A premature infant presented with an incidental finding of a mass in the retroperitoneum adjacent to the adrenal gland seen on a renal ultrasound study. A clinical diagnosis of neuroblastoma was made based on imaging ...A premature infant presented with an incidental finding of a mass in the retroperitoneum adjacent to the adrenal gland seen on a renal ultrasound study. A clinical diagnosis of neuroblastoma was made based on imaging and laboratory studies; however, upon resection, histological examination revealed a cellular capillary hemangioma of infancy. Hemangioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of asymptomatic retroperitoneal mass lesions in infants.展开更多
Although links between cancer and inflammation were fi rstly proposed in the nineteenth century,the molecular mechanism has not yet been clearly understood.Epidemiological studies have identified chronic infections an...Although links between cancer and inflammation were fi rstly proposed in the nineteenth century,the molecular mechanism has not yet been clearly understood.Epidemiological studies have identified chronic infections and infl ammation as major risk factors for various types of cancer.NF-κB transcription factors and the signaling pathways are central coordinators in innate and adaptive immune responses.STAT3 regulates the expression of a variety of genes in response to cellular stimuli,and thus plays a key role in cell growth and apoptosis.Recently,roles of NF-κB and STAT3 in colon,gastric and liver cancers have been extensively investigated.The activation and interaction between STAT3 and NF-κB play vital roles in control of the communication between cancer cells and infl ammatory cells.NF-κB and STAT3 are two major factors controlling the ability of pre-neoplastic and malignant cells to resist apoptosis-based tumor-surveillance and regulating tumor angiogenesis and invasiveness.Understanding the molecular mechanisms of NF-κB and STAT3 cooperation in cancer will offer opportunities for the design of new chemo-preventive and chemotherapeutic approaches.展开更多
文摘A premature infant presented with an incidental finding of a mass in the retroperitoneum adjacent to the adrenal gland seen on a renal ultrasound study. A clinical diagnosis of neuroblastoma was made based on imaging and laboratory studies; however, upon resection, histological examination revealed a cellular capillary hemangioma of infancy. Hemangioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of asymptomatic retroperitoneal mass lesions in infants.
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文摘Although links between cancer and inflammation were fi rstly proposed in the nineteenth century,the molecular mechanism has not yet been clearly understood.Epidemiological studies have identified chronic infections and infl ammation as major risk factors for various types of cancer.NF-κB transcription factors and the signaling pathways are central coordinators in innate and adaptive immune responses.STAT3 regulates the expression of a variety of genes in response to cellular stimuli,and thus plays a key role in cell growth and apoptosis.Recently,roles of NF-κB and STAT3 in colon,gastric and liver cancers have been extensively investigated.The activation and interaction between STAT3 and NF-κB play vital roles in control of the communication between cancer cells and infl ammatory cells.NF-κB and STAT3 are two major factors controlling the ability of pre-neoplastic and malignant cells to resist apoptosis-based tumor-surveillance and regulating tumor angiogenesis and invasiveness.Understanding the molecular mechanisms of NF-κB and STAT3 cooperation in cancer will offer opportunities for the design of new chemo-preventive and chemotherapeutic approaches.
