The granulosa cell tumor is the most common malignant functioning tumor of the ovary. When functional, granulosa tumor almost always are estrogenic although rare tumors are androgenic. Progesterone producing by these tumors has only been reported twice. We report a case of granulosa cell tumor in a 7 years old girl with precocious puberty who represent the first case of progesterone producing b...

Due to the properties of tumor cell, the tumor establishes itself in the organ and grows there, so there is a competition between the tumor cells and host cell (normal cells) for nutrients. Evidences show that high dietary phosphorus increases the rate of protein synthesis and thus the cell number. So, other than oxygen, sulfur, the important element that both tumor cells and normal cells need ...

background recent studies revealed that tumor-associated macrophages (tams) play a decisive role in the regulation of tumor progression by manipulating tumor oncogenesis, angiogenesis and immune functions within tumor microenvironments. signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (stat3), which is a point of convergence for numerous oncogenic signalling pathways, is constitutively activa...

objective: micrornas (mirnas) are a new class of non-coding rnas involved in regulating various biological processes including proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, among others. alterations in mirna expression are reported in several human cancers, which suggests their potential roles in tumor initiation and progression. members of the mir-302 cluster are highly expressed in embryonic...

Pressure control of renin secretion involves a complex integration of shear stress, stretch, and transmural pressure (TP). This study was designed to delineate TP control of renin secretion with minimal influence of shear stress or stretch and to determine its mechanism. Rat juxtaglomerular (JG) cells were applied to a TP-loading apparatus for 12 h. In cells conditioned with atmospheric pressur...

Objective(s): The OCT4B1, as one of OCT4 variants, is expressed in cancer cell lines and tissues more than other variants and plays an important role in apoptosis and stress (heat shock protein) pathways. The present study was designed to determine the effects of OCT4B1 silencing on expressional profile of HSP40 gene family expression in three different human tumor cell lines. Materials and Met...

Carbonyl cyanide p-(trifluoromethoxy) phenylhydrazone (FCCP) is an uncoupler of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria. This study evaluated the effects of FCCP on the growth of juxtaglomerular As4.1 cells in relation to the cell cycle and apoptosis. FCCP inhibited the growth of As4.1 cells with an IC(50) of approximately 10 muM at 48 hours. DNA flow cytometry indicated that FC...