hemin/breast neoplasms

Exosomes are non-invasive biomarkers for cancer diagnosis. Herein, we describe an electrochemiluminescent (ECL) aptasensor for the detection of exosomes from breast tumor cells. Mercaptopropionic acid (MPA)-modified Eu³⁺-doped CdS nanocrystals (MPA-CdS:Eu NCs) and

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is highly induced in various human disease states, including cancer, indicating that HO-1 is an emerging target of cancer therapy. In this study, we investigated that the mechanisms of hemin-induced HO-1 expression and its signaling pathways in human breast cancer cell. We

Cyclin D1 and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) are key regulators of cell proliferation that are overexpressed in most breast cancers. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the molecular mechanism by which hemin exerts its inhibitory effects on aggressive breast cancer

A green, facile, fast, and sensitive liquid-phase microextraction method is presented for the extraction and preconcentration of hemin in the presence of free iron ions prior to flame atomic absorption spectroscopic determination. In this technique, an anion-functionalized task-specific ionic liquid

BACKGROUND Given the great benefits of artificial enzymes, a simple approach is proposed via assembling of Ni2+ with hemin for synthesis of Ni-hemin metal-organic-frameworks (Ni-hemin MOFs) mimic enzyme. The formation of the Ni-hemin MOFs was verified by scanning electron microscopy, Transmission

The end result of our research would be the development of a new diagnostic technique that could be used as a screening test, starting from a simple blood collection, a common procedure without any risk to the subject. Red blood cells (RBC) of patients affected by breast cancer are more sensitive to

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) has recently been found to be involved in angiogenesis and metastasis. In this study, we investigated whether HO-1 could potentiate the metastatic potential of human breast cancer cells. Treatment of MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 cells with 30 microM of

Hypoxia is a hallmark of many malignant solid tumors. The inadequate oxygen concentration in the hypoxic regions of a solid tumor impedes the efficiency of photodynamic therapy (PDT) because the generation of reactive oxygen species during the PDT process is directly dependent on the available

Mimosine is a toxic nonprotein amino acid that is a major constituent of the tropical legumes Leucaena and Mimosa. Mimosine has been shown to cause acute and chronic toxicosis in livestock fed from forage containing these plants. Recently, mimosine has been demonstrated to reversibly block cell

Epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a key mechanism underlying metastatic breast cancer. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in EMT. Heme oxygenase‑1 (HMOX‑1) can reduce oxidative stress. However, the effect of HMOX‑1 on the EMT process in breast cancer cells is unknown. We

Mitochondrial metabolism is an attractive target for cancer therapy^1,2. Reprogramming metabolic pathways could improve the ability of metabolic inhibitors to suppress cancers with limited treatment options, such as triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)^1,3. Here we show that BTB

The monitoring of microRNA (miRNA) expression levels is of great importance in cancer diagnosis. In the present work, based on two cascaded toehold-mediated strand displacement reactions (TSDRs), we have developed a label- and enzyme-free target recycling signal amplification approach for sensitive

Effective characterization of protein biomarkers status on the cell surface has important value in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Traditional immunohistochemistry can only assess the protein expression level rather than accurately reflect their interaction and oligomerization, resulting in

Hypoxia is an important factor that results in failure of chemotherapy for the majority of solid tumor types, particularly for gastric cancer. In the present study, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which have the ability to migrate to cancer tissues were used as a vehicle to supply oxygen to gastric

MicroRNA-21 (miR-21) is a promising diagnostic biomarker for breast cancer screening and disease progression, thus the method for the sensitive and selective detection of miR-21 is vital to its clinical diagnosis. Herein, we develop a novel method to quantify miR-21 levels as low as attomolar