The effects of syngeneic tumor vaccine preparations on resistance against s.c. and pulmonary implants of a spontaneous C3H mouse mammary carcinoma have been compared during progressive primary tumor growth, after surgical cure, and during declining immune resistance following complete tumor removal. Concomitant antitumor immunity reached a higher level of effectiveness in the lungs than in s.c....

Neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation has gained increased attention as a prostate cancer (PC) prognostic marker. The aim of this study is to determine whether host germline genetic variation influences tumor progression and metastasis in C57BL/6-Tg(TRAMP)8247Ng/J (TRAMP) mouse model of aggressive NEPC. TRAMP mice were crossed to the eight progenitor strains of the Collaborative Cross recombinant...

Autophagy suppresses tumorigenesis by restoring a favorable energy balance. Activation of autophagic pathways has therefore sparked great interest as target for cancer therapy. However, the targets available autophagy activators are nonexclusively involved in cells, thus causing cytotoxicity noncancerous tissues. Stimulation anabolism and ensuing decreased levels cells central to tumor-selectiv...

The development and progression of invasive breast cancer is characterized by alterations to the genome and epigenome. However, the relationship between breast tumor characteristics, disease subtypes, and patient outcomes with the cumulative burden of these molecular alterations are not well characterized. We determined the average departure of tumor DNA methylation from adjacent normal breast ...

In breast cancer bone metastasis, tumor cells stimulate osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, and bone-derived growth factors released from resorbed bone stimulate tumor growth. The AvB3 integrin is an adhesion receptor expressed by breast cancer cells and osteoclasts. It is implicated in tumor cell invasion and osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. Here, we hypothesized that the therapeutic targ...

Obesity increases both the risk and mortality associated with many types of cancer including that of the breast. In mice, obesity increases both incidence of spontaneous tumors and burden of transplanted tumors. Our findings identify leptin, an adipose secreted cytokine, in promoting increased mammary tumor burden in obese mice and provide a link between this adipokine and cancer. Using a trans...

A central mediator of a wide host of target genes, the nuclear factor-KB (NF-KB) family of transcription factors, has emerged as a molecular target in cancer and diseases associated with bone destruction. To evaluate how NF-KB signaling in tumor cells regulates processes associated with osteolytic bone tumor burden, we stably infected the boneseeking MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line with a do...

Tumors are a mixture of neoplastic and host stromal cells, which establish a microenvironment that contributes to tumor progression. In this study, the contribution of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) to tumor growth and metastasis was examined using an orthotopic, immunocompetent murine model of diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma. The expression profile of cytokines and chemokines in...

Dolomite, a mineral composed of magnesium and calcium carbonates, potentiates the antitumoral activity of bleomycin: While 40 days after inoculation, no mice survived the Ehrlich ascites tumor burden, 44% of them survived it after bleomycin treatment, and 63% after a simultaneous treatment of bleomycin and dolomite. The beneficial antitumor effect of dolomite is probably related to its high con...