Protein serine/threonine phosphotase-1 is essential in governing normal development of vertebrate eye.

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：:Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most deadly malignant tumors worldwide. A variety of mechanisms are involved in PDAC biological behaviors, of which, the mechanisms of immune escape may be a pivotal hallmark. HLA-G is a tolerant molecule implicated in tumor escape and serves as a prognostic biomarker in ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Xu YF,Lu Y,Cheng H,Jiang J,Xu J,Long J,Liu L,Ni Q,Liu C,Yu XJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis, an end-result of a wide variety of the liver diseases, is a world wide health problem. Because of its unique organ system, i.e., portal blood supply, bile formation and enterohepatic circulation, drug metabolism system, and sinusoidal lining cells such as Kupffer, endothelial and stellate cells, the l...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Higuchi H,Gores GJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The phenotypic severity of β-thalassemia is highly modulated by three genetic modifiers: β-globin (HBB) mutations, co-inheritance of α-thalassemia and polymorphisms in the genes associated with fetal haemoglobin (HbF) production. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of HbF related polymorphisms mainly...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Razak SAA,Murad NAA,Masra F,Chong DLS,Abdullah N,Jalil N,Alauddin H,Sabudin RZAR,Ithnin A,Khai LC,Aziz NA,Muda Z,Ibrahim H,Latiff ZA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolylcarboxypeptidase isoform 1 (PRCP1) is capable of regulating numerous autocrines and hormones, such as angiotensin II, angiotensin III, αMSH1-13, and DesArg(9) bradykinin. It does so by cleaving a C-terminal PRO-X bond. Recent work also indicates that the human PRCP1 activates plasma prekallikrein (PK) to kallikr...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Wang J,Matafonov A,Madkhali H,Mahdi F,Watson D,Schmaier AH,Gailani D,Shariat-Madar Z

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:The generation of functional neural progenitor cells (NPCs) independent of donor brain tissue and embryonic tissues is of great therapeutic interest with regard to regenerative medicine and the possible treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Traditionally, NPCs are derived through the differentiation of embryonic s...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Tian C,Ambroz RJ,Sun L,Wang Y,Ma K,Chen Q,Zhu B,Zheng JC

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:The leading cause of blindness in the developed world results from several disorders that have pathologic ocular neovascularization as the common pathway leading to vision loss. These disorders include exudative age related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), retina...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Tolentino MJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent disorder defined by the presence of chronic widespread pain in association with fatigue, sleep disturbances and cognitive dysfunction. Recent studies indicate that bipolar spectrum disorders frequently co-occur in individuals with FM. Furthermore, shared pathophysiological mechanisms a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Bortolato B,Berk M,Maes M,McIntyre RS,Carvalho AF

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-derived exosomes contain biological contents such as proteins, lipids, RNA (miRNAs, mRNAs, lncRNA), and DNA for intracellular communication. Meanwhile, studies have shown the role of exosomes in cancer progression, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. Furthermore, tumor exosomes have received growing attentio...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Nooshabadi VT,Arab S

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Deregulation of the PI3K pathway is common in human cancer. The basic players in this pathway are the kinases PI3K and AKT and the phosphatase PTEN. This review will summarize some of the key animal models that have helped us understand this signaling network and its contribution to tumorigenesis. Recently, great adva...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Renner O,Carnero A

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease resulting from the specific destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells, culminating in a state of hypoinsulinemia and hyperglycemia. Pathogenesis of T1D comprises complex series of events from the initial sensitization of antigen-presenting cell...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Kim HS,Lee MS

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:The cell adhesion molecule integrin αvβ3 is an important player in the process of angiogenesis. In the last decades, a series of radiolabeled Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptides targeting integrin αvβ3 has been prepared and optimized for positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon-emission computed tomography (SPECT) ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu Z,Wang F

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：: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:Photoreceptor cell death is a key pathology of retinal degeneration diseases. To date, the molecular mechanisms for this pathological process remain largely unclear. Junctional adhesion molecule-c (Jam-c) has been shown to play important roles in different biological events. However, its effect on retinal ne...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Li Y,Zhang F,Lu W,Li X

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Celastrol, a quinone methide triterpenoid, could induce apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is protective autophagy after celastrol treatment in pancreatic cancer cells and the synergistic effects of celastrol and 3-MA in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhao X,Gao S,Ren H,Huang H,Ji W,Hao J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat especially when it becomes hormone resistant such as castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and subsequent metastatic CRPC. Apart from the genetic alterations in prostate cancer, epigenetic modifications also play an important role in the development and...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Giudice A,Montella M,Boccellino M,Crispo A,D'Arena G,Bimonte S,Facchini G,Ciliberto G,Botti G,Quagliuolo L,Caraglia M,Capunzo M

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Until recently it was believed that TNF-induced apoptosis is mediated exclusively by TNF-RI because TNF-RII lacks death domain. However, it has been demonstrated that TNF-RII enhances TNF-RI-mediated apoptosis. In this review, I have discussed the evidence and mechanisms by which TNF-RII regulates TNF-alpha-induced ap...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Gupta S

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in biomedical sciences, the prognosis of patients with brain tumors remains poor. Effective treatment is lacking for these central nervous system (CNS) cancers. Targeted immunotoxins are a new class of therapeutic approaches that have emerged for the treatment of human cancers. In this approach, tumor...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Puri S,Puri S,Mahapatra AK,Hussain E,Sarkar C,Sinha S,Joshi BH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural multitude of nucleic acids serves basis for its multiple merits and applications. During structural transitions, significant to perform respective cellular functions, these DNA forms can vary from the single stranded to multi-stranded species. Hence, beyond the image of a monotonous DNA double-helix, there ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Kaushik M,Kaushik S,Bansal A,Saxena S,Kukreti S

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:Glutathione transferase Pi (GST-pi, GSTP) is known to strongly affect human susceptibility to several cancers, asthma and neurodegenerative disorders. As with other glutathione transferases, it catalyses the addition of reduced glutathione to electrophilic species, and it is important in metabolite detoxification. It ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Vasieva O

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity is a chronic condition associated with poorer cognitive functioning. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) is a useful tool for evaluating executive functions. In this study, we assessed the association between dopaminergic gene polymorphisms: DAT1 (SLC6A3), COMTVal158Met, DRD4 (48-bp variable number of...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Bieliński M,Lesiewska N,Junik R,Kamińska A,Tretyn A,Borkowska A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is aging and we must face the challenges that this brings. One of the reasons for the increasing aging of the world's population is the increase in life expectancy and, since we live longer, it is of paramount importance to live well and to prevent age-associated diseases. In this way, it is crucial to impro...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Magalhaes S,Goodfellow BJ,Nunes A

更新日期：2018-01-01 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