Telomerase prevents accelerated senescence in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient human fibroblasts.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human keratinocytes and derived products are crucial for skin repair and regeneration. Despite substantial advances in engineered skin equivalents, their poor availability and immunorejection remain major challenges in skin grafting. METHODS:Induced keratinocyte-like cells (iKCs) were directly reprogrammed ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Zheng J,Yun W,Park J,Kang PJ,Lee G,Song G,Kim IY,You S

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As a neurotropic virus, enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) emerge and remerge in the Asia-Pacific region since the 1990s, and has continuously been a threat to global public health, especially in children. Annually, EV-A71 results in hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) and occasionally causes severe neurological disease. Here we...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huang SW,Cheng D,Wang JR

更新日期：2019-10-21 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：:To identify novel genes associated with apoptosis in glioma cells, we treated T98G glioma cells with okadaic acid (OA). Differential display using 15 random primers was performed on RNA extracted from these cells. Upregulated bands were excised from polyacrylamide gels and cloned. Northern blots were used to confirm R...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chin LS,Singh SK,Wang Q,Murray SF

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCg) with its potent anti-oxidative capabilities is known for its beneficial effects ameliorating oxidative injury to cardiac cells. Although studies have provided convincing evidence to support the cardioprotective effects of EGCg, it remains unclear whether EGCg affect trans-me...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hsieh SR,Hsu CS,Lu CH,Chen WC,Chiu CH,Liou YM

更新日期：2013-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multilineage somatic progenitor/stem cells that have been shown to possess immunomodulatory properties in recent years. Initially met with much skepticism, MSC immunomodulation has now been well reproduced across tissue sources and species to be clinically relevant. This has ope...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang LT,Ting CH,Yen ML,Liu KJ,Sytwu HK,Wu KK,Yen BL

更新日期：2016-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of N omega-nitro-L: -arginine (L: -NOARG) and N(G)-monomethyl-L: -arginine (L: -NMMA) on the spatial distribution of diaphragmatic microvascular blood flow were assessed in anesthetized, mechanically ventilated rats. Microvascular blood flow was measured after different periods at either a fixed site (Q st...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee CH,Chang HY,Chen CW,Hsiue TR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

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：:The present study was to investigate the effects and action mechanisms of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on steroidogenesis in rat adrenal zona glomerulosa cells (ZG). ZG cells were incubated with DHEA in the presence or absence of angiotensin II (AngII), a high concentration of potassium, 8-Br-cAMP, forskolin, 25-OH-c...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chang LL,Wun WS,Wang PS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prenatal alcohol exposure may cause cardiac development defects, however, the underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. In the present study we have investigated the roles of histone modification by curcumin on alcohol induced fetal cardiac abnormalities during the development. METHODS AND RESULTS:Q-PCR and ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Yan X,Pan B,Lv T,Liu L,Zhu J,Shen W,Huang X,Tian J

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear envelope (NE) consists of two membrane layers that segregate the nuclear from the cytoplasmic contents. Recent progress in our understanding of nuclear-lamina associated diseases has revealed intriguing connections between the envelope components and nuclear processes. Here, we review the functions of the ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chi YH,Chen ZJ,Jeang KT

更新日期：2009-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) is composed of a monolayer of endothelium linked with tight junctions and extracellular matrix (ECM)-rich basement membranes and is surrounded by astrocyte foot processes. Endothelial permeability is regulated by interaction between endothelial cells and ECM proteins. Fib...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee TH,Hsieh ST,Chiang HY

更新日期：2019-05-16 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：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：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been long considered simply as harmful by-products of metabolism, which damage cellular proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. ROS are also known as a weapon of phagocytes, employed against pathogens invading the host. However, during the last decade, an understanding has emerged that ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Belikov AV,Schraven B,Simeoni L

更新日期：2015-10-15 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：:A three-dimensional molecular model of the transmembrane domain of the 5-HT(1A) receptor (5-HT(1A)R) is presented in the context of a general strategy for modeling the macromolecular structure of a guanine nucleotide binding, regulatory protein coupled receptor (GPCR). The model of the 5-HT(1A)R rests on the definitio...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Pardo L,Batlle M,Duñach M,Weinstein H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed at developing nerve growth factor (NGF) mimetics that selectively activate specific biological signals and, as a result, lack the side effects of the full-length protein. Two dimeric dipeptides, bis-(N-aminocaproyl-glycyl-L-lysine) hexamethylenediamide (GK-6) and bis(N-succinyl-L-glutamyl-L-...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Gudasheva TA,Povarnina PY,Antipova TA,Firsova YN,Konstantinopolsky MA,Seredenin SB

更新日期：2015-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in eIF3-p48/INT6 gene expression have been implicated in murine and human mammary carcinogenesis. We examined levels of INT6 protein in human tumors and determined that breast and colon tumors clustered into distinct groups based on levels of INT6 expression and clinicopathological variables. We performed ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Traicoff JL,Chung JY,Braunschweig T,Mazo I,Shu Y,Ramesh A,D'Amico MW,Galperin MM,Knezevic V,Hewitt SM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that drugs targeting Kv7 channels could be used to modulate vascular function and blood pressure. Here, we studied whether Kv7 channel inhibitors can be utilized to stabilize hemodynamics and reduce resuscitation fluid requirements after hemorrhagic shock. METHODS:Anesthetized male ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Nassoiy SP,Byron KL,Majetschak M

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fallopian tube epithelial cells (FTEC) were thought to be the origin of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC). Knowledge of the stemness or initiating characteristics of FTEC is insufficient. Previously, we have characterized the stemness cell marker of FTEC, this study aims to further characterize the...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chang YH,Chu TY,Ding DC

更新日期：2020-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The envelope gene of Moloney murine leukemia virus (Mo-MLV) and its various functional domains have been studied extensively but not as much in terms of their biological effects on cell growth. In this study, we report the biological characterization of a truncated Mo-MLV envelope gene, LN11, which is devoid of a sign...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen H,Chung SW,Wong PM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV-1 Tat protein is an RNA-binding transcriptional transactivator. Recent findings suggest that Tat associates with a cellular kinase that phosphorylates the carboxyl-terminal domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. Here we review, in brief, the role of Tat-associated kinase in Tat-activated transcrip...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Jeang KT

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：:Adenosine was shown to inhibit norepinephrine (NE) release from sympathetic nerve endings. The purpose of this study was to examine whether endogenous adenosine restrains NE and epinephrine release from the adrenal medulla. The effects of an adenosine receptor antagonist, 1,3-dipropyl-8-(p-sulfophenyl) xanthine (DPSPX...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Tseng CJ,Chan JY,Lo WC,Jan CR

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type I Bartter syndrome is a recessive human nephropathy caused by loss-of-function mutations in the SLC12A1 gene coding for the Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter NKCC2. We recently established the mutant mouse line Slc12a1I299F exhibiting kidney defects highly similar to the late-onset manifestation of this heredit...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kemter E,Rathkolb B,Becker L,Bolle I,Busch DH,Dalke C,Elvert R,Favor J,Graw J,Hans W,Ivandic B,Kalaydjiev S,Klopstock T,Rácz I,Rozman J,Schrewe A,Schulz H,Zimmer A,Fuchs H,Gailus-Durner V,Hrabe de Angelis M,Wolf

更新日期：2014-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To develop an individually-tailored dynamic risk assessment model following a multistep, multifactorial process of the Correa's gastric cancer model. METHODS:First, we estimated the state-to-state transition rates following Correa's five-step carcinogenic model and assessed the effect of risk factors, inclu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Fann JC,Chiang TH,Yen AM,Lee YC,Wu MS,Chen HH

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00