Decreased total nitric oxide production in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sensing tissue acidosis is an important function of the somatosensory nervous system to response to noxious stimuli. MAIN BODY:In the pain clinic, acid or soreness sensation is a characteristic sensory phenotype of various acute and chronic pain syndromes, such as delayed onset muscle soreness, fibromyalgia...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lin JH,Hung CH,Han DS,Chen ST,Lee CH,Sun WZ,Chen CC

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress is a major factor in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells injury that contributes to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). NaIO3 is an oxidative toxic agent and its selective RPE cell damage makes it as a reproducible model of AMD. Although NaIO3 is an oxidative stress inducer, the roles...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chan CM,Huang DY,Sekar P,Hsu SH,Lin WW

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huber RJ

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus infection presents a wide spectrum of manifestations including asymptomatic condition, dengue fever (DF), or severe forms, such as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) in affected individuals. The early prediction of severe dengue in patients without any warning signs who may lat...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： John DV,Lin YS,Perng GC

更新日期：2015-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT) is a protein with multiple functions. Recently, two Italian siblings who had hepatomegaly and chronic elevation of serum transaminases were diagnosed to have GNMT deficiency caused by inherited compound heterozygosity of the GNMT gene with missence mutations. To evaluate the expressi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Liu HH,Chen KH,Shih YP,Lui WY,Wong FH,Chen YM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of cells and organs to heat shock is associated with numerous changes in various cellular metabolic parameters and overexpression of proteins collectively known as heat shock proteins (HSP). In this communication we review the cell-signaling events that are altered in response to heat shock as they relate to ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Gong Kiang J,Tsokos GC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination modulates a large repertoire of cellular functions and thus, dysregulation of the ubiquitin system results in multiple human diseases, including cancer. Ubiquitination requires an E3 ligase, which is responsible for substrate recognition and conferring specificity to ubiquitination. HUWE1 is a multiface...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kao SH,Wu HT,Wu KJ

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Head and neck squamous carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most invasive types of cancer with high mortality. A previous study has indicated that low levels of let-7d and miR-205 in HNSCC patients are correlated with poor survival. Let-7d and miR-205 are tumor suppressors and regulators of epithelial-to-mesenc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kolenda T,Guglas K,Teresiak A,Bliźniak R,Lamperska K

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical assessment of experimental muscle-pain models resulting from maximal muscle contraction may provide a means of assessing hypersensitivity and the central nociceptive mechanisms involved in diffused muscle pain. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to investigate the patterns of nociceptive behavior an...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang SF,Chen CC,Liao WS,Shyu BC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptidoglycan-activated gene expression is mediated through various transcription factors including CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein delta (C/EBPdelta). The purpose of the present study is to elucidate the mechanism of PGN-activated C/EBPdelta gene. PGN stimulated C/EBPdelta protein and mRNA expression in mouse macropha...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huang YC,Chang WC,Su JG,Cai JL,Chen CC,Hung JJ,Liu YW

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also designated human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), has been linked to Kaposi's sarcoma, as well as to primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and a subset of multicentric Castleman's disease. KSHV genomes are maintained as episomes within infected cells and the virus exhibits a bipha...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Campbell M,Izumiya Y

更新日期：2020-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In all eukaryotes, the plasma membrane is critically important as it maintains the architectural integrity of the cell. Proper anchorage and interaction between the plasma membrane and the cytoskeleton is critical for normal cellular processes. The ERM (ezrin-radixin-moesin) proteins are a class of highly homologous p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Ponuwei GA

更新日期：2016-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) reduces both invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and other pneumococcal infections worldwide. We investigated the impact of stepwise implementation of childhood PCV programs on the prevalence of pneumococcal pneumonia, severity of acute inflammation, and associations betw...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Shen CF,Wang SM,Chi H,Huang YC,Huang LM,Huang YC,Lin HC,Ho YH,Hsiung CA,Liu CC,Taiwan Pediatric Infectious Disease Alliance.

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The signaling pathways leading to extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation by N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) or platelet activating factor (PAF) in human neutrophils were examined. Previously, we found that changes of intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) stimulated by...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen LW,Lin MW,Hsu CM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purinergic P2X7 receptor (P2X7R), an ATP-gated cation channel, is unique among all other family members because of its ability to respond to various stimuli and to modulate pro-inflammatory signaling. The activation of P2X7R in immune cells is absolutely required for mature interleukin -1beta (IL-1beta) and IL-18 prod...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Mishra A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death-associated protein (DAP)-kinase, an actin-cytoskeleton localized serine/threonine kinase, functions as a novel tumor suppressor and participates in a wide variety of cell death systems. Recent studies indicate that DAP-kinase elicits a potent cytoskeletal reorganization effect and is capable of modulating integr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen RH,Wang WJ,Kuo JC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextromethorphan (DM), an antitussive agent, has been claimed to have anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects in vitro. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of DM on sepsis induced by intravenous (i.v.) administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in anesthetized Wistar rats and by intraperiton...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang CC,Lee YM,Wei HP,Chu CC,Yen MH

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mounting evidences have showed the important role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in immunological surveillance of tumors. Some studies have also indicated human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G-associated immune escape involving TGF-β management in gastric cancer (GC). However, the mechanism underlying it ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Guan Z,Song B,Liu F,Sun D,Wang K,Qu H

更新日期：2015-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of TGF beta1 polymorphisms and atrial fibrillation (AF) in essential hypertensive (EH) subjects remains unknown. Methods EH subjects with AF (EH+AF+) and sinus rhythm (EH+AF-) were enrolled. The polymorphisms of +869 T --> C at codon 10 and + 915 G --> C at codon 25, were genotyped. The clini...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang Y,Hou X,Li Y

更新日期：2010-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated peptide antisera against selected regions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 reverse transcriptase (RT) and integrase (IN) to investigate the specificity of determinants governing the immune response. Peptides representing homologous regions (>50%) in the N- and C-termini and central portions of these proteins were ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Klutch M,Woerner AM,Marcus-Sekura CJ,Levin JG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endotoxin shock is characterized by systemic hypotension, hyporeactiveness to vasoconstrictors and acute lung edema. A nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) has been shown to be effective in reversing acute lung injury. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of NOS blockade b...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang D,Wei J,Hsu K,Jau J,Lieu MW,Chao TJ,Chen HI

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autophagy has been shown recently to play an important role in the intracellular survival of several pathogenic bacteria. In this study, we investigated the effect of a novel small-molecule autophagy-inducing agent, AR-12, on the survival of Francisella tularensis, the causative bacterium of tularemia in hum...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chiu HC,Soni S,Kulp SK,Curry H,Wang D,Gunn JS,Schlesinger LS,Chen CS

更新日期：2009-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The first- and second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (1/2G EGFR-TKIs) gefitinib, erlotinib, and afatinib have all been approved as standard first-line treatments for advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer. The third-generation (3G) EGFR-TKIs have been develop...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Liao BC,Lin CC,Lee JH,Yang JC

更新日期：2016-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is one of the most invaliding and preventable diseases in the United States. Growing evidence suggests that there are sex differences in obesity in human and experimental animals. However, the specific mechanisms of this disease are unknown. Consequently, there is any particular treatment according to the sex/...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Fitzgerald SJ,Janorkar AV,Barnes A,Maranon RO

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineering approaches were adopted for liver microsystems to recapitulate cell arrangements and culture microenvironments in vivo for sensitive, high-throughput and biomimetic drug screening. This review introduces liver microsystems in vitro for drug hepatotoxicity, drug-drug interactions, metabolic function and enz...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee JH,Ho KL,Fan SK

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress and inflammation contributed to the propagation of acute liver injury (ALI). The present study was undertaken to determine whether D-galactosamine (D-GalN) induces ALI via the mitochondrial apoptosis- and proinflammatory cytokine-signaling pathways, and possible mechanism(s) by which green tea (GT) ex...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lin BR,Yu CJ,Chen WC,Lee HS,Chang HM,Lee YC,Chien CT,Chen CF

更新日期：2009-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to high prevalence and mortality and the lack of effective therapies, prostate cancer is one of the most crucial health problems in men. Drug resistance aggravates the situation, not only in human prostate cancer but also in other cancers. In this study, we report for the first time that cardiac glycosides (e.g. o...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huang DM,Guh JH,Huang YT,Chueh SC,Wang HP,Teng CM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The likelihood that expression of a foreign gene in a mammalian cell is deleterious to viability is confronted whenever novel transgenic animals are made. A pathological response to transgene expression is even desired in transgenic mouse models of human disease. The derivation of HIV-transgenic mice in our laboratory...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Dickie P

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An isolated thoracic spinal cord of the neonatal rat in vitro spontaneously generates sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) at ~25 degrees C, but it fails in SND genesis at < or = 10 degrees C. Basal levels of the c-Fos expression in the spinal cords incubated at < or = 10 degrees C and ~25 degrees C were compared to dete...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Su CK,Ho CM,Kuo HH,Wen YC,Chai CY

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a proinflammatory cytokine and elevated in the regions of tissue injury and inflammatory diseases. The deleterious effects of TNF-α on fibroblasts may aggravate heart inflammation mediated through the up-regulation of adhesion molecules such as vascular cell adhesion molecu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lin CC,Pan CS,Wang CY,Liu SW,Hsiao LD,Yang CM

更新日期：2015-07-15 00:00:00