Down-regulation of Rad51 expression overcomes drug resistance to gemcitabine in human Non–Small-Cell Lung cancer cells

MS Tsai, YH Kuo, YF Chiu, YC Su, YW Lin - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2010 - ASPET
Gemcitabine (2′,2′-difluorodeoxycytidine), a deoxycytidine analog, and erlotinib, an
epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor, are used clinically to treat patients with …

Emodin enhances cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity via down-regulation of ERCC1 and inactivation of ERK1/2

…, JY Jhan, SC Ciou, CM Cheng, YF Chiu, YH Kuo… - Lung Cancer, 2010 - Elsevier
Emodin, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is a natural anthraquinone derivative found in the roots
and rhizomes of numerous plants; it exhibits an anticancer effect on many malignancies. The …

CHC promotes tumor growth and angiogenesis through regulation of HIF-1α and VEGF signaling

KH Tung, CW Lin, CC Kuo, LT Li, YH Kuo, CW Lin… - Cancer letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma is an aggressive disease with a high mortality rate. In this study,
we have newly generated a monoclonal antibody (mAb), Pa65-2, which specifically binds …

Synergistic effect of curcumin and cisplatin via down-regulation of thymidine phosphorylase and excision repair cross-complementary 1 (ERCC1)

MS Tsai, SH Weng, YH Kuo, YF Chiu, YW Lin - Molecular pharmacology, 2011 - ASPET
Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a phenolic compound obtained from the rhizome of Curcuma
longa, is known to have antiproliferative and antitumor properties. Thymidine …

Role of Rad51 down-regulation and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 inactivation in emodin and mitomycin C-induced synergistic cytotoxicity in human …

YJ Su, MS Tsai, YH Kuo, YF Chiu, CM Cheng… - Molecular …, 2010 - ASPET
Emodin (1,3,8-trihydroxy-6-methyl-anthraquinone) is a natural anthraquinone derivative
found in the roots and rhizomes of numerous plants. It is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and has …

Inhibition of p38 MAPK-dependent excision repair cross-complementing 1 expression decreases the DNA repair capacity to sensitize lung cancer cells to etoposide

…, YF Chiu, YC Huang, SC Tseng, YH Kuo… - Molecular cancer …, 2012 - AACR
Etoposide (VP-16), a topoisomerase II inhibitor, is an effective anticancer drug currently
used for the treatment of a wide range of cancers. Excision repair cross-complementary 1 (…

Curcumin enhances the mitomycin C-induced cytotoxicity via downregulation of MKK1/2–ERK1/2-mediated Rad51 expression in non-small cell lung cancer cells

JC Ko, MS Tsai, SH Weng, YH Kuo, YF Chiu… - Toxicology and applied …, 2011 - Elsevier
Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a major active component of turmeric (Curcuma longa), has
been reported to suppress the proliferation of a wide variety of tumor cells. Rad51 is a key …

Modulation of Rad51, ERCC1, and thymidine phosphorylase by emodin result in synergistic cytotoxic effect in combination with capecitabine

JC Ko, MS Tsai, YH Kuo, YF Chiu, SH Weng… - Biochemical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Thymidine phosphorylase (TP) is the rate-limiting enzyme for the activation of capecitabine (pro-drug
of fluorouracil), and as a useful predictor of tumor response to capecitabine-based …

Up-regulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2-dependent thymidylate synthase and thymidine phosphorylase contributes to cisplatin resistance in human …

JC Ko, MS Tsai, YF Chiu, SH Weng, YH Kuo… - Journal of Pharmacology …, 2011 - ASPET
Chemotherapy for advanced human non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) includes platinum-containing
compound such as cisplatin in combination with a second- or third-generation …

Enhancement of mitomycin C‐induced cytotoxicity by curcumin results from down‐regulation of MKK1/2‐ERK1/2‐mediated thymidine phosphorylase expression

SH Weng, MS Tsai, YF Chiu, YH Kuo… - Basic & clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a phenolic compound obtained from the rhizome of Curcuma
longa, has been found to inhibit cell proliferation in various human cancer cell lines, …