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Identification of metabolism-associated pathways and genes involved in male and female liver cancer patients. J Theor Biol 2019; 480:218-228. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 08/11/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wu G, Wu J, Pan X, Liu B, Yao Z, Guo Y, Shi X, Ding Y. Racial disparities in alpha-fetoprotein testing and alpha-fetoprotein status associated with the diagnosis and outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma patients. Cancer Med 2019; 8:6614-6623. [PMID: 31517445 PMCID: PMC6825973 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.2549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) testing for the surveillance, diagnosis, and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains controversial. Here, we compared AFP testing rates, elevated AFP rates, factors associated with elevated AFP levels, and prognostic factors associated with overall survival (OS) in HCC patients from different ethnic groups. METHODS Patients with HCC were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registries. Race was categorized as white, black, and others. AFP testing rates and elevated AFP rates were analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression and Cox regression analyses were used to identify independent factors associated with elevated AFP levels and prognosis, respectively. All statistical tests were two sided. RESULTS A proportion of 79.2% of total HCC patients had AFP testing reports; 77.3% of white, 79.7% of black, and 81.2% of other races underwent AFP testing. Compared with white and other races, black HCC patients had a higher rate of elevated AFP levels among all patients and the early-stage HCC patient cohort. Elevated AFP level was a significant prognostic factor for all HCC patients in different race groups. Factors associated with elevated AFP level and prognostic factors associated with OS varied significantly by race. CONCLUSIONS AFP testing, elevated AFP rates, predictors of elevated AFP level, and prognostic factors associated with OS differed significantly according to race after adjusting for AFP levels among the three groups. AFP testing for the surveillance, diagnosis, and prognosis of HCC patients is strongly recommended, although racial disparities need to be considered.
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- Guoyi Wu
- Department of Hepatobiliary SurgeryThe Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical SchoolNanjingJiangsuChina
- Clinical Medical Center for Digestive Disease of Jiangsu ProvinceNanjingJiangsuChina
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- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and PreventionChinese Center for Disease Control and PreventionBeijingChina
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- Hangzhou Key Laboratory of Inflammation and ImmunoregulationDepartment of Basic Medical ScienceSchool of MedicineHangzhou Normal UniversityHangzhouZhejiangChina
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- Department of General SurgeryThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of General SurgeryThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‐sen UniversityGuangzhouGuangdongChina
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- Department of Infectious DiseasesThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqingChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary SurgeryThe Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical SchoolNanjingJiangsuChina
- Clinical Medical Center for Digestive Disease of Jiangsu ProvinceNanjingJiangsuChina
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- Department of Hepatobiliary SurgeryThe Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical SchoolNanjingJiangsuChina
- Clinical Medical Center for Digestive Disease of Jiangsu ProvinceNanjingJiangsuChina
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Li Y, Liu Z, Wang J, Yu J, Li Z, Yang H, Tang J, Chen Z. Receptor-Interacting Protein Kinase 3 Deficiency Recruits Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Through the Chemokine (C-X-C Motif) Ligand 1-Chemokine (C-X-C Motif) Receptor 2 Axis. Hepatology 2019; 70:1564-1581. [PMID: 31021443 PMCID: PMC6900048 DOI: 10.1002/hep.30676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIP3) is the core regulator that switches cell death from apoptosis to necrosis. However, its role in tumor immunity is unknown. In this study, decreased RIP3 expression was observed in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which correlates with myeloid-derived suppressor cell (MDSC) accumulation. Moreover, RIP3 is a prognosis factor for patients with HCC. We further found that RIP3 knockdown results in an increase of MDSCs and a decrease of interferon gamma-positive (IFN-γ+ ) cluster of differentiation 8-positive (CD8+ ) tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (IFN-γ+ CD8+ T cells) in hepatoma tissues, thus promoting immune escape and HCC growth in immunocompetent mice. By phosphorylating P65Ser536 and promoting phosphorylated P65Ser536 nuclear translocation, RIP3 knockdown increases the expression of chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1 (CXCL1) in HCC cells. RIP3 knockdown induces MDSC recruitment through the CXCL1-chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 2 (CXCR2) axis. Furthermore, a CXCR2 antagonist substantially suppresses MDSC chemotaxis and HCC growth in RIP3 knockout mice. Conclusion: RIP3 deficiency is an essential factor directing MDSC homing to HCC and promoting CXCL1/CXCR2-induced MDSC chemotaxis to facilitate HCC immune escape and HCC progression; blocking the CXCL1-CXCR2 chemokine axis may provide an immunological therapeutic approach to suppress progression of RIP3 deficiency HCC.
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- Yi‐Ming Li
- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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- National Translational Science Center for Molecular Medicine & Department of Cell BiologyThe Fourth Military Medical UniversityXi'anChina
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Changing trends in liver cancer incidence by race/ethnicity and sex in the US: 1992-2016. Cancer Causes Control 2019; 30:1377-1388. [PMID: 31606852 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-019-01237-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE Liver cancer incidence continues to increase while incidence of most other cancers is decreasing. We analyze recent and long-term trends of US liver cancer incidence by race/ethnicity and sex to best understand where to focus preventive efforts. METHODS Liver cancer incidence rates from 1992 to 2016 were obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry. Delay-adjusted age-standardized incidence trends by race/ethnicity and sex were analyzed using joinpoint regression. Age-specific incidence was analyzed using age-period-cohort models. Hepatitis C seroprevalence by cohort was calculated using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. RESULTS Liver cancer incidence has peaked in males and Asian or Pacific Islanders. Hispanic males, a high-incidence population, are experiencing a decrease in incidence, although not yet statistically significant. In contrast, incidence continues to increase in females, although at lower rates than in the 1990s, and American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). Liver cancer incidence continues to be higher in males. Non-Hispanic Whites have the lowest incidence among racial/ethnic groups. Trends largely reflect differences in incidence by birth-cohort, which increased considerably, particularly in males, for those born around the 1950s, and continues to increase in females and AI/ANs. The patterns in males are likely driven by cohort variations in Hepatitis C infection. CONCLUSIONS Liver cancer incidence appears to have peaked among males. However, important differences in liver cancer trends by race/ethnicity and sex remain, highlighting the need for monitoring trends across different groups. Preventive interventions should focus on existing liver cancer disparities, targeting AI/ANs, females, and high-incidence groups.
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Zhang Z, Tang H, Chen P, Xie H, Tao Y. Demystifying the manipulation of host immunity, metabolism, and extraintestinal tumors by the gut microbiome. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2019; 4:41. [PMID: 31637019 PMCID: PMC6799818 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-019-0074-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The trillions of microorganisms in the gut microbiome have attracted much attention recently owing to their sophisticated and widespread impacts on numerous aspects of host pathophysiology. Remarkable progress in large-scale sequencing and mass spectrometry has increased our understanding of the influence of the microbiome and/or its metabolites on the onset and progression of extraintestinal cancers and the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Given the plasticity in microbial composition and function, microbial-based therapeutic interventions, including dietary modulation, prebiotics, and probiotics, as well as fecal microbial transplantation, potentially permit the development of novel strategies for cancer therapy to improve clinical outcomes. Herein, we summarize the latest evidence on the involvement of the gut microbiome in host immunity and metabolism, the effects of the microbiome on extraintestinal cancers and the immune response, and strategies to modulate the gut microbiome, and we discuss ongoing studies and future areas of research that deserve focused research efforts.
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- Ziying Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410078 Hunan, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis (Central South University), Cancer Research Institute and School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, 410078 Changsha, Hunan China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Tumor Models and Individualized Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410011 Changsha, China
- Department of Oncology, Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410013 Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410078 Hunan, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis (Central South University), Cancer Research Institute and School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, 410078 Changsha, Hunan China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Tumor Models and Individualized Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410011 Changsha, China
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- Department of Urology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410008 Changsha, China
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, 410011 Changsha, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion, Ministry of Education, Department of Pathology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410078 Hunan, China
- NHC Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis (Central South University), Cancer Research Institute and School of Basic Medicine, Central South University, 410078 Changsha, Hunan China
- Hunan Key Laboratory of Tumor Models and Individualized Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410011 Changsha, China
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Paredes AZ, Guzman-Pruneda FA, Abdel-Misih S, Hays J, Dillhoff ME, Pawlik TM, Cloyd JM. Perioperative Morbidity of Gastrectomy During CRS-HIPEC: An ACS-NSQIP Analysis. J Surg Res 2019; 241:31-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Thermosensitive hydrogels for sustained-release of sorafenib and selenium nanoparticles for localized synergistic chemoradiotherapy. Biomaterials 2019; 216:119220. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Beck JR, Cabral F, Rasineni K, Casey CA, Harris EN, Stains CI. A Panel of Protein Kinase Chemosensors Distinguishes Different Types of Fatty Liver Disease. Biochemistry 2019; 58:3911-3917. [PMID: 31433166 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The worldwide incidence of fatty liver disease continues to rise, which may account for concurrent increases in the frequencies of more aggressive liver ailments. Given the existence of histologically identical fatty liver disease subtypes, there is a critical need for the identification of methods that can classify disease and potentially predict progression. Herein, we show that a panel of protein kinase chemosensors can distinguish fatty liver disease subtypes. These direct activity measurements highlight distinct differences between histologically identical fatty liver diseases arising from diets rich in fat versus alcohol and identify a previously unreported decrease in p38α activity associated with a high-fat diet. In addition, we have profiled kinase activities in both benign (diet-induced) and progressive (STAM) disease models. These experiments provide temporal insights into kinase activity during disease development and progression. Altogether, this work provides the basis for the future development of clinical diagnostics and potential treatment strategies.
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- Jon R Beck
- Department of Chemistry , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology , University of Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha , Nebraska 68198 , United States.,Research Service, Veterans' Affairs , Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System , Omaha , Nebraska 68105 , United States
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- Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology , University of Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha , Nebraska 68198 , United States.,Research Service, Veterans' Affairs , Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System , Omaha , Nebraska 68105 , United States.,Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States
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- Department of Biochemistry , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States.,Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States.,Cancer Genes and Molecular Regulation Program, Fred & Pamela Buffet Cancer Center , University of Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha , Nebraska 68198 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States.,Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication , University of Nebraska-Lincoln , Lincoln , Nebraska 68588 , United States.,Cancer Genes and Molecular Regulation Program, Fred & Pamela Buffet Cancer Center , University of Nebraska Medical Center , Omaha , Nebraska 68198 , United States.,Department of Chemistry , University of Virginia , Charlottesville , Virginia 22904 , United States
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Lee AW, Jacobs W, Chan E, Nguyen B, Hua DN, Ho JN, Yuen P, Van Nguyen T. Insight into hepatitis B prevalence and risk factors among Vietnamese Americans: a cross-sectional analysis of data from a community-based screening program. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e029616. [PMID: 31455706 PMCID: PMC6720462 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aims of our study were to describe current hepatitis B prevalence among Vietnamese Americans and to examine predictors of hepatitis B risk in this specific ethnic community. DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of data from a community-based screening program. SETTING This analysis was based on hepatitis screening community events in Southern California. PARTICIPANTS 2508 Vietnamese Americans in Southern California. OUTCOME MEASURES Serological tests for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B surface antibody, and total hepatitis B core antibody were used to classify participants as one of four hepatitis B infection statuses: currently infected, previously infected, susceptible, or immune due to a previous hepatitis B vaccination. RESULTS Across 2508 participants, 9.0% were currently infected with hepatitis B and 17.7% were at risk for hepatitis B. Females and those reporting a previous hepatitis B vaccination were at significant decreased risk of hepatitis B (OR=0.48, 95% CI 0.33 to 0.69 and OR=0.53, 95% CI 0.31 to 0.93, respectively) whereas those born outside of the USA and with a family history of the disease showed substantial increased risk (OR=13.36, 95% CI 1.62 to 110.05 and OR=4.68, 95% CI 2.66 to 8.22, respectively). Among those who reported a previous hepatitis B vaccination, less than half (42.9%) possessed the protective antibodies that result from a hepatitis B vaccination. CONCLUSIONS Vietnamese Americans remain disproportionately burdened by hepatitis B. Public health efforts that focus on improving hepatitis B awareness and vaccination knowledge and that are tailored to specific high-risk subgroups, such as immigrants and those with infected family members, could help in addressing the disease's burden in this high-prevalence population.
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- Alice W Lee
- Department of Public Health, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California, USA
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- Department of Public Health, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA
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- Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation, Fountain Valley, California, USA
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- Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation, Fountain Valley, California, USA
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- Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation, Fountain Valley, California, USA
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- Department of Public Health, California State University, Fullerton, California, USA
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- Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation, Fountain Valley, California, USA
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Wu J, Liu L, Jin H, Li Q, Wang S, Peng B. LncSNHG3/miR-139-5p/BMI1 axis regulates proliferation, migration, and invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma. Onco Targets Ther 2019; 12:6623-6638. [PMID: 31692508 PMCID: PMC6708045 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s196630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Emerging evidence has revealed that lncRNA small nucleolar RNA host gene 3 (SNHG3) is involved in cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in various tumors. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of SNHG3 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is still not fully explored. METHODS Quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR was employed to detect the expression of SNHG3, miR-139-5p, and BMI1. Colony assay and MTT assay were used to detect the proliferation. Transwell assay was introduced to measure the migration and invasion ability. Bioinformatics analysis and luciferase reporter assay were used to confirm the relationship between SNHG3, miR-139-5p, and BMI1. An animal experiment was adopted to detect the function of SNHG3 in vivo. RESULTS SNHG3 and BMI1 were upregulated in HCC, while miR-139-5p was downregulated. Knockdown of SNHG3 or BMI1 and overexpression of miR-139-5p could inhibit cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in HCC. miR-139-5p was a target of SNHG3 and BMI1 was a direct target mRNA of miR-139-5p. Silencing SNHG3 could impair the tumor progression in vivo. CONCLUSION The lncRNA SNHG3/miR-139-5p/BMI1 axis plays an important role in cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in HCC.
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- Jian Wu
- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Hasanzad M, Sarhangi N, Aghaei Meybodi HR, Nikfar S, Khatami F, Larijani B. Precision Medicine in Non Communicable Diseases. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MEDICINE 2019; 8:1-18. [PMID: 32351905 PMCID: PMC7175610 DOI: 10.22088/ijmcm.bums.8.2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death and disease burden globally, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) account for the major part of death related to NCDs followed by different types of cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and diabetes. As the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations have announced a 25% reduction in mortality of NCDs by 2025, different communities need to adopt preventive strategies for achieving this goal. Personalized medicine approach as a predictive and preventive strategy aims for a better therapeutic goal to the patients to maximize benefits and reduce harms. The clinical benefits of this approach are already realized in cancer targeted therapy, and its impact on other conditions needs more studies in different societies. In this review, we essentially describe the concept of personalized (or precision) medicine in association with NCDs and the future of precision medicine in prediction, prevention, and personalized treatment.
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- Mandana Hasanzad
- Medical Genomics Research Center, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.,Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Administration, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Personalized Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Stewart SL, Dang JH, Török NJ, Chen MS. Patterns and co-occurrence of risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in four Asian American communities: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e026409. [PMID: 31256022 PMCID: PMC6609066 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To investigate risk factor patterns and the simultaneous occurrence of multiple risk factors in the viral, metabolic and lifestyle domains among Asian Americans, who have had the highest mortality rates from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SETTING Sacramento County, California, USA. PARTICIPANTS Eligible participants were county residents ages 18 and older who had not been screened for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and were born in a CDC-defined endemic area or whose parent was born in that area. Of 1004 enrolled, 917 were foreign-born Chinese (130 women, 94 men), Hmong (133 women, 75 men), Korean (178 women, 90 men) or Vietnamese (136 women, 81 men) with complete risk factor data. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES We tested participants for HBV and chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV); measured haemoglobin A1c and waist circumference; and recorded self-reported history of diabetes, hypertension, alcohol use and smoking status. We identified risk factor patterns using cluster analysis and estimated gender-specific age-standardised prevalence rates. RESULTS We identified four patterns: (1) viral (chronic HBV or HCV); (2) lifestyle (current smoker or alcohol user, no viral); (3) metabolic (≥2 metabolic, no lifestyle or viral); and (4) lower risk (≤1 metabolic, no lifestyle or viral). Vietnamese men (16.3%, 95% CI 7.4% to 25.3%) and Hmong women (15.1%, 95% CI 7.8% to 22.5%) had the highest viral pattern prevalence. Hmong women had the highest metabolic (37.8%, 95% CI 29.8% to 45.9%), and Vietnamese men the highest lifestyle (70.4%, 95% CI 59.1% to 81.7%) pattern prevalence. In multiple domains, Hmong men and women were most likely to have viral+metabolic risk factors (men: 14.4%, 95% CI 6.0% to 22.7%; women: 11.9%, 95% CI 5.6% to 18.3%); Vietnamese men were most likely to have lifestyle+viral (10.7%, 95% CI 2.7% to 18.8%), and lifestyle+metabolic but not viral (46.4%, 95% CI 34.4% to 58.5%) risk factors. CONCLUSIONS Efforts to reduce HCC must comprehensively address multiple risk factors. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02596438.
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- Susan L Stewart
- Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
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Jimenez H, Wang M, Zimmerman JW, Pennison MJ, Sharma S, Surratt T, Xu ZX, Brezovich I, Absher D, Myers RM, DeYoung B, Caudell DL, Chen D, Lo HW, Lin HK, Godwin DW, Olivier M, Ghanekar A, Chen K, Miller LD, Gong Y, Capstick M, D'Agostino RB, Munden R, Merle P, Barbault A, Blackstock AW, Bonkovsky HL, Yang GY, Jin G, Liu L, Zhang W, Watabe K, Blackman CF, Pasche BC. Tumour-specific amplitude-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields induce differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma via targeting Ca v3.2 T-type voltage-gated calcium channels and Ca 2+ influx. EBioMedicine 2019; 44:209-224. [PMID: 31160272 PMCID: PMC6604666 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Administration of amplitude modulated 27·12 MHz radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (AM RF EMF) by means of a spoon-shaped applicator placed on the patient's tongue is a newly approved treatment for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The mechanism of action of tumour-specific AM RF EMF is largely unknown. METHODS Whole body and organ-specific human dosimetry analyses were performed. Mice carrying human HCC xenografts were exposed to AM RF EMF using a small animal AM RF EMF exposure system replicating human dosimetry and exposure time. We performed histological analysis of tumours following exposure to AM RF EMF. Using an agnostic genomic approach, we characterized the mechanism of action of AM RF EMF. FINDINGS Intrabuccal administration results in systemic delivery of athermal AM RF EMF from head to toe at levels lower than those generated by cell phones held close to the body. Tumour shrinkage results from differentiation of HCC cells into quiescent cells with spindle morphology. AM RF EMF targeted antiproliferative effects and cancer stem cell inhibiting effects are mediated by Ca2+ influx through Cav3·2 T-type voltage-gated calcium channels (CACNA1H) resulting in increased intracellular calcium concentration within HCC cells only. INTERPRETATION Intrabuccally-administered AM RF EMF is a systemic therapy that selectively block the growth of HCC cells. AM RF EMF pronounced inhibitory effects on cancer stem cells may explain the exceptionally long responses observed in several patients with advanced HCC. FUND: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Centre Support Grant award number P30CA012197 issued to the Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Centre (BP) and by funds from the Charles L. Spurr Professorship Fund (BP). DWG is supported by R01 AA016852 and P50 AA026117.
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- Hugo Jimenez
- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States of America; Division of Haematology/Oncology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Division of Haematology/Oncology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, United States of America
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- HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, AL, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- IT'IS Foundation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- IT'IS Foundation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Croix-Rousse University Hospital, Hepato-Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology, Lyon, France
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Section on Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Centre, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
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Chang CW, Lo JF, Wang XW. Roles of mitochondria in liver cancer stem cells. Differentiation 2019; 107:35-41. [PMID: 31176254 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2019.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Primary liver cancer (PLC) is heterogeneous and it is an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognostic outcome. Current evidence suggests that PLC tumorigenesis is driven by rare subpopulations of cancer stem cells (CSCs), which contribute to tumor initiation, progression, and therapy resistance through particular molecular mechanisms. Energy metabolism and mitochondrial function play an important role in the regulation of cancer stemness and stem cell specifications. Since the role of mitochondrial function as central hubs in cell growth and survival, studies on the critical physiological mechanisms of the liver underlying their therapy-resistant phenotype is important. In this review, we focus on liver CSC-related mitochondrial metabolism that contributes to the liver CSC features, in terms of enhanced drug-resistance and increased tumorigenicity, and to discuss their roles on potential therapies windows for PLC therapies.
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Institute of Oral Biology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Cancer Progression Center of Excellence, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA; Liver Cancer Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Taki S, Ardestani MS. Novel nanosized AS1411-chitosan-BODIPY conjugate for molecular fluorescent imaging. Int J Nanomedicine 2019; 14:3543-3555. [PMID: 31190811 PMCID: PMC6526928 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s202561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background: In recent years, non-invasive imaging technologies for early cancer detection have drawn worldwide attention. In this study, an antinucleolin aptamer, AS1411, was successfully conjugated to BODIPY-labeled chitosan and studied on T47D and HEK-293 cell lines. Methods: After conjugation of the aptamer to chitosan nanoparticles and purification, its structure was confirmed using atomic force microscopy (AFM), electrophoretic light scattering (ELS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Results of AFM, DLS and ELS of both conjugation and chitosan were compared for confirmation of conjugation. Conjugates were mixed with BODIPY FL fluorescent dye, purified and lyophilized. The labeled conjugate was characterized using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, ELS and DLS. In vitro cellular uptake and cytotoxic effects of BODIPY-labeled chitosan-AS1411 aptamer conjugates were evaluated using the XTT assay on T47D and HEK-293 cells and flow cytometry on T47D cells. Results: The data showed that uptake of BODIPY-labeled chitosan-AS1411 aptamer conjugate was satisfactory. Moreover, there was no statistically significant cytotoxicity of the conjugate on either cell line. Conclusion: The outcomes confirmed the potential application of this new targeted imaging agent as a novel cancer diagnostic agent for molecular imaging.
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- Setareh Taki
- Department of Radiopharmacy, International Campus, School of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Surgical Delay Is Associated with Improved Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Results of the National Cancer Database. J Gastrointest Surg 2019; 23:933-943. [PMID: 30328070 DOI: 10.1007/s11605-018-3925-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the fastest growing causes of cancer-related death in the USA. Studies that investigated the impact of HCC therapeutic delays are limited to single centers, and no large-scale database research has been conducted. This study investigated the association of surgical delay and survival in HCC patients. METHODS Patients underwent local tumor destruction and hepatic resection for stages I-III HCC were identified from the 2004 to 2013 Commission on Cancer's National Cancer Database. Surgical delay was defined as > 60 days from the date of diagnosis to surgery. Generalized linear-mixed model assessed the demographic and clinical factors associated with delay, and frailty Cox proportional hazard analysis examined the prognostic factors for overall survival. RESULTS A total of 12,102 HCC patients met the eligibility criteria. Median wait time to surgery was 50 days (interquartile range, 29-86), and 4987 patients (41.2%) had surgical delay. Delayed patients demonstrated better 5-year survival for local tumor destruction (29.1 vs. 27.6%; P = .001) and resection (44.1 vs. 41.0%; P = .007). Risk-adjusted model indicated that delayed patients had a 7% decreased risk of death (HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.87-0.99; P = .027). Similar findings were also observed using other wait time cutoffs at 50, 70, 80, 90, and 100 days. CONCLUSIONS A plausible explanation of this finding may be case prioritization, in which patients with more severe and advanced disease who were at higher risk of death received earlier surgery, while patients with less-aggressive tumors were operated on later and received more comprehensive preoperative evaluation.
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Ma J, Siegel RL, Islami F, Jemal A. Temporal trends in liver cancer mortality by educational attainment in the United States, 2000-2015. Cancer 2019; 125:2089-2098. [PMID: 30957228 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Liver cancer is the most rapidly rising cause of cancer death in the United States. However, it is unclear whether the mortality trend differs by socioeconomic and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection status. METHODS Joinpoint analyses and Poisson regression modeling were performed to examine trends in death rates from liver cancer by education and HCV infection status among persons aged 25 to 74 years from 2000 to 2015. Disparities in liver cancer mortality were measured as a relative index of inequality by education. RESULTS From 2000 to 2015, the overall liver cancer death rate (per 100,000 persons) increased from 7.5 to 11.2 in men and from 2.8 to 3.8 in women. The increase was generally steeper in less educated groups for women and was confined to persons with ≤15 years of education for men. Consequently, the relative disparity increased until 2006 and then levelled off in women, whereas it continued to increase from 3.49 (95% CI, 3.08-3.97) to 7.74 (95% CI, 7.13-8.40) in men, with the increase more pronounced for HCV-related liver cancer than HCV-unrelated liver cancer. CONCLUSIONS The increases in liver cancer death rates in the United States have largely been confined to less educated persons, especially among men. Enhanced and targeted efforts are needed to halt and reverse the undue growing burden of liver cancer in lower socioeconomic groups.
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- Jiemin Ma
- Surveillance and Health Services Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Surveillance and Health Services Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Surveillance and Health Services Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Surveillance and Health Services Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
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Tateishi R, Uchino K, Fujiwara N, Takehara T, Okanoue T, Seike M, Yoshiji H, Yatsuhashi H, Shimizu M, Torimura T, Moriyama M, Sakaida I, Okada H, Chiba T, Chuma M, Nakao K, Isomoto H, Sasaki Y, Kaneko S, Masaki T, Chayama K, Koike K. A nationwide survey on non-B, non-C hepatocellular carcinoma in Japan: 2011-2015 update. J Gastroenterol 2019; 54:367-376. [PMID: 30498904 PMCID: PMC6437291 DOI: 10.1007/s00535-018-1532-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND We previously reported that the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with non-viral etiologies increased rapidly between 1991 and 2010 in Japan. METHODS To update this investigation, we enrolled patients who were initially diagnosed as having non-B, non-C HCC at participating hospitals between 2011 and 2015. In addition to the patient characteristics investigated in the previous report, we also investigated the duration of alcohol consumption. The overall survival rate was analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method, and the hazard function against the body mass index (BMI) was plotted using cubic splines. RESULTS A total of 2087 patients were enrolled. The proportion of patients with non-viral etiologies has continued to increase from 10.0% in 1991 to 32.5% in 2015. Patients were also older (median ages, 70-73 years) and more obese (median BMIs, 23.9-24.2 kg/m2), and the proportions of patients with diabetes mellitus (46.1% to 51.6%), hypertension (42.7% to 58.6%), dyslipidemia (14.6% to 22.9%), and fatty liver (24.0% to 28.8%) had all increased significantly. There was a significant inverse relationship between the duration and the amount of daily alcohol consumption. The improvement in the overall survival was relatively small, with a decreased proportion of patients under surveillance (41.3% to 31.6%). A hazard function plot showed a curve similar to that in our previous report, with a lowest hazard of ~ 26 kg/m2. CONCLUSIONS The proportion of HCC patients with non-viral etiologies continues to increase in Japan. Lifetime total amount of alcohol consumption may be a risk factor.
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- Ryosuke Tateishi
- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saiseikai Suita Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Depatment of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Oita University, Yufu, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization (NHO) Nagasaki Medical Center, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Gastroenterological Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagasaki University of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Medicine and Clinical Science, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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Miethe C, Zamora M, Torres L, Raign KG, Groll CJ, Price RS. Characterizing the differential physiological effects of adipocytokines visfatin and resistin in liver cancer cells. Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig 2019; 38:/j/hmbci.ahead-of-print/hmbci-2018-0068/hmbci-2018-0068.xml. [PMID: 30917102 DOI: 10.1515/hmbci-2018-0068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Background Obesity, a major public health concern, increases the risk of developing liver cancer which is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Obesity is associated with increased adiposity and macrophage infiltration both of which promote secretion of adipokines and cytokines in the tumor microenvironment. Specifically, visfatin and resistin have been detected at higher levels in the serum of obese individuals and liver tumors. However, the contribution of these adipocytokines in the progression of liver cancer remains unclear. Materials and methods The objective of this study was to characterize the effects of visfatin and resistin on HepG2, SNU-449 and HuH7 liver cancer cells. Cells exposed to visfatin and resistin were analyzed for fatty acid synthase protein, and phosphorylation of Akt and ERK tumorigenic signaling pathways, cell viability, lipogenesis, reactive oxygen species (ROS), matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) enzyme activity and invasion. Results HepG2, SNU-449, and HuH7 liver cancer cells treated with visfatin and resistin increased cell viability, invasion, FASN protein, and Akt and ERK phosphorylation. Visfatin and resistin selectively increased ROS production in HepG2 and SNU-449 cells while there was no statistical difference in HuH7 cells. Visfatin and resistin stimulated lipogenesis in HepG2 cells while visfatin increased lipogenesis in SNU-449 cells, and visfatin nor resistin had an effect on lipogenesis in HuH7 cells. Lastly, visfatin and resistin increased MMP-9 enzyme activity in HepG2 and HuH-7 cells but only visfatin increased MMP-9 activity in SNU-449 cells. Conclusions Future studies are needed to determine if inhibition of ERK and Akt suppresses the visfatin and resistin-induced invasive liver cancer phenotype.
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- Candace Miethe
- Texas State University, Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, San Marcos, TX, USA
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- Texas State University, Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, San Marcos, TX, USA
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- Texas State University, Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, San Marcos, TX, USA
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- Texas State University, Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, San Marcos, TX, USA
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- Texas State University, Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, San Marcos, TX, USA
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- Texas State University, Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition, San Marcos, TX, USA.,Ramona Salcedo Price, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA, Phone: +512-245-6202
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E C, Li C, Li H, Yang J. Silencing of a novel lncRNA LOC105369748 suppresses the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma by sponging miR-5095 from MBD2. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:18504-18512. [PMID: 30912130 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A growing number of studies have suggested that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in human malignant cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the functions of most lncRNAs have not been elucidated in HCC. In the present study, we explored the potential functions of a novel lncRNA LOC105369748 in the HCC progression. We identified that LOC105369748 expression was significantly elevated in HCC tissues compared with normal tissues based on bioinformatics analysis, quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis and in situ hybridization (ISH) examination. Moreover, we found that the LOC105369748 overexpression was associated with poor prognosis in patients with HCC. Then we measured the effects of LOC105369748 on HCC cell proliferation, migration, invasion, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT). And our results demonstrated that LOC105369748 exerted oncogenic roles. In terms of mechanism, LOC105369748 was shown to promote MBD2 expression through competitively binding to microRNA(miR)-5095 in HCC. In conclusion, our findings elucidate that the LOC105369748/miR-5095/MBD2 signaling axis regulates the HCC progression and may be a novel therapeutic avenue.
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- Changyong E
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Colorectal and Anal Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Cerebral Surgery, Jilin Cancer Hospital, Changchun, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Endeshaw M, Hallowell BD, Razzaghi H, Senkomago V, McKenna MT, Saraiya M. Trends in liver cancer mortality in the United States: Dual burden among foreign- and US-born persons. Cancer 2019; 125:726-734. [PMID: 30480828 PMCID: PMC6681907 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Revised: 10/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Since the mid-1980s, the burden of liver cancer in the United States has doubled, with 31,411 new cases and 24,698 deaths occurring in 2014. Foreign-born individuals may be more likely to die of liver cancer than individuals in the general US-born population because of higher rates of hepatitis B infection, a low socioeconomic position, and language barriers that limit the receipt of early cancer detection and effective treatment. METHODS To determine whether liver cancer mortality rates were higher among foreign-born individuals versus US-born individuals in the United States, population-based cancer mortality data were obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual population estimates were obtained from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey. Age-adjusted mortality rates and rate ratios (RRs) for liver cancer stratified by birth place were calculated, and the average annual percent change (AAPC) was used to evaluate trends. RESULTS A total of 198,557 deaths from liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer were recorded during 2005-2014, and 16% occurred among foreign-born individuals. Overall, foreign-born individuals had a 24% higher risk of liver cancer mortality than US-born individuals (RR, 1.24; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.22-1.25). Foreign-born individuals did not have any significant changes in liver cancer mortality rates overall, but among US-born individuals, liver cancer mortality rates significantly increased (AAPC, 2.7; 95% CI, 2.1-3.3). CONCLUSIONS Efforts that address the major risk factors for liver cancer are needed to help to alleviate the health disparities observed among foreign-born individuals and reverse the increasing trend observed in the US-born population.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
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Hughey CC, James FD, Wang Z, Goelzer M, Wasserman DH. Dysregulated transmethylation leading to hepatocellular carcinoma compromises redox homeostasis and glucose formation. Mol Metab 2019; 23:1-13. [PMID: 30850319 PMCID: PMC6479583 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Objective The loss of liver glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT) promotes liver steatosis and the transition to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Previous work showed endogenous glucose production is reduced in GNMT-null mice with gluconeogenic precursors being used in alternative biosynthetic pathways that utilize methyl donors and are linked to tumorigenesis. This metabolic programming occurs before the appearance of HCC in GNMT-null mice. The metabolic physiology that sustains liver tumor formation in GNMT-null mice is unknown. The studies presented here tested the hypothesis that nutrient flux pivots from glucose production to pathways that incorporate and metabolize methyl groups in GNMT-null mice with HCC. Methods 2H/13C metabolic flux analysis was performed in conscious, unrestrained mice lacking GNMT to quantify glucose formation and associated nutrient fluxes. Molecular analyses of livers from mice lacking GNMT including metabolomic, immunoblotting, and immunochemistry were completed to fully interpret the nutrient fluxes. Results GNMT knockout (KO) mice showed lower blood glucose that was accompanied by a reduction in liver glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis. NAD+ was lower and the NAD(P)H-to-NAD(P)+ ratio was higher in livers of KO mice. Indices of NAD+ synthesis and catabolism, pentose phosphate pathway flux, and glutathione synthesis were dysregulated in KO mice. Conclusion Glucose precursor flux away from glucose formation towards pathways that regulate redox status increase in the liver. Moreover, synthesis and scavenging of NAD+ are both impaired resulting in reduced concentrations. This metabolic program blunts an increase in methyl donor availability, however, biosynthetic pathways underlying HCC are activated. Loss of glycine N-methyltransferase results in hepatocellular carcinoma. Metabolic reprogramming ensues to attenuate the increased S-adenosylmethionine. The metabolic changes include dysregulated liver NAD+ homeostasis and redox state. Liver glucose formation is reduced and precursors directed to biosynthetic pathways.
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- Curtis C Hughey
- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Cunningham SA, Yu R, Shih T, Giordano S, McNeill LH, Rechis R, Peterson SK, Cinciripini P, Foxhall L, Hawk E, Shete S. Cancer-Related Risk Perceptions and Beliefs in Texas: Findings from a 2018 Population-Level Survey. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2019; 28:486-494. [PMID: 30700446 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-18-0846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 09/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer beliefs and perceptions of cancer risk affect the cancer continuum. Identifying underlying factors associated with these beliefs and perceptions in Texas can help inform and target prevention efforts. METHODS We developed a cancer-focused questionnaire and administered it online to a nonprobability sample of the Texas population. Weighted multivariable logistic regression analysis identified key factors associated with perceptions and beliefs about cancer. RESULTS The study population comprised 2,034 respondents (median age, 44.4 years) of diverse ethnicity: 45.5% were non-Hispanic white, 10.6% non-Hispanic black, and 35.7% Hispanic. Self-reported depression was significantly associated with cancer risk perceptions and cancer beliefs. Those indicating frequent and infrequent depression versus no depression were more likely to believe that: (i) compared to other people their age, they were more likely to get cancer in their lifetime [OR, 2.92; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.95-4.39 and OR, 1.79; 95% CI, 1.17-2.74, respectively]; and (ii) when they think about cancer, they automatically think about death (OR, 2.05; 95% CI, 1.56-2.69 and OR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.11-1.92, respectively). Frequent depression versus no depression was also associated with agreement that (i) it seems like everything causes cancer (OR, 1.67; 95% CI, 1.26-2.22) and (ii) there is not much one can do to lower one's chance of getting cancer (OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.09-1.89). Other predictors for perceived cancer risk and/or cancer beliefs were sex, age, ethnicity/race, being born in the United States, marital status, income, body mass index, and smoking. CONCLUSIONS Depression and other predictors are associated with cancer risk perceptions and beliefs in Texas. IMPACT Increased attention to reducing depression may improve cancer risk perceptions and beliefs.
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- Sonia A Cunningham
- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Platform, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Office of Health Policy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas. .,Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Liu K, Tian T, Zheng Y, Zhou L, Dai C, Wang M, Lin S, Deng Y, Hao Q, Zhai Z, Dai Z. Scutellarin inhibits proliferation and invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma cells via down-regulation of JAK2/STAT3 pathway. J Cell Mol Med 2019; 23:3040-3044. [PMID: 30697962 PMCID: PMC6433857 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Revised: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is poor because of high incidence of recurrence and metastasis. JAK/STAT signalling pathway regulates cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation and migration and epithelial‐mesenchymal transition (EMT) is also considered to contribute to invasion and metastasis of epithelial malignant tumours. Scutellarin is an active component found in many traditional Chinese herbs and has been regularly used in anti‐inflammatory and antitumour medicine. This study aimed to identify the effect of scutellarin and its possible mechanism of action in HCC cells. Proliferation, colony‐forming, apoptosis and cell migration assays were used to examine the effect of scutellarin on HCC cells. Quantitative real‐time PCR and Western blotting were performed to study the molecular mechanisms of action of scutellarin. Light and electron microscopy and immunofluorescence analysis were performed to study the effect of scutellarin on cellular mechanics. We show that scutellarin potentially suppresses invasiveness of HepG2 and MHCC97‐H cells in vitro by remodelling their cytoskeleton. The molecular mechanism behind it might be the inhibition of the EMT process, which could be attributed to the down‐regulation of the JAK2/STAT3 pathway. These findings may provide new clinical ideas for the treatment of liver cancer.
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- Kang Liu
- Department of Breast Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Tenner L, Melhado TV, Bobadilla R, Turner BJ, Morgan R. The Cost of Cure: Barriers to Access for Hepatitis C Virus Treatment in South Texas. J Oncol Pract 2019; 15:61-63. [PMID: 30668219 DOI: 10.1200/jop.18.00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022] Open
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- Laura Tenner
- Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center, San Antonio, TX.,Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
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Liu LZ, Zhang Z, Zheng BH, Shi Y, Duan M, Ma LJ, Wang ZC, Dong LQ, Dong PP, Shi JY, Zhang S, Ding ZB, Ke AW, Cao Y, Zhang XM, Xi R, Zhou J, Fan J, Wang XY, Gao Q. CCL15 Recruits Suppressive Monocytes to Facilitate Immune Escape and Disease Progression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Hepatology 2019; 69:143-159. [PMID: 30070719 DOI: 10.1002/hep.30134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Chemokines play a key role in orchestrating the recruitment and positioning of myeloid cells within the tumor microenvironment. However, the tropism regulation and functions of these cells in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are not completely understood. Herein, by scrutinizing the expression of all chemokines in HCC cell lines and tissues, we found that CCL15 was the most abundantly expressed chemokine in human HCC. Further analyses showed that CCL15 expression was regulated by genetic, epigenetic, and microenvironmental factors, and negatively correlated with patient clinical outcome. In addition to promoting tumor invasion in an autocrine manner, CCL15 specifically recruited CCR1+ cells toward HCC invasive margin, approximately 80% of which were CD14+ monocytes. Clinically, a high density of marginal CCR1+ CD14+ monocytes positively correlated with CCL15 expression and was an independent index for dismal survival. Functionally, these tumor-educated monocytes directly accelerated tumor invasion and metastasis through bursting various pro-tumor factors and activating signal transducer and activator of transcription 1/3, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, and v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog signaling in HCC cells. Meanwhile, tumor-derived CCR1+ CD14+ monocytes expressed significantly higher levels of programmed cell death-ligand 1, B7-H3, and T-cell immunoglobulin domain and mucin domain-3 that may lead to immune suppression. Transcriptome sequencing confirmed that tumor-infiltrating CCR1+ CD14+ monocytes were reprogrammed to upregulate immune checkpoints, immune tolerogenic metabolic enzymes (indoleamine and arginase), inflammatory/pro-angiogenic cytokines, matrix remodeling proteases, and inflammatory chemokines. Orthotopic animal models confirmed that CCL15-CCR1 axis forested an inflammatory microenvironment enriched with CCR1+ monocytes and led to increased metastatic potential of HCC cells. Conclusion: A complex tumor-promoting inflammatory microenvironment was shaped by CCL15-CCR1 axis in human HCC. Blockade of CCL15-CCR1 axis in HCC could be an effective anticancer therapy.
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- Long-Zi Liu
- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Cancer Research Institute, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Hunan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Virology & Immunology, Institute Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Transplantation, Liver Cancer Institute and Zhongshan Hospital, and Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Cancer Invasion (Ministry of Education), Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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BACKGROUND This study explored the potential of ablation therapy on membrane fluidity changes in diethylnitrosamine (DEN) induced hepatic cancer. METHODS Male Wistar rats were segregated into four groups viz., normal control, DEN treated, ablation therapy treated, and DEN ablation therapy treated. We assessed the viscosities as well as fluidity parameters in isolated brush border membranes using the membrane extrinsic fluorophore pyrene. RESULTS DEN treatment successfully induced hepatic cancer in the livers of rats and ablation therapy worked well in terms of therapy. DEN treatment resulted in a significant rise in lipid peroxidation (LPO) and significant decrease in the, reduced glutathione levels (GSH). A significant decrease was also noticed in the activities of glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione transferase (GST), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) following DEN treatment. On the other hand, ablation therapy treatment to DEN-treated rats resulted in a significant decrease in the LPO levels but caused a significant rise in the levels of GSH. Moreover, the activities of GR, GST, SOD, CAT, and GPx showed significant improvement after ablation therapy treatment. The results further demonstrated a marked decrease in membrane microviscosity following DEN treatment. On the other hand, a significant increase was noticed in both excimer/monomer ratio and fluidity parameter in DEN-treated rats. However, membrane microviscosity and the fluidity alterations were significantly restored back to near normal with ablation therapy treatment. CONCLUSIONS The study, therefore, concluded that ablation therapy holds good therapeutic potential against DEN-induced hepatic cancer.
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- Jia Rui Li
- a Interventional Department , The First Hospital of JiLin University , Changchun , PR China
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- c Department of Hepatobiliary - Pancreatic Surgery , ShenZhen People's Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University , Shenzhen , PR China
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Dar AR, McKillop I, Vickress J, Lock M, Yartsev S. Prognostic Significance of Tumor Location for Liver Cancer Radiotherapy. Cureus 2018; 10:e3714. [PMID: 30788203 PMCID: PMC6373884 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.3714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Introduction According to the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data, cancerous involvement of the liver is on an increase over the last three decades. It occurs worldwide in all races and carries a poor prognosis. Currently, considerable progress has been made in patient selection, staging, surgery, chemotherapy agents, and stereotactic radiotherapy in both primary and metastatic liver cancers with improved outcomes. While there is evidence of the prognostic factors of liver function, the involvement of the portal vein, inferior vena cava thrombosis, lesion size, radiation dose, number of fractions, and SBRT techniques, there is no study evaluating outcomes with the location of the lesion. Our aim in this retrospective study was to explore the correlation of tumor location from the portal vein bifurcation (vascular wall) and the radiotherapy outcome (survival) in hepatocellular cancer. Methods Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) studies in 86 patients with liver cancer were retrospectively reviewed in an institutional review board (IRB)-approved database to determine the distance to the bifurcation point of the portal vein from tumor’s centre of mass (distance tumor bifurcation: DTB) and from the edge point of the planning target volume closest to the bifurcation (distance edge bifurcation: DEB). The mean dose to the sphere of 1 cm diameter around the bifurcation point (mean dose at bifurcation: MDB) was calculated. These parameters were tested as predictors of patient outcomes using univariate and multivariate analysis as two groups of patients. Results Only the DEB correlation with survival for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) was found to be significant (P = 0.028). A larger MDB is caused by a smaller DTB and a smaller DEB. The hazard ratio for DTB, DEB, and MDB were 0.48, 0.41, and 1.05, respectively. The DEB was found to be a better predictor of outcomes (overall survival) compared to the DTB and MDB parameters. The close proximity of the tumor to the blood supply vessels was a decisive factor. The DTB parameter is also dependent on the size of the tumor and this factor weakens the correlation of this parameter on survival data. The inclusion of the dosimetric and geometric location, as well as distance parameters in predictive models for liver cancer patients, was shown to benefit the pre-selection of treatment options for liver cancer patients treated with radiotherapy. Conclusion For hepatocellular cancer patients, the distance between the edge point of the planning treatment volume (PTV) to the portal vein bifurcation (DEB) of more than 2 cm was found to be a predictor of survival.
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- A Rashid Dar
- Radiation Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Western University, London, CAN
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- Medical Physics, Peel Regional Cancer Center, Brampton, CAN
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- Radiation Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry - Western University, London, CAN
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- Medical Physics, London Regional Cancer Program, London, CAN
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Shawky E, Takla SS, Hammoda HM, Darwish FA. Evaluation of the influence of green extraction solvents on the cytotoxic activities of Crinum (Amaryllidaeae) alkaloid extracts using in-vitro-in-silico approach. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 227:139-149. [PMID: 30179713 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 08/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The traditional use of Amaryllidaceae plants to treat many disease have been known for a very long period of time. The chemical analysis of these plants has yielded a diversity of alkaloids with analgesic, anticholinergic, antitumor and antiviral activities. Crinum bulbispermum (Burm.f.) Milne-Redh. & Schweick in particular has been used by Zulu, Sotho and Tswana people to treat tumors as a form of chemotherapy, while in Madagascar, Crinum powellii Baker Handb. was used in the treatment of abscesses and tumors. Many of the alkaloids spawned by genus Crinum will surely take part in the production of anticancer drugs but their further clinical development is restricted by their limited commercial availability. An emerging area of research is the establishment of green extraction techniques of different targeted compounds. AIM OF THE STUDY Our comparative study has investigated the possibility of getting improved biological responses by changing extraction solvent to a better and greener one. This study aimed to assess the cytotoxic activity of Crinum powellii and Crinum bulbispermum bulbs, when extracted by different green solvents. MATERIALS AND METHODS The green solvents Genapol X-80 (a surfactant-aided extraction), DES-3 (Choline chloride: fructose 5:2) mixture (a natural deep eutectic solvent) and purified distilled water were used for extraction of the bulbs. Extracts were tested against two cell lines HEPG-2 and HCT 116, with doxorubicin as a positive reference. Molecular docking studies were carried out to illustrate binding orientations of the alkaloids in the active site of several molecular targets for treatment of hepatic and colorectal cancer. RESULTS DES aided extraction showed highest cytotoxicity against the two cell lines, followed by surfactant aided extracts and finally aqueous extracts. There is an obvious relationship between alkaloidal content and antiproliferative potency of extracts. Multivariate statistical analyses were performed to aid the prediction of the alkaloids responsible for the activity. The alkaloid crinine showed high correlation coefficient value against HCT colon cancer cell line in the orthogonal projection to latent structures (OPLS) model, suggesting that it could operate with a selective mode of action on this cell line. In addition, the alkaloid lycorine had almost no correlation to anti-proliferative activity against HCT colon cancer cells. Molecular docking studies confirmed the same conclusions. CONCLUSION Herein, it was demonstrated that natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) components and surfactant solutions could be chosen to enhance biological activity of extracts prepared.
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- Eman Shawky
- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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- Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
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Jensen T, Wieland A, Cree-Green M, Nadeau K, Sullivan S. Clinical workup of fatty liver for the primary care provider. Postgrad Med 2018; 131:19-30. [PMID: 30496690 DOI: 10.1080/00325481.2019.1546532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is quickly emerging as a global epidemic in parallel with the rise in obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome. NAFLD, once seen simply as a passive consequence of the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS), has been found to interact with other features of MetS to exacerbate insulin resistance, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. NAFLD is also becoming the top indication for liver transplant and an important risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma. Treatment of this disorder is limited mainly to lifestyle modifications to promote weight loss along with consideration for off-label use of certain medications, but recent progression in clinical trials means more effective treatments are on the horizon. Therefore, the primary care provider must be prepared to recognize and determine the severity of this disorder in order to optimize management. In this review, we will discuss risk factors for NAFLD, workup and differential, and finally, offer recommendations on screening.
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- Thomas Jensen
- a Department of Endocrinology , University of Colorado School of Medicine , Aurora , CO , USA
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- b Department of Hepatology , University of Colorado School of Medicine , Aurora , CO , USA
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- c Department of Pediatric Endocrinology , University of Colorado School of Medicine , Aurora , CO , USA
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- c Department of Pediatric Endocrinology , University of Colorado School of Medicine , Aurora , CO , USA
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- d Department of Gastroenterology , University of Colorado Denver , Aurora , CO , USA
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Franco RA, Fan Y, Jarosek S, Bae S, Galbraith J. Racial and Geographic Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Outcomes. Am J Prev Med 2018; 55:S40-S48. [PMID: 30670200 PMCID: PMC6708601 DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hepatocellular carcinoma disproportionately affects minorities. Southern states have high proportions of black populations and prevalence of known risk factors. Further research is needed to understand the role of southern geography in hepatocellular carcinoma disparities. This paper examined racial disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence, demographics, tumor characteristics, receipt of treatment, and all-cause mortality in southern and non-southern cancer registries. METHODS Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results data were probed in 2015 to identify 43,868 patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma from 2000 to 2012 (5,455 in southern registries [Atlanta, Louisiana, and Rural and Greater Georgia]). RESULTS Southern registries showed steeper increases of age-adjusted hepatocellular carcinoma incidence (from 2.89 to 5.29cases/100,000 people) versus non-southern areas (from 3.58 to 5.54cases/100,000 people). Blacks were over-concentrated in southern registries (32% vs 10%). Compared with whites, blacks were significantly younger at diagnosis, more likely diagnosed with metastasis, and less likely to receive surgical therapies in both registry groups. After adjustment, blacks had a significantly higher risk of all-cause mortality compared with whites in southern (hazard ratio=1.10, p=0.007) and non-southern areas (hazard ratio=1.08, p<0.001). For overall populations, southern registries had higher risk of all-cause mortality versus non-southern registries (hazard ratio=1.13, p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS Age-adjusted incidence rates of hepatocellular carcinoma are plateauing overall, but are still rising in southern areas. Race and geography had independent associations with all-cause mortality excess risk among patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Further studies are needed to understand the root causes of potential mortality risk excess among overall populations with hepatocellular carcinoma living in the South. SUPPLEMENT INFORMATION This article is part of a supplement entitled African American Men's Health: Research, Practice, and Policy Implications, which is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
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- Ricardo A Franco
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
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- Department of Urology, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Department of Urology, Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Emergency Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Valean S, Chira R, Dumitrascu D. Epidemiological trends in digestive cancers in Romania, 1955-2012, compared to alcohol consumption. Correlation or coincidence? CLUJUL MEDICAL (1957) 2018; 91:376-386. [PMID: 30564012 PMCID: PMC6296719 DOI: 10.15386/cjmed-1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 07/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cancer has emerged as the leading cause of death in human populations. The contribution of alcohol has been highly suspected. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the time trend of digestive cancers in Romania, in terms of mortality rates (1955-2012), and incidence rates (2008-2012), and the alcohol consumption data (1961-2010), aiming to find out if there is any association. METHODS The data on six more common digestive cancers mortality rates (1955-2012) and incidence rates (2008-2012) were obtained from the historical and recent country statistics and publications of International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)/World Health Organisation (WHO), as age-standardized rate expressed per 100,000 population (ASRw). Data on alcohol consumption were obtained from the statistics and publications of WHO and United European Gastroenterology (UEG), as liters of pure alcohol/year. RESULTS Between 1955-2012, the ASRw of mortality registered an increase of the cancers of the esophagus in M (from 2.03 to 3.90), and of colorectal cancer in both sexes (from 4.65 to 18.20 in M, and from 4.57 to 9.70 in F). Between 1980-2012, an increasing trend of mortality was registered, in both sexes, for the cancers of the pancreas (from 5.50 to 9.30 in M and from 2.92 to 5.10 in F) and liver (from 1.77 to 11.00, in M, and from 0.83 to 4.20 in F). In terms of incidence, between 2008-20012, an increasing trend of ASRw was registered for the cancers of the esophagus in M (from 3.90 to 4.30), gastric cancer in M (from 15.90 to 16.30), colorectal cancer in both sexes (from 27.60 to 34.50 in M and from 19.00 to 20.20 in F), pancreatic cancer in F (form 5.20 to 5.90), and liver cancer in M (from 8.10 to 9.20). Alcohol consumption per capita (liters pure alcohol/year) increased in the same period, from an average of 5 in 1961, to 12.8 in 2003-2005, and to 14.4 in 2008-2010. CONCLUSIONS Given the parallel increase of some digestive cancers and alcohol consumption registered in our area, alcohol could represent more than a coincidence.
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- Simona Valean
- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; County Emergency Clinical Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; County Emergency Clinical Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; County Emergency Clinical Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Siegel RL, Jemal A, Wender RC, Gansler T, Ma J, Brawley OW. An assessment of progress in cancer control. CA Cancer J Clin 2018; 68:329-339. [PMID: 30191964 DOI: 10.3322/caac.21460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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This article summarizes cancer mortality trends and disparities based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics. It is the first in a series of articles that will describe the American Cancer Society's vision for how cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment can be transformed to lower the cancer burden in the United States, and sets the stage for a national cancer control plan, or blueprint, for the American Cancer Society goals for reducing cancer mortality by the year 2035. Although steady progress in reducing cancer mortality has been made over the past few decades, it is clear that much more could, and should, be done to save lives through the comprehensive application of currently available evidence-based public health and clinical interventions to all segments of the population. CA Cancer J Clin 2018;000:000-000. © 2018 American Cancer Society.
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- Rebecca L Siegel
- Scientific Director, Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Vice President, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Chief Cancer Control Officer, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Strategic Director, Pathology Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Senior Principal Scientist, Surveillance Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Chief Medical and Scientific Officer and Executive Vice President-Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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Yang B, Liu JB, So SK, Han SS, Wang SS, Hertz A, Shariff-Marco S, Gomez SL, Rosenberg PS, Nguyen MH, Hsing AW. Disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma incidence by race/ethnicity and geographic area in California: Implications for prevention. Cancer 2018; 124:3551-3559. [PMID: 30113700 PMCID: PMC6436543 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been rising rapidly in the United States. California is an ethnically diverse state with the largest number of incident HCC cases in the country. Characterizing HCC disparities in California may inform priorities for HCC prevention. METHODS By using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 18-Registry Database and the California Cancer Registry, age-adjusted HCC incidence in California from 2009 through 2013 was calculated by race/ethnicity and neighborhood ethnic enclave status. A geographic analysis was conducted using Medical Service Study Areas (MSSAs) as the geographic unit, and race/ethnicity-specific standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were calculated to identify MSSAs with higher-than-expected HCC incidence compared with the statewide average. RESULTS During 2009 through 2013, the age-adjusted incidence of HCC in California was the highest in Asians/Pacific Islanders (APIs) and Hispanics (>100% higher than whites), especially those living in more ethnic neighborhoods (20%-30% higher than less ethnic neighborhoods). Of the 542 MSSAs statewide, 42 had elevated HCC incidence (SIR ≥ 1.5; lower bound of 95% confidence interval > 1) for whites, 14 for blacks, 24 for APIs, and 36 for Hispanics. These MSSAs have 24% to 52% higher proportions of individuals below the 100% federal poverty line than other MSSAs. CONCLUSIONS APIs and Hispanics residing in more ethnic neighborhoods and individuals residing in lower income neighborhoods require more extensive preventive efforts tailored toward their unique risk factor profiles. The current race/ethnicity-specific geographic analysis can be extended to other states to inform priorities for HCC targeted prevention at the subcounty level, eventually reducing HCC burden in the country.
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- Baiyu Yang
- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Perinatal Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Research Unit, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Palo Alto, California
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- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
- Asian Liver Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
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- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope, Duarte, California
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California
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- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
- Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
- Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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Quan H, Li B, Yang J. MicroRNA-504 functions as a tumor suppressor in hepatocellular carcinoma through inhibiting Frizzled-7-mediated-Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Biomed Pharmacother 2018; 107:754-762. [PMID: 30142536 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.07.150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Accumulating evidence suggests that microRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators in the development and progression of various malignant tumors, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Multiple findings have indicated that miRNA-504 (miR-504) is dysregulated in several types of cancers, functioning as an oncogenic miRNA or a tumor suppressive miRNA. However, the role of miR-504 in HCC remains unknown. In this study, we aimed to detect the expression pattern of miR-504 in HCC tissues and cell lines and investigate the precise biological function in HCC cells. Our results showed that miR-504 expression levels were frequently downregulated in both HCC tissues and cell lines. Gain-of-function experiments demonstrated that miR-504 overexpression inhibited the proliferation and invasion in HCC cell lines. By contrast, miR-504 inhibition had the opposite effect. Interestingly, bioinformatics analysis predicted that Frizzled-7 (FZD7) was a potential target gene of miR-504. Dual-luciferase reporter assays confirmed that miR-504 directly targeted the 3'-untranslated region of FZD7 mRNA. In addition, our results showed that miR-504 negatively regulated the mRNA and protein expression of FZD7 in HCC cell lines. Moreover, miR-540 overexpression inhibited the cellular expression of β-catenin and blocked the activation of Wnt signaling in HCC cells. Notably, restoration of FZD7 expression significantly reversed the inhibitory effect of miR-504 on proliferation, invasion, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in HCC cells. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that miR-504 functions as a tumor suppressive miRNA that inhibits the proliferation and invasion of HCC cells by targeting FZD7 and inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Our study provides evidence that miR-504-meidated FZD7/Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway plays an important role in HCC development and progression and suggests miR-504 as a novel future therapeutic target for treatment of HCC.
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- Hui Quan
- Department of Interventional Vascular Surgery, Baoji Central Hospital, Baoji, Shaanxi Province 721008, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital of Baoji City, Baoji, Shaanxi Province 721001, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Baoji Central Hospital, No. 8 Jiangtan Road, Weibin District, Baoji, Shaanxi Province 721008, China.
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Mak D, Sengayi M, Chen WC, Babb de Villiers C, Singh E, Kramvis A. Liver cancer mortality trends in South Africa: 1999-2015. BMC Cancer 2018; 18:798. [PMID: 30086727 PMCID: PMC6081797 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4695-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background In South Africa (SA), liver cancer (LC) is a public health problem and information is limited. Methods Joinpoint regression analysis was computed for the most recent LC mortality data from Statistics South Africa (StatsSA), by age group, sex and population group. The mortality-to-incidence ratios (MIRs) were calculated as the age-adjusted mortality rate divided by the age-adjusted incidence rate. Results From 1999 to 2015, the overall LC mortality significantly decreased in men (− 4.9%) and women (− 2.7%). Overall a significant decrease was noted in black African men aged 20–29 and 40–49 years, and white women older than 60 years but mortality rates increased among 50–59 and 60–69 year old black African men (from 2010/2009–2015) and women (from 2004/2009–2015). The mortality rates increased with age, and were higher among blacks Africans compared to whites in all age groups - with a peak black African-to-white mortality rate ratio of six in men and three in women at ages 30–39 years. The average MIR for black African men and women was 4 and 3.3 respectively, and 2.2 and 1.8 in their white counterparts. Moreover, decreasing LC mortality rates among younger and the increase in rates in older black Africans suggest that the nadir of the disease may be near or may have passed. Conclusions Findings of population-age subgroup variations in LC mortality and the number of underdiagnosed cases can inform surveillance efforts, while more extensive investigations of the aetiological risk factors are needed. Impact: There was a large race, sex and age differences in trends of LC mortality in SA. These findings should inform more extensive evaluation of the aetiology and risk factors of LC in the country in order to guide control efforts.
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- Daniel Mak
- Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit (HVDRU), Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- National Cancer Registry, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.,School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- National Cancer Registry, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.,Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Division of Human Genetics, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- National Cancer Registry, National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa. .,School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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- Hepatitis Virus Diversity Research Unit (HVDRU), Department of Internal Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Zhang W, Luo P. MicroRNA-29c restores cisplatin sensitivity in liver cancer through direct inhibition of sirtuin 1 expression. Oncol Lett 2018; 16:1543-1550. [PMID: 30008835 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Liver cancer is one of the most prevalent human tumors in the world. Despite recent advances regarding the understanding of the molecular basis of liver cancer and the introduction of novel chemotherapeutic approaches, liver cancer remains associated with a poor prognosis. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) was identified to be abnormally upregulated in liver cancer. Dysregulation of microRNAs (miRs/miRNAs) is associated with a variety of types of cancer, and miRNAs may also serve a role in tumorigenesis and progression. The present study demonstrated that following the selection of the cisplatin chemoresistant HepG2 cell line, miR-29c is downregulated using reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Furthermore, overexpression of miR-29c in cisplatin-resistant cancer cells was demonstrated to inhibit tumor cell proliferation and to promote apoptosis in vitro and in vivo, as well as restoring cisplatin chemosensitivity by using a cell counting assay, colony formation assay, Annexin V-fluorescein isothocyanate/propidium iodide apoptosis analysis, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling and xenograft tumors in nude mice. Mechanistically, according to bioinformatics analysis and a luciferase assay, miR-29c may directly target SIRT1 mRNA and repress SIRT1 expression, which is positively associated with the chemoresistance of liver cancer and may ultimately provide a novel therapeutic method.
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- Wei Zhang
- Department of Geriatric Medicine, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, P.R. China
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- Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, P.R. China
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Kamath GR, Taioli E, N Egorova N, Llovet JM, Perumalswami PV, Weiss JJ, Schwartz M, Ewala S, Bickell NA. Liver Cancer Disparities in New York City: A Neighborhood View of Risk and Harm Reduction Factors. Front Oncol 2018; 8:220. [PMID: 29963497 PMCID: PMC6011126 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Introduction Liver cancer is the fastest increasing cancer in the United States and is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in New York City (NYC), with wide disparities among neighborhoods. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to describe liver cancer incidence by neighborhood and examine its association with risk factors. This information can inform preventive and treatment interventions. Materials and methods Publicly available data were collected on adult NYC residents (n = 6,407,022). Age-adjusted data on liver and intrahepatic bile duct cancer came from the New York State Cancer Registry (1) (2007–2011 average annual incidence); and the NYC Vital Statistics Bureau (2015, mortality). Data on liver cancer risk factors (2012–2015) were sourced from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: (1) Community Health Survey, (2) A1C registry, and (3) NYC Health Department Hepatitis surveillance data. They included prevalence of obesity, diabetes, diabetic control, alcohol-related hospitalizations or emergency department visits, hepatitis B and C rates, hepatitis B vaccine coverage, and injecting drug use. Results Liver cancer incidence in NYC was strongly associated with neighborhood poverty after adjusting for race/ethnicity (β = 0.0217, p = 0.013); and with infection risk scores (β = 0.0389, 95% CI = 0.0088–0.069, p = 0.011), particularly in the poorest neighborhoods (β = 0.1207, 95% CI = 0.0147–0.2267, p = 0.026). Some neighborhoods with high hepatitis rates do not have a proportionate number of hepatitis prevention services. Conclusion High liver cancer incidence is strongly associated with infection risk factors in NYC. There are gaps in hepatitis prevention services like syringe exchange and vaccination that should be addressed. The role of alcohol and metabolic risk factors on liver cancer in NYC warrants further study.
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- Geetanjali R Kamath
- Institute for Translational Epidemiology, New York, NY, United States.,Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, NY, United States.,Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Institute for Translational Epidemiology, New York, NY, United States.,Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, NY, United States.,Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Mount Sinai Liver Cancer Program, Divisions of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, NY, United States.,Liver Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, BCLC, Liver Unit, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi iSunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.,Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, NY, United States.,Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States.,Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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Tu J, Zhao Z, Xu M, Lu X, Chang L, Ji J. NEAT1 upregulates TGF‐β1 to induce hepatocellular carcinoma progression by sponging hsa‐mir‐139‐5p. J Cell Physiol 2018; 233:8578-8587. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Jianfei Tu
- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention ResearchThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Affiliated Lishui Hospital of Zhejiang University, The Central Hospital of Zhejiang LishuiLishuiChina
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention ResearchThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Affiliated Lishui Hospital of Zhejiang University, The Central Hospital of Zhejiang LishuiLishuiChina
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention ResearchThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Affiliated Lishui Hospital of Zhejiang University, The Central Hospital of Zhejiang LishuiLishuiChina
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- Institute of Foreign LanguagesJianghan UniversityWuhanChina
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention ResearchThe Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Affiliated Lishui Hospital of Zhejiang University, The Central Hospital of Zhejiang LishuiLishuiChina
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Lewis DR, Chen HS, Cockburn MG, Wu XC, Stroup AM, Midthune DN, Zou Z, Krapcho MF, Miller DG, Feuer EJ. Early estimates of cancer incidence for 2015: Expanding to include estimates for white and black races. Cancer 2018; 124:2192-2204. [PMID: 29509274 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The National Cancer Institute's cancer incidence estimates through 2015 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries' November 2017 submission are released in April 2018. METHODS Early estimates (February 2017) of cancer incidence rates and trends from the SEER 18 registries for diagnoses in 2000 through 2015 were evaluated with a revised delay-adjustment model, which was used to adjust for the undercount of cases in the early release. For the first time, early estimates were produced for race (whites and blacks) along with estimates for new sites: the oral cavity and pharynx, leukemia, and myeloma. RESULTS Model validation comparing delay-adjusted rates and trends through 2014 and using 2016 submissions showed good agreement. Differences in trends through 2015 in comparison with those through 2014 were evident. The rate of female breast cancer rose significantly from 2004 to 2015 by 0.3% per year (annual percent change [APC] = 0.3%); the prior trend through 2014 (the same magnitude) was not yet significant. The female colon and rectum cancer trend for whites became flat after previously declining. Lung and bronchus cancer for whites showed a significant decline (APC for males = -2.3%, 2012-2015; APC for females = -0.7%, 2011-2015). Thyroid cancer for black females changed from a continuous rise to a flat final segment (APC = 1.6%, not significant, 2011-2015). Both kidney and renal pelvis cancer (APC = 1.5%, 2011-2015) and childhood cancers (APC = 0.5%, 2000-2015) for white males showed a significant rise in the final segments from previously flat trends. Kidney and renal pelvis cancer for black males showed a change from a significant rise to a flat trend. CONCLUSIONS The early release of SEER data continues to be useful as a preliminary estimate of the most current cancer incidence trends. Cancer 2018;124:2192-204. © 2018 American Cancer Society.
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- Denise Riedel Lewis
- Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Louisiana Tumor Registry, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- New Jersey State Cancer Registry, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Biometry Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Information Management Systems Incorporated, Calverton, Maryland
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- Information Management Systems Incorporated, Calverton, Maryland
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- Information Management Systems Incorporated, Calverton, Maryland
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- Surveillance Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Wu J, Yang S, Xu K, Ding C, Zhou Y, Fu X, Li Y, Deng M, Wang C, Liu X, Li L. Patterns and Trends of Liver Cancer Incidence Rates in Eastern and Southeastern Asian Countries (1983-2007) and Predictions to 2030. Gastroenterology 2018; 154:1719-1728.e5. [PMID: 29549041 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2018.01.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS We examined temporal trends in liver cancer incidence rates overall and by histological type from 1983 through 2007. We predict trends in liver cancer incidence rates through 2030 for selected Eastern and Southeastern Asian countries. METHODS Data on yearly liver cancer incident cases by age group and sex were drawn from 6 major selected Eastern and Southeastern Asian countries or regions with cancer registries available in the CI5plus database, including China, Japan, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. We also analyzed data for the United States and Australia for comparative purposes. Age-standardized incidence rates were calculated and plotted from 1983 through 2007. Numbers of new cases and incidence rates were predicted through 2030 by fitting and extrapolating age-period-cohort models. RESULTS The incidence rates of liver cancer have been decreasing, and decreases will continue in all selected Eastern and Southeastern Asian countries, except for Thailand, whose liver cancer incidence rate will increase due to the increasing incidence rate of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. Even though the incidence rates of liver cancer are predicted to decrease in most Eastern and Southeastern Asian countries, the burden, in terms of new cases, will continue to increase because of population growth and aging. CONCLUSIONS Based on an analysis of data from cancer registries from Asian countries, incidence rates of liver cancer are expected to decrease through 2030 in most Eastern and Southeastern Asian countries. However, in Thailand, the incidence rate of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas is predicted to increase, so health education programs are necessary.
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- Jie Wu
- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Institute of Medical-care Information Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Epigenetic Modifications as Biomarkers of Tumor Development, Therapy Response, and Recurrence across the Cancer Care Continuum. Cancers (Basel) 2018; 10:cancers10040101. [PMID: 29614786 PMCID: PMC5923356 DOI: 10.3390/cancers10040101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Aberrant epigenetic modifications are an early event in carcinogenesis, with the epigenetic landscape continuing to change during tumor progression and metastasis—these observations suggest that specific epigenetic modifications could be used as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for many cancer types. DNA methylation, post-translational histone modifications, and non-coding RNAs are all dysregulated in cancer and are detectable to various degrees in liquid biopsies such as sputum, urine, stool, and blood. Here, we will focus on the application of liquid biopsies, as opposed to tissue biopsies, because of their potential as non-invasive diagnostic tools and possible use in monitoring therapy response and progression to metastatic disease. This includes a discussion of septin-9 (SEPT9) DNA hypermethylation for detecting colorectal cancer, which is by far the most developed epigenetic biomarker assay. Despite their potential as prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers, technical issues such as inconsistent methodology between studies, overall low yield of epigenetic material in samples, and the need for improved histone and non-coding RNA purification methods are limiting the use of epigenetic biomarkers. Once these technical limitations are overcome, epigenetic biomarkers could be used to monitor cancer development, disease progression, therapeutic response, and recurrence across the entire cancer care continuum.
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Islami F, Goding Sauer A, Miller KD, Siegel RL, Fedewa SA, Jacobs EJ, McCullough ML, Patel AV, Ma J, Soerjomataram I, Flanders WD, Brawley OW, Gapstur SM, Jemal A. Proportion and number of cancer cases and deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors in the United States. CA Cancer J Clin 2018; 68:31-54. [PMID: 29160902 DOI: 10.3322/caac.21440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 858] [Impact Index Per Article: 143.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 10/10/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Contemporary information on the fraction of cancers that potentially could be prevented is useful for priority setting in cancer prevention and control. Herein, the authors estimate the proportion and number of invasive cancer cases and deaths, overall (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers) and for 26 cancer types, in adults aged 30 years and older in the United States in 2014, that were attributable to major, potentially modifiable exposures (cigarette smoking; secondhand smoke; excess body weight; alcohol intake; consumption of red and processed meat; low consumption of fruits/vegetables, dietary fiber, and dietary calcium; physical inactivity; ultraviolet radiation; and 6 cancer-associated infections). The numbers of cancer cases were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute; the numbers of deaths were obtained from the CDC; risk factor prevalence estimates were obtained from nationally representative surveys; and associated relative risks of cancer were obtained from published, large-scale pooled analyses or meta-analyses. In the United States in 2014, an estimated 42.0% of all incident cancers (659,640 of 1570,975 cancers, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers) and 45.1% of cancer deaths (265,150 of 587,521 deaths) were attributable to evaluated risk factors. Cigarette smoking accounted for the highest proportion of cancer cases (19.0%; 298,970 cases) and deaths (28.8%; 169,180 deaths), followed by excess body weight (7.8% and 6.5%, respectively) and alcohol intake (5.6% and 4.0%, respectively). Lung cancer had the highest number of cancers (184,970 cases) and deaths (132,960 deaths) attributable to evaluated risk factors, followed by colorectal cancer (76,910 cases and 28,290 deaths). These results, however, may underestimate the overall proportion of cancers attributable to modifiable factors, because the impact of all established risk factors could not be quantified, and many likely modifiable risk factors are not yet firmly established as causal. Nevertheless, these findings underscore the vast potential for reducing cancer morbidity and mortality through broad and equitable implementation of known preventive measures. CA Cancer J Clin 2018;68:31-54. © 2017 American Cancer Society.
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- Farhad Islami
- Strategic Director, Cancer Surveillance Research, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Epidemiologist, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Epidemiologist, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Strategic Director, Surveillance Information, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Strategic Director, Risk Factors and Screening Surveillance, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Strategic Director, Pharmacoepidemiology, Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Strategic Director, Nutritional Epidemiology, Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Strategic Director, Cancer Prevention Study-3, Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Strategic Director, Cancer Interventions Surveillance, Surveillance and Health Services Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Scientist, Section of Cancer Surveillance, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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- Chief Medical and Science Officer, Executive Vice President, Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Vice President, Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Vice President, Surveillance and Health Services Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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Zheng R, Qu C, Zhang S, Zeng H, Sun K, Gu X, Xia C, Yang Z, Li H, Wei W, Chen W, He J. Liver cancer incidence and mortality in China: Temporal trends and projections to 2030. Chin J Cancer Res 2018; 30:571-579. [PMID: 30700925 PMCID: PMC6328503 DOI: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2018.06.01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Objective Liver cancer is one of the most common cancers and major cause of cancer deaths in China, which accounts for over 50% of new cases and deaths worldwide. The systematic liver cancer statistics including of projection through 2030 could provide valuable information for prevention and control strategies in China, and experience for other countries. Methods The burden of liver cancer in China in 2014 was estimated using 339 cancer registries’ data selected from Chinese National Cancer Center (NCC). Incident cases of 22 cancer registries were applied for temporal trends from 2000 to 2014. The burden of liver cancer through 2030 was projected using age-period-cohort model. Results About 364,800 new cases of liver cancer (268,900 males and 95,900 females) occurred in China, and about 318,800 liver cancer deaths (233,500 males and 85,300 females) in 2014. Western regions of China had the highest incidence and mortality rates. Incidence and mortality rates decreased by about 2.3% and 2.6% per year during the period of 2000−2014, respectively, and would decrease by more than 44% between 2014 and 2030 in China. The young generation, particularly for those aged under 40 years, showed a faster down trend. Conclusions Based on the analysis, incidence and mortality rates of liver cancer are expected to decrease through 2030, but the burden of liver cancer is still serious in China, especially in rural and western areas. Most cases of liver cancer in China can be prevented through vaccination and more prevention efforts should be focused on high risk groups.
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- Rongshou Zheng
- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Cancer Research Institute, Affiliated Tumor Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830011, China
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- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Office for Cancer Registry, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Office of Cancer Screening, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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Aflatoxin and viral hepatitis exposures in Guatemala: Molecular biomarkers reveal a unique profile of risk factors in a region of high liver cancer incidence. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189255. [PMID: 29236788 PMCID: PMC5728519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Liver cancer is an emerging global health issue, with rising incidence in both the United States and the economically developing world. Although Guatemala experiences the highest rates of this disease in the Western hemisphere and a unique 1:1 distribution in men and women, few studies have focused on this population. Thus, we determined the prevalence and correlates of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) exposure and hepatitis virus infection in Guatemalan adults. Healthy men and women aged ≥40 years (n = 461), residing in five departments of Guatemala, were enrolled in a cross-sectional study from May—October of 2016. Serum AFB1-albumin adducts were quantified using isotope dilution mass spectrometry. Multivariate linear regression was used to assess relationships between AFB1-albumin adduct levels and demographic factors. Biomarkers of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection were assessed by immunoassay and analyzed by Fisher’s exact test. AFB1-albumin adducts were detected in 100% of participants, with a median of 8.4 pg/mg albumin (range, 0.2–814.8). Exposure was significantly higher (p<0.05) in male, rural, low-income, and less-educated participants than in female, urban, and higher socioeconomic status participants. Hepatitis B and C seropositivity was low (0.9% and 0.5%, respectively). Substantial AFB1 exposure exists in Guatemalan adults, concurrent with low prevalence of hepatitis virus seropositivity. Quantitatively, AFB1 exposures are similar to those previously found to increase risk for liver cancer in Asia and Africa. Mitigation of AFB1 exposure may reduce liver cancer incidence and mortality in Guatemala, warranting further investigation.
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Sun CY, Zhu Y, Li XF, Tang LP, Su ZQ, Wang XQ, Li CY, Yang HM, Zheng GJ, Feng B. Norcantharidin alone or in combination with crizotinib induces autophagic cell death in hepatocellular carcinoma by repressing c-Met-mTOR signaling. Oncotarget 2017; 8:114945-114955. [PMID: 29383132 PMCID: PMC5777744 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.22935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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There is an urgent need for effective molecular therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Norcantharidin (NCTD), a demethylated derivative of cantharidin, reportedly exhibits anticancer activity against various types of tumors, including HCC, though the mechanisms involved remain largely unknown. Here, we report that NCTD reduces viability of human MHCC-97H (97H) and HepG2 HCC cells, and induces cell death by triggering high levels of autophagy. Moreover, a significant attenuation of tumor growth was observed after NCTD treatment of HepG2 tumors in vivo, and this effect was enhanced by co-treatment with the c-Met inhibitor crizotinib. Interestingly, western blot analyses showed that the cytotoxic autophagy induced by NCTD correlates with a reduction in the phosphorylation status of both c-Met and m-TOR. These results suggest that cytotoxic autophagy resulting from inhibition of c-Met/mTOR signaling may be achieved in HCC by combined NCTD and crizotinib administration. Further studies to validate the therapeutic potential of this approach are warranted.
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- Chao-Yue Sun
- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Clinical Medical College of Acupuncture and Rehabilitation, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, The Second Clinical College of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China
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