2017
IFNγ enhances cytotoxic efficiency of the cytotoxic T lymphocytes against human glioma cells
Shao S, Risch E, Burner D, Lu L, Minev B, Ma W. IFNγ enhances cytotoxic efficiency of the cytotoxic T lymphocytes against human glioma cells. International Immunopharmacology 2017, 47: 159-165. PMID: 28410529, DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2017.04.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytotoxic T lymphocytesPositive glioma cellsT cell activation scoreMHC class IGlioma cellsClass IT lymphocytesTumor antigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytesAntigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytesIFNγ treatmentActivity of CTLHuman dendritic cellsRisk of deathHuman leukocyte antigenActivation scoresLow-grade gliomasMHC class I moleculesClass I moleculesHuman glioma cellsCytotoxic efficiencyDendritic cellsTumor immunityLeukocyte antigenCancer immunotherapyGlioma patients
2016
Metformin alters DNA methylation genome-wide via the H19/SAHH axis
Zhong T, Men Y, Lu L, Geng T, Zhou J, Mitsuhashi A, Shozu M, Maihle NJ, Carmichael GG, Taylor HS, Huang Y. Metformin alters DNA methylation genome-wide via the H19/SAHH axis. Oncogene 2016, 36: 2345-2354. PMID: 27775072, PMCID: PMC5415944, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsS-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolaseDNA methylation genomeGenome-wide alterationsNovel mechanismSubset of genesDNA methyltransferase 3BMethylation genomeDNA methylationEpigenetic dysregulationPathway genesMolecular basisAMPK activationLet-7Methyltransferase 3BMolecular mechanismsEndometrial cancer tissue samplesH19 knockdownGene methylationCell proliferationCancer tissue samplesCancer cellsNormal cellsConcomitant inhibitionGenesMethylation