• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.4135-4141
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• 2014

Background: Human papillomaviruses (HPV) may play an important role as one of the possible etiologies of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). The present study aimed to investigate the association between HPV and OSCC in young Japanese patients by examining the presence of HPV DNA and surrogate markers in OSCC tissues. Materials and Methods: Forty young patients with OSCC whose surgical specimens were available were analyzed and compared with 40 patients randomly recruited from a pool of patients aged >40 years. HPV DNA was detected using the polymerase chain reaction-based AMPLICOR$^{(R)}$ HPV test, and surrogate markers of HPV infection were analyzed using immunohistochemical techniques to detect $p16^{INK4a}$ and p53. Results: Only two (5%) young patients and one (2.5%) older patient were positive for HPV DNA. $p16^{INK4a}$ overexpression was identified in six (15%) young patients. p53 staining levels were not high in tissues of most young patients (27 patients, 67.5%). HPV DNA status did not significantly correlate with $p16^{INK4a}$ expression levels. Profiles of increased levels of $p16^{INK4a}$ expression with diminished levels of p53 staining were not associated with the presence of HPV DNA. The combined p53 with $p16^{INK4a}$ profiles were significantly correlated with alcohol consumption in younger patients (p=0.006). Conclusions: Results of the present study indicate that HPV is less likely to cause OSCC in young Japanese patients, and the $p16^{INK4a}$ expression level is not an appropriate surrogate marker for HPV infection in OSCC.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2777-2783
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• 2015

Background: Nestin is associated with neoplastic transformation. However, the mechanisms by which nestin contributes regarding invasion and malignancy of gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) remain unknown. Recent studies have shown that the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is important in invasion and migration of cancer cells. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the expression of nestin and its correlation with EMT-related proteins in GAC. Materials and Methods: The expression of nestin and EMT-related proteins was examined in GAC specimens and cell lines by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting. Clinicopathological features and survival outcomes were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Positive nestin immunostaining was most obviously detected in the cytoplasm, nucleus or both cytoplasm and nucleus of tumor cells in 19.2% (24/125) of GAC tissues, which was significantly higher than that in normal gastric mucosa tissues (1.7%, 1/60) (p=0.001). Nestin expression was closely related to several clinicopathological factors and EMT-related proteins (E-cadherin, vimentin and Snail) and displayed a poor prognosis. Interestingly, simultaneous cytoplasmic and nuclear nestin expression correlated with EMT-related proteins (E-cadherin, vimentin and Snail) (p<0.05) and lymph node metastasis (p=0.041) and a shorter survival time (p<0.05), but this was not the case with cytoplasmic or nuclear nestin expression. Conclusions: Nestin, particularly expression in both cytoplasm and nucleus, might be involved in regulating EMT and malignant progression in GAC, with potential as an unfavorable indicator in tumor diagnosis and a target for clinical therapy.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 1998

목적 : 진행된 성문 상부암 환자에서 p53 발현의 빈도와 예후 인자로서의 가능성을 조사하기 위하여 본 연구를 시행하였다. 대상 및 방법 : 완전 또는 부분 후두 절제술을 받고, 방사선 치료를 받은 성문 상부암 환자 21 예를 대상으로 하여 antihuman monoclonal p53 antibody를 이용하여 면역 염색을 실시하였다. 결과: 3기 환자 6명 중 3명에서 양성 반응을 보였고 4기 환자 15명 중 4명에서 양성반응을 보였다. 양군간의 발현의 빈도는 통계적으로 차이가 없었다(p=0.608). p53 음성 환자 군과 양성 환자군의 5년 생존율은 각각 $93\%$와 $86\%$이었으나 통계적인 차이는 없었다(p=0.776). p53의 발현은 연령(p=0.64), T stage(p=0.877), N stage(p=0.874) 등과도 연관성을 보이지 않았다. 결론 : p53의 발현은 전통적인 임상 인자들과 통계적으로 유의한 관련성을 보이지 않았다. 진행된 성문 상부암에서 면역 염색을 통한 p53 발현의 검색은 예후 인자로서 임상적 유용성이 없을 것으로 생각된다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.3941-3944
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• 2015

Background: Aberrant expression of HOX gene expression has been observed in cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the alteration of HOXA5 and HOXA9 expression and their clinical significance in acute meloid leukemia (AML). Materials and Methods: The expression of HOXA5 and HOXA9 genes of bone marrow samples from 75 newly diagnosed AML patients and 22 healthy controls for comparison were examined by Real-time quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR) assay. Statistical analysis was conducted to evaluate HOXA5 and HOXA9 expression as possible biomarkers for AML. Results: The results showed that the complete remission rate (52.6%) of the patients who highly expressed HOXA5 and HOXA9 was significantly lower than that (88.9%) in patients who lowly express the genes (P=0.015). Spearmann correlation coefficients indicated that the expression levels for HOXA5 and HOXA9 genes were highly interrelated (r=0.657, P<0.001). Meanwhile, we detected significant correlations between HOXA9 expression and age in this limited set of patients (P=0.009). Conclusions: The results suggest a prognostic impact of increased expression of HOXA5 and HOXA9 in AML patients.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.4271-4275
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• 2015

Objectives: To investigate the expression of vimentin and Ki-67 proteins in cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) and their relationships with patient clinicopathological features. Materials and Methods:Fifty-seven CSCC samples archived in Department of Pathology in the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University were selected. The expression of vimentin and Ki-67 proteins in CSCC tissue were detected using immunohistochemical SP method, and correlations between them and their relationships with clinicopathological features were analyzed. Results: Among 57 CSCC tissues, there were 43 with positive expression of Vimentin, and the positive rate was 75.4%; there were 57 cases with positive expression of Ki-67, and the positive rate came up to 100.0%. The results of Pearson correlation analysis displayed that the expression of vimentin had a significantly-positive correlation with Ki-67 in CSCC tissue (r=0.984, co0.000). The expression of both Ki-67 and vimentin was intimately associated with the presence or absence of local invasion and lymph node metastasis as well as differentiated degrees of the tumor (P=0.003, 0.017, 0.000; P=0.001, 0.008, 0.003) instead of the age, tumor size and clinical staging (P>0.05). Conclusions: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) tends to appear in poorly-differentiated CSCC tissue, and the up-regulation of vimentin expression is accompanied by high expression of Ki-67, suggesting that invasion and metastasis readily occur in these tumor cells.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.2459-2463
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• 2015

Background: To investigate the expression and clinical significance of zinc finger protein 217 (ZNF217) in human colorectal carcinoma (CRC). Materials and Methods: The expression of ZNF217 in 60 CRC tissues and matched tumor adjacent tissues, collected between January 2013 and June 2014, was assessed immunohistochemically. The relationship between the expression of ZNF217 and clinicopathlogical features was analyzed by Pearson chi-square test. In addition, siRNA was used to down-regulate the expression of ZNF217 in CRC cells. The effects of ZNF217 for cell migration and invasion were measured by wound healing assay and transwell assay, respectively. Results: The expression level of ZNF217 was significantly higher in CRC tissues than in tumor adjacent tissues (p<0.05), positively correlating with tumor size, lymphatic metastasis and advanced TNM stage (p<0.05). Down-regulation of ZNF217 in CRC cells could significantly suppress cell migration and invasion. Conclusions: ZNF217 is overexpressed in colorectal carcinoma tissues and is associated with tumor malignant clinicopathological features. ZNF217 may promote CRC progression by inducing cell migration and invasion.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 2015

Background: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL), accounting for approximately 25% of NHL cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the BCL6 and MUM1 gene expression and patient prognosis and stage. Materials and Methods: After ethical approval, in a cross-sectional study, tissue samples of 80 patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma were analyzed for BCL6 and MUM1 gene expression. Immunohistochemical staining was performed with division into categories of 0-5%, 5-25%, 26-50%, 51-75% and more than 75%. Other clinical and histological information such as lymph node involvement, T-stage, B symptoms and patient outcome were also recorded. Data were analyzed with SPSS version 16 and a P-value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Results: The patient mean age was $46.9{\pm}10.5$ years ($47.6{\pm}10.7$ and $46.1{\pm}9.6$ for males and females, respectively). A significant association was seen between lymphoma stage and BCL6 (p=0.045) but not MUM1 expression (p=0.09). However, the latter was associated with mortality (p=0.006) as was also the BCL6 level (p=0.006). Conclusions: : Overexpression of MUM1 and BCL6 is associated with poor prognosis in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

• 한국화예디자인학연구
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• 제43호
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• pp.123-138
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• 2020

본 연구는 2011~2019년의 9년간 화훼장식 전문 월간지에 나타난 플라워 주얼리 작품을 추출하고, 추출된 플라워 주얼리 작품을 대상으로 표현유형, 표현기법, 사용된 식물재료와 비식물재료의 종류와 수 등을 작품별, 연도별로 분석하여 국내 플라워 주얼리의 트렌드를 알아보고자 실시하였다. 표현유형별로 살펴보면 머리장식의 경우 20.83%, 목걸이의 경우 57.29%, 귀걸이의 경우 5.21%, 리스트의 경우 10.42%, 기타 6.25%로 총 96작품으로 분석되었다(χ²=94.833, p<.001). 표현기법의 사용빈도를 분석한 결과 각 작품당 머리장식, 목걸이, 리스트는 5~6가지의 표현기법, 귀걸이는 2~4가지의 표현기법을 사용하여 제작되었다. 사용된 표현기법은 소재 결합기법 34.43%, 꽃과 잎의 이용기법 30.17%, 시각적 기법 16.63%, 집단화 기법 14.12%, 테크닉 강조기법 4.26%, 기타 0.39%로 나타났다(χ²=455.222, p<.001). 가장 많이 사용된 기법은 프레이밍 기법 16.63%, 노팅기법 16.44% 순으로 나타났다. 플라워 주얼리에 사용된 식물 재료는 절화의 경우 호접란 22.61%, 천일홍 13.48%, 글로리오사 9.57%, 에피덴드럼7.39%, 왁스플라워 6.96%, 골든볼 4.78% 등으로 나타났다(χ²=718.104, p<.001). 절지의 경우 말채나무 70.00%로 가장 많이 사용되었고, 다래덩굴, 노박덩굴, 능수버들이 각각 10.00% 사용되었다(χ²=10.800, p=.013). 절엽의 경우 엽란 24.65%, 아스파라거스 스마일락스 24.62%, 콩란 11.54%, 러브체인 6.15% 등으로 나타났다(χ²=269.385, p<.001). 열매의 경우 청미래덩굴의 열매 44.44%, 하이페리쿰 33.33%, 미국자리공 11.11% 등으로 나타났다(χ²=11.444, p=.022). 플라워 주얼리 제작에 사용된 비식물재료는 2mm 알루미늄와이어 47.34%, 카파와이어 33.73%, 1mm 알루미늄와이어 10.06% 등으로 나타났다(χ²=186.704, p< .001). 와이어 이외에 진주 53.57%, 리본 12.50%, 스팽글과 깃털 4.14% 등의 순으로 나타났다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.2277-2281
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• 2015

Objectives: To explore the expression of astrocyte elevated gene-1 (AEG-1) in cervical cancer and analyze its correlation with microvascular density (MVD), nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kB p65) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Materials and Methods: Immunohistochemical MaxVision method was adopted to detect the expression level of AEG-1, NF-kB p65 and VEGF in 45 samples of invading cervical cancer and 12 samples of cervicitis from The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. Tumor microvascular endothelial marker CD34 combined with Weidner was used to determine the MVD in cervical cancer tissue. The positive expression and staining conditions of AEG-1, NF-kB p65 and VEGF in cervical cancer tissues were observed under a light microscope. Correlations between expression of AEG-1 protein and those of NF-Kb p65 and VEGF, as well as MVD, were analyzed using Pearson correlation. Results: The expression levels of AEG-1 were $0.186{\pm}0.043$ in cervical cancer and $0.051{\pm}0.002$ in chronic cervicitis (p<0.01). Moreover, expression of AEG-1 was related to vascular invasion and lymphatic metastasis of cervical cancer (p<0.01), but not with age of the patients, differentiation degree, tumour size, pathological type and parametrial infiltration (p>0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that the expression of AEG-1 was linked with NF-kB p65 (r=0.501, p=0.000), VEGF (r=0.718, p=0.000) as well as MVD in cervical cancer tissue (r=0.815, p=0.000). Conclusions: AEG-1 is highly expressed in cervical cancer and promotes angiogenesis, which might be related to the fact that AEG-1 activating the signal pathway of NF-kB could up-regulate the level of VEGF expression.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권10호
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• pp.4169-4172
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• 2015

Background: Oral carcinoma (OC) remains as one of the most difficult malignancies to cure. Hesa-A is an Iranian herbal-marine compound that has shown promising anti-tumor properties on various human cancer cells, although the mechanisms of action remain to be addressed. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of two doses of Hesa-A on mRNA expression of p53 as a main prognosticator of OC. Materials and Methods: 60 rats were randomly divided into 5 groups of 12 animals each. Rats in carcinoma groups received 0, 250 and 500 mg/kg body weight of Hesa-A three times a day. The two other groups considered as treated and untreated healthy groups. At the end of experiment, animals were sacrificed and tongue tissues subjected to H and E staining and real time PCR. Results: Our results indicated that compared to healthy group, p53 over expressed ~ 40% in untreated carcinoma group. After treatment with 250mg/kg and 500mg/kg body weights of Hesa-A, p53 level dropped by 53.4% and 13.6 %, respectively, compared to untreated carcinoma group (p<0.05, p<0.0001). Moreover, there was a significant relation between p53 mRNA content and observed pathological changes in studied groups (p<0.05). Conclusions: These data provide insights into the mechanism(s) by which Hesa-A improves clinical outcome of oral carcinoma by modulation of p53 expression.