High expression of Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) has been related to colorectal cancer (CRC) progression, resistance to treatment and poor prognosis. TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) through its receptors DR4 (TRAIL-R1) and DR5 (TRAIL-R2) can selectively induce cancer cell apoptosis. The mRNA expression of DR4, DR5, c-IAP1, c-IAP2, XIAP and BIRC5/Survivin genes was examine...

BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking is one of the greatest preventable risk factors for developing cancer, and most cases of lung squamous cell carcinoma (lung SCC) are associated with smoking. The pathogenesis mechanism of tumor progress is unclear. This study aimed to identify biomarkers in smoking-related lung cancer, including protein-coding gene, long noncoding RNA, and transcription factors. M...

The biological effects of only a finite number of tobacco toxins have been studied. Here, we describe exposure of cultures of human bronchial epithelial cells to low concentrations of tobacco carcinogens: nickel sulphate, benzo(b)fluoranthene, N-nitrosodiethylamine, and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK). After a 24-hour exposure, EGFR was expressed in cell membrane and cytopl...

CONTEXT Thyroid cancer incidence has increased significantly during the past decades and is the most common type of endocrine malignancy. Many factors in thyroid cancers were studied as independent predictors of a poor prognosis. OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to evaluate survivin expression - BIRC5 and its splice variants: survivin delta Ex3 and survivin 2B in benign and malignant ...

BACKGROUND Currently the cytological examination of fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsies is the standard technique for the pre-operative differential diagnosis of thyroid nodules. However, the results may be non-informative in ~20% of cases due to an inadequate sampling and the lack of highly specific, measurable cytological criteria, therefore ancillary biomarkers that could aid in these case...

Objectives. To study the effect of toxoplasmas on changes in expression protooncogenes BIRC5, ERBB-2/HER2-NEU, GLI, VEGF and anti-oncogene TP53 rats an experiment depending infection dose period parasite development. Material methods.The was conducted female Wistar to determine survivin (BIRC5), epidermal growth factor (ErbB-2/HER2-Neu), GLI 1, vascular endothelial (VEGF) comparison with refere...

FOXM1 (12p13.33) GLI1, doxorubicin, NRAS, fulvestrant, butyric acid, FGF7, CDKN1A, YY1, MSA, vitamin D3, TNFSF11, IL6, CDC2 CDC25B, CENPA, AURKB, CCNA2, CCNF, CENPB, BIRC5, CCNB1, CDKN1A, ESR1, ADAM17, GLB1 Controls progression into S phase; regulates genes required for mitotic entry; liver development. Reduced hepatoblast and cardiomyocyte mitosis, ventricular hypoplasia. Die perinatally. Upre...

Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a molecular chaperone required for the stability and function of multiple over-expressed signaling proteins that promote growth and survival in cancer cells. Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is characterized by increased expression of several Hsp90 client proteins making it a potentially susceptible to Hsp90 inhibition. In this study we showed that the novel ...