Amphioxus: a peaceful anchovy fillet to illuminate Chordate Evolution (I).

abstract：:Retrospective and prospective studies show that lean mass or strength is positively associated with metabolic health. Mice deficient in myostatin, a growth factor that negatively regulates skeletal muscle mass, have increased muscle and body weights and are resistant to diet-induced obesity. Their leanness is often at...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Bond ND,Guo J,Hall KD,McPherron AC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many organisms in extremely cold environments such as the Antarctic Pole have evolved antifreeze molecules to prevent ice formation. There are four types of antifreeze proteins (AFPs). Type-IV antifreeze proteins (AFP4s) are present also in certain temperate and even tropical fish, which has raised a question as to wh...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Xiao Q,Xia JH,Zhang XJ,Li Z,Wang Y,Zhou L,Gui JF

更新日期：2014-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) family members exert their function via specific type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptors and intracellular Smad transcription factors, including the common mediator Smad4. The dual effects of TGF-beta signaling on tumor initiation and progression are cell-specifi...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang G,Yang X

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference has been described as a powerful genetic tool for gene functional analysis and a promising approach for pest management. However, RNAi efficiency varies significantly among insect species due to distinct RNAi machineries. Lepidopteran insects include a large number of pests as well as model insects, s...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li Z,Zeng B,Ling L,Xu J,You L,Aslam AF,Tan A,Huang Y

更新日期：2015-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Vγ9Vδ2 (also termed Vγ2Vδ2) T cells, a major human peripheral blood γδ T cell subset, recognize microbial (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate and endogenous isopentenyl diphosphate in a TCR-dependent manner. The recognition does not require specific accessory cells, antigen uptake, antigen processing, or MHC ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wu YL,Ding YP,Tanaka Y,Shen LW,Wei CH,Minato N,Zhang W

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious HCV carrying reporter genes have further applications in understanding the HCV life cycle including replication, viral assembly and release. In this study, a full-length 3039bp LacZ gene was inserted into the derivative of JFH1-AM120 to develop an additional reporter virus. The results showed that the recom...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang Q,Hagedorn C,Liu S

更新日期：2018-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Xylitol is found in low content as a natural constituent of many fruits and vegetables. It is a five-carbon sugar polyol and has been used as a food additive and sweetening agent to replace sucrose, especially for non-insulin dependent diabetics. It has multiple beneficial health effects, such as the prevention of d...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Chen X,Jiang ZH,Chen S,Qin W

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell density has profound impacts on the cell culture practices of human pluripotent stem cells. The regulation of cell growth, cell death, pluripotency and differentiation converge at high density, but it is largely unknown how different regulatory mechanisms act at this stage. We use a chemically defined medium to s...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Liu W,Ren Z,Lu K,Song C,Cheung ECW,Zhou Z,Chen G

更新日期：2018-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 1A (SMC1A) has been implicated in the development of a variety of cancer types. However, its role in hepatocellular carcinoma remains unknown. In this study, we found that phosphorylated SMC1A was highly expressed in HepG2 and Bel7402 cells when compared with other cancer ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang Y,Yi F,Wang L,Wang Z,Zhang N,Wang Z,Li Z,Song X,Wei S,Cao L

更新日期：2018-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is the fifth common cause of death in woman worldwide. The tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins consist of more than 70 known protein members. Studies have showed that TRIM proteins are involved in cancer and play important roles in cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion and metastasis. R...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang Y,Zhou Z,Wang X,Zhang X,Chen Y,Bai J,Di W

更新日期：2018-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling axis plays important roles in cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation, the molecular mechanism underlying how the FGF elicits these diverse regulatory signals is not well understood. By using the Frs2α null mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) in conjunction ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Lin X,Zhang Y,Liu L,McKeehan WL,Shen Y,Song S,Wang F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Odor-detection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae involves large families of diverse proteins, including multiple odorant binding proteins (AgOBPs) and olfactory receptors (AgORs). The receptors AgOR1 and AgOR2, as well as the binding protein AgOBP1, have been implicated in the recognition of human host odors. ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Schymura D,Forstner M,Schultze A,Kröber T,Swevers L,Iatrou K,Krieger J

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis plays an important role in myocardial repair after myocardial infarction (MI). Cardiac micro-vascular endothelial cells (CMECs) are important participants in myocardial angiogenesis processes. Recent studies have revealed that Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a master transcription fact...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kuang L,Feng J,He G,Jing T

更新日期：2013-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a group of enveloped, single-stranded positive genomic RNA viruses and some of them are known to cause severe respiratory diseases in human, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and the ongoing coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). One key el...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang N,Shen HM

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel triple cell neurovascular unit (NVU) model co-culturing with neurons, brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) and astrocytes was established in this study for investigating the cerebral diseases and screening the candidates of therapeutic drug. We have first performed the cell identification and morpholo...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Xue Q,Liu Y,Qi H,Ma Q,Xu L,Chen W,Chen G,Xu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced neuronal apoptosis is a crucial pathological process of spinal cord injury (SCI). In our previous study, icariin (ICA) showed neuroprotective effects in SCI. However, the relationships between ER stress and ICA in SCI are unclear yet. Therefore, whether ICA could ameliorate SC...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li H,Zhang X,Qi X,Zhu X,Cheng L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that cardiac morphologic differences between Ames dwarf and wild-type littermates might correlate with the increased longevity observed in the Ames dwarf mice. METHODS:Hearts removed from young adult (5-7 mo) and old (24-28 mo) Ames dwarf and wild-type littermates underwent histological ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Helms SA,Azhar G,Zuo C,Theus SA,Bartke A,Wei JY

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus (DENV) causes the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral disease of humans worldwide. Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are involved in virus infection by regulating various steps of viral-host interaction. However, the distinct role of GSLs during DENV infection remains unclear. In this study, we used mouse melano...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang K,Wang J,Sun T,Bian G,Pan W,Feng T,Wang P,Li Y,Dai J

更新日期：2016-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma is one of the most common brain tumors, suggesting the importance of investigating the molecular mechanism of gliomas. We studied the roles of Ribonucleotide Reductase Regulatory Subunit M2 (RRM2) in glioma. Expressions of RRM2 are higher in glioma tissues evidenced by TCGA data, western blot and immunohistoche...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Sun H,Yang B,Zhang H,Song J,Zhang Y,Xing J,Yang Z,Wei C,Xu T,Yu Z,Xu Z,Hou M,Ji M,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pork quality is an economically important trait and one of the main selection criteria for breeding in the swine industry. In this genome-wide association study (GWAS), 455 pigs from a porcine Large White × Minzhu intercross population were genotyped using the Illumina PorcineSNP60K Beadchip, and phenotyped for intram...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Luo W,Cheng D,Chen S,Wang L,Li Y,Ma X,Song X,Liu X,Li W,Liang J,Yan H,Zhao K,Wang C,Wang L,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and aim: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are capable of impacting tumor progression but its role in tumor stroma remodeling still remains unclear. This present study was aimed to evaluate the potential function of MSCs on tumor stroma remodeling using rabbits VX2 bladder tumor model. Methods: The VX2 bladder ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Chen J,Ma L,Zhang N,Zhu Y,Zhang K,Xu Z,Wang Q

更新日期：2018-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid medication is one of the most common causes of atraumatic osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH), and vitamin K2 (VK2) has been shown to play an important and beneficial role in bone metabolism. In this study, we hypothesized that VK2 could decrease the incidence of glucocorticoid-induced ONFH in a ra...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang YL,Yin JH,Ding H,Zhang W,Zhang CQ,Gao YS

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:BRCA1-deficient breast cancer is a very well-known hereditary cancer. However, except for resection of normal mammary glands and ovaries, there is no acceptable measure for proactively preventing tumor development. Importantly, inherited BRCA1 mutations are closely associated with tumors in hormone-responsive tissues....

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Baek HJ,Kim SE,Choi EK,Kim JK,Shin DH,Park EJ,Kim TH,Kim JY,Kim KG,Deng CX,Kim SS

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are closely correlated with tumor occurrence, invasion, and metastasis. However, factors affecting the biological functions of TAMs in colorectal cancer (CRC) are incompletely understood. Here, we found that Wnt5a was mainly expressed on TAMs of tumor stroma but not on CRC cells. Su...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Liu Q,Song J,Pan Y,Shi D,Yang C,Wang S,Xiong B

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and aims: Dysfunction of the immune regulatory system plays a role in the pathogenesis of allergic rhinitis (AR). The underlying mechanism needs to be further investigated. Published data indicate that soluble CD83 (sCD83) has immune regulatory activities. This study aims to investigate the role of sCD83 in...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wu YJ,Song YN,Geng XR,Ma F,Mo LH,Zhang XW,Liu DB,Liu ZG,Yang PC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have reported that cancer stem cells (CSCs) could be isolated from solid cancer cell lines, in which the purity of CSCs was higher than that from tumor tissues. Separation of CSCs from leukemic cell lines was rarely reported. In this study, CD34(+)CD38(-)stem-like cell subsets in human KG-1a leukemic ce...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang L,Yang S,He YJ,Shao HY,Wang L,Chen H,Gao YJ,Qing FX,Chen XC,Zhao LY,Tan S

更新日期：2010-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Hox genes are organized as clusters and specify regional identity along the anteroposterior body axis by sequential expression at a specific time and region during embryogenesis. However, the precise mechanisms underlying the sequential spatio-temporal, collinear expression pattern of Hox genes are not fully understoo...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Min H,Lee JY,Kim MH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diosgenin, a traditional Yam extraction, has been used in hormone replacement for menopausal women. We aimed to investigate the influences of diosgenin administration upon the MMP-2 and -9 activity and expression and reproductive hormones of ovariectomized (OVX) rats, a model of menopausal status. Seven-week old femal...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Chang CC,Kuan TC,Hsieh YY,Ho YJ,Sun YL,Lin CS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Statins, known as HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors, have primarily been utilized for metabolic and angiographic medical applications because of their cholesterol-lowering effects. Similar to other drugs, statins may also induce a series of potential side effects. Statins inhibit the HMGCR (rate-limiting enzyme) ac...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang Q,Dong J,Yu Z

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid tumors consist of various types of stromal cells in addition to cancer cells. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a major component of the tumor stroma and play an essential role in tumor progression and metastasis in a variety of malignancies, including gastric cancer. However, the effects of CAFs on gastr...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Xu G,Zhang B,Ye J,Cao S,Shi J,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Sang J,Yao Y,Guan W,Tao J,Feng M,Zhang W

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00