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Sonic Hedgehog Ligand: A Role in Formation of a Mesenchymal Niche in Human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (2019)
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Saini, F., Argent, R. H., & Grabowska, A. (2019). Sonic Hedgehog Ligand: A Role in Formation of a Mesenchymal Niche in Human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Cells, 8(5), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells8050424

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterised by desmoplasia, thought to support progression and chemotherapeutic resistance. The Hedgehog pathway is known to play an important role in this cancer. While the upregulation of Sonic hedgehog... Read More about Sonic Hedgehog Ligand: A Role in Formation of a Mesenchymal Niche in Human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.

The histone deacetylase inhibitor Romidepsin induces as a cascade of differential gene expression and altered histone H3K9 marks in myeloid leukaemia cells (2019)
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Clarke, K., Young, C., Liberante, F., McMullin, M. F., Thompson, A., & Mills, K. (2019). The histone deacetylase inhibitor Romidepsin induces as a cascade of differential gene expression and altered histone H3K9 marks in myeloid leukaemia cells. Oncotarget, 10(37), 3462-3471. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26877

© 2020 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved. Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a heterogeneous, clonal haematopoietic disorder, with ~1/3 of patients progressing to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Many elderly MDS patients do not t... Read More about The histone deacetylase inhibitor Romidepsin induces as a cascade of differential gene expression and altered histone H3K9 marks in myeloid leukaemia cells.

Adaptive Changes of Glioblastoma Cells Following Exposure to Hypoxic (1% Oxygen) Tumour Microenvironment (2019)
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Musah-Eroje, A., & Watson, S. (2019). Adaptive Changes of Glioblastoma Cells Following Exposure to Hypoxic (1% Oxygen) Tumour Microenvironment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(9), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20092091

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most aggressive and malignant primary brain tumour, with a median survival rate of between 15 to 17 months. Heterogeneous regions occur in glioblastoma as a result of oxygen gradients which ranges from 0.1% to 10% in vi... Read More about Adaptive Changes of Glioblastoma Cells Following Exposure to Hypoxic (1% Oxygen) Tumour Microenvironment.

Activation of Notch signalling by soluble Dll4 decreases vascular permeability via a cAMP/PKA-dependent pathway (2019)
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Boardman, R., Pang, V., Malhi, N., Lynch, A. P., Leach, L., Benest, A. V., …Machado, M. J. (2019). Activation of Notch signalling by soluble Dll4 decreases vascular permeability via a cAMP/PKA-dependent pathway. AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 316(5), H1065-H1075. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00610.2018

© 2019 the American Physiological Society. The Notch ligand delta-like ligand 4 (Dll4), upregulated by VEGF, is a key regulator of vessel morphogenesis and function, controlling tip and stalk cell selection during sprouting angiogenesis. Inhibition o... Read More about Activation of Notch signalling by soluble Dll4 decreases vascular permeability via a cAMP/PKA-dependent pathway.

Male gender is an independent predictor for worse survival and relapse in a large, consecutive cohort of elderly DLBCL patients treated with R-CHOP (2019)
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Eyre, T. A., Martinez‐Calle, N., Hildyard, C., Eyre, D. W., Plaschkes, H., Griffith, J., …Hatton, C. S. R. (2019). Male gender is an independent predictor for worse survival and relapse in a large, consecutive cohort of elderly DLBCL patients treated with R-CHOP. British Journal of Haematology, 186(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.15927

Porous phosphate-based glass microspheres show biocompatibility, tissue infiltration and osteogenic onset in an ovine bone defect model (2019)
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McLaren, J. S., Macri-Pellizzeri, L., Zakir Hossain, K. M., Patel, U., Grant, D. M., Scammell, B. E., …Sottile, V. (2019). Porous phosphate-based glass microspheres show biocompatibility, tissue infiltration and osteogenic onset in an ovine bone defect model. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(17), 15436–15446. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b04603

Phosphate-based glasses (PBG) are bioactive and fully degradable materials with tailorable degradation rates. PBGs can be produced as porous microspheres through a single-step process, using changes in their formulation and geometry to produce varyin... Read More about Porous phosphate-based glass microspheres show biocompatibility, tissue infiltration and osteogenic onset in an ovine bone defect model.

Impaired circulating myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cell function in human glioblastoma is restored by p38 inhibition - implications for the next generation of DC vaccines (2019)
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Adhikaree, J., Franks, H. A., Televantos, C., Vaghela, P., Kaur, A. P., Walker, D., …Patel, P. M. (2019). Impaired circulating myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cell function in human glioblastoma is restored by p38 inhibition - implications for the next generation of DC vaccines. OncoImmunology, 8(7), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/2162402X.2019.1593803

Current treatments for glioblastoma (GBM) have limited efficacy and significant morbidity and therefore new strategies are urgently needed. Dendritic cells have the power to create anti-tumour immune responses. The greater potency of circulating den... Read More about Impaired circulating myeloid CD1c+ dendritic cell function in human glioblastoma is restored by p38 inhibition - implications for the next generation of DC vaccines.

Enhanced notch signaling modulates unproductive revascularization in response to nitric oxide-angiopoietin signaling in a mouse model of peripheral ischemia (2019)
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Machado, M. J., Boardman, R., Riu, F., Emanueli, C., Benest, A. V., & Bates, D. O. (2019). Enhanced notch signaling modulates unproductive revascularization in response to nitric oxide-angiopoietin signaling in a mouse model of peripheral ischemia. Microcirculation, 26(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/micc.12549

Introduction Arteriolargenesis can be induced by concomitant stimulation of nitric Oxide (NO)?Angiopoietin receptor (Tie)?Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) signaling in the rat mesentery angiogenesis assay. We hypothesized that the same comb... Read More about Enhanced notch signaling modulates unproductive revascularization in response to nitric oxide-angiopoietin signaling in a mouse model of peripheral ischemia.

Penetration and uptake of Nanoparticles in 3D tumour spheroids (2019)
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Tchoryk, A., Taresco, V., Argent, R., Ashford, M. B., Gellert, P., Stolnik, S., …Garnett, M. C. (2019). Penetration and uptake of Nanoparticles in 3D tumour spheroids. Bioconjugate Chemistry, 30(5), 1371-1384. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.9b00136

Animal models are effective for assessing tumour localisation of nanosystems, but difficult to use for studying penetration beyond the vasculature. Here, we have used well-characterised HCT116 colorectal cancer spheroids to study the effect of nanopa... Read More about Penetration and uptake of Nanoparticles in 3D tumour spheroids.

Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma (2019)
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Sorigue, M., Bishton, M., Domingo-Domenech, E., McMillan, A., Prusila, R., García, O., …Sancho, J. (2019). Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma. Leukemia & Lymphoma, 60(10), 2524-2531. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428194.2019.1594212

Short responses to immunochemotherapy predict for an inferior OS in follicular lymphoma. We set out to determine whether this is also the case in marginal zone lymphoma. A group of 139 marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) patients treated with front-line imm... Read More about Refractoriness to rituximab-based therapy and elevated serum B2-microglobulin predict for inferior survival in marginal zone lymphoma.

Utility of Ankyrin 3 as a Prognostic Marker in Androgen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Running Title: Prognostic Value of ANK3 in AR-Positive Breast Cancer (2019)
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Kurozumi, S., Joseph, C., Raafat, S., Sonbul, S., Kariri, Y., Alsaeed, S., …Rakha, E. A. (2019). Utility of Ankyrin 3 as a Prognostic Marker in Androgen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Running Title: Prognostic Value of ANK3 in AR-Positive Breast Cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 176(1), 63–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05216-w

© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: Androgen receptor (AR) and AR signaling pathways are thought to play a role in breast cancer (BC) and are potentially related to treatment responses and outcomes. Ankyrin... Read More about Utility of Ankyrin 3 as a Prognostic Marker in Androgen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Running Title: Prognostic Value of ANK3 in AR-Positive Breast Cancer.

Magnetically Assisted Control of Stem Cells Applied in 2D, 3D and In Situ Models of Cell Migration (2019)
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Harrison, R., Luckett, J., Marsh, S., Lugo Leija, H. A., Salih, S., Alkharji, R., & Sottile, V. (2019). Magnetically Assisted Control of Stem Cells Applied in 2D, 3D and In Situ Models of Cell Migration. Molecules, 24(8), Article 1563. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24081563

The success of cell therapy approaches is greatly dependent on the ability to precisely deliver and monitor transplanted stem cell grafts at treated sites. Iron oxide particles, traditionally used in vivo for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), have be... Read More about Magnetically Assisted Control of Stem Cells Applied in 2D, 3D and In Situ Models of Cell Migration.

Signaling networks in cholangiocarcinoma: molecular pathogenesis, targeted therapies and drug resistance (2019)
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Fouassier, L., Marzioni, M., Afonso, M. B., Dooley, S., Gaston, K., Giannelli, G., …Coulouarn, C. (2019). Signaling networks in cholangiocarcinoma: molecular pathogenesis, targeted therapies and drug resistance. Liver International, 39(S1), 43-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/liv.14102

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a deadly disease. While surgery may attain cure in a minor fraction of cases, therapeutic options in either the adjuvant or advanced setting are limited. The possibility of advancing the efficacy of therapeutic approaches... Read More about Signaling networks in cholangiocarcinoma: molecular pathogenesis, targeted therapies and drug resistance.

Adaptation to HIF1a deletion in hypoxic cancer cells by upregulation of GLUT14 and creatine metabolism (2019)
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Valli, A., Morotti, M., Zois, C. E., Albers, P. K., Soga, T., Feldinger, K., …Harris, A. L. (2019). Adaptation to HIF1a deletion in hypoxic cancer cells by upregulation of GLUT14 and creatine metabolism. Molecular Cancer Research, 17(7), 1531-1544. https://doi.org/10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-18-0315

© 2019 American Association for Cancer Research. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1a is a key regulator of the hypoxia response in normal and cancer tissues. It is well recognized to regulate glycolysis and is a target for therapy. However, how tumor cells a... Read More about Adaptation to HIF1a deletion in hypoxic cancer cells by upregulation of GLUT14 and creatine metabolism.

Exploring the experiences of cancer patients with chemotherapy induced ototoxicity: qualitative study using online health forums (2019)
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Pearson, S. E., Taylor, J. A., Hoare, D. J., Patel, P., & Baguley, D. M. (2019). Exploring the experiences of cancer patients with chemotherapy induced ototoxicity: qualitative study using online health forums. JMIR Cancer, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.2196/10883

Background: Many cancer patients and survivors experience permanent and life-debilitating effects, such as ototoxicity, from treatment. Ototoxicity manifests as high-frequency hearing loss and tinnitus, which can have a detrimental effect on the qual... Read More about Exploring the experiences of cancer patients with chemotherapy induced ototoxicity: qualitative study using online health forums.

Dynamics of breast-cancer relapse reveal late-recurring ER-positive genomic subgroups (2019)
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Rueda, O. M., Sammut, S., Seoane, J. A., Chin, S., Caswell-Jin, J. L., Callari, M., …Curtis, C. (2019). Dynamics of breast-cancer relapse reveal late-recurring ER-positive genomic subgroups. Nature, 567(7748), 399–404. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1007-8

The rates and routes of lethal systemic spread in breast cancer are poorly understood owing to a lack of molecularly characterized patient cohorts with long-term, detailed follow-up data. Long-term follow-up is especially important for those with oes... Read More about Dynamics of breast-cancer relapse reveal late-recurring ER-positive genomic subgroups.

Atypical ductal hyperplasia is a multipotent precursor of breast carcinoma (2019)
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Kader, T., Hill, P., Zethoven, M., Goode, D. L., Elder, K., Thio, N., …Gorringe, K. L. (2019). Atypical ductal hyperplasia is a multipotent precursor of breast carcinoma. Journal of Pathology, 248(3), 326-338. https://doi.org/10.1002/path.5262

The current model for breast cancer progression proposes independent “low‐grade (LG) like” and “high‐grade (HG) like” pathways but lacks a known precursor to HG cancer. We applied low coverage whole genome sequencing to atypical ductal hyperplasia (A... Read More about Atypical ductal hyperplasia is a multipotent precursor of breast carcinoma.

The genetic vulnerability to cisplatin ototoxicity: a systematic review (2019)
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Edvall, N. K., Cederroth, C. R., Tserga, E., Nandwani, T., Edvall, N. K., Bulla, J., …Baguley, D. M. (2019). The genetic vulnerability to cisplatin ototoxicity: a systematic review. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 3455. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40138-z

Ototoxicity is one of the major side-effects of platinum-based chemotherapy, in particular cisplatin (cis-diammine dichloroplatinum II). To our knowledge, no systematic review has previously provided a quantitative summary estimate of the impact of g... Read More about The genetic vulnerability to cisplatin ototoxicity: a systematic review.

SHON expression predicts response and relapse risk of breast cancer patients after anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy or tamoxifen treatment (2019)
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Abdel-Fatah, T. M., Broom, R. J., Lu, J., Moseley, P. M., Huang, B., Li, L., …Liu, D. (2019). SHON expression predicts response and relapse risk of breast cancer patients after anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy or tamoxifen treatment. British Journal of Cancer, 120(7), 728–745. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0405-x

BACKGROUND: SHON nuclear expression (SHON-Nuc+) was previously reported to predict clinical outcomes to tamoxifen therapy in ER?+ breast cancer (BC). Herein we determined if SHON expression detected by specific monoclonal antibodies could provide a m... Read More about SHON expression predicts response and relapse risk of breast cancer patients after anthracycline-based combination chemotherapy or tamoxifen treatment.