Connective tissue growth factor and β-catenin constitute an autocrine loop for activation in rat sarcomatoid mesothelioma

June 2, 2014 | Comments Off on Connective tissue growth factor and β-catenin constitute an autocrine loop for activation in rat sarcomatoid mesothelioma

The Journal of Pathology. 2014 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Akatsuka S, Chew SH, Jiang L, Nagai H, Okazaki Y, Takahashi T, Toyokuni S, Ukai S, Wang S,…

Immune therapies for malignant mesothelioma

May 30, 2014 | Comments Off on Immune therapies for malignant mesothelioma

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy. 2014 May 16. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Antoniu SA, Dimofte G, Ungureanu D. Abstract Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare disease which can develop…

Physician-based ultrasound-guided biopsy for diagnosing pleural disease

May 28, 2014 | Comments Off on Physician-based ultrasound-guided biopsy for diagnosing pleural disease

Chest. 2014 May 15. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Ahmed A, Corcoran JP, Gleeson FV, Hallifax RJ, Hassan N, Manuel A, Maruthappu M, Nagendran M, Psallidas I, Rahman NM, Rostom…

Discovery of Mesothelin and Exploiting It as a Target for Immunotherapy

May 26, 2014 | Comments Off on Discovery of Mesothelin and Exploiting It as a Target for Immunotherapy

American Association for Cancer Research. 2014 May 13. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Hassan R, Pastan I. Abstract We have recently reported that an immunotoxin targeting mesothelin produced durable major…

Diagnostic utility of immunohistochemistry in distinguishing between epithelioid pleural mesotheliomas and breast carcinomas: a comparative study

May 23, 2014 | Comments Off on Diagnostic utility of immunohistochemistry in distinguishing between epithelioid pleural mesotheliomas and breast carcinomas: a comparative study

Human Pathology. 2014 Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Ordonez NG, Sahin AA. Abstract Epithelioid mesotheliomas and breast carcinomas can present a variety of morphologic patterns. Because of this,…

Size- and shape-dependent pleural translocation, deposition, fibrogenesis and mesothelial proliferation by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

May 21, 2014 | Comments Off on Size- and shape-dependent pleural translocation, deposition, fibrogenesis and mesothelial proliferation by multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Cancer Science. 2014 May 11. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Alexander DB, Fukamachi K, Futakuchi M, Hirose A, Kanno J, Numano T, Omori T, Suzui M, Tsuda H, Xu J.…

A Redox-Silent Analogue of Tocotrienol Inhibits Cobalt(II) Chloride-Induced VEGF Expression via Yes Signaling in Mesothelioma Cells

May 19, 2014 | Comments Off on A Redox-Silent Analogue of Tocotrienol Inhibits Cobalt(II) Chloride-Induced VEGF Expression via Yes Signaling in Mesothelioma Cells

Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 2014. [Link] Ando A, Ota M, Sato A, Virgona N, Yano T. Abstract Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a crucial role in tumor angiogenesis and…

A review and critique of U.S. EPA’s risk assessments for asbestos

May 16, 2014 | Comments Off on A review and critique of U.S. EPA’s risk assessments for asbestos

Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 2014 May 7. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Anderson EL, Chang ET, Hoel DG, Lau EC, Moolgavkar SH, Turnham P. Abstract U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

Supplementary Prognostic Variables for Pleural Mesothelioma: A Report from the IASLC Staging Committee.

May 14, 2014 | Comments Off on Supplementary Prognostic Variables for Pleural Mesothelioma: A Report from the IASLC Staging Committee.

Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2014 May 6. [Epub ahead of print] [Link] Asamura H, Cangir AK, Edwards J, Giroux D, Hoffman H, Kennedy C, Pass HI, Rice D, Ruffini E,…

Biological responses according to the shape and size of carbon nanotubes in BEAS-2B and MESO-1 cells

May 12, 2014 | Comments Off on Biological responses according to the shape and size of carbon nanotubes in BEAS-2B and MESO-1 cells

International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2014 April 17. [Link] Aoki K, Haniu H, Kato H, Kobayashi S, Maruyama K, Matsuda Y, Nomura H, Okamoto M, Saito N, Takanashi S, Tanaka M,…

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