C/EBP homologous protein induces mesangial cell apoptosis under hyperglycemia.

abstract：:Heat stress is demonstrated to have an effect on the function of the male testis, however, limited information has been reported on its effects on sperm maturation. In the present study, a comparative proteomic analysis was performed on the rat caput epididymal fluids responsible for sperm maturation, to identify key ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang X,Liu F,Gao X,Liu X,Kong X,Wang H,Li J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have indicated that the human endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene Glu298Asp polymorphism is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) susceptibility, however, their conclusions are inconsistent. The present meta‑analysis aimed to evaluate the precise result by searching the PubMed databas...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tian GX,Zeng XT,Wang XB,Zhang L,Zhang W,Wei WL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most lethal types of brain cancer. With limited success from conventional therapies, the cancer stem cell theory was developed, and investigation into microRNAs (miRs) has facilitated understanding of this theory. The present study demonstrated that miR‑141 is suppressed in sorted...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Gao X,Zhu X,Sun Y,Liu J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRs) exhibit oncogenic or tumor suppressive functions that contribute to the initiation and development of various types of human cancer. miR‑149‑3p has been reported to serve multiple roles in the regulation of proliferation, apoptosis and metastasis. However, the effects and detailed mechanism of miR‑149...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Shen Q,Zhu H,Lei Q,Chen L,Yang D,Sui W

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cobalt nanoparticles (CoNPs) released from metal‑on‑metal implants have caused considerable concern. Oxidative stress is associated with the mechanism underlying cobalt‑induced cytotoxicity and genotoxicity. The indolamine melatonin exhibits protective effects against damage induced by metals. The present study invest...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu Y,Yang X,Wang W,Wu X,Zhu H,Liu F

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor protein LKB1 is a serine/threonine kinase that plays a critical role in cell proliferation, and its inactivation has been linked to tumorigenesis in various cancer types. Current understanding of the LKB1 function is largely restricted to results from experiments on LKB1‑deficient cancer cells, wh...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liang X,Wang P,Gao Q,Tao X

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wish to retract our article entitled 'Clinical, pathological and genetic characteristics of autosomal dominant inherited dynamin 2 centronuclear myopathy' published in Molecular Medicine Reports 13: 4273-4278, 2016. The article was submitted by the first author, Xinhong Liu, without the prior knowledge of the corre...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu X,Wu H,Gong J,Wang T,Yan C

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a connective tissue disease of autoimmune origin characterized by fibrosis of the skin and visceral organs, and peripheral circulatory disturbance. α2‑antiplasmin (α2AP) is the major circulating inhibitor of plasmin and is a key regulator of fibrinolysis. It has been demonstrated that the e...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Niwa H,Kanno Y,Shu E,Seishima M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to screen several differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and differentially expressed microRNAs (miRNAs) for two types of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation. Bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP‑6) and dexamethasone were used to induce MSCs towards osteoblastic differentiation or adipocyti...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu X,Jiang H,Li X,Wu P,Liu J,Wang T,Zhou X,Xiong J,Li W

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to screen all types of RNAs involved in the development of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). RNA‑sequencing data of PTC and normal samples were used for screening differentially expressed (DE) microRNAs (DE‑miRNAs), long non‑coding RNAs (DE‑lncRNAs) and genes (DEGs). Subsequently, lncRNA‑miRNA...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen S,Fan X,Gu H,Zhang L,Zhao W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors of the above article wish to retract their paper. Subsequently to its publication, in addition to certain irreconcilable differences in opinion shared among the authors, they have realized that, in their analysis of the role of peroxisome proliferator‑activated receptor γ in brain microvascular endothelial...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu M,Yang X,Zeng Q,He H,Lu P,Huang G

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (SOD) is a benign obstructive disorder predominantly resulting from spasms of the SO. Pharmacological therapies aim to induce SO relaxation; the hypercholesterolemic (HC) rabbit is the only SOD model available for study. In the present study, SO muscle strips, intracellular calcium ion co...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang F,Yang Y,Ji X,Tao X,Wang Y,Wang C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, a novel polysaccharide, APS2-1, was isolated and purified from Astragalus membranaceus using DEAE-cellulose and Sephadex G-100 chromatography. The effect of APS2‑1 on the promotion of wound healing was evaluated and its preliminary mechanism was investigated. In vitro experiments showed that APS2...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhao B,Zhang X,Han W,Cheng J,Qin Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer has become a serious disease in the past decade. It has the second highest mortality rate among the four most common cancer types, leading to ~700,000 mortalities annually. Previous studies have attempted to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms of gastric cancer. The present study aimed to obt...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qi W,Sun L,Liu N,Zhao S,Lv J,Qiu W

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dysregulation of renin-angiotensin system-signaling is a contributing factor to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. We studied the progression of angiotensin II (AngII)-induced arterial wall atherosclerosis after its induction. Atherosclerosis was accelerated in ApoE (-/-) C57B6 mice by ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cha J,Ivanov V,Ivanova S,Kalinovsky T,Rath M,Niedzwiecki A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies revealed that Kanglaite (KLT) exhibits antitumor and immunomodulatory activities. In the present study, we show that KLT treatment stimulated the immune response by increasing the number of T cells and natural killer (NK) cells in the blood of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients. Experiments in tu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang X,Qin J,Lu S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-amyloid (Aβ)-mediated neuronal apoptosis is an important pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inhibiting apoptosis induced by Aβ may lead to the development of a potential therapeutic target for AD treatment. κ‑carrageenan‑derived pentasaccharide (KCP) extracted from marine red algae is involved in a va...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu Y,Jiang L,Li X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-activated gene (NAG-1) is a newly identified member of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β superfamily and plays significant roles in regulating proliferation and pro-apoptotic activities. In the present study, we studied the regulation of NAG-1 by troglitazone in the cultur...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang C,Wang J,Bai P

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral vectors have been considered the most promising vehicles for the transfer of therapeutic genes into cells of the hematopoietic system. In clinical studies, however, cases of leukemoid clonogenic expansion of the transduced cells in vivo caused by semirandom integration of the foreign DNA in the genome have ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zehnpfennig D,Deissler H,Polack A,Herr D,Bornkamm GW,Kurzeder C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast with mature brain‑derived neurotrophic factor (mBDNF), proBDNF induces cell apoptosis. However, the function of proBDNF in oligodendrocytes remains unclear. In the present study, the OLN‑93 oligodendroglia cell line was utilized as an in vitro model to analyse the functions of proBDNF in oligodendroglia. p...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu S,Guo W,Zhou H,Tang L,Feng S,Zhong JH,Zhou XF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer survivors after radiotherapy may suffer a variety of bone‑related adverse side effects, including radioactive osteoporosis and fractures. Localized irradiation is a common treatment modality for malignancies. Recently, a series of reactions and injuries called indirect effects (remote changes in bone when other...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Sun R,Zhu G,Wang J,Tong L,Zhai J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that calcium channel blockers have protective effects on damaged brains. In the present study, the protective effect of the calcium channel blocker nicardipine against rotenone‑induced apoptosis in SH‑SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells was investigated...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Park HJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even though standard treatment options are available for prostate cancer patients, prostate cancer is still a leading cause of death in many Western countries due to drug resistance and recurrence. Immune checkpoint blockade therapy has been proved to be very effective in some melanoma patients, which might dependent ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou J,Yang T,Liu L,Lu B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV is an autosomal dominant connective tissue disease. Mutations in COL3A1 have been identified to underlie this disease; however, to the best of our knowledge, no COL3A1 mutations have been reported in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV patients with an ascending aortic aneurysm. In order to d...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Deng Y,Wei S,Hu S,Chen J,Tan Z,Yang Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious diabetic complications affect millions of patients worldwide. Skeletal muscle represents the largest insulin-regulated glucose sink in the body, making insulin resistance and abnormal glucose disposal in muscle fibres a critical aspect of diabetes mellitus. Advances in the biomedical analysis of the molecular ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Mulvey C,Mullen E,Ohlendieck K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biglycan is an important component of the extracellular matrix, and it is also a member of small leucine-rich proteoglycan family. Previous studies indicated that the expression of biglycan was increased in a variety of tumor tissues, including colon cancer. However, the mechanisms underlying its effects in colon canc...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xing X,Gu X,Ma T

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are tumor cells present in the bloodstream, which originate from tumor sites, and are ultimately responsible for metastasis or relapse in several types of cancer. However, to the best of our knowledge, only a few studies have investigated these extremely rare cells in esophageal squamous...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang Y,Li J,Wang L,Meng P,Zhao J,Han P,Xia J,Xu J,Wang L,Shen F,Zheng A,Zhou F,Fan R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor gene CD82, also known as KAI1, may act as a general suppressor of metastasis in numerous types of cancer. It is hypothesized that downregulation of CD82 gene expression may be an important factor in the induction of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), however the mechanism for this requires further st...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yu G,Bing Y,Li W,Xia L,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of microRNA (miR)‑34a expression in the proliferation, invasion and metastasis of colon cancer and its underlying mechanisms. HCT116 cells were cultured in high‑sugar Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) containing 10% fetal bovine serum and 1000 U/ml penic...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li C,Lu S,Wang Y,Guo S,Zhao T,Wang X,Song B

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to determine the role of arginase (Arg) in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In vitro, human pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (HPASMCs) were cultured under hypoxic conditions with, or without, the Arg inhibitor, S‑(2‑boronoethyl)‑l‑cysteine (BEC), for 48 h, following which the prolifer...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jiang W,Sun B,Song X,Zheng Y,Wang L,Wang T,Liu S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00