Recent evidence suggests that dysregulated eIF3d expression may be critical in various genetic disorders as well as cancer. In this study, we observed that EIF3d levels increased in gallbladder cancer (GBC) samples compared with non-tumor tissue. High eIF3d levels were associated with advanced tumor stage and metastasis and were correlated with poor prognosis in 92 patients with GBC. Depletion ...

BACKGROUND Forkhead box L1 (FOXL1), considered as a novel candidate tumor suppressor, suppresses proliferation and invasion in certain cancers. However, the regulation and function of FOXL1 in gallbladder cancer (GBC) remains unclear. METHODS FOXL1 expression at mRNA and protein levels in GBC tissues and cell lines were examined by RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry and western blot assay. FOXL1 ex...

Gallbladder carcinoma (GBC) is a highly lethal but relatively rare neoplasm of the digestive tract. The progression from gallbladder adenoma to carcinoma remains unclear. The p53 gene is the most frequently mutated tumor suppressor in human cancers. In this study, we analyzed the expression patterns of the p53 protein in 22 cases of GBC, 17 cases of precursor lesions (16 gallbladder adenomas an...

The symptoms of gallbladder cancer (GBC) are vague and non-specific. Therefore, GBC is often detected at an advanced or metastatic stage. The most effective treatment for GBC is surgical resection, however the majority of GBC cases are unresectable at the time of diagnosis. Therefore, numerous GBC patients undergo chemotherapy. This study reports the case of a 60-year-old female with GBC who un...

Gadolinium-based contrast (GBC) agents have recently been the subject of intense interest for physicians across numerous specialties. These agents are widely used as contrast for magnetic resonance imaging and have been generally considered safe. Early on, phase III trials and small studies in low-risk patients suggested a benign renal profile; however, more recent studies raised the possibilit...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk of gallbladder cancer (GBC) in patients with a porcelain gallbladder (PGB). DESIGN Retrospective analysis of our institutional experience and a systematic review of the literature. SETTING Academic teaching facility, Parkland Memorial Hospital, and the Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center (all in Dallas, Texas). PATIENTS Medical records of 1200 cholecystec...

Background: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare disease of the hepatobiliary tract characterized by silent presentation, poor prognosis, and limited therapy. Current imaging modalities, clinical symptoms and laboratory values are of limited value in diagnosis and tumour markers are used as a clinical adjunct. Five year survival is 5% 12% and a majority of patients survive less than 1 year. Early...

AIM To detect the expression of threonine and tyrosine kinase (TTK) in gallbladder cancer (GBC) specimens and analyze the associations between TTK expression and clinicopathological parameters and clinical prognosis. METHODS A total of 68 patients with GBC who underwent surgical resection were enrolled in this study. The expression of TTK in GBC tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry. T...

BACKGROUND CC-chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7), which plays an important role in cell directional movement, is highly expressed in various cancers and positively related to lymph node metastasis. The inflammatory cytokine tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α promotes tumour progression and lymph node metastasis in gallbladder cancer (GBC). However, the expression of CCR7 in GBC is unclear, and its role in...

Recent findings have confirmed the importance of black carbon (BC) in the global biogeochemical cycles of carbon and oxygen through its important contribution to the slowly cycling organic carbon (OC) pool. Yet, most BC determination methods published to date measure operationally defined BC fractions, oftentimes with a high potential for artifacts and a lack of specificity for one of the two m...