Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway mediates acquired resistance to sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

…, WT Tai, WC Feng, CH Hsu, PJ Chen, AL Cheng - … of Pharmacology and …, 2011 - ASPET
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common potentially lethal human
malignancies worldwide. Sorafenib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was recently approved by the …

Treatment of liver cancer

CY Liu, KF Chen, PJ Chen - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Primary liver cancer, mostly hepatocellular carcinoma, remains a difficult-to-treat cancer.
Incidence of liver cancer varies geographically and parallels with the geographic prevalence of …

Thiazolidenediones mediate apoptosis in prostate cancer cells in part through inhibition of Bcl-xL/Bcl-2 functions independently of PPARγ

…, SK Kulp, KF Chen, CS Chen, JW Huang, CS Chen - Cancer research, 2005 - AACR
Certain members of the thiazolidenedione family of the peroxisome proliferator-activated
receptor γ (PPARγ) agonists, such as troglitazone and ciglitazone, exhibit antitumor effects; …

3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1/Akt signaling represents a major cyclooxygenase-2-independent target for celecoxib in prostate cancer cells

SK Kulp, YT Yang, CC Hung, KF Chen, JP Lai… - Cancer research, 2004 - AACR
Regarding the involvement of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)-independent pathways in
celecoxib-mediated antineoplastic effects, the following two issues remain outstanding: identity of …

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 is a major kinase-independent target of sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma

…, HP Huang, JW Huang, PJ Chen, KF Chen - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Recently, we reported that sorafenib sensitizes hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) cells to TRAIL through the inhibition of signal transducer and activator of …

CIP2A mediates effects of bortezomib on phospho-Akt and apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

…, YC Lin, HC Yu, TH Liu, DR Hou, PJ Chen, AL Cheng - Oncogene, 2010 - nature.com
Previously, we reported that Akt inactivation determines the sensitivity of hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC) cells to bortezomib. In this study, we report that cancerous inhibitor of protein …

Sorafenib overcomes TRAIL resistance of hepatocellular carcinoma cells through the inhibition of STAT3

…, YC Lin, CW Shiau, PK Li, PJ Chen, AL Cheng - Clinical cancer …, 2010 - AACR
Purpose: Recombinant tumor necrosis factor–related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a
promising antitumor agent. However, many hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells show …

OSU-03012, a novel celecoxib derivative, induces reactive oxygen species–related autophagy in hepatocellular carcinoma

…, WC Lee, WC Feng, CS Chen, ML Kuo, AL Cheng - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer and the third leading cause
of cancer death worldwide. Systemic treatments for HCC have been largely unsuccessful. …

Dovitinib induces apoptosis and overcomes sorafenib resistance in hepatocellular carcinoma through SHP-1–mediated inhibition of STAT3

…, CY Liu, CH Ko, MW Lin, PJ Chen, KF Chen - Molecular cancer …, 2012 - AACR
The multiple kinase inhibitor dovitinib is currently under clinical investigation for hepatocellular
carcinoma (HCC). Here, we investigated the mechanistic basis for the effects of dovitinib …

[HTML][HTML] Tamoxifen induces apoptosis through cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A–dependent phospho-Akt inactivation in estrogen receptor–negative …

…, CY Wang, CW Shiau, LM Tseng, KF Chen - Breast cancer …, 2014 - Springer
Introduction Tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor (ER) modulator, may affect cancer cell
survival through mechanisms other than ER antagonism. In the present study, we tested the …