Down-regulation of pancreatic and duodenal homeobox-1 by somatostatin receptor subtype 5: a novel mechanism for inhibition of cellular proliferation and insulin secretion by somatostatin.

abstract：:Many drugs investigated for the treatment of glioblastoma (GBM) have had disappointing clinical trial results. Efficacy of these agents is dependent on adequate delivery to sensitive tumor cell populations, which is limited by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Additionally, tumor heterogeneity can lead to subpopulations ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Massey SC,Urcuyo JC,Marin BM,Sarkaria JN,Swanson KR

更新日期：2020-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Preeclampsia, a pregnancy-specific disorder, presents a major health problem during gestation, but is also associated with increased risk for cardiovascular complications in later life. We aimed to investigate whether chronic stress experience and preeclampsia may have additive adverse effects on the cardiac ability t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Lackner HK,Moertl MG,Schmid-Zalaudek K,Lucovnik M,Weiss EM,Kolovetsiou-Kreiner V,Papousek I

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular imaging has emerged in the past few decades as a novel means to investigate atherosclerosis. From a pathophysiological perspective, atherosclerosis is characterized by microscopic inflammation and microcalcification that precede the characteristic plaque buildup in arterial walls detected by traditional asse...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Mayer M,Borja AJ,Hancin EC,Auslander T,Revheim ME,Moghbel MC,Werner TJ,Alavi A,Rajapakse CS

更新日期：2020-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation-induced impaired function of vascular endothelium may cause leakage of plasma proteins that can lead to edema. Proteins may leave the vascular lumen through two main paracellular and transcellular pathways. As the first involves endothelial cell (EC) junction proteins and the second caveolae formation, th...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Muradashvili N,Tyagi R,Lominadze D

更新日期：2012-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：Objective:Polycystin-1 (PC-1) is a protein encoded by the gene of polycystic kidney disease-1 (PKD-1). This study was designed to investigate the regulatory mechanisms of PC-1 on phenotypes of aortic vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and functions of extracellular matrix (ECM) in thoracic aortic dissection (TAD). M...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zhang J,Liu F,He YB,Zhang W,Ma WR,Xing J,Wang LX

更新日期：2020-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Cachexia, or wasting of skeletal muscle and fat, afflicts many patients with chronic diseases including cancer, organ failure, and AIDS. Muscle wasting reduces quality of life and decreases response to therapy. Cachexia is caused partly by elevated inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin-6 (IL-6). Others and we ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Au ED,Desai AP,Koniaris LG,Zimmers TA

更新日期：2017-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk and dairy products are relevant components of daily diet and are part of dietary recommendation in many countries due to their content of key nutrients. However, the relatively high content of saturated fat of the milk and its extensive usage for every age group raises concerns about its potential negative health...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Trinchese G,Cavaliere G,Penna E,De Filippo C,Cimmino F,Catapano A,Musco N,Tudisco R,Lombardi P,Infascelli F,Messina G,Muredda L,Banni S,Monda M,Crispino M,Mollica MP

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Neointimal hyperplasia is amongst the major causes of failure of bypass grafts. The disease progression varies from patient to patient due to a range of different factors. In this paper, a mathematical model will be used to understand neointimal hyperplasia in individual patients, combining information from biological...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Donadoni F,Pichardo-Almarza C,Bartlett M,Dardik A,Homer-Vanniasinkam S,Díaz-Zuccarini V

更新日期：2017-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The grand challenge to physiology, as was first described in an essay published in the inaugural issue of Frontiers in Physiology in 2010, remains to integrate function from molecules to intact organisms. In order to make sense of the vast volume of information derived from, and increasingly dependent upon, reductioni...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Billman GE

更新日期：2020-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:MTHFR methylation status is associated with microvascular complications in diabetes, but the factors influencing this profile remain unknown. Objective:The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of physical activity level and nutritional status on the methylation profile of the MTHFR gene in pati...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Diniz TG,Silva AS,Dos Santos Nunes MK,Ribeiro MD,Filho JM,do Nascimento RAF,Gomes CNAP,Evangelista IWQ,de Oliveira NFP,Persuhn DC

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00593.]. ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Frontiers Production Office.

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This review details the manner in which the central nervous system regulates metabolic homeostasis in normal weight and obese rodents and humans. It includes a review of the homeostatic contributions of neurons located in the hypothalamus, the midbrain and limbic structures, the pons and the medullary area postrema, n...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Smith JK

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are the major source of superoxide radicals and superoxide overproduction contributes to cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders. Endothelial dysfunction and diminished nitric oxide levels are early steps in the development of these pathological conditions. It is known that physiological productio...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Dikalov SI,Mayorov VI,Panov AV

更新日期：2017-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:β1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (β3GnT8) and β3GnT2 are key enzymes that catalyzes the formation of polylactosamine glycan structures by transferring GlcNAc to tetra-antennary β1-6-branched N-glycan and it also has an important effect on the progression of various types of human cancer. They have been reported to...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Jiang Z,Zhang H,Liu C,Yin J,Tong S,Lv J,Wei S,Wu S

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:There are animal species that have adapted to life at high altitude and hypobaric hypoxia conditions in the Andean highlands. One such species is the llama (Lama glama), which seem to have developed efficient protective mechanisms to avoid maladaptation resulting from chronic hypoxia, such as a resistance to the devel...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： López V,Moraga FA,Llanos AJ,Ebensperger G,Taborda MI,Uribe E

更新日期：2018-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been able to reduce substantially patient pool heterogeneity by identifying phenotypic markers that allow the researcher to stratify chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients into subgroups. To date, we have shown that stratifying based on the presence or absence of comorbid psychiatric diagnosis leads to a grou...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Natelson BH

更新日期：2013-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) provides for Na+ absorption in various types of epithelia including the kidney, lung, and colon where ENaC is localized to the apical membrane to enable Na+ entry into the cell. The degree of Na+ entry via ENaC largely depends on the number of active channels localized to the cell mem...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Cheung TT,Ismail NAS,Moir R,Arora N,McDonald FJ,Condliffe SB

更新日期：2019-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimizing central nervous system (CNS) injury from preterm birth depends upon identification of the critical pathways that underlie essential neurodevelopmental and CNS pathophysiology. While chorioamnionitis (CHORIO), is a leading cause of preterm birth, the precise mechanism linking prenatal brain injury and long-t...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Yellowhair TR,Newville JC,Noor S,Maxwell JR,Milligan ED,Robinson S,Jantzie LL

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Blidingia sp. is a green alga that has spread rapidly in Subei Shoal, China. To explore the potential beneficial effects of Blidingia sp., we investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of its water-methanol extract of Blidingia sp. in a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced intestinal inflammation. The resu...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Song W,Li Y,Zhang X,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Nav1.5 cardiac Na+ channel mutations can cause arrhythmogenic syndromes. Some of these mutations exert a dominant negative effect on wild-type channels. Recent studies showed that Na+ channels can dimerize, allowing coupled gating. This leads to the hypothesis that allosteric interactions between Na+ channel...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Hichri E,Selimi Z,Kucera JP

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:While it is widely known that marine mammals possess adaptations which allow them to make repetitive and extended dives to great depths without suffering ill effects seen in humans, the response of marine mammal immune cells to diving is unknown. Renewed interest in marine mammal dive physiology has arisen due to repo...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Thompson LA,Romano TA

更新日期：2015-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle mass reflects a dynamic turnover between net protein synthesis and degradation. In addition, satellite cell inclusion may contribute to increase muscle mass while fiber loss results in a reduction of muscle mass. Since 2010, a few studies looked at the involvement of the newly discovered Hippo pathway ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Gnimassou O,Francaux M,Deldicque L

更新日期：2017-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The discus fish (Symphysodon aequifasciatus) is an ornamental fish that is well-known around the world. In artificial reproduction, they must be matched by one male and one female, whereas phenotype investigation indicated that there are no significant differences in appearance between males and females, which causes ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Fu Y,Xu Z,Wen B,Gao J,Chen Z

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) have different etiology and heterogenic genomic alterations lead to high complexity. The molecular features of HCC have largely been studied by gene expression and proteome profiling focusing on the correlations between the expression of specific markers and clinical data. Integration ...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： D'Alessandro LA,Meyer R,Klingmüller U

更新日期：2013-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI), which involves the loss of kidney function caused by damage to renal tubular cells, is an important public health concern. We previously showed that sirtuin (SIRT)3 protects the kidneys against mitochondrial damage by inhibiting the nucleotide-binding domain (NOD)-like receptor protein 3 (NL...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Zhao W,Zhang L,Chen R,Lu H,Sui M,Zhu Y,Zeng L

更新日期：2018-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Ontologies and standards are very important parts of today's bioscience research. With the rapid increase of biological knowledge, they provide mechanisms to better store and represent data in a controlled and structured way, so that scientists can share the data, and utilize a wide variety of software and tools to ma...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Mi H,Thomas PD

更新日期：2011-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we analyzed the role of mammalian STE20-like protein kinase 2 (Mst2), a serine-threonine protein kinase, in Lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-mediated inflammation and apoptosis in the H9C2 cardiomyocytes. Mst2 mRNA and protein levels were significantly upregulated in the LPS-treated H9C2 cardiomyocytes. LPS tr...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Tian Y,Song H,Qin W,Ding Z,Zhang Y,Shan W,Jin D

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the acute effects of a single oral administration of an essential amino acids enriched mixture (EAA) on myoelectric descriptors of fatigue and maximal force production after a resistance exercise protocol (REP). Methods: Twenty adult males (age: 27 ± 6 years; bo...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Negro M,Segreto V,Barbero M,Cescon C,Castelli L,Calanni L,D'Antona G

更新日期：2018-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigates the effect of arterial bifurcation angulation on atherosclerosis development through in-silico simulations of coupled cell dynamics. The computational model presented here combines cellular pathways, fluid dynamics, and physiologically-realistic vessel geometries as observed in the human vascula...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Dowding S,Zakkaroff C,Moore S,David T

更新日期：2018-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:An early event in atherogenesis is the recruitment and infiltration of circulating monocytes and macrophage activation in the subendothelial space. Atherosclerosis subsequently progresses as a unresolved inflammatory disease, particularly in hypercholesterolemic conditions. Although physical exercise training has been...

journal_title：Frontiers in physiology

authors： Rentz T,Wanschel ACBA,de Carvalho Moi L,Lorza-Gil E,de Souza JC,Dos Santos RR,Oliveira HCF

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00