Interleukin-6 receptor blockade selectively reduces IL-21 production by CD4 T cells and IgG4 autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis.

abstract：:Germ cells produce sperm and eggs for reproduction and fertility. The Asian seabass (Lates calcarifer), a protandrous marine fish, undergoes male-female sex reversal and thus offers an excellent model to study the role of germ cells in sex differentiation and sex reversal. Here we report the cloning and expression of ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Xu H,Lim M,Dwarakanath M,Hong Y

更新日期：2014-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dysfunction is an important contributor to the development of osteoarthritis (OA). Sirtuin 3 (SIRT3) regulates diverse mitochondrial proteins to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis, and dihydromyricetin (DHM) is reported as a potential SIRT3 activator. This study aims to explore the relevance of SIRT3 and...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang J,Wang K,Huang C,Lin D,Zhou Y,Wu Y,Tian N,Fan P,Pan X,Xu D,Hu J,Zhou Y,Wang X,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variant T329S in flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) impairs trimethylamine (TMA) metabolism in birds. The TMA metabolism that under complex genetic and dietary regulation, closely linked to cardiovascular disease risk. We determined whether the genetic defects in TMA metabolism may change other metabolic...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang J,Long C,Zhang H,Zhang Y,Wang H,Yue H,Wang X,Wu S,Qi G

更新日期：2016-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin is present in mammalian follicular fluid and plays an important role in regulating steroidogenesis in follicular cells. In this study, we report the effect of melatonin on steroidogenesis in the theca interna (TI) in small bovine follicles and theca cells (TCs) cultured in vitro. Treatment with melatonin sig...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang X,Meng K,He Y,Wang H,Zhang Y,Quan F

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic back pain is a global health problem affecting millions of people worldwide and carries significant economic and social morbidities. Intervertebral disc damage and degeneration is a major cause of back pain, characterised by histological and biochemical changes that have been well documented in animal models. ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wei A,Williams LA,Bhargav D,Shen B,Kishen T,Duffy N,Diwan AD

更新日期：2009-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a basic task in high-throughput gene expression profiling studies to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between two phenotypes. But the weakly differential expression signals between two phenotypes are hardly detectable with limited sample sizes. To solve this problem, many researchers tried to combi...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Cai H,Li X,Li J,Liang Q,Zheng W,Guan Q,Guo Z,Wang X

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon salinity challenge, the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase (NKA) of fish kidney plays a crucial role in maintaining ion and water balance. Moreover, the FXYD protein family was found to be a regulator of NKA. Our preliminary results revealed that fxyd12 was highly expressed in the kidneys of the two closely related euryhaline med...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang WK,Kang CK,Hsu AD,Lin CH,Lee TH

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyschromatosis universalis hereditaria (DUH) is an autosomal dominant pigmentary genodermatosis characterized by the presence of patches of hyperpigmentation and hypopigmented macules distributed over the body, with most cases reported in Asia. DUH is a heterogeneous disease and a small portion of patients carry the A...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Cui H,Guo S,He H,Guo H,Zhang Y,Wang B

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are transcribed from genome but not translated into proteins. Many ncRNAs are key regulators of plants growth and development, metabolism and stress tolerance. In order to make the web-based ncRNA resources for plant science research be more easily accessible and understandable, we made a comp...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Liao P,Li S,Cui X,Zheng Y

更新日期：2018-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:After spinal cord injury (SCI), the destruction of blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) is shown to accelerate gathering of noxious blood-derived components in the nervous system, leading to secondary neurodegenerative damages. SCI activates endoplasmic reticulum stress (ER stress), which is considered to evoke secondary ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zheng B,Zhou Y,Zhang H,Yang G,Hong Z,Han D,Wang Q,He Z,Liu Y,Wu F,Zhang X,Tong S,Xu H,Xiao J

更新日期：2017-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global infection, and is seriously threatening human life, especially cancer patients. Thus, we sought to determine the clinical roles of ACE2 (the cell entry receptor of SARS-CoV-2) in ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma). TCGA, ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang W,Li L,Zhang K,Ma K,Xie H,Gong Y,Zhou J,Gong K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) is a vasoactive molecule that is generated by vascular cells as a byproduct of heme catabolism and it plays an important physiological role in circulation system. In order to investigate whether exogenous CO can mediate the growth and proliferation of vascular cells, in this study, we used 250 par...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li Y,Wang H,Yang B,Yang J,Ruan X,Yang Y,Wakeland EK,Li Q,Fang X

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of wild type p53 tumor suppressive function and oncogenic gain-of-function of p53 mutants have been showing important implications in tumorigenesis. The p53(N236S) (p53(N239S) in human, p53S) mutation has been shown to lose wild type p53 function by yeast assay. However, its gain of function is still not clea...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Jia S,Zhao L,Tang W,Luo Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-696 (miR-696) has been previously known as an exercise related miRNA, which has a profound role in fatty acid oxidation and mitochondrial biogenesis of skeletal muscle. However, its role in skeletal myoblast proliferation and differentiation is still unclear. In this study, we found that miR-696 expressed highly...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang H,Shi L,Liang T,Wang B,Wu W,Su G,Wei J,Li P,Huang R

更新日期：2017-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Span 80 (sorbitan monooleate) vesicles behaved differently from conventional phospholipid vesicles (liposomes) because the former had a more fluid interface. After doxorubicin hydrochloride (DOX) was encapsulated into the Span 80 vesicle (loading efficiency: 63 %), DOX-loaded Span 80 vesicles (DVs) were thereafter add...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Hayashi K,Tatsui T,Shimanouchi T,Umakoshi H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most lethal diseases, characterized by early metastasis and high mortality. Subunits of the SWI/SNF complex have been identified in many studies as the regulators of tumor progression, but the role of SMARCAD1, one member of the SWI/SNF family, in pancreatic cancer has not been elu...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Liu F,Xia Z,Zhang M,Ding J,Feng Y,Wu J,Dong Y,Gao W,Han Z,Liu Y,Yao Y,Li D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Well-orchestrated epigenetic modifications during early development are essential for embryonic survival and postnatal growth. Erroneous epigenetic modifications due to environmental perturbations such as manipulation and culture of embryos during in vitro fertilization (IVF) are linked to various short- or long-term ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Fu W,Yue Y,Miao K,Xi G,Zhang C,Wang W,An L,Tian J

更新日期：2020-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:BRCA1-deficient breast cancer is a very well-known hereditary cancer. However, except for resection of normal mammary glands and ovaries, there is no acceptable measure for proactively preventing tumor development. Importantly, inherited BRCA1 mutations are closely associated with tumors in hormone-responsive tissues....

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Baek HJ,Kim SE,Choi EK,Kim JK,Shin DH,Park EJ,Kim TH,Kim JY,Kim KG,Deng CX,Kim SS

更新日期：2018-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Collagen XXIV (Col24α1) is a recently discovered fibrillar collagen. It is known that mouse Col24α1 is predominantly expressed in the forming skeleton of the mouse embryo, as well as in the trabecular bone and periosteum of the newborn mouse. However, the role and mechanism of Col24α1 in osteoblast differentiation and...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang W,Olson D,Liang G,Franceschi RT,Li C,Wang B,Wang SS,Yang S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem (ES) cells have immortality for self-renewal and pluripotency. Differentiated human cells undergo replicative senescence. In human, the telomerase reverse transcriptase (Tert), namely the catalytic subunit of telomerase, exhibits differential expression to regulate telomerase activity governing cellular...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Rao F,Wang T,Li M,Li Z,Hong N,Zhao H,Yan Y,Lu W,Chen T,Wang W,Lim M,Yuan Y,Liu L,Zeng L,Wei Q,Guan G,Li C,Hong Y

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: There is no information regarding transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) as a postoperative management after hepatic resection for patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Methods: Forty-two patients with pathological confirmation of HBV-associated ICC were en...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Jeong S,Zheng B,Wang J,Chi J,Tong Y,Xia L,Xu N,Zhang J,Kong X,Gu J,Xia Q

更新日期：2017-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve injury is a complex condition with a variety of signs and symptoms such as numbness, tingling, jabbing, throbbing, burning or sharp pain. Peripheral nerves are fragile in nature and can easily get damaged due to acute compression or trauma which may lead to the sensory and motor functions deficits and...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Hussain G,Wang J,Rasul A,Anwar H,Qasim M,Zafar S,Aziz N,Razzaq A,Hussain R,de Aguilar JG,Sun T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two assumptions underlie current models of the geographical ranges of perennial plant species: 1. current ranges are in equilibrium with the prevailing climate, and 2. changes are attributable to changes in macroclimatic factors, including tolerance of winter cold, the duration of the growing season, and water stress ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kramer K,Bijlsma RJ,Hickler T,Thuiller W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evodiamine has therapeutic potential against cancers. This study was designed to investigate whether combination therapy with gemcitabine and evodiamine enhanced antitumor efficacy in pancreatic cancer. In vitro application of the combination therapy triggered significantly higher frequency of pancreatic cancer cells ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wei WT,Chen H,Wang ZH,Ni ZL,Liu HB,Tong HF,Guo HC,Liu DL,Lin SZ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast milk is a complex liquid rich in immunological components that affect the development of the infant's immune system. Exosomes are membranous vesicles of endocytic origin that are found in various body fluids and that can mediate intercellular communication. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a well-defined group of non-coding...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhou Q,Li M,Wang X,Li Q,Wang T,Zhu Q,Zhou X,Wang X,Gao X,Li X

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced neuronal apoptosis is a crucial pathological process of spinal cord injury (SCI). In our previous study, icariin (ICA) showed neuroprotective effects in SCI. However, the relationships between ER stress and ICA in SCI are unclear yet. Therefore, whether ICA could ameliorate SC...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li H,Zhang X,Qi X,Zhu X,Cheng L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant progressions in treatment modalities over the last decade, either cancer incidence or mortality is continuously on the rise throughout the world. Current anticancer agents display limited efficacy, accompanied by severe side effects. In order to improve therapeutic outcomes in patients with cancer,...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang M,Jiang S,Zhou L,Yu F,Ding H,Li P,Zhou M,Wang K

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel triple cell neurovascular unit (NVU) model co-culturing with neurons, brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMECs) and astrocytes was established in this study for investigating the cerebral diseases and screening the candidates of therapeutic drug. We have first performed the cell identification and morpholo...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Xue Q,Liu Y,Qi H,Ma Q,Xu L,Chen W,Chen G,Xu X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuins are highly conserved NAD+-dependent protein deacetylases and/or ADP-ribosyltransferases that can extend the lifespan of several lower model organisms including yeast, worms and flies. The seven mammalian sirtuins, SIRT1 to SIRT7, have emerged as key metabolic sensors that directly link environmental signals t...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li X,Kazgan N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pork quality is an economically important trait and one of the main selection criteria for breeding in the swine industry. In this genome-wide association study (GWAS), 455 pigs from a porcine Large White × Minzhu intercross population were genotyped using the Illumina PorcineSNP60K Beadchip, and phenotyped for intram...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Luo W,Cheng D,Chen S,Wang L,Li Y,Ma X,Song X,Liu X,Li W,Liang J,Yan H,Zhao K,Wang C,Wang L,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00