Ronald A. Lubet

Chemopreventive effects of celecoxib are limited to hormonally responsive mammary carcinomas in the neu-induced retroviral rat model (2008)

Woditschka, Stephan, Haag, Jill D, Mau, Bob, Lubet, Ronald A, Gould, Michael N

Abstract Introduction While current breast cancer chemoprevention strategies using selective estrogen response modulators and aromatase inhibitors are quite successful, their effects are limited to...

Subchronic Toxicity and Toxicogenomic Evaluation of Tamoxifen Citrate + Bexarotene in Female Rats (2007)

Horn, Thomas L., Torres, Karen E. O., Naylor, Jennifer M., Cwik, Michael J., Detrisac, Carol J., Kapetanovic, Izet M., ...

Tamoxifen (TAM) is a nonsteroidal antiestrogen that prevents estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer in rodents and humans. Bexarotene (BEX), a selective agonist for retinoid X receptors, inhibits...

Modulation by budesonide of a CpG endonuclease in mouse lung tumors (2007)

Li, Long, Tao, Lianhui, Lubet, Ronald A., Steele, Vernon E., Pereira, Michael A.

CpG endonuclease activity was identified in nuclear extracts obtained from mouse lung tumors. Enzyme activity was determined using a 333 bp polymerase chain reaction product of the estrogen...

Chemoprevention of rat prostate carcinogenesis by dietary 16{alpha}-fluoro-5-androsten-17-one (fluasterone), a minimally androgenic analog of dehydroepiandrosterone (2007)

McCormick, David L., Johnson, William D., Kozub, Nicole M., Rao, K.V.N., Lubet, Ronald A., Steele, Vernon E., ...

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a potent inhibitor of prostate carcinogenesis in rats. However, concerns related to the possible androgenicity of DHEA may preclude its use for chemoprevention of...

Prevention of mouse lung tumors and modulation of DNA methylation by combined treatment with budesonide and R115777 (ZarnestraMT) (2007)

Alyaqoub, Fadel S., Tao, Lianhui, Kramer, Paula M., Steele, Vernon E., Lubet, Ronald A., Gunning, William T., ...

Budesonide (an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid), R115777 (a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, Zarnestra, Tipifarnib) or combinations of them were evaluated for prevention of lung tumors and for...

Modulation by Budesonide of a CpG Endonuclease in Mouse Lung Tumors (2007)

Li, Long, Tao, Lianhui, Lubet, Ronald A., Steele, Vernon E., Pereira, Michael A.

CpG endonuclease activity was identified in nuclear extracts obtained from mouse lung tumors. Enzyme activity was determined using a 333bp PCR-Product of the estrogen receptor-α gene that contained...

Efficacy of new retinoids in the prevention of mammary cancers and correlations with short-term biomarkers (2006)

Grubbs, Clinton J., Lubet, Ronald A., Atigadda, Venkatram R., Christov, Konstantin, Deshpande, Anil M., Tirmal, Vivek, ...

A number of retinoid X receptor (RXR) agonists have proven to be highly effective in preventing methylnitrosourea (MNU) induced mammary cancers. However, these agonists have side effects;...

Efficacy of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor R115777 in a rat mammary tumor model: role of Ha-ras mutations and use of microarray analysis in identifying potential targets (2006)

Yao, Ruisheng, Wang, Yian, Lu, Yan, Lemon, William J., End, David W., Grubbs, Clinton J., ...

Rats treated with the alkylating agent methylnitrosourea (MNU) develop multiple, hormonally dependent mammary tumors. Roughly 50% of the tumors have Ha-ras mutation, whereas 50% do not. The...

Efficacy of the farnesyltransferase inhibitor R115777 in a rat mammary tumor model: Role of Ha-ras mutations and use of microarray analysis to identify potential targets (2006)

Yao, Ruisheng, Wang, Yian, Lu, Yan, Lemon, William J., End, David W., Grubbs, Clinton J., ...

Rats treated with the alkylating agent MNU develop multiple hormonally dependent tumors. Roughly 50% of the tumors have Ha-ras mutation while 50% do not. The MNU induced rat mammary tumor model was...

Prevention of mouse lung tumors and modulation of DNA methylation by combined treatment with budesonide and R115777 (ZarnestraMT) (2006)

Alyaqoub, Fadel S., Tao, Lianhui, Kramer, Paula M., Steele, Vernon E., Lubet, Ronald A., Gunning, William T., ...

Budesonide (an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid), R115777 (a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, Zarnestra, Tipifarnib), or combinations of them were evaluated for prevention of lung tumors and for...

Prevention of mouse lung tumors and modulation of DNA methylation by combined treatment with budesonide and R115777 (ZarnestraMT) (2006)

Alyaqoub, Fadel S., Tao, Lianhui, Kramer, Paula M., Steele, Vernon E., Lubet, Ronald A., Gunning, William T., ...

Budesonide (an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid), R115777 (a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, Zarnestra, Tipifarnib), or combinations of them were evaluated for prevention of lung tumors and for...

Prevention of mouse lung tumors and modulation of DNA methylation by combined treatment with budesonide and R115777 (ZarnestraMT) (2006)

Alyaqoub, Fadel S., Tao, Lianhui, Kramer, Paula M., Steele, Vernon E., Lubet, Ronald A., Gunning, William T., ...

Budesonide (an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid), R115777 (a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, Zarnestra, Tipifarnib), or combinations of them were evaluated for prevention of lung tumors and for...

Chemoprevention of rat prostate carcinogenesis by dietary 16{alpha}-fluoro-5-androsten-17-one (fluasterone), a minimally androgenic analog of dehydroepiandrosterone (2006)

McCormick, David L., Johnson, William D., Kozub, Nicole M., Rao, K. V. N., Lubet, Ronald A., Steele, Vernon E., ...

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a potent inhibitor of prostate carcinogenesis in rats. However, concerns related to the possible androgenicity of DHEA may preclude its use for chemoprevention of...

Prevention of mouse lung tumors and modulation of DNA methylation by combined treatment with budesonide and R115777 (ZarnestraMT) (2006)

Alyaqoub, Fadel S., Tao, Lianhui, Kramer, Paula M., Steele, Vernon E., Lubet, Ronald A., Gunning, William T., ...

Budesonide (an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid), R115777 (a farnesyl transferase inhibitor, Zarnestra, Tipifarnib) or combinations of them were evaluated for prevention of lung tumors and for...

4-Hydroxybutyl(butyl)nitrosamine-induced urinary bladder cancers in mice: characterization of FHIT and survivin expression and chemopreventive effects of indomethacin (2005)

Lubet, Ronald A., Huebner, Kay, Fong, Louise Y.Y., Altieri, Dario C., Steele, Vernon E., Kopelovich, Levy, ...

The administration of 4-hydroxybutyl(butyl)nitrosamine (OH-BBN) to male B6D2F1 mice yielded a high incidence of large palpable urinary bladder cancers. Since prior studies demonstrated...

Efficacy of Targretin on methylnitrosourea-induced mammary cancers: prevention and therapy dose-response curves and effects on proliferation and apoptosis (2005)

Lubet, Ronald A., Christov, Konstantin, Nunez, Nomeli P., Hursting, Steven D., Steele, Vernon E., Juliana, M.Margaret, ...

Various aspects of the chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic properties of the RXR receptor agonist Targretin (LGD 1069) were examined in the methylnitrosourea (MNU)-induced model of mammary cancer....

Characterization of rat ovarian adenocarcinomas developed in response to direct instillation of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) coated suture (2005)

Crist, Keith A., Zhang, Zhongqiu, You, Ming, Gunning, William T., Conran, Phillip B., Steele, Vernon E., ...

Human ovarian cancer is predominantly of epithelial cell origin (>90% of malignant tumors) and most often presents at advanced stage with poor prognosis. Most animal models of ovarian carcinoma yield...

Efficacy of new retinoids in the prevention of mammary cancers and correlations with short-term biomarkers (2005)

Grubbs, Clinton J., Lubet, Ronald A., Atigadda, Venkatram R., Christov, Konstantin, Deshpande, Anil M., Tirmal, Vivek, ...

A number of retinoid X receptor (RXR) agonists have proven to be highly effective in preventing methylnitrosourea (MNU) induced mammary cancers. However, these agonists have side effects;...

Characterization of rat ovarian adenocarcinomas developed in response to direct instillation of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) coated suture (2005)

Crist, Keith A., Zhang, Zhongqiu, You, Ming, Gunning, William T., Conran, Phillip B., Steele, Vernon E., ...

Human ovarian cancer is predominantly of epithelial cell origin (>90% of malignant tumors) and most often presents at an advanced stage with poor prognosis. Most animal models of ovarian carcinoma...

Modulation by celecoxib and difluoromethylornithine of the methylation of DNA and the estrogen receptor-{alpha} gene in rat colon tumors (2004)

Pereira, Michael A., Tao, Lianhui, Wang, Wei, Li, Yingzhe, Umar, Asad, Steele, Vernon E., ...

The ability of celecoxib and α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) to modulate the DNA hypomethylation and the hypermethylation of the estrogen receptor (ER)-α gene in colon tumors was evaluated as...

Modulation of DNA methylation and the methylation of the estrogen receptor-{alpha} gene by celecoxib and difluoromethylornithine in rat colon tumors (2004)

Pereira, Michael A., Tao, Lianhui, Wang, Wei, Li, Yingzhe, Umar, Asad, Steele, Vernon E., ...

The ability of celecoxib and α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) to modulate the DNA hypomethylation and the hypermethylation of the estrogen receptor-α gene in colon tumors was evaluated as potential...

Efficacy of targretin on methylnitrosourea-induced mammary cancers: prevention and therapy dose response curves and effects on proliferation and apoptosis (2004)

Lubet, Ronald A., Christov, Konstantin, Nunez, Naomoli, Hursting, Stephen D., Steele, Vernon E., Juliana, M. Margaret, ...

Various aspects of the chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic properties of the RXR receptor agonist targretin (LCD 1069) were examined in the methylnitrosourea (MNU)-induced model of mammary cancer....

4-hydroxybutyl(butyl)nitrosamine (OH-BBN)-induced urinary bladder cancers in mice: characterization of FHIT, survivin and COX-2 expression and chemopreventive effects of indomethacin (2004)

Lubet, Ronald A., Huebner, Kay, Fong, Louise Y. Y., Altieri, Dario C., Steele, Vernon E., Kopelovich, Levy, ...

The administration of OH-BBN to male B6D2F1 mice yielded a high incidence of large palpable urinary bladder cancers that were characterized for expression of certain cancer related genes (FHIT,...

Celecoxib and difluoromethylornithine in combination have strong therapeutic activity against UV-induced skin tumors in mice (2003)

Fischer, Susan M., Conti, Claudio J., Lubet, Ronald A., Aldaz, C. Marcelo, Viner, Jaye

The cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor celecoxib and the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) inhibitor difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) were each previously shown to prevent skin tumor development when...

Systemic genotoxic effects produced by light, and synergism with cigarette smoke in the respiratory tract of hairless mice (2003)

Balansky, Roumen M., Izzotti, Alberto, D'Agostini, Francesco, Camoirano, Anna, Bagnasco, Maria, Lubet, Ronald A., ...

No information is available on the interaction between cigarette smoke, the most important man-made carcinogen, and light, the most widespread natural carcinogen. In order to clarify this issue,...

Celecoxib and difluoromethylornithine in combination have strong therapeutic activity against UV-induced skin tumors in mice (2003)

Fischer, Susan M., Conti, Claudio J., Viner, Jaye, Aldaz, C.Marcelo, Lubet, Ronald A.

The cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor celecoxib and the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) inhibitor difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) were each previously shown to prevent skin tumor development when...

Systemic genotoxic effects produced by light, and synergism with cigarette smoke in the respiratory tract of hairless mice (2003)

Balansky, Roumen M., Izzotti, Alberto, D'Agostini, Francesco, Camoirano, Anna, Bagnasco, Maria, Lubet, Ronald A., ...

No information is available on the interaction between cigarette smoke, the most important man-made carcinogen, and light, the most widespread natural carcinogen. In order to clarify this issue,...

Celecoxib and difluoromethylornithine in combination have strong therapeutic activity against UV-induced skin tumors in mice (2003)

Fischer, Susan M., Conti, Claudio J., Lubet, Ronald A., Aldaz, C. Marcelo, Viner, Jaye

The cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor celecoxib and the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) inhibitor difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) were each previously shown to prevent skin tumor development when...

Systemic genotoxic effects produced by light, and synergism with cigarette smoke in the respiratory tract of hairless mice (2003)

Balansky, Roumen M., Izzotti, Alberto, D'Agostini, Francesco, Camoirano, Anna, Bagnasco, Maria, Lubet, Ronald A., ...

No information is available on the interaction between cigarette smoke, the most important man-made carcinogen, and light, the most widespread natural carcinogen. In order to clarify this issue,...

Altered expression of c-myc, p16 and p27 in rat colon tumors and its reversal by short-term treatment with chemopreventive agents (2002)

Tao, Lianhui, Kramer, Paula M., Wang, Wei, Yang, Siming, Lubet, Ronald A., Steele, Vernon E., ...

Modulation of gene expression in tumors has the potential of being a surrogate end-point biomarker for chemoprevention. Thus, we determined the modulation by chemopreventive agents of the protein and...

Prevention of mouse lung tumors by budesonide and its modulation of biomarkers (2002)

Pereira, Michael A., Li, Yingzhe, Gunning, William T., Kramer, Paula M., Al-Yaqoub, Fadel, Lubet, Ronald A., ...

Chemopreventive drugs have the potential to decrease the morbidity and mortality of lung cancer. The development of these drugs could be expedited by the application of surrogate end-point biomarkers...

Difluoromethylornithine is effective as both a preventive and therapeutic agent against the development of UV carcinogenesis in SKH hairless mice (2001)

Fischer, Susan M., Lee, Marilyn, Lubet, Ronald A.

Targeting specific events associated with tumor development represents a rational approach to chemoprevention as well as therapeutic intervention. In this study the ability of difluoromethylornithine...

Modulation of apoptosis by cigarette smoke and cancer chemopreventive agents in the respiratory tract of rats (2001)

D'Agostini, Francesco, Balansky, Roumen M., Izzotti, Alberto, Lubet, Ronald A., Kelloff, Gary J., De Flora, Silvio

Preclinical studies may elucidate the meaning of biomarkers applicable to epidemiologic studies and to clinical trials for cancer prevention. No study has explored so far the effect of cigarette...

Transforming growth factors-β are not good biomarkers of chemopreventive efficacy in a preclinical breast cancer model system (2000)

Zujewski, JoAnne, Vaughn-Cooke, Anika, Flanders, Kathleen C, Eckhaus, Michael A, Lubet, Ronald A, Wakefield, Lalage M

Abstract Using a carcinogen-initiated rat model of mammary tumorigenesis, we tested the hypothesis that transforming growth factor (TGF)-βs are useful biomarkers of chemopreventive efficacy in the...

Effect of farnesyltransferase inhibitor FTI-276 on established lung adenomas from A/J mice induced by 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (2000)

Lantry, Laura E., Zhang, Zhongqiu, Yao, Rusheng, Crist, Keith A., Wang, Yian, Ohkanda, Junko, ...

The Ras protein undergoes a series of post-translational modifications at the C-terminal CAAX motif, which culminates with the anchoring of p21 Ras to the plasma membrane where it relays growth...

Prevention by aspirin and its combination with {alpha}-difluoromethylornithine of azoxymethane-induced tumors, aberrant crypt foci and prostaglandin E2 levels in rat colon (1999)

Li, Hong, Schut, Herman A.J., Conran, Philip, Kramer, Paula M., Lubet, Ronald A., Steele, Vernon E., ...

The dose–response relationship in male F344 rats was determined for the ability of aspirin administered in the diet to prevent azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon cancer and aberrant crypt foci (ACF)...

Coordinate regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 and TGF-ß1 in replication error-positive colon cancer and azoxymethane-induced rat colonic tumors (1999)

Shao, Jinyi, Sheng, Hongmiao, Aramandla, Radhika, Pereira, Michael A., Lubet, Ronald A., Hawk, Ernest, ...

Evidence is accumulating which indicates that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is involved in the pathogenesis of colorectal cancer. We evaluated the expression of COX-2 in replication error-positive (RER)...

Effect of retinoids on AOM-induced colon cancer in rats: modulation of cell proliferation, apoptosis and aberrant crypt foci (1999)

Zheng, Ye, Kramer, Paula M., Lubet, Ronald A., Steele, Vernon E., Kelloff, Gary J., Pereira, Michael A.

We have previously reported that the retinoids, 4-(hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-HPR) and 9-cis-retinoic acid (RA) prevented azoxymethane (AOM)-induced colon tumors and along with...

5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine is chemopreventive in a 4-(methyl-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone-induced primary mouse lung tumor model (1999)

Lantry, Laura E., Zhang, Zhongqiu, Crist, Keith A., Wang, Yian, Kelloff, Gary J., Lubet, Ronald A., ...

Carcinogenesis is a multistep process in which many alterations in both genetic and epigenetic controls lead to a growth advantage for neoplastic cells. Hypermethylation has been established as the...

Effect of reduced body weight gain on the evaluation of chemopreventive agents in the methylnitrosourea-induced mammary cancer model (1999)

Rodríguez-Burford, Cristina, Lubet, Ronald A., Eto, Isao, Juliana, M. Margaret, Kelloff, Gary J., Grubbs, Clinton J., ...

These studies examined whether the small to moderate reductions in body weight gain (⩽15%) affect mammary carcinogenesis. Beginning 1 week prior to methylnitrosourea (MNU) administration...

Formation and persistence of nucleotide alterations in rats exposed whole-body to environmental cigarette smoke (1999)

Izzotti, Alberto, Bagnasco, Maria, D'Agostini, Francesco, Cartiglia, Cristina, Lubet, Ronald A., Kelloff, Gary J, ...

The assessment of pathological effects produced by environmental tobacco smoke in humans is controversial in epidemiological studies. On the other hand, animal models are poorly sensitive to smoke...

SHORT COMMUNICATION: Piroxicam-induced regression of azoxymethane-induced aberrant crypt foci and prevention of colon cancer in rats (1996)

Pereira, Michael A., Barnes, Leta H., Steele, Vernon E., Kelloff, Gary V., Lubet, Ronald A.

Piroxicam has been shown to prevent azoxymethane (AOM)-induced aberrant crypt foci and colon cancer in rats. In this communication we evaluate whether piroxicam can also cause regression of...

Effects of the phytochemicals, curcumin and quercetin, upon azoxymethane-induced colon cancer and 7, 12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene-induced mammary cancer in rats (1996)

Pereira, Michael A., Grubbs, Clinton J., Barnes, Leta H., Li, Hong, Olson, Greg R., Eto, Isao, ...

Curcumin and quercetin were evaluated in rats for their ability to modulate the carcinogenic activity of azoxy-methane (AOM) in the colon and 7, 12-dimethyl-benz[a]anthracene (DMBA) in the mammary...

K-ras mutations in lung tumors from A/J and A/JxTSG-p53 F1 mice treated with 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone and phenethyl isothiocyanate (1995)

Matzinger, Steven A., Crist, Keith A., Stoner, Gary D., Anderson, Marshall W., Pereira, Michael A., Steele, Vernon E., ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the loss of a p53 allele and phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) pre-treatment on the tumorigenicity of...

Expression of CYP1A1 Gene in Patients With Lung Cancer: Evidence for Cigarette Smoke-Induced Gene Expression in Normal Lung Tissue and for Altered Gene Regulation in Primary Pulmonary Carcinomas (1990)

McLemore, Theodore L., Adelberg, Steven, Liu, Mark C., McMahon, Noreen A., Yu, Sha Jin, Hubbard, Walter C., ...

The major polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon inducible-cy-tochrome P4501A1 gene (CYP1A1) is presumed to be important in pulmonary carcinogenesis and toxicology because its product, the cytochrome...

Induction of alkoxyresorufin O-dealkylases, epoxide hydrolase, and liver weight gain: correlation with liver tumor-promoting potential in a series of barbiturates (1987)

Nims, Raymond W., Devor, Deborah E., Henneman, John R., Lubet, Ronald A.

The effects of a series of barbiturates, of known and varying liver tumor-promoting ability, on several short-term endpoints including liver weight and liver-to-body weight ratio increases and...

Relationship between DNA strand breaks and inhibition of poly(ADP-ribosylation): enhancement of carcinogen-induced transformation (1986)

Kasid, Usha N., Stefanik, David F., Lubet, Ronald A., Dritschilo, Anatoly, Smulson, Mark E.

Inhibition of poly(ADP-Rib) by benzamide (BA) or 3-aminobenzamide (3AB) for a limited period (i.e., when ADP-ribosylation is elevated) during and shortly following X-ray or MNNG-induced DNA damage of...

Effect of 3-aminobenzamide on the induction of toxicity and transformation by ethyl methanesulfonate and methylcholanthrene in BALB/3T3 cells (1984)

Lubet, Ronald A., McCarvill, John T., Putman, Donald L., Schwartz, Jeffery L., Schechtman, Leonard M.

3-Aminobenzamide, a potent inhibitor of nuclear poly ADP-ribosyl synthetase, was tested for its ability to alter the toxic and/or transforming effects of ethyl methanesulfonate, methyl...

Dibenz[a,h]anthracene-induced subcutaneous tumors in mice. Strain sensitivity and the role of carcinogen metabolism (1983)

Lubet, Ronald A., Connolly, Geralynn M., Nebert, Daniel W., Kouri, Richard E.

Four inbred strains of mice (C3H/HeJ, C57BL/6J, AKR/J, and DBA/2J) were injected s.c. with 150 μg of dibenz[a,h]-anthracene and followed for 9 months. Strains C3H/HeJ and...

Transforming growth factors-β are not good biomarkers of chemopreventive efficacy in a preclinical breast cancer model system

Zujewski, JoAnne, Vaughn-Cooke, Anika, Flanders, Kathleen C, Eckhaus, Michael A, Lubet, Ronald A, Wakefield, Lalage M

Using a carcinogen-initiated rat model of mammary tumorigenesis, we tested the hypothesis that transforming growth factor (TGF)-βs are useful biomarkers of chemopreventive efficacy in the breast....

Tumorigenesis in the multiple intestinal neoplasia mouse: Redundancy of negative regulators and specificity of modifiers

Halberg, Richard B., Katzung, Darren S., Hoff, Peter D., Moser, Amy R., Cole, Carolyn E., Lubet, Ronald A., ...

The interaction between mutations in the tumor-suppressor genes Apc and p53 was studied in congenic mouse strains to minimize the influence of polymorphic modifiers. The multiplicity and invasiveness...

Influence of FHIT on benzo[a]pyrene-induced tumors and alopecia in mice: Chemoprevention by budesonide and N-acetylcysteine

Balansky, Roumen, D'Agostini, Francesco, Ganchev, Gancho, Izzotti, Alberto, Di Marco, Barbara, Lubet, Ronald A., ...

The FHIT gene has many hallmarks of a tumor-suppressor gene and is involved in a large variety of cancers. We treated A/J mice and (C57BL/6J × 129/SvJ)F1 (B6/129 F1) mice, either wild-type or...

Efficacy of Deguelin and Silibinin on Benzo(a)pyrene-Induced Lung Tumorigenesis in A/J Mice1

Yan, Ying, Wang, Yian, Tan, Qing, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

We evaluated deguelin and silibinin in A/J mice treated with the tobacco-specific carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene (BP) for their ability to inhibit pulmonary adenoma formation and growth. Animals were...

Differential Gene Expression in Chemically Induced Mouse Lung Adenomas1

Yao, Ruisheng, Wang, Yian, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

Because of similarities in histopathology and tumor progression stages between mouse and human lung adenocarcinomas, the mouse lung tumor model with lung adenomas as the endpoint has been used...

Altered Gene Expression Profile in Mouse Bladder Cancers Induced by Hydroxybutyl(butyl)nitrosamine

Yao, Ruisheng, Lemon, William J, Wang, Yian, Grubbs, Clinton J, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

A variety of genetic alterations and gene expression changes are involved in the pathogenesis of bladder tumor. To explore these changes, oligonucleotide array analysis was performed on RNA obtained...

Differential Expression of Critical Cellular Genes in Human Lung Adenocarcinomas and Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Comparison to Normal Lung Tissues1

McDoniels-Silvers, Amy L, Stoner, Gary D, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

The Atlas human cDNA expression array was used to evaluate gene expression profile changes in the genesis of human lung adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas. Gene expression changes between...

Efficacy of Polyphenon E, Red Ginseng, and Rapamycin on Benzo(a)pyrene-Induced Lung Tumorigenesis in A/J Mice1

Yan, Ying, Wang, Yian, Tan, Qing, Hara, Yukihiko, Yun, Taik-Koo, Lubet, Ronald A, ...

The objective of this investigation was to determine the efficacy of several novel agents in preventing lung tumorigenesis in mice. We evaluated polyphenon E, red ginseng, and rapamycin in A/J mice...

Transforming growth factors-β are not good biomarkers of chemopreventive efficacy in a preclinical breast cancer model system

Zujewski, JoAnne, Vaughn-Cooke, Anika, Flanders, Kathleen C, Eckhaus, Michael A, Lubet, Ronald A, Wakefield, Lalage M

Using a carcinogen-initiated rat model of mammary tumorigenesis, we tested the hypothesis that transforming growth factor (TGF)-βs are useful biomarkers of chemopreventive efficacy in the breast....

Tumorigenesis in the multiple intestinal neoplasia mouse: Redundancy of negative regulators and specificity of modifiers

Halberg, Richard B., Katzung, Darren S., Hoff, Peter D., Moser, Amy R., Cole, Carolyn E., Lubet, Ronald A., ...

The interaction between mutations in the tumor-suppressor genes Apc and p53 was studied in congenic mouse strains to minimize the influence of polymorphic modifiers. The multiplicity and invasiveness...

Influence of FHIT on benzo[a]pyrene-induced tumors and alopecia in mice: Chemoprevention by budesonide and N-acetylcysteine

Balansky, Roumen, D'Agostini, Francesco, Ganchev, Gancho, Izzotti, Alberto, Di Marco, Barbara, Lubet, Ronald A., ...

The FHIT gene has many hallmarks of a tumor-suppressor gene and is involved in a large variety of cancers. We treated A/J mice and (C57BL/6J × 129/SvJ)F1 (B6/129 F1) mice, either wild-type or...

Efficacy of Deguelin and Silibinin on Benzo(a)pyrene-Induced Lung Tumorigenesis in A/J Mice1

Yan, Ying, Wang, Yian, Tan, Qing, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

We evaluated deguelin and silibinin in A/J mice treated with the tobacco-specific carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene (BP) for their ability to inhibit pulmonary adenoma formation and growth. Animals were...

Differential Gene Expression in Chemically Induced Mouse Lung Adenomas1

Yao, Ruisheng, Wang, Yian, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

Because of similarities in histopathology and tumor progression stages between mouse and human lung adenocarcinomas, the mouse lung tumor model with lung adenomas as the endpoint has been used...

Altered Gene Expression Profile in Mouse Bladder Cancers Induced by Hydroxybutyl(butyl)nitrosamine

Yao, Ruisheng, Lemon, William J, Wang, Yian, Grubbs, Clinton J, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

A variety of genetic alterations and gene expression changes are involved in the pathogenesis of bladder tumor. To explore these changes, oligonucleotide array analysis was performed on RNA obtained...

Differential Expression of Critical Cellular Genes in Human Lung Adenocarcinomas and Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Comparison to Normal Lung Tissues1

McDoniels-Silvers, Amy L, Stoner, Gary D, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

The Atlas human cDNA expression array was used to evaluate gene expression profile changes in the genesis of human lung adenocarcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas. Gene expression changes between...

Efficacy of Polyphenon E, Red Ginseng, and Rapamycin on Benzo(a)pyrene-Induced Lung Tumorigenesis in A/J Mice1

Yan, Ying, Wang, Yian, Tan, Qing, Hara, Yukihiko, Yun, Taik-Koo, Lubet, Ronald A, ...

The objective of this investigation was to determine the efficacy of several novel agents in preventing lung tumorigenesis in mice. We evaluated polyphenon E, red ginseng, and rapamycin in A/J mice...

Gene Expression Profiling of Chemically Induced Rat Bladder Tumors

Yao, Ruisheng, Yi, Yijun, Grubbs, Clinton J, Lubet, Ronald A, You, Ming

A variety of genetic alterations and gene expression changes are involved in the pathogenesis of bladder tumors. To explore expression changes in 4-hydroxybutyl(butyl)nitrosamine-induced rat bladder...