Renal cell carcinoma may evade the immune system by converting CD4+Foxp3- T cells into CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells: Role of tumor COX-2-derived PGE2.

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common liver disease that currently has no standard treatment. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of Lycium ruthenicum extract (LRE) on high‑fat diet (HFD)-induced NAFLD, and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms. To determine the hepatoprotective effe...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lin J,Zhang Y,Wang X,Wang W

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone (Dex) and other glucocorticoids are widely used to treat serious infections and immunological diseases, however they may cause steroid‑induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head (SANFH). Salidroside (Sal) has demonstrated an anti‑apoptotic effect on neurocytes by activating the phosphoinositide 3‑kin...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xue XH,Feng ZH,Li ZX,Pan XY

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal expression of microRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) has been previously reported in various types of human cancer, such as retinoblastoma (RB). Dysregulated miRNAs have been demonstrated to be important epigenetic regulators of numerous biological events associated with RB. Therefore, improved understanding of the precise ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang L,Wang L,Li L,Zhang H,Lyu X

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is the fourth most common malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer‑associated deaths worldwide. It has previously been demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs) are actively involved in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. Therefore, miRNAs have been proposed as promising therapeutic targets in gastri...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu AJ,Fu LN,Wu HX,Yao XL,Meng R

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the function of oncostatin M (OSM), which may be associated with monocyte chemotactic protein‑1 (MCP‑1), on mouse MC3T3‑E1 osteoblast development and bone remodeling. Levels of MCP‑1, macrophage inflammatory protein 1α (MIP1α) and regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and sec...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zheng W,Guan J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic muscle atrophy causes a reduction of skeletal muscle size and strength, which affects normal daily activities. However, pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) can retard the atrophy of type II fibers (ActRIIB) in denervated muscles. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine whether PEMFs can...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yang J,Sun L,Fan X,Yin B,Kang Y,An S,Tang L

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental mesenchymal stem cells (PMSCs) have important biological properties and the potential for application in numerous clinical fields, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and myocardial repair. There are two types of MSCs in the placenta, amniotic mesenchymal stem cells (AMSCs) and chorion mesenchy...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li F,Xu Y,Xu X,Xu B,Zhao J,Zhang X

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal hypertension (PHT) is one of the most severe consequences of liver cirrhosis. Carvedilol is a first‑line pharmacological treatment of PHT. However, the antifibrogenic effects of carvedilol on liver cirrhosis and the intrinsic mechanisms underlying these effects have not been thoroughly investigated. The present...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ling L,Li G,Wang G,Meng D,Li Z,Zhang C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem (ES) cells are pluripotent stem cells derived from a developmental stage of pre‑implanted embryos. The present study investigated the effect of female sex steroid hormones on the characteristics of human ES cells by using a feeder‑free culture protocol. In a feeder‑free condition without sex hormones, h...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jeon SY,Hwang KA,Kim CW,Jeung EB,Choi KC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocytes play an important role in the inflammatory response of the skin. UVB stimulates keratinocytes to secrete several cytokines. To our knowledge, there are no reports that have examined which layer or cell type is responsible for producing these cytokines. Thus, in this study we performed immunohistochemical...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hiromi N,Nakano H,Matsuzaki Y,Sawamura D,Hanada K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scarring is the inevitable consequence of wound repair, which may cause significant physical and mental pain to patients when excessive. Bone morphogenetic protein‑7 (BMP‑7) has been proved to inhibit TGF‑β‑induced fibrosis in various tissues including dermal papilla cells. However, the effect of BMP‑7 on hypertrophic...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guo J,Lin Q,Shao Y,Rong L,Zhang D

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is the third leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity worldwide, after coronary artery disease and stroke. As endogenous regulators of gene expression, microRNAs (miRs) are implicated in the development and progression of various diseases, including types of cancer, autoimmune diseas...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Shi Y,Xu X,Luan P,Kou W,Li M,Yu Q,Zhuang J,Xu Y,Peng W,Jian W

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human forkhead box P3 (FOXP3)+ cluster of differentiation (CD)25+CD4+ regulatory T cells (Tregs) are a type of T cell that express CD4, CD25 and FOXP3, which are critical for maintaining immune homeostasis. The present study aimed to determine the mechanisms underlying Treg function. The GSE11292 dataset was downloade...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Bai X,Shi H,Yang M,Wang Y,Sun Z,Xu S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) is correlated with insulin resistance and islet‑cell function. In the present study, the sub‑cellular localization and role of ER protein 29 (Erp29) were investigated in an in vitro ERS model of islet beta cells. The INS‑1 islet cell line was treated with various concentrations of tu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Gao J,Zhang Y,Wang L,Xia L,Lu M,Zhang B,Chen Y,He L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin receptor‑like kinases (ALKs), members of the type I activin receptor family, belong to the serine/threonine kinase receptors of the transforming growth factor‑β (TGF‑β) superfamily. ALKs mediate the roles of activin/TGF‑β in a wide variety of physiological and pathological processes, ranging from cell differen...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cui X,Shang S,Lv X,Zhao J,Qi Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-elemene, a plant-derived drug extracted from Curcuma wenyujin, has demonstrated marked antiproliferative effects on glioblastoma, while toxicity remains low. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of the antitumor activity of β-elemene remain to be elucidated. Previously, it was identified that the glia matura...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhu TZ,Li XM,Luo LH,Xu YH,Cao P,Liu Y,Liang GB

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiomyopathies have been indicated to be one of the leading causes of heart failure. Though it was indicated that genetic defects, viral infection and trace element deficiency were among the causes of cardiomyopathy, the etiology has remained to be fully elucidated. Cardiomyocytes require large amounts of energy to ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu Z,Cai H,Dang Y,Qiu C,Wang J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of microRNA‑206 (miR‑206) is aberrantly induced in steroid‑induced avascular necrosis of femoral head (SANFH). Therefore, investigating the function of miR‑206 in SANFH and uncovering the functional mechanism associated with the condition will promote the understanding and treatment of the disease. The ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang Z,Jin A,Yan D

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression and cognitive impairment in post‑stroke depression (PSD) rats and to explore the mechanism(s) involved in the process of cognitive impairment. A rat model of focal ce...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang ZH,Wu LN,Song JG,Li WQ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are responsible for the rapid turnoff of G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathways. RGS9‑2, a brain‑specific splice variant of the RGS9 gene, is highly expressed in the striatum but lowly expressed in the periaqueductal gray and spinal cord, which mediate various act...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhu Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) catalyzes the initial and rate‑limiting step in the degradation pathway of the essential amino acid tryptophan and is expressed by professional antigen presenting cells (APCs), epithelial cells, vascular endothelium and tumor cells. IDO‑mediated catabolic products, which are addition...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wu H,Gong J,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to explore the effects of microbubble concentration, gene dosage, cell-microbubble mixing mode and fetal bovine serum (FBS) on gene delivery. 293T cells were transfected with Sonovue microbubbles carrying the hAng-1 gene via ultrasound irradiation. Various ultrasound exposure parameters and microbubbl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou Q,Chen JL,Chen Q,Wang X,Deng Q,Hu B,Guo RQ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atorvastatin (Lipitor™) is a lipid‑lowering agent that is widely used in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Previous research has largely focused on its cholesterol‑lowering effects; however, a limited number of studies have investigated the actions of atorvastatin on vascular endothelial cells. In the present ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhao WB,Fu H,Chang F,Liu J,Wang J,Li F,Zhao J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the pathological features and prognosis of different molecular subtypes of breast cancer, the clinical data of 892 breast cancer patients were retrospectively analyzed and divided into four subtypes according to hormone receptor expression in breast cancer tissue: Her-2 overexpression, luminal A, luminal B ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang GS,Zhu H,Bi SJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echinoderm microtubule associated protein like 4‑anaplastic lymphoma kinase (EML4‑ALK) fusion is almost mutually exclusive to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or K‑RAS mutation in non‑small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and it is extremely rare for patients to exhibit both mutations. The present study reported ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu CW,Cai XY,Shao Y,Li Y,Shi MW,Zhang LY,Wang L,Zhang YP,Wang LP,Tian YW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The baseline concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP) has been associated with a wide array of human diseases. In epidemiological studies and in the clinic, CRP is typically measured as a pentamer, composed of 5 identical CRP subunits. The present study aimed to determine whether other isoforms were present in the bl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li Q,Xu W,Xue X,Wang Q,Han L,Li W,Lv S,Liu D,Richards J,Shen Z,Ma L,Song Q

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PTEN induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) mutation is the second most common cause of autosomal recessive adolescent Parkinson's disease (PD). Furthermore, mitochondrial disorders and oxidative stress are important mechanisms in the pathogenesis of PD. Numerous members of the Wnt family have been found to be associat...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xia SR,Wen XY,Fan XL,Chen XR,Wei ZW,Li QH,Sun L

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of Krüppel‑like factor 2 (KLF2) on the differentiation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) to endothelial cells (ECs) induced by shear stress, and to investigate the corresponding mechanisms. Cultured rat late EPCs were exposed to shear stress (12 dyn/cm2) for differe...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chu HR,Sun YC,Gao Y,Guan XM,Yan H,Cui XD,Zhang XY,Li X,Li H,Cheng M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage cholesterol efflux is important in maintaining cellular lipid homeostasis and preventing the formation of lipid‑laden foam cells. Although radioactive [3H]‑cholesterol is widely used as a tracer in cholesterol efflux assays, the lengthy and labor‑intensive assay procedure, and the radioactivity disposal pro...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Song W,Wang W,Wang Y,Dou L,Chen L,Yan X

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants or herb extracts have emerged as a novel approach to controling various diseases, including cancers. Among them, Pulsatilla koreana extract (PKE) has been widely used as an anti-inflammatory agent and for treating dysentery in traditional Korean and Chinese medicine. However, the effect of PKE as a cancer drug ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Park BH,Jung KH,Son MK,Seo JH,Lee HS,Lee JH,Hong SS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00