Treatment
of lung cancer cell lines with mebendazole caused mitotic arrest by depolymerization of tubulin, followed by apoptotic cell death.
A protein called YAP1 was previously shown to contribute to the growth
of lung cancer cells; however, it was unknown how YAP1 controls lung cancer growth and progression.
Scientists from Moffitt reported in the Jan. 19 online edition of Cancer Research that nicotine induces the metastatic spread
of lung cancer cells by stimulating a protein called beta - arrestin - 1.
Marcus and former graduate student Jessica Konen, PhD began by observing how a mass
of lung cancer cells behaves when embedded in a 3 - D protein gel.
SLex is also found on the surface
of lung cancer cells and colon cancer cells, which are also seeking E-selectin sites to attach themselves to as they spread around the body.
«New drug active against most aggressive type
of lung cancer cells.»
They bathed a relatively benign strain
of lung cancer cells in cyclosporine.
MicroRNA -140-3p inhibits proliferation, migration and invasion
of lung cancer cells by targeting ATP6AP2.
Scientists discover that a regulator of inflammation plays a key role in the proliferation
of lung cancer cells
The name «small cell» refers to the appearance
of these lung cancer cells under a microscope.
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Broccoli may help reduce the spread
of lung cancer cells.
Allen began his studies roughly 14 years ago at the University of California, San Francisco under the tutelage of the Nobel Prize - winning cancer researcher Dr. J. Michael Bishop, where he was investigating the way a certain protein, EGFL6, affected the growth
of lung cancer cells.
Not exact matches
This drug has already staked its claim in the world
of next - gen «checkpoint inhibitor»
cancer treatments by besting rival Bristol - Myers Squibb's competing treatment Opdivo in advanced non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Immune
cells modified by CRISPR - Cas9 were inserted into a
lung cancer patient at the West China Hospital in Chengdu in the hopes that they'll be able to fight tumors, and 10 people total will receive injections
of CRISPR re-engineered
cells in order to assess the method's safety.
The biotech specialist said that its updated phase 2 data in a study
of its poziotinib candidate treatment for non-small
cell lung cancer resulted in a preliminary confirmed objective response rate and potential progression - free survival benefit in patients with the EGFR Exon 20 Mutant form
of the disease.
In a mid-stage trial, 16
of 37
lung cancer patients given a placebo ahead
of standard chemo wound up hospitalized with severely low white blood
cell counts.
«We feel it'll be able to help kill
cancer cells in 80 percent
of breast
cancer patients,» said Dr. Olson, who added that their antibody has the potential to help kill
lung, colon, prostate and other
cancer cells, too.
«Our study suggests that epigenetic changes to
cells treated with cigarette smoke sensitize airway
cells to genetic mutations known to cause
lung cancers,» says Stephen Baylin, M.D., the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for
Cancer Research and professor
of oncology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel
Cancer Center.
Baylin and Johns Hopkins scientist Michelle Vaz, Ph.D., first author on the study, suspected that the interplay
of epigenetic and genetic changes may occur when normal
lung cells develop into
cancer, but, Baylin says, the timing
of such changes was unknown.
However, the impact
of the two methylation - regulating enzymes was still seen at 10 to 15 months, when scientists found decreased expression
of hundreds
of genes — many
of which are key tumor suppressor genes such as BMP3, SFRP2 and GATA4 — in the smoke - exposed
cells and a five - or - more-fold increase in the signaling
of the KRAS oncogene that is known to be mutated in smoking - related
lung cancers.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel
Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory - grown, human airway cells that a condensed form of cigarette smoke triggers so - called «epigenetic» changes in the cells consistent with the earliest steps toward lung cancer develo
Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory - grown, human airway
cells that a condensed form
of cigarette smoke triggers so - called «epigenetic» changes in the
cells consistent with the earliest steps toward
lung cancer develo
cancer development.
Following their recent discovery
of a protein pathway, Moffitt
Cancer Center researchers are one step closer to understanding how lung cancer cells metast
Cancer Center researchers are one step closer to understanding how
lung cancer cells metast
cancer cells metastasize.
«Cause
of chemoresistance in small
cell lung cancer discovered.»
E2F1 is known to contribute to the development
of cancer by promoting
cancer cell proliferation; however, this is the first time that E2F1 has been shown to contribute to metastasis
of lung cancer.
Many scientists believe that targeting a type
of cell called a
cancer stem
cell may be necessary to completely cure
lung cancer.
Approximately one year after successful treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy, patients with advanced Small
Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), which primarily affects heavy smokers, generally relapse with recurrence
of tumours that are resistant to further chemotherapy.
A late breaking subanalysis
of the phase III CONVERT trial presented at the European
Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) shows that white blood cell boosting drugs are safe during concurrent chemo - radiotherapy of small cell lung cancer (SC
Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) shows that white blood cell boosting drugs are safe during concurrent chemo - radiotherapy of small cell lung cancer (
Cancer Conference (ELCC) shows that white blood
cell boosting drugs are safe during concurrent chemo - radiotherapy
of small
cell lung cancer (SC
lung cancer (
cancer (SCLC).
Activation
of beta - arrestin - 1 causes
lung cancer cells to produce proteins associated with increased motility and invasion.
The study, published April 4 in the journal The Lancet Oncology, focused on non-small
cell lung cancer, which is the most common form
of lung cancer.
In the
Cell study, Dr. Massagué, with Fellow Manuel Valiente, PhD, and other team members, found that in mouse models
of breast and
lung cancer — two tumor types that often spread to the brain — many
cancer cells that enter the brain are killed by astrocytes.
The main reason why people die
of cancer is that the
cancer cells spread to form daughter tumours, or metastases, in vital organs, such as the
lungs and liver.
Patients with metastatic non-small
cell lung cancer will always progress after chemotherapy, so most patients go on to be treated with immunotherapy, a type
of therapy that uses the body's immune system to fight
cancer.
Non-small
cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type
of lung cancer.
In their latest study, they tested compounds against
cells from nine different types
of human
cancer, including common types affecting blood, colon, breast, prostate, ovaries, kidneys, and
lungs.
Pembrolizumab, or pembro, an immunotherapy drug that unmasks
cancer cells and allows the body's own immune system to help destroy tumors, appears to be safe in treating lung cancers, according to a study by Cancer Treatment Centers of America ® (CTCA) at Western Regional Medical Center (Western) in Goodyear, Ar
cancer cells and allows the body's own immune system to help destroy tumors, appears to be safe in treating
lung cancers, according to a study by
Cancer Treatment Centers of America ® (CTCA) at Western Regional Medical Center (Western) in Goodyear, Ar
Cancer Treatment Centers
of America ® (CTCA) at Western Regional Medical Center (Western) in Goodyear, Arizona.
Squamous non-small
cell lung cancer accounts for 25 to 30 percent
of all
lung malignancies.
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of pembrolizumab was presented during a session on small
cell lung cancer when the theme of the conference was Science Drives Lung Cancer Advan
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Cancer Advances.
One, in which Dr. Weiss was the senior author, highlighted the extended survival
of metastatic small
cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients who received statins.
«Link between inherited genetic variations, outcomes
of non-small
cell lung cancer patients discovered.»
«We'd like to extend this further to examine for driver genes in other types
of lung cancer, such as squamous
cell lung cancer.»
The drug erlotinib is prescribed to between 10 — 30 per cent
of patients with non-small
cell lung cancer, which accounts for 85 per cent
of all
lung cancer cases.
In the
lung cancer cell shown above at left, red shades indicate the presence
of actin, a structural protein important in
cell movement.
Among patients who have this type
of lung cancer, nearly one in three will carry a particular genetic mutation on their
cancer cells.
Until now, EGFR inhibitors have only been effective at treating the 10 to 15 percent
of non-small
cell lung cancers that have a variant
of EGFR, but the two - drug combo could potentially work for all non-small
cell lung cancers, explained Dr. John Minna, Director
of the Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research and Professor
of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology.
Although some
cancers — particularly those that are rife with mutations like
lung cancer or melanoma — create more tangible targets on the surface
of cells for the immune system to recognize and attack, other malignancies such as prostate and pancreatic
cancers have proved more intransigent.
«CRKII most likely regulates the stability
of mutated epidermal growth factor receptors and drives
cancer growth by promoting signaling, or communication, within
cancer cells,» said Julia Petschnigg, lead author on the paper and a postdoctoral fellow at U
of T. «We found that a combinatorial chemotherapy that inhibits those mutated receptors and CRKII could be beneficial in treating
lung cancer.»
Stagljar and his colleagues also applied the new technology, which they dubbed MaMTH (for Mammalian - Membrane Two - Hybrid assay), to identify a protein that plays a role in the most common form
of lung cancer called non-small
cell lung cancer.
Compared to a control (left), epalrestat treatment (right) reduces the number
of metastatic tumors (arrowheads) in the
lungs of mice injected with human basal - like breast
cancer cells.
Although NRF2 has many benefits, loss
of NRF2 regulation leads to high levels in certain
cancer cells, such as some
lung cancers, and it may help them migrate, Zhang says.