Stephen John Ralph

Arsenic-Based Antineoplastic Drugs and Their Mechanisms of Action (2008)

Stephen John Ralph

Arsenic-based compounds have become accepted agents for cancer therapy providing high rates of remission of some cancers such as acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). The mechanisms by which...

α-Tocopheryl succinate induces apoptosis by targeting ubiquinone-binding sites in mitochondrial respiratory complex II (2008)

Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, L, Witting, PK, ...

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) is a selective inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells, which involves the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The molecular target of α-TOS has not been...

α-Tocopheryl succinate induces apoptosis by targeting ubiquinone-binding sites in mitochondrial respiratory complex II (2008)

Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, L, Witting, PK, ...

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) is a selective inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells, which involves the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The molecular target of α-TOS has not been...

α-Tocopheryl succinate induces apoptosis by targeting ubiquinone-binding sites in mitochondrial respiratory complex II (2008)

Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, L, Witting, PK, ...

α-Tocopheryl succinate (α-TOS) is a selective inducer of apoptosis in cancer cells, which involves the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The molecular target of α-TOS has not been...

The in vitro effects of LASER irradiation on human breast carcinoma and immortalised human mammary epithelial cell lines (2008)

Powell, Katie, Laakso, Liisa, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Objective: The aim of this investigation was to compare the cell proliferative effects of a range of doses of low level laser therapy (LLLT) at wavelengths of 780, 830 and 904 nm on human breast and...

The in vitro effects of LASER irradiation on human breast carcinoma and immortalised human mammary epithelial cell lines (2008)

Powell, Katie, Laakso, Liisa, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Objective: The aim of this investigation was to compare the cell proliferative effects of a range of doses of low level laser therapy (LLLT) at wavelengths of 780, 830 and 904 nm on human breast and...

Arsenic-Based Antineoplastic Drugs and Their Mechanisms of Action (2008)

Stephen John Ralph

Arsenic-based compounds have become accepted agents for cancer therapy providing high rates of remission of some cancers such as acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). The mechanisms by which...

A peptide conjugate of Vitamin E succinate targets breast cancer cells with high erbB2 expression (2007)

Wang, Xiufang, Birringer, Marc, Dong, Lan-feng, Veprek, Pavel, Low, Pauline, Cowie, Emma Angela, ...

Overexpression of erbB2 is associated with resistance to apoptosis. We explored whether high level of erbB2 expression by cancer cells allows their targeting using an erbB2-binding peptide (LTVSPWY)...

Vitamin E analogs, a novel group of "Mitocans," as anticancer agents: The importance of being redox-silent (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Tomasetti, Marco, Zhao, Yan, Dong, Lan-feng, Birringer, Marc, Wang, Xiufang, ...

The search for a selective and efficient anticancer agent for treating all neoplastic disease has yet to deliver a universally suitable compound(s). The majority of established anticancer drugs...

Mitocans as anti-cancer agents targeting mitochondria: lessons from studies with vitamin E analogues, inhibitors of complex II (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Freeman, Ruth, Dong, Lan-feng, Prochazka, Lubomir, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Recently mitochondria in cancer cells have emerged as the Achilles heel for tumour destruction. Anti-cancer agents specifically targeting cancer cell mitochondria are referred to as 'mitocans'. These...

An Update on Malignant Melanoma Vaccine Research : Insights into mechanisms for improving the design and potency of melanoma therapeutic vaccines (2007)

Ralph, Stephen John

Currently, cancer vaccine therapy for melanoma has a 2-fold focus. On the one hand, advances have been aimed at improving the effectiveness of melanoma vaccines based on a greater understanding of...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Vitamin E analogues as a novel group of mitocans: anti-cancer agents that act by targeting mitochondria (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Ramanathapuram, Lalitha, Hahn, Tobias, Chladova, Miroslava, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Mitochondria have recently emerged as new and promising targets for cancer prevention and therapy. One of the reasons for this is that mitochondria are instrumental to many types of cell death and...

Vitamin E analogues inhibit angiogenesis by selective induction of apoptosis in proliferating endothelial cells: the role of oxidative stress (2007)

Dong, Lan-feng, Cowie, Emma Angela, Eliasson, Johanna Maria, Wang, Xiufang, Gold, Mikhal, Medunic, Yasmine, ...

''Mitocans'' from the vitamin E group of selective anticancer drugs, A-tocopheryl succinate (A-TOS) and its ether analogue A-TEA, triggered apoptosis in proliferating but not arrested endothelial...

A peptide conjugate of Vitamin E succinate targets breast cancer cells with high erbB2 expression (2007)

Wang, Xiufang, Birringer, Marc, Dong, Lan-feng, Veprek, Pavel, Low, Pauline, Cowie, Emma Angela, ...

Overexpression of erbB2 is associated with resistance to apoptosis. We explored whether high level of erbB2 expression by cancer cells allows their targeting using an erbB2-binding peptide (LTVSPWY)...

Vitamin E analogs, a novel group of "Mitocans," as anticancer agents: The importance of being redox-silent (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Tomasetti, Marco, Zhao, Yan, Dong, Lan-feng, Birringer, Marc, Wang, Xiufang, ...

The search for a selective and efficient anticancer agent for treating all neoplastic disease has yet to deliver a universally suitable compound(s). The majority of established anticancer drugs...

Mitocans as anti-cancer agents targeting mitochondria: lessons from studies with vitamin E analogues, inhibitors of complex II (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Freeman, Ruth, Dong, Lan-feng, Prochazka, Lubomir, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Recently mitochondria in cancer cells have emerged as the Achilles heel for tumour destruction. Anti-cancer agents specifically targeting cancer cell mitochondria are referred to as 'mitocans'. These...

An Update on Malignant Melanoma Vaccine Research : Insights into mechanisms for improving the design and potency of melanoma therapeutic vaccines (2007)

Ralph, Stephen John

Currently, cancer vaccine therapy for melanoma has a 2-fold focus. On the one hand, advances have been aimed at improving the effectiveness of melanoma vaccines based on a greater understanding of...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Vitamin E analogues as a novel group of mitocans: anti-cancer agents that act by targeting mitochondria (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Ramanathapuram, Lalitha, Hahn, Tobias, Chladova, Miroslava, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Mitochondria have recently emerged as new and promising targets for cancer prevention and therapy. One of the reasons for this is that mitochondria are instrumental to many types of cell death and...

Vitamin E analogues inhibit angiogenesis by selective induction of apoptosis in proliferating endothelial cells: the role of oxidative stress (2007)

Dong, Lan-feng, Cowie, Emma Angela, Eliasson, Johanna Maria, Wang, Xiufang, Gold, Mikhal, Medunic, Yasmine, ...

''Mitocans'' from the vitamin E group of selective anticancer drugs, A-tocopheryl succinate (A-TOS) and its ether analogue A-TEA, triggered apoptosis in proliferating but not arrested endothelial...

A peptide conjugate of Vitamin E succinate targets breast cancer cells with high erbB2 expression (2007)

Wang, Xiufang, Birringer, Marc, Dong, Lan-feng, Veprek, Pavel, Low, Pauline, Cowie, Emma Angela, ...

Overexpression of erbB2 is associated with resistance to apoptosis. We explored whether high level of erbB2 expression by cancer cells allows their targeting using an erbB2-binding peptide (LTVSPWY)...

Vitamin E analogs, a novel group of "Mitocans," as anticancer agents: The importance of being redox-silent (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Tomasetti, Marco, Zhao, Yan, Dong, Lan-feng, Birringer, Marc, Wang, Xiufang, ...

The search for a selective and efficient anticancer agent for treating all neoplastic disease has yet to deliver a universally suitable compound(s). The majority of established anticancer drugs...

Mitocans as anti-cancer agents targeting mitochondria: lessons from studies with vitamin E analogues, inhibitors of complex II (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dyason, Jeffrey Clifford, Freeman, Ruth, Dong, Lan-feng, Prochazka, Lubomir, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Recently mitochondria in cancer cells have emerged as the Achilles heel for tumour destruction. Anti-cancer agents specifically targeting cancer cell mitochondria are referred to as 'mitocans'. These...

An Update on Malignant Melanoma Vaccine Research : Insights into mechanisms for improving the design and potency of melanoma therapeutic vaccines (2007)

Ralph, Stephen John

Currently, cancer vaccine therapy for melanoma has a 2-fold focus. On the one hand, advances have been aimed at improving the effectiveness of melanoma vaccines based on a greater understanding of...

Tumour-initiating cells vs. cancer 'stem' cells and CD133: What's in the name? (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Stantic, Marina, Zobalova, Renata, Chladova, Jaromira, Wang, Xiufang, Prochazka, Lubomir, ...

Recent evidence suggests that a subset of cells within a tumour have 'stem-like' characteristics. These tumour-initiating cells, distinct from non-malignant stem cells, show low proliferative rates,...

Vitamin E analogues as a novel group of mitocans: anti-cancer agents that act by targeting mitochondria (2007)

Neuzil, Jiri, Dong, Lan-feng, Ramanathapuram, Lalitha, Hahn, Tobias, Chladova, Miroslava, Wang, Xiufang, ...

Mitochondria have recently emerged as new and promising targets for cancer prevention and therapy. One of the reasons for this is that mitochondria are instrumental to many types of cell death and...

Vitamin E analogues inhibit angiogenesis by selective induction of apoptosis in proliferating endothelial cells: the role of oxidative stress (2007)

Dong, Lan-feng, Cowie, Emma Angela, Eliasson, Johanna Maria, Wang, Xiufang, Gold, Mikhal, Medunic, Yasmine, ...

''Mitocans'' from the vitamin E group of selective anticancer drugs, A-tocopheryl succinate (A-TOS) and its ether analogue A-TEA, triggered apoptosis in proliferating but not arrested endothelial...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Mitocans: Mitochondrial Targeted Anti-Cancer Drugs as Improved Therapies and Related Patent Documents (2006)

Ralph, Stephen John, Low, Pauline, Dong, Lan-feng, Lawen, Alfons, Neuzil, Jiri

Mitochondria are proving to be worthy targets for activating specific killing of cancer cells in tumors and a diverse range of mitochondrial targeted drugs are currently in clinical trial to...

Mitocans: Mitochondrial Targeted Anti-Cancer Drugs as Improved Therapies and Related Patent Documents (2006)

Ralph, Stephen John, Low, Pauline, Dong, Lan-feng, Lawen, Alfons, Neuzil, Jiri

Mitochondria are proving to be worthy targets for activating specific killing of cancer cells in tumors and a diverse range of mitochondrial targeted drugs are currently in clinical trial to...

Molecular mechanism of 'mitocan'-induced apoptosis in cancer cells epitomizes the multiple roles of reactive oxygen species and Bcl-2 family proteins. (2006)

Neuzil, Jiri, Wang, Xiufang, Dong, Lan-feng, Low, Pauline, Ralph, Stephen John

Mitochondria have emerged recently as effective targets for novel anti-cancer drugs referred to as 'mitocans'. We propose that the molecular mechanism of induction of apoptosis by mitocans, as...

Mitocans: Mitochondrial Targeted Anti-Cancer Drugs as Improved Therapies and Related Patent Documents (2006)

Ralph, Stephen John, Low, Pauline, Dong, Lan-feng, Lawen, Alfons, Neuzil, Jiri

Mitochondria are proving to be worthy targets for activating specific killing of cancer cells in tumors and a diverse range of mitochondrial targeted drugs are currently in clinical trial to...

Inhibitory Effects Associated with Use of Modified Photinus pyralis and Renilla reniformis Luciferase Vectors in Dual Reporter Assays and Implications for Analysis of ISGs. (2005)

Ghazawi, I., Cutler, S., Low, Pauline, Mellick, Albert, Ralph, Stephen John

Luciferase reporter constructs are widely used for analysis of gene regulation when characterizing promoter and enhancer elements. We report that the recently developed codon-modified Renilla...

Inhibitory Effects Associated with Use of Modified Photinus pyralis and Renilla reniformis Luciferase Vectors in Dual Reporter Assays and Implications for Analysis of ISGs. (2005)

Ghazawi, I., Cutler, S., Low, Pauline, Mellick, Albert, Ralph, Stephen John

Luciferase reporter constructs are widely used for analysis of gene regulation when characterizing promoter and enhancer elements. We report that the recently developed codon-modified Renilla...

Inhibitory Effects Associated with Use of Modified Photinus pyralis and Renilla reniformis Luciferase Vectors in Dual Reporter Assays and Implications for Analysis of ISGs. (2005)

Ghazawi, I., Cutler, S., Low, Pauline, Mellick, Albert, Ralph, Stephen John

Luciferase reporter constructs are widely used for analysis of gene regulation when characterizing promoter and enhancer elements. We report that the recently developed codon-modified Renilla...

Enhancing CTL responses to melanoma cell vaccines in vivo: synergistic increases obtained using IFNγ primed and IFNß treated B7-1+ B16-F10 melanoma cells (2003)

Dezfouli, Shala, Hatzinisiriou, Irene, Ralph, Stephen John

Sequentially treating human melanoma cell lines by priming with interferon-gamma before adding interferon-beta was previously found to be the most efficient protocol for producing concurrently...

Enhancing CTL responses to melanoma cell vaccines in vivo: synergistic increases obtained using IFNγ primed and IFNß treated B7-1+ B16-F10 melanoma cells (2003)

Dezfouli, Shala, Hatzinisiriou, Irene, Ralph, Stephen John

Sequentially treating human melanoma cell lines by priming with interferon-gamma before adding interferon-beta was previously found to be the most efficient protocol for producing concurrently...

Enhancing CTL responses to melanoma cell vaccines in vivo: synergistic increases obtained using IFNγ primed and IFNß treated B7-1+ B16-F10 melanoma cells (2003)

Dezfouli, Shala, Hatzinisiriou, Irene, Ralph, Stephen John

Sequentially treating human melanoma cell lines by priming with interferon-gamma before adding interferon-beta was previously found to be the most efficient protocol for producing concurrently...

Enhancing CTL responses to melanoma cell vaccines in vivo: synergistic increases obtained using IFNγ primed and IFNß treated B7-1+ B16-F10 melanoma cells (2003)

Dezfouli, Shala, Hatzinisiriou, Irene, Ralph, Stephen John

Sequentially treating human melanoma cell lines by priming with interferon-gamma before adding interferon-beta was previously found to be the most efficient protocol for producing concurrently...

Isolation and characterization of a human STAT1 gene regulatory element: Inducibility by interferon (IFN) types I and II and role of IFN regulatory factor-1 (2002)

Wong, Lee H., Sim, Helena, Chatterjee-Kishore, Moitreyee, Hatzinisiriou, Irene, Devenish, Rodney J., Stark, George, ...

The transcription factor STAT1 plays a pivotal role in signal transduction of type I and II interferons (IFNs). STAT1 activation leads to changes in expression of key regulatory genes encoding...

Isolation and characterization of a human STAT1 gene regulatory element: Inducibility by interferon (IFN) types I and II and role of IFN regulatory factor-1 (2002)

Wong, Lee H., Sim, Helena, Chatterjee-Kishore, Moitreyee, Hatzinisiriou, Irene, Devenish, Rodney J., Stark, George, ...

The transcription factor STAT1 plays a pivotal role in signal transduction of type I and II interferons (IFNs). STAT1 activation leads to changes in expression of key regulatory genes encoding...

Isolation and characterization of a human STAT1 gene regulatory element: Inducibility by interferon (IFN) types I and II and role of IFN regulatory factor-1 (2002)

Wong, Lee H., Sim, Helena, Chatterjee-Kishore, Moitreyee, Hatzinisiriou, Irene, Devenish, Rodney J., Stark, George, ...

The transcription factor STAT1 plays a pivotal role in signal transduction of type I and II interferons (IFNs). STAT1 activation leads to changes in expression of key regulatory genes encoding...

Arsenic-Based Antineoplastic Drugs and Their Mechanisms of Action

Ralph, Stephen John

Arsenic-based compounds have become accepted agents for cancer therapy providing high rates of remission of some cancers such as acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). The mechanisms by which...