Targeting Epstein-Barr virus in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

PM Hau, HL Lung, M Wu, CM Tsang, KL Wong… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is consistently associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)
infection in regions in which it is endemic, including Southern China and Southeast Asia …

Dominant-negative HIF-3α4 suppresses VHL-null renal cell carcinoma progression

MA Maynard, AJ Evans, W Shi, WY Kim, FF Liu, M Ohh - Cell Cycle, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The most prevalent mutations associated with the development of clear-cell renal cell
carcinoma (CC-RCC) are the loss-of-function mutations of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor …

Inhibition of glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis by targeting the major splice variants of BIM mRNA with small interfering RNA and short hairpin RNA

MT Abrams, NM Robertson, K Yoon… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
Glucocorticoids (GCs) induce apoptosis in lymphocytes and are effective agents for the
treatment of leukemia. The activated glucocorticoid receptor initiates a transcriptional …

Benzethonium chloride: a novel anticancer agent identified by using a cell-based small-molecule screen

KW Yip, X Mao, PYB Au, DW Hedley, S Chow… - Clinical Cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: This study aims to identify a novel therapeutic agent for head and neck cancer and
to evaluate its antitumor efficacy. Experimental Design: A cell-based and phenotype-driven …

Prognostic significance of the Epstein-Barr virus, p53, Bcl-2, and survivin in nasopharyngeal cancer

KW Yip, W Shi, M Pintilie, JD Martin, JD Mocanu… - Clinical cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Purpose: Nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a malignant epithelial carcinoma which is
intimately associated with EBV. The latent presence of EBV affects the function of p53, Bcl-2 …

Multiple dysregulated pathways in nasopharyngeal carcinoma revealed by gene expression profiling

W Shi, C Bastianutto, A Li… - … journal of cancer, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Gene expression profiling was conducted using primary human nasopharyngeal carcinoma
(NPC) biopsy samples to improve the understanding of the molecular pathways defining …

Potential use of alexidine dihydrochloride as an apoptosis-promoting anticancer agent

KW Yip, E Ito, X Mao, PYB Au, DW Hedley… - Molecular cancer …, 2006 - AACR
Despite advances in surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, novel therapeutics are needed
for head and neck cancer treatment. The objective of this current study was to evaluate …

Combination bcl-2 antisense and radiation therapy for nasopharyngeal cancer

KW Yip, JD Mocanu, PYB Au, GT Sleep, D Huang… - Clinical cancer …, 2005 - AACR
Purpose: A wide variety of tumors depend on the dysregulation of Bcl-2 family proteins for
survival. The resulting apoptotic block can often provide a mechanism for resistance to …

Radiogenic therapy: novel approaches for enhancing tumor radiosensitivity

T Robson, J Worthington… - … in cancer research & …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Radiotherapy (RT) is a well established modality for treating many forms of cancer.
However, despite many improvements in treatment planning and delivery, the total radiation …

Involvement of reactive oxygen species/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase pathway in kotomolide A induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells

PL Kuo, CY Chen, TF Tzeng, CC Lin, YL Hsu - Toxicology and Applied …, 2008 - Elsevier
The anticancer effects of kotomolide A (KTA), a new butanolide constituent isolated from the
leaves of Cinnamomum kotoense (Lauraceae), on the two human breast cancer cell lines …