...Hua Gao; Yafang Guo; Ning Deng; Pingxia Fei; Xiaofeng Qiu; Ping Zheng; Jun Feng; Guidong Dai Aims: This study was designed to investigate the mechanisms and suppressive effects of matrine on the development of urinary bladder cancers induced by N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine (BBN) in rats...

... found that Twist can regulate the expression of P-gp and then confer resistance to anthracycline drugs in human bladder cancer cells. Firstly, Twist was found to be coexpressed with P-gp in human bladder cancer cells and tissues, which were associated with enhanced chemoresistance to anthracycline drugs...

...Romina Rocchetti; Simona Talevi; Chiara Margiotta; Roberta Calza; Alfredo Corallini; Laura Possati Background: Bladder cancers have different angiogenic pathways distinguishing not only papillary from solid tumours, but even papillary superficial from papillary invasive ones, thus representing...

...Seung-Ju Lee; Sae Woong Kim; Hesson Chung; Yeong Taek Park; Young Wook Choi; Yong-Hyun Cho; Moon Soo Yoon Background: Many reports have shown that the efficacy of intravesical therapy for bladder cancer is in part limited by the poor penetration of drugs into the urothelium. The present study...