Authors: Mitochondrial sirtuins in cancer
All living beings require energy and the ultimate source for this energy in eukaryotes are mitochondria – originally an organelle of bacterial origin and eventually incorporated into the cytoplasm. Mitochondrial bioenergetics and dynamics are essential for the maintenance of cellular and metabolic homeostasis and any imbalance can result in diseases.. Read More»
Authors: Mohammad irani hafeez
Ribonucleases (RNases) are key players of the host immunity and contribute to maintaining tissue homeostasis and body fluid sterility. Secreted upon a diversity of cellular injuries, they mediate signaling processes, and have been classified as alarmins. Recent literature reveals how the immune response system uses common strategies to fight both cance.. Read More»
Authors: S. M. Shoeib, W. S. Mohamed, H. M. Nagy
Background: Toll-like receptors play important roles in innate and adaptive immunity and polymorphisms within TLR-4 as Asp299Gly are reported to be associated with certain digestive cancers e.g. colorectal carcinoma. Aim: Investigate the association between Asp299Gly polymorphism and the risk of colorectal cancer .. Read More»
Authors: Sadasivam Pachamuthu, Zubin A Zaheer, Bhuvaneshwari Sampath, Dharani Muralidharan, Rajaprabu Ramachandran and Kavitha Sankaranarayanan
Background/Aim: Electrochemotherapy is an innovative method for the localized treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous metastatic cancers. The aim of the study is to assess the changes at the plasma membrane and its recovery time by monitoring the regulated passage of ions through specific ion channels as measured by electrophysiology. Materials an.. Read More»
Authors: Feraydoon Abdolmaleki, Soudeh Ghafoui-Fard, Mohammad Taheri, Alireza Mordadi, Mandana Afasharpad, Abolghasem Nikfallah, Bashir Nazparvar, Vahid Kholghi Oskooei, Mir Davood Omrani
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have crucial roles in regulation of many aspects of cell functions which are related with carcinogenesis process. The lncRNA Opa Interacting Protein 5-antisense 1 (OIP5-AS1) is among lncRNAs whose roles in some human malignancies have been elucidated. In the current study, we aimed at identification of the role of this lncRN.. Read More»
Authors: Yanisa Rattanapan and Takol Chareonsirisuthigul
Omics such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics are gathering the study of entire characterization and molecular biology processes of organisms. The advancement in studying omics has become useful and widely applied to many human diseases. For ovarian cancer, pathogenic mechanisms at molecular levels resulting in the development of c.. Read More»
Authors: Farbod Esfandi, Zabih Mir Hassani, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Mohammad Taheri, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have recently gained attention because of their regulatory roles on expression of genes involved in the immune response and cancer. In the present study, we evaluated expression of two lncRNAs (GSTT1-AS1 and IFNG-AS1) and their target genes (TNFA and IFNG) in human lung cancer samples and their adjacent non-cancerous tissues.. Read More»
Authors: Sara Omrani, Ali Zare, Shahriar Tarighi, Hamid Ghaedi, Mir Davood Omrani
miRNAs have been involved in the pathogenesis of several cancers such as gastric cancer (GC.). In the following study we analyzed the expression of miR-7 in gastric cancer samples compared non-tumor tissues and gastric dysplasia (GD) samples with patients’ clinico-pathological data and its potential as diagnostic biomarker. We first analyzed its exp.. Read More»
Authors: Mikhlid Almutairi and Abdelhabib Semlali
In the Saudi population, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the first and third most common malignancy among males and females, respectively. The CRC risk is associated with the expression of certain genes, which can be used for prognoses and for finding screening-related biomarkers. One such gene is melanoma-associated antigen 1 (MAGE-A1); however, little is kno.. Read More»
Authors: Mikhlid Almutairi, Rafa Almeer, Abdullah M Alhadeq and Abdelhabib Semlali
Background: Genetic polymorphisms in IL-7R are associated with the risk of development of multiple diseases, including breast malignancy. At present, no evidence exists for an influence of gene polymorphism of IL-7R on BC susceptibility in Saudi Arabian populations. The aim of the study was therefore to evaluate whether common polymorphisms in the IL-7R g.. Read More»