5-Fluorouracil (5-FU), a cell cycle-specific antimetabolite, is one of the most commonly used chemotherapeutic agents for colorectal cancer (CRC). Yet, resistance to 5-FU-based chemotherapy is still an obstacle to the treatment of this malignancy. Mutation or loss of Smad4 in CRC is pivotal for chemoresistance. However, the mechanism by which Smad4 regulates the chemosensitivity of CRC remains ...

Selection of the optimal chemotherapy regimen for an individual cancer patient is challenging. The existing chemosensitivity tests are costly, time-consuming, and not amenable to wide utilization within a clinic. This limitation might be addressed by the recently proposed use of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), which provide an opportunity to noninvasively monitor response to therapy. Over the p...

BACKGROUND Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most deadly forms of brain cancer. We investigated the regulatory effects of microRNA-100 (miR-100) on cell proliferation, migration, and chemosensitivity in human glioblastoma. METHODS miR-100 expression was assessed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in both glioblastoma cells and human tumors. Lentiviruses of miR-100 mimics ...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Several studies have shown secreted clusterin (sCLU) silencing directed against sCLU mRNA in sCLU-rich lung cancer cell lines sensitized cells to chemotherapy. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the effect of sCLU silencing on lung cancer cell chemosensitivity is not known. In the present study, we aimed to determine that vector expressing short hairpin RNA against sCL...

BACKGROUND Although single nucleotide polymorphisms may be potentially important pharmacogenetic determinants of cancer therapy, functional evidence regarding their relevance is currently lacking. The C677T polymorphism in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene is associated with changes in cellular composition of folates. We hypothesized that this polymorphism may modulate the cy...

PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the expression patterns, predictive significance, and roles in immune microenvironment Serpin Family-B Member 7 (SERPINB7) cervical squamous cell carcinoma endocervical adenocarcinoma (CESC).MethodsThe SERPINB7 its prognostic relevance were evaluated using RNA-seq data from The Cancer Genome Atlas. regulation CESC growth migration investigated...

BACKGROUND Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) and exercise hyperpnea are common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), and although it is not known whether they are both regulated by the same mechanisms, the hypothesis of the present study was that they are related to augmented central chemosensitivity. METHODS AND RESULTS The oxygen desaturation index (ODI) was evaluated in 29 patients and th...

Three-dimensional (3D) culture models represent a better approximation of solid tumor tissue architecture, especially cell adhesion, in vivo than two-dimensional (2D) cultures do. Here, we explored the role of architecture in chemosensitivity to platinum in colon cancer. Under the 3D culture condition, colon cancer cells formed multicellular spheroids, consisting of layers of cells. 3D cultures...

Stage III/IV melanoma remains incurable in most cases due to chemotherapeutic resistance. Thus, predicting and monitoring chemotherapeutic responses in this setting offer great interest. To overcome limitations of existing assays in evaluating the chemosensitivity of dissociated tumor cells, we developed a label-freemonitoring system to directly analyze the chemosensitivity of undissociated tum...

OBJECTIVE Studies have shown that transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) is associated with metastasis and chemoresistance of osteosarcoma. The TGF-β kinase inhibitor LY2109761 could inhibits metastasis and enhances chemosensitivity in several cancers, but its role and mechanisms in osteosarcoma (OS) is unclear. Here, we investigated the role and mechanism of LY2109761 on metastasis and chemos...