxiv.org)
  • Subsequently, we used a model of neuroinvasion in nude mice to assess the effect of NGF in vivo on tumor nerve invasion as well as on nociceptive transmission. (hindawi.com)
  • In vivo tumorigenesis experiments, Tanezumab markedly alleviated nerve invasion of PC cells as well as relieved nociceptive conduction in animal models. (hindawi.com)
  • As linear correlations exist between expression levels of angiogenic factors under normoxic and hypoxic conditions in vitro , we propose that explanted primary cells may be used to probe the in vivo hypoxic environment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our studies were designed to evaluate the effect of ERBB inhibition on tumor cell motility and intravasation in vivo using clinically relevant small-molecule inhibitors. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Research has intensified to understand ERV protein function and their role as tumor antigens and targets for cancer (immune) therapy. (frontiersin.org)
  • This observation and the expression of the major melanoma-associated antigens were all indicative of the melanocytic origin of MST-1 tumour. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • Cell surface antigens are large molecules sticking out from a cell that help the immune system determine whether the cell is harmless or harmful. (stanford.edu)
  • NGF promoted MiaPaCa-2 and CFPAC-1 cell invasion and migration, while Tanezumab treatment showed the opposite results. (hindawi.com)
  • TrkA blocking-up could restrain NGF induced PC cell migration and neural invasion. (hindawi.com)
  • Generally, it is believed that there are four main pathways between tumor invasion and metastasis, including local invasion, blood, lymphatic, and seeding metastasis [ 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • In addition to these four pathways, tumors can undergo infiltration around nerve fibers and metastasis along nerves, that is, perineural invasion (PNI), which refers to the phenomenon of perineural invasion by tumor cells filling the perineurial space, wrapping around nerves in a continuous concentric sheath-like pattern, infiltration, and metastasis of extension along nerves around nerve fibers or into perineurium within the perineurium [ 7 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Using gefitinib, ERBB1 inhibition rapidly inhibits tumor cell motility and invasion but not intravasation, whereas ERBB2 inhibition by AG825 rapidly blocks intravasation. (aacrjournals.org)
  • These experiments temporally and molecularly separate two key stages in tumor cell entry into blood vessels: invasion and intravasation. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Koontongkaew S, Monthanapisut P, Saensuk T: Inhibition of arachidonic acid metabolism decreases tumor cell invasion and matrix metalloproteinase expression. (karger.com)
  • Three-dimensional (3D) cells in vitro culture are becoming increasingly popular in cancer research because some important signals are lost when cells are cultured in a two-dimensional (2D) substrate. (edu.au)
  • In particular, the human breast cancer cell line (MDA-MD-231) was seeded into BC/gelatin scaffolds to investigate their potential in 3D cell in vitro culture. (edu.au)
  • More importantly, MDA-MD-231 cells cultured in BC/gelatin scaffolds retained triple-negative receptor expression, demonstrating that BC/gelatin scaffolds could be used as ideal in vitro culture scaffolds for tumor cells. (edu.au)
  • To reveal that the NGF-TrkA signaling pathway was closely associated with PC PNI, in vitro neuroinvasion model was established by using MiaPaCa-2 cells via coculturing DRG cells in Matrigel. (hindawi.com)
  • MST-1 cells grown in vitro were heterogeneous in morphology, ranging from floating round cells, loosely attached round/oval or elongated cells with prominent pseudopod-like processes, to well-attached spindle and elongated dendritic cells without obvious pseudopods. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • Not surprisingly, the regulation of this vital safeguard has been studied in great detail for many years but mainly in tissue culture, or in vitro, models. (news-medical.net)
  • Células cultivadas in vitro procedentes de tejido neoplásico que se utilizan en el estudio de las capacidades metabólicas y proliferativas de las células tumorales, en el pronóstico de las respuestas clínicas a la quimioterapia, en la detección de nuevos agentes antitumorales y en las investigaciones biológicas básicas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cells grown in vitro from neoplastic tissue. (bvsalud.org)
  • Western blot analysis was performed to study Boswellia sacra essential oil-regulated proteins involved in apoptosis, signaling pathways, and cell cycle regulation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Consistently, the essential oil represses signaling pathways and cell cycle regulators that have been proposed as therapeutic targets for breast cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Melanoma tumour cells exhibit pronounced heterogeneity within a single tumour, amongst concurrent tumours within the same patient and amongst tumours from different patients. (nature.com)
  • Circulating tumour cells (CTCs), which are responsible for haematogenous spread of tumours, also reflect this heterogeneity. (nature.com)
  • With the development of tumor molecular heterogeneity theory(12), there are still some patients with GIST who are sensitive to radiotherapy, especially for the patients with advanced stage(13-16).In addition, with the development of imaging technology and modern tissue and organ radiation technology, it has become a reality to concentrate high-dose radiation locally in abdominal cavity tumors(12), which challenges RT's insensitivity to GISTs. (researchsquare.com)
  • The exact biological mechanism(s) by which the BBB limits drug exposure is not clear, but in addition to epithelial tight junctions, enhanced efflux of chemotherapeutic agents out of the CNS space by endothelial cell membrane transporters in brain blood vessels plays a primary role ( 2 ). (jcancer.org)
  • When tested in normal ovarian surface epithelial and ovarian clear cell carcinoma cell culture models, encapsulation of TPPS in cESG significantly improved cell death in response to light treatment compared to free drug alone. (nih.gov)
  • however, mechanisms through which these bioactive compounds act on epithelial cells have not been identified. (biorxiv.org)
  • Western blotting was employed to determine NGF level in PC and paracarcinoma tissues and in PC cell lines as well as pancreatic ductal epithelial cells. (hindawi.com)
  • NGF level was preeminently higher in PC tissues and cell lines than in paracarcinoma tissues and normal pancreatic epithelial cell lines. (hindawi.com)
  • 16-membered) on MUC5AC and MUC2 gene expression and secretion from human airway epithelial cells. (karger.com)
  • Confluent NCI-H292 human mucoepidermoid airways epithelial cells were pretreated with AZM or MDM for 2 h and then stimulated with 200 nmol/l phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) for 8 h. (karger.com)
  • The present study demonstrates that AZM and MDM suppress the synthesis of mucin and TNF-α from human airway epithelial cells. (karger.com)
  • Kim YD, Cho JS, Kim HS, Song SH: Effect of macrolide on the interleukin-1 β-mediated MUC2/5AC genes expression and mucin secretion in human airway epithelial cells. (karger.com)
  • Shimizu T, Shimizu S: Azithromycin inhibits mucus hypersecretion from airway epithelial cells. (karger.com)
  • High ERV-K env total protein expression of all tumor subtypes significantly correlated with low tumor grading and a longer disease specific survival using multivariable analyses. (frontiersin.org)
  • Mechanistic studies indicate that the regulatory role of TRIM28 on MAGEC2 protein expression in tumor cells depends on proteasome-mediated pathway. (biomedcentral.com)
  • AZM and MDM attenuated PMA-induced MUC5AC and MUC2 gene and protein expression in NCI-H292 cells. (karger.com)
  • Boswellia sacra essential oil hydrodistilled at 100 o C was more potent than the essential oil prepared at 78 o C in inducing cancer cell death, preventing the cellular network formation (MDA-MB-231) cells on Matrigel, causing the breakdown of multicellular tumor spheroids (T47D cells), and regulating molecules involved in apoptosis, signal transduction, and cell cycle progression. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It initiates the process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, which directs the cell to commit suicide, permanently removing the damaged DNA from the organism. (news-medical.net)
  • Instead of accumulating in mouse cells and halting cell division in the genetically engineered mice, the altered p53 protein performed flawlessly: it was unstable when no DNA damage was present and was stable and fully functional when needed to halt the cycle cell to repair DNA damage or to induce apoptosis. (news-medical.net)
  • Moreover, we recently reported that lycopene inhibits the metastasis of human liver adenocarcinoma SK-Hep-1 cells by downregulation of the NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) proteins ( 18 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • We postulated that the expression levels of angiogenesis-related proteins from various primary tumor cultures would be greater under hypoxic conditions than under normoxia. (biomedcentral.com)
  • When higher than normal levels of p53 tumor suppressor exist, there is enough p53 to bind to many regulatory sites in the cell's genome to activate the production of other proteins that will halt cell division if the DNA damage can be repaired. (news-medical.net)
  • To this topic, lycopene had been demonstrated to have synergism from the combination of oxaliplatin in a human ovarian cancer cell line ( 20 ), suggesting that the adjuvant property on the anticancer of lycopene. (frontiersin.org)
  • For VEGF, the target of current therapies, this correlation between hypoxia and higher cytokine levels was greater in primary breast and lung carcinoma cells than in ovarian carcinoma cells or tumor cell lines. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although epigenetically silenced, endogenous retroviral (ERV) genes become activated in tumors and function to ignite immune responses. (frontiersin.org)
  • Infiltration versus metastasis is one of the most characteristic biological properties of tumors [ 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Metz H, Busch SE, Hanke ML, Kargl J, Kim KH and Houghton M (2014) Insulin receptor substrate-1 regulates immune cell content in lung adenocarcinoma. (scielo.br)
  • SUMMARY BLURB Essential oil derived from the camphor tree acts by stimulating immune cell-dependent regression of skin tumors in a mouse model of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. (biorxiv.org)
  • However, some mice experienced dangerous levels of brain swelling, a side effect of the immune response triggered by the engineered cells, the researchers said, adding that extreme caution will be needed to introduce the approach in human clinical trials. (stanford.edu)
  • Crystal Mackall says she is encouraged that the work in mice showed that engineered immune cells called CAR-T cells were able to eradicate the tumors in mice. (stanford.edu)
  • ERBB1 and ERBB2 inhibition rapidly (within 3 h) inhibits both tumor cell motility and intravasation. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Breast cancer is one of the most common primary tumors to develop associated brain metastases ( 1 , 2 ), and while recent progress in cancer therapy has improved control of primary breast tumors, methods to effectively treat brain metastases from breast cancer remain inadequate. (jcancer.org)
  • Daily topical treatment with CWO induced dramatic regression of pre-malignant skin tumors and a two-fold reduction in cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. (biorxiv.org)
  • These results indicate that ERBB inhibition should be considered for blocking other tumor cell malignant properties besides growth. (aacrjournals.org)
  • If the cultured cells were genetically modified to stop expressing the target sugar, the CAR-T cells no longer worked. (stanford.edu)
  • In this study, we report the cell-autonomous antiproliferative and cytotoxic activities exhibited by the spider peptide gomesin (AgGom) and gomesin-like homologue (HiGom) in DFTD cells. (nature.com)
  • The screening of a novel panel of AgGom-analogues revealed that, unlike changes in the hydrophobicity and electrostatic surface, the cytotoxic potential of the gomesin analogues in DFTD cells lies on specific arginine substitutions in the eight and nine positions and alanine replacement in three, five and 12 positions. (nature.com)
  • All these cells were maintained in DMEM (ATCC) supplemented with 10% FBS (Invitrogen, USA). (biomedcentral.com)
  • The metastasizing cells penetrate the blood vessel wall by invasiveness, and migrate in the circulation, extravasate out of the blood vessels, colonize in the distant tissue, initiate angiogenesis, and finally grow at the new site ( 2 , 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Lung cancer is divided into two major groups: non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). (scielo.br)
  • 2004) Akt phosphorylation and gefitinib efficacy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. (scielo.br)
  • Here we compared two microfluidic devices for the recovery of circulating melanoma cells. (nature.com)
  • The heterogeneous expression of markers, together with their rare frequency (1-10 CTCs in 8 mL of blood) are the main intrinsic factors hampering CTC isolation and limiting in-depth study of these cells in patients with melanoma. (nature.com)
  • In this study, we compared the recovery and purity of melanoma cells isolated through different microfluidic devices, Parsortix (Angle plc, Surrey, United Kingdom) and ClearCell® FX1 system (Biolidics, Singapore), which enrich CTCs based on their differential cell size, density and deformability. (nature.com)
  • The melanoma cell lines A2058 and SK-MEL-5 were used in spiking experiments due to their differential cell size. (nature.com)
  • The establishment and characterisation of paired autologous tumour cell line (MST-1) and tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) culture from a tumour mass of a 14-year-old Taiwanese girl with soft tissue melanoma are described. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • We demonstrate that MAGEC2 interacts with TRIM28 in melanoma cells and MAGEC2 expression in tumor cells depends on the expression of TRIM28. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this study, we found that expression of MAGEC2 protein in tumor cells depends on the expression of TRIM28, a reduction in the level of endogenous TRIM28 expression in melanoma cells resulting in significantly decreased expression of MAGEC2 protein. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Their properties and ability to support normal growth of cancer cells were evaluated. (edu.au)
  • Treatment of syngeneic tumors resulted in CD8 and PD-L1-dependent tumor rejection or growth inhibition and a reduction in myeloid cells endogenously expressing high levels of PD-L1. (elifesciences.org)
  • In animal studies, we can often slow the growth of a tumor, shrink a tumor or prevent tumors from forming. (stanford.edu)
  • Excess expression of the sugar is caused by the same mutation, known as the H3K27M mutation, that drives the growth of most DIPG tumors, the team found. (stanford.edu)
  • The aim of this work was to study the protective activity of a honey of multifloral origin, standardized for total antioxidant power and analytically profiled (HPLC-MS) in antioxidants, in a cultured endothelial cell line (EA.hy926) subjected to oxidative stress. (researchgate.net)
  • Experiments with endothelial cells fortified with the isolated fraction from native honey enriched in antioxidants, exposed to peroxyl radicals from 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (AAPH, 10 mM) and to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 50-100 microM), indicated that phenolic acids and flavonoids were the main causes of the protective effect. (researchgate.net)
  • Previous tissue culture studies by several labs around the world indicated that tinkering with the tail end prevented the protein from being flagged for degradation or activation. (news-medical.net)
  • Native honey (1% w/v pH 7.4, 10(6) cells) showed strong quenching activity against lipophilic cumoxyl and cumoperoxyl radicals, with significant suppression/prevention of cell damage, complete inhibition of cell membrane oxidation, of intracellular ROS production and recovery of intracellular GSH. (researchgate.net)
  • Novel cancer treatment strategies take advantage of tumor-induced vascularisation by combining standard chemotherapeutic agents with angiogenesis-inhibiting agents. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Tasmanian devil faces extinction due to devil facial tumour disease (DFTD), a highly transmittable clonal form of cancer without available treatment. (nature.com)
  • The Tasmanian devil is an endangered Australian species, restricted to the island state of Tasmania 1 , and threatened with extinction due to a contagious and transmissible "parasitic" form of cancer known as devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) 2 , which has killed ~80% of the devil population since emerging in 1996 1 . (nature.com)
  • Boswellia sacra essential oil-mediated cell viability and death were studied in established human breast cancer cell lines (T47D, MCF7, MDA-MB-231) and an immortalized normal human breast cell line (MCF10-2A). (biomedcentral.com)
  • All three human breast cancer cell lines were sensitive to essential oil treatment with reduced cell viability and elevated cell death, whereas the immortalized normal human breast cell line was more resistant to essential oil treatment. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Similar to our previous observations in human bladder cancer cells, Boswellia sacra essential oil induces breast cancer cell-specific cytotoxicity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Suppression of cellular network formation and disruption of spheroid development of breast cancer cells by Boswellia sacra essential oil suggest that the essential oil may be effective for advanced breast cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We tested an essential-oil derivative, camphor white oil (CWO), for anti-tumor activity in a mouse model of keratinocyte-derived skin cancer. (biorxiv.org)
  • PD-L1 CAR haNKs reduced levels of macrophages and other myeloid cells endogenously expressing high PD-L1 in peripheral blood from patients with head and neck cancer. (elifesciences.org)
  • This cell line can also be used for further studies aimed at uncovering the histogenesis of this rare cancer. (tmu.edu.tw)
  • However, little is known for the regulation of MAGEC2 expression in cancer cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our findings show that TRIM28 is necessary for MAGEC2 expression in cancer cells, and TRIM28 may serve as a new potential target for immunotherapy of cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Scientists working in basic, translational, and clinical cancer metabolism research are invited to join the Academy in New York on April 17th to discuss the intersection between cell signaling and metabolism. (nyas.org)
  • Cancer Cell Metabolism: Unique Features Inform New Therapeutic Opportunities. (nyas.org)
  • In mice, a fatal brainstem tumor was cleared by injecting it with engineered T cells that recognized the cancer and targeted it for destruction. (stanford.edu)
  • When the brains of the mice were examined via immunostaining after treatment, the animals had, on average, a few dozen cancer cells left, compared with tens of thousands of cancer cells in animals that received a control treatment. (stanford.edu)
  • As a cancer immunotherapist, what gets me really excited is when you take an established tumor and you make it disappear," said Crystal Mackall , MD, professor of pediatrics and of medicine and the study's other senior author. (stanford.edu)
  • Scientists have known for decades that GD2 levels on some other forms of cancer are very high, but its discovery on this tumor came as a surprise, Mackall said, adding, "It was hiding in plain sight, and we didn't know. (stanford.edu)
  • Other CAR-T cells that were tuned to different molecular targets also did not kill the DIPG cancer cells. (stanford.edu)
  • Unless promptly and properly repaired, these DNA breaks can let cell division spiral out of control, ultimately causing cancer. (news-medical.net)
  • In addition, we designed and screened a panel of gomesin analogues with amino acid modifications that were predicted to influence cell viability. (nature.com)
  • The metastasizing cells will proliferate in large numbers in situ and secrete proteolytic enzymes, such as the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which degrade the extracellular matrix and blood vessel wall. (frontiersin.org)
  • RIP assay was performed to validate NGF and miR-21 binding ability in MiaPaCa-2 cells. (hindawi.com)
  • Co-immunoprecipitation assay was applied for detecting the endogenous interaction of MAGEC2 and TRIM28 in tumor cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Total mucin in culture supernatants was measured using enzyme-linked lectin assay. (karger.com)
  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to determine MUC5AC, MUC2 and TNF-α released by the cells. (karger.com)
  • Mechanistically, NGF could upregulate TDE-miR-21-5p levels, and DRG cells took up TDE to activate the Warburg effect and stimulate nociceptor gene expression. (hindawi.com)
  • Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is one of the ten most common cancers for men and women with an approximate 75% overall 5-year survival. (frontiersin.org)
  • similar anti-GD2 CAR-T cells are now being tested in clinical trials in a few other cancers. (stanford.edu)
  • NK cells express germ-line receptors that are either stimulatory or inhibitory, and the summation of these signals determines activation status ( Caligiuri, 2008 ). (elifesciences.org)
  • If they can be established as a TUMOR CELL LINE, they can be propagated in cell culture indefinitely. (bvsalud.org)
  • To begin the research, the scientists screened human DIPG tumor cultures for surface molecules that could act as targets for CAR-T cells. (stanford.edu)
  • Rescue experiments were performed by using coprocessing of Tanezumab and miR-21-5p mimic on MiaPaCa-2 cells, followed by coculture with DRG cells. (hindawi.com)
  • Chromosome analysis revealed all cells at a hypotetraploid level with several clonal chromosome aberrations, including deletions at 10p and 12q, an addition at 12q, translocations t(1;14) and t(5;6). (tmu.edu.tw)