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Roberta Milani^*, Eleonora Brognara^*, Enrica Fabbri^*, Alessia Finotti^*, Monica Borgatti^*, Ilaria Lampronti^*, Giovanni Marzaro^†, Adriana Chilin^†, Kenneth Ka-Ho Lee^‡, Stanton Hon-Lung Kok^‡, Chung-Hin Chui^§, Roberto Gambari^*
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1307-1315, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504017X14928634401187
Abstract Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a malignant tumor of the central nervous system, has a high mortality rate. No curative treatment is presently available, and the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drug, the alkylating agent temozolomide (TMZ), is only able to increase life expectancy and is often associated with drug resistance. Therefore, an urgent need does exist for novel drugs aimed at treating gliomas. In the present study, we obtained three major results using corilagin: (a) demonstrated that it inhibits the growth of U251 glioma cells through activation of the apoptotic pathway; (b) demonstrated that it is also More >

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Xuyan Li^*1, Xuanfang Zhong^†1, Xiuhua Pan^‡, Yan Ji^§
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1317-1326, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15179680859017
Abstract Growing evidence has demonstrated that numerous microRNAs (miRNAs) may participate in the regulation of gastric carcinogenesis and progression. This phenomenon suggests that gastric cancer-related miRNAs can be identified as effective therapeutic targets for this disease. miRNA-708 (miR-708) has recently been reported to be aberrantly expressed in several types of cancer and contribute to carcinogenesis and progression. However, the expression level, biological roles, and underlying mechanisms of miR-708 in gastric cancer are poorly understood. Here we found that miR-708 was downregulated in gastric cancer tissues and cell lines. Downregulated miR-708 expression was significantly associated with lymphatic… More >

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Yongyu Zhang¹, Lewei Yang², Jian Liu³, Yuqin Sun⁴
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1327-1334, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15165493852990
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Chengwei Zhou¹, Jianxiang Xu¹, Jinti Lin, Renjin Lin, Kai Chen, Jianzhong Kong, Xiaolong Shui
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1335-1343, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15188367859402
Abstract Long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) FEZF1-AS1 was demonstrated to facilitate cell proliferation and migration in some cancers. However, the functions of FEZF1-AS1 and its molecular mechanism in osteosarcoma remain to be elucidated. In our study, we found that the expression of FEZF1-AS1 was upregulated in osteosarcoma samples and cell lines compared with normal tissues or cells. Besides, we showed that the expression levels of FEZF1-AS1 in osteosarcoma patients were positively correlated with tumor metastasis and TNM stage. Additionally, FEZF1-AS1 knockdown inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in U2OS and MG63 cells, while upregulation had the opposite More >

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Qiaorong Li^*, Geng Wang^†, Hong Wang^‡
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1345-1353, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15180508535835
Abstract The expression of miR-126 and serine–arginine protein kinase 1 (SRPK1) are linked to tumor development; nevertheless, its role in the tumor growth and invasion of gastric cancer (GC) and the underlying mechanism have not been clarified. Here the expression and role of miR-126 and SRPK1 were investigated in GC tissues and cells by in vitro assay, and then targets of miR-126 were identified by dual-luciferase reporter assay. In this study, miR-126 expression was downregulated and associated with lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis as well as SRPK1 expression. In vitro assay revealed that miR-126 obviously More >

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Saifei He^*1, Guangdong Wang^†1, Jing Ni^*, Juhua Zhuang^*, Suiliang Zhuang^‡, Guoyu Wang^*, Ying Ye^*, Wei Xia^*
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1355-1363, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15154094331876
Abstract Dysregulated microRNA (miRNA) expression is involved in the occurrence and development of colorectal cancer (CRC) through the regulation of various important physiological events. Hence, miRNAs may be used as effective targets for CRC treatment; however, this hypothesis warrants further investigation. miRNA-511 (miR-511) plays vital roles in the progression of different tumor types. However, the expression, exact role, and the mechanisms underlying the regulation of colorectal carcinogenesis and progression by miR-511 remain poorly understood. This study presents that miR-511 expression was decreased in CRC tissues and cell lines compared with that in adjacent nonneoplastic tissues and More >

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Fei Li^*1, Bin Liu^†1, Xiaolan Zhou^*, Quan Xu^‡
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1365-1373, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15154085345907
Abstract DNA damage response induced by ionizing radiation (IR) is an important event involved in the sensitivity and efficiency of radiotherapy in human medulloblastoma. RNF8 is an E3 ubiquitin ligase and has key roles in the process of DNA damage and repair. Our study aimed to evaluate the effect of RNF8 in the DNA damage repair induced by IR exposure in medulloblastoma cells. We found that the levels of RNF8 were significantly upregulated by γ-ray irradiation in a dose-dependent manner in medulloblastoma cells and colocalized with γ-H2AX, a sensitive marker of DNA double-strand breaks induced by… More >

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Lunjian Chen^*, Xiaorong Huang^†, Xinxin Chen^‡
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1375-1382, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15188352857437
Abstract Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is one of the most malignant adenocarcinomas arising from bile duct epithelial cells. However, the molecular mechanism regulating CCA development and progression still needs to be investigated. Here we found that miR-365 was downregulated in CCA tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues. By functional experiments, we found that overexpression of miR-365 significantly inhibited CCA cell proliferation and promoted cellular apoptosis in vitro. Furthermore, administration with miR-365 markedly suppressed the growth of tumor tissues in vivo. Mechanistically, we identified E2F2 as the target gene of miR- 365 in CCA cells. We found that overexpression More >

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Ying Ye, Yanan Song, Juhua Zhuang, Saifei He, Jing Ni, Wei Xia
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1383-1390, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15188340975709
Abstract Long noncoding RNA CCAL has been reported to promote tumor progression in various human cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma, osteosarcoma, and colorectal cancer. However, the role of CCAL in papillary thyroid cancer remains largely unknown. In the present study, we found that the expression of CCAL was upregulated in papillary thyroid tumor tissues compared to adjacent normal tissues. Moreover, the expression of CCAL was positively related with papillary thyroid cancer severity and TNM stage and predicated poor prognosis. Besides, we found that knockdown of CCAL significantly inhibited papillary thyroid cancer cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in More >

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Zeng Cheng Zou^*1, Min Dai^*1, Zeng Yin Huang^†, Yi Lu^‡, He Ping Xie^*, Yi Fang Li^§, Yue Li^*, Ying Tan^¶, Feng Lin Wang^*
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1391-1399, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15178798885361
Abstract The direct roles of miR-139-3p on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell growth and metastasis remain poorly understood. We attempted to demonstrate the regulatory role of miR-139-3p in HCC progression and its underlying mechanisms. Here we showed that miR-139-3p expression was significantly reduced in the HCC tissues compared to paratumor tissues. Exogenous overexpression of miR-139-3p inhibited the migration and invasion of HCC cells, whereas downregulation of miR-139-3p was able to induce HCC HepG2 and SNU-449 cell migration and invasion. In addition, miR-139-3p inhibited HCC growth and lung metastasis in an in vivo mouse model, which is mainly More >

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Jian Shen, Minzhe Li
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1401-1409, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15188747585738
Abstract Accumulated studies have strongly implicated aberrantly expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) in carcinogenesis and cancer progression of various cancers, including colorectal cancer (CRC). Hence, a comprehensive study of miRNAs and their association with CRC may be a promising therapeutic method for patients with this malignancy. MicroRNA-744 (miR-744) is abnormally expressed in several types of human cancer. Thus far, little is known about the expression, biological roles, and exact mechanisms of miR-744 in CRC. Thus, the present study measured the expression level of miR-744 and investigated its roles and associated molecular mechanisms in CRC. This study demonstrated that… More >

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Jie Zhang^*, Xiao-Yan Li^*, Ping Hu^†, Yuan-Sheng Ding^*
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1411-1418, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15190844870055
Abstract Previous study indicates that long noncoding RNA NORAD could serve as a competing endogenous RNA to pancreatic cancer metastasis. However, its role in colorectal cancer (CRC) needs to be investigated. In the present study, we found that the expression of NORAD was significantly upregulated in CRC tissues. Furthermore, the expression of NORAD was positively related with CRC metastasis and patients’ poor prognosis. Knockdown of NORAD markedly inhibited CRC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion but induced cell apoptosis in vitro. In vivo experiments also indicated an inhibitory effect of NORAD on tumor growth. Mechanistically, we found More >

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Lei Chen, Yuhai Wang, Jianqing He, Chunlei Zhang, Junhui Chen, Dongliang Shi
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1419-1428, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15178768577951
Abstract miR-152 and lncRNA H19 have been frequently implicated in various cellular processes including cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and apoptosis. However, the interaction between miR-152 and H19 in glioma has never been reported. RT-qPCR was used to examine the expression of miR-152 and H19 in human glioma cell lines and normal human astrocytes (NHAs). The interaction between miR-152 and lncRNA H19 was assessed by dual-luciferase reporter assay. MTT assay and Transwell invasion assay were used to determine the proliferation and invasion of U251 and U87 cells. A xenograft tumor experiment was performed to confirm the role… More >

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Li Chen, Guozhang Ma, Xiaohui Cao, Xiaoxia An, Xiguang Liu
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1429-1437, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15186047251584
Abstract Melanoma is characterized by aggressive invasion, early metastasis, and resistance to existing chemotherapeutic agents. Accumulated studies have reported that microRNA (miRNA) is a potentially robust molecular tool for developing future therapeutic technologies. Therefore, examining the expression patterns, biological roles, and associated mechanisms of cancer-related miRNAs in melanoma is essential for developing novel therapeutic targets for patients with this disease. In this study, miRNA-331 (miR-331) was underexpressed in melanoma tissues and cell lines. Functional assays revealed that the enforced expression of miR-331 inhibited cell proliferation and invasion. In addition, astrocyte-elevated gene-1 (AEG-1) was identified as a More >

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Zhiqiang Liu^*1, Qiang Li^*1, Xin Zhao^†, Bin Cui^*, Libo Zhang^*, Qiang Wang^*
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1439-1446, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15189093975640
Abstract Numerous studies have suggested that microRNAs (miRNAs) are dysregulated in osteosarcoma (OS), implicating miRNAs in OS initiation and progression. Therefore, knowledge of aberrantly expressed miRNAs in OS may provide novel mechanistic insights into the tumorigenesis and tumor development of OS and facilitate therapeutic methods for patients with this aggressive bone neoplasm. In this study, data obtained from reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) revealed that miR-935 was significantly decreased in OS tissues and cell lines. Restoration expression of miR-935 obviously restricted proliferation and invasion of OS cells. In addition, high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)… More >

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Quan Shi^*†, Qi He^*, Jing Wei^*
Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.9, pp. 1447-1455, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15193823766141
Abstract As documented in numerous studies, microRNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in various biological processes associated with melanoma occurrence and development. In this study, we found that miRNA-342 (miR-342) was significantly downregulated in melanoma tissues and cell lines. Additionally, the ectopic expression of miR-342 prohibited the cell proliferation and invasion of melanoma. Moreover, zinc-finger E-box-binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) was identified as a direct target gene of miR-342 in melanoma. Similar with the results induced by miR-342 overexpression, ZEB1 knockdown attenuated cell proliferation and invasion in melanoma. Furthermore, the restoration of ZEB1 expression reversed the suppressive effects More >

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