In adult mammals, hair cell loss is irreversible and may result in hearing and balance deficits. In contrast, birds can regenerate hair cells through differentiation of supporting cells and restore inner ear function, suggesting that hair cell progenitors are present in the population of supporting cells.
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View SamplesWe investigated the molecular mechanisms for osteolytic bone metastasis by selecting human lung cancer cell line subpopulations with elevated metastatic activity and validating genes that are overexpressed in these cells. A bone-seeking squamous lung cancer cell line (HARA-B4) was established by sequentially injecting parental HARA cells into the left ventricle of male 5-week-old nude mice 4 times.
Involvement of CXCL14 in osteolytic bone metastasis from lung cancer.
Specimen part, Cell line
View SamplesGastric cancers account for the fourth most frequent cancer death worldwide. Although many differential gene expression profiles are reported for gastric cancers, their variation at the post-transcriptional level has not been provided yet. In this study, we compared the gene expressions of normal stomach vs. stomach cancer in an exon-wise manner and compared alternatively spliced transcripts. The RNA from normal and cancer tissues of gastric cancer patients were subjected to Exon 1.0 ST microarrays.
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View SamplesTo compare the gene expression profile of MSCs harvested from bone marrow in the context of cell migration.
Matrix metalloproteinase 1 is necessary for the migration of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells toward human glioma.
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View SamplesWe have created mice by performing gastric epithelium-specific knockout of common tumor suppressor genes.
Cooperativity of E-cadherin and Smad4 loss to promote diffuse-type gastric adenocarcinoma and metastasis.
Specimen part
View SamplesRearrangements involving the NUP98 gene resulting in fusions to several partner genes occur in acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. This study demonstrates that the second FG repeat domain of the NUP98 moiety of the NUP98-HOXA9 fusion protein is important for its cell immortalization and leukemogenesis activities. We demonstrate that NUP98-HOXA9 interacts with MLL via this FG repeat domain and that, in the absence of MLL, NUP98-HOXA9-induced cell immortalization and leukemogenesis are severely inhibited. Molecular analyses indicate that MLL is important for the recruitment of NUP98-HOXA9 to the HOXA locus and for NUP98-HOXA9-induced HOXA gene expression. Our data indicate that MLL is crucial for NUP98-HOXA9 leukemia initiation.
MLL is essential for NUP98-HOXA9-induced leukemia.
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View SamplesIn lung cancer progression, p53 mutations are more often observed in invasive tumors than in non-invasive tumors, suggesting that p53 is involved in tumor invasion and metastasis. To understand the nature of p53 function as a tumor suppressor, it is crucial to elucidate the detailed mechanism of the alteration in epithelial cells, the main origin of solid tumors, following p53 inactivation.
TSPAN2 is involved in cell invasion and motility during lung cancer progression.
Sex, Age, Specimen part, Treatment
View SamplesThe two obstacles that impede a wider application of genetically modified cells expressing therapeutic transgenes for ex vivo gene therapy are the immune mediated rejection of the transplanted cells, combined with their potential to cause iatrogenic oncogenesis. In this study we describe a new cellular vehicle for this form of therapy,
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View SamplesCarbonic anhydrase IX (CA 9) is a transmembrane isoform of carbonic anhydrase (CA) that contributes to an acidification of tumor microenvironment. The expression of CA 9 in cervical tumors was shown to be strongly involved in high incidence of metastasis and poor prognosis.
Carbonic anhydrase IX (CA9) modulates tumor-associated cell migration and invasion.
Specimen part, Disease, Cell line
View SamplesAlthough galectin-3 is known to modulate the cell proliferation, RNA processing, tumorigenesis, metastasis and apoptosis and also, which is highly expressed in human cancers, the function of galectin-3 is still controversy in gastric cancer. Here, we demonstrated the function of galectin-3 on gastric cancers by silencing with synthetic double-stranded small interfering RNA (siRNA). After silencing of galectin-3, cell numbers decreased and cell shapes changed in round. To determine the mechanism, microarray analysis was used to detect the changes in gene expression by galectin-3 silencing.
Silencing of galectin-3 changes the gene expression and augments the sensitivity of gastric cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents.
Cell line
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