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    Cancer Science: Volume 104, Issue 3

    March cover, i-iii, 275-408
    March 2013
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COVER IMAGE

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BMP-9 induces EMT in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Immunofluorescent staining against BMP-9 (green) and E-cadherin (red) of a hepatocellular carcinoma section from TNFα/cmyc bitransgenic mouse

Qi Li,  Xing Gu,  Honglei Weng,  Shahrouz Ghafoory,  Yan Liu,  Teng Feng,  Johanna Dzieran,  Li Li,  Iryna Ilkavets,  Marianna Kruithof- de Julio,  Stefan Munker,  Alexander Marx,  Albrecht Piiper,  Eduardo Augusto Alonso,  Norbert Gretz,  Chunfang Gao,  Stefan Wölfl,  Steven Dooley,  Katja Breitkopf-Heinlein, 
  • Page: March cover
  • First Published: 01 March 2013

PRELIMINARY PAGE

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Preliminary Page

  • Pages: i-ii
  • First Published: 01 March 2013

IN THIS ISSUE

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In This Issue

  • Page: iii
  • First Published: 29 January 2013

REVIEW ARTICLES

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Cancer metabolism: Key players in metabolic reprogramming

Tomoyoshi Soga, 
  • Pages: 275-281
  • First Published: 20 December 2012
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Role of α-gal epitope/anti-Gal antibody reaction in immunotherapy and its clinical application in pancreatic cancer

Masahiro Tanemura,  Eiji Miyoshi,  Hiroaki Nagano,  Hidetoshi Eguchi,  Kiyomi Taniyama,  Wataru Kamiike,  Masaki Mori,  Yuichiro Doki, 
  • Pages: 282-290
  • First Published: 15 December 2012
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Importance of the cytological samples for the epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutation test for non-small cell lung cancer

Koichi Hagiwara,  Kunihiko Kobayashi, 
  • Pages: 291-297
  • First Published: 13 December 2012

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

CARCINOGENESIS

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Purple corn color inhibition of prostate carcinogenesis by targeting cell growth pathways

Ne Long,  Shugo Suzuki,  Shinya Sato,  Aya Naiki-Ito,  Keisuke Sakatani,  Tomoyuki Shirai,  Satoru Takahashi, 
  • Pages: 298-303
  • First Published: 30 November 2012
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Tumor-suppressive microRNA-135a inhibits cancer cell proliferation by targeting the c-MYC oncogene in renal cell carcinoma

Yasutoshi Yamada,  Hideo Hidaka,  Naohiko Seki,  Hirofumi Yoshino,  Takeshi Yamasaki,  Toshihiko Itesako,  Masayuki Nakagawa,  Hideki Enokida, 
  • Pages: 304-312
  • First Published: 24 November 2012
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Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 Tax protein interacts with and mislocalizes the PDZ domain protein MAGI-1

Grace Naswa Makokha,  Masahiko Takahashi,  Masaya Higuchi,  Suguru Saito,  Yuetsu Tanaka,  Masahiro Fujii, 
  • Pages: 313-320
  • First Published: 20 December 2012
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ALKBH2, a novel AlkB homologue, contributes to human bladder cancer progression by regulating MUC1 expression

Tomomi Fujii,  Keiji Shimada,  Satoshi Anai,  Kiyohide Fujimoto,  Noboru Konishi, 
  • Pages: 321-327
  • First Published: 20 December 2012

CELL, MOLECULAR, AND STEM CELL BIOLOGY

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Hedgehog Gli3 activator signal augments tumorigenicity of colorectal cancer via upregulation of adherence-related genes

Hironori Iwasaki,  Kenji Nakano,  Kentaro Shinkai,  Yumi Kunisawa,  Minako Hirahashi,  Yoshinao Oda,  Hideya Onishi,  Mitsuo Katano, 
  • Pages: 328-336
  • First Published: 24 November 2012
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Therapeutic effect of c-Jun N-terminal kinase inhibition on pancreatic cancer

Ryota Takahashi,  Yoshihiro Hirata,  Kosuke Sakitani,  Wachiko Nakata,  Hiroto Kinoshita,  Yoku Hayakawa,  Hayato Nakagawa,  Kei Sakamoto,  Yohko Hikiba,  Hideaki Ijichi,  Harold L. Moses,  Shin Maeda,  Kazuhiko Koike, 
  • Pages: 337-344
  • First Published: 12 December 2012
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Adaptor protein complex of FRS2β and CIN85/CD2AP provides a novel mechanism for ErbB2/HER2 protein downregulation

Yuriko Minegishi,  Yoshio Shibagaki,  Anna Mizutani,  Koji Fujita,  Tohru Tezuka,  Masao Kinoshita,  Masahiko Kuroda,  Seisuke Hattori,  Noriko Gotoh, 
  • Pages: 345-352
  • First Published: 20 December 2012

CLINICAL RESEARCH

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Elevated KIAA0101 expression is a marker of recurrence in human gastric cancer

Kun Zhu,  Dongmei Diao,  Chengxue Dang,  Lei Shi,  Jianguang Wang,  Rong Yan,  Dawei Yuan,  Kang Li, 
  • Pages: 353-359
  • First Published: 15 December 2012

DRUG DISCOVERY AND DELIVERY

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Development of a gene expression database and related analysis programs for evaluation of anticancer compounds

Masaru Ushijima,  Tetsuo Mashima,  Akihiro Tomida,  Shingo Dan,  Sakae Saito,  Aki Furuno,  Satomi Tsukahara,  Hiroyuki Seimiya,  Takao Yamori,  Masaaki Matsuura, 
  • Pages: 360-368
  • First Published: 24 November 2012
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Tumor-targeted chemotherapy with the nanopolymer-based drug NC-6004 for oral squamous cell carcinoma

Kazuhira Endo,  Takayoshi Ueno,  Satoru Kondo,  Naohiro Wakisaka,  Shigeyuki Murono,  Makoto Ito,  Kazunori Kataoka,  Yasuki Kato,  Tomokazu Yoshizaki, 
  • Pages: 369-374
  • First Published: 06 December 2012
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Secretory clusterin contributes to oxaliplatin resistance by activating Akt pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma

Peng Xiu,  Xuesong Dong,  Xiaofeng Dong,  Zongzhen Xu,  Huaqiang Zhu,  Feng Liu,  Zheng Wei,  Bo Zhai,  Jagat R. Kanwar,  Hongchi Jiang,  Jie Li,  Xueying Sun, 
  • Pages: 375-382
  • First Published: 20 December 2012

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PREVENTION

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Inverse association between cancer risks and age in schizophrenic patients: A 12-year nationwide cohort study

Chun-Yuan Lin,  Hsien-Yuan Lane,  Tsi-Ting Chen,  Yu-Hsin Wu,  Chun-Ying Wu,  Vivian Y. Wu, 
  • Pages: 383-390
  • First Published: 03 January 2013

GENETICS, GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS

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Aberrant upregulation of ASCL2 by promoter demethylation promotes the growth and resistance to 5-fluorouracil of gastric cancer cells

Oh-Hyung Kwon,  Jong-Lyul Park,  Su-Jin Baek,  Seung-Moo Noh,  Kyu-Sang Song,  Seon-Young Kim,  Yong Sung Kim, 
  • Pages: 391-397
  • First Published: 26 November 2012

PATHOLOGY

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Bone morphogenetic protein-9 induces epithelial to mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Qi Li,  Xing Gu,  Honglei Weng,  Shahrouz Ghafoory,  Yan Liu,  Teng Feng,  Johanna Dzieran,  Li Li,  Iryna Ilkavets,  Marianna Kruithof- de Julio,  Stefan Munker,  Alexander Marx,  Albrecht Piiper,  Eduardo Augusto Alonso,  Norbert Gretz,  Chunfang Gao,  Stefan Wölfl,  Steven Dooley,  Katja Breitkopf-Heinlein, 
  • Pages: 398-408
  • First Published: 03 January 2013