Changes in IL-16 Expression in the Ovary during Aging and Its Potential Consequences to Ovarian Pathology by Jessica Ramirez, Pincas Bitterman, Sanjib Basu, Animesh Barua

“…In addition, we examined changes in nuclear expression of IL-16 expression with regards to exposure to follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) by in vitro cell culture assays with human ovarian cancer cells. The frequencies of IL-16 expressing cells were significantly higher in ovarian stroma in women at early and late menopause as compared with premenopausal women (P<0.0001). …”
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The Hippo pathway promotes platinum-based chemotherapy by inhibiting MTF1-dependent heavy metal response by Hui Chen, Yue Xu, Dingshan Chen, Di Xiao, Bing Yang, Wenqi Wang, Han Han

“…Our data show that the MTF1-dependent heavy metal response induces cancer cell resistance to platinum-based compounds both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Antibacterial Activity of Rationally Designed Antimicrobial Peptides by Marius B. Tincho, Thureyah Morris, Mervin Meyer, Ashley Pretorius

“…Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) are components of the first line of defense for prokaryotes and eukaryotes and have a wide range of activities against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, fungi, cancer cells, and protozoa, as well as viruses. In this study, peptides which were initially identified for their HIV inhibitory activity were further screened for antibacterial activity through determination of their kinetics as well as their cytotoxicity. …”
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Autophagy-related long non-coding RNA MIR210HG plays a therapeutic role in hepatocellular carcinoma by Chaoqun Zhang, Dianxing Sun, Huifang Zhou, Chao Liu, Jie Ruan, Jiwen Kang, Ying Xie

“…Quantitative reverse transcription PCR was used to measure lncRNA MIR210HG expression in liver cancer cells and normal liver cells. Functional assays, including CCK-8, Transwell, flow cytometry, and western blot, were performed to evaluate the effects of lncRNA MIR210HG on cell proliferation, invasion, apoptosis, and autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma. …”
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Activating Transcription Factor 5 Promotes Tumorigenic Capability in Cervical Cancer Through the Wnt/&beta;-Catenin Signaling Pathway by Shi F, Wei Y, Huang Y, Yao D

“…Knockdown ATF5 expression in cervical cancer cell lines was constructed using lentivirus-mediated shRNA to explore the role of ATF5 in cervical cancer through cell viability, transwell, and wound healing experiments. …”
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The role of inflammasomes in hepatocellular carcinoma: Mechanisms and therapeutic insights by Valentina Arrè, Roberto Negro, Gianluigi Giannelli

“…It has been reported that they can exert oncosuppressive functions by triggering the inflammatory death of cancer cells. Vice versa, chronic activation contributes to the development of a pro-tumorigenic environment, thus supporting tumor growth. …”
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The Invasion and Metastasis of Colon Adenocarcinoma (COAD) Induced by SALL4 by Wenjuan Zhang, Yan Hu, Wenbing Zhang, Ke Yi, Xiaohui Xu, Zhihua Chen

“…The overexpression of SALL4 was related to a poor prognosis, promoted the invasion and proliferation of colorectal cancer cells, and accelerated the occurrence of EMT, which was characterized by upregulation of Twist, vimentin, and N-cadherin expressions and downregulation of E-cadherin. …”
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Targeted co-delivery nanosystem based on methotrexate, curcumin, and PAMAM dendrimer for improvement of the therapeutic efficacy in cervical cancer by Ayuob Aghanejad, Shiva Kheiriabad, Maryam Ghaffari, Simin Namvar Aghdash, Neda Ghafouri, Jafar Ezzati Nazhad Dolatabadi, Hashem Andishmand, Michael R. Hamblin

“…Abstract The simultaneous administration of multiple drugs within identical nanocarriers to cancer cells or tissues can result in the effective action of drugs at reduced concentrations. …”
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Towards designing improved cancer immunotherapy targets with a peptide-MHC-I presentation model, HLApollo by William John Thrift, Nicolas W. Lounsbury, Quade Broadwell, Amy Heidersbach, Emily Freund, Yassan Abdolazimi, Qui T. Phung, Jieming Chen, Aude-Hélène Capietto, Ann-Jay Tong, Christopher M. Rose, Craig Blanchette, Jennie R. Lill, Benjamin Haley, Lélia Delamarre, Richard Bourgon, Kai Liu, Suchit Jhunjhunwala

“…Antigen presentation on MHC class I (MHC-I) is crucial for the adaptive immune response to cancer cells, necessitating highly predictive computational methods to model this phenomenon. …”
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Statin drugs enhance responses to immune checkpoint blockade in head and neck cancer models by Chrystal Paulos, Gregory B Lesinski, Zachary S Buchwald, Nabil F Saba, Vikash Kansal, Andre J Burnham, Brendan L C Kinney, Nicole C Schmitt

“…Emerging data suggest that manipulation of cholesterol may enhance some aspects of antitumor immunity.Methods We used syngeneic murine models (mouse oral cancer, MOC1 and TC-1) to investigate our hypothesis that a subset of statin drugs would enhance antitumor immunity and delay tumor growth.Results Using an ex vivo coculture assay of murine cancer cells and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, we discovered that all seven statin drugs inhibited tumor cell proliferation. …”
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Drug Target Investigation of <i>N</i>-<i>p</i>-Coumaroyl-<i>N</i>’-Caffeoylputrescine, a Naturally-Occurring Alkaloid Derived from <i>Saxifraga tangutica</i> by Chuang Liu, Jun Dang, Minchen Wu

“…An in vitro study on liver (HepG2) cells and breast (MCF-7) cancer cells revealed that PCC modulates HSP90AA1, subsequently affecting Mut-p53 expression, triggering a cascade effect that reduced adriamycin-induced drug resistance in cells. …”
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Biological Evaluation of Platinum(II) Sulfonamido Complexes: Synthesis, Characterization, Cytotoxicity, and Biological Imaging by Charini Maladeniya, Taniya Darshani, Sameera R. Samarakoon, Frank R. Fronczek, W. M. C. Sameera, Inoka C. Perera, Theshini Perera

“…All four compounds are promising novel candidates that can be further investigated on their usage as potential anticancer agents and cancer cell imaging agents.…”
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Mechanistic insights into endosomal escape by sodium oleate-modified liposomes by Ebrahim Sadaqa, Satrialdi, Fransiska Kurniawan, Diky Mudhakir

“…This study investigates sodium oleate-modified liposomes (SO-Lipo) as an innovative strategy to enhance endosomal escape and improve cytosolic delivery in 4T1 triple-negative breast cancer cells. We aimed to elucidate the mechanistic role of sodium oleate in promoting endosomal escape and compared the performance of SO-Lipo with unmodified liposomes (Unmodified-Lipo) and Aurein 1.2-modified liposomes (AUR-Lipo). …”
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Six events that shaped antibody approvals in oncology by Suman Paul, Suman Paul, Shibin Zhou, Shibin Zhou

“…Finally, we explore the development of ipilimumab, the first immune checkpoint-inhibiting antibody that activates the immune system to kill cancer cells, and the discovery that allowed the use of checkpoint inhibitors across all cancer types based on the presence of genetic markers. …”
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Fish-derived hepcidins in cancer treatment: a scoping review by Wan-Atirah Azemin, Syarifah Ab Rashid, Noraini Philip, Abdul Manaf Ali, Mohd Shahir Shamsir

“…Tilapia-derived hepcidins demonstrated notable anticancer properties, including concentration-dependent effects, selective cytotoxicity against cancer cells, and potential enhancement of conventional chemotherapy efficacy through mechanisms involving reactive oxygen species production and mitochondrial apoptosis pathways. …”
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Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation of Gabapentinoid Hybrids with Isoindole-1,3(2H)-Dione Moiety as Potential Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and Anticancer Agents by Mirna Jabbour, Mohammad Ammar Al-Khayat, Mahmoud Al-Ktaifani

“…Furthermore, we have studied the effect of compounds on proliferation, cell cycle, and cell death in two human cancer cell lines (Caco-2 and HCT-116). Results. Compounds 1, 3, and 4 exhibited a good free radical scavenging effect, and compound 3 is the most effective with IC50 value of 2.525 μmol/mL. …”
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Interplay of aurora kinase a functional residues and Epstein-barr Nuclear Antigen 1 in Epstein-barr virus associated Gastric cancer using AGS cells by Nidhi Varshney, Siddharth Singh, Meenakshi Kandpal, Vaishali Saini, Erle S. Roberston, Hem Chandra Jha

“…The kinase domain residues T287 and T288 of AURKA are essential for centrosome maturation and bipolar spindle formation in EBV-infected gastric cancer cells. We also show that AURKA 287/288 dm reduces the transcript expression of cell cycle markers involved in mitotic entry in EBV infection. …”
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Bayesian Analysis of Complex Mutations in HBV, HCV, and HIV Studies by Bing Liu, Shishi Feng, Xuan Guo, Jing Zhang

“…We envisage the applications of more modified Bayesian methods to other infectious diseases and cancer cells that will be following with critical medical results before long.…”
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DGAT1 Expression Promotes Ovarian Cancer Progression and Is Associated with Poor Prognosis by Leilei Xia, Ye Wang, Shengyun Cai, Mingjuan Xu

“…After DGAT1 expression was interfered, proliferation, migration, invasion, colony forming, and tumor growth of ovarian cancer cells were inhibited. In addition, GSEA showed that DGAT1 may be involved in the immune process. …”
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An interpretable framework for inter-observer agreement measurements in TILs scoring on histopathological breast images: A proof-of-principle study. by Abdulkerim Capar, Dursun Ali Ekinci, Mucahit Ertano, M Khalid Khan Niazi, Erva Bengu Balaban, Ibrahim Aloglu, Meryem Dogan, Ziyu Su, Fugen Vardar Aker, Metin Nafi Gurcan

“…Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs), reflective of the immune response against cancer cells, are pivotal in understanding breast cancer behavior. …”
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