2022
Noxious Combination of Tobacco Smoke Nitrosamines with Bile, Deoxycholic Acid, Promotes Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, via NFκB, In Vivo.
Vageli DP, Doukas PG, Doukas SG, Tsatsakis A, Judson BL. Noxious Combination of Tobacco Smoke Nitrosamines with Bile, Deoxycholic Acid, Promotes Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, via NFκB, In Vivo. Cancer Prevention Research 2022, 15: 297-308. PMID: 35502554, DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-21-0529.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinomaTobacco smoke componentsSquamous cell carcinomaAerodigestive tract carcinogenesisBile refluxRisk factorsHypopharyngeal cancerCell carcinomaChronic exposureNFκB activationVivo modelUpper aerodigestive tract cancerNoxious combinationLarge-scale studiesIndependent risk factorAerodigestive tract cancerUpper aerodigestive tract carcinogenesisHigh-risk individualsVivo chronic exposurePresence of bileSilent progressionTract cancerTobacco smokingInvasive carcinomaPremalignant lesions
2021
Bile reflux and hypopharyngeal cancer
Vageli DP, Doukas SG, Doukas PG, Judson BL. Bile reflux and hypopharyngeal cancer. Oncology Reports 2021, 46: 244. PMID: 34558652, PMCID: PMC8485019, DOI: 10.3892/or.2021.8195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHypopharyngeal cancerAcidic bileHypopharyngeal carcinogenesisBile refluxRisk factorsGastroesophageal reflux diseaseIndependent risk factorSquamous cell cancerUpper aerodigestive tractElevated p53 expressionAnti-apoptotic effectsReflux diseaseLaryngopharyngeal refluxAerodigestive tractCell cancerGastroesophageal refluxateContribution of STAT3Neck cancerPrecancerous lesionsPremalignant changesNeoplastic changesNF-κBDNA damageP53 expressionBile acids
2020
The temporal effects of topical NF-κB inhibition, in the in vivo prevention of bile-related oncogenic mRNA and miRNA phenotypes in murine hypopharyngeal mucosa: a preclinical model
Vageli DP, Kasle D, Doukas SG, Doukas PG, Sasaki CT. The temporal effects of topical NF-κB inhibition, in the in vivo prevention of bile-related oncogenic mRNA and miRNA phenotypes in murine hypopharyngeal mucosa: a preclinical model. Oncotarget 2020, 11: 3303-3314. PMID: 32934775, PMCID: PMC7476734, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.27706.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNF-κB inhibitorBAY 11NF-κB-related pathwaysPharmacological NF-κB inhibitorSquamous cell cancerPro-inflammatory effectsNF-κB inhibitionNF-κB activationOncogenic mRNAsAcidic bileTopical preBile refluxHypopharyngeal cancerCell cancerPreclinical modelsTopical administrationHypopharyngeal mucosaBile exposureVivo preventionTranslational explorationMiR-155MiR-21Oncogenic eventsMiRNA phenotypesPrevents overexpression