BACKGROUND Altered expression of partition-defective 3 (PARD3), a polarity-related gene associated with oncogenesis, has been identified in some cancers, but the role of PARD3 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains unclear. MATERIAL AND METHODS PARD3 expression in Eca109 cells was silenced using siRNA and overexpressed using an expression vector. We investigated the role of PARD3 ...

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. In the present study, to identify novel prognostic markers or therapeutic targets for ESCC, we reviewed a list of genes with upregulated expression in ESCC compared with normal esophagus, as identified by our serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) analysis. We focused on the NRD1 gene, which encodes t...

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the most prevalent malignant gastrointestinal tumor. Ion channels contribute to tumor growth and progression through interactions with their neighboring molecules including lipids. The dysregulation of membrane ion lipid metabolism may epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), leading metastatic progression. Herein, transcriptome profiles patients ESC...

The relationship between microbiota and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) progression is still unclear, especially microbiota. We collected biopsy swab samples from 236 participants in health diseases Linzhou. With the average relative abundance (ARA%) of as baseline, this study compared baseline with other groups by Wilcoxon test respectively, ARA% among five was analyzed Kruskal-Walli...

Abstract Alternative splicing (AS) is an important biological process for regulating the expression of various isoforms from a single gene and thus to promote proteome diversity. In this study, RNA-seq data 15 pairs matched esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) normal tissue samples as well two lines were analyzed. AS events with significant differences identified between ESCC tissues, whic...

abstract background: cancers are the second most common cause of non-accidental deaths in iran, after cardiovascular mortality. although most cases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (escc) in the usa and western populations have been attributed to high levels of exposure to tobacco and alcohol, but in iranian populations the other risk factors especially infectious agents have been postulat...

Caveolin-1 (CAV1) and caveolin-2 (CAV2) are the major structural proteins of caveolae. We investigated the relationship between the clinicopathological factors of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and the expression of CAV1 and CAV2. CAV1 and CAV2 expression were analyzed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 15 esophageal cancer cell lines (TE1-15)...

C-Terminal EH domain-containing protein 2 (EHD2) of the EHD family is associated with plasma membrane. We investigated the expression of EHD2 in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and the EHD2 expression to study the therapeutic effect of chemotherapy drugs. Western blot and immunohistochemistry were used to measure the expression of EHD2 protein in ESCC and adjacent normal tissue ...

To determine the clinical significance of gene promoter methylation in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), we examined the promoter methylation status of genes showing elevated expression, as determined by DNA microarray-based transcriptomic analysis, in three ESCC cell lines (TE-1, TE-2, TE-10) after 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (DAC) treatment. We observed a high degree of DNA methylation wi...

PURPOSE Reprimo, a candidate tumor-suppressor gene, regulates p53-mediated cell cycle arrest at G2 phase, and tumor-suppressor gene methylation is involved in the pathogenesis and progression of esophageal cancer. Our aim was to determine whether and at what phase of neoplastic progression Reprimo methylation occurs in Barrett's adenocarcinogenesis, as well as its columnar or squamous cell-type...