Ovarian Cancer
Apr 22, 2020
The discovery of genes underlying inherited predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer has revolutionized the ability to identify women at high risk for these diseases before they become affected. Wo...
Apr 22, 2020
Nowadays, extensive research is carried out into finding innovative solutions for the development of stable, reproductible and highly efficient fluorescent contrast agents having the ability of target...
Apr 14, 2020
Ovarian cancer G protein-coupled receptor 1 (OGR1), also known as GPR68, is a proton-sensing G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) coupling to G/phospholipase C/Ca signaling pathways. The specific histidi...
Apr 14, 2020
Female carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutations are at a substantially increased risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. The lack of effective early detection schemes for ovarian cancer, m...
Apr 14, 2020
Lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles (LPHNP) are suitable for co-delivery of hydrophilic and lipophilic drugs. The structural advantages of polymers and biomimetic properties of lipids enable higher enc...
Apr 14, 2020
Amine/thiol-reactive chemistries are commonly used to conjugate antibodies to pharmaceuticals or nanoparticles. Yet, these conjugation strategies often result in unfavorable outcomes such as heterogen...
Apr 14, 2020
Fungal periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a disruptive and complex complication of joint arthroplasty. We present a case of a fungal PJI with Candida parapsilosis after a total hip arthroplasty (...
Apr 07, 2020
Human ovarian cancer specific transcript 2 (HOST2) is a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) reported to be specifically high expressed in human ovarian cancer. However, the mechanism that how HOST2 regulate...
Apr 07, 2020
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is one of the most common and lethal gynecological cancers. Novel therapeutic agents have been developed for EOC, but patient survival remains poor. Trastuzumab has bee...
Apr 07, 2020
Small nucleic acid (NA) therapeutics, such as small interfering RNA (siRNA), are generally formulated in nanoparticles (NPs) to overcome the multiple extra- and intracellular barriers upon in vivo adm...
Apr 07, 2020
Combination of chemotherapy and gene therapy provides an effective strategy for cancer treatment. However, lacking of suitable co-delivery systems with efficient endo/lysosomal escape and controllable...
Apr 07, 2020
The overall risk of developing a second primary cancer is increasing. The purpose of this study was to analyze the survival of patients with breast cancer diagnosed after a prior cancer and identify r...
Mar 23, 2020
The promoting effects of transcriptional factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1) have been confirmed in various tumors, however, its roles in ovarian cancer (OC) progression are still unclear. Here, Kaplan-Meier Plot...
Mar 23, 2020
Primary ovarian signet-ring cell carcinoma is extremely rare, with only five recent case reports. Almost all reported cases of ovarian signet-ring cell carcinoma have been treated with TC therapy and ...
Mar 23, 2020
The role of cancer stem cells (CSC) remains controversial and increasingly subject of investigation as a potential oncogenetic platform with promising therapeutic implications. Understanding the role ...
Mar 23, 2020
Immune checkpoint blocking antibodies are currently being tested in ovarian cancer (OC) patients and have shown some responses in early clinical trials. However, it remains unclear how human OC cancer...
Mar 23, 2020
IRE1α endonuclease is a key regulator of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress that controls cell survival/apoptosis in cancers. Inhibition of IRE1α endonuclease leads to decreased splice XBP1 which dec...
Mar 19, 2020
Changes in energy metabolism may be potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for cancer as they frequently occur within cancer cells. However, basic cancer research has failed to reach a consisten...
Mar 19, 2020
Treatment for ovarian cancer has been challenging for many years. It is composed of debulking surgery and chemotherapy. During the first line of treatment most patients are sensitive to primary platin...
Mar 19, 2020
Vertigo is a common complaint and may rarely be the presenting symptom of a paraneoplastic neurological syndrome (PNS).A 76-year-old woman presented at the ER with subacute cerebellar syndrome and sev...