Lung cancer is the major cause of cancer death among men. A number of natural compounds have proven to be useful in the treatmet of lung cancer. This study was aimed to determine cytotoxic and apoptotoic effects of a natural compound 3-O-α-L-arabinosyl oleanolic acid (3-O-L-AO) isolated from Schumacheria castaneifolia in non-small-cell lung cancer (NCI-H292) cells. Cytotoxic effects of 3-O-L-AO...

Aberrant kinase activation resulting from mutation, amplification, or translocation can drive growth and survival in a subset of human cancer. FGFR2 is amplified in breast and gastric cancer, and we report here the first characterization of FGFR2 gene amplification in colorectal cancer in the NCI-H716 colorectal cancer cell line. FGFR2 is highly expressed and activated in NCI-H716 cells, and FG...

Hemiasterlin (Hem) and dolastatin (Dol) are marine natural products which are cytotoxic for cancer cells. Hem, a tripeptide, and Dol, a hexapeptide, were conjugated with linkers (L) to the universal BB agonist DPhe-Gln-Trp-Ala-Val-betaAla-His-Phe-Nle-NH2(BA1) and the effects of the Hem-BB and Dol-BB conjugates investigated on NCI-H1299 lung cancer cells. Hem-LA-BA1 and Hem-LB-BA1 inhibited spec...

PURPOSE This study was conducted to develop biologically relevant animal models of human lung cancer that are reproducible, inexpensive, and easy to perform. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Human lung adenocarcinoma (PC14PE6), bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (NCI-H358), squamous cell carcinoma (NCI-H226), poorly differentiated non-small cell lung cancer (NCI-H1299 and A549), or small cell lung cancer (NCI-H...

Bombesin-like peptides (BLPs) activate protein kinase C (PKC), which leads to proliferation in nonmalignant Swiss 3T3 cells. The purpose of this study was to determine if PKC expression in the classic human small cell lung carcinoma NCI-H345 cell line, which has an autocrine growth loop involving BLPs, exhibited unique properties that could result in malignant behavior. PKC activity and phorbol...

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-targeted therapy by trastuzumab has become increasingly important for treating HER2-positive cancers, and trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is expected to serve as an effective alternative to trastuzumab. Pertuzumab, a HER2 dimerization inhibitor, showed prolonged progression-free survival when used with trastuzumab for HER2-positive breast cancer. In...

Luteolin is a falconoid compound, which exhibits anticancer properties, however, its contribution to Sirt1-mediated apoptosis in human non-small cell lung cancer remains to be elucidated. The present study confirmed that the anticancer effect of luteolin on NCI‑H460 cells was through Sirt1‑mediated apoptosis. The NCI‑H460 cells were treated with different concentrations of luteolin, and a 3‑(4,...

BACKGROUND The management of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) involves both surgical and medical approaches, and remains a controversial subject. OBJECTIVE The objective of this prospective, randomized, controlled trial was to compare the medical and surgical treatments of CRSwNP in terms of their effect on the nasal congestion index (NCI). METHODS Forty-eight patients w...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of recombinant human epidermal growth factor (rhEGF) oral spray for oral mucositis (OM) induced by intensive chemotherapy with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In this phase 2 study, patients were randomized to either rhEGF (50 microg/mL) or placebo in a 1:1 ratio. The primary endpoint was incidence of National Cancer Institu...