Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-09-20eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S29325
Peilin Zheng, Zhiguang Zhou
{"title":"Human Cancer Immunotherapy with PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade.","authors":"Peilin Zheng, Zhiguang Zhou","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S29325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S29325","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ligation of programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) to its ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2 counteracts T-cell activation, which is critical in immune tolerance. The persistent high expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 are also observed on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and various tumor cells, maintaining the highly suppressive microenvironment in tumor sites and promoting tumor malignancies. The blockade of PD-1 axis with PD-L2 fusion protein or monoclonal antibodies against either PD-1 or PD-L1 has been clinically evaluated in various tumor types. This short review summarizes the progress of PD-1 axis blockade in clinical trials to evaluate its effectiveness in the antitumor immunotherapy. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 Suppl 2","pages":"15-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S29325","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34138879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-09-06eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S29318
Shiro Koizume, Yohei Miyagi
{"title":"Tissue Factor-Factor VII Complex As a Key Regulator of Ovarian Cancer Phenotypes.","authors":"Shiro Koizume, Yohei Miyagi","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S29318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S29318","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tissue factor (TF) is an integral membrane protein widely expressed in normal human cells. Blood coagulation factor VII (fVII) is a key enzyme in the extrinsic coagulation cascade that is predominantly secreted by hepatocytes and released into the bloodstream. The TF-fVII complex is aberrantly expressed on the surface of cancer cells, including ovarian cancer cells. This procoagulant complex can initiate intracellular signaling mechanisms, resulting in malignant phenotypes. Cancer tissues are chronically exposed to hypoxia. TF and fVII can be induced in response to hypoxia in ovarian cancer cells at the gene expression level, leading to the autonomous production of the TF-fVII complex. Here, we discuss the roles of the TF-fVII complex in the induction of malignant phenotypes in ovarian cancer cells. The hypoxic nature of ovarian cancer tissues and the roles of TF expression in endometriosis are discussed. Arguments will be extended to potential strategies to treat ovarian cancers based on our current knowledge of TF-fVII function. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 Suppl 2","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S29318","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34094297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-09-06eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S25248
David Barras
{"title":"BRAF Mutation in Colorectal Cancer: An Update.","authors":"David Barras","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S25248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S25248","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Colorectal cancer (CRC) is still one of the deadliest cancer-related diseases. About 10% of CRC patients are characterized by a mutation in the B-Raf proto-oncogene serine/threonine kinase (BRAF) gene resulting in a valine-to-glutamate change at the residue 600 (V600E). This mutation is also present in more than 60% of melanoma patients. BRAF inhibitors were developed and found to improve patient survival; however, most patients at the end of the track ultimately develop resistance to these inhibitors. Melanoma patients benefit from the combination of BRAF inhibitors with mitogen/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MEK) inhibitors, among others. Unfortunately, colorectal patients do not respond much efficiently, which suggests different resistance mechanisms between the two cancer types. This review aims at shedding light on recent discoveries that improve our understanding of the BRAF mutation biology in CRC. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 Suppl 1","pages":"9-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S25248","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34094296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-08-18eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S29716
Soley Bayraktar, Hongming Qiu, Diane Liu, Yu Shen, Angelica M Gutierrez-Barrera, Banu K Arun, Aysegul A Sahin
{"title":"Histopathological Features of Non-Neoplastic Breast Parenchyma Do Not Predict BRCA Mutation Status of Patients with Invasive Breast Cancer.","authors":"Soley Bayraktar, Hongming Qiu, Diane Liu, Yu Shen, Angelica M Gutierrez-Barrera, Banu K Arun, Aysegul A Sahin","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S29716","DOIUrl":"10.4137/BIC.S29716","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Several studies have evaluated histologic features of non-neoplastic breast parenchyma in patients with BRCA1/2 mutations, but the results are conflicting. The limited data suggest a much higher prevalence of high-risk precursor lesions in BRCA carriers. Therefore, we designed this study to compare the clinicopathological characteristics of peritumoral benign breast tissue in patients with and without deleterious BRCA mutations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Women with breast cancer (BC) who were referred for genetic counseling and underwent BRCA genetic testing in 2010 and 2011 were included in the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the six benign histological features analyzed in this study, only stromal fibrosis grade 2/3 was found to be statistically different, with more BRCA noncarriers having stromal fibrosis grade 2/3 than BRCA1/2 carriers (P = 0.04).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is no significant association between mutation risk and the presence of benign histologic features of peritumoral breast parenchyma.</p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 ","pages":"39-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4541461/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33967894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-08-16eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S28378
Ghazala Khan, Suzanne E Brooks, Ken I Mills, Barbara-Ann Guinn
{"title":"Infrequent Expression of the Cancer-Testis Antigen, PASD1, in Ovarian Cancer.","authors":"Ghazala Khan, Suzanne E Brooks, Ken I Mills, Barbara-Ann Guinn","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S28378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S28378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ovarian cancer is very treatable in the early stages of disease; however, it is usually detected in the later stages, at which time, treatment is no longer as effective. If discovered early (Stage I), there is a 90% chance of five-year survival. Therefore, it is imperative that early-stage biomarkers are identified to enhance the early detection of ovarian cancer. Cancer-testis antigens (CTAs), such as Per ARNT SIM (PAS) domain containing 1 (PASD1), are unique in that their expression is restricted to immunologically restricted sites, such as the testis and placenta, which do not express MHC class I, and cancer, making them ideally positioned to act as targets for immunotherapy as well as potential biomarkers for cancer detection where expressed. We examined the expression of PASD1a and b in a number of cell lines, as well as eight healthy ovary samples, eight normal adjacent ovarian tissues, and 191 ovarian cancer tissues, which were predominantly stage I (n = 164) and stage II (n = 14) disease. We found that despite the positive staining of skin cancer, only one stage Ic ovarian cancer patient tissue expressed PASD1a and b at detectable levels. This may reflect the predominantly stage I ovarian cancer samples examined. To examine the restriction of PASD1 expression, we examined endometrial tissue arrays and found no expression in 30 malignant tumor tissues, 23 cases of hyperplasia, or 16 normal endometrial tissues. Our study suggests that the search for a single cancer-testes antigen/biomarker that can detect early ovarian cancer must continue. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 ","pages":"31-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S28378","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33967892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-07-08eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S25375
Adi Idris, Nur B Ghazali, David Koh
{"title":"Interleukin 1β-A Potential Salivary Biomarker for Cancer Progression?","authors":"Adi Idris, Nur B Ghazali, David Koh","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S25375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S25375","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The relationship between cancer and inflammation is a complex but intimate one. Decades of work has shown to us that cancer progression is influenced by a multitude of factors, including genetic, environmental, and immunological factors. We often overlook that cancer progression is also a pathological consequence of a dysregulated inflammatory control in the body. A current emerging topic in cancer research is the role of inflammasomes in carcinogenesis. The inflammasome is a multicomplex protein platform that when activated results in the release of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-1β. There is increasing evidence suggesting that IL-1β plays a pivotal role in cancer progression. This short review proposes the possibility of using IL-1β as a potential cancer progression biomarker and discusses the use of saliva as a model biological fluid for measuring physiological IL-1β levels in the body. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 ","pages":"25-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S25375","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33964401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-06-29eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S19079
Seyedmehdi Nourashrafeddin, Mehdi Dianatpour, Mahmoud Aarabi, Maryam Beigom Mobasheri, Golnesa Kazemi-Oula, Mohammad Hossein Modarressi
{"title":"Elevated Expression of the Testis-specific Gene WBP2NL in Breast Cancer.","authors":"Seyedmehdi Nourashrafeddin, Mehdi Dianatpour, Mahmoud Aarabi, Maryam Beigom Mobasheri, Golnesa Kazemi-Oula, Mohammad Hossein Modarressi","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S19079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S19079","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Breast cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer death in women; therefore, the study of molecular aspects of breast cancer for finding new biomarkers is important. Recent studies have shown that WW domain-binding protein 2 (WBP2) is important for the oncogenic property of breast cancer. WWP2 N-terminal-like (WBP2NL) is a testis-specific signaling protein that induces meiotic resumption and oocyte activation events. Our previous study revealed that WBP2NL gene expression is elevated in actively dividing cells and it might be associated with cellular proliferation and tumorigenic process. However, the clinical relevance and importance of WBP2NL gene in cancer has not been understood yet. Therefore, we were interested in analyzing the expression of WBP2NL gene in human breast cancer tissues and breast cancer cell lines, for the first time. We used reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and semi-nested RT-PCR to evaluate the expression of WBP2NL in malignant breast cancer and adjacent noncancerous tissue (ANCT) samples, as well as MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cell lines. The WBP2NL gene was expressed in 45 out of 50 (90%) breast cancer tissues and overexpressed in the MDA-MB-231 cell line. We suggest that WBP2NL may play roles in breast cancer activation maybe through binding to a group I WW domain protein. The elevated expression of WBP2NL gene in breast cancer and MDA-MB-231 cell line leads us to suggest that WBP2NL might be considered as a novel prognostic factor for early diagnosis of breast cancer. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 ","pages":"19-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S19079","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33992092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-06-08eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S23088
Lauren C Houghton, Michael N Pollak, Yuzhen Tao, Ying Gang Tu, Amanda Black, Gary Bradwin, Robert N Hoover, Rebecca Troisi
{"title":"Similarity of Serum and Plasma Insulin-like Growth Factor Concentrations.","authors":"Lauren C Houghton, Michael N Pollak, Yuzhen Tao, Ying Gang Tu, Amanda Black, Gary Bradwin, Robert N Hoover, Rebecca Troisi","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S23088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S23088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are implicated in many normal physiological processes and pathological states, including cancer. For large consortia projects, it may be necessary to make comparisons among studies with different specimens that were not collected specifically to optimize the measurement of IGFs.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to compare IGFs in matched serum and plasma samples.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We measured IGF-I, IGF-II, insulin-like growth factor-binding protein (IGFBP)-3, C-peptide, and leptin in serum and ethylenediaminetetraacetic-containing-plasma samples obtained concurrently from 30 healthy women aged 64-80 years in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial using chemiluminescent or colorimetric enzyme-linked immune assays. Coefficients of variation (CVs) and correlations were determined.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Intraassay CVs ranged from 0.4% for IGFBP-3 to 10% for IGF-II. Mean concentrations of all analytes were higher in the serum, but the differences in mean concentrations of the analytes between serum and plasma were all <11%. Concordance correlation coefficients of matched serum/plasma specimens were 0.92, 0.91, 0.82, 0.96, and 0.99 for IGF-I, IGFBP-3, IGF-II, C-peptide, and leptin, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>IGF concentrations measured in serum and plasma are highly correlated but are consistently slightly higher in serum, suggesting that IGF values should be corrected for systematic bias, particularly in consortial efforts when pooling data derived from different specimens.</p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 ","pages":"13-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S23088","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33413459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Biomarkers in cancerPub Date : 2015-05-21eCollection Date: 2015-01-01DOI: 10.4137/BIC.S25045
Anna Koumarianou, Panagiota Economopoulou, Panagiotis Katsaounis, Konstantinos Laschos, Petroula Arapantoni-Dadioti, George Martikos, Athanasios Rogdakis, Nikolaos Tzanakis, Ioannis Boukovinas
{"title":"Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST): A Prospective Analysis and an Update on Biomarkers and Current Treatment Concepts.","authors":"Anna Koumarianou, Panagiota Economopoulou, Panagiotis Katsaounis, Konstantinos Laschos, Petroula Arapantoni-Dadioti, George Martikos, Athanasios Rogdakis, Nikolaos Tzanakis, Ioannis Boukovinas","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S25045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S25045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common sarcomas of the gastrointestinal tract, with transformation typically driven by activating mutations of cKIT and less commonly platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA). Successful targeting of tyrosine-protein kinase Kit with imatinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has had a major impact in the survival of patients with GIST in both the adjuvant and metastatic setting. A recent modification of treatment guidelines for patients with localized, high-risk GIST extended the adjuvant treatment duration from 1 year to 3 years. In this paper, we review the clinical data of patients with GIST treated in the Oncology Outpatient Unit of \"Attikon\" University Hospital and aim to assess which patients are eligible for prolongation of adjuvant imatinib therapy as currently suggested by treatment recommendations. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 Suppl 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S25045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33372207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CD151-A Striking Marker for Cancer Therapy.","authors":"Seema Kumari, Gayatri Devi, Anil Badana, Venkata Ramesh Dasari, Rama Rao Malla","doi":"10.4137/BIC.S21847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4137/BIC.S21847","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cluster of differentiation 151 (CD151) is a member of the mammalian tetraspanin family, which is involved in diverse functions such as maintaining normal cellular integrity, cell-to-cell communication, wound healing, platelet aggregation, trafficking, cell motility and angiogenesis. CD151 also supports de novo carcinogenesis in human skin squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and tumor metastasis. CD151 interacts with α3β1 and α6β4 integrins through palmitoylation where cysteine plays an important role in the association of CD151 with integrins and non-integrin proteins. Invasion and metastasis of cancer cells were diminished by decreasing CD151 association with integrins. CD151 functions at various stages of cancer, including metastatic cascade and primary tumor growth, thus reinforcing the importance of CD151 as a target in oncology. The present review highlights the role of CD151 in tumor metastasis and its importance in cancer therapy. </p>","PeriodicalId":72377,"journal":{"name":"Biomarkers in cancer","volume":"7 ","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.4137/BIC.S21847","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33086372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}