MEDICAL REFERENCES

Stem Cells & Immune Cells

Tumour Stem Cells: Rooting Out Resistance, Rich, et al., Nat. Rev. Cancer 2006; 6 (12): 904-905. Medscape article 550020

 

The Paradox of Response and Survival in Cancer Therapeutics, Huff, Matsui, Smith & Jones, Blood 2006; 107: 4321-434.

 

Will Cancer Stem Cell Provide New Therapeutic Targets?-  Review, Behbod & Rosen, Carcinogenesis 2004;

26 (4): 703-711.

 

Cancer Stem cells: Are We Missing the Target? – Commentary, Jones, Matsui & Smith, J. Natl. Cancer Inst.

2004; 96 (8): 583-585.

 

On Mammary Stem Cells, Woodward, Chen, Behbod & Rosen, J. Cell Sci. 2005; 118: 3585-3594.

 

Cancer Stem Cells - Review, Jordan, Guzman & Noble, NEJM 2006; 355 (12): 1253-1261.

 

Bone Marrow Derived Cells & Cancer – An Opportunity for Improved Therapy, Houghton, Nat. Clin. Pract. Oncol.  2007; 4 (1): 2-3.  Medscape article 551187

 

The Lymphovascular Embolus of Inflammatory Breast Cancer Expresses a Stem Cell-like Phenotype, Xiao, Ye, Yearsley, et al., Amer. J. Pathol. 2008; 173 (2): 561-574.

 

Leukaemia Stem Cells & the Evolution of Cancer Stem Cell Research, Huntley & Gilliand, Nat. Rev. Cancer  2005; 5: 311-321.

 

Human Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells Identified, Simenone, et al., Cancer Res. 2007  Medscape article 551581

 

Brain Tumor Cells Lurk in Perivascular Niches, Gilbertson, Cancer Cell  2007; 11: 3-5, 69-82.   Medscape article 551315.

 

Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Inhibit the Tumorigenic Potential of Human Brain Tumor-initiating Cells, Piccirillo & Vescovi, Nature 2006; 444: 761-765.   

           

           Brain Tumour Stem Cells, Vescovi, Galli, and Reynolds, Nat. Rev. Cancer 2006; 6 (1): 425-436.

 

Relation of tumor associated macrophages and mast cells of tumor interstitum and angiogenesis in non-small cell lung cancer, Zou & Hu, Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2007; 32 (6):1037-1041.

 

Association of macrophages, mast cells and eosinophil leukocytes with angiogenesis and tumor stage in non-small cell lung carcinomas (NSCLC), Tataroglu, Kargi, Ozka, et al., Lung Cancer  2004; 43 (1): 47-54.

 

Inflammatory cell infiltration of tumors: Jekyll or Hyde, Talmadge, Donkor & Scholar, Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2007; 26 (3-4): 373-400.

 

Human macrophages promote the motility and invasiveness of osteopontin-knockdown tumor cells, Cheng, Huo, Kuang, et al., Cancer Res. 2007; 67( 11): 5141-5147.

 

Dynamics of the immune reaction to pancreatic cancer from inception to invasion,  Clark, Hingorani, Mick, et al.,   Cancer Res. 2007;67 (19): 9518-9527.

 

Increased expression of human macrophage metalloelastase (MMP-12) is associated with the invasion of endometrial adenocarcinoma, Yang, Dong, Zhao,et al.,  Pathol Res Pract. 2007; 203 (7): 499-505. Epub 2007 Jun 14.

 

Role of tumor-associated macrophages in tumor progression and invasion, Mantovani, Schioppa, Porta, et al.,  Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2006;25( 3): 315-322.

 

Co-opting macrophage traits in cancer progression: a consequence of tumor cell fusion? Pawelek, Chakraborty, Lazova, etr al., Contrib Microbiol. 2006; 13: 138-155.

 

Macrophages: obligate partners for tumor cell migration, invasion, and metastasis, Condeelis & PollardCell 2006;124 (2): 263-266.

 

Prostate Cancer: Genes, Environment, Immunity and the Use of Immunotherapy, Karan, Thrasher & Lubaroff, Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis.  2008; 11 (3): 230-236.

 

ER Alpha  Status of Disseminated Tumor Cells in Bone Marrow of Primary Breast Cancer Patients, Fehm, Krawczyk, Solomayer, et al.,  Breast Cancer Res.  2008; 0 (5): R76.

 

Resistance of Cancer Cells to Immune Recognition and Killing, Lipinski & Egyud, Med. Hypoth. 2000; 54 (3): 456-460.

Molecular Biology of Macrophage Activation: A Pathway Whereby Psychosocial Factors Can Potentially Affect Health, Adams, Psychosomat. Med. 1994; 56: 316-327.

Disregulation in TH1 and TH2 Subsets of CD4+ T Cells in Peripheral Blood of Colorectal Cancer Patients and Involvement in Cancer Establishment and Progression, Pellegrini,  Berghella, Del Beato, et al., Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 1996; 42 (1): 1-8.

Th1/Th2 balance: The Hypothesis, Its Limitations, and Implications for Health and Disease, Kidd, Altern. Med. Rev. 2003; 8(3):223-46

Anesthesia, Surgery, and the Immune System, Kotani, Curr. Opin. Anesthesiol. 1993; 6: 562-568.

Effect of Major Dietary Modifications on the Immune System in Patients with Breast Cancer, Garritson, Nikaein, Peters, et al., Cancer Practice  1995; 3 (4): 239-246.

In vivo Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Enhancement of Human Natural Killer Cell Activity, Vojdani & Ghoneum,  Nutr. Res.1993; 13: 753-754.

Enhancement of Human Natural Killer Cytotoxic Activity by Vitamin C in Pure and Augmented Formulations, Vojdani & Namatalla, J. Nutr. Environ. Med. 1997; 7 (3): 187-195.

Cancer-expanded Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells Induce Anergy of NK Cells Through Menbrane-bound TGF-beta 1, Li, Han, Guo, et al., J. Immunol. 2009; 182 (1): 240-249.

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