2013
Class III β-tubulin overexpression within the tumor microenvironment is a prognostic biomarker for poor overall survival in ovarian cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant carboplatin/paclitaxel
Roque DM, Buza N, Glasgow M, Bellone S, Bortolomai I, Gasparrini S, Cocco E, Ratner E, Silasi DA, Azodi M, Rutherford TJ, Schwartz PE, Santin AD. Class III β-tubulin overexpression within the tumor microenvironment is a prognostic biomarker for poor overall survival in ovarian cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant carboplatin/paclitaxel. Clinical & Experimental Metastasis 2013, 31: 101-110. PMID: 24005572, PMCID: PMC3947146, DOI: 10.1007/s10585-013-9614-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorCarboplatinCystadenocarcinoma, SerousDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleHumansImmunohistochemistryNeoadjuvant TherapyOvarian NeoplasmsPaclitaxelPrognosisReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionTubulinTumor MicroenvironmentUp-RegulationConceptsClass III β-tubulinIII β-tubulinClass III β-tubulin expressionNeoadjuvant chemotherapyPoor overall survivalOverall survivalΒ-tubulin expressionClass III β-tubulin overexpressionPrimary cytoreductionNeoadjuvant carboplatin/paclitaxelPoor median overall survivalTumor microenvironmentAdvanced ovarian carcinomaCarboplatin/paclitaxelMedian overall survivalOvarian cancer patientsCell linesCancer stem cellsNeoadjuvant carboplatinPrimary debulkingVitro chemosensitivityClinical outcomesPatient populationCancer patientsStromal expressionSecretoglobin expression in ovarian carcinoma: lipophilin B gene upregulation as an independent marker of better prognosis
Bignotti E, Tassi RA, Calza S, Ravaggi A, Rossi E, Donzelli C, Todeschini P, Romani C, Bandiera E, Zanotti L, Carnazza M, Quadraro F, Tognon G, Sartori E, Pecorelli S, Roque DM, Santin AD. Secretoglobin expression in ovarian carcinoma: lipophilin B gene upregulation as an independent marker of better prognosis. Journal Of Translational Medicine 2013, 11: 162. PMID: 23819652, PMCID: PMC3706350, DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian carcinomaNormal ovariesMammaglobin APrognostic markerLipophilin ALipophilin BPatients' clinico-pathological featuresMultivariate Cox regression analysisMammaglobin B mRNANeoplastic ovarian tissuesProgression-free survivalDisease-free survivalProtein expressionCox regression analysisLow tumor gradeClinico-pathological featuresIndependent prognostic markerUnivariate survival analysisOvarian carcinoma samplesAggressive tumor phenotypeGene overexpressionParaffin-embedded tumorsConclusionsThe present studyReal-time reverse transcription PCRQuantitative real-time reverse transcription PCRTubulin‐β‐III overexpression by uterine serous carcinomas is a marker for poor overall survival after platinum/taxane chemotherapy and sensitivity to epothilones
Roque DM, Bellone S, English DP, Buza N, Cocco E, Gasparrini S, Bortolomai I, Ratner E, Silasi D, Azodi M, Rutherford TJ, Schwartz PE, Santin AD. Tubulin‐β‐III overexpression by uterine serous carcinomas is a marker for poor overall survival after platinum/taxane chemotherapy and sensitivity to epothilones. Cancer 2013, 119: 2582-2592. PMID: 23585021, PMCID: PMC3700638, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.28017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorCystadenocarcinoma, SerousDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEpothilonesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPaclitaxelPlatinum CompoundsPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionTubulinTubulin ModulatorsUp-RegulationUterine NeoplasmsConceptsUterine serous carcinomaOvarian serous carcinomaOverall survivalSerous carcinomaP-glycoproteinClinical outcomesPaclitaxel resistanceTreatment of USCPlatinum/taxane chemotherapyPoor overall survivalFresh frozen tissue samplesReal-time polymerase chain reactionCell linesTaxane chemotherapyEndometrial cancerPoor outcomePoor prognosisPolymerase chain reactionFresh frozen tissueMedian inhibitory concentrationClinical investigationSubset of individualsGlycoprotein expressionCarcinomaImmunohistochemistry
2007
Overexpression of claudin‐3 and claudin‐4 receptors in uterine serous papillary carcinoma
Santin AD, Bellone S, Marizzoni M, Palmieri M, Siegel ER, McKenney JK, Hennings L, Comper F, Bandiera E, Pecorelli S. Overexpression of claudin‐3 and claudin‐4 receptors in uterine serous papillary carcinoma. Cancer 2007, 109: 1312-1322. PMID: 17326053, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnimalsClaudin-3Claudin-4Clostridium perfringensCystadenocarcinoma, PapillaryCystadenocarcinoma, SerousDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEnterotoxinsFemaleGene ExpressionHumansInjections, IntraperitonealMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, SCIDMiddle AgedReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTumor Cells, CulturedUp-RegulationUterine Cervical NeoplasmsXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsUterine serous papillary carcinomaClaudin-4 receptorsUSPC cell linesSerous papillary carcinomaClaudin-3Endometrial cancerPapillary carcinomaClaudin-4 protein expressionChemotherapy-resistant variantsCytotoxic Clostridium perfringensSublethal intraperitoneal injectionsReverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionQuantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionTumor cell necrosisSCID mouse xenograftsType-specific therapiesDose-dependent cytotoxic effectCell linesTight junction proteinsControl tissue samplesHigh-affinity receptorAggressive variantTumor disappearanceIntraperitoneal injectionPolymerase chain reaction
1997
Effects of irradiation on the expression of major histocompatibility complex class I antigen and adhesion costimulation molecules ICAM-1 in human cervical cancer
Santin A, Hermonat P, Hiserodt J, Chiriva-Internati M, Woodliff J, Theus J, Barclay D, Pecorelli S, Parham G. Effects of irradiation on the expression of major histocompatibility complex class I antigen and adhesion costimulation molecules ICAM-1 in human cervical cancer. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 1997, 39: 737-742. PMID: 9336157, DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(97)00372-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMHC class ISurface antigenClass IAntigen expressionICAM-1High dosesClass II surface antigensCell linesSiHa cervical cancer cellsMajor histocompatibility complex class IHistocompatibility complex class IICAM-1 antigenMolecules ICAM-1Cell replicationSurface antigen expressionHuman cervical cancerComplex class ICervical cancer cellsCervical carcinoma cell linesCervical cell linesHuman cervical carcinoma cell lineDifferent time pointsCervical cancerCarcinoma cell linesHigh radiation doses