Wilms tumor (WT) is the most common pediatric malignant primary renal tumor. Carboplatin (CRB), a platinum compound is widely used in the treatment of multiple cancers including ovarian, lung, head and neck, and wilm’s tumor. However lower uptake of CRB in cancer cells and toxicity concerns in healthy cells often limited its clinical outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate the antitum...

Amniotic epithelial cells (AECs) possess unique characteristics, which make them a suitable source for cell-based therapeutic strategies. AECs have stem cell properties with low-immunogenicity (due to expressing HLA-G molecule and absence of MHC class I and II antigens) and no ethical problems, as well as availability in sufficient numbers, which can be obtained from a placenta. We have recentl...

Introduction: Acoustic transient cavitation is the primary mechanism of sonochemical reaction and has potential use for tumor treatment. In this study, the in vivo anti-tumor effect of simultaneous dual-frequency ultrasound at low-level intensity (ISATA < 6 W/cm2) was investigated in a spontaneous murine model of breast adenocarcinoma in Balb/c mice. Materials and Methods: Forty tumor bearing m...

Objective(s): Lung cancer is the main leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Angiogenesis is the main step in proliferation and spreading of tumor cells. Targeting vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is an effective approach for inhibition of cancer angiogenesis. Nanobodies (NBs) are a novel class of antibodies derived from the camel. Unique characteristics of Nbs like their small size ...

the aim of this study was assessing the adjuvant therapy of exercise on cytokines balance in mice with breast cancer tumor. twenty female balb/c mice were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. after orientation in the environment, estrogen-receptor dependent breast cancer cells (mc4-l2) were injected to them and experimental group performed endurance training 5 day in week for 6...

interaction between urokinase-type plasminogen activator (upa) and its receptor (upar) plays an important role in the progression of numerous cancer types including breast cancer by promoting tumor initiating,  proliferation,  invasion  and  metastasis.  hence,  disruption  of  this  interaction  inhibits  their downstream cascades and subsequently tumor growth. for this, we created two series ...

amniotic epithelial cells (aecs) possess unique characteristics, which make them a suitable source for cell-based therapeutic strategies. aecs have stem cell properties with low-immunogenicity (due to expressing hla-g molecule and absence of mhc class i and ii antigens) and no ethical problems, as well as availability in sufficient numbers, which can be obtained from a placenta. we have recentl...

in view of potential biological activities of small molecule polyamides, we synthesized some novel n-(2-aminoethyl)-1-benzyl-2- (alkylthio)-1h-imidazole-5-carboxamide (7a,b), and n-(2-(1-benzyl-2-(alkylthio) -1h-imidazole- 5-carboxamido) ethyl)-1-benzyl-2- (alkylthio)-1h-imidazole-5-carboxamides (8a,b) as antitumor agents. the antitumor activity of compounds 7a,b and 8a,b was studied at concent...

endoplasmic reticulum has a critical role in the synthesis and folding of secretory and membrane proteins. high accumulation of proteins in er activates the unfolded protein response and glucose regulated protein 78 or gpr78 plays an essential role in this pathway.  unfolded protein response is activated in cancerous cells due to their adverse condition to survive and it has been shown that grp...