Copy number variations of chromosome 17p13.1 might be linked to high risk of lung cancer in heavy smokers.

abstract：:To investigate whether Annexin 1 can protect a retinal ganglion cells line (RGC-5) from apoptosis as induced by serum deprivation. Annexin 1 location in RGC-5 cells was determined using an indirect immunofluorescent assay. Expression of Annexin 1 in RGC-5 cultures deprived of serum for 0, 2 days was semi-quantified by...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Sun J,Shao Z,Yang Y,Wu D,Zhou X,Yuan H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the influence of NF-κB antisense oligonucleotide on transdifferentiation of fibroblast in the pathological process of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice. 6 h before molding of C57BL/6 model of pulmonary fibrosis in mice, NF-κB antisense oligonucleotide was injected from caudal vein. Then the l...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhou Y,Zhang X,Tan M,Zheng R,Zhao L

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaf primordium derives from the peripheral zone of shoot apical meristem. During the formation of leaf primordia, they need to establish the proximodistal, mediolateral, and ab/adaxial axes. Among these axes, the ab/adaxial axis might be the most important. ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2) gene is a member of AS2/LATERAL...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Sun SB,Song JP,Meng LS

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence indicates that both S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) metabolism and intramuscular fat are associated with insulin resistance and type II diabetes. However, it is still unknown whether SAMe have effects on intramuscular adipogenesis. The present study investigated the roles of SAMe in the adipogenic differentiation...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Yue T,Fang Q,Yin J,Li D,Li W

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Penicillin V is a bacteriolytic β-lactam antibiotic drug. In the present work, we investigated the inhibitory effect of Penicillin V on the activity of mushroom tyrosinase for the first time. The molecular mechanism for the inhibition of tyrosinase by Penicillin V was investigated by means of kinetics analysis, fluore...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Dong X,Wang S,Xu L,Lin J,Xu X

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies investigating the association between glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) polymorphism and bladder cancer risk report conflicting results. The objective of this study was to quantitatively summarize the evidence for such a relationship. We performed a systematic search of the National Library of Medline and E...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhang R,Xu G,Chen W,Zhang W

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramembrane proteases control many important processes in a wide variety of organisms through regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP). However, very few intramembrane proteases have been characterized in plants. Intriguingly, EGY2 in Arabidopsis belongs to the Site-2 protease (S2P) family that performs RIP. It con...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Chen G,Law K,Ho P,Zhang X,Li N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As-NUPR1, a stress-related protein, plays an important role in post-diapause during embryonic development in the brine shrimp Artemia sinica. In the present study, successful expression of As-NUPR1 from the cDNA sequence isolated from A. sinica was demonstrated using a prokaryotic expression system. The recombinant pr...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhang R,Yao F,Cheng C,Chen Y,Lv Y,Li Z,Zhao N,Wang T,Xin W,Zou X,Hou L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocilin (MYOC) gene is expressed in many ocular tissues, including the trabecular meshwork, a specialized eye tissue essential in regulating intraocular pressure. Many mutations in MYOC have been detected in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). We investigated whether MYOC mutations contributed to the susceptibility t...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Qu X,Zhou X,Zhou K,Xie X,Tian Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters causing multidrug resistance (MDR) in cancer cells is one of the major obstacles in cancer chemotherapy. The 5-FU resistant subclone (HL-60/5FU) of the human HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cell line was selected by the conventional method of continuous exposure o...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Długosz-Pokorska A,Pięta M,Janecki T,Janecka A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis of randomized trials was performed to compare the efficacy of toremifene (TOR) with tamoxifen (TAM) in patients with breast cancer. A total of 4,768 intention-to-treat patients from nine randomized trials were identified, with 2,587 patients in TOR group and 2,181 patients in TAM group. The primary out...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ye QL,Zhai ZM

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental evidence highlights the importance of dietetic factors on breast cancer. In this work we aimed to analyze the effects two oils, corn oil (rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids -PUFA-) and extra virgin olive oil (EVOO), on oxidative stress in an animal model of breast carcinogenesis. Female rats were fed...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Escrich R,Vela E,Solanas M,Moral R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Probiotic bacteria must overcome the toxicity of bile salts secreted in the gut and adhere to the epithelial cells to enable their better colonization with extended transit time. Expression of bile salt hydrolase and other proteins on the surface of probiotic bacteria can help in better survivability and optimal funct...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Duary RK,Batish VK,Grover S

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1-Deoxynojirimycin (DNJ), the main alkaloid in mulberry leaves, was recognized to treat patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the regulatory mechanism of DNJ on glucose homeostasis was still unclear. In the present study, a safe concentration of 0.1-10 μmol/L for DNJ was incubated with mature 3T3-L1 ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li Q,Wang Y,Dai Y,Shen W,Liao S,Zou Y

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood and liver from curimbata (Prochilodus lineatus) acclimated at pH 4.5, 7.0 and 8.0 and at 20 and 30 °C were exposed in vitro to different concentrations of copper (Cu): 98 ± 0.8 μg Cu L-1 at pH 4.5 and 16 ± 0.2 μg Cu L-1 at pH 8.0 at 20 °C; 88 ± 0.8 μg Cu L-1 at pH 4.5 and 14 ± 0.5 μg Cu L-1 at pH 8.0 at 30 °C an...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Dos Santos Carvalho C,Fernandes MN

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modified base queuine is a nutrient factor for lower and higher eukaryotes except yeast. It is synthesized in eubacteria and inserted into the wobble position of specific tRNAs (tRNA(GUN)) in exchange of guanine at position 34. The tRNAs of Q family are completely modified in terminally differentiated somatic cell...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Pathak C,Vinayak M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small molecules already existing on the earth can be assembled to biological macromolecules in the presence of the suitable tool. A workman must sharpen his tools if he is to do his work well. The tool must be specific, delicate and automatic. Obviously, it is enzyme. Therefore, to explore the origin of life we mu...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Yin X,Yuan Z

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was aimed to evaluate the regulation mechanism of cortactin (CTTN) on matrix metalloproteinases 9 (MMP-9) and its relations with Exo70 in invasion of hepatoma carcinoma (HCC) cells. The expression levels of CTTN, Exo70 and MMP-9 were detected in normal hepatocytes and various HCC cells by real-time PCR. The...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhao G,Zhang H,Huang Z,Lv L,Yan F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistin is an obesity-related adipokine which has also been implicated in bone metabolism. Therefore, we designed a study to investigate the possible role of resistin gene variation in both obesity and bone mineral density. We included 1,155 individuals from the Odense Androgen Study (663 young subjects and 492 older...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Beckers S,Zegers D,Van Camp JK,Boudin E,Nielsen TL,Brixen K,Andersen M,Van Hul W

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACs-on-Beads (BoBs™) assay is a rapid aneuploidy test (RAT) that detects numerical chromosomal aneuploidies and multiple microdeletion/microduplication syndromes. This study was conducted to appraise the usefulness of the BoB™ assay as a complementary diagnostic tool to conventional karyotyping for the rapid detectio...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Farra C,Nassar AH,Mirza F,Abdouni L,Souaid M,Awwad J

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing gene transfer technologies enables the genetic manipulation of the living organisms more efficiently. The methods used for gene transfer fall into two main categories; natural and artificial transformation. The natural methods include the conjugation, transposition, bacterial transformation as well as phage...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ozyigit II

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:P73 is a structural and functional homologue of p53, and plays an important role in regulating cell cycle and apoptosis. A potentially functional polymorphism (designated as p73 G4C14-to-A4T14) has been identified in a region in exon 2 of the p73 gene, which may theoretically form a stem-loop structure and thereby aff...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wang L,Gao R,Yu L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prkar1b gene encodes regulatory type I, beta subunit (RIβ) of cAMP dependent protein kinase A in mouse. Among the various isoforms of regulatory and catalytic subunits that comprise mammalian PKA, RIβ subunit is considered to be one of the important subunits for neuronal functions. This is involved in multiple forms o...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Banday AR,Azim S,Tabish M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we cloned and sequenced genomic sequences from a Fenneropenaeus chinensis transcriptional repressor gene, FcTR. The FcTR gene is 2,671 bp in length and has four exons and three introns. The 873 bp promoter contains several transcription factor binding sites, including a TATA box and a cyclic AMP-respons...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Lai X,Shen S,Gao H,Yan B

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sheep are valuable resources for the wool industry. Wool growth of Aohan fine wool sheep has cycled during different seasons in 1 year. Therefore, identifying genes that control wool growth cycling might lead to ways for improving the quality and yield of fine wool. In this study, we employed Agilent sheep gene expres...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Liu N,Li H,Liu K,Yu J,Cheng M,De W,Liu J,Shi S,He Y,Zhao J

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advantageous antitumor properties of doxorubicin, the considerable cytotoxicity of this chemotherapeutic agent has made it necessary to develop combination treatment strategies. The aim of the current study was to investigate the possible synergism between dendrosomal nanocurcumin (DNC) and doxorubicin in elic...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mahjoub MA,Bakhshinejad B,Sadeghizadeh M,Babashah S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor angiogenesis, a major requirement for tumor growth and metastasis, is regulated by pro- and anti-angiogenic factors. The aim of this study was to quantify the expression of angiogenic (VEGF, HIF-1α, Angiopiotein-2) and anti-angiogenic (endostatin, angiostatin and Thrombospondin-1) factors and to discern their cl...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Sharma BK,Srinivasan R,Kapil S,Singla B,Chawla YK,Chakraborti A,Saini N,Duseja A,Das A,Kalra N,Dhiman RK

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian rhythms are endogenous and self-sustained oscillations of multiple biological processes with approximately 24-h rhythmicity. Circadian genes and their protein products constitute the molecular components of the circadian oscillator that form positive/negative feedback loops and generate circadian rhythms. Th...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rana S,Munawar M,Shahid A,Malik M,Ullah H,Fatima W,Mohsin S,Mahmood S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mRNA differential display technique was performed to investigate the differences of gene expression in the longissimus muscle tissues from Meishan and Large White pigs. One novel mRNA that was differentially expressed was identified through semi-quantitative RT-PCR and the cDNA complete sequence was then obtained ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Liu GY,Xiong YZ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer including non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer is one of the most aggressive tumors with high incidence and low survival rate. The typical NSCLC patients account for 80-85 % of the total lung cancer patients. To systemically explore the molecular mechanisms of NSCLC, we performed a...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li J,Bi L,Sun Y,Lu Z,Lin Y,Bai O,Shao H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00