Not exact matches
Male rats developed heart
tumors when exposed to high levels
of a
type of radiation used
by the wireless telephone industry, according to the draft studies released Friday.
Goji's are reported to have anti-aging properties and show anti-
tumor activities against various
types of skin cancer cells
by inhibiting
tumor growth and inducing apoptosis.
For example, TCGA, with genomic data on 33
tumor types taken from samples from 11,000 patients, is finishing 2018
by publishing a series
of papers and holding a symposium.
By comparing the results to cells from paired normal tissue, researchers get a detailed molecular picture
of the
tumor environment, including the
types and activity levels
of T cells that are critical to the immunotherapy response.
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.
«Just as normal cells with the same genome differentiate into many different cell
types, a single
tumor characterized
by specific genetic mutations can contain many different
types of cells — stem - like and more differentiated cells — with the difference being rooted in their epigenetic information.
New research led
by Li Ding, Ph.D.,
of Washington University School
of Medicine in St. Louis, shows that current approaches to genome analysis systematically miss detecting a certain
type of complex mutation in cancer patients»
tumors.
The
tumors in Sand's lab might be explained
by the high dose, the fact that the mice were newborns, and the
type of mouse, suggests Kay, who was involved with a past clinical trial administering AAV to the liver to treat hemophilia.
The stem cell model says that
tumor growth is more hierarchical, mainly driven
by a subset
of cells that can make new copies
of themselves and give rise to the other cell
types the
tumor contains.
Because different
types of tissue absorb emissions from the nanotubes differently, the scanner took readings from many locations to triangulate the
tumor's exact location, as confirmed
by later MRI scans.
The researchers also note that more investigation is needed to fully understand all the mechanisms
by which HOXC10 mediates cell proliferation and death, and the roles it may play in different
types of tumors.
«Enzyme could protect against
type of colorectal cancer
by suppressing
tumors, study finds.»
Surprisingly, they found that although the patterns
of gene expression — as shown
by the RNA sequencing — differed between the hepatocellular carcinomas and the liver cancers with biliary phenotype and depended on the histological
type, the overall pattern
of mutations in the cells was actually similar between the
tumors —
of either
type — that had emerged in patients who had had infections with either hepatitis C or B, and were different in patients without such infections.
If it is malignant, you need to know what
type of tumor it is to choose the best treatment and that treatment needs to be carried out
by specialist gynaecological cancer surgeon»
An enzyme that plays an active role in inflammation could be a natural way to suppress
tumors and ulcers in the colon that are found in colitis associated cancer (CAC), a
type of colorectal cancer that is driven
by chronic inflammation, according to a new study.
In a study published today in the British Medical Journal, an international team led
by Imperial College London and KU Leuven, Belgium describe a new test, called ADNEX, which can discriminate between benign and malignant
tumors, and identify different
types of malignant
tumor, with a high level
of accuracy.
Low doses
of aspirin, an anti-platelet drug, have been shown to reduce the risk
of some
types of gastrointestinal cancers, but the process
by which aspirin hampers
tumor growth has been unclear.
«Our findings suggest a simple strategy to kill metastatic melanoma — regardless
of cell
type within the
tumor —
by combining anticancer drugs with diabetes drug,» Herlyn said.
Patients were stratified
by number
of brain metastases (1 vs. 2 - 3), primary cancer
type (melanoma vs. other histology) and pre-operative
tumor size (less than vs. greater than three centimeters).
It is known that the genes that accumulate the most mutations are linked to the
tumor type, and we found this too, however we showed that the mutational spectrum
of a
tumor is determined
by breed
type,» says Dr. Ingegerd Elvers, a researcher with Professor Kerstin Lindblad - Toh at both Uppsala University and Broad Institute.
«A number
of other
types of tumors have been shown to be driven
by chimeras, but this one is unique — it codes for a kinase, an enzyme that modifies other proteins, that has not been identified in cancers.»
The research, published online May 26
by Nature Immunology, shows that GATA - 3 is required for the maintenance and function
of CD8 + T - cells, a T - cell
type mediating the immune response to clear pathogens, eradicate
tumors and promote inflammation.
Previous in vitro studies conducted
by researchers in other countries showed that this molecule was able to reduce the multiplication and increase the mortality
of cells from melanoma, the most aggressive
type of skin cancer, as well as breast cancer and neuroblastoma, a
tumor that typically affects patients aged 15 or younger.
IL - 6 is a cytokine, a signal molecule that is produced and secreted both
by immune cells and
by tumor cells and binds specifically to a receptor (IL - 6R) that is found on the surfaces
of many cell
types.
The
type of neuroblastoma studied
by the investigators is distinguished
by a glut
of MYCN protein in the
tumor cells.
These studies revealed that the void's physical characteristics — the
type and location
of missing bone — were consistent with a fibrous dysplastic neoplasm, a
tumor caused
by a bone growth disorder, the scientists report online today in PLOS ONE.
It also may have helped several others
by boosting the power
of a new
type of cancer drug that uses a different mechanism to unleash an immune attack on the
tumor.
So, for example, if one
type of immunotherapy is used to knock out an inhibitory signal produced
by a cancer, and the
tumor responds
by upregulating a second signal, an additional therapy could then be used to target this one as well, Lu says.
The study further suggests that NSAIDs such as aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen have a particularly advantageous effect when taken after diagnosis
by colorectal, or CRC, patients without
tumor mutation in the KRAS gene (KRAS wild -
type tumors): The study shows that NSAID use
by this group is associated with a survival benefit
of 40 percent.
However, despite this success, the use
of immunotherapy remains limited
by the scarcity
of tumor - specific antigens — substances that can trigger an immune system response to a particular
type of cancer.
Researchers leading the largest genomic
tumor profiling effort
of its kind say such studies are technically feasible in a broad population
of adult and pediatric patients with many different
types of cancer, and that some patients can benefit
by receiving precision drugs targeted to their
tumors» mutations or being enrolled in clinical trials.
The
types of tumor that can be particularly responsive to immunotherapy generally happen in older people, or people who have genetic factors that allow their
tumors to acquire a lot
of mutations — so that the
tumor has a lot
of different antigens that are recognized
by the immunotherapy.
«Conversely, the necrotic part
of the
tumor is driven
by a distinct set
of glioma stem cells utilizing the BIM1 pathway and are characterized
by a mesenchymal, inflammatory cell
type dependent on glucose metabolism in the absence
of oxygen.
After identifying three different
types of resistance to a promising investigational lung cancer drug in a phase 1 trial, a team
of researchers led
by Dana - Farber Cancer Institute scientists say new targeted inhibitors and combinations are urgently needed to stay ahead
of tumors» constant and varied molecular shape - shifting.
By analyzing a dataset
of human immune cells stimulated with interferon — a signaling protein created in response to pathogens or
tumor cells — the team could precisely identify which genes were switched on in each
of 13 responding cell
types.
To verify these results, the researchers also used mice with APC deleted
by traditional methods, and found the same
types of tumors.
Scientists have known that LPA is secreted
by many
types of cancer cells, appears to promote the growth and spread
of tumor cells, and that immune cells known as CD - 8 «killer» T cells have several receptors for LPA.
This made them suspect that
by sharing exposure to various
types of bacteria, the TAC mice had acquired microbes from JAX mice that somehow enhanced their immunity to
tumors.
In the study, the biomedical engineers killed the cancerous
tumor cells within days, by injecting liposomes armed with TRAIL (Tumor necrosis factor Related Apoptosis - Inducing Ligand) that attach to «natural killer» cells — a type of white blood cell — residing in the lymph n
tumor cells within days,
by injecting liposomes armed with TRAIL (
Tumor necrosis factor Related Apoptosis - Inducing Ligand) that attach to «natural killer» cells — a type of white blood cell — residing in the lymph n
Tumor necrosis factor Related Apoptosis - Inducing Ligand) that attach to «natural killer» cells — a
type of white blood cell — residing in the lymph nodes.
In mouse models, carcinogen - induced
tumors that arise in immunodeficient mice, when transplanted to wild -
type mice, are usually eliminated
by the intact immune system
of the new host.
An anti-PD-1 antibody developed
by Bristol - Myers Squibb generates excitement with results from a phase I trial showing that, among 236 patients with various
types of cancer, the treatment shrank
tumors in 28 percent
of melanoma patients, 30 percent
of patients with kidney cancer, and 18 percent
of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Molecular testing: Some primary brain
tumors, including some
of the most common
types of gliomas, are defined
by their key molecular features resulting from
tumor cell mutations.
The current portfolio includes 12 clinical trials across 14
tumor types, led
by world experts at centers
of excellence throughout the U.S., E.U., and Australia.
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So, the researchers forced expression
of a dominant - negative TGF - β receptor
type 2 (DNRII) onto LMP - specific T cells (DNRII - LSTs) that were specially designed to seek out and destroy proteins derived from the Epstein - Barr virus expressed
by the
tumor cells.
There was also variation based on histology, with the highest rate
of local recurrence at about a year after surgery seen in malignant peripheral nerve sheath
tumors (MPNST), followed
by myxofibrosarcoma; both those
types saw persistently elevated rates compared to other subtypes out beyond 5 years.
Triple - negative breast cancer (TNBC), a
tumor type defined
by its lack
of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and Her2 (ERBB2) amplification, accounts for 16 %
of breast cancers.
Tens
of thousands
of Americans with
tumors from certain
types of lung cancer have mutations that might be treated
by...
«The Metabolic Profile
of Tumors Depends on Both the Responsible Genetic Lesion and Tissue
Type,»
by Mariia O. Yuneva et al., Cell Metabolism, Feb. 8, 2012.
The knowledge about how this cancer form arises and develops is still limited but new results from a research team led
by Lene Uhrbom, Uppsala University / SciLifeLab, shows that disease progress and the malignancy are affected
by the cell
type from which the
tumor originates as well as the age
of the patient.