RAN GTPase as a target for cancer therapy: Ran binding proteins.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer-related death. It is a heterogeneous disease that develops through different genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. To date, no comprehensive systematic review investigating genetic risk factors for familial a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Sidenna M,Bux R,Fadl T,Ozbek U,Zayed H

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) are powerful tools for studying developmental biology and neuronal diseases. Conventional differentiation protocols require several intermediate states and different culture conditions, inefficiently generating mixed subtypes of neuronal cells with immature characteristics. Direct program...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Gu J,Cromer B,Sumer H

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing concern that gastrointestinal exposure to particles is associated with increased risk of toxicity to internal organs and carcinogenicity. The mechanism of action is related to particle-induced oxidative stress and oxidation of DNA. Observations from animal models indicate that gastrointestinal exposur...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Møller P,Folkmann JK,Danielsen PH,Jantzen K,Loft S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial 18 kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) was first detected by its capability to bind benzodiazepines in peripheral tissues and later also in glial cells in the brain, hence its previous most common name peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR). TSPO has been implicated in various functions, including apop...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Veenman L,Gavish M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1968 Berger and Hinglais published the first description of IgA nephropathy (IgAN). In the ensuing 30 years, extensive clinical, epidemiologic, and immunologic characterizations of primary (idiopathic) glomerulonephritis with IgA as the predominant or co-dominant immunoglobulin deposited in the mesangia of all glom...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Hsu SI

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To detect mutations of trypsinogen gene (PRSS1) in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and to determine the underlying pathogenesis. METHODS:DNA sequencing was used to detect full-length of PRSS1, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), and pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Gao F,Li Y,Wang C,Zhuang Z,Liu QC,Chen J,Hong G,Xu Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

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：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：: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：:Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research has been growing a new height throughout the world due to its potentialities in medical applications. We can explore several therapeutic applications through the iPS cell research. In this review, we have first discussed the development of iPS cells, reprogramming factors, ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Chakraborty C,Shah KD,Cao WG,Hsu CH,Wen ZH,Lin CS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Four-and-a-half LIM domains protein 1 (FHL1) mutations are associated with human myopathies. However, the function of this protein in skeletal development remains unclear. METHODS:Whole-mount in situ hybridization and embryo immunostaining were performed. RESULTS:Zebrafish Fhl1A is the homologue of human F...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Chen F,Yuan W,Mo X,Zhuang J,Wang Y,Chen J,Jiang Z,Zhu X,Zeng Q,Wan Y,Li F,Shi Y,Cao L,Fan X,Luo S,Ye X,Chen Y,Dai G,Gao J,Wang X,Xie H,Zhu P,Li Y,Wu X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally regarded as a genetic disease of the cardiac sarcomere, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiovascular disease and a significant cause of sudden cardiac death. While the most common etiologies of this phenotypically diverse disease lie in a handful of genes encoding critica...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Landstrom AP,Ackerman MJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary malignancies of the liver and the gastrointestinal tract constitute one of the main health problems worldwide. Together, these types of tumour are the first cause of death due to cancer, followed by lung and breast cancer respectively. One important limitation in the treatment of these tumours is that, with a ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Marin JJ,Romero MR,Martinez-Becerra P,Herraez E,Briz O

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unexpected encounter between the fields of HIV and chemokines has opened new perspectives for understanding the mechanisms of AIDS pathogenesis, as well as for the development of effective therapies and vaccines. Selected chemokines act as potent natural inhibitors of HIV infection, as they bind and downmodulate c...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Verani A,Lusso P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spider venom is a large pharmacological repertoire containing many biologically active peptides, which may have a potent therapeutic implication. Here we investigated a peptide toxin, named lycosin-I, isolated from the venom of the spider Lycosa singoriensis. In contrast to most spider peptide toxins adopting inhibito...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu Z,Deng M,Xiang J,Ma H,Hu W,Zhao Y,Li DW,Liang S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central Nervous System (CNS) tuberculosis is a serious, often fatal form of tuberculosis, predominantly affecting young children. HIV co-infection and drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are making the diagnosis and treatment of CNS tuberculosis more complicated. Current concepts about the pathogenesi...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Be NA,Kim KS,Bishai WR,Jain SK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is now recognized as a B-cell-derived lymphoma which is characterized by only about 1% malignant pathognomonic Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells and an abundant infiltrate of reactive bystander cells. HRS cells are unique with respect to their lost B-cell-specific gene expression ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Schwarzer R,Jundt F

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bulimia nervosa (BN) and Anorexia Nervosa (AN) are currently classified as eating disorders (ED). Both disorders are the product of complex interaction between physiological and psychological and social processes; they are characterized by abnormal eating behavior. However, patients with BN differ from AN in their nut...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Takimoto Y,Inui A,Kumano H,Kuboki T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WHIM syndrome is a dominantly inherited primary immunodeficiency disorder representing the first identified example of human disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding for the chemokine receptor CXCR4. Pathogenesis is mediated by CXCR4 hyperfunction, leading to increased responsiveness to its unique ligand CXCL1...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Dotta L,Tassone L,Badolato R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become increasingly widely used to determine regions of the genome which may contain loci influencing the risk of neurological disorders. While linkage studies have identified genes that cause a number of Mendelian disorders, linkage analysis is less well suited for the more...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Gubitz AK,Gwinn K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery almost fifteen years ago that E2F transcription factors are key targets of the retinoblastoma protein (RB), studies of the E2F family have uncovered critical roles in the control of transcription, cell cycle and apoptosis. E2F proteins are encoded by at least eight genes, E2F1 through E2F8. While s...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： DeGregori J,Johnson DG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN (Phosphatase and Tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10, 10q23.3) is the dominant phosphatase responsible for the dephosphorylation of the 3-position phosphate from the inositol ring of phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5 triphosphate (PIP3), and thereby directly antagonizes the actions mediated by Phosphatidylinositol...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： De Melo J,He L,Tang D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder characterised by the inability of β-cells to secrete enough insulin to maintain glucose homeostasis. Pancreatic β-cells secrete insulin in a biphasic manner, first and second phase insulin secretion, and loss of first phase insulin secretion is an independent predictor of ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cheng K,Andrikopoulos S,Gunton JE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halitosis (bad breath) is estimated to influence more than half of the world's population with varying degree of intensity. More than 85% of halitosis originates from oral bacterial infections. Foul-smelling breath mainly results from bacterial production of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) such as hydrogen sulfide an...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu PF,Huang IF,Shu CW,Huang CM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, the combining of different drugs has greatly improved response and survival rates in gynecological malignancies. Results are however far from being satisfactory. Treatments used in case of advanced or recurrent disease offer limited results in terms of long-term responses. The urgent need for new and more ef...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Bellati F,Napoletano C,Ruscito I,Visconti V,Antonilli M,Gasparri ML,Zizzari IG,Rahimi H,Palaia I,Rughetti A,Benedetti Panici P,Nuti M

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：: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：: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：:Abnormal and prolonged inflammatory reaction is seen in a wide variety of disorders, and high level of Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-α) has been linked to these disorders. Therefore, modulation of TNF-α expression is important in the regulation of inflammatory disorders. In our previous study, we have shown that a ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Tang X,O'Reilly A,Asano M,Merrill JC,Yokoyama KK,Amar S

更新日期：2011-08-01 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