anticancer/atrophy

Interleukin (IL)-12 and granulocyte-monocyte colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) have recently been used as immunotherapeutic agents in cancer gene therapy. IL-12 and GM-CSF have differential roles in the antitumor immune response, as IL-12 targets T, NK and natural killer T (NKT) cells and GM-CSF

Some "on-target" adverse events, such as hypertension and thrombocytopenia, have been reported to predict the antitumor efficacy of sunitinib as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). However, it is unclear whether the degree of deterioration of renal function

A 62-year-old man who had suffered from instability of gait and double vision for two months was admitted to our hospital because of weakness of the extremities and ataxia of the extremities and trunk. Chest X-rays and CT scans showed enlargement of the left hilar lymph nodes and a nodular shadow in

OBJECTIVE To present our preliminary experience on intravitreal administration of an anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) monoclonal antibody for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). METHODS Prospective, noncomparative series of 3 patients previously treated with an anti-vascular

A novel alkyl-phospholipid with selective antitumor activity was isolated from an anticancer biopreparation cACPL (crude anticancer phospholipids) and from tissues of degenerating chick embryos. The alkyl-phospholipid was isolated and purified by chromatographic methods using silicic acid column

OBJECTIVE To clarify the clinical characteristics and risk factors for acute respiratory deterioration following anti-cancer therapy in patients with pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and lung cancer. METHODS Patients with primary lung cancer and PF were identified by review of medical records. Of the 865

The antineoplastic agent paclitaxel causes a dose-limiting distal, symmetrical, sensory peripheral neuropathy that is often accompanied by a neuropathic pain syndrome. In a low-dose model of paclitaxel-evoked painful peripheral neuropathy in the rat, we have shown that the drug causes degeneration

Although the body's immune system is altered during spaceflight, the effects of microgravity (μG) on tumor growth and carcinogenesis are, as yet, unknown. To assess tumor proliferation and its effects on the immune system, we used a hind-limb unloading (HU) murine model to simulate μG

The molecular mechanisms of how alcohol and its metabolites induce cancer have been studied extensively. However, the mechanisms whereby chronic alcohol consumption affects antitumor immunity and host survival have largely been unexplored. We studied the effects of chronic alcohol consumption on the

We report a case of slowly progressive anti-Yo-associated paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) with breast cancer in a 54-year-old woman. The symptoms of limb and truncal ataxia, and dysarthria gradually progressed during the course of 1 year, and the modified Rankin scale (mRS) score was 2.

A longitudinal cohort study was conducted in Helicobactor pylori-infected middle-aged Japanese males to evaluate the preventive effects of H. pylori eradication on the development of gastric cancer according to the extent of chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). The extent of CAG was monitored by

The master posttranscriptional regulator HuR promotes muscle fiber formation in cultured muscle cells. However, its impact on muscle physiology and function in vivo is still unclear. Here, we show that muscle-specific HuR knockout (muHuR-KO) mice have high exercise endurance that is associated with

To associate paclitaxel (PTX) with doxorubicin (DXR) is one of the main chemotherapy strategies for breast cancer (BC) management. Despite the high response rates for this combination, it presents a cardiotoxic synergism, attributed to pharmacokinetic interactions between PTX and both DXR and its