A study on β-defensin-2 and histatin-5 as a diagnostic marker of early childhood caries progression.

abstract：:Twelve biological variables were submitted to dimensional analysis in accordance with the MLT-system of physics (M, mass; L, length; T, time). Each of these variables has a characteristic numerical value for the exponents alpha for mass, beta for length, and gamma for time. By means of Newton's reduction coefficient (...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Günther B,Gonzalez U,Morgado E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoralen is a coumarin-like and coumarin-related benzofuran glycoside, which is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients with kidney and spleen-yang deficiency symptom. Psoralen has been reported to show estrogen-like activity, antioxidant activity, osteoblastic proliferation accelerati...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Wang X,Peng P,Pan Z,Fang Z,Lu W,Liu X

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Melanoma took top position among the lethal cancers and, despite there have been some great attempts made to increase the natural life of patients with metastatic disease, long-lasting and complete remissions are few. Piceatannol, owns the similar function as resveratrol, has been defined as an anti-cancer a...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Du M,Zhang Z,Gao T

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal response to atrial natriuretic peptide in chronic cholestasis was studied in anaesthetized rats and in their isolated perfused kidneys. Cholestasis was induced by bile duct section after ligature, while controls were sham operated. Three weeks after surgery, cholestatic rats showed moderate arterial hypotension,...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Valdivieso A,Boric MP,Riquelme A,Roblero J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognosis remains one of most crucial determinants of gastric cancer (GC) treatment, but current methods do not predict prognosis accurately. Identification of additional biomarkers is urgently required to identify patients at risk of poor prognoses. METHODS:Tissue microarrays were used to measure expressio...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Li W,Chen Y,Sun X,Yang J,Zhang DY,Wang D,Suo J

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid and oligomers of caffeic acid with multiple catechol groups are all constituents of Salvia officinalis. Their antioxidant potential was investigated with regard to their radical scavenging activity and the stability and structure of the intermediate radicals. Pulse-radiolytic studies reve...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Bors W,Michel C,Stettmaier K,Lu Y,Foo LY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired wound healing is a complication of diabetes and a serious problem in clinical practice. We previously found that whey protein (WP) was able to regulate wound healing normally in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic models. This subsequent study was designed to assess the effect of WP on heat shock protein-...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ahmed RR,Mahmoud A,Ahmed OM,Metwalli A,Ebaid H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor growth is the result of combined cell proliferation overwhelming cell death and neoangiogenesis. This report shows CAM angiogenesis promoted by TA3 tumor supernatant with or without low dosis of betamethasone (Minimal antiangiogenic concentration: beta-MAAC). Methylcellulose discs instilled with 10 microliters o...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Lemus D,Dabancens A,Illanes J,Fuenzalida M,Guerrero A,López C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IcarisideII (ICAII) could promote the differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs) to Schwann cells (SCs), leading to improvement of erectile function (EF) and providing a realistic therapeutic option for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ge P,Guo Y,Shen J

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive properties of 15 strains of thermotolerant Campylobacter (12 C. jejuni and 3 C. coli) were studied using HeLa cells cultures. In four of them (3 C. jejuni and 1 C. coli), randomly selected, intestinal perfusion experiments were conducted in order to asses enterotoxigenicity. All strains were able to invade He...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Fernández H,Trabulsi LR

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of an effective hypersensitive response (HR) in any plant system relies, not only in their gene composition and expression, but also on an effective and rapid signal transduction system. Lemon seedlings induce the phenylpropanoid pathway, which results in the de novo biosynthesis of the phytoalexin sco...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ortega X,Polanco R,Castañeda P,Perez LM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Object recognition memory allows discrimination between novel and familiar objects. This kind of memory consists of two components: recollection, which depends on the hippocampus, and familiarity, which depends on the perirhinal cortex (Pcx). The importance of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) for recognition m...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Muñoz PC,Aspé MA,Contreras LS,Palacios AG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allium cepa L. meristems were used as a plant model to study the p53-independent control of S and G2 phases by checkpoint pathways, in eukaryotic cells. Checkpoint blocks were induced at early and mid S by hydroxyurea. After their spontaneous override, cells became accumulated in G2-prophase, giving rise later on to a...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Pelayo HR,Pincheira J,Giménez-Abián JF,Clarke DJ,de la Torre C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regeneration of natural tetraploid T. pratense, originated from Erzurum-Turkey, is reported in this study. This plant has low seed setting and hard seed problems due to polyploidy. Hypocotyl, cotyledon, apical meristems, epicotyl and young primary leaves were inoculated on MS and PC-L2 media containing different c...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Cölgeçen H,Toker MC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a means by which organisms dispose of unwanted cells without inducing an inflammatory response. Alterations in apoptosis is a common process by which cells become cancerous. Paradoxically, many cancer chemotherapeutics preferentially kill cancer cells by inducing apoptosis. Diacylglycerol is a lipid secon...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Wright MM,McMaster CR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Understanding the molecular basis underlying the formation of bone-forming osteocytes and lipid-storing adipocytes will help provide insights into the cause of disorders originating in stem/progenitor cells and develop therapeutic treatments for bone- or adipose-related diseases. In this study, the role of R...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Madrigal A,Tan L,Zhao Y

更新日期：2017-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women. Chilean studies reveal that this cancer presents the third highest mortality rate. A family history of breast cancer is one of the major risk factors for the development of this disease. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the two main hereditary breast cancer susceptibility ge...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Jara L,Ampuero S,Seccia L,Bustamante M,Blanco R,Ojeda JM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria display a large diversity of cellular forms ranging from unicellular to complex multicellular filaments or aggregates. Species in the group present a wide range of metabolic characteristics including the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, resistance to extreme environments, production of hydrogen, seconda...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Stucken K,Koch R,Dagan T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight Chilean strains of Dunaliella salina obtained within a restricted geographic range, but exhibiting a high variability in their morphology, rate of growth and carotenogenic capacity, were analyzed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) Twenty of the 50 random primers (D, P, OPA and OPD series) that were t...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gomez PI,Gonzalez MA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymulin is a well-characterized thymic hormone that exists as a nonapeptide coupled to equimolar amounts of Zn2+. Thymulin is known to have multiple biological roles, including T cell differentiation, immune regulation, and analgesic functions. It has been shown that thymulin is produced by the reticulo-epithelial ce...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Folch H,Villegas JV,Leyan V,Barría M,Eller G,Esquivel P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral aspiration lesions of the fimbria-fornix were performed in 10 male Sprague Dawley rats weighing 240-300 g under chloral hydrate narcose (420 mg/kg). Another 9 animals were operated in the same way, but no aspiration was carried out to constitute a control group. A week after surgery recording and stimulation...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Bergado JA,Moreno H,Nuñez N

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major cysteine proteinase from Trypanosoma cruzi, cruzipain, can be obtained essentially homogeneous, starting from crude epimastigote extracts, in one step, by affinity chromatography on Cystatin-Sepharose (specific for cysteine proteinases) or ConA-Sepharose (specific for high mannose N-linked glycoproteins). Th...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Labriola C,Sousa M,Cazzulo JJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although evidence is accumulating that prenatal testosterone (T) compromises reproductive function in the female, the effects of excess T in utero on the postnatal development of male reproductive function has not been studied. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of prenatal T excess on age-related chang...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Recabarren SE,Lobos A,Figueroa Y,Padmanabhan V,Foster DL,Sir-Petermann T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plants of Agave spp. perform Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) and are highly drought-tolerant, but little is known concerning seed germination under low water availability. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of substrate water potential (ΨW) on seed germination and contrast hydrotime parameters...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ramírez-Tobías HM,Peña-Valdivia CB,Trejo C,Aguirre R JR,Vaquera H H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial fluid flow stress is one of the most important mechanical stimulations of bone cells under physiological conditions. Osteocytes and osteoblasts act as primary mechanosensors within bones, and in vitro are able to respond to fluid shear stress, both morphologically and functionally. However, there is littl...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Xu H,Zhang J,Wu J,Guan Y,Weng Y,Shang P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common arthritic disease and multifactorial whole-joint disease. Interactions of chemokines and OA is inadequately documented. RESULTS:In vivo and in vitro studies were conducted to investigate monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) and receptor chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 2 ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Xu YK,Ke Y,Wang B,Lin JH

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:α-Farnesene is a volatile sesquiterpene synthesized by the plant mevalonate (MVA) pathway through the action of α-farnesene synthase. The α-farnesene synthase 1 (MdAFS1) gene was isolated from apple peel (var. white winter pearmain), and transformed into tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum NC89). The transgenic plant...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Liu Y,Wang L,Liu H,Zhao R,Liu B,Fu Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] possesses novel biological functions that are distinct from angiotensin II (Ang II). In coronary arteries, the octapeptide Ang II and the heptapeptide Ang-(1-7) exert opposing actions. Ang II elicits vasoconstriction and Ang-(1-7) is a vasodilator. Ang-(1-7) elicits vasodilation by an end...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Brosnihan KB,Li P,Tallant EA,Ferrario CM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease. Keratinocytes hyperproliferation and excessive inflammatory response contribute to psoriasis pathogenesis. The agents able to attenuate keratinocytes hyperproliferation and excessive inflammatory response are considered to be potentially useful for pso...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gao J,Chen F,Fang H,Mi J,Qi Q,Yang M

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of kallikrein-kinin systems since the 1930's have now led to substantial insight into the importance of this vasoactive system in the regulation of cardiovascular and renal function. It now seems clear that before long, these insights will lead to new therapeutic attacks upon diseases of the cardiovascular sys...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Margolius HS

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00