Mechanism of chronic dietary iron overload-induced liver damage in mice.

abstract：:Sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response resulting from the excessive production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‑α. Sirtuin 1 (SirT1) actively deacetylates histone proteins, and facilitates chromatin compaction and gene silencing. In the present study, a cell model of sepsis, com...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen GD,Yu WD,Chen XP

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemic stroke (IS) is a disease presenting high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Understanding of the pathogenesis underlying IS may facilitate the development of effective clinical therapeutic strategies and improve the prevention of this disease, decreasing its occurrence rate. Epigenetic alterati...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wei Y,Sun Z,Wang Y,Xie Z,Xu S,Xu Y,Zhou X,Bi J,Zhu Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human mucin 1 (MUC1) is a target for immunotherapy. The major problem associated with MUC1‑based cancer vaccines is the weakness of the immunogenicity of MUC1. The present study aimed to develop an efficient cancer vaccine through generating a recombinant fusion protein consisting of MUC1 and maltose‑binding protein (...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Fang F,Ma J,Ni W,Wang F,Sun X,Li Y,Li Q,Xie F,Wang J,Zhai R,Liu Z,Gao S,Tai G

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current study was to investigate the role of phospholipase C (PLC)γ/protein kinase C (PKC)/C‑kinase‑activated protein phosphatase‑1 (CPI‑17) signaling pathways in uterine smooth muscle during parturition. Samples of uterine tissue were collected from pregnant patients who underwent a caesarean section f...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen J,Zheng D,Cui H,Liu S,Zhang L,Liu C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High density lipoproteins (HDL) are heterogeneous particles regarding their size and composition. They have vital functions in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). RCT occurs when lipid-free apolipoprotein AI recruits cholesterol and phospholipid to form nascent HDL particles. Adenosine triphosphate‑binding cassette t...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou L,Li C,Gao L,Wang A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are a contributing factor in the angiogenesis that is characteristic of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. However, a previous study made a promising observation that domain I‑IV of β2‑glycoprotein I (DI‑IV) inhibits angiogenesis in human umbilical vein cells. The present study ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang QQ,Zhou SJ,Meng ZX,Wang J,Chen R,Lv L,Li CJ,Yu DM,Yu P

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of myricetin on reducing cerebral ischemia injury in a rat model. A rat model of permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion (pMCAO) was used in the present study. Rats were randomized into the following five groups: Sham, model, low‑myricetin (1 mg/kg), mediu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Sun L,Xu P,Fu T,Huang X,Song J,Chen M,Tian X,Yin H,Han J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) remains a public health issue for women worldwide, and its molecular mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated. The present study aimed to predict the potential genes involved in MDR, and examine the mechanisms underlying MDR in EOC using bioinformatics tech...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen C,Hu Y,Li L

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease and its underlying pathogenesis is still not fully understood. Therapeutic interventions are currently limited and restricted to the treatment of symptoms rather than targeting the mechanisms underlying the disease. Vascular remodeling is a hallmark of psoriasis;...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yan HX,Wang Y,Yang XN,Fu LX,Tang DM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid shear stress has been revealed to differentially regulate endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) distribution in vessels. eNOS, a key enzyme in controlling nitric oxide (NO) release, has a crucial role in mediating oxidative stress, and resveratrol (RSV)‑mediated eNOS also attenuates oxidative damage and suppr...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang Z,Zhang J,Li B,Gao X,Liu Y,Mao W,Chen SL

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of pharmaceutical agents possessing anti‑invasive and anti‑metastatic abilities, as well as apoptotic activity, is important in decreasing the incidence and recurrence of oral cancer. Cancer cells are known to acquire invasiveness not only through epigenetic changes, but also from inflammatory stimuli ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cho BH,Jung YH,Kim DJ,Woo BH,Jung JE,Lee JH,Choi YW,Park HR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) has a structure similar to heparan sulfate, which exerts anti‑inflammatory effects via inhibiting elastase (Ela) activity. Release of Ela along the glomerular capillary wall may induce glomerular injury and proteinuria. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of LMWH on...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhai S,Hu L,Zhong L,Tao Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate Fas expression in tumor samples from patients with gastric cancer, in order to determine the involvement of the Fas signaling pathway. The protein expression levels of Fas, caspase-8, caspase‑3 and poly (adenosine diphosphate‑ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) were examined in...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang X,Fu Z,Chen Y,Liu L

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) competitively binds to three ligands, Fas ligand, lymphotoxin‑related inducible ligand that competes for glycoprotein D binding to herpesvirus entry mediator on T cells and tumor necrosis factor‑like ligand 1A (TL1A), to prevent their effects. Recent studies have suggested that DcR3 directly af...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Fukuda K,Miura Y,Maeda T,Hayashi S,Kurosaka M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-crystallin B2 (CRYBB2) knockout mice exhibit morphological and functional abnormalities in the ovary. Long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) regulate gene transcription and translation, and epigenetic modification of genomic DNA. The present study investigated the role of lncRNAs in mediating the effects of CRYBB2 in the re...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Gao Q,Ren H,Chen M,Niu Z,Tao H,Jia Y,Zhang J,Li W

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor glutamate receptor 2 (GluR2) subunit in epileptiform discharge hippocampal neurons. Hippocampal neurons were harvested from neonatal Sprague‑Dawley rats aged <24 h and ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Bu W,Zhao WQ,Li WL,Dong CZ,Zhang Z,Li QJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and safety of porcine Descemet's membrane (DM) as a carrier for the generation of tissue-engineered corneal endothelium by analyzing porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERVs) and the α-gal epitope. The morphology of porcine and human DM was observed by hematoxylin an...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Diao YM,Hong J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeine is one of the most widely consumed substances found in beverages, and has demonstrated anticancer effects in several types of cancer. The present study aimed to examine the anticancer effects of caffeine on gastric cancer (GC) cells (MGC‑803 and SGC‑7901) in vitro, and to determine whether the apoptosis‑relat...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu H,Zhou Y,Tang L

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this meta-analysis was to explore the association between the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene polymorphism and breast cancer risk, and to investigate the interaction of this gene polymorphism with known risk factors for breast cancer. Crude odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) f...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu G,Sun G,Wang Y,Wang D,Hu W,Zhang J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved, multi-step lysosomal degradation process in which a cell degrades its own long-lived proteins and damaged organelles. Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) has recently been shown to upregulate the process of autophagy. Previous studies showed...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qased AB,Yi H,Liang N,Ma S,Qiao S,Liu X

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among females and the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding cassette E1 (ABCE1) gene is a member of the ATP‑binding cassette (ABC) family. Studies in lung cancer have shown that overexpression of ABCE1 in tumor cells promotes growth and inhibits apoptosis. However, little...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang B,Zhou H,Lang X,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite increasing evidence to suggest that microRNA (miR)-146a and miR-181b are involved in the regulation of immune responses and tumor progression, their roles in silicosis remain to be fully elucidated. Therefore, the present study examined the roles of miR‑146a and miR‑181b in inflammatory responses, and their ef...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang Y,Wang F,Lan Y,Zhou D,Ren X,Zhao L,Zhang Q

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) and excessive deposition of extracellular matrix are the predominant pathological characteristics of cardiac fibrosis. As the largest member of the nucleotide‑binding domain and leucine‑rich repeat (NLR) family, NLRC5 has been shown to be pivotal in the development of hep...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou H,Yu X,Zhou G

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are an important component of arterial walls, and their dysfunction may serve an important role in the development of cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis and restenosis. Paeoniflorin (PF) is a principal component of the commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, peo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guo Y,Zhao Y,Li L,Wei X,Gao P,Zhou Y,Liu Y,Yang H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM), initially identified in human pheochromocytoma, participates in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes, including vasorelaxation, angiogenesis and apoptosis. Recent studies have reported that ADM protected tumor cells against apoptotic cell de...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kim JY,Park WD,Lee S,Park JH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroinflammation and microglial activation are two important hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases. Continuous microglial activation may cause the release of several cytotoxic molecules, including many cytokines that are involved in the inflammatory process. Therefore, attenuating inflammation caused by activated m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Mendonca P,Taka E,Soliman KFA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence has suggested that microRNAs (miRs), which are a class of non-coding RNAs, serve diverse roles in tumorigenesis. However, the role of miR‑635 in osteosarcoma (OS) remains unknown. The present study revealed that miR‑635 may be a tumor suppressive miR. The expression of miR‑635 was significantly decreas...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tian L,Guo Z,Wang H,Liu X

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and malignant brain tumor of the adult central nervous system and is associated with poor prognosis. The present study aimed to identify the hub genes in GBM in order to improve the current understanding of the underlying mechanism of GBM. The RNA‑seq data were download...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen X,Pan Y,Yan M,Bao G,Sun X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia may induce apoptosis and autophagy to promote cardiomyocyte injury. The present study investigated the effect of berberine, a natural extract of Rhizoma Coptidis, on hypoxia‑induced autophagy and apoptosis in the H9c2 rat myocardial cell line. Expression levels of apoptosis and autophagy markers were upregulat...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jia Z,Lin L,Huang S,Zhu Z,Huang W,Huang Z

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in the development and progression of cancers. The present study aimed to identify novel lncRNAs and associated microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) and mRNAs in gastric cancer. Differentially expressed lncRNAs (DElncRNAs) and differentially expressed mRNAs (DEmRNAs) of 6 paire...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Gu W,Ren JH,Zheng X,Hu XY,Hu MJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00