Blood-based DNA methylation as biomarker for breast cancer: a systematic review

Q Tang, J Cheng, X Cao, H Surowy, B Burwinkel - Clinical epigenetics, 2016 - Springer
Multiple studies have investigated global DNA methylation profiles and gene-specific DNA
methylation in blood-based DNA to develop powerful screening markers for cancer. This …

Microfluidic systems for cancer diagnostics

JL Garcia-Cordero, SJ Maerkl - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Microfluidic platforms enable the analysis and detection of cancer biomarkers.•
Circulating tumor cells can be separated on-chip from whole blood using several …

Immunotherapy against several tumors, such as lung cancer, including NSCLC

T Weinschenk, S Walter, J Fritsche, S Colette… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A method of treating a patient who has non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), lung cancer,
gastric cancer, and/or glioblastoma includes administering to said patient a composition …

Expression of DNA methyltransferases in breast cancer patients and to analyze the effect of natural compounds on DNA methyltransferases and associated proteins

S Mirza, G Sharma, R Parshad… - Journal of breast …, 2013 - synapse.koreamed.org
Purpose The DNA methylation mediated by specific DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs),
results in the epigenetic silencing of multiple genes which are implicated in human breast …

[HTML][HTML] The role of the Slit/Robo signaling pathway

M Tong, T Jun, Y Nie, J Hao, D Fan - Journal of Cancer, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Slit family is a family of secreted proteins that play important roles in various physiologic
and pathologic activities via interacting with Robo receptors. Slit/Robo signaling was first …

Classical and novel prognostic markers for breast cancer and their clinical significance

P Taneja, D Maglic, F Kai, S Zhu… - Clinical Medicine …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of biomarkers ensures breast cancer patients receive optimal treatment.
Established biomarkers such as estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) …

Novel immunotherapy against several tumors, such as lung cancer, including nsclc

T Weinschenk, S Walter, J Fritsche, S Colette, H Singh - 2015 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in
immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the …

Slit-Robo signaling induces malignant transformation through Hakai-mediated E-cadherin degradation during colorectal epithelial cell carcinogenesis

WJ Zhou, ZH Geng, S Chi, W Zhang, XF Niu, SJ Lan… - Cell research, 2011 - nature.com
The Slit family of guidance cues binds to Roundabout (Robo) receptors and modulates cell
migration. We report here that ectopic expression of Slit2 and Robo1 or recombinant Slit2 …

Soy isoflavones have an antiestrogenic effect and alter mammary promoter hypermethylation in healthy premenopausal women

W Qin, W Zhu, H Shi, JE Hewett, RL Ruhlen… - Nutrition and …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
We determined if soy isoflavones have dose-related estrogenic and methylation effects.
Thirty-four healthy premenopausal women were randomized to 40 mg or 140 mg …

SLITs Suppress Tumor Growth In vivo by Silencing Sdf1/Cxcr4 within Breast Epithelium

R Marlow, P Strickland, JS Lee, X Wu, M PeBenito… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
The genes encoding Slits and their Robo receptors are silenced in many types of cancer,
including breast, suggesting a role for this signaling pathway in suppressing tumorigenesis …