Responses to androgen vary widely among prostate cancers and prostatic carcinoma cell lines. We have explored the basis for this heteroge neity by examining the levels of androgen receptor expression in a prostate carcinoma cell line (LNCaP) that expresses the androgen recep tor and two prostate carcinoma cell lines that do not contain detectable androgen receptor. We find that while the LNCaP ...

The melanocortin receptors (MCRs 1-5) are G protein coupled-receptors (GPCRs) that regulate food intake, inflammation, skin pigmentation, sexual function and steroidogenesis. Their peptide ligands, the melanocortins, are α-, β- and γ-melanocyte-stimulating hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) all of which are secreted from the anterior pituitary gland under hypothalamic control. MC2R ...

Over 2 million Americans are currently living with prostate cancer. Current chemotherapeutic strategies are only partially effective in controlling the disease. There is always a need for an effective newer drug for treating prostate cancer. Use of active principles from medically important herbs has proven to be effective in treating various forms of cancers. Glycyrrhizin, a triterpene compoun...

Oligomeric guanidines are highly efficient biocides against a broad spectrum of microorganisms. However, their antitumor effects have not been studied so far. We investigated an antiproliferative effect of Akacid-medical-formulation (AMF), a member of the oligoguanidine family of biocides, against solid cancer cell lines and primary cells by measuring [3H]-thymidine incorporation. Additionally,...

Responses to androgen vary widely among prostate cancers and prostatic carcinoma cell lines. We have explored the basis for this heterogeneity by examining the levels of androgen receptor expression in a prostate carcinoma cell line (LNCaP) that expresses the androgen receptor and two prostate carcinoma cell lines that do not contain detectable androgen receptor. We find that while the LNCaP ce...

کچ ی هد پ ی ش مز ی هن ه و فد : ساسا د مردنس رد نامرد ي سفنت سرتس ي ظنت نادازون داح ي سکا لدابت م ي و نژ د ي سکا ي د هدوب نبرک تسا طسوت هک کبس اـه ي ناـمرد ي فلتخم ي هلمجزا لکتورپ INSURE ماجنا م ي دوش ا اذل . ي هعلاطم ن فدهاب اقم ي هس عضو ي ت اه ي ندب ي عضو رب رمد و زاب قاط ي سفنت ت ي هـب لاتـبم سراـن نادازون ردنس د م ي سفنت سرتس ي لکتورپ اب نامرد تحت داح INSURE ماجنا درگ ...

Obesity has been linked with an increased risk of prostate cancer. The formation of toxic free oxygen radicals has been implicated in obesity mediated disease processes. Leptin is one of the major cytokines produced by adipocytes and controls body weight homeostasis through food intake and energy expenditure. The rationale of the study was to determine the impact of leptin on the metastatic pot...

Zinc accumulation is lost during prostate carcinogenesis. Recent studies reveal a strong association between prostate cancer progression and the downregulation of the zinc uptake transporters hZip1 and hZip3. The aim of this work was to assess the involvement of epigenetic processes in the disruption of zinc uptake homeostasis in prostate adenocarcinoma. In this report, we demonstrate an increa...

Targeted delivery of small-molecule drugs has the potential to enhance selective killing of tumor cells. We have identified previously an internalizing single chain [single chain variable fragment (scFv)] antibody that targets prostate cancer cells and identified the target antigen as CD166. We report here the development of immunoliposomes using this anti-CD166 scFv (H3). We studied the effect...

صخلملا The aim of this study isto examine whether radiofrequency (RF) used in cellular phone communications at a specific absorption rate (SAR) less than 1.2 w/kg could increase the spontaneous rate of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) or elicit alterations both in the cell replication index (CRI) and mitotic index (MI) in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Whole blood samples were obtained fro...