The ABCs of membrane transporters in health and disease (SLC series): introduction.

abstract：:Metastasis is a complex non-stochastic process that is most likely the result of genetic and epigenetic interactions of a wide variety of genes. The search for a single gene which can encompass such a pleiotropic response as to account for the observed phenotypic characteristics of metastatic tumour populations has be...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Dear TN,Kefford RF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphenols and consequently many flavonoids have several beneficial actions on human health. However, the actual molecular interactions of polyphenols with biological systems remain mostly speculative. This review addresses the potential mechanisms of action that have been so far identified, as well as the feasibilit...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Fraga CG,Galleano M,Verstraeten SV,Oteiza PI

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of blood flow depends on systemic and local release of vasoactive molecules such as insulin and adenosine. These molecules cause vasodilation by activation of plasma membrane receptors at the vascular endothelium. Adenosine activates at least four subtypes of adenosine receptors (A1AR, A2AAR, A2BAR, A3AR), ...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Silva L,Subiabre M,Araos J,Sáez T,Salsoso R,Pardo F,Leiva A,San Martín R,Toledo F,Sobrevia L

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural vitamin E consists of four different tocopherol and four different tocotrienol homologues (alpha,beta, gamma, delta) that all have antioxidant activity. However, recent data indicate that the different vitamin E homologues also have biological activity unrelated to their antioxidant activity. In this review, w...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Reiter E,Jiang Q,Christen S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is critical for a variety of cellular processes, but excess intracellular heme may result in oxidative stress and membrane injury. Feline leukemia virus subgroup C receptor (FLVCR1), a member of the SLC49 family of four paralogous genes, is a cell surface heme exporter, essential for erythropoiesis and systemic i...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Khan AA,Quigley JG

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes were long believed to play only a minor role in cellular metabolism but it is now clear that they catalyze a number of important functions. The importance of peroxisomes in humans is stressed by the existence of a group of genetic diseases in man in which one or more peroxisomal functions are impaired. Mos...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Wanders RJ,Tager JM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical activity is an important lifestyle factor for growth, development, and sustained health throughout life. In recent years, the benefits of physical activity have drawn more attention to its physiological effects on the body, including well-being. The endocannabinoid system (ECS) has emerged as a focal point to...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Watkins BA

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this article is to describe the roles of water channel proteins (WCPs) in brain functionality. The fluid compartments of the brain, which include the brain parenchyma (with intracellular and extracellular spaces), the intravascular and the cerebrospinal fluid compartments are presented. Then the localizatio...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Benga O,Huber VJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversible post-translational modifications (PTMs) ensure rapid signal transmission from sensors to effectors. Reversible modification of proteins by the small proteins Ubiquitin and SUMO are involved in virtually all cellular processes and can modify thousands of proteins. Ubiquitination or SUMOylation is the reversi...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Stankovic-Valentin N,Melchior F

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrosis denotes excessive scarring, which exceeds the normal wound healing response to injury in many tissues. Although the extracellular matrix deposition appears unstructured disrupting the normal tissue architecture and subsequently impairing proper organ function, fibrogenesis is a highly orchestrated process det...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Weiskirchen R,Weiskirchen S,Tacke F

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a mutualistic symbiotic relationship between the components of the photoreceptor/retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)/Bruch's membrane (BrMb)/choriocapillaris (CC) complex that is lost in AMD. Which component in the photoreceptor/RPE/BrMb/CC complex is affected first appears to depend on the type of AMD. In atrop...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Bhutto I,Lutty G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle mass and function decline with aging, a process known as sarcopenia, which restrains posture maintenance, mobility and quality of life in the elderly. Sarcopenia is also linked to a progressive reduction in the regenerative capacity of the skeletal muscle stem cells (satellite cells), which are critica...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Sousa-Victor P,Muñoz-Cánoves P

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells of the innate immunity play an important role in tumor immunotherapy. Thus, NK cells can control tumor growth and metastatic spread. Thanks to their strong cytolytic activity against tumors, different approaches have been developed for exploiting/harnessing their function in patients with leukemia or solid tumor...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Sivori S,Pende D,Quatrini L,Pietra G,Della Chiesa M,Vacca P,Tumino N,Moretta F,Mingari MC,Locatelli F,Moretta L

更新日期：2020-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as one of the most important discoveries of the last years in the field of molecular biology. Following clarification of this highly conserved endogenous gene silencing mechanism, RNAi has largely been exploited as a powerful tool to uncover the function of specific genes and to und...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Masiero M,Nardo G,Indraccolo S,Favaro E

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) is now commonly regarded as an important early event in atherogenesis. As such there is considerable interest in the ability of antioxidant supplementation to attenuate LDL oxidation and hence atherosclerosis. A majority of studies on LDL antioxidation have focused on alp...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Thomas SR,Neuzil J,Stocker R

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells (ECs) play a role in the optimal function of blood vessels. When endothelial function becomes dysregulated, the risk of developing atherosclerosis increases. Specifically, upregulation of adhesion molecule expression on ECs promotes the movement of leukocytes, particularly monocytes, into the vessel ...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Baker EJ,Yusof MH,Yaqoob P,Miles EA,Calder PC

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic phenomena are defined as heritable mechanisms that establish and maintain mitotically stable patterns of gene expression without modifying the base sequence of DNA. The major epigenetic features of mammalian cells include DNA methylation, post-translational histone modifications and RNA-based mechanisms inc...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Udali S,Guarini P,Moruzzi S,Choi SW,Friso S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the existence of intratumoral heterogeneity (ITH) in the expression of common biomarkers has been described by pathologists since the late 1890s, we have only recently begun to fathom the staggering extent and near ubiquity of this phenomenon. From the tumor's perspective, ITH provides a stabilizing diversity...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： McBride M,Rida PC,Aneja R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this mini review we summarize recent studies from our laboratory, which show the involvement of 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) in cell cycle signaling. We demonstrate 4-HNE induced apoptosis in various cell lines is accompanied with c-Jun-N-terminal kinase and caspase-3 activation. Cells exposed to mild, transient, heat ...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Awasthi YC,Sharma R,Cheng JZ,Yang Y,Sharma A,Singhal SS,Awasthi S

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six experimental groups of young (7-month-old) and aged (24-32-month-old) rats, underwent different dietary manipulations (i.e. dietary restriction and/or a vitamin E-depleted diet), and their liver mitochondria were assayed for several antioxidants and peroxidation markers. Glutathione levels were affected both by ag...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Armeni T,Tomasetti M,Svegliati Baroni S,Saccucci F,Marra M,Pieri C,Littarru GP,Principato G,Battino M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A human study including 22 volunteers was conducted to investigate the antioxidative effect in blood of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation. The levels of alpha-tocopherol, ascorbic acid, lipid peroxidation (measured as TBARS) and the redox status of CoQ10 (reduced CoQ10/total CoQ10) were measured in plasma as marker...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Weber C,Jakobsen TS,Mortensen SA,Paulsen G,Hølmer G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol (3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene) is a member of natural, plant-derived chemicals known as polyphenols and is attracting increased attention due to its diverse health benefits especially in case of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and neurological problems. Despite impressive gains in diagnosis and treat...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Das M,Das DK

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in obesity in the Unites States and around the world in the last decade is overwhelming. The number of overweight adults in the world surpassed 1 billion in 2008. Health hazards associated with obesity are serious and include heart disease, sleep apnea, diabetes, and cancer. Although lifestyle modificatio...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Colon-Gonzalez F,Kim GW,Lin JE,Valentino MA,Waldman SA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Se is a potent nutritional antioxidant important for various aspects of human health. Because asthma has been demonstrated to involve increased oxidative stress, levels of Se intake have been hypothesized to play an important role in the pathogenesis of asthma. However, significant associations between Se status and p...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Norton RL,Hoffmann PR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) lie at the center of the hematopoiesis process, as they bear capacity to self-renew and generate all hematopoietic lineages, hence, all mature blood cells. The ability of HSCs to recognize systemic infection or inflammation or other forms of peripheral stress, such as blood loss, is esse...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Hajishengallis G,Li X,Chavakis T

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of intrauterine embryo implantation site(s) in most mammalian species shows remarkably constant patterns: in monotocous species such as humans, an embryo tends to implant in the uterine fundus; in polytocous species such as rodents, embryos implant evenly along the uterine horns. These long-time evolv...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Chen Q,Zhang Y,Elad D,Jaffa AJ,Cao Y,Ye X,Duan E

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Notch receptors are a family of transmembrane proteins that mediate direct cell-cell interactions and control numerous cell-fate specifications in humans. The extracellular domains of mammalian Notch proteins contain 29-36 tandem epidermal growth factor-like (EGF) repeats, most of which have O-linked glycan modifi...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Matsumoto K,Luther KB,Haltiwanger RS

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one healthy subjects received oral Coenzyme Q10 supplementation in soft capsules of 30 mg t.i.d. for 9 months, followed by a withdrawal period of 3 months. Blood samples were taken before start of supplementation, after 3 and 9 months of supplementation, and finally 3 months after withdrawal. Average blood coen...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Folkers K,Moesgaard S,Morita M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced glutathione (GSH) is critical for many cellular processes, and both its intracellular and extracellular concentrations are tightly regulated. Intracellular GSH levels are regulated by two main mechanisms: by adjusting the rates of synthesis and of export from cells. Some of the proteins responsible for GSH exp...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Ballatori N,Krance SM,Marchan R,Hammond CL

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is the most abundant n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid in the brain where it serves to regulate several important processes and, in addition, serves as a precursor to bioactive mediators. Given that the capacity of the brain to synthesize DHA locally is appreciably low, the uptake of DHA from c...

journal_title：Molecular aspects of medicine

authors： Lacombe RJS,Chouinard-Watkins R,Bazinet RP

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00