Mechanisms of liver injury: an overview.

abstract：PURPOSE:Ubiquitin is involved in cell proliferation and differentiation, and the objective of this study is to investigate the potential of dominant negative Ubiquitin (Ub) with a lysine to tryptophan mutation at the 6 position (K6W) through an adenoviral expression vector in the prevention of posterior capsule opacifi...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Bao X,Hou M,Peng R,Luo F,Wu M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal and prolonged inflammatory reaction is seen in a wide variety of disorders, and high level of Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-α) has been linked to these disorders. Therefore, modulation of TNF-α expression is important in the regulation of inflammatory disorders. In our previous study, we have shown that a ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Tang X,O'Reilly A,Asano M,Merrill JC,Yokoyama KK,Amar S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are newly discovered molecules that mediate the migration of leukocytes into inflammed tissues and control the inflammatory reactions in various immune-mediated diseases. Both in animal models and in human specimens, chemokine expression is associated with atherosclerotic lesion development and vascular rem...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Filippatos G,Parissis JT,Adamopoulos S,Kardaras F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular matrices (ECMs) are dynamic structures that provide cells not only with a structural support but, importantly, exhibit significant functional roles in the control of key cellular events such as adhesion, migration, proliferation, differentiation, and survival. In tumors, matrix effectors such as proteogl...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Skandalis SS,Aletras AJ,Gialeli C,Theocharis AD,Afratis N,Tzanakakis GN,Karamanos NK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a bulk cytosolic degradative process which in the last few years has become a key pathway for the advancement of molecular medicine. Autophagy (cellular self-eating) has several implications in human disorders involving accumulation of cytosolic protein aggregates such as Alzheimer, Parkinson, Huntington ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Lerena C,Calligaris SD,Colombo MI

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central role of glutamate receptors in mediating excitotoxic neuronal death in stroke, epilepsy and trauma has been well established. Glutamate is the major excitatory amino acid transmitter within the CNS and it's signaling is mediated by a number of postsynaptic ionotropic and metabotropic receptors. Although ca...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Aarts MM,Tymianski M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), and cystic fibrosis (CF), chronic diseases of the airways, are characterized by symptoms such as inflammation of the lung tissue, mucus hypersecretion, constriction of the airways, and excessive fibrosis of airway tissue. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, a c...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Moore B,Murphy RF,Agrawal DK

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural multitude of nucleic acids serves basis for its multiple merits and applications. During structural transitions, significant to perform respective cellular functions, these DNA forms can vary from the single stranded to multi-stranded species. Hence, beyond the image of a monotonous DNA double-helix, there ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Kaushik M,Kaushik S,Bansal A,Saxena S,Kukreti S

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies or prion related disorders are fatal and infectious neurodegenerative diseases characterized by extensive neuronal apoptosis and accumulation of a misfolded form of the cellular prion protein (PrP), denoted PrP(Sc). Although the mechanism of neurodegeneration and the involveme...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Castilla J,Hetz C,Soto C

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract: The study of genetic alterations in tumors and their precursor lesions is often hampered by the presence of a heterogeneous background of non-neoplastic elements such as stromal cells, inflammatory cells, and angiogenic elements. Microdissection involves the extraction of specific populations of cells under ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Maitra A,Wistuba II,Gazdar AF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lauric acid (LA) has antimicrobial effects and the potential to replace antibiotics in feeds to prevent postweaning diarrhea and increase overall swine productivity. The effects of lauric acid on the intestinal epithelial cells remain unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS:This study investigates the effects of LA on...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Yang Y,Huang J,Li J,Yang H,Yin Y

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leading cause of blindness in the developed world results from several disorders that have pathologic ocular neovascularization as the common pathway leading to vision loss. These disorders include exudative age related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), retina...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Tolentino MJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate cytokine expression profile in aqueous humor and sera in patients with HLAB27 associated acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and idiopathic AAU. METHODS:Twenty patients with AAU and 17 controls were recruited from August 2012 to March 2013. Study subjects with uveitis were divided into two groups: 9 patie...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Chen W,Zhao B,Jiang R,Zhang R,Wang Y,Wu H,Gordon L,Chen L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this review is to provide a concise overview of developments over the last 15 years in the field of laboratory tests in human medicine that are based on the detection of alterations in the glycan part of glycoconjugates. We show how glycosylation-based diagnostic testing is widespread in the current cli...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Schulz BL,Laroy W,Callewaert N

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology has witnessed tremendous advancement over the last several decades. Zinc oxide (ZnO), which can exhibit a wide variety of nanostructures, possesses unique semiconducting, optical, and piezoelectric properties hence has been investigated for a wide variety of applications. The most important features of ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Nayak TR,Hong H,Cai W

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to evaluate the preventive effects of hydroxycitric acid（HCA） for stone formation in the glyoxylate-induced mouse model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Male C57BL/6J mice were divided into a control group, glyoxylate(GOX) 100 mg/kg group, a GOX+HCA 100 mg/kg group, and a GOX+HCA 200 mg/kg group. Blood...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu X,Yuan P,Sun X,Chen Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The testes are one of the most delicate organs in the male body and highly susceptible to the exogenous influences capable of inducing cell damage. Cancer therapies are well known to negatively affect the male reproductive tract with a severe impairment of spermatogenesis and infertility. The present work aimed to sys...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Silva AM,Correia S,Socorro S,Maia CJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteroviruses are common human pathogens involved in a wide spectrum of clinical outcomes ranging from mild or non-symptomatic illness to severe diseases with neurological and/or cardiac manifestation. Despite being responsible for significant morbidity and mortality especially in immunocompromised patients and infant...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Schönhofer-Merl S,Wessely R

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a chronic condition associated with poorer cognitive functioning. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a useful tool for evaluating executive functions. In this study, we assessed the association between dopaminergic gene polymorphisms: DAT1 (SLC6A3), COMTVal158Met, DRD4 (48-bp variable number of...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Bieliński M,Lesiewska N,Junik R,Kamińska A,Tretyn A,Borkowska A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and developmental mechanisms of vertebrate retina are highly conserved. One of the most distinctive events during retinogenesis is the temporally and spatially generation of seven types of retinal cells from the multipotent retinal progenitor cells. The importance and prevalence of SUMOylation in regulat...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang L,Li DW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal cerebral ischemia induces neurogenesis in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the adult human brain. Neurogenesis is controlled by proliferation, differentiation, and migration of neural progenitor cells. This article reviews emerging data that changes of cell cycle kinetics of neural progenitor cells induced by st...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang RL,Zhang ZG,Chopp M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the working population worldwide. Vascular leakage, angiogenesis and neuronal degeneration are key features of DR. Current effective interventions for DR include treatment of systemic risk factors such as elevated blood glucose, blood pressure and ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang X,Wang N,Schachat AP,Bao S,Gillies MC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia is a major hallmark of the tumor microenvironment that is strictly associated with rapid cancer progression and induction of metastasis. Hypoxia inhibits disulfide bond formation and impairs protein folding in the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER). The stress in the ER induces the activation of Unfolded Protein Respo...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Rozpedek W,Pytel D,Mucha B,Leszczynska H,Diehl JA,Majsterek I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is aging and we must face the challenges that this brings. One of the reasons for the increasing aging of the world's population is the increase in life expectancy and, since we live longer, it is of paramount importance to live well and to prevent age-associated diseases. In this way, it is crucial to impro...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Magalhaes S,Goodfellow BJ,Nunes A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody targeted cytoplasmic delivery of drugs is difficult to achieve as antigen-antibody interaction results in the payload being directed to the endosomal compartment. However, Sendai viral envelopes can bring about cytoplasmic delivery due to F-protein mediated membrane fusion. In this study we have generated and...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Kumar M,Mani P,Pratheesh P,Chandra S,Jeyakkodi M,Chattopadhyay P,Sarkar DP,Sinha S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat especially when it becomes hormone resistant such as castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and subsequent metastatic CRPC. Apart from the genetic alterations in prostate cancer, epigenetic modifications also play an important role in the development and...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Giudice A,Montella M,Boccellino M,Crispo A,D'Arena G,Bimonte S,Facchini G,Ciliberto G,Botti G,Quagliuolo L,Caraglia M,Capunzo M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HMGB1/Amphoterin is a ubiquitous, highly conserved DNA-binding protein that can be also released to the extracellular space by various cell types. Extracellular HMGB1 regulates migratory responses of several cell types through binding to RAGE that communicates with the cytoskeleton to regulate cell motility. HMGB1-ind...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Rauvala H,Rouhiainen A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have great potential as a robust source of progenitors for regenerative medicine. The novel technology also enables the derivation of patient-specific cells for applications to personalized medicine, such as for personal drug screening and toxicology. However, the biologic...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Shtrichman R,Germanguz I,Itskovitz-Eldor J

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is now recognized as a B-cell-derived lymphoma which is characterized by only about 1% malignant pathognomonic Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells and an abundant infiltrate of reactive bystander cells. HRS cells are unique with respect to their lost B-cell-specific gene expression ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Schwarzer R,Jundt F

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox-1 (PDX-1) is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor that plays a critical role in pancreatic development, β-cell differentiation, maintenance of normal β-cell function and tumorigenesis. PDX-1 is subjected to extensive post-translational modifications for its stability, subcellu...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhou G,Wang H,Liu SH,Shahi KM,Lin X,Wu J,Feng XH,Qin J,Tan TH,Brunicardi FC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00