Essential role of diastolic oscillatory potentials in adrenergic control of guinea pig sino-atrial node discharge.

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：BACKGROUND:Loss of ovarian function, as in menopause or after ovariectomy (OVX), is closely associated with obesity and white adipose tissue (WAT) inflammation. Estrogen replacement protects against postmenopausal obesity but increases the risks of carcinogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the effects of lo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Shen HH,Yang CY,Kung CW,Chen SY,Wu HM,Cheng PY,Lam KK,Lee YM

更新日期：2019-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lead (Pb2+) is an environmental neurotoxicant that disrupts neurodevelopment, communication, and organization through competition with Ca2+ signaling. How perinatal Pb2+ exposure affects Ca2+-related gene regulation remains unclear. However, Ca2+ activates the L-Type voltage sensitive calcium channel β-3 sub...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Neuwirth LS,Phillips GR,El Idrissi A

更新日期：2018-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical assessment of experimental muscle-pain models resulting from maximal muscle contraction may provide a means of assessing hypersensitivity and the central nociceptive mechanisms involved in diffused muscle pain. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to investigate the patterns of nociceptive behavior an...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang SF,Chen CC,Liao WS,Shyu BC

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homeostasis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the skin is regulated by antioxidant defenses. The inflammatory states of skin diseases which range from acute rashes to chronic conditions are related to the level of ROS. The involvement of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in restoring the antioxidant capacity can ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Liu TP,Chen YP,Chou CM,Chiu TT,Chen CT

更新日期：2016-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrograde transport of Wheat germ agglutinin conjugated to Horseradish peroxidase (WGA-HRP) was used in labeling vagal neurons projecting to the stomach from the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (DMNV) in Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes was induced in the experimental rats by intraperitone...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Odekunle A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunctions, including turnover enrichment, gap junction disruption, inflammation, and oxidation, play vital roles in the initiation of vascular disorders and atherosclerosis. Hemodynamic forces, i.e., atherprotective pulsatile (PS) and pro-atherogenic oscillatory shear stress (OS), ca...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee DY,Chiu JJ

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase 1 (MEK1) that occur during cell proliferation and tumor formation are well described. Information on the roles of MEK2 in these effects is still limited. We established a constitutive MEK2 transgenic zebrafish, Tg(krt14:MEK2S219D-GFP), to elucidate ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chou CM,Chen YC,Su S,Chen GD,Huang KY,Lien HW,Huang CJ,Cheng CH

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) are proposed to be responsible for high resistance in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) treatment. In order to find new strategies aimed at reducing GSC stemness and improving GBM patient survival, we investigated the effects and mechanism of a histone deacetylases (HDACs) inhibitor...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hsu CC,Chang WC,Hsu TI,Liu JJ,Yeh SH,Wang JY,Liou JP,Ko CY,Chang KY,Chuang JY

更新日期：2016-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfluidics has become an important tool in diagnosing many diseases, including neurological and genetic disorders. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that irreversibly and progressively destroys memory, language ability, and thinking skills. Commonly, detection of AD is expensive and complex. F...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Devadhasan JP,Kim S,An J

更新日期：2011-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:An isolated thoracic spinal cord of the neonatal rat in vitro spontaneously generates sympathetic nerve discharge (SND) at ~25 degrees C, but it fails in SND genesis at < or = 10 degrees C. Basal levels of the c-Fos expression in the spinal cords incubated at < or = 10 degrees C and ~25 degrees C were compared to dete...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Su CK,Ho CM,Kuo HH,Wen YC,Chai CY

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our previous report suggested that centrosomal P4.1-associated protein (CPAP) is required for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) encoded non-structure protein X (HBx)-mediated nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) activation. CPAP is overexpressed in HBV-associated hepatocellular carcin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Yen CJ,Yang ST,Chen RY,Huang W,Chayama K,Lee MH,Yang SJ,Lai HS,Yen HY,Hsiao YW,Wang JM,Lin YJ,Hung LY

更新日期：2019-06-06 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：:Metabolic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and insulin resistance have attracted great attention from biomedical researchers and clinicians because of the astonishing increase in its prevalence. Decrease in the capacity of oxidative metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction are a major contributor to the...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang CH,Wei YH

更新日期：2017-09-07 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：:The SARS related Coronavirus genome contains a variety of novel accessory genes. One of these, called ORF7a or ORF8, code for a protein, known as 7a, U122 or X4. We set out to determine the three-dimensional structure of the soluble ectodomain of this type-I transmembrane protein by nuclear magnetic resonance spectros...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hänel K,Stangler T,Stoldt M,Willbold D

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:B cells play an essential role during dengue viral infection. While a major expansion of antibody secreting cells (ASCs) was observed, the importance of these increased frequencies of ASCs remains unclear. The alteration of B cell subsets may result from the expression of tissue specific homing molecules lea...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Pattanapanyasat K,Khowawisetsut L,Chuansumrit A,Chokephaibulkit K,Tangnararatchakit K,Apiwattanakul N,Techasaensiri C,Thitilertdecha P,Sae-Ung T,Onlamoon N

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advances in deep sequencing-based transcriptome profiling technology, it is now known that human genome is transcribed more pervasively than previously thought. Up to 90% of the human DNA is transcribed, and a large proportion of the human genome is transcribed as long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), a heterogenous...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Yeh CF,Chang YE,Lu CY,Hsuan CF,Chang WT,Yang KC

更新日期：2020-04-02 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：:Angiogenesis is essential for development, growth and advancement of solid tumors. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is recognized as an angiogenic factor in various tumors. This prompted us to study the clinical implications of COX-2 expression related to angiogenesis in uterine cervical cancers. There was a significant correla...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Fujimoto J,Toyoki H,Sato E,Sakaguchi H,Jahan I,Alam SM,Tamaya T

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Dengue virus (DENV), a member of the family Flaviviridae, is at present the most widespread causative agent of a human viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Despite the increasing incidence of this pathogen, there are no antiviral drugs or vaccines currently available for treatment or prevention. In a pre...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Mazzucco MB,Talarico LB,Vatansever S,Carro AC,Fascio ML,D'Accorso NB,García CC,Damonte EB

更新日期：2015-04-17 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：:Protein kinases play pivotal roles in the development of the nervous system. They are involved in almost every stage of neuronal development, from initial proliferation and differentiation of progenitor cells to pathfinding of neurites and formation of synapses. Activation of protein kinases is also critical for neuro...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lin SD,Fann MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary emphysema is characterized histologically by destruction of alveolar walls and enlargement of air spaces due to lung epithelial cell apoptosis. Cell adhesion molecule 1 (CADM1) is an immunoglobulin superfamily member expressed in lung epithelial cells. CADM1 generates a membrane-associated C-termin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hagiyama M,Yoneshige A,Inoue T,Sato Y,Mimae T,Okada M,Ito A

更新日期：2015-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The signaling pathways leading to extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation by N-formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP) or platelet activating factor (PAF) in human neutrophils were examined. Previously, we found that changes of intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) stimulated by...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen LW,Lin MW,Hsu CM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Influence of adjuvants i.e., alpha-tocopherol (25 mg/kg, p.o.) and piperine (10 mg/kg, p.o.) on therapeutic potential of chelator tiferron (300 mg/kg, i.p.) was evaluated to encounter toxicogenic events of beryllium exposure. Albino rats were exposed to beryllium nitrate (1 mg/kg, i.p.) daily for 28 days followed by t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Nirala SK,Bhadauria M,Mathur R,Mathur A

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first- and second-generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (1/2G EGFR-TKIs) gefitinib, erlotinib, and afatinib have all been approved as standard first-line treatments for advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer. The third-generation (3G) EGFR-TKIs have been develop...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Liao BC,Lin CC,Lee JH,Yang JC

更新日期：2016-12-03 00:00:00