Prognostic significance of elevated cyclooxygenase-2 expression in breast cancer

A Ristimäki, A Sivula, J Lundin, M Lundin, T Salminen… - Cancer research, 2002 - AACR
Cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2) expression can induce mammary tumorigenesis in transgenic
mice, and selective Cox-2 inhibitors are both chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic in rat …

Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in human gastric carcinoma

A Ristimäki, N Honkanen, H Jänkälä, P Sipponen… - Cancer research, 1997 - AACR
Epidemiological studies suggest that the use of aspirin decreases the incidence of and
mortality from gastrointestinal cancers. The best known target of aspirin and other nonsteroidal …

Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 in human lung carcinoma

…, S Anttila, A Karjalainen, H Vainio, A Ristimäki - Cancer research, 1998 - AACR
Epidemiological studies indicate that the use of aspirin decreases incidence of and mortality
from gastrointestinal cancers. A major target of aspirin and other nonsteroid anti-…

[HTML][HTML] Recommendations for reporting tumor budding in colorectal cancer based on the International Tumor Budding Consensus Conference (ITBCC) 2016

…, I Nagtegaal, G Puppa, R Riddell, A Ristimäki… - Modern pathology, 2017 - Elsevier
Tumor budding is a well-established independent prognostic factor in colorectal cancer but
a standardized method for its assessment has been lacking. The primary aim of the …

Comparison of VEGF, VEGF-B, VEGF-C and Ang-1 mRNA regulation by serum, growth factors, oncoproteins and hypoxia

B Enholm, K Paavonen, A Ristimäki, V Kumar, Y Gunji… - Oncogene, 1997 - nature.com
The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family has recently been expanded by the
isolation of two additional growth factors, VEGF-B and VEGF-C. Here we compare the …

The common colorectal cancer predisposition SNP rs6983267 at chromosome 8q24 confers potential to enhanced Wnt signaling

…, I Niittymäki, JP Mecklin, H Järvinen, A Ristimäki… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Homozygosity for the G allele of rs6983267 at 8q24 increases colorectal cancer (CRC) risk
∼1.5 fold. We report here that the risk allele G shows copy number increase during CRC …

[HTML][HTML] Proinflammatory cytokines regulate expression of the lymphatic endothelial mitogen vascular endothelial growth factor-C

A Ristimäki, K Narko, B Enholm, V Joukov… - Journal of Biological …, 1998 - ASBMB
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a prime regulator of normal and pathological
angiogenesis. Three related endothelial cell growth factors, VEGF-B, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D …

NOTUM from Apc-mutant cells biases clonal competition to initiate cancer

…, W Clark, C Nixon, K Kirschner, EY Jones, A Ristimäki… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The tumour suppressor APC is the most commonly mutated gene in colorectal cancer. Loss
of Apc in intestinal stem cells drives the formation of adenomas in mice via increased WNT …

Peripheral blood platelets express VEGF-C and VEGF which are released during platelet activation

…, V Joukov, A Orpana, A Ristimäki… - Thrombosis and …, 1998 - thieme-connect.com
VEGF-C is a recently characterised endothelial growth factor structurally related to vascular
endothelial growth factor (VEGF). We studied the expression of VEGF-C and VEGF in the …

High frequency of BRAF V600E mutations in ameloblastoma

…, J Catón, PR Morgan, A Ristimäki… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ameloblastoma is a benign but locally infiltrative odontogenic neoplasm. Although
ameloblastomas rarely metastasise, recurrences together with radical surgery often result in facial …