Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a cornucopia of health: a review of its credited antidiabetic, anti-HIV, and antitumor properties.

abstract：:Chondroitin sulfate (CS)-glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are linear, negatively charged polysaccharides attached to CS proteoglycans that make up a major component of biological matrices throughout both central and peripheral tissues. The position of their attached sulfate groups to the CS disaccharide is predicted to influ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Alonge K,Harkewicz R,Guttman M

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mistletoe is often used as complementary therapy in oncology. The anti-tumor effects of mistletoe (Iscador) are well documented in-vitro in respect to inhibition of cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis, segmental activation of immune competent cells and trapping of chemotherapeutic drugs within cancer cells by m...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Matthes H,Friedel WE,Bock PR,Zänker KS

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variant 16189T>C in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains hotly debated in the past decade. If mutation 16189T>C indeed posed a risk to T2DM, as echoed by some recent studies, correlation between this mutation and disease should be observed when carrying out a systematical study...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhong L,Tang J,Kong QP,Sun C,Zhou WP,Yang M,Yao YG,Zhang YP

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a clinico-pathologic spectrum of conditions ranging from simple steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Although simple or bland steatosis follows a relatively benign clinical course, NASH can potentially progress to cirrhosis (approximately 10 to 15 percent) and ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Estep JM,Birerdinc A,Younossi Z

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ ions are involved in the regulation of many diverse functions in animal and plant cells, e.g. muscle contraction, secretion of neurotransmitters, hormones and enzymes, fertilization of oocytes, and lymphocyte activation and proliferation. The intracellular Ca2+ concentration can be increased by different molecula...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Guse AH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) represent a growing family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of phospholipids at the sn-2 position leading to the generation of free fatty acids and lysophospholipids. Mammalian PLA2s are divided into two major classes according to their molecular mass and location: intracellular PLA2 a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Touqui L,Alaoui-El-Azher M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to evaluate the preventive effects of hydroxycitric acid（HCA） for stone formation in the glyoxylate-induced mouse model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Male C57BL/6J mice were divided into a control group, glyoxylate(GOX) 100 mg/kg group, a GOX+HCA 100 mg/kg group, and a GOX+HCA 200 mg/kg group. Blood...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu X,Yuan P,Sun X,Chen Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it has been known for long time that atherosclerosis is associated with lipid deposition, only recently it has been accepted that the plasmatic concentration of cholesterol, especially LDL cholesterol, is a risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, chemically modified LDL, but not native LDL, is able to induc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Albertini R,Moratti R,De Luca G

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the clinical validation of molecular targeted therapies inhibiting the action of pathogenic tyrosine kinase (TK) has been one of the most exciting developments in cancer research. In this context, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) represents a promising model. It is well known that in MTC, the RET rec...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Torino F,Paragliola RM,Barnabei A,Corsello SM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The currently available knowledge of factors that dictate the development and progression as well as the clinical outcome of colorectal cancers (CRC) is mainly derived from Western countries. Considerable number of publications document different incidence rates and contrasting clinical features of CRC in various grou...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Abdel-Rahman WM,Faris ME,Peltomaki P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress and chronic hyperglycemia are two major side effects of type 2 diabetes affecting all cell types including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). As a cell therapy choice, understanding the behavior of MSCs will provide crucial information for efficient treatment. METHODS:Placental mesenchymal stem...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Roohi A,Nikougoftar M,Montazeri H,Navabi S,Shokri F,Ostad SN,Ghahremani MH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong epidemiological evidence indicates that migraine, especially migraine with aura, is associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke. However, the precise mechanisms of such a relation are currently not fully elucidated and are still a matter of speculation. Migraine may directly cause an ischemic event (i.e, ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Pezzini A,Del Zotto E,Giossi A,Volonghi I,Grassi M,Padovani A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemokines are newly discovered molecules that mediate the migration of leukocytes into inflammed tissues and control the inflammatory reactions in various immune-mediated diseases. Both in animal models and in human specimens, chemokine expression is associated with atherosclerotic lesion development and vascular rem...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Filippatos G,Parissis JT,Adamopoulos S,Kardaras F

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver kinase B1 (LKB1)/5'-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling, a metabolic checkpoint, plays a neuro-protective role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Amyloid-β (Aβ) acts as a classical biomarker of AD. The aim of the present study was to explore whether berberine...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cai ZY,Wang CL,Lu TT,Yang WM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is thought to result from a combination of environmental factors and the accumulation of specific genetic alterations due to increasing genetic instability, and consequently affects mainly older patients. Less than 10% of patients present with the disease before 45 years of age (early onset gastric carc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Milne AN,Sitarz R,Carvalho R,Carneiro F,Offerhaus GJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the antioxidant property of new synthesized azomethins has been investigated as theoretical and experimental. METHODS AND RESULTS:Density functional theory (DFT) was employed to investigate the Bond Dissociation Enthalpy (BDE), Mulliken Charges, NBO analysis, Ionization Potential (IP), Electr...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Shahab S,Sheikhi M,Filippovich L,Dikusar E,Pazniak A,Rouhani M,Kumar R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maintenance of ex vivo hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) pool and its differentiated progeny is regulated by complex network of transcriptional factors, cell cycle proteins, extracellular matrix, and their microenvironment through an orchestrated fashion. Strides have been made to understand the mechanisms regulating in ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Aggarwal R,Lu J,Pompili VJ,Das H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p66Shc is the only known proapoptotic member of the Shc protein family of molecular adaptors. Through its redox activity, p66Shc oxidates cytochrome-c, leading to increased ROS production and, eventually, to apoptosis. p66Shc has been implicated in the control of oxidative stress and life span in mammals. In this revi...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Pellegrini M,Baldari CT

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A small molecular compound, aminooxy-acetic acid (AOA), has been shown to modulate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). The current study was designed to investigate whether AOA has a similar effect on the development of experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) and to further explore underlying mechani...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Mei S,Huang Y,Li N,Xu Z,Xu J,Dai Q,Wu J,Kijlstra A,Yang P,Hou S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia or oxygen deficiency is a salient feature of solid tumors. Hypoxic tumors are often resistant to conventional cancer therapies, and tumor hypoxia correlates with advanced stages of malignancy. Hypoxic tumors appear to be poorly differentiated. Increasing evidence suggests that hypoxia has the potential to inhi...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Kim Y,Lin Q,Glazer PM,Yun Z

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ocular lens is a non-vascular and non-innervated transparent organ that plays an important role in vision processing. This unique organ is derived from the embryonic ectoderm of the brain region through a complicated differentiation process in which apoptosis plays a key role. First, when the committed ectoderm be...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang L,Yan Q,Liu JP,Zou LJ,Liu J,Sun S,Deng M,Gong L,Ji WK,Li DW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By eliminating the unneeded or mutant cells, programmed cell death actively participates in a wide range of biological processes from embryonic development to homeostasis maintenance in adult. Continuing efforts have identified multiple cell death pathways, with apoptosis, necrosis and autophage the mostly studied. Re...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Wang Y,Wang XD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several species of kinetoplastid protozoa cause major human infectious diseases. Trypanosoma cruzi is responsible for the fatal Chagas disease in large parts of South America, the various species of Leishmania cause a number of different human diseases with millions of patients world-wide, and the African trypanosome ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Seebeck T,Schaub R,Johner A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol is a chameleon bio-molecule in cellular multiplex. It acts as a prelate in almost every cellular compartment with its site specific characteristics viz. regulation of structural veracity and scaffold fluidity of bio-membranes, insulation of electrical transmission in nerves, controlling of genes by making ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Saxena N,Chandra NC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) is reported to play a protective role against diabetic vascular complications through its anti-oxidative properties. However, since a commercially available kit is not suitable for measurement of serum PEDF in humans, kinetics and regulation of serum PEDF are not known in these...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Fukami K,Yamagishi SI,Okuda S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational or misfolding diseases are a large class of devastating human disorders associated with protein misfolding and aggregation. Most conformational diseases are caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, suggesting that spontaneous events can destabilize the protein involved in the pathol...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cardinale A,Biocca S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal mass is regulated by the coordinated action of bone forming osteoblasts and bone resorbing osteoclasts. Accelerated rates of bone resorption relative to bone formation lead to net bone loss and the development of osteoporosis, a devastating disease that predisposes the skeleton to fractures. Bone fractures ar...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Yamaguchi M,Vikulina T,Arbiser JL,Weitzmann MN

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germline mutations in the VHL tumour suppressor gene may cause a variety of phenotypes including von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, familial phaeochromocytoma and inherited polycythaemia. VHL disease is a multisystem familial cancer syndrome and is the commonest cause of familial renal cell carcinoma (RCC). VHL disease ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Maher ER

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eicosanoids are diverse mediators of inflammation that derive from a single cell membrane phospholipid-associated precursor, arachidonic acid. This precursor is metabolized to several groups of lipid mediators, including (but not limited to) prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and lipoxins, in a tightly regulated, coordinat...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Boyce JA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE:Interleukin 37 (IL-37) is an important regulator of the anti-inflammatory T-cell response. In this study, we investigated its expression and function in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of patients with HLA-B27 associated acute anterior uveitis (AAU) and idiopathic AAU. METHODS:15 pati...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhao B,Zhang S,Chen W,Zhang R,Jiang R,Zhang R,Chen L

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00