PROgRam CSH Asia/ICMS Joint Conference on Tumor Microenvironment Suzhou, China November 13-17, 2012 TUESDAY, NovEMbEr 13, 2012 GreetiNGS isaac P. Witz, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Introductory Remarks KEYNoTE LECTUrE
Introduced byisaac P. Witz robert C. Gallo, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland
School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Human tumor viruses—Old foes and new challenges Welcome Reception and Dinner WEDNESDAY, NovEMbEr 14, 2012 PLENArY SESSIoN 1 iMMUNitY iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairperson: W. H. Fridman, Cordeliers Research Centre, Paris, Xuetao Cao, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China Identification of new populations of immunosuppressive cells in tumor microenvironment ron N. Apte, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel Interleukin-1 as a major cytokine detemining the balance between inflammation and immunity in the tumor microenvironment Michael r. Shurin, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Environmental regulation of the tumor microenvironment Wolf H. Fridman, Cordeliers Research Centre, Paris, France Shaping the immune microenvironment—Soil or seed? Coffee Break KEYNoTE LECTUrE
Introduced byisaac P. Witz Carlo Croce, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA microRNas can function as ligands for TLR and regulate the interactions between cancer cells and their microenviroment PLENArY SESSIoN 2 reGULAtOrY eVeNtS iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairperson: Chairperson: X. Cao, Chinese Academy of Medical Heike Allgayer, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany Defining key functions of microRNAs in several processes of the metastatic cascade Hidetoshi tahara, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Hiroshima Senescence associated microRNas and exosomes coordinately regulate cellular senescence and tumor microenvironment Lunch PLENArY SESSIoN 2 continued reGULAtOrY eVeNtS iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt eitan Yefenof, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Steroid induced death of hemopoietic cancer cells—an interplay between protein kinases and micro RNas Baocun Sun, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China Study on vasculogenic mimicry and its molecular mechanism Yongzhang Luo, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China The CXCL12 (SDF-1α)/CXCR4 axis regulates both tumor angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis theresa Guise, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA muscle dysfunction associated with bone metastases—Role of ryanodine receptor remodeling KEYNoTE LECTUrE Introduced by:isaac P. Witz Peter H. Krammer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ),
Regulation of the immune response by Annexin I
PoSTEr vIEWING and CHINESE TEA & bEEr TASTING Full list of posters can be found on page xvii of the program Dinner PLENArY SESSIoN 3 iNFLAMMAtiON iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairperson: L. Li, Nankai University School of Pharmaceutical Luyuan Li, Nankai University, Tianjin, China TNFSF15 modulates angiogenesis and inflammation Adit Ben-Baruch, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Regulation of pro-angiogenic switch and cell-remodeling by the inflammatory microenvironment in breast cancer Alberto Mantovani, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Milan, Italy The yin-yang of tumor associated macrophages and cancer-related inflammation Neta erez, Sackler School of Medicine Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Pro-inflammatory signaling by cancer-associated fibroblasts co- evolves along defined tumor stages of mammary carcinogenesis Subhra K. Biswas, A*STAR, Singapore a protumoral role for myelomonocytic cells in human cancer progression-a molecular insight THUrSDAY, NovEMbEr 15, 2012
8:30-13:00 PArALLEL SYMPoSIUM SESSIoNS 1-3 Visit to Old Suzhou SYMPoSIUM 1 reGULAtOrY NetWOrKS iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairpersons: D. Hoon, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, A. thomas-tikhonenko, University of Pennsylvania Dave S. Hoon, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, California, B7-H3 cell surface molecule associated with tumor progression and epigenetic regulatory activity in cutaneous melanoma Andrei thomas-tikhonenko, Perelman School of Medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Pro-angiogenic microRNas in colorectal cancer—Lessons from mouse models and cancer genomics reuven reich, Institute of Drug Research, Jerusalem, Israel microRNa-mediated regulation of ovarian carcinoma—Role of exosomes Yaw-Chyn Lim, National University of Singapore, Singapore Breast cancer cells modulate the tissue microenvironment of distant sites to facilitate metastasis Shelly tartakover Matalon, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Meir Dr. Jekyll and mr. Hyde—The placenta’s dual effect on the metastatic potential of breast cancer cells eli Breuer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Carbamoylphosphonates control tumor cell proliferation and dissemination by simultaneously inhibiting carbonic anhydrase IX and matrix metalloproteinase-2 Ying Wei, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, Identification of pY654-β-catenin as a critical co-factor in hypoxia- inducible factor-1α signaling and tumor responses to hypoxia Coffee Break rachel Bar-Shavit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Emerging tasks of PaR in breast cancer—molecular mechanism and 1&2 translational outcome Linda J. Metheny-Barlow, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston- activation of a BDNF-p75NTR axis in breast cancer brain metastatic cells by the microenvironment Abdelilah Aboussekhra, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Role of p16INK4A and caffeine in suppressing the expression/ secretion of IL-6 and the pro-carcinogenic effects of breast cancer- associated fibroblasts Ben-Zion Katz, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel Divergence in CD19-mediated signaling unfolds intra-clonal diversity in chronic lymphocytic leukemia which correlates with disease progression Xiyun Yan, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, The role of CD146 in tumor cell migration and tumor angiogenesis rami Aqeilan, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel a pleiotropically tumor suppressor WWOX, inhibits breast cancer metastasis SYMPoSIUM 2 FUNCtiONAL GeNetiCS OF FiBrOBLAStS iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairperson: A. Ostman, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Arne Östman, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Impact of PDgFR-positive CaFs on prognosis, drug response and metastasis Zhihai Qin, Institute of Biophysics, CAS, Beijing, China Microtubule modification in stromal fibroblasts accelerates inflammation and tumor progression Donghui Zou, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand gene expression differences between colorectal cancer derived CaFs and colonic fibroblasts illustrate CAF biology Catherine Muller, IPBS CNRS UMR 5089, Toulouse, France Adipocyte-derived fibroblasts (ADFs), a newly identified stromal cell population, promote tumor progression and contribute to desmoplastic reaction in breast cancer Cecilia S. Leung, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Cancer associated fibroblast derived MFAP5 regulates ovarian cancer cell motility and invasion potential through calcium dependent CREB/ TNNC1 signaling pathways tao Shan, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi’an Jiaotong
Caveolin-1, as a novel biomarker of lethal tumor microenvironment, is
inhibited via autophagy in pancreatic cancer associated fibroblasts cells
SYMPoSIUM 3 CYtOKiNe AND CHeMOKiiNe NetWOrKS iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairperson: L. Borsig, University of Zurich, Switzerland Lubor Borsig, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland Colon carcinoma extravasation is induced by CCL2-induced signaling through endothelial CCR2 that is mediated through the JAK2-Stat5 and p38MAPK pathway Coffee Break Joseph Kwong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Cancer cell-derived lymphotoxin mediates reciprocal tumor-stromal interactions in ovarian cancer by inducing fibroblast-secreting CXCL11 Bo Zhu, Xinqiao Hospital Institute of Cancer, Chongqing, China Cancer stem cells enhance invasion of cancer cells via CCL-5- mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition etta Livneh, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel PKC and its polymorphism enhance secretion of the pro-inflamatory cytokine IL-6 and are involved in establishing cellular senescence elena Voronov, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel The effects of IL-1 on colorectal cancer development Li Yang, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Tumor microenvironment, the answer for the puzzling dual function of TgFβ Marcelo ehrlich, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Transport and signaling of the receptors for transforming growth factor-β (TgF-β)—Regulation by molecular motifs, cellular factors and the cell cycle Akira Saito, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan An integrated expression profiling reveals target genes of TGF-β and TNF-α possibly mediated by microRNas in lung cancer cells Lunch Visit to Old City of Suzhou and free evening FrIDAY, NovEMbEr 16, 2012 PLENArY SESSIoN 4 reGULAtOrY eVeNtS iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt iii Chairperson: A. raz, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA takahiro Ochiya, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan Exosome as a novel regulator of tumor-microenvironment Menashe Bar-eli, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA Driving genes in melanoma metastasis—The role of the tumor microenvironment Bernd Groner, Georg Speyer Haus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Reciprocal interactions between stromal and epithelial cells regulate the ductal outgrowth during glandular development and the invasive potential of metastasizing mammary tumor cells Avraham raz, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, On the role of autocrine motility factor-a tumor secreted cytokine in cancer progression and metastasis Coffee Break raghu Kalluri, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Fibrosis and cancer progression Yu-quan Wei, The State Key Lab of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Proteomics analysis of tumor microenvironment—implications of metabolic and oxidative stresses in tumorigenesis Senthil K. Muthuswamy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Cold
Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Loss of cell polarity and metastasis—Synergy with oncogenes or the microenvironment Lunch and Poster Viewing PoSTEr SESSIoN Oral presentation of selected posters and awarding of poster prizes Full list of posters begins on page xvii of the program PLENArY SESSIoN 5 tArGetiNG tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairperson: F. Balkwill, Queen Mary University of London,United Frances r. Balkwill, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of Targeting the peritoneal tumor microenvironment of high grade serous ovarian cancer Yutaka Kawakami, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan mechanisms for cancer induced immunosuppression in tumor associated microenvironments and their reversal by targeting altered signaling pathways in cancer cells and immune cells robert S. Kerbel, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada Differential therapeutic outcomes when treating primary orthotopic tumors versus visceral metastases Yona Keisari, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel ablation of solid tumors by intratumoral pulsed electric currents or alpha radiation activates anti-tumor immune responses that can target residual disease Jacques Pouyssegur, Institute for Research on Cancer and Aging
(IRCAN), University of Nice, CNRS, INSERM, Nice, France
genetic disruption of CD147/ Basigin, a subunit of lactate-H+/ symporters (mCTs), sensitizes glycolytic tumour cells to phenformin SPECIAL SESSIoN Submission to High Impact Journals Discussion Leader: Nicola McCarthy, Chief Editor, Nature Reviews Cocktails and Conference Dinner SATUrDAY, NovEMbEr 17, 2012 PArALLeL SYMPOSiUM SeSSiONS 4-5 SYMPoSIUM 4 iNFLAMMAtiON AND iMMUNitY iN tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairpersons: J.-P. Abastado, A-STAR, Singapore A. Porgador, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Jean-Pierre Abastado, A-STAR, Singapore Chemokines shape the immune tumor microenvironment Angel Porgador, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, The function of NCRs in health and cancer—Emphasis on isoforms Limin Zheng, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Dynamic regulating the immune responses by different anatomic areas in human tumors reuven Stein, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel CD38 deficiency in the tumor microenvironment attenuates glioma progression and modulates features of tumor-associated microglia/ macrophages Viktor Umansky, German Cancer Research Center and University Overcoming immunosuppression in melanoma microenvironment induced by chronic inflammation Coffee Break Diane Damotte, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche
Médicale (INSERM), U872, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris,
France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; Université Paris
Composition, organization and clinical impact of the adaptive and innate immune microenvironments in lung metastases from colorectal and renal cell carcinoma Alexandre Corthay, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Tumor-specific Th2 cells collaborate with M2 macrophages to eradicate cancer Michal Baniyash, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Chronic inflammation-induced immunosuppression—Underlying mechanisms and clinical implication in cancer Cremer isabelle, UMRS 872 INSERM, Team 13, Paris, France TLR7 in non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) patients—a double- edged sword Julia Kzhyshkowska, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany Stabilin-1 is expressed on tumor-associated macrophages on early stages in breast cancer and supports tumor growth in animal breast cancer model by clearance of SPaRC Arthur A. Hurwitz, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, Tumor-associated mast cells suppress anti-tumor immunity via IL-13 and TgF-β SYMPoSIUM 5 tArGetiNG tHe tUMOr AND tHe tUMOr MiCrOeNVirONMeNt Chairpersons: r. Ge, National University of Singapore, Singapore t. ten Hagen, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the ruowen Ge, National University of Singapore, Singapore Novel functions of a proteoglycanase— aDamTS5 (aggrecanase-2) functions as an anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic protein independent of its proteoglycanase activity Shelly Maman, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel; The Institute
of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine,
micrometastasis regulation by the lung microenvironment in neuroblastoma timo LM. ten Hagen, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Utilization and manipulation of the tumor microenvironment to improve drug delivery to solid tumors ingrid Herr, University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Selection of established and primary models of pancreatic cancer stem cells and therapeutic targeting Liat Drucker, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Meir Medical Center, Translation initiation as a novel platform for targeting myeloma- microenvironment interactions Coffee Break Albrecht reichle, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany a phase II study of Imatinib with pioglitazone, etoricoxib, dexamethasone and low-dose treosulfan—Combined anti-osteoplastic, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and angiostatic treatment in patients with CRPC Zhengqiang Yuan, University College London, London, United Reduction of lung metastasis by engineered mesenchymal stem cells expressing TRaIL Andrei V. Bakin, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, USA Targeting TAK1 in cancer progression and metastasis Hélène Haegel, Transgene SA, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France an anti-CD115 monoclonal antibody targeting both tumor cells and myeloid cells involved in cancer progression—Inhibition of osteoclast and m2-polarized macrophages Michael Grusch, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria Deregulation of the FgF/FgF-receptor axis during melanoma progression—Opportunities for simultaneous targeting of tumor cells and the microenvironment Martina Seiffert, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, The immunomodulatory drug lenalidomide reduces survival of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells by targeting the inflammatory microenvironment Shihui Liu, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Treating solid tumors with tumor-associated protease-activated anthrax toxins PoSTErS Posters will be displayed for the duration of the conference Jennifer H.e. Baker, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; BC
Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, Canada Investigating the highly heterogeneous distribution of trastuzumab in Her2- overexpressing cancer xenografts using DCE-mRI and histology Xingfeng Bao, Eisai Inc, Andover, Massachusetts, USA antagonism of PgE receptor type-4 induces an effective anti-tumor immune 2 response by promoting aPC differentiation Shijie Cai, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Huaqiao University,
Quanzhou, China Stromal fibroblast GTP cyclohydrolase expression facilitates tumor angiogenesis and progression David W. Chan, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong The AMP-activated protein kinase gamma-2 (AMPK-γ2) subunit acts as a modifier of AMPK activity in ovarian cancer cells Mo Chen, National University of Singapore, Singapore The novel angiogenesis inhibitor Isthmin inhibits angiogenesis through gRP78-mediated internalization Yu-Che Cheng, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan BTG3 suppresses tumorigenesis and metastasis by antagonizing the AKT– GSK3β–β-catenin signaling pathway Valerie SP. Chew, Singapore Immunology Network, Singapore Toll-like receptor 3-expressing tumor parenchyma and infiltrating natural killer cells promote tumor control in hepatocellular carcinoma Yoon Pyo Choi, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea Synergistic effect for the combination of ILK and β4 integrin as an anticancer target in ovarian cancer Hila Confino, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel - Aviv, Israel Induction of anti-tumor immunity against experimental metastatic tumors following tumor ablation by intratumoral Ra-224 loaded wires Matthew t. Drake, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA Overexpression of CCL3/mIP-1α induces diffuse bone loss in a novel murine model of human multiple myeloma Min Fang, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Co-evolution of tumor microenvironment revealed by QDs-based multiplexed imaging of hepatocellular carcinoma eliane Fischer, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, PSI, Switzerland Targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP) with phage-derived radiolabeled antibodies Liang Han, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China Sonic hedgehog signaling passage contributes to neurogenic pain through stellate cells in pancreatic cancer Ville Härmä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Turku, Finland Quantification of dynamic morphological drug responses in 3D organotypic cell cultures by automated image analysis tal Hirschhorn, Tel Aviv University, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel
Aviv, Israel Differential regulation of Smad3 and of the type II transforming growth factor-β receptor in mitosis—Implications for signaling Dominique B. Hoelzinger, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale,
Arizona, USA administration of intratumoral Cpg-ODN and CCL1 depletion leads to activated, cytolytic CD8+ T cells resistant to tolerization Jason P. Holland, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts, USA Designing radiotracers for non-invasive nuclear imaging of the tumor microenvironment esther Hoste, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom Characterization of a mouse model of wound-induced skin tumourigenesis Yizhou Hu, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Netrin-4 promotes glioblastoma cell proliferation via integrin beta-4 signaling Bo Huang, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Biomechanical signaling—Implications in cancer and immunoregulation Min-Chuan Huang, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei,
Taiwan The molecular chaperone Cosmc enhances malignant behaviors of colon cancer cells via activation of Akt and ERK Marko Hyytiäinen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland The signalling pathways mediating the effects of netrins on proliferation and invasion of glioblastoma cells takashi imai, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan association of polymorphisms in hyaluronan receptor CD44 with radiotherapy effectiveness in patients with cervical cancer Sivan izraely, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Specificity and functions of molecules associated with melanoma brain metastasis tianxia Jiang, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, CD146 is a co-receptor for VEGFR-2 in tumor angiogenesis Jing Jiao, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Cell type specific role of COX2 on skin cancer development Ki-rim Kim, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J inhibits osteolytic bone metastasis of breast 2 cancer cells Sara Lamorte, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil,
Lisbon, Portugal; University of Torino, Torino, Italy multiple myeloma perivascular niche perturbs bone marrow function—Role of delta like ligand 4 Nongnit Laytragoon-Lewin, Ryhov Hospital Clinical Microbiology, Jönköping,
Sweden Prognostic biomarkers, plasma CRP and TNFa on survival of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients eun-Jung Lee, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, South Korea Down-regulation of IL-12 though IL-6 production increased treatment failure after radiotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma Qun-Ying Lei, Fudan University,Shanghai Medical College, Shanghai, China;
Fudan University, Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai, China acetylation negatively regulates lactate dehydrogenase a and is downregulated in pancreatic cancer Kristina Levan, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Gothenburg, Sweden Characterization of genes involved in epithelial mesenchymal transition in SKOV-3 and OVCAR-3 cells Bing Li, University of Minnesota, Austin, Minnesota, USA adipose fatty acid binding protein accelerates cancer progression Cong Li, Fudan University, Shanghai, China Imaging intratumoral acidosis by using a pH-activatable near-infrared fluorescence probe in vivo Dan Liu, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Yale University, New
Haven, Connecticut, USA Loss of LZaP inactivates p53 in head and neck cancer and regulates sensitivity of cells to DNa damage in the p53-dependent manner Li Liu, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical
Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China The regulatory pathways and controlling mechanisms involved in NOK oncogene mediated glucose metabolism Li Liu, University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center, Triptolide from TCm abolishes NF-κB-signaling, EmT and stem-like features in an hypoxic microenvironment of pancreatic cancer Su Hao Lo, University of California - Davis, Sacramento, California, USA Cten functions as a novel quantity controller of epidermal growth factor receptor Noor A. Lokman, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia annexin a2 released during ovarian cancer-peritoneal cell interaction promotes a pro-metastatic cancer cell behaviour ida Lundberg, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden Different subgroups of colorectal cancer and adjacent fibroblasts Samuel Lundin, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden Cancer associated fibroblast (CAF) footprints in the transcriptional profiles of gastric tumor- and non-tumor tissue Yunus A. Luqmani, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait Factors influencing proliferation and invasion of endocrine resistant breast cancer cells tsipi Meshel, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel Mechanisms regulating the secretion of the inflammatory chemokine CCL2 in breast tumor cells tsipi Meshel, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel The role of PhoX2B in micro and macro metastases of neuroblastoma Adriana Michielsen, Institute of Molecular Medicine, St. James’s Hospital,
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland The tissue microenvironment in Barrett’s Oesophagus induces dendritic cell maturation Neda Moazzezy, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran Biomarker expression in blood and tissue of breast cancer patients elin Möllerström, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg,
Sweden Subpopulations of cells within human astrocytomas determined by single cell gene expression profiling Jennifer M. Munson, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne,
Switzerland Lymphatic endothelial cell-induced stromal stiffening caused by activation of fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment Daotai Nie, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield,
Illinois, USA microenvironmental regulation of tumor metastasis through thromboxane a2- receptor signalling axis Se Young Park, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea Inhibitory effect of betulinic acid on breast cancer-associated bone diseases e Pomianowska, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Role of cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin E2 in stellate cells from pancreatic cancer Yael raz, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of
Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Characterization of cancer associated fibroblasts in mammary gland carcinoma Albrecht reichle, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Biomodulatory therapy approaches—Renal clear cell carcinoma Albrecht reichle, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Formal-pragmatic communication theory as prerequisite for an evolution- adjusted tumor pathophysiology Albrecht reichle, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany Practical relevance of an evolution theory for understanding tumor development and for specifying tumor therapy thomas reinheckel, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany Cysteine cathepsins as tumor-promoting extracellular proteases in the microenvironment of murine breast cancer Carmela ricciardelli, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Carboplatin-induced hyaluronan production—a chemoresistance mechanism in ovarian cancer Orit Sagi-Assif, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel The metastatic microenvironment—Survival of melanoma cells in the brain is regulated by interactions with the brain microenvironment Francis H.W. Shand, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; CREST, Tokyo, Japan;
University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
The contribution of spleen-pool myeloid cells to tumor infiltration Yoray Sharon, Tel-Aviv university, Tel-Aviv, Israel Mammary fibroblasts are activated to become pro-inflammatory by breast tumor cells elin Sjoberg, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Towards identification of a receptor for the orphan chemokine CXCL14 Alex Soltermann, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Epithelial-mesenchymal transition at the tumor-stroma interface of non-small cell lung carcinoma rakesh Srivastava, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, USA Clinical potential of NPV-LDE-225 (Erismodegib) for the treatment of brain cancer by targeting glioblastoma initiating cells Olga tatti, Helsinki University, Research Program Unit, Helsinki, Finland mT3-mmP regulates melanoma growth and vascular intravasation Alimatou M. tchafa, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Combined role of interstitial fluid flow and ErbB2 expression on breast cancer progression timo LM. ten Hagen, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands melanoma and endothelial cell communication affect tumor aggressiveness Chia-Lung tsai, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan Secreted stress-induced phosphoprotein 1 activates the ALK2-SMAD signaling pathways and promotes cell proliferation of ovarian cancer cells Nithya rao Velliyuir Nott, National University of Singapore, Singapore aDamTS4—a new role in angiogenesis and cancer Juan-Jose Ventura, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Unraveled a paracrine network underlying the potential of human lung stem cells to establish their own niche Bo Wang, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Guangzhou,
China mast cells in muscularis propria producing interleukin 17 predicts favorable prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma Yuan Yuan Wang, IPBS CNRS UMR 5089, Toulouse, France; INSERM U1048,
Toulouse, France; The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University,
ChongQing, China Tumor-surrounding adipocytes provide energetic support to breast cancer cells, through fatty acid β-oxidation, to promote tumor progression Julia e. Wells, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia;
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia In vivo model to determine the role of connective tissue growth factor (CTgF) in childhood leukaemia Hui Z. Xie, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Beijing, China IQGAP1 knockdown induced anoikis by inhibition of Erk1/2 and S6K activity in Eca109, HB99 and HCT116 cell lines Dan Xu, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China miR-22 is involved in the cytotoxic effect of endosulfan on human endothelial cells Lixia Xu, Nankai University, Tianjin, China Death receptor-3 is a key mediator of TNFα- and TNFSF15-induced endothelial cell apoptosis Celestial t. Yap, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of
Singapore, Singapore gelsolin modulates the expression of extracellular matrix components in colon cancer tsz-Lun Yeung, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,
Texas, USA TgF-β induced stromal versican promotes cancer invasion in advanced stage serous ovarian cancer irene Ylivinkka, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Netrin-1 promotes the invasiveness and survival of human glioblastoma cells Mingo M. H. Yung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China Bitter melon extract (BME) used as natural AMPK activator in inhibiting ovarian cancer cells growth Yiyao Zhang, University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center,
Heidelberg, Germany aspirin-sensitizes pancreatic cancer to chemotherapeutic drugs by inhibition of cancer stem cell features Bo Zhu, Xinqiao Hospital Institute of Cancer, Chongqing, China IL-17 produced by tumor microenvironment promotes self-renewal of cancer stem cells in ovarian cancer
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