The role of lidocaine in cancer progression and patient survival

K Chida, H Kanazawa, H Kinoshita, AM Roy… - Pharmacology & …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Since its development in 1943, lidocaine has been one of the most commonly used local
anesthesia agents for surgical procedures. Lidocaine alters neuronal signal transmission by …

Understanding and harnessing triple-negative breast cancer-related microbiota in oncology

C Devoy, Y Flores Bueso, M Tangney - Frontiers in Oncology, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Bacterial inhabitants of the body have the potential to play a role in various stages of cancer
initiation, progression, and treatment. These bacteria may be distal to the primary tumour …

G2M checkpoint pathway alone is associated with drug response and survival among cell proliferation-related pathways in pancreatic cancer

M Oshi, A Patel, L Le, Y Tokumaru… - American journal of …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given the severe side effects of the treatments and poor survival, prognostic and predictive
biomarkers to guide management of pancreatic cancer are in critical need. We hypothesized …

Abundance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is associated with tumor aggressiveness, immune response, and worse survival in breast cancer

M Oshi, S Gandhi, L Yan, Y Tokumaru, R Wu… - Breast cancer research …, 2022‏ - Springer
Purpose Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are oxygen-containing molecules that have high
reactivity and play roles in protection or harm the cancer cells. We aimed to clarify the …

Elevated bile acid metabolism and microbiome are associated with suppressed cell proliferation and better survival in breast cancer

R Wu, I Yu, Y Tokumaru, M Asaoka… - American Journal of …, 2022‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Bile acids are metabolized by the gut microbiome and are involved in fat absorption.
Contrary to their carcinogenic role in gastrointestinal cancers, bile acids have been reported …

Enhanced immune response outperform aggressive cancer biology and is associated with better survival in triple-negative breast cancer

M Oshi, A Patel, R Wu, L Le, Y Tokumaru… - NPJ Breast …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Although the value of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes is well known, the clinical relevance of
an increased immune response, specifically in breast cancer, has not been investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Annexin A1 expression is associated with Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition (EMT), cell proliferation, prognosis, and drug response in pancreatic cancer

M Oshi, Y Tokumaru, S Mukhopadhyay, L Yan… - Cells, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Annexin A1 (ANXA1) is a calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding protein overexpressed
in pancreatic cancer (PC). ANXA1 expression has been shown to take part in a wide variety …

High Ki67 gene expression is associated with aggressive phenotype in hepatocellular carcinoma

V Ramos-Santillan, M Oshi, E Nelson… - World Journal of …, 2024‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with high Ki67 protein expression, the most
commonly used cell proliferation marker, is associated with an aggressive biologic …

Adipogenesis in triple-negative breast cancer is associated with unfavorable tumor immune microenvironment and with worse survival

M Oshi, Y Tokumaru, FA Angarita, L Lee, L Yan… - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Cancer-associated adipocytes are known to cause inflammation; however, the role of
adipogenesis, the formation of adipocytes, in breast cancer is unclear. We hypothesized that …

MELK expression in breast cancer is associated with infiltration of immune cell and pathological compete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy

M Oshi, S Gandhi, MR Huyser… - American journal of …, 2021‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In experimental settings, maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase (MELK), an apical
member of the snf1/AMPK serine-threonine kinases family, plays a role in tumor growth. We …