Telomere maintenance and tumorigenesis: an "ALT"ernative road.

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：:Liver cirrhosis, an end-result of a wide variety of the liver diseases, is a world wide health problem. Because of its unique organ system, i.e., portal blood supply, bile formation and enterohepatic circulation, drug metabolism system, and sinusoidal lining cells such as Kupffer, endothelial and stellate cells, the l...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Higuchi H,Gores GJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Islet cell transplantation is an attractive alternative therapy to conventional insulin treatment or vascularized whole pancreas transplantation for type 1 diabetic patients. It represents a successful example of somatic cell therapy in humans based on complex procedures for islet isolation from whole pancreas. The is...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Bertuzzi F,Marzorati S,Secchi A

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Plasmid DNA has been widely used in vaccination as well as in cell and gene therapy. It exists in multiple isoforms, including supercoiled, nicked or open circular and linear forms. Regulatory agencies recommend having more than 80% of the supercoiled isoform for the bulk release of plasmid products; thus, i...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cook KS,Luo J,Guttman A,Thompson L

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferase Pi (GST-pi, GSTP) is known to strongly affect human susceptibility to several cancers, asthma and neurodegenerative disorders. As with other glutathione transferases, it catalyses the addition of reduced glutathione to electrophilic species, and it is important in metabolite detoxification. It ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Vasieva O

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial 18 kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) was first detected by its capability to bind benzodiazepines in peripheral tissues and later also in glial cells in the brain, hence its previous most common name peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR). TSPO has been implicated in various functions, including apop...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Veenman L,Gavish M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Protein sumoylation is a well established regulatory mechanism to control many cellular processes such as chromatin structure dynamics, transcriptional regulation of gene expression, cell proliferation and differentiation, cell transformation and carcinogenesis, autophagy and senescence. In the vertebrate visio...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Nie Q,Xie J,Gong X,Luo Z,Wang L,Liu F,Xiang JW,Xiao Y,Fu JL,Liu Y,Chen Z,Yang L,Chen H,Gan Y,Li DW

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many autoimmune diseases have genetic associations with the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class II loci. Susceptibility to Type 1 diabetes mellitus (TIDM) is particularly associated with Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) DR3, 4 and associated DQ2, 8 alleles and this is well documented in genetic association studi...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Wong FS,Wen L

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Macrophages undergo polarization or activation in response to environmental stimuli, an essential process for proper immune response. Meanwhile, excessive activation of macrophages causes autoimmune diseases. It is therefore crucial to prevent over-activation of macrophage in order to maintain the proper imm...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zou Y,Chen Q,Ye Z,Li X,Ju R

更新日期：2017-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukins IL1ß/IL18 and Inflammasome NLRP1/NLRP3 polymorphisms can change the course of multiple human diseases, both inflammatory as infectious. SNPs these proteins were associated with the constructive activation of the Inflammasome and excessive production of IL-1β induce a serious autoinflammatory dis...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： de Almeida E,Frantz SR,Cesar P,Tarragô AM,de Amorim Xabregas L,Garcia NP,Costa AG,de Paula EV,Malheiro A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to investigate the effect of morphine with naloxone on intestinal peristalsis and the number of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) in colon tissues of rabbits. METHODS:Thirty rabbits were randomly divided into five groups (n=6, each group): saline control group (NS group), low concentration of...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Yang H,Jin XJ,Luo H,Li YH

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:The role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variant 16189T>C in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains hotly debated in the past decade. If mutation 16189T>C indeed posed a risk to T2DM, as echoed by some recent studies, correlation between this mutation and disease should be observed when carrying out a systematical study...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhong L,Tang J,Kong QP,Sun C,Zhou WP,Yang M,Yao YG,Zhang YP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p53 tumor suppressor plays a pivotal role in maintaining genomic integrity and preventing cancer development. The importance of p53 in tumor suppression is illustrated by the observation that about 50% human tumor cells have a dysfunctional p53 pathway. Although it has been well accepted that the activity of p53 is ma...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang J,Chen X

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although surgery and radiotherapy are highly efficient in local tumor control, distal metastases and tumor recurrence often limit therapeutic outcome. It is becoming progressively more evident that curative tumor therapy depends on the presence and maintenance of an intact immune system which has the capacity to elici...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Multhoff G,Pockley AG,Streffer C,Gaipl US

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mood disorders and schizophrenia share a number of common properties, including: genetic susceptibility; differences in brain structure and drug based therapy. Some genetic loci may even confer susceptibility for bipolar mood disorder and schizophrenia, and some atypical antipsychotic drugs are used as mood stabilizer...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Harwood AJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ ions are involved in the regulation of many diverse functions in animal and plant cells, e.g. muscle contraction, secretion of neurotransmitters, hormones and enzymes, fertilization of oocytes, and lymphocyte activation and proliferation. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration can be increased by different molecula...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Guse AH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inclusion of anticancer drugs into biocompatible nanoparticulate carriers decreases the general toxicity and improves the efficacy of clinical treatments due to the reduction of soluble circulating free drug. METHODS:In addition, removal of emerging drug contaminants from wastewaters is a necessity that sho...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Fu M,Tayebee R,Saberi S,Nourbakhsh N,Esmaeili E,Maleki B,Vatanpour HR

更新日期：2021-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder characterised by the inability of β-cells to secrete enough insulin to maintain glucose homeostasis. Pancreatic β-cells secrete insulin in a biphasic manner, first and second phase insulin secretion, and loss of first phase insulin secretion is an independent predictor of ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cheng K,Andrikopoulos S,Gunton JE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) exerts a cancer cell-specific pro-apoptotic activity. This property made the TRAIL associated pathway one of the most promising strategies aimed at inducing tumor-selective death. In fact, several approaches have been considered to explore this pathwa...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： De Carvalho DD,Mello BP,Pereira WO,Amarante-Mendes GP

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Similar to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates via reverse transcription, in this case, within infected hepatocytes. Substantial advances have been achieved in the past ten years in developing and utilizing nucleoside/nucleotide analog drugs to inhibit HBV replication. Most a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Yuan HJ,Lee WM

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is thought to result from a combination of environmental factors and the accumulation of specific genetic alterations due to increasing genetic instability, and consequently affects mainly older patients. Less than 10% of patients present with the disease before 45 years of age (early onset gastric carc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Milne AN,Sitarz R,Carvalho R,Carneiro F,Offerhaus GJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mistletoe is often used as complementary therapy in oncology. The anti-tumor effects of mistletoe (Iscador) are well documented in-vitro in respect to inhibition of cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis, segmental activation of immune competent cells and trapping of chemotherapeutic drugs within cancer cells by m...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Matthes H,Friedel WE,Bock PR,Zänker KS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin is a complex tissue composed of two very different compartments -- the continuously renewing epidermis made up mostly by keratinocytes and the underlying matrix-rich dermis with the resting fibroblasts as its major cellular components. Both compartments are tightly interconnected and a paracrine mutual interactio...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Boukamp P

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By eliminating the unneeded or mutant cells, programmed cell death actively participates in a wide range of biological processes from embryonic development to homeostasis maintenance in adult. Continuing efforts have identified multiple cell death pathways, with apoptosis, necrosis and autophage the mostly studied. Re...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Wang Y,Wang XD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) exhibit neurological symptoms and there has been limited success in their treatment. Innovative treatments employing novel therapy or gene therapy may offer the prospect of improvement. Recent attempts to treat the neurological forms of LSD include neural stem cell therapy, mesenc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Eto Y,Ohashi T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomal proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) belongs to the family of nuclear hormone receptors (NHRs), which directly regulate transcription of target genes. The regulatory role of this receptor on lipid metabolism and insulin sensitization is well established. Recently, the overexpression of this re...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Krishnan A,Nair SA,Pillai MR

更新日期：2007-09-01 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