Generation and characterization of functional cardiomyocytes using induced pluripotent stem cells derived from human fibroblasts.

abstract：:The isolation and culture of articular chondrocytes is a prerequisite of their use in tissue engineering, but prolonged culture and passaging is associated with de-differentiation. In this paper we studied the influence of nanometric and micrometric grooves (85 nm to 8 microm in depth and 2 microm to 20 microm in widt...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Hamilton DW,Riehle MO,Monaghan W,Curtis AS

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia alters the biological functions of skeletal muscle cells to proliferate and differentiate into myotubes. However, the cellular responses of myoblasts to hypoxia differ according to the levels of oxygen and the types of cells studied. This study examined the effect of hypoxia (1% oxygen) on bovine satellite cel...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kook SH,Son YO,Lee KY,Lee HJ,Chung WT,Choi KC,Lee JC

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of piperine on the fertilization of eggs with sperm was investigated in female hamsters. They were intragastrically treated with piperine at doses of 50 and 100 mg/kg BW from day 1 through day 4 of the oestrous cycle. During piperine treatment, these females were superovulated and artificially inseminated (...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Piyachaturawat P,Pholpramool C

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the potassium currents and further explore the role of potassium channels in drug response of gastric cancer cells. By patch-clamp technique, potassium currents of human gastric cancer cell SGC7901 were recorded in the mode of voltage clamp. Both 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and tetrae...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Han Y,Shi Y,Han Z,Sun L,Fan D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy, the presence of endorphin, serotonin and chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was demonstrated in rat white blood cells and peritoneal mast cells. After a single neonatal treatment with beta-endorphin (hormonal imprinting), the mast cells of female rats reaching adulthood containe...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Csaba G,Kovács P,Pállinger E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DCs (dendritic cells) are the strongest professional APCs (antigen-presenting cells) to initiate immune responses against pathogens, but they are usually incompetent in initiating efficient immune responses in the progress of solid tumours. We have shown that Notch signalling plays a pivotal role in DC-dependent anti-...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Feng F,Yang J,Tong L,Yuan S,Tian Y,Hong L,Wang W,Zhang H

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes original and literature data on changes in the ultrastructure of major cell organelles during apoptosis obtained by transmission electron microscopy. Organelles that make the most crucial contribution to the initiation of apoptosis: plasma membrane, mitochondria, proteasomes, Golgi apparatus, an...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Snigirevskaya ES,Komissarchik YY

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fgf8 is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family that plays an important role in early neural development. Cellular aggregation and retinoic acid (RA) are needed for mouse embryonic carcinoma (EC) P19 cell neural differentiation. We have examined the Fgf8 gene in P19 cells during neural differentiation an...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Alam AH,Suzuki H,Tsukahara T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) gains access to host cells by attaching to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2). Vitamin D (VitD) can upregulate ACE2 and has an antagonistic effect on Renin, which exerts a vasodilatation and anti-inflammatory effect against coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Shojaeefar E,Malih N,Rezaei N

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance (IR) is a hallmark of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This study aimed to explore the effects of rapamycin, a specific inhibitor of kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), on IR in T2DM rats, and to validate whether the underlying mechanism was associated with autophagy. In this study, the mod...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhou W,Ye S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the 1G condition, the increase in antipain-sensitive protease activity promptly after UV (mainly 254 nm wavelength) irradiation in cultured human cells is detected and found to be one of the intriguing events involved in suppression of cell mutability. It was found that two cell lines, RSa and its variant UVAP-1...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Takahashi S,Zhang HC,Hasegawa R,Karata K,Kita K,Wano C,Yamaguchi Y,Sugaya S,Nomura J,Ichinose M,Suzuki N

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine if adenosine alters growth of mammary epithelium. Mouse mammary epithelial cells (NMuMG) were cultured in DMEM supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum. After serum starvation for 24 h, EGF (0-100 ng/ml) and/or adenosine (0-100 microM) was added. Adenosine at concentrations o...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yuh IS,Jang BB,Hong BJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rates of intracellular protein degradation, of identically labelled populations of proteins, were compared in hepatocytes cultured at 37 degrees (on an adsorbed collagen layer) and in cells preserved on gelatin gels at 10 degrees C. The half-lives of the long-lived proteins were 35.4+/-8.6 h (N=4) and 692.9+/-216....

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Evans PJ

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterised, using both in vivo and in vitro methods, the effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 3 (mGlu3) antagonist (LY341495) and agonist (LY379268) on the proliferation and differentiation of glioma stem cells (GSC). For in vitro studies, a CCK-8 assay was used to determine the cell proli...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhou K,Song Y,Zhou W,Zhang C,Shu H,Yang H,Wang B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor (HB-EGF) is a member of highly conserved superfamily of proteins that has potential mitogenic activity and stimulates differentiation and migration of various cell types. Since HB-EGF has three intra-molecular disulfide bonds, a high expression pattern of active HB-EGF in an E. ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Khalili M,Soleyman MR,Baazm M,Beyer C

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of visible light on animal cells using light-emitting diodes to emit monochromatic visible light (red, yellow, green and blue light). To explore the relevant mechanism of apoptosis, we assessed the intracellular superoxide anion production and mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) of B...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Sato K,Minai Y,Watanabe H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in regulating chromatin modifications, gene transcription, mRNA translation, and protein function. We recently reported a high variation in the basal expression levels of a panel of lncRNAs in HeLa and MCF-7 cells and their differential response to DNA damage induction. Here...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Gezer U,Özgür E,Cetinkaya M,Isin M,Dalay N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review summarizes the results of our investigations of actin unfolding-refolding and presents the notion that protein unfolding pathway, the number and the appearance order of intermediate states do not dependent on denaturing agents. To place our concept in the context of current knowledge of protein folding, we...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Povarova OI,Kuznetsova IM,Turoverov KK

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim has been to elucidate the possible mechanism of CJX1, an amlodipine derivative, in the modulation of P-gp function by determining its effect on P-gp ATPase activity. Basal P-gp ATPase activity was increased by CJX1 with half-maximal activity concentration (Km) of 8.6+/-1.4 microM. Kinetic analysis indicated a ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Ji BS,He L

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for cancer is a therapeutic modality in the treatment of tumors in which visible light is used to activate a photosensitizer. Cell membranes have been identified as an important intracellular target for singlet oxygen produced during the photochemical pathway. This study analyzed the cytotox...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Maftoum-Costa M,Naves KT,Oliveira AL,Tedesco AC,da Silva NS,Pacheco-Soares C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FAM107B expression was decreased in stomach cancer and many other kinds of cancer. The forced expression of FAM107B in HeLa cells diminished proliferation in response to growth factors, suggesting that FAM107B might play important roles in many types of cancers. But the mechanisms underlying the decreased expression o...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Guo J,Bian Y,Wang Y,Chen L,Yu A,Sun X

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradykinin (1 microM) and histamine (100 microM) evoked an initial transient increase and a subsequent sustained increase in intracellular Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)) in fura-2-loaded human gingival fibroblasts, which may be attributed to Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores and Ca(2+) entry from extracellu...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Ogata Y,Nakao S,Shimizu E,Matsuda-Honjyo Y,Yamazaki M,Furuyama S,Sugiya H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of maternal nicotine exposure during pregnancy and lactation on the Type II cells of lung tissue of one day old neonatal rat pups was investigated. The results clearly show that maternal nicotine exposure resulted in an increase in the type II cell count in the lungs of the offspring. In addition the lam...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Maritz GS,Thomas RA

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unicellular Tetrahymena has receptors for hormones of higher vertebrates, produces these hormones, and their signal pathways are similar. The first encounter with a hormone in higher dose provokes the phenomenon of hormonal imprinting, by which the reaction of the cell is quantitatively modified. This modification...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kőhidai L,Lajkó E,Pállinger E,Csaba G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the changes in the activity and expression of ectonucleotidase enzymes in the model of unilateral cortical stab injury (CSI) in rat. The activities of ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 (NTPDase 1) and ecto 5'-nucleotidase were assessed by measuring the levels ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Nedeljkovic N,Bjelobaba I,Subasic S,Lavrnja I,Pekovic S,Stojkov D,Vjestica A,Rakic L,Stojiljkovic M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasticity of human and murine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) has been proven by their ability to trans-differentiate to multilineage cells, including germ cells. We have investigated ability of goat BMSCs to trans-differentiate to germ cells with extrinsic (e.g., retinoic acid [RA] and BMP4 signalling...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yan G,Fan Y,Li P,Zhang Y,Wang F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play a key role in restoring endothelial function and enhancing angiogenesis. However, the effects of low-dose aspirin on circulating EPCs are not well known. We investigated the effects of low-dose aspirin on EPC migration, adhesion, senescence, proliferation, apoptosis...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Hu Z,Zhang F,Yang Z,Zhang J,Zhang D,Yang N,Zhang Y,Cao K

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolapsus uteri in pelvic supportive disorders are common in elderly women, and their etiology remains unclear. We examined elastin-binding proteins (EBPs) and binding sites in cultured cardinal ligament fibroblasts derived from elderly patients with prolapsus uteri (HPLiF) and compared them with those from age-matche...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yamamoto M,Akazawa K,Aoyagi M,Yamamoto N,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycometabolism, particularly mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and glycolysis, plays a central role in cell life activities. Glycometabolism can be reprogrammed to maintain the stemness or to induce the differentiation of stem cells, thereby regulating tissue repair and regeneration. However, research ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wang L,Cheng L,Wang H,Pan H,Yang H,Shao M,Hu T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-specific L-type calcium channel blockers, such as verapamil (> or =50 microM), induce metaphase-II (M-II) arrest and apoptosis in aged rat eggs cultured in Ca(2+)-deficient medium. However, the effects of extracellular Ca(2+) on verapamil-induced M-II arrest and apoptosis have not yet been reported. We have demons...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Chaube SK,Tripathi A,Khatun S,Mishra SK,Prasad PV,Shrivastav TG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00