Targeting head and neck cancer stem cells to overcome resistance to photon and carbon ion radiation

G Bertrand, M Maalouf, A Boivin… - Stem Cell Reviews and …, 2014 - Springer
Although promising new radiation therapy techniques such as hadrontherapy are currently
being evaluated in the treatment of head and neck malignancies, local control of head and …

CHK1 targets spleen tyrosine kinase (L) for proteolysis in hepatocellular carcinoma

J Hong, K Hu, Y Yuan, Y Sang, Q Bu… - The Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most prevalent malignancies resistant to
current chemotherapies or radiotherapies, which makes it urgent to identify new therapeutic …

Chk1/2 inhibition overcomes the cisplatin resistance of head and neck cancer cells secondary to the loss of functional p53

MA Gadhikar, MR Sciuto, MVO Alves… - Molecular cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Despite the use of multimodality therapy using cisplatin to treat patients with advanced stage
squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC), there is an unacceptably high …

Chk1 inhibition as a novel therapeutic strategy for treating triple-negative breast and ovarian cancers

C Bryant, R Rawlinson, AJ Massey - BMC cancer, 2014 - Springer
Background Chk1 inhibitors are currently in clinical trials as putative potentiators of cytotoxic
chemotherapy drugs. Chk1 inhibitors may exhibit single agent anti-tumor activity in cancers …

Momordica Charantia lectin, a type II ribosome inactivating protein, exhibits antitumor activity toward human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo

EF Fang, CZY Zhang, TB Ng, JH Wong, WL Pan… - Cancer Prevention …, 2012 - AACR
The incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains high in endemic regions,
including southern China, northern Africa, and North America. One of the promising …

Disulfiram acts as a potent radio-chemo sensitizer in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines and transplanted xenografts

W Yao, X Qian, S Ochsenreither, F Soldano, AB DeLeo… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The poor prognosis of locally advanced and metastatic head and neck squamous cell
carcinoma (HNSCC) is primarily mediated by the functional properties of cancer stem cells …

Suppression of Jab1/CSN5 induces radio-and chemo-sensitivity in nasopharyngeal carcinoma through changes to the DNA damage and repair pathways

Y Pan, Q Zhang, V Atsaves, H Yang, FX Claret - Oncogene, 2013 - nature.com
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an Epstein–Barr virus-associated malignancy most
common in East Asia and Africa. Radiotherapy and cisplatin-based chemotherapy are the …

DNA damage checkpoints in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

RYC Poon - Oral Oncology, 2014 - Elsevier
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a highly invasive cancer with poor prognosis. One of
the recurring themes of NPC biology and treatments is DNA damage. Epstein–Barr virus …

Targeted radiosensitization by the Chk1 inhibitor SAR-020106

GR Borst, M McLaughlin, JN Kyula, S Neijenhuis… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To explore the activity of a potent Chk1 inhibitor (SAR-020106) in combination
with radiation. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Colony and mechanistic in vitro assays and a …

Nimotuzumab promotes radiosensitivity of EGFR-overexpression esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cells by upregulating IGFBP-3

L Zhao, LR He, M **, MY Cai, JX Shen, QQ Li… - Journal of translational …, 2012 - Springer
Background Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is suggested to predict the
radiosensitivity and/or prognosis of human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) …