Artificial Neural Network is a branch of Artificial intelligence, has been accepted as a new technology in computer science. Neural Networks are currently a 'hot' research area in medicine, particularly in the fields of radiology, urology, cardiology, oncology and etc. It has a huge application in many areas such as education, business; medical, engineering and manufacturing .Neural Network plays an important role in a decision support system. In this paper, an attempt has been made to make use of neural networks in the medical field (carcinogenesis (pre-clinical study)). In carcinogenesis, artificial neural networks have been successfully applied to the problems in both pre-clinical and post-clinical diagnosis. The main aim of research in medical diagnostics is to develop more cost-effective and easy-to-use systems, procedures and methods for supporting clinicians. It has been used to analyze demographic data from lung cancer patients with a view to developing diagnostic algorithms that might improve triage practices in the emergency department. For the lung cancer diagnosis problem, the concise rules extracted from the network achieve an high accuracy rate of on the training data set and on the test data set.
The genetic and epigenetic aberrations that underlie immune resistance lead to tumors that are refractory to clinically established and experimental immunotherapies, including monoclonal antibodies and T cell-based therapies. From various forms of cytotoxic T cells to small molecule inhibitors that revamp the tumor microenvironment, these therapies have demonstrated notable responses in cancer models and a resistant subset of cancer patients, used both alone and in combination. However, even current approaches, such as those targeting checkpoint molecules, tumor ligands, and involving gene-related therapies, present a challenge in non-responding patients. In this perspective, we discuss the most common mechanisms of immune resistance, including tumor heterogeneity, tumor ligand and major histocompatibility complex modulation, anti-apoptotic pathways, checkpoint inhibitory ligands, immunosuppressive cells and factors in the tumor microenvironment, and activation-induced cell death. In addition, we discuss the strategies designed to circumvent these resistance pathways to showcase the potential of emerging technologies in battling the rise of resistance.
Highlights d Genome-wide CRISPRi screen reveals more than 600 synthetic lethal partners of eIF4E d Functional interaction between eIF4E and Bcl-xL is important for tumor growth d Mitochondrial dysfunction triggers an eIF4E-dependent adaptive stress response d Interaction between eIF4E and EJC controls the migratory capacity of cancer cells
ABSTRACT:Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy in man, with significant morbidity and mortality. Metastasis, the major cause of cancer-associated deaths occurs as a multistep process, where cancer cells detach from the primary tumor, intravasate circulation to disseminate and invade surrounding tissues to form the secondary tumors. The effectiveness of many anticancer drugs is limited by their toxicity to normal rapidly growing cells. Four oxazepines were synthesized by the cycloaddition reaction between schiff bases and maleic anhydride, which were characterized by CHN analysis and advanced spectral techniques. The cytotoxicity of oxazepines against HCT116 (human colon cancer) cell lines were studied using Sulphorhodamine-B (SRB) assay, and their antimigratory properties using wound healing assay. 1-[2-(2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-3-yl)-4,7-dioxo-4,7-dihydro-1,3-oxazepin-3(2H)-yl]thiourea (2b) exhibited very low IC50 in SRB assay with good antimigratory activity as observed in wound healing assay. Snail 1, a transcription regulator of E-cadherin induces epithelial-to mesenchymal transition, reduces intercellular adhesion and increases cell motility, endows epithelial cancer cells with migration and invasive properties. Snail1 is upregulated in several human cancers and is frequently associated with apoptotic resistance, invasiveness, metastases and poor prognosis and it can act as a molecular target in cancer treatment. The docking studies of 2b with the active site of snail1 suggest it to be a potent chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of colorectal cancer.
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