Expanding the miRNA Transcriptome of Human Kidney and Renal Cell Carcinoma by Adam P. Sage, Brenda C. Minatel, Erin A. Marshall, Victor D. Martinez, Greg L. Stewart, Katey S. S. Enfield, Wan L. Lam

“…We find that these novel kidney miRNAs are also expressed in renal cancer cell lines. Moreover, these sequences are differentially expressed between ccRCC and matched nonmalignant tissues, implicating their involvement in ccRCC biology and potential utility as tumour-specific markers of disease. …”
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Ultrasound-assisted enhancement of bioactive compounds in hawthorn vinegar: A functional approach to anticancer and antidiabetic effects by Selim Öğüt, Melikenur Türkol, Seydi Yıkmış, Esra Bozgeyik, Gholamreza Abdi, Emine Kocyigit, Rana Muhammad Aadil, Nilay Seyidoglu, Deniz Karakçı, Nazlı Tokatlı

“…In experiments on A549 (lung), MCF-7 (breast) and HT-29 (colon) cancer cell lines, ultrasound-treated vinegar increased apoptotic effects, suppressed cell migration and reduced necrosis rates in some cell lines. …”
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Biological properties of Moringa oleifera: A systematic review of the last decade [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Andrea Catalina Gómez, Javier Andrés Soto, C. A. Zuniga-Gonzalez, Karen Shirley Molina, Andrea Natalia Barreto, Maryeli Vásquez

“…Besides, cytotoxic effects, apoptotic and antiploriferative activity against several cancer cell lines has been demonstrated. On the other hand, the antimicrobial potential of M. oleifera was also evidenced, especially against multidrug-resistant strains. …”
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Erythropoietin, Forkhead Proteins, and Oxidative Injury: Biomarkers and Biology by Kenneth Maiese, Jinling Hou, Zhao Zhong Chong, Yan Chen Shang

“…In particular, both the growth factor and cytokine erythropoietin (EPO), and members of the mammalian forkhead transcription factors of the O class (FoxOs), may offer the greatest promise for new treatment regimens, since these agents and the cellular pathways they oversee cover a range of critical functions that directly influence progenitor cell development, cell survival and degeneration, metabolism, immune function, and cancer cell invasion. Furthermore, both EPO and FoxOs function not only as therapeutic targets, but also as biomarkers of disease onset and progression, since their cellular pathways are closely linked and overlap with several unique signal transduction pathways. …”
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Purine-Metabolizing Ectoenzymes Control IL-8 Production in Human Colon HT-29 Cells by Fariborz Bahrami, Filip Kukulski, Joanna Lecka, Alain Tremblay, Julie Pelletier, Liliana Rockenbach, Jean Sévigny

“…Here we investigated whether IL-8 release by intestinal epithelial HT-29 cells, a cancer cell line, is modulated by extracellular nucleotide metabolism. …”
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Novel 4-aminoquinazoline derivatives as new leads for anticancer drug discovery by Ghorab Mostafa M., Alsaid Mansour S.

“…All the newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for in vitro cytotoxic activity against the breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Seven of the novel compounds exhibited higher activity than the reference drug doxorubicin. …”
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Mechanistic insights into the role of traditional Chinese medicine in treating gastric cancer by Ziqiang Chen, Ting Yu, Yunhe Wang, Jiaxin Li, Bo Zhang, Liya Zhou

“…Specifically, we detail how TCM inhibits aerobic glycolysis by downregulating key glycolytic enzymes and metabolic pathways, thereby reducing the energy supply essential for cancer cell proliferation. We examine how TCM suppresses angiogenesis by targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) pathways, effectively starving tumors of nutrients and oxygen required for growth and metastasis. …”
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Phytochemical Screening and Biological Activity of Mentha × piperita L. and Lavandula angustifolia Mill. Extracts by Ersilia Alexa, Corina Danciu, Isidora Radulov, Diana Obistioiu, Renata Maria Sumalan, Adriana Morar, Cristina Adriana Dehelean

“…Also, the in vitro antimicrobial effect against Staphylococcus aureus and the antiproliferative activity against two cancerous cell lines (A375 and MDA-MB-231) using the MTT assay were tested. …”
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Targeted Photodynamic Therapy: A Novel Approach to Abolition of Human Cancer Stem Cells by Anine Crous, Elvin Chizenga, Natasha Hodgkinson, Heidi Abrahamse

“…Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved, minimally invasive, therapeutic procedure that can exert a selective cytotoxic activity toward cancerous cells while reducing toxicity to normal cells. …”
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Stellettin B Isolated from Stelletta Sp. Reduces Migration and Invasion of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells through Reducing Activation of the MAPKs and FAK/PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling P... by Tsung-Chang Tsai, Wen-Tung Wu, Jen-Jie Lin, Jui-Hsin Su, Yu-Jen Wu

“…This study was performed to examine the mechanisms of the migration and invasion characteristics of HCC, with the aim of reducing metastasis by inhibiting cancer cell migration and invasion. In this study, we used Stellettin B, an active compound isolated from Stelletta sponges, as the experimental drug and evaluated its inhibition effects on cell migration and invasion in human hepatoma cells (HA22T and HepG2). …”
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Osteosarcoma of the Mandible in an Elderly Patient by Isao Hoshi, Ryosuke Abe, Kei Onodera, Yu Ohashi, Tadashi Kawai, Ikuya Miyamoto, Toshimi Chiba, Yasunori Takeda, Hiroyuki Yamada

“…Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor in which the cancerous cells produce an osteoid matrix or mineralized bone. …”
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Ion suppression correction and normalization for non-targeted metabolomics by Iqbal Mahmud, Bo Wei, Lucas Veillon, Lin Tan, Sara Martinez, Bao Tran, Alexander Raskind, Felice de Jong, Yiwei Liu, Jibin Ding, Yun Xiong, Wai-kin Chan, Rehan Akbani, John N. Weinstein, Chris Beecher, Philip L. Lorenzi

“…To demonstrate a routine application of the Workflow, we employ the Workflow to study ovarian cancer cell response to the enzyme-drug L-asparaginase (ASNase). …”
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Evaluation of anticancer potency of Cu-isatin-1-(2-pyridyl) piperazine thiosemicarbazone (Cu-Istpypz) against epidermoid carcinoma cell line (A431) by Indranil Banerjee, Piyush Kumar, Narendra K. Singh, Paras N. Yadav, Yuba Raj Pokharel

“…Among the compounds synthesized, copper conjugated isatin-thiosemicarbazone derivative, Cu-Istpypz, showed considerable anti-proliferative activity against A431 (Skin Cancer) and A549 (Lung Cancer) cell lines. Cell viability assay using crystal violet dye exhibited the effects of the compounds against those cell lines. …”
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Deoxycholate, an Endogenous Cytotoxin/Genotoxin, Induces the Autophagic Stress-Survival Pathway: Implications for Colon Carcinogenesis by Claire M. Payne, Cheray Crowley-Skillicorn, Hana Holubec, Katerina Dvorak, Carol Bernstein, Mary Pat Moyer, Harinder Garewal, Harris Bernstein

“…Rapamycin pre-treatment of the apoptosis-resistant colon cancer cell line, HCT-116RC (developed in our laboratory), resulted in a significant decrease in DOC-induced cell death. …”
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Development of a UPLC-MS/MS Method for the Quantification of VS-5584 and Its Application in Pharmacokinetic Studies in Rats by Chunling Zhou, Xiaoxin Li, Aiping He, Tianzhu Liu, Jinmiao Tian, Meihua Jiang, Lina Fang

“…VS-5584 is a small-molecular compound that showed equivalent activity against mTOR and all class I PI3K isoforms and demonstrated preclinical activity in diverse cancer cell lines and xenograft tumor model, and rational combination of VS-5584 and other target therapies achieved promising outcomes in oncology. …”
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Effects of Activating Mutations on EGFR Cellular Protein Turnover and Amino Acid Recycling Determined Using SILAC Mass Spectrometry by Michael J. Greig, Sherry Niessen, Scott L. Weinrich, Jun Li Feng, Manli Shi, Ted O. Johnson

“…In non-small cell lung cancer cell lines, EGFR turnover rates ranged from 28 hours in A431 cells (WT) to 7.5 hours in the PC-9 cells (Del 746–750 mutant). …”
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Role of p16INK4A in Replicative Senescence and DNA Damage-Induced Premature Senescence in p53-Deficient Human Cells by Razmik Mirzayans, Bonnie Andrais, Gavin Hansen, David Murray

“…In addition, ionizing radiation triggers premature senescence in human cancer cell lines that do not express p16. These observations are made with cells that express wild-type p53, a key mediator of the DNA damage response. …”
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Actin-Binding Proteins as Potential Biomarkers for Chronic Inflammation-Induced Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy by Yu-Gui Zhang, Jiang-Tao Niu, Hong-Wei Wu, Xin-Lei Si, Shu-Juan Zhang, Dong-Hui Li, Tian-Tian Bian, Yue-Feng Li, Xing-Ke Yan

“…Consequently, these functions of ABPs help regulate cancer cell invasion and metastasis when cancer occurs. …”
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Invasion of pancreatic ductal epithelial cells by Enterococcus faecalis is mediated by fibronectin and enterococcal fibronectin-binding protein A by Munefumi Shimosaka, Jumpei Kondo, Mamika Sonoda, Rui Kawaguchi, Emika Noda, Kaho Nishikori, Asuka Ogata, Shinji Takamatsu, Ken Sasai, Hirofumi Akita, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Yoshihiro Kamada, Shigefumi Okamoto, Eiji Miyoshi

“…In this study, we used immortalized normal human pancreatic ductal epithelial cells (iPDECs) and pancreatic ductal cancer cell lines to demonstrate that E. faecalis adheres to and invades pancreatic ductal lineage epithelial cells. …”
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Synthesis, antiproliferative and antiplasmodial evaluation of new chloroquine and mefloquine-based harmiquins by Pavić Kristina, Poje Goran, Carvalho Lais Pessanha De, Held Jana, Rajić Zrinka

“…Here we present the synthesis and evaluation of the biological activity of new hybrid compounds, ureido-type (UT) harmiquins, based on chloroquine (CQ) or mefloquine (MQ) scaffolds and β-carboline alkaloid harmine against cancer cell lines and Plasmodium falciparum. The hybrids were prepared from the corresponding amines by 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI)-mediated synthesis. …”
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