Cervical cancer is a growing global disease in developing countries.Persistent infection with human papillomaviruses(HPV)is an essential causative agent in this type of cancer.Several studies demonstrate HPV E5 oncopr...Cervical cancer is a growing global disease in developing countries.Persistent infection with human papillomaviruses(HPV)is an essential causative agent in this type of cancer.Several studies demonstrate HPV E5 oncoprotein can impress the normal life cycle of HPV-infected cells by targeting some pivotal cellular signaling pathways,such as the epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)signaling pathway.In this study,we used E5-siRNA to knockdown that essential oncogene and considered the effect of E5 silencing on proliferation,apoptosis,cell cycle,apoptosis-related gene expression,and the initiator of the EGFR signaling pathway in cervical cancer cells.The results demonstrate that E5 plays an essential role in the proliferation and inhibited apoptosis in cervical cancer.Furthermore,silencing E5 reduces proliferation,increases apoptosis,and elevates related-genes expression of these malignant cells.Overall,E5 suppression may be appropriate for ameliorating cervical cancer progression.展开更多
Immunotherapy has been recently considered as a promising alternative for cancer treatment.Indeed,targeting of immune checkpoint(ICP)strategies have shown significant success in human malignancies.However,despite rema...Immunotherapy has been recently considered as a promising alternative for cancer treatment.Indeed,targeting of immune checkpoint(ICP)strategies have shown significant success in human malignancies.However,despite remarkable success of cancer immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer(PCa),many of the developed immunotherapy methods show poor therapeutic outcomes in PCa with no or few effective treatment options thus far.In this process,immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment(TME)is found to be the main obstacle to the effectiveness of antitumor immune response induced by an immunotherapy method.In this paper,the latest findings on the ICPs,which mediate immunosuppression in the TME have been reviewed.In addition,different approaches for targeting ICPs in the TME of PCa have been discussed.This review has also synopsized the cutting-edge advances in the latest studies to clinical applications of ICP-targeted therapy in PCa.展开更多
基金supported by a grant from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences(Tbzmed)(376 and 1397).
文摘Cervical cancer is a growing global disease in developing countries.Persistent infection with human papillomaviruses(HPV)is an essential causative agent in this type of cancer.Several studies demonstrate HPV E5 oncoprotein can impress the normal life cycle of HPV-infected cells by targeting some pivotal cellular signaling pathways,such as the epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)signaling pathway.In this study,we used E5-siRNA to knockdown that essential oncogene and considered the effect of E5 silencing on proliferation,apoptosis,cell cycle,apoptosis-related gene expression,and the initiator of the EGFR signaling pathway in cervical cancer cells.The results demonstrate that E5 plays an essential role in the proliferation and inhibited apoptosis in cervical cancer.Furthermore,silencing E5 reduces proliferation,increases apoptosis,and elevates related-genes expression of these malignant cells.Overall,E5 suppression may be appropriate for ameliorating cervical cancer progression.
文摘Immunotherapy has been recently considered as a promising alternative for cancer treatment.Indeed,targeting of immune checkpoint(ICP)strategies have shown significant success in human malignancies.However,despite remarkable success of cancer immunotherapy in pancreatic cancer(PCa),many of the developed immunotherapy methods show poor therapeutic outcomes in PCa with no or few effective treatment options thus far.In this process,immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment(TME)is found to be the main obstacle to the effectiveness of antitumor immune response induced by an immunotherapy method.In this paper,the latest findings on the ICPs,which mediate immunosuppression in the TME have been reviewed.In addition,different approaches for targeting ICPs in the TME of PCa have been discussed.This review has also synopsized the cutting-edge advances in the latest studies to clinical applications of ICP-targeted therapy in PCa.
