ERC -- Table of Contents (June 2008, 15 [2])

Review:

Shyh-Han Tan and Marja T Nevalainen: Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A/B in prostate and breast cancers; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 367-390. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] FREE

Maurizio Bifulco, Anna Maria Malfitano, Simona Pisanti, and Chiara Laezza: Endocannabinoids in endocrine and related tumours; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 391-408. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] FREE

Thorvardur R Halfdanarson, Joseph Rubin, Michael B Farnell, Clive S Grant, and Gloria M Petersen: Pancreatic endocrine neoplasms: epidemiology and prognosis of pancreatic endocrine tumors; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 409-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] FREE

Alberto Ferlin, Manuel Pengo, Riccardo Selice, Luigi Salmaso, Andrea Garolla, and Carlo Foresta: Analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms of FSH receptor gene suggests association with testicular cancer susceptibility; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 429-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vera Cappelletti, Manuela Gariboldi, Loris De Cecco, Sara Toffanin, James F Reid, Lara Lusa, Emilio Bajetta, Luigi Celio, Marco Greco, Alessandra Fabbri, Marco A Pierotti, and Maria Grazia Daidone: Patterns and changes in gene expression following neo-adjuvant anti-estrogen treatment in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 439-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

Mitsuyo Matsumoto, Yuri Yamaguchi, Yuko Seino, Atsushi Hatakeyama, Hiroyuki Takei, Hitoshi Niikura, Kiyoshi Ito, Takashi Suzuki, Hironobu Sasano, Nobuo Yaegashi, and Shin-ichi Hayashi: Estrogen signaling ability in human endometrial cancer through the cancer–stromal interaction; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 451-463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patricia de Cremoux, Dan Rosenberg, Jacques Goussard, Catherine Brémont-Weil, Frédérique Tissier, Carine Tran-Perennou, Lionnel Groussin, Xavier Bertagna, Jérôme Bertherat, and Marie-Laure Raffin-Sanson: Expression of progesterone and estradiol receptors in normal adrenal cortex, adrenocortical tumors, and primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 465-474. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zane Hammoud, Bailin Tan, Sunil Badve, and Robert M Bigsby: Estrogen promotes tumor progression in a genetically defined mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 475-483. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Naomi E Allen, Timothy J Key, Laure Dossus, Sabina Rinaldi, Anne Cust, Annekatrin Lukanova, Petra H Peeters, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Petra H Lahmann, Franco Berrino, Salvatore Panico, Nerea Larrañaga, Guillem Pera, Maria-José Tormo, Maria-José Sánchez, J Ramón Quirós, Eva Ardanaz, Anne Tjønneland, Anja Olsen, Jenny Chang-Claude, Jakob Linseisen, Mandy Schulz, Heiner Boeing, Eva Lundin, Domenico Palli, Kim Overvad, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Sheila Bingham, Kay-Tee Khaw, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Antonia Trichopoulou, Dimitiros Trichopoulos, Androniki Naska, Rosario Tumino, Elio Riboli, and Rudolf Kaaks: Endogenous sex hormones and endometrial cancer risk in women in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC); Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 485-497. [Abstract] [Free Full Text] [PDF] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

M Celano, S Schenone, D Cosco, M Navarra, E Puxeddu, L Racanicchi, C Brullo, E Varano, S Alcaro, E Ferretti, G Botta, S Filetti, M Fresta, M Botta, and D Russo: Cytotoxic effects of a novel pyrazolopyrimidine derivative entrapped in liposomes in anaplastic thyroid cancer cells in vitro and in xenograft tumors in vivo; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 499-510. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cristina Romei, Raffaele Ciampi, Pinuccia Faviana, Laura Agate, Eleonora Molinaro, Valeria Bottici, Fulvio Basolo, Paolo Miccoli, Furio Pacini, Aldo Pinchera, and Rossella Elisei: BRAF^V600E mutation, but not RET/PTC rearrangements, is correlated with a lower expression of both thyroperoxidase and sodium iodide symporter genes in papillary thyroid cancer; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 511-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sonja Balthasar, Nina Bergelin, Christoffer Löf, Minna Vainio, Sture Andersson, and Kid Törnquist: Interactions between sphingosine-1-phosphate and vascular endothelial growth factor signalling in ML-1 follicular thyroid carcinoma cells; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 521-534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hai-Yan Zhang, Hua-Qin Wang, Hai-Mei Liu, Yifu Guan, and Zhen-Xian Du: Regulation of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-induced apoptosis by DJ-1 in thyroid cancer cells; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 535-544. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

D Bonofiglio, H Qi, S Gabriele, S Catalano, S Aquila, M Belmonte, and S Andò: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ${gamma}$ inhibits follicular and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma cells growth by upregulating p21^Cip1/WAF1 gene in a Sp1-dependent manner; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 545-557. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yannick Arlot-Bonnemains, Enke Baldini, Benedicte Martin, Jean-Guy Delcros, Matteo Toller, Francesco Curcio, Francesco S Ambesi-Impiombato, Massimino D'Armiento, and Salvatore Ulisse: Effects of the Aurora kinase inhibitor VX-680 on anaplastic thyroid cancer-derived cell lines; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 559-568. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yvonne Arvidsson, Ellinor Andersson, Anders Bergström, Mattias K Andersson, Gülay Altiparmak, Ann-Christin Illerskog, Håkan Ahlman, Darima Lamazhapova, and Ola Nilsson: Amyloid precursor-like protein 1 is differentially upregulated in neuroendocrine tumours of the gastrointestinal tract; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 569-581. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tullio Florio, Federica Barbieri, Renato Spaziante, Gianluigi Zona, Leo J Hofland, Peter M van Koetsveld, Richard A Feelders, Günter K Stalla, Marily Theodoropoulou, Michael D Culler, Jesse Dong, John E Taylor, Jacques-Pierre Moreau, Alexandru Saveanu, Ginette Gunz, Henry Dufour, and Philippe Jaquet: Efficacy of a dopamine–somatostatin chimeric molecule, BIM-23A760, in the control of cell growth from primary cultures of human non-functioning pituitary adenomas: a multi-center study; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 583-596. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xilin Yang, Wing-Yee So, Ronald C W Ma, Gary T C Ko, Alice P S Kong, Qingsheng Wang, Clive S Cockram, Chun-Chung Chow, Juliana C N Chan, and Peter C Y Tong: Predicting values of lipids and white blood cell count for all-site cancer in type 2 diabetes; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 597-607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

N B Kiss, J Geli, F Lundberg, C Avci, D Velazquez-Fernandez, J Hashemi, G Weber, A Höög, T J Ekström, M Bäckdahl, and C Larsson: Methylation of the p16^INK4A promoter is associated with malignant behavior in abdominal extra-adrenal paragangliomas but not pheochromocytomas; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 609-621. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data]

L Cerquetti, B Bucci, R Marchese, S Misiti, U De Paula, R Miceli, A Muleti, D Amendola, P Piergrossi, E Brunetti, V Toscano, and A Stigliano: Mitotane increases the radiotherapy inhibitory effect and induces G₂-arrest in combined treatment on both H295R and SW13 adrenocortical cell lines; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 623-634. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Susanna Vuorenoja, Adolfo Rivero-Müller, Adam J Ziecik, Ilpo Huhtaniemi, Jorma Toppari, and Nafis A Rahman: Targeted therapy for adrenocortical tumors in transgenic mice through their LH receptor by Hecate-human chorionic gonadotropin β conjugate; Endocr Relat Cancer 2008 15: 635-648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]