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Similar in vitro experimental findings, including those in a 3D culture model, were also obtained using Detroit 562 pharyngeal SqCC cells. These findings suggested that combined treatment with MCL1 silencing plus DTX appears highly effective against airway-derived SqCC.Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) originates in the nasopharynx epithelium. Although concurrent chemoradiation therapy followed by chemotherapy is considered as an effective treatment, there is substantial drug resistance in locally advanced NPC patients. One major contributor to the chemoresistance includes aberrant expression of cell adhesion molecules, such as integrin α and β subunits, giving rise to cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of integrin α5 on the development of intrinsic cisplatin resistance in NPC and the associated underlying mechanisms using in vitro three-dimensional (3D) spheroid models, as well as induced cisplatin-resistant NPC (NPCcisR). We demonstrated that established 3D highly- (5-8F) and lowly- (6-10B) metastatic NPC spheroids overexpressed integrin α5 and aggravated their resistance to cisplatin. Besides, enhanced integrin α5 resulted in substantially reduced growth, corresponding to G0/G1 and G2/M cell cycle arrest. In addition, 5-8FcisR and 6-10BcisR cells in 3D forms synergistically strengthened endurance of their spheroids to cisplatin treatment as observed by increased resistance index (RI) and decreased apoptosis. Mechanistically, the aberrantly expressed integrin α5 decreased drug susceptibility in NPC spheroids by inactivating ERK and inhibition of caspase-3 inducing apoptosis. Furthermore, the effect of integrin α5 inducing intrinsic resistance was verified via treatment with ATN-161, a peptide inhibitor for integrin α5β1. The results showed dramatic reduction in integrin α5 expression, reversal of ERK phosphorylation and caspase-3 cleavage, together with elevated cisplatin sensitivity, indicating regulation of innate drug resistance via integrin α5. Taken together, our findings suggest that integrin α5 could act as a promising target to enhance the chemotherapeutic sensitivity in NPC.

Though smokers are at an increased risk for postoperative pulmonary complications following thoracic surgery, the relationship between cessation timing and postoperative pulmonary complications has not been explored in an era of enhanced recovery protocols and active tobacco cessation programs. Because a strong preference exists among thoracic surgeons to delay surgery to continued smokers, we sought to evaluate this relationship in a modern era.

Patients undergoing lung resection for a diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer from 2012-2017 were identified. Multivariable logistic regression was used to evaluate preoperative tobacco cessation timing to determine the impact upon postoperative pulmonary complications.

1038 ever-smokers were identified. Patients were current smokers in 30 (3%) instances, and among former smokers, the preoperative cessation interval was 0-14 days in 10% (104), >14 days-1 month in 6% (62), >1 month-1 year in 18% (189), >1-5 years in 10% (107), and >5 years in 53% seling should be aimed at long-term benefits, including reduction of disease recurrence and secondary malignancies.

Post-operative bronchial anastomotic complications are not uncommon in lung transplant (LTx) recipients. We investigated two surgical techniques (continuous and interrupted sutures) during bronchial anastomosis, comparing survival and post-operative bronchial complications.

We retrospectively analyzed 421 patients who were transplanted in our center (February-2012 to March-2018). Patients were divided according to bronchial anastomotic technique, continuous or interrupted. Demographics and clinical parameters were compared for significance (p<0.05). Comparison of post-operative morbidity included bronchial complications, Veno-Venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support and intervention requirements. Survival was assessed using Kaplan-Meier curve and log-rank tests (p<0.05).

Of the 421 patients, 290 underwent bronchial anastomoses with continuous suture; 44 patients had post-operative bronchial complications (15.2%). Contrarily, 131 patients underwent the interrupted suture technique; 9 patients had post-operative bronchial complications (6.9%). Demographics and clinical parameters included age, gender, ethnicity, etiology, lung allocation score, body mass index, donor age, LTx type, cardiopulmonary bypass usage, surgical approaches, and median length of stay. Post-operative complications (continuous vs. interrupted) were bronchial complications (p=0.017), Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (p=0.41), Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support (p=0.38), and complications requiring dilatation with stent placement (p=0.09). Kaplan-Meier curve showed better survival in the interrupted group (p=0.0002).

Our study demonstrated the comparable post-operative results between the continuous and interrupted technique.

Our study demonstrated the comparable post-operative results between the continuous and interrupted technique.

Recommendations for intraoperative lymph node evaluation are uniform regardless of whether a primary tumor is clinical T1a or T2a according to TNM 8

edition for Stage I Non-Small-Cell lung cancers (NSCLC). CGS 21680 We quantified nodal disease risk in patients with T1a disease (≤1cm).

The National Cancer Database was queried for clinical T1aN0M0 primary NSCLCs ≤1cm undergoing lobectomy with mediastinal nodal evaluation from 2004-2014. Nodal disease risk was analyzed as a function of demographics and tumor characteristics.

Among 2,157 cases, 6.7% had occult nodal disease 5.1% occult N1 and 1.6% N2. Adenocarcinoma (7.5%), large cell carcinoma (25%), and poor differentiation (11.8%) or undifferentiated/anaplastic (25.0%) had high rates of combined pN1 and N2 disease (p<0.001). In univariable analysis, odds of pathologic N1, N2, or N1/N2 nodal disease with respect to N0 was greatest for large cell carcinoma (ref. adenocarcinoma Odds Ratio (OR) 4.31, 3.62, 4.12 respectively; all p<0.05), and anaplastic grade (OR 10.71, 13.09, 11.55). Bronchoalveolar adenocarcinomas had the lowest odds (OR 0.41, 0.11, 0.32) and squamous cell carcinoma had lower odds for N2 (OR 0.29, all p<0.05). In multivariable analysisonly bronchoalveolar adenocarcinomas had lower odds of pathologic N2 and N1/N2 disease with respect to N0. Worsening grade remained significant for pathologic N1 and N1/N2 disease (both p<0.05).

A significant rate (6.7%) of occult nodal disease is present in primary NSCLCs ≤1cm. Risk increases with certain histology and worsening grade. We recommend mandatory systematic hilar and mediastinal nodal evaluation for T1a NSCLC tumors for accurate staging and adjuvant therapy.

A significant rate (6.7%) of occult nodal disease is present in primary NSCLCs ≤1cm. Risk increases with certain histology and worsening grade. We recommend mandatory systematic hilar and mediastinal nodal evaluation for T1a NSCLC tumors for accurate staging and adjuvant therapy.This study aims to investigate the role of lncRNA RHPN1-AS1 in NPC and its potential regulatory mechanism. The expression of RHPN1-AS1 in tissues and cells was measured by qRT-PCR. The effect of RHPN1-AS1 silencing on biological functions of NPC cells was detected by CCK-8, colony formation, flow cytometry, wound healing, and transwell assays. The protein expression was measured by western blot. link2 The RBPs of RHPN1-AS1 were predicted by Starbase and LncTar, and verify by RIP assay. ESTIMATE was used to analyze the relationship between CELF2 expression and tumor purity. GSEA was used to analyze the downstream signaling pathway of CELF2. In our study, RHPN1-AS1 was up-regulated in NPC tissues and cells. RHPN1-AS1 silencing inhibited cell viability, capacity of proliferation, migration and invasion, promoted apoptosis, decreased protein expression of Bcl-2, MMP2/9, increased protein expression of Bax, caspase-3, and TIMP2 of NPC cells. CELF2 was a target of RHPN1-AS1 and was down-regulated in NPC tissues and cells. CELF2 level was associated with tumor purity negatively. Low expression of CELF2 activated mTORC1 signaling pathway and increased protein expression of p-mTORC1/mTORC1 and p-P70S6K/P70S6K. RHPN1-AS1 silencing eliminated the activating effect of CELF2 silencing on mTORC1 signaling pathway. Moreover, CELF2 silencing reversed the inhibitory effect of RHPN1-AS1 on NPC progression. In conclusion, our findings indicated that RHPN1-AS1 plays an important role in NPC via activating mTORC1 signaling which is modulated by CELF2. RHPN1-AS1 may serve as a potential therapeutic target for NPC treatment.The development of radioresistance during radiotherapy is a major cause of tumor recurrence and metastasis. To provide new insights of the mechanisms underlying radioresistance, we established radioresistant cell lines derived from two different subtypes of breast cancer cells, HER2-positive SK-BR-3 and ER-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cells, by exposing cells to 48 ~ 70 Gy of radiation delivered at 4-5 Gy twice weekly over 9 ~ 10 months. link3 The established radioresistant SK-BR-3 (SR) and MCF-7 (MR) cells were resistant not only to a single dose of radiation (2 Gy or 4 Gy) but also to fractionated radiation delivered at 2 Gy/day for 5 days. Furthermore, these cells exhibited tumor-initiating potential in vivo and high CD24-/CD44 + ratio. To identify novel therapeutic molecular targets, we analyzed differentially expressed genes in both radioresistant cell lines and found that the expression of ACSL4 was significantly elevated in both cell lines. Targeting ACSL4 improved response to irradiation and inhibited migration activities. Furthermore, inhibition of ACLS4 using ASCL4 siRNA or triacsin C suppressed FOXM1 expression, whereas inhibition of FOXM1 using thiostrepton did not affect ACSL4 expression. Targeting the ACSL4-FOXM1 signaling axis by inhibiting ASCL4 or FOXM1 overcame the radioresistance by suppressing DNA damage responses and inducing apoptosis. This is the first study to report that ACSL4 plays a crucial role in mediating the radioresistance of breast cancer by regulating FOXM1. We propose the ACSL4-FOXM1 signaling axis be considered a novel therapeutic target in radioresistant breast cancer and suggest treatment strategies targeting this signaling axis might overcome breast cancer radioresistance.The efficacy of programmed cell death protein ligand (PD-L)-1/PD-1 checkpoint blockade in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) remains unknown. The effects of mTOR inhibitors are uncertain, and patients may develop resistance to them. The limited understanding of cancer cell-intrinsic mTOR-mediated pathways remains a challenge in developing effective treatments. Whether transcription factor (TF)-E3 regulates PD-L1 expression and the tumor microenvironment was investigated, and the effects of an mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor on translocation RCC were explored. TFE3 was overexpressed in clear cell RCC cell lines, and PD-L1 expression was analyzed by Western blot analysis. PD-L1 activity in relation to TFE3 expression in translocation RCC was also analyzed, via TFE3 knockdown and treatment with an mTOR inhibitor. The results were correlated with the gene expression profile, evaluated using digital multiplex analysis. TFE3 and PD-L1 expression were positively correlated in RCC cells. TFE3 overexpression was associated with the expression of PD-L1 in RCC.