Monthly Seminar of the National Cancer Center Research Institute, 2000


JAN 17
Toshihiko Tsukada (Growth Factor Division)
Familial cancer syndromes: genetic testing and clinical approaches
Manabu Muto (Investigative Treatment Division)
Implication of oral-microflora in upper aerodigestive tract carcinogenesis

FEB 14
Yukihiro Nakanishi (Pathology Division)
Clinicopathologic significance of laminin-5g2 chain expression in squamous cell carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract
Masaaki Iigo (Experimental Pathology and Chemotherapy Division)
Bovine lactoferrin induces interleukin-18 and inhibits lung metastasis of colon carcinoma cells

MAR 13
Satoshi Takakura (Biology Division)
Somatic mutations and genetic polymorphisms of the PPP1R3 gene in patients with several types of cancers
Masato Azuma (Pharmacology Division)
Properties of NK-like T cells expressing U5A2-13 antigen

APR 17
Ryuichi Sakai (Virology division)
Docking proteins involved in malignant tumors
Mitsuhiro Suzuki (Radiobiology Division)
Interaction between AML1 and PCNA triggers ubiquitination of PCNA and its degradation

MAY 15
Hitoshi Ichikawa (Cancer Genomics Division)
Downstream regulation of the leukemia chimeric transcription factor AML1-MTG8 identified by gene expression profiling
Kazuya Shinmura (Biology Division)
Human OGG1 polymorphisms and lung cancer susceptibility

JUN 19
Rumiko Asada (Pharmacology Division)
Highly efficient ex vivo expansion of human TCR Va24+ T cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells mobilized by G-CSF epidemiology
Kazuhiko Aoyagi (Genetics Division)
Immortalization of mRNA from one-thousand cells for expression profiling using cDNA microarray

JUL 17
Tsuneyuki Ubagai (Biochemistry Division)
Genetic analyses of PhIP-induced colon carcinogenesis in rats
Naganari Ohkura (Growth Factor Division)
Orphan nuclear receptor NOR-1 and EWS/NOR-1 fusion gene -Exploring the function of EWS/ NOR-1 by yeast genetics-

SEP 18
Takashi Kuramoto (Carcinogenesis Division)
Positional cloning of zitter, the gene responsible for hypomyelination and vacuolation in the central nervous system
Yosuke Uchitomi (Psycho-Oncology Division)
Hippocampal volume, memory function and intrusive thoughts in breast cancer survivors

OCT 16
Michihiro Mutoh (Cancer Prevention Division)
Suppressive agents of COX-2 promoter-dependent transcriptional activity in colon cancer cells
Masami Kuramochi (Tumor Suppression & Functional Genomics Project)
Identification of a tumor suppressor gene TSLC1 on chromosome 11q23.2 in human non-small cell
lung cancer

NOV 20
Kazuo Sugiyama (Virology Division)
Consensus HCV clone from HCV-infected cultured cell line
Tomoaki Tanaka (Biology Division)
Phosphorylation of Ser46 is involved in apoptotic signaling by p53, through transcriptional activation of p53AIP1, a potential mediator of p53-dependent apoptosis