[HTML][HTML] G2M checkpoint pathway alone is associated with drug response and survival among cell proliferation-related pathways in pancreatic cancer

M Oshi, A Patel, L Le, Y Tokumaru, L Yan… - American journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given the severe side effects of the treatments and poor survival, prognostic and predictive
biomarkers to guide management of pancreatic cancer are in critical need. We hypothesized …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical relevance of stem cell surface markers CD133, CD24, and CD44 in colorectal cancer

JL Huang, M Oshi, I Endo, K Takabe - American Journal of Cancer …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colon cancer stem cells (CSC) identified by cell surface markers CD133, CD24, and CD44,
have been shown to be involved with tumor formation, chemotherapy resistance, and the …

Abundance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is associated with tumor aggressiveness, immune response, and worse survival in breast cancer

M Oshi, S Gandhi, L Yan, Y Tokumaru, R Wu… - Breast cancer research …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are oxygen-containing molecules that have high
reactivity and play roles in protection or harm the cancer cells. We aimed to clarify the …

Enhanced DNA repair pathway is associated with cell proliferation and worse survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

M Oshi, TH Kim, Y Tokumaru, L Yan, R Matsuyama… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary We studied the relationship between enhancement of DNA repair and
cancer aggressiveness, tumor immune microenvironment, and patient survival in 749 …

Annexin A1 expression is associated with Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition (EMT), cell proliferation, prognosis, and drug response in pancreatic cancer

M Oshi, Y Tokumaru, S Mukhopadhyay, L Yan… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Annexin A1 (ANXA1) is a calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding protein overexpressed
in pancreatic cancer (PC). ANXA1 expression has been shown to take part in a wide variety …

Enhanced immune response outperform aggressive cancer biology and is associated with better survival in triple-negative breast cancer

M Oshi, A Patel, R Wu, L Le, Y Tokumaru… - NPJ Breast …, 2022 - nature.com
Although the value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes is well known, the clinical relevance of
an increased immune response, specifically in breast cancer, has not been investigated …

Degree of early estrogen response predict survival after endocrine therapy in primary and metastatic ER-positive breast cancer

M Oshi, Y Tokumaru, FA Angarita, L Yan, R Matsuyama… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Over 70% of breast cancer patients in the US have estrogen receptor (ER)-
positive tumors. A better predictive biomarker of endocrine therapy would be useful to …

Adipogenesis in triple-negative breast cancer is associated with unfavorable tumor immune microenvironment and with worse survival

M Oshi, Y Tokumaru, FA Angarita, L Lee, L Yan… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer-associated adipocytes are known to cause inflammation; however, the role of
adipogenesis, the formation of adipocytes, in breast cancer is unclear. We hypothesized that …

Viscoelastic stiffening of gelatin hydrogels for dynamic culture of pancreatic cancer spheroids

HD Nguyen, CC Lin - Acta Biomaterialia, 2024 - Elsevier
The tumor microenvironment (TME) in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a complex
milieu of cellular and non-cellular components. Pancreatic cancer cells (PCC) and cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Immune cytolytic activity is associated with reduced intra-tumoral genetic heterogeneity and with better clinical outcomes in triple negative breast cancer

M Oshi, T Kawaguchi, L Yan, X Peng, Q Qi… - American journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Evaluation of the functional aspects if the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME),
such as the recently introduced cytolytic activity score (CYT) index have been under the …