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  • 1
    ISSN: 1365-2559
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Aims:  Gastric adenocarcinoma in young patients has been considered to differ in many ways from gastric carcinoma in older patients. This study was designed to determine the clinicopathological features and molecular mechanisms.Methods and results:  Based on 4123 patients of gastric cancer in Seoul National University Hospital, 135 patients (3.3%) were chosen by the age of 30 years or younger. Expression of E-cadherin, β-catenin, p53 and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) was analysed using the tissue array method in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens and microsatellite instability (MSI) was determined. As a control, 320 cases of older patients were compared. Gastric adenocarcinoma of young patients revealed significant female predominance, type IV gross type, proximal location, diffuse type and frequent lymph node metastasis. In-situ hybridization for EBV showed higher positivity in young patients (9/78, 11.5%) than in older ones, but not statistically significant. In EBV+ cases, p53 over-expression was significantly higher in young patients than older patients (P 〈 0.05). Alteration of E-cadherin or β-catenin was significantly higher in younger patients than in older patients (P 〈 0.05). Overall survival was significantly poorer in younger patients than older ones. The frequency of MSI was rare (1.3%, P 〈 0.05) in young patients compared with older patients (9.3%).Conclusions:  These data indicate that gastric adenocarcinoma of young patients has a poor prognosis, possesses aggressive histopathological features, exhibits reduced expression of E-cadherin and β-catenin, and demonstrates lower MSI than tumours in older patients.
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  • 2
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    [S.l.] : American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    Journal of Applied Physics 91 (2002), S. 5371-5376 
    ISSN: 1089-7550
    Source: AIP Digital Archive
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Highly oriented indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were grown by pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) on glass and single-crystal yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) substrates. The structural, electrical, and optical properties of these films were investigated as a function of oxygen partial pressure. Films were deposited at substrate temperature of 300 °C in mixed gases (12 mTorr of argon and 1–50 mTorr of oxygen) using a KrF excimer laser (248 nm and 30 ns full width at half maximum) at a fluence of 1.2 J/cm2. ITO films (300 nm thick), deposited by PLD on YSZ at 300 °C in a gas mixture of 12 mTorr of argon and 6 mTorr of oxygen, exhibit a low electrical resistivity (1.6×10−4 Ω cm) with a high transparency (∼74%) at 550 nm. ITO films deposited on both glass and YSZ substrates have been used as an anode contact in organic light-emitting diodes. A comparison of the device performance for the two substrates shows that the device fabricated on the ITO/YSZ has a higher external quantum efficiency than that of the device fabricated on the ITO glass.
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Histopathology 37 (2000), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2559
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: AimsTo clarify the relationship between the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and gastric carcinoma with lymphoid stroma (GCLS) in Koreans, and to characterize the EBV-positive GCLS.Methods and resultsEBV infection was examined using EBER in-situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction in 45 cases of GCLS among Koreans, and in 292 consecutive cases of gastric carcinomas without lymphoid stroma (non-GCLS) as controls. EBV infection was found in 30 tumours (67%) of GCLS and 10 tumours (3.4%) of non-GCLS (P 〈 0.05). EBV-positive GCLS was more prevalent in males, poorly differentiated histological type and diffuse type in Lauren's classification, and tended to be located more in the middle third of the stomach than EBV-negative GCLS (P 〈 0.05). p53 overexpression was observed in 22% of GCLS (17% of EBV-positive GCLS and 33% of EBV-negative GCLS), and 34% of non-GCLS (EBV-positive GCLS vs. non-GCLS: P = 0.056). The survival of the patient with GCLS was not correlated with EBV infection or p53 immunoexpression (follow-up period: 11–97 months).ConclusionsGCLS in Koreans is strongly associated with EBV infection. The prognosis in GCLS is not dependent upon either the status of EBV infection or the status of p53 immunoexpression.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-1262
    Keywords: Keywords Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ; Colon cancer ; Apoptosis ; Caspase ; Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) decrease the incidence of and mortality from colon cancer. In addition, NSAIDs reduce the number and the size of polyps in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis. The mechanisms responsible for the antineoplastic effect of NSAIDs are not yet completely understood, but one of the possible mechanisms is an induction of apoptosis. We explored the role of caspase-3, a major apoptosis-executing enzyme, in NSAID-induced apoptosis of colon cancer cell line HT-29. Treatment of HT-29 cells with indomethacin induced a dramatic increase in caspase-3-like protease activity measured by a cleavage of the fluorogenic substrate Ac-DEVD-AMC. Western blot analysis showed that indomethacin treatment led both to decrease in pro-caspase-3 and to cleavage of its substrate poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP). Furthermore, the caspase- 3-like protease inhibitor Ac-DEVD-CHO attenuated indomethacin- induced DNA fragmentation dose dependently. However, mRNA expression of CASP genes was not affected by the addition of indomethacin, highlighting the importance of posttranslational modification of this enzyme for the activation. These results suggest that NSAIDs, including indomethacin, induce apoptosis in colon cancer cells through a caspase-3 dependent mechanism which may contribute to the chemopreventive functions of these agents.
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