Effects of dehydroepiandrosterone on aldosterone release in rat zona glomerulosa cells.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Zerumbone, a sesquiterpene compound isolated from subtropical ginger, Zingiber zerumbet Smith, has been documented to exert antitumoral and anti- inflammatory activities. In this study, we demonstrate that zerumbone induces apoptosis in human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM8401) cells and investigate the apopto...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Weng HY,Hsu MJ,Wang CC,Chen BC,Hong CY,Chen MC,Chiu WT,Lin CH

更新日期：2012-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:NKG2D, an activating immunoreceptor, is primarily restricted to NK cells and CD8(+) T cells. The existence of an atypical cytotoxic CD4(+)NKG2D(+) T cell population has also been found in patients with autoimmune dysfunctions. Nonetheless, contradictory evidence has categorized this population with a regulat...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Garcia-Chagollan M,Jave-Suarez LF,Haramati J,Bueno-Topete MR,Aguilar-Lemarroy A,Estrada-Chavez C,Bastidas-Ramirez BE,Pereira-Suarez AL,Del Toro-Arreola S

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The ARFP/F protein is synthesized from the +1 reading frame of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein gene. The function of this protein remains unknown. To study the function of the HCV ARFP/F protein, we have conducted the yeast two-hybrid screening experiment to identify cellular proteins that may interact with t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Ma HC,Lin TW,Li H,Iguchi-Ariga SM,Ariga H,Chuang YL,Ou JH,Lo SY

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the recent progress in screening and therapy, a majority of prostate cancer cases eventually attain hormone refractory and chemo-resistant attributes. Conventional chemotherapeutic strategies are effective at very high doses for only palliative management of these prostate cancers. Therefore chemo-se...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Gara RK,Srivastava VK,Duggal S,Bagga JK,Bhatt M,Sanyal S,Mishra DP

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ACTGCTGA sequence (CTG motif) is located immediately upstream of the NF-kappaB enhancer in the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) long terminal repeat (LTR). We previously reported on the frequent duplication of this motif in HIV-1-infected individuals. In this study we further characterized the role of t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Koken SE,van Wamel JL,Geelen JL,Berkhout B

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drosophila eye development is a progressive process including cell fate determination, pattern formation, and rhabdomere morphogenesis. During eye development, a dramatic change in cell shape, which involves turning and extension of the photoreceptor apical surface, occurs in the early pupal stages. It is known that a...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Fan SS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The conserved Notch signaling pathway regulates cell fate decisions and maintains stem cells in multicellular organisms. Up-regulation of Notch signaling is observed in several types of cancer and is causally involved in proliferation and survival of cancer cells. Thus, it is of great interest to look for an...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Pi H,Huang YC,Chen IC,Lin CD,Yeh HF,Pai LM

更新日期：2011-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To mimic systemic inflammation in humans, different animal models have been developed. Since these models are still discussed controversially, we aimed to comparatively evaluate the most widely used models with respect to the systemic effects, the influence on organ functions and to the underlying pathophysi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Seemann S,Zohles F,Lupp A

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the common forms of dyslipidemia could affect either the lipid composition or insulin receptor processing (down-regulation) of erythrocytes. The study included 22 patients with type IIa hypercholesterolemia, 15 patients with type IV hypertriglyceridemia and 12 patients wi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Masella R,Cantafora A,Maffì D,Volpe R,Ginnetti MG,Ricci G,Mace NL,Buxton GM,Peterson SW

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines stably transfected with human insulin receptor cDNA, CHO-wt and CHO-mut, which express an equivalent number of normal and kinase-defective human insulin receptors, respectively, were used to assess the roles of insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity in insulin-regulated ge...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lin SC,Chen MF,Chou CK

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matrin 3 family of nuclear proteins consists of members with potentially diverse activities. Matrin 3 and NP220 share RNA-binding domains, and NP220 has been shown to recognize and bind to the DNA sequence, CCCCC (G/C). We have isolated and characterized another member of the matrin 3 family, designated NP94, from...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Warder DE,Keherly MJ

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:Adeno-associated virus (AAV)-2 was developed as a useful vector for human gene therapy. In this report, we analyzed the integration and expression of AAV-mediated ex vivo transferred human beta-globin gene in bone marrow (BM) reconstituted mice. Recombinant AAV (rAAV) containing human beta-globin gene was packaged by ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Dong WJ,Wu XB,Liu DP,Li JL,Liu G,Zu ZX,Zhao N,Hou YD,Liang CC

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is recognized as the most potent microbial mediator presaging the threat of invasion of Gram-negative bacteria that implicated in the pathogenesis of sepsis and septic shock. This study was designed to examine the microRNA (miRNA) expression in whole blood from mice injected with int...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hsieh CH,Rau CS,Jeng JC,Chen YC,Lu TH,Wu CJ,Wu YC,Tzeng SL,Yang JC

更新日期：2012-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebrafish tbx5 expresses in the heart, pectoral fins and eyes of zebrafish during embryonic development. In zebrafish, injection of tbx5 morpholino antisense RNA caused changes of heart conformation, defect of heart looping, pericardium effusion, dropsy of ventral position and decreased heart rate. We suggested that c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lu JH,Lu JK,Choo SL,Li YC,Yeh HW,Shiue JF,Yeh VC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor activity of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata (Orchidaceae), a popularly used folk medicine in the treatment of cancers in Asia, was investigated in MCF-7 human mammary carcinoma cells. Plant extracts of A. formosanus were observed to induce apoptosis of MCF-7 cells as evidenced by cell-morphological chang...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Shyur LF,Chen CH,Lo CP,Wang SY,Kang PL,Sun SJ,Chang CA,Tzeng CM,Yang NS

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensory innervation of the skin subserves protective sensations for the body to prevent thermal and noxious injuries. Neurophysiologically, they belong to the categories of Adelta and C fibers, usually with caliber less than one micro m in diameter. Morphological demonstration of the terminals of these nerves in the e...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hsieh ST,Lin WM,Chiang HY,Huang IT,Ko MH,Chang YC,Chen WP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cell adhesion has been shown to induce activation of certain growth factor receptors in a ligand-independent manner. However, the mechanism for such activation remains obscure. METHODS:Human epidermal carcinoma A431 cells were used as a model to examine the mechanism for adhesion-induced activation of hepat...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lu YC,Chen HC

更新日期：2011-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent functional deficit in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is in part due to severe neural cell death. Therefore, cell replacement using stem cells and neural progenitors that give rise to neurons and glia is thought to be a potent strategy to promote tissue repair after SCI. Many studies have shown that s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Tzeng SF

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that immune responses are involved in the control of cancer and that the immune system can be manipulated in different ways to recognize and attack tumors. Progress in immune-based strategies has opened new therapeutic avenues using a number of techniques destined to eliminate malignant ce...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Matar P,Alaniz L,Rozados V,Aquino JB,Malvicini M,Atorrasagasti C,Gidekel M,Silva M,Scharovsky OG,Mazzolini G

更新日期：2009-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The isoprostanes (IsoPs) are a unique series of prostaglandin-like compounds formed in vivo from the free radical-catalyzed peroxidation of arachidonic acid. This review summarizes our current knowledge regarding these compounds. Novel aspects of the biochemistry and bioactivity of IsoPs are detailed and methods by wh...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Liu T,Stern A,Roberts LJ,Morrow JD

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (PIGR) mediates transport of IgA and IgM antibodies across mucosal and glandular epithelia. Several studies have utilized immunohistochemistry to demonstrate that PIGR expression varies in different types of lung carcinoma, and is down-regulated during tumor progression. We have p...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Khattar NH,Lele SM,Kaetzel CS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that transgenic ablation of gonadotrophs results in impaired development of cells immunostainable for prolactin (PRL) but not of cells immunostainable for growth hormone (GH) or pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) in pituitary of newborn mice. The question remained whether this reduction in PRL protein ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Vankelecom H,Seuntjens E,Hauspie A,Denef C

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are the major intracellular source and target sites of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are continually generated as by-products of aerobic metabolism in animal and human cells. It has been demonstrated that mitochondrial respiratory function declines with age in various human tissues and that a defecti...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee HC,Wei YH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell activity is subject to non-cell-autonomous regulation from the local microenvironment, or niche. In adaption to varying physiological conditions and the ever-changing external environment, the stem cell niche has evolved with multifunctionality that enables stem cells to detect these changes and to communica...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen CL,Huang WY,Wang EHC,Tai KY,Lin SJ

更新日期：2020-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria are sub-cellular organelles that produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). As suggested over 70 years ago by Otto Warburg and recently confirmed with molecular techniques, alterations in respiratory activity and in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) appear to be common featur...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Czarnecka AM,Czarnecki JS,Kukwa W,Cappello F,Scińska A,Kukwa A

更新日期：2010-04-25 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：BACKGROUND:Bisphosphonates are an important class of antiresorptive drugs used in the treatment of metabolic bone diseases. Recent studies have shown that nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates induced apoptosis in rabbit osteoclasts and prevented prenylated small GTPase. However, whether bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclas...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Tsubaki M,Komai M,Itoh T,Imano M,Sakamoto K,Shimaoka H,Takeda T,Ogawa N,Mashimo K,Fujiwara D,Mukai J,Sakaguchi K,Satou T,Nishida S

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmentally regulated endothelial cell locus-1 (Del1) is an embryonic angiogenic factor expressed in early embryonic endothelial cells, but recently has been found to be expressed in some forms of cancers including colon and breast cancers, and melanoma, and human cancer cell lines. Overexpression of Del1 accelera...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Zou X,Qiao H,Jiang X,Dong X,Jiang H,Sun X

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of chronic Zn2+ administration (1 mg/kg/day for 1 month) in Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 11) on motility and rearing behaviors (number of events/10 min measured in motility cage), on memory (percentage of failures using a foot-shock double T maze), on the number of muscari...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Bonfante-Cabarcas R,Bravo I,Nello C,Gutiérrez-Reyes E,Loureiro Dos Santos NE,Moreno-Yanes JA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00