Nafion®-Containing Solid Lipid Nanoparticles as a Tool for Anticancer Pt Delivery: Preliminary Studies by Maddalena Sguizzato, Elisabetta Esposito, Marcus Drechsler, Eleonora Gallerani, Riccardo Gavioli, Paolo Mariani, Federica Carducci, Rita Cortesi, Paola Bergamini

“…To evaluate the in vitro cytotoxicity, NAF were tested on human cancer cell lines K562 and A2780. No cytotoxic effect was found on both cell lines. …”
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Radix Codonopsis: a review of anticancer pharmacological activities by Cai-Yue Liu, Zheng Li, Fan-E. Cheng, Yi Nan, Yi Nan, Wei-Qiang Li, Wei-Qiang Li

“…Studies have identified key active components such as luteolin, stigmasterol, polyacetylenes, lobetyolin, and glycitein, which exhibit anti-tumor properties through mechanisms like inhibiting cancer cell growth and proliferation, suppressing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), and inducing apoptosis. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Using Cannonball Leaves and Their Cytotoxic Activity against MCF-7 Cell Line by Preetha Devaraj, Prachi Kumari, Chirom Aarti, Arun Renganathan

“…Green synthesized silver nanoparticles by cannonball leaf extract show cytotoxicity to human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7). Overall, this environmentally friendly method of biological silver nanoparticles production provides rates of synthesis faster than or comparable to those of chemical methods and can potentially be used in various human contacting areas such as cosmetics, foods, and medical applications.…”
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Morphological Evidence for a Subpopulation Selection Effect by Estrogen and Antiestrogen Treatments in the Heterogeneous MCF-7 Cell Line by Jacqueline Palmari, France Wallet, Julien Berard, Yolande Berthois, Pierre Marie Martin, Christophe Dussert

“…The method, previously used to analyse the proliferation of the breast cancer cell line MCF‐7, was applied here to analyse the growth of this cell line under estradiol (E2), hydroxytamoxifen (OH‐TAM), and both E2 and OH‐TAM treatments. …”
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ATP-Binding Cassette Genes Genotype and Expression: A Potential Association with Pancreatic Cancer Development and Chemoresistance? by Li Pang, Beverly Word, Joshua Xu, Honggang Wang, George Hammons, Shiew-Mei Huang, Beverly Lyn-Cook

“…A cell viability assay, using standard pancreatic cancer cell lines, revealed that the ABCB1 2677TT-3455TT haplotype was more sensitive than the other haplotypes to gemcitabine. …”
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Curcumin-loaded nanostructured lipid carrier induced apoptosis in human HepG2 cells through activation of the DR5/caspase-mediated extrinsic apoptosis pathway by Wang Fengling, Ye Xi, Zhai Dandan, Dai Wenting, Wu Yifan, Chen Jin, Chen Weidong

“…Evidence indicates that low expression of death receptors (DRs) on cancer cell membranes leads to attenuated apoptosis signaling. …”
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Proteomic Technology “Lens” for Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Process Identification in Oncology by Monica Neagu, Carolina Constantin, Marinela Bostan, Constantin Caruntu, Simona Rebeca Ignat, Sorina Dinescu, Marieta Costache

“…We present herein, using various proteomic technologies, the identification in cancer cell lines and in tumour tissue EMT-related proteins, proteins that are involved in the activation of different cellular pathways. …”
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Effects of annexin A1 on apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in human leukemic cell lines by Sabran Affidah, Kumolosasi Endang, Jantan Ibrahim

“…Recent studies suggest that annexin A1 (ANXA1) promotes apoptosis in cancerous cells. This study aims to investigate the effects of ANXA1 on apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in K562, Jurkat and U937 cells and peripheral blood mononu-clear cells (PBMC). …”
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Twist-Induced Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Confers Specific Metabolic and Mitochondrial Alterations by Haleigh N. Parker, Kayla L. Haberman, Tolulope Ojo, Juli Watkins, Adhwaitha Nambiar, Kayla Morales, Bernd Zechmann, Joseph H. Taube

“…Here, we analyze Twist-induced EMT in non-transformed HMLE cells as well as a breast cancer cell line with (MDA-MB-231) and without (MCF7) EMT features to compare differences in metabolic pathways and mitochondrial morphology. …”
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Chemical Composition and Nutraceutical Potential of Indian Borage (Plectranthus amboinicus) Stem Extract by Praveena Bhatt, Gilbert Stanley Joseph, Pradeep Singh Negi, Mandyam Chakravarthy Varadaraj

“…The extract also exhibited antiplatelet aggregation ability, antibacterial activity, and antiproliferative effect against cancer cell lines: Caco-2, HCT-15, and MCF-7. Phytochemical evaluation of the extract revealed the occurrence of total phenolics (49.91 mg GAE/g extract), total flavonoids (26.6 mg RE/g extract), and condensed tannins (0.7 mg TAE/g extract). …”
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Emerging Role of Histone Acetyltransferase in Stem Cells and Cancer by Daniela Trisciuoglio, Marta Di Martile, Donatella Del Bufalo

“…We also review the available data on the involvement of acetyltransferases in the regulation of stem cell renewal and differentiation in both normal and cancer cell population.…”
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A Case of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Mutually Exclusive <i>EGFR</i> and <i>KRAS</i> Mutations by Abhimanyu Tushir, Israh Akhtar, Anjali Seth

“…These co-occurring tumor genomic alterations are not necessarily mutually exclusive, and evidence suggests that multiple clonal and sub-clonal cancer cell populations can co-exist and contribute to <i>EGFR</i> TKI resistance. …”
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Synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-(1H-imidazol-2-yl)-2-(pyrimidin-5-yl)oxazoles as potent anticancer agents by Divya Komirishetti, Vasantha Mittapelli

“…Further, the biological applications of the newly prepared compounds 11a–j were evaluated against four human cancer cell lines including breast cancer (MCF-7), lung cancer (A549), colon cancer (Colo-205) and ovarian cancer (A2780), using the standard MTT assay, with etoposide as the positive control. …”
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Monoamine neurotransmitters in breast cancer: Progression, immunomodulation, and therapeutic strategies by Saeed Mahdianipur, Mahafarin Maralani, Homa Davoodi

“…Research into the relationship between these neurotransmitters and breast cancer cell growth highlights their significant role in breast cancer biology and their potential in improving treatment outcomes. …”
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Combination Therapy of PPAR𝛾 Ligands and Inhibitors of Arachidonic Acid in Lung Cancer by Jordi Tauler, James L. Mulshine

“…Targeting LOX/COX enzymes and inducing activation of PPAR𝛾 have resulted in significant reduction of cell growth in lung cancer cell lines. However, specific COX-inhibitors have been correlated with an increased cardiovascular risk. …”
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Implications of noncoding RNAs for cancer therapy: Are we aiming at the right targets? by Amil Shah

“…Mutations in the well-known cancer driver genes provide the incipient cancer cell with a selective growth advantage and fuel its consequent clonal expansion. …”
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Fractional and stochastic modeling of breast cancer progression with real data validation. by Khaled Aldwoah, Hanen Louati, Nedal Eljaneid, Tariq Aljaaidi, Faez Alqarni, AbdelAziz Elsayed

“…The model is divided into three distinct phases: (1) initial growth, characterized by a constant-order Caputo proportional operator (CPC), (2) intermediate growth, modeled by a variable-order CPC, and (3) advanced stages, capturing stochastic fluctuations in cancer cell populations using a stochastic operator. …”
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In Vivo Imaging of Retinoic Acid Receptor Activity using a Sodium/Iodide Symporter and Luciferase Dual Imaging Reporter Gene by Min Kyung So, Joo Hyun Kang, June-Key Chung, Yong Jin Lee, Jae Hoon Shin, Kwang Il Kim, Jae Min Jeong, Dong Soo Lee, Myung Chul Lee

“…To visualize the intranuclear responses of functional retinoic acid receptors, we have developed a dual-imaging reporter gene system based on the use of sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) and luciferase in cancer cell lines. NIS and luciferase genes were linked with an internal ribosome entry site, and placed under the control of an artificial cis -acting retinoic acid responsive element (pRARE/NL). …”
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The Rise of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Glia Models of Neuroinflammation by Srishti Kala, Andrew G. Strutz, Moriah E. Katt

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The role of acetylation and deacetylation in cancer metabolism by Cuicui Wang, Xiaoxin Ma

“…Dysregulation of acetylation and deacetylation may alter cancer cell metabolic patterns by affecting signalling pathways, transcription factors and metabolic enzyme activity related to metabolic reprogramming, increasing the susceptibility to rapid proliferation and survival. …”
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