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简介：ThetranswellchambermigrationassayandCCDdigitalcameraimagingtechniqueswereusedtoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenregulatoryvolumedecrease(RVD)andcellmigrationinnasopharyngealcarcinomacells(CNE-2Zcells).Bothmigratedandnon-migratedCNE-2Zcells,whenswollenby47%hypotonicsolution,exhibitedRVDwhichwasinhibitedbyextracellularapplicationofchloridechannelblockersadenosine5'-triphosphate(ATP),5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino)benzoicacid(NPPB)andtamoxifen.However,RVDrateinmigratedCNE-2Zcellswasbiggerthanthatofnon-migratedcellsandthesensitivityofmigratedcellstoNPPBandtamoxifenwashigherthanthatofnonmigratedcells.ATP,NPPBandtamoxifenalsoinhibitedmigrationofCNE-2Zcells.TheinhibitionofmigrationwaspositivelycorrelatedtotheblockageofRVD,withacorrelationcoefficient(r)=0.99,suggestingafunctionalrelationshipbetweenRVDandcellmigration.WeconcludethatRVDisinvolvedincellmigrationandRVDmayplayanimportantroleinmigratoryprocessinCNE-2Zcells.

简介：Cancerscreeningisasourceofmuchdebate.Attheinterfacebetweenpublichealth,specialistcare,economicsandpolicy,itcreatestensionsbetweenprofessionalgroups,politicians,themediaandthepublic.Ascreeningtestmaybecheap,butapplyingittoapopulation(withrigorousqualitycontrolandeffectiveprocessingofpatientswithabnormalresults)createsahugeworkloadandthereforecost.Screeningcanalsohavepsychologicaleffectsonindividualswithfalse-positiveresultswhorequireinvestigationbutareeventuallyfoundnottohavecancer.

简介：Inordertostudythemechanismoftheeffectofheparinonapoptosisincarcinomacells,thenasopharyngealcarcinomacelllineCNE2wasusedtoidentifytheeffectofheparinonapoptosisassociatedwiththeexpressionofc-myc,bax,bcl-2proteinsbyuseofHoechst33258staining,terminaldeoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediateddUTPnick-endlabeling(TUNEL),agarosegelelectrophoresis,andflowcytometry,aswellasWesternblotanalysis.TheresultsshowedthatheparininducedapoptosisofCNE2cellsincludingthemorphologicchangessuchasreductioninthevolume,andthenuclearchromatincondensation,aswellasthe“ladderpattern”revealedbyagarosegelelectrophoresisofDNAinaconcentration-dependentmanner.ThenumberofTUNEL-positivecellswasdramaticallyincreasedto33.6±1.2%from2.8±0.3%bytreatmentwithheparinindifferentconcentrations(10～40kU/L).Theapoptoticindexwasincreasedto32.5%from3.5%bydetectingSubG1peaksonflowcytometry.Westernblotanalysisshowedthatlevelsofbcl-2,baxandc-mycweresignificantlyoverexpressedbytreatmentwiththeincreaseofheparinconcentrations.TheseresultssuggestthatheparininducesapoptosisofCNE2cells,whichmayberegulatedbydifferentialexpressionofapoptosis-relatedgenes.

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简介：Ithabeenknownforsometimethatsometumourshavetheabilitytoproducaehormones.Thishastraditionallybeentermed‘ectopic'hormoneproduction,butwiththeincreasingsensitivityofmodenmoleculartechniques,ithasbecomeclearthatthisisamisnomer;manytissuescanproducehormoner,andnormallydosoatlowlevels,thehormonesactinglocallyascytokinesinaparacrinemanner.Intumours,bymechanismsthatremainunclear,productionofthesehormonesand/orincompletelyprocessedprecursorsisinereased,andthetem‘eutopic’productionismoreappropriate.

简介：Inthepastdecade,anincreasedamountofclinically-orientedresearchinvolvingimmunotoxinshasbeenpublished.Immunotoxinsareagroupofartificially-madecytotoxicmoleculestargetingcancercells.Thesemoleculescomposedofatargetingmoiety,suchasaligandoranantibody,linkedtotoxinmoiety,whichisatoxinwitheithertruncatedordeletedcell-bindingdomainthatpreventsitfrombindingtonormalcells.Immunotoxinscanbedividedintotwocategories:chemicallyconjugatedimmunotoxinsandrecombinantones.Theimmunotoxinsofthefirstcategoryhaveshownlimitedefficacyinclinicaltrialsinpatientswithhematologicmalignanciesandsolidtumors.Withinthelastfewyears,single-chainimmunotoxinsprovideenhancedtherapeuticefficacyoverconjugatedformsandresultinimprovedantitumoractivity.Inthisreview,webrieflyillustratethedesignoftheimmunotoxinsandtheirapplicationsinclinicaltrials.Cellular&MolecularImmunology.2005;2(2):106-112.

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简介：DuckhepatitisBvims(DHBV)DNAwasdetectedindifferenttumorousnodulesofduckswithhepaticmulticentriccancerorintrahepaticmetastasisbySouthernblottechnique.Among7duckswithhepatocellularcarcinomaofmultipletumornodules,thehybridizationpatternofIntegratedDHBVDNAIndifferenttumorousnoduleswasidenticalin3casesanddifferentin2cases.OnecaseshowedasimilarhybridizationpatternintwotumorousnodulesandotheronewasnegativetorDHBVDNA.IntegratedDHBVDNAwasalsoidentifiedinametastaticlungcancerofduckswithhepatocellularcarcinoma.Thehybridizationpatternofmetastasisoflungswasasthesomeasthatinprimaryhepatocellularcarcinoma.ThesamediscretehybridizationbandsInthedifferenttumorousnodulesindicatethatthesenodulesmightarisefromonetransformedcell.ThedifferenthybridizationpatternsInvarioustumorousnodulesshowthatthesetumorousnodulesmightarisefromvarioustransformedcells.Theresultssuggestthatthehyb

简介：Tumorgrowthandmetastasisareangiogenesis-dependent.Anti-angiogenictherapymaybeausefulapproachtocancertherapy.Thisreviewdiscussedtumorangiogenesisandimmunotherapyoftargetingtumorangiogenesisfromtwomainaspects:(1)activevaccinationtoinduceeffectiveanti-angiogenesisimmunity;(2)passiveimmunotherapywithanti-pro-angiogenicmoleculesrelevantantibody.Evidencefromtherecentyearssuggestedthatanti-angiogenictherapyshouldbeoneofthemostpromisingapproachestocancertherapy.

简介：Wehavereviewedthegenetherapyingastrointestinaldiseases^[1].GastriccanceriscommoninChina^(2-20),anditsearlydiagnosisandtreatmentarestilldifficultuptonow^(13-36).Theex-pressionofanexogenousgeneintroducedbygenetherapyintopa-tientswithgliomascanbemonitorednon-invasivelybypositron-emissiontornography^[4].

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简介：Nitricoxide(NO)isapleiotropicregulator,criticaltonumerousbiologicalprocesses,includingva-sodilatation,neurotransmissionandmacrophage-mediatedimmunity.Thefamilyofnitricoxidesynthases(NOS)comprisesinducibleNOS(iNOS),endothelialNOS(eNOS),andneuronalNOS(nNOS).Interest-ingly,variousstudieshaveshownthatallthreeisoformscanbeinvolvedinpromotingorinhibitingtheetiologyofcancer.NOSactivityhasbeendetectedintumourcellsofvarioushistogeneticoriginsandhasbeenassociatedwithtumourgrade,proliferationrateandexpressionofimportantsignalingcomponentsassociatedwithcancerdevelopmentsuchastheoestrogenreceptor.ItappearsthathighlevelsofNOSexpression(forexample,generatedbyactivatedmacrophages)maybecytostaticorcytotoxicfortumorcells,whereaslowlevelactivitycanhavetheoppositeeffectandpromotetumourgrowth.Paradoxicallytherefore,NO(andrelatedreactivenitrogenspecies)mayhavebothgenotoxicandangiogenicproperties.IncreasedNO-generationinacellmayselectmutantp53cellsandcontributetotumourangiogenesisbyupregulatingVEGF.Inaddition,NOmaymodulatetumourDNArepairmechanismsbyupregulatingp53,poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase(PARP)andtheDNA-dependentproteinkinase(DNA-PK).Anunderstand-ingatthemolecularleveloftheroleofNOincancerwillhaveprofoundtherapeuticimplicationsforthediagnosisandtreatmentofdisease.

简介：TheaimofthepresentstudywastodeterminetheefficacyofimmunotherapywithdendriticcellstoelicitEBV-specificCTL-immunityinadvancedcasesofEBV-positivepatientswithnasopharyngealcarcinoma(NPC)andtodeterminethesafetyandtoxicityofthispreparation.NinecasesofhistologicallyconfirmedpatientswithNPCundergoingtreatmentwithradiologicaltherapywereenrolledinthisstudy.Dendriticcells,generatedinvitrofrombloodmonocytesofpatientswereculturedandmaturedwithcytokinesandtheninfectedwithrecombinantadenovirusvaccinecontainingEBV-latentmembraneprotein-2(Ad-LMP2).On9days'cultivationofcells,thematuredDCswereharvested,irradiatedwithCoandtheninjectedintradermallytopatientswithNPC.Theinjectionswereperformed3timestotally.Afterimmunization,theCTLresponseswereassayedbymeansofcytotoxicityandepitope-specificIFN-γproduction.Theresultsofthistrialshowedthatallpatientscouldtoleratethiskindoftreatmentwithoutanysideeffect,duringwhichmarkedincreaseofLMP2-specificCTL-responsescouldbedemonstratedin5patientsofthisgroup.AndthelevelofIgA/VCAantibodydecreasedin8of9patients,thusaccountingforabetterprognosisforthesepatients.Allpatientswillbefollowedupforanotheroneyear.Atleast,thepresentworkshowsthatintradermalvaccinationwithautologousDCsinfectedwithrecombinantAd-LMP2adenovirusisasafeprocedureinNPCpatients,inwhichthisprocedurecanenhancetheLMP2-specificCTLresponsesinpatients.Thesedataareencouragingtodevelopmoreeffectivevaccinestrategiesforthetreatmentofnasopharyngealcarcinoma.

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简介：Twohundredcatesofnasopharyngealcarcinoma(NPC)admittedtothisdepartmentfromFeb.1985toMay.1988wereanalysedaccordingtotheCTscanningandclinicalfindingsoftheprimarylesionspriortoradiotherapy.TheresultsshowedthatinvolvementofparapharyngealspacewasverycommoninNPC,about80%(160/200cases);particularlyunilateralorbilateralretro-styloidspaces,about69.5%(139/200cases).ItwasproposedthatpatientswithNPChadahighIncidenceofipsilateralcervicalnodemetastasis.Contralateralcervicalnodemetastasiswasrare.ThedevelopmentofcervicalnodemetastastoinNPChastwomodes:oneIsdirectInfiltrationoftheretro-styloldspacebythelesion;theotherIsalongthenasopharyngeallymphaticrete.ThedataalsoshowedthatpatientswithNPCwhopresentedsymptomsofⅨ-Ⅲcranialnerveparalysesalwayshadipsilateralorbilateralretro-styloidspaceInfiltrations.

简介：Acupuncture,asacomplementarytherapy,hasbeenusedtomanagethecancerassociatedsymptomsofcancerpatients.Toidentifytheefficacyandsafetyofacupunctureinthemanagementofcancer,thisreviewcriticallyanalysestherelevantpublicationsincludingbothexperimentalandclinicalstudies.Themajorityofstudiessuggestthatacupunctureeffectivelyrelievessomecancerrelatedsymptomssuchascancerpain,andsomeadverseeffectscausedbythecancerconventionaltreatmentssuchasnausea,vomiting,neutropeniaandxerostomia.

简介：Duetoconcernsregardingtheoverlappingfiguresinthisreviewthatareidenticaltothosecontainedinareviewarticlethatwehaveco-authoredandpublishedearlier,weretracttheabovepaperwepublishedinCellResearch.Weapologizeforanyconfusionthatmaybecausedbythismatter,althoughwestandbythescientificcontentscontainedintheCellResearchpaper.