anticancer/fever

BACKGROUND Effectiveness of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents in colchicine-resistant familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients has attracted attention in recent years. OBJECTIVE We analyzed the effect of anti-TNF agents on clinical findings of colchicine-resistant FMF patients with

Despite the exciting advances in cancer chemotherapy over past decades, drug resistance in cancer treatment remains one of the primary reasons for therapeutic failure. IR-780 loaded pH-responsive polymeric prodrug micelles with near infrared (NIR) photothermal effect are developed to circumvent the

Magnetic hyperthermia (MHT) is being investigated as a cancer treatment since the 1950s. Recent advancements in the field of nanotechnology have resulted in a notable increase in the number of MHT studies. Most of these studies explore MHT as a stand-alone treatment or as an adjuvant therapy in a

The cytotoxic enhancement of cisplatin by magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH) was investigated in human colon adenocarcinoma cells (Caco-2). A nanoparticle platform based on iron oxide functionalized with carboxymethyl dextran was employed to produce heat at the nanoscale. To assess the synergistic

The altered constitutive and inducible levels of heat shock proteins 70 (Hsp70) in drug-resistant cells may influence the efficiency of combined hyperthermia and anticancer drug treatment. In the present study, the constitutive levels of Hsp70 and induction of these proteins by hyperthermia and two

The effects of treatment with several antitumor agents in combination with hyperthermia (42 degrees and 43 degrees) on the cell survival of cultured mouse leukemia L5178Y and mammary carcinoma FM3A cells were studied by following clonal growth in a soft-agar medium. L5178Y cells were more

The effects of hyperthermia and antineoplastic agents on the cytotoxicity to normally oxygenated and chronically hypoxic glioma cells were investigated in vitro. Exposure to temperatures above 43.0 degrees C was less cytotoxic to hypoxic cells which predominantly accumulated in the G0/G1 phase

Using an in vitro colony forming assay system, cytotoxic effects of anticancer drugs, adriamycin (ADM) and peplomycin (PEP), and the combined effect of hyperthermia and anticancer drugs on cultivated KK-47 cells were investigated. From the response curves obtained at 42 and 43 degrees C

The effect of hyperthermia on the spleen cells of Meth A-hyperimmunized BALB/c mice (Meth A-Im-SPL) was examined. Three kinds of heating were employed: (a) a cell suspension of Meth A-Im-SPL was directly heated for 1 h at 41 degrees C; (b) the whole body of Meth A-hyperimmunized mice was heated in

A compact whole-body hyperthermia system utilizing extracorporeal circulation for anticancer treatment has been devised and its clinical applicability is discussed. Our system has the following advantages; 1. Our small heat-exchanger made of polyvinyl-chloride hollow fibers exhibited sufficient

Hyperthermia (HT) has shown feasibility and potency as an anticancer therapy. Administration of HT in the chemotherapy has previously enhanced the cytotoxicity of drugs against pancreatic cancer. However, the drugs used when conducting these studies are substantially conventional chemotherapeutic

The abscopal effect has previously been described in various tumors and is associated with radiation therapy and hyperthermia, with possible underlying mechanisms explaining each observed case. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the antitumor effects of magnet-mediated hyperthermia on

Dendritic cells (DC) are potent antigen-presenting cells that can present tumor antigens chaperoned by heat shock proteins (HSPs), while local hyperthermia (LHT) can increase the expression of HSPs. In this study, we determine if intratumoral injection of immature DC after LHT (LHT+IT-DC) induces

Among the relevant properties of graphene derivatives, their ability of acting as an energy-converting device so as to produce heat (i.e., thermoablation and hyperthermia) was more recently taken into account for the treatment of solid tumors. In this pioneering study, for the first time, the in

Curcumin previously was proven to inhibit angiogenesis and display potent antitumor activity in vivo and in vitro. In the present study, we investigated whether a combination curcumin with hyperthermia would have a synergistic antitumor effect in the LL/2 model. The results indicated that