Smad4-mediated TGF-beta signaling in tumorigenesis.

abstract：:The development of alternative energy technology is critically important because of the rising prices of crude oil, security issues regarding the oil supply, and environmental issues such as global warming and air pollution. Bioconversion of biomass has significant advantages over other alternative energy strategies b...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Dashtban M,Schraft H,Qin W

更新日期：2009-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most potent specialized antigen-presenting cells as now known, which play a crucial role in initiating and amplifying both the innate and adaptive immune responses. Immunologically, the motilities and T cell activation capabilities of DCs are closely related to the resulting immune respon...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Huang WZ,Hu WH,Wang Y,Chen J,Hu ZQ,Zhou J,Liu L,Qiu W,Tang FZ,Zhang SC,Ouyang Y,Ye YN,Xu GQ,Long JH,Zeng Z

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite years of research into bone formation, the mechanisms by which transcription factors specify growth plate development and trabecular bone formation remain unclear and the role of hypertrophic chondrocytes in trabeculae morphogenesis is controversial. To study the role of Core binding factor beta (Cbfβ) in post...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wu M,Li YP,Zhu G,Lu Y,Wang Y,Jules J,McConnell M,Serra R,Shao JZ,Chen W

更新日期：2014-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation (IR) is a well-known carcinogen, however the mechanism of radiation induced thymic lymphoma is not well known. Moreover, an easy and effective method to protect mice from radiation induced thymic lymphoma is still unknown. Hydrogen, or H(2), is seldom regarded as an important agent in medical usage,...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhao L,Zhou C,Zhang J,Gao F,Li B,Chuai Y,Liu C,Cai J

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A LIM-homeobox gene, AmphiLim1/5, from the Florida amphioxus (Branchiostoma floridae) encodes a protein that phylogenetic analysis positions at the base of a clade comprising vertebrate Lim1 and Lim5. Amphioxus AmphiLim1/5 is expressed in domains that are a composite of those of vertebrate Lim1 and Lim5, which evident...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Langeland JA,Holland LZ,Chastain RA,Holland ND

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene silencing techniques are widely used to control gene expression and have potential for RNAi-based therapeutics. In this report, transgenic mouse lines were created for conditional knockdown of Srsf3 (SRp20) expression in liver and mammary gland tissues by expressing Srsf3-specific shRNAs driven by a U6 promoter. ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Ajiro M,Jia R,Wang RH,Deng CX,Zheng ZM

更新日期：2015-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is the response of heart to various biomechanical and physiopathological stimuli, such as aging, myocardial ischemia and hypertension. However, a long-term exposure to the stress makes heart progress to heart failure. Autophagy is a dynamic self-degradative process necessary for the ma...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li Z,Wang J,Yang X

更新日期：2015-04-27 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：:Apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) mimetic peptides have been pursued as new therapeutic agents for the treatment of atherosclerosis, yet their precise mechanism responsible for atheroprotection remains unclear. Like apoA-I itself, most of these peptides are capable of stimulating cholesterol efflux from macrophages or foam ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Song X,Fischer P,Chen X,Burton C,Wang J

更新日期：2009-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen XXIV (Col24α1) is a recently discovered fibrillar collagen. It is known that mouse Col24α1 is predominantly expressed in the forming skeleton of the mouse embryo, as well as in the trabecular bone and periosteum of the newborn mouse. However, the role and mechanism of Col24α1 in osteoblast differentiation and...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang W,Olson D,Liang G,Franceschi RT,Li C,Wang B,Wang SS,Yang S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the immune response, neutrophils display localized mechanical events by interacting with their environment through the micro-vascular transit, trans-endothelial, and trans-epithelial migration. Nano-mechanical studies of human neutrophils on localized nano-domains could provide the essential information for und...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Lee YJ,Patel D,Park S

更新日期：2011-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin is the major pungent ingredient in red peppers which is world widely consumed. Except its potent pain relieving efficacy as reported, capsaicin also exerted its antitumor activity in several tumor models. Here, we reported that capsaicin had a profound anti-proliferative effect on human colon cancer cells vi...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Jin J,Lin G,Huang H,Xu D,Yu H,Ma X,Zhu L,Ma D,Jiang H

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:CKLF-like MARVEL transmembrane domain-containing member (CMTM) is a new gene family first cloned and reported in 2001. The CMTM family consists of nine members including CKLF and CMTM1-CMTM8, which are located on different chromosomes. Besides exhibiting extensive chemotactic activity, the CMTM family plays an importa...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wu K,Li X,Gu H,Yang Q,Liu Y,Wang L

更新日期：2019-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), IGF-I and IGF-II, are essential for regulating cell growth, differentiation and metastasis of a broad range of malignancies. The IGF-I/II actions are mediated through the IGF receptor type 1 (IGF-1R) and the insulin receptor (IR), which are overexpressed in multiple types of tum...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Chen Z,Liu J,Chu D,Shan Y,Ma G,Zhang H,Zhang XD,Wang P,Chen Q,Deng C,Chen W,Dimitrov DS,Zhao Q

更新日期：2018-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The evading apoptosis of tumor cells may result in chemotherapy resistance. Therefore, investigating what molecular events contribute to drug-induced apoptosis, and how tumors evade apoptotic death, provides a paradigm to explain the relationship between cancer genetics and treatment sensitivity. In this study, we foc...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Ji Y,Shen J,Li M,Zhu X,Wang Y,Ding J,Jiang S,Chen L,Wei W

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidences suggest that innate immunity is involved in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, but the liable innate immune receptors have not been completely elucidated. Here, we explored the role of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)2, a member of the cytosolic NOD-like recep...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Liu H,Wei X,Kong L,Liu X,Cheng L,Yan S,Zhang X,Chen L

更新日期：2015-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive bone resorption plays a central role in the development of inflammatory bone diseases, including osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Thus, identification of agents that can effectively suppress excessive osteoclast formation and function is crucial for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory bone los...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kwak SC,Baek JM,Lee CH,Yoon KH,Lee MS,Kim JY

更新日期：2019-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus are complicated metabolic diseases that affect multiple organs and are characterized by hyperglycaemia. Currently, stable and effective treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus are not available. Therefore, the mechanisms leading to obesity and diabetes and more effectiv...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Huang X,Liu G,Guo J,Su Z

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Since extracellular vesicles (EVs) were discovered in 1983 in sheep reticulocytes samples, they have gradually attracted scientific attention and become a topic of great interest in the life sciences field. EVs are small membrane particles, released by virtually every cell that carries a variety of functional molecule...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Tian J,Casella G,Zhang Y,Rostami A,Li X

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cirrhosis is the final outcome of liver fibrosis. Kupffer cell-mediated hepatic inflammation is considered to aggravate liver injury and fibrosis. Alternatively-activated macrophages are able to control chronic inflammatory events and trigger wound healing processes. Nevertheless, the role of alternative Kupffer cell ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： López-Navarrete G,Ramos-Martínez E,Suárez-Álvarez K,Aguirre-García J,Ledezma-Soto Y,León-Cabrera S,Gudiño-Zayas M,Guzmán C,Gutiérrez-Reyes G,Hernández-Ruíz J,Camacho-Arroyo I,Robles-Díaz G,Kershenobich D,Terrazas LI,Escobedo

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-370 (miR-370) has been observed to act as a tumor suppressor through the targeting of different proteins in a variety of tumors. Our previous study indicated that miR-370 was able to target forkhead box protein M1 (FOXM1) to inhibit cell growth and metastasis in human osteosarcoma cells. In this study, we rep...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang W,Duan N,Zhang Q,Song T,Li Z,Zhang C,Chen X,Wang K

更新日期：2017-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that is activated by many cytokines and growth factors and plays a key role in cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. STAT3 activation is detected virtually in all rodent models of liver injury and in human liver diseases....

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang H,Lafdil F,Kong X,Gao B

更新日期：2011-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a major signaling molecule which functions downstream of integrins or in conjunction with mitogenic signaling pathways. FAK is overexpressed and/or activated in many types of human tumors, in which it promotes cell adhesion, survival, migration and invasion. In addition to FAK's ability ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Dwyer SF,Gao L,Gelman IH

更新日期：2015-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis is a complicated, multistep process that is responsible for over 90% of cancer-related death. Metastatic disease or the movement of cancer cells from one site to another requires dramatic remodeling of the cytoskeleton. The regulation of cancer cell migration is determined not only by biochemical factors in...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li X,Wang J

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by insulin resistance. However, the complete molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, zebrafish were fed a long-term high-fat diet to induce type 2 diabetes, which resulted in a higher body weight, body mass index, more lipid vacuoles in liver, increased insulin tra...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Meng XH,Chen B,Zhang JP

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbation in lipid homeostasis is one of the major bottlenecks in metabolic diseases, especially Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), which has emerged as a leading global cause of chronic liver disease. The bile acids (BAs) and their derivatives exert a variety of metabolic effects through complex and intert...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kumari A,Pal Pathak D,Asthana S

更新日期：2020-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) occurs with the highest frequency in China, especially in the high-risk Northern Chinese. Recent studies have reported that SLC22A3 is significantly downregulated in non-tumor (NT) esophageal tissues from familial ESCC patients compared with those from sporadic ESCC. However, ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Xiong JX,Wang YS,Sheng J,Xiang D,Huang TX,Tan BB,Zeng CM,Li HH,Yang J,Meltzer SJ,Mori Y,Qin YR,Guan XY,Fu L

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) can cause morbidity and mortality in neonates. Vascular remodeling, characterized by proliferation and migration of smooth muscle cells (SMCs), is an essential process for postnatal DA closure. Notch signaling is an important mediator of vascular remodelling but its role in DA is unkonwn...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wu JR,Yeh JL,Liou SF,Dai ZK,Wu BN,Hsu JH

更新日期：2016-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical and biophysical processes that take place in muscle under relaxed and stressed conditions depend on the abundance and activity of gene products of metabolic and structural pathways. In livestock at post-mortem, these muscle properties determine aspects of meat quality and are measurable. The conversion of ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Ponsuksili S,Murani E,Trakooljul N,Schwerin M,Wimmers K

更新日期：2014-03-10 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