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Polymorphisms in the mTOR gene and risk of sporadic prostate cancer in an Eastern Chinese population.

Li, Qiaoxin; Gu, Chengyuan; Zhu, Yao; Wang, Mengyun; Yang, Yajun; Wang, Jiucun; Jin, Li; ... (13 authors) (PloS one, 2013-01)

BACKGROUND: The mTOR gene regulates cell growth by controlling mRNA translation, ribosome biogenesis, autophagy, and metabolism. Abnormally increased expression of mTOR was associated with carcinogenesis, and its functional ...

Polymorphisms of nucleotide excision repair genes predict melanoma survival.

Li, Chunying; Yin, Ming; Wang, Li-E; Amos, Christopher I; Zhu, Dakai; Lee, Jeffrey E; Gershenwald, Jeffrey E; ... (9 authors) (The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2013-07)

Melanoma is the most highly malignant skin cancer, and nucleotide excision repair (NER) is involved in melanoma susceptibility. In this analysis of 1,042 melanoma patients, we evaluated whether genetic variants of NER genes ...

Phase II trial of upfront bevacizumab and temozolomide for unresectable or multifocal glioblastoma.

Lou, Emil; Peters, Katherine B; Sumrall, Ashley L; Desjardins, Annick; Reardon, David A; Lipp, Eric S; Herndon, James E; ... (12 authors) (Cancer Med, 2013-04)

Patients with unresectable glioblastomas have a poor prognosis, with median survival of 6-10 months. We conducted a phase II trial of upfront 5-day temozolomide (TMZ) and bevacizumab (BV) in patients with newly diagnosed ...

Potentially functional polymorphisms in the CASP7 gene contribute to gastric adenocarcinoma susceptibility in an eastern Chinese population.

Wang, Meng-Yun; Zhu, Mei-Ling; He, Jing; Shi, Ting-Yan; Li, Qiao-Xin; Wang, Ya-Nong; Li, Jin; ... (14 authors) (PloS one, 2013-01)

BACKGROUND: Caspase 7 (CASP7) is an important regulator and executioner in the apoptosis pathway and plays a crucial role in cancer development and progression. However, few studies have evaluated associations between functional ...

Association of tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter variants with risk of HPV-associated oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Jin, Lei; Sturgis, Erich M; Zhang, Yang; Huang, Zhigang; Song, Xicheng; Li, Chao; Wei, Qingyi; ... (8 authors) (Molecular cancer, 2013-07-19)

Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) plays an important role in inflammation, immunity, and defense against infection and clearance of human papillomavirus (HPV). Thus, genetic variants may modulate individual susceptibility ...

TGFβ1 Polymorphisms Predict Distant Metastasis-Free Survival in Patients with Inoperable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer after Definitive Radiotherapy.

Yuan, Xianglin; Wei, Qingyi; Komaki, Ritsuko; Liu, Zhensheng; Yang, Ju; Tucker, Susan L; Xu, Ting; ... (11 authors) (PloS one, 2013-01)

Transforming growth factor (TGF) -β1 signaling is involved in cancer-cell metastasis. We investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at TGFβ1 were associated with overall survival (OS) and distant metastasis-free ...

MicroRNA variants increase the risk of HPV-associated squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx in never smokers.

Song, Xicheng; Sturgis, Erich M; Liu, Jun; Jin, Lei; Wang, Zhongqiu; Zhang, Caiyun; Wei, Qingyi; ... (8 authors) (PloS one, 2013-01)

Both microRNAs and human papillomavirus (HPV) infection play an important role in the development and progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). In addition, microRNAs affect all facets of the immune/inflammation ...

Association between a rare novel TP53 variant (rs78378222) and melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck and lung cancer susceptibility in non-Hispanic Whites.

Guan, Xiaoxiang; Wang, Li-E; Liu, Zhensheng; Sturgis, Erich M; Wei, Qingyi (Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2013-07)

Recently, several studies have investigated the association between a newly reported rare functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in TP53 (rs78378222) and cancer risk, but generated inconsistent findings. The present ...

ERCC1 and ERCC2 variants predict survival in gastric cancer patients.

Li, Yangkai; Liu, Zhensheng; Liu, Hongliang; Wang, Li-E; Tan, Dongfeng; Ajani, Jaffer A; Wei, Qing-Yi (PloS one, 2013-01)

PURPOSE: ERCC1 and ERCC2 play critical roles in the nucleotide excision repair pathway that effectively repairs DNA damage induced by chemotherapeutic agents. Therefore, functional single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) ...

A phase I study of ABT-510 plus bevacizumab in advanced solid tumors.

Uronis, Hope E; Cushman, Stephanie M; Bendell, Johanna C; Blobe, Gerard C; Morse, Michael A; Nixon, Andrew B; Dellinger, Andrew; ... (13 authors) (Cancer Med, 2013-06)

Targeting multiple regulators of tumor angiogenesis have the potential to improve treatment efficacy. Bevacizumab is a monoclonal antibody directed against vascular endothelial growth factor and ABT-510 is a synthetic analog ...