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- Buechner, Frederike L., et al.
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Consumption of vegetables and fruit and the risk of bladder cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
- 2009
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Ingår i: International Journal of Cancer. - : Wiley. - 0020-7136 .- 1097-0215. ; 125:11, s. 2643-2651
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Previous epidemiologic studies found inconsistent associations between vegetables and fruit consumption and the risk of bladder cancer. We therefore investigated the association between vegetable and fruit consumption and the risk of bladder cancer among participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Data on food consumption and complete follow-up for cancer occurrence was available for a total of 478,533 participants, who were recruited in 10 European countries. Estimates of rate ratios were obtained by Cox proportional hazard models, stratified by age at recruitment, gender and study centre, and adjusted for total energy intake, smoking status, duration of smoking and lifetime intensity of smoking. A calibration study in a subsample was used to control for dietary measurement errors. After a mean follow-up of 8.7 years, 1015 participants were newly diagnosed with bladder cancer. Increments of 100 g/day in fruit and vegetable consumption combined did not affect bladder cancer risk (i.e., calibrated HR = 0.98; 95%CI: 0.95-1.01). Borderline statistically significant lower bladder cancer risks were found among fever smokers with increased consumption of fruit and vegetables combined (HR = 0.94 95%CI: 0.87-1.00 with increments of 100 g/day; calibrate HR = 0.92 95%CI 0.79-1.06) and increased consumption of apples and pears (hard fruit; calibrated HR = 0.90 95%CI: 0.82-0.98 with increments of 25 g/day). For none of the associations a statistically significant interaction with smoking status was found. Our findings do not support an effect of fruit and vegetable consumption, combined or separately, on bladder cancer risk. (c) 2009 UICC
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- Ceder, Jens, et al.
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The characterization of epithelial and stromal subsets of candidate stem/progenitor cells in the human adult prostate.
- 2008
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Ingår i: European Urology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-7560 .- 0302-2838. ; 53:3, s. 524-532
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVES: Questions regarding the cell source and mechanisms in the initiation and progression of prostate cancer are today still open for debate. Indeed, our knowledge regarding prostate cell regulation, self-renewal, and cytodifferentiation is presently rather limited. In this study, we investigated these processes in the normal adult human prostate. METHODS: Dynamic expression patterns in prostate stem/progenitor cells, intermediate/transit-amplifying cells, and cell lineages were immunohistochemically identified in an in situ explant renewal model of the human normal/benign adult prostate (n=6). RESULTS: Cells with a basal phenotype proliferated significantly in explant cultures, whereas luminal cells went into apoptosis. Results further show down-regulation in tissue cultures of the basal and hypothetical stem cell marker Bcl-2 in the majority of cells, except in rare putative epithelial stem cells. Investigation of established (AC133) and novel candidate prostate stem/progenitor markers, including the cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase KIT and its ligand stem cell factor (SCF), showed that these rare epithelial cells are AC133(+)/CD133(low)/Bcl-2(high)/cytokeratin(+)/vimentin(-)/KIT(low)/SCF(low). In addition, we report on a stromal population that expresses the mesenchymal marker vimentin and that is AC133(-)/CD133(high)/Bcl-2(-)/cytokeratin(-)/KIT(high)/SCF(high). CONCLUSIONS: We provide evidence for epithelial renewal in response to tissue culture and for basal and epithelial stem/progenitor cell recruitment leading to an expansion of an intermediate luminal precursor phenotype. Data further suggest that SCF regulates prostate epithelial stem/progenitor cells in an autocrine manner and that all or a subset of the identified novel stromal phenotype represents prostate stromal progenitor cells or interstitial pacemaker cells or both.
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- Egevad, Lars, et al.
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Primary seminal vesicle carcinoma detected at transurethral resection of prostate
- 2007
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Ingår i: Urology. - : Elsevier BV. - 1527-9995 .- 0090-4295. ; 69:4
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a case of primary seminal vesicle carcinoma detected at transurethral resection. The clinical presentation, radiologic findings, and pathologic features of these tumors are reviewed. Grossly, seminal vesicle carcinoma is poorly circumscribed and solid or solid/cystic and may be misinterpreted as an abscess or hemorrhage on radiologic examination. Although a definitive diagnosis often cannot be given until after complete resection, we describe the findings indicative of seminal vesicle origin, including papillary histologic architecture, sometimes with mucinous differentiation, and a characteristic immunophenotype positive for CA-125 and cytokeratin 7, but negative for prostate-specific antigen and cytokeratin 20. UROLOGY 69: 778.e11-78.e13, 2007.
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- Egevad, Lars, et al.
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Urachal signet-cell adenocarcinoma
- 2009
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0036-5599 .- 1651-2065. ; 43:1, s. 88-91
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This report presents two cases of urachal signet-cell adenocarcinoma (USCA). Two men, aged 53 and 51 years, presented with haematuria. Cystoscopy showed tumours in the dome of the bladder and transurethral resection revealed signet ring cell carcinoma. They both underwent cystoprostatectomy but died of metastatic disease after 14 and 26 months. USCA is a very rare tumour with poor prognosis. Only 25 cases have been reported. The tumours have a specific gross and microscopic morphology but must be distinguished from metastases of signet ring cell originating from other sites. Immunohistochemistry is helpful for the determination of the primary site.
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- Ehrnström, Roy
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Carbonate Ions and Gastric Cancer
- 2007
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Nearly one million new cases of gastric cancer are diagnosed annually throughout the world. Even though the incidence has fallen dramatically in recent decades, this disease is still the second leading cause of cancer death in a global perspective. The geographic distribution of gastric cancer varies markedly, with the highest rates in Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, and China. This variation is presumably associated with modifiable risk factors, primarily H. pylori infection and diet, which have dominated the debate on this topic for more than a decade. The incidence of spontaneous gastric cancer is extremely low in rats, which has led to testing of different experimental models in attempts to generate gastric tumors in these animals. In the first study underlying this thesis, rats were subjected to gastric resection to generate duodenogastric reflux (DGR) and subsequent development of gastric adenocarcinomas. The effects of various food supplements on the incidence of cancer were studied using a total of 256 male Wistar rats. Surprisingly, in the first set of experiments in the second study, ingestion of food supplemented with calcium carbonate more than tripled the incidence of carcinomas (61%) compared to controls (17%). In a second set of experiments, calcium ions were switched to sodium ions, which revealed that carbonate ions caused the remarkable increase in cancer in the rats given an altered diet (54%, compared to 12% for controls). Both experimental and clinical studies have shown that DGR is associated with the development of gastric cancer. It has also been found that pancreaticoduodenal juice is responsible for the neoplastic formation, and that such fluid is especially rich in carbonate ions. The final study examined non-transformed mucosa in a rat model of gastric cancer to determine expression of COX-2 and ODC as markers of tumor promotion and to measure production of Ki67 as an indication of cell proliferation. This was done to assess the effect of carbonate ions on gastric tumorigenesis. The results indicated that the gastric resection per se increased COX-2 expression and significantly augmented cell proliferation. Dietary supplementation of carbonate ions did not further enhance the levels of COX-2. However, in the resected animals, carbonate-supplemented food led to elevated expression of ODC and a further increase in cell proliferation in the non-transformed mucosa. In conclusion, an environment entailing persistent chronic inflammation and increased levels of COX-2, induced by either duodenogastric reflux or a factor such as H. pylori infection, increases the risk of malignant transformation. Moreover, extra carbonate intake raises the levels of ODC in the gastric mucosa in a COX-2-dependent manner, which magnifies the proliferative drive and results in an even higher risk of gastric carcinoma.
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- Magnusson, Cecilia, et al.
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An increased expression of cysteinyl leukotriene 2 receptor in colorectal adenocarcinomas correlates with high differentiation
- 2007
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Ingår i: Cancer Research. - 1538-7445. ; 67:19, s. 9190-9198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Increased levels of inflammatory mediators such as cystenyl leukotrienes (CysLT) have been found in and around tumors. These data, along with our previous observation that the G-protein-coupled receptor CysLT(1)R, which signals survival and proliferation, is up-regulated in colon cancer, suggest an important role for CysLT(1)R in tumor development. The objective of this study was to examine the expression and function of the low-affinity CysLT(2) receptor (CysLT(2)R) in colon cancer. We found lower expression levels of CysLT(2)R compared with CysLT(1)R in cancer cell lines as well as clinical tumor material. Interestingly, CysLT(2)R, like CysLT(1)R, was found to be one of few G-protein-coupled receptors that are located both at the plasma membrane and the nuclear membrane. No effect of CysLT(2)R signaling on cell proliferation was observed, nor was there a correlation between CysLT2R and different proliferation markers such as KI-67 and cyclooxygenase-2 in the tumor material. Instead, we found that activation of this receptor in colon cancer cells led to cellular differentiation similar to the effects of butyrate treatment. In accordance with this finding, we found that reduced expression of CysLT(2)R in colon cancer was associated with poor prognosis. We report the novel finding that CysLT(2)R signaling leads to terminal differentiation of colon carcinoma cells and growth inhibition, and that its expression is relatively high in less malignant forms of colon cancer. These data suggest that the balance between these two receptors is important for tumor progression and disease outcome.
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- Tassidis, Helena, et al.
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Immunohistochemical detection of tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 predicts outcome after radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer
- 2009
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Ingår i: Cancer Research. - 0008-5472 .- 1538-7445. ; 69:9 Supplement, s. LB-257-
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) receptors and cytosolic signalling proteins as well as the protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTP) have important roles in regulation of growth and function of the benign and malignant prostate gland. Here we studied the expression levels and functions of the protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in prostate cancer cell lines and in benign and malignant human prostatic tissues. We found that SHP-1 is expressed at a high level in LNCaP prostate cancer cells compared to PC-3 cells. Silencing of SHP-1 expression with siRNA in LNCaP cells led to an increased rate of proliferation as measured by thymidine incorporation, whereas in PC3 cells in which SHP1 was overexpressed by transient transfection proliferation rate was decreased. We also examined SHP-1 expression in prostate cancer by immunohistochemical staining of tissue microarrays comprising tumor specimens from 122 prostate cancer patients. We found an inverse correlation between SHP-1 staining intensity and the time to biochemical recurrence as measured by a rise in the serum level of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in prostate cancer patients. In conclusion, our results suggest that a low level of SHP-1 expression in prostate cancer cells is associated with high proliferation rate and with an increased risk of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer.
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