Mechanisms of chemoresistance and poor prognosis in ovarian clear cell carcinoma

H Itamochi, J Kigawa, N Terakawa - Cancer science, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Clear cell carcinoma (CCC) accounts for 4% to 12% of epithelial ovarian cancer in Western
countries and, for some unknown reasons, it comprises more than 20% of such cancers in …

Nedaplatin: a cisplatin derivative in cancer chemotherapy

M Shimada, H Itamochi, J Kigawa - Cancer management and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Nedaplatin, a cisplatin analog, has been developed to decrease the toxicities induced by
cisplatin, such as nephrotoxicity and gastrointestinal toxicity. The dose of nedaplatin is …

Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) consensus review for clear cell carcinoma of the ovary

…, N Matsumura, H Nomura, H Itamochi… - International Journal of …, 2014 - ijgc.bmj.com
Clear cell carcinoma of the ovary (CCC) is a histologic subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer
with a distinct clinical behavior. There are marked geographic differences in the prevalence …

A link between mir-100 and FRAP1/mTOR in clear cell ovarian cancer

…, JG Reid, E Olokpa, H Itamochi… - Molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that direct gene regulation through
translational repression and degradation of complementary mRNA. Although miRNAs have …

High-risk ovarian cancer based on 126-gene expression signature is uniquely characterized by downregulation of antigen presentation pathway

…, N Matsumura, Y Udagawa, T Saito, H Itamochi… - Clinical cancer …, 2012 - AACR
Purpose: High-grade serous ovarian cancers are heterogeneous not only in terms of clinical
outcome but also at the molecular level. Our aim was to establish a novel risk classification …

[PDF][PDF] Kinome-wide decoding of network-attacking mutations rewiring cancer signaling

…, M Helmer-Citterich, J Ferkinghoff-Borg, H Itamochi… - Cell, 2015 - cell.com
Cancer cells acquire pathological phenotypes through accumulation of mutations that
perturb signaling networks. However, global analysis of these events is currently limited …

Correlation between loss of PTEN expression and Akt phosphorylation in endometrial carcinoma

Y Kanamori, J Kigawa, H Itamochi, M Shimada… - Clinical Cancer …, 2001 - AACR
The tumor suppressor PTEN acts as a lipid phosphatase, regulates the phosphatidylinositol
3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt-signaling pathway, and modulates cell cycle progression and cell …

Low proliferation activity may be associated with chemoresistance in clear cell carcinoma of the ovary

H Itamochi, J Kigawa, T Sugiyama… - Obstetrics & …, 2002 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE To estimate whether and how the biologic behavior of clear cell carcinoma
contributes to the chemoresistance mechanism. METHODS Forty-one patients with clear cell …

Prognosis and clinicopathological characteristics of Ib-IIb adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix in patients who have had radical hysterectomy

T Irie, J Kigawa, Y Minagawa, H Itamochi… - European journal of …, 2000 - ejso.com
Aims: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the outcome of patients with stage Ib-IIb
cervical adenocarcinoma treated with radical hysterectomy, and to determine the …

[HTML][HTML] Whole-genome sequencing revealed novel prognostic biomarkers and promising targets for therapy of ovarian clear cell carcinoma

H Itamochi, T Oishi, N Oumi, S Takeuchi… - British journal of …, 2017 - nature.com
Background: Ovarian clear cell carcinoma (OCCC) is mostly resistant to standard
chemotherapy that results in poor patient survival. To understand the genetic background of …