Mesothelioma Awareness Day 2014 is September 26. But here at Kazan Law, in a way every day is Mesothelioma Awareness Day. Because our work in asbestos litigation brings us close to those whose lives are forever impacted by mesothelioma, we seek not only justice for mesothelioma victims and their families, but also advances in mesothelioma medical research. Through our firm and our firm’s foundation, we help support mesothelioma research at leading medical facilities all over the world. But we place special emphasis on two here in the Bay Area: the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Stanford University. Not only are they top notch, they also have helped care for many of our clients.
Like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, scientific medical research involves finding many small intricate pieces that in the end will fit together to solve the puzzle. We are proud to support scientists in trying to fit together all those parts on a microbiological level to advance knowledge about mesothelioma.
Here are ten recently published research papers where our foundation’s support is noted in the acknowledgements section:
1.The expression of Dishevelled-3 and glutamine metabolism in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Researchers: Tong Li, Sheng-Cai Hou, Jian-Hua Mao, et al.
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: Journal of Clinical Pathology Citation: J Clin Pathol 2012 65: 855-858
2.Cul4A is an oncogene in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Researchers: Ming-Szu Hung, Jian-Hua Mao, Zhidong Xu, Cheng-Ta Yang, Jau-Song Yu, Chansonette Harvard, Yu-Ching Lin, Dawn Therese Bravo, David M. Jablons, Liang You
Research Institution: University of California San Francisco
Publication: Journal of Cell Molecular Medicine Citation: J. Cell. Mol. Med. Vol 15, No 2, 2011 pp. 350-358
3.Gli as a Novel Therapeutic Target in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Researchers: Hui Li , Natalie Lui , Tiffany Cheng , Hsin-Hui K. Tseng , Dongsheng Yue, Etienne Giroux-Leprieur, \\
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: The Public Library of Science (PLOS) Citation: PLOS ONE | www.plosone.org 1 March 2013 | Volume 8 | Issue 3 | e57346
4.The homeobox gene EMX2 is a prognostic and predictive marker in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Researchers: Etienne Giroux Leprieur, Tomomi Hirata, Minli Mo, Zhao Chen, Junichi Okamoto, Genevieve Clement, Hui Li, Marie Wislez, David M. Jablons, Biao He
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: Lung Cancer Journal Citation: Lung Cancer (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2014.06.018
5.Inhibition of activated phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT pathway in malignant pleural mesothelioma leads to G1 cell cycle arrest
Researchers: Iwao Mikami, Fang Zhang1, Tomomi Hirata, Junichi Okamoto, Kiyoshi Koizumi, Kazuo Shimizu, David Jablons and Biao He
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: Oncology Reports Citation: Oncology Reports 24: 1677-1681, 2010
6.SMO expression level correlates with overall survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma
Researchers: Yi Zhang, Jianxing He, Fang Zhang, Hui Li, Dongsheng Yue, Changli Wang, David M Jablons, Biao He and Natalie Lui
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research Citation: Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research 2013, 32:7 http://www.jeccr.com/content/32/1/7
7.The expression of CXCR4, CXCL12 and CXCR7 in malignant pleural mesothelioma
Researchers: Tong Li, Hui Li, Yucheng Wang,Chansonette Harvard, Jia-Li Tan, Alfred Au,7 Zhidong Xu, David M Jablons and Liang You
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: Journal of Pathology Citation: J Pathol 2011; 223: 519–530
8.Targeting Gli transcription activation by small molecule suppresses tumor growth
Researchers: G. Bosco-Clement, F. Zhang, Z .Chen, H-M Zhou, H. Li, I. Mikami, Hirata, A. Yagui-Beltran, N Lu, H.T. Do
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: Oncogene Citation: Oncogene (2014) 33, 2087–2097
9.Transgenic Mice for Cre-Inducible Overexpression of the Cul4A Gene
Researchers: Tong Li,Ming-Szu Hung,Yucheng Wang,Jian-Hua Mao, Jia-Li Tan,Kenneth Jahan, Hannah Roos,Zhidong Xu, David M. Jablons and Liang You
Research Institution: The University of California San Francisco
Publication: Genesis: The Journal of Genetics and Development Citation: genesis 49:134–141 (2011)
10.miR-1 Induces Growth Arrest and Apoptosis in Malignant Mesothelioma
Researchers: Yue Xu , PhD ; Ming Zheng , PhD ; Robert E. Merritt , MD ; Joseph B. Shrager , MD ; Heather A. Wakelee , MD ; Robert A. Kratzke , MD ; and Chuong D. Hoang , MD
Research Institution: Stanford University
Publication: Chest Citation: Chest 2013; 144(5):1632–1643
