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    Cancer Science: Volume 99, Issue 4

    631-827
    April 2008
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Wnt signaling inside the nucleus

Miki Shitashige,  Setsuo Hirohashi,  Tesshi Yamada, 
  • Pages: 631-637
  • First Published: 02 January 2008
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Clinical applications of natural killer T cell–based immunotherapy for cancer

Shinichiro Motohashi,  Toshinori Nakayama, 
  • Pages: 638-645
  • First Published: 21 February 2008
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Molecular biomarkers in urothelial bladder cancer

Wun-Jae Kim,  Suk-Chul Bae, 
  • Pages: 646-652
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Mechanisms of chemoresistance and poor prognosis in ovarian clear cell carcinoma

Hiroaki Itamochi,  Junzo Kigawa,  Naoki Terakawa, 
  • Pages: 653-658
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Translational microarray systems for outcome prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma

Norio Iizuka,  Yoshihiko Hamamoto,  Ryouichi Tsunedomi,  Masaaki Oka, 
  • Pages: 659-665
  • First Published: 28 March 2008

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CARCINOGENESIS

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Establishment of a novel specific ELISA system for rat N- and C-ERC/mesothelin. Rat ERC/mesothelin in the body fluids of mice bearing mesothelioma

Yoshiaki Hagiwara,  Yukiko Hamada,  Maki Kuwahara,  Masahiro Maeda,  Tatsuya Segawa,  Kiyoshi Ishikawa,  Okio Hino, 
  • Pages: 666-670
  • First Published: 24 February 2008
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In vitro differentiation of Runx3−/–p53−/– gastric epithelial cells into intestinal type cells

Hiroshi Fukamachi,  Ayako Mimata,  Issei Tanaka,  Kosei Ito,  Yoshiaki Ito,  Yasuhito Yuasa, 
  • Pages: 671-676
  • First Published: 03 March 2008
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Susceptibility of Snark-deficient mice to azoxymethane-induced colorectal tumorigenesis and the formation of aberrant crypt foci

Katsuya Tsuchihara,  Tsutomu Ogura,  Rumi Fujioka,  Satoshi Fujii,  Wataru Kuga,  Marie Saito,  Takahiro Ochiya,  Atsushi Ochiai,  Hiroyasu Esumi, 
  • Pages: 677-682
  • First Published: 27 February 2008
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A new transgenic mouse line to image chemically induced p53 activation in vivo

Arnaud Briat,  Georges Vassaux, 
  • Pages: 683-688
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Wogonin induces the granulocytic differentiation of human NB4 promyelocytic leukemia cells and up-regulates phospholipid scramblase 1 gene expression

Kun Zhang,  Qing-Long Guo,  Qi-Dong You,  Yong Yang,  Hai-Wei Zhang,  Li Yang,  Hong-Yan Gu,  Qi Qi,  Zi Tan,  Xiaotang Wang, 
  • Pages: 689-695
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Tumor promoting properties of a cigarette smoke prevalent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon as indicated by the inhibition of gap junctional intercellular communication via phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C

Brad L. Upham,  Ludek Bláha,  Pavel Babica,  Joon-Suk Park,  Iva Sovadinova,  Charles Pudrith,  Alisa M. Rummel,  Liliane M. Weis,  Kimie Sai,  Patti K. Tithof,  Miodrag Gužvić,  Jan Vondráček,  Miroslav Machala,  James E. Trosko, 
  • Pages: 696-705
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Correlation between NDRG1 and PTEN expression in endometrial carcinoma

Jiawei Chen,  Shuxia Li,  Zhaorui Yang,  Guangzhong Lu,  Honghui Hu, 
  • Pages: 706-710
  • First Published: 28 March 2008

TUMOR BIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY

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Orthotopic implantation mouse model and cDNA microarray analysis indicates several genes potentially involved in lymph node metastasis of colorectal cancer

Hiroyuki Sasaki,  Koh Miura,  Akira Horii,  Naoyuki Kaneko,  Wataru Fujibuchi,  Larisa Kiseleva,  Zhaodi Gu,  Yukio Murata,  Hideaki Karasawa,  Takayuki Mizoi,  Terutada Kobayashi,  Makoto Kinouchi,  Shinobu Ohnuma,  Nobuki Yazaki,  Michiaki Unno,  Iwao Sasaki, 
  • Pages: 711-719
  • First Published: 27 February 2008
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MAGE-C1/CT-7 expression in plasma cell myeloma: Sub-cellular localization impacts on clinical outcome

M. Tinguely,  B. Jenni,  A. Knights,  B. Lopes,  D. Korol,  V. Rousson,  A. Curioni Fontecedro,  S. B. Cogliatti,  A. G. Bittermann,  U. Schmid,  C. Dommann-Scherrer,  R. Maurer,  C. Renner,  N. M. Probst-Hensch,  H. Moch,  A. Knuth,  A. Zippelius, 
  • Pages: 720-725
  • First Published: 27 February 2008
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Different expression profiles of Y-box-binding protein-1 and multidrug resistance-associated proteins between alveolar and embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma

Yoshinao Oda,  Kenichi Kohashi,  Hidetaka Yamamoto,  Sadafumi Tamiya,  Kimitoshi Kohno,  Michihiko Kuwano,  Yukihide Iwamoto,  Tatsuro Tajiri,  Tomoaki Taguchi,  Masazumi Tsuneyoshi, 
  • Pages: 726-732
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Interleukin-8 increases vascular endothelial growth factor and neuropilin expression and stimulates ERK activation in human pancreatic cancer

Min Li,  Yuqing Zhang,  Louis W. Feurino,  Hao Wang,  William E. Fisher,  F. Charles Brunicardi,  Changyi Chen,  Qizhi Yao, 
  • Pages: 733-737
  • First Published: 27 February 2008
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Enhancer of zeste homolog 2 downregulates E-cadherin by mediating histone H3 methylation in gastric cancer cells

Satoshi Fujii,  Atsushi Ochiai, 
  • Pages: 738-746
  • First Published: 28 March 2008

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

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Novel BRCA2-interacting protein BJ-HCC-20A inhibits the induction of apoptosis in response to DNA damage

Go Tomiyoshi,  Akira Nakanishi,  Katsuya Takenaka,  Kiyotsugu Yoshida,  Yoshio Miki, 
  • Pages: 747-754
  • First Published: 27 February 2008
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Interaction of antiproliferative protein Tob with the CCR4-NOT deadenylase complex

Takashi Miyasaka,  Masahiro Morita,  Kentaro Ito,  Toru Suzuki,  Hiroyuki Fukuda,  Shizu Takeda,  Jun-Ichiro Inoue,  Kentaro Semba,  Tadashi Yamamoto, 
  • Pages: 755-761
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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The human endonuclease III enzyme is a relevant target to potentiate cisplatin cytotoxicity in Y-box-binding protein-1 overexpressing tumor cells

David Guay,  Chantal Garand,  Shanti Reddy,  Chris Schmutte,  Michel Lebel, 
  • Pages: 762-769
  • First Published: 27 February 2008
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Clinical features and mismatch repair genes analyses of Chinese suspected hereditary non-polypsis colorectal cancer: A cost-effective screening strategy proposal

Hong-Li Yan,  Li-Qiang Hao,  Hei-Ying Jin,  Qing-He Xing,  Geng Xue,  Qian Mei,  Jin He,  Lin He,  Shu-Han Sun, 
  • Pages: 770-780
  • First Published: 27 February 2008

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION

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Adiponectin and colorectal adenomas: Self Defense Forces Health Study

Jin Fukumoto,  Toshie Otake,  Osamu Tajima,  Shinji Tabata,  Hiroshi Abe,  Tetsuya Mizoue,  Keizo Ohnaka,  Suminori Kono, 
  • Pages: 781-786
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Association of the variable number of tandem repeats polymorphism in the promoter region of the SMYD3 gene with risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in relation to tobacco smoking

Haijian Wang,  Yang Liu,  Wen Tan,  Yang Zhang,  Naiqing Zhao,  Yan Jiang,  Chengzhao Lin,  Bingtao Hao,  Dan Zhao,  Ji Qian,  Daru Lu,  Li Jin,  Qingyi Wei,  Dongxin Lin,  Fuchu He, 
  • Pages: 787-791
  • First Published: 21 February 2008

IMMUNOLOGY AND VIROLOGY

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Rearranged NF-κB2 gene in an adult T-cell leukemia cell line

Masato Isogawa,  Masaya Higuchi,  Masahiko Takahashi,  Masayasu Oie,  Naoki Mori,  Yuetsu Tanaka,  Yutaka Aoyagi,  Masahiro Fujii, 
  • Pages: 792-798
  • First Published: 28 March 2008

EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS AND CLINICAL MEDICINE

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Secondary mutations in the kinase domain of the KIT gene are predominant in imatinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Toshirou Nishida,  Tatsuo Kanda,  Akiko Nishitani,  Tsuyoshi Takahashi,  Kiyokazu Nakajima,  Takashi Ishikawa,  Seiichi Hirota, 
  • Pages: 799-804
  • First Published: 21 February 2008
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Self-regulating hyperthermia induced using thermosensitive ferromagnetic material with a low Curie temperature

Hajime Saito,  Kazutaka Mitobe,  Aki Ito,  Yu Sugawara,  Kiyotomi Maruyama,  Yoshihiro Minamiya,  Satoru Motoyama,  Noboru Yoshimura,  Jun–ichi Ogawa, 
  • Pages: 805-809
  • First Published: 21 February 2008
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Down regulation of BRCA2 causes radio-sensitization of human tumor cells in vitro and in vivo

Dong Yu,  Emiko Sekine,  Akira Fujimori,  Takahiro Ochiya,  Ryuichi Okayasu, 
  • Pages: 810-815
  • First Published: 28 March 2008
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Influence of ABCB1 and ABCG2 polymorphisms on doxorubicin disposition in Asian breast cancer patients

Suman Lal,  Zee Wan Wong,  Edwin Sandanaraj,  Xiaoqiang Xiang,  Peter Cher Siang Ang,  Edmund J. D. Lee,  Balram Chowbay, 
  • Pages: 816-823
  • First Published: 28 March 2008

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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Smoking behavior and attitudes toward smoking cessation among members of the Japanese Cancer Association in 2004 and 2006

Kumiko Saika,  Tomotaka Sobue,  Kota Katanoda,  Kazuo Tajima,  Masakazu Nakamura,  Nobuyuki Hamajima,  Akira Oshima,  Harubumi Kato,  Chikako Tago, 
  • Pages: 824-827
  • First Published: 27 February 2008