Effects of the eukaryotic initiation factor 6 gene on expression levels of inflammatory mediators in M2 macrophages during scar repair.

abstract：:Long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) comprise a sizeable class of non‑coding RNAs with a length of over 200 base pairs. Little is known about their biological function, although over 20,000 lncRNAs have been annotated in the human genome. Through a diverse range of mechanisms, their primary function is in the regulation of ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kołat D,Hammouz R,Bednarek AK,Płuciennik E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repair of cartilage defects remains a challenge for surgeons, owing to its poor self‑repairing capacity. Cartilage tissue engineering, particularly marrow stem cell‑based cartilage regeneration, provides a promising option for the regeneration of damaged cartilage. Although producing tissue‑engineered cartilage from m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang X,Xue K,Zhou J,Xu P,Huang H,Liu K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy is commonly used to treat thoracic malignancies, but often causes severe lung injury. Currently there are no effective protective strategies against radiation-induced lung injury (RILI). This study aimed to evaluate the ability of an angiogenesis antagonist, Endostar, against RILI, and the underlying mech...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang K,Yang S,Zhu Y,Mo A,Zhang D,Liu L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubeimoside-1 (TBMS1), a traditional Chinese herb extracted from Bolbostemma paniculatum (Maxim.), induces apoptosis in a number of human cancer cell lines. TBMS1 has been reported to induce apoptosis in human glioma cells, however the mechanism remains to be elucidated. The present study explored TBMS1‑induced PI3K/A...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cao LJ,Xie HT,Chu ZX,Ma Y,Wang MM,Shi Z

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia‑inducible factor‑1α (HIF‑1α) is key in tumor progression and aggressiveness as it regulates a series of genes involved in angiogenesis and anaerobic metabolism. Previous studies have shown that the transcriptional levels of HIF‑1α may be downregulated by endostatin. However, the molecular mechanism by which en...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guo L,Chen Y,He T,Qi F,Liu G,Fu Y,Rao C,Wang J,Luo Y

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring minimal residue disease (MRD) is an effective approach to evaluate the response to chemotherapy, and it is used to select the ideal therapeutic strategy and to predict the recurrence during therapy for hematological disorders. The Wilm's tumor 1 (WT1) gene, which is highly expressed in >80% of patients with...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu H,Wang X,Zhang H,Wang J,Chen Y,Ma T,Shi J,Kang Y,Xi J,Wang M,Zhang M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung epithelium restoration subsequent to injury is of concern in association with the outcomes of diverse inflammatory lung diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may promote epithelial repair subsequent to inflammatory injury, however the mechanism that mediates this effect r...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li J,Huang S,Zhang J,Feng C,Gao D,Yao B,Wu X,Fu X

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichohepatoenteric syndrome (THES) is a rare autosomal, recessively inherited disorder. Mutations in the tetratricopeptide repeat domain 37 (TTC37) gene and the superkiller viralicidic activity 2‑like (SKIV2L) gene have been identified to cause THES. The present study reported a case of a Chinese boy, who presented c...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zheng B,Pan J,Jin Y,Wang C,Liu Z

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low shear stress serves an important role in the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic lesions, with an impact on progression, but its detailed mechanisms are .not yet fully known. The present study aimed to investigate endothelial cell (EC) apoptosis, as well as monocyte adhesion induced by low shear stress a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xie X,Wang F,Zhu L,Yang H,Pan D,Liu Y,Qu X,Gu Y,Li X,Chen S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platanus acerifolia is one of the major sources of outdoor allergens to humans, and can induce allergic asthma, rhinitis, dermatitis and other allergic diseases. Pla a 2 is a polygalacturonase and represents the major allergen identified in P. acerifolia pollen. The aim of the present study was to express and purify P...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang DW,Ni WW,Zhou YJ,Huang W,Cao MD,Meng L,Wei JF

更新日期：2018-01-01 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

abstract：:Galectin‑3, a galactoside‑binding protein, is highly expressed in carotid plaques and plays an important role in the atherosclerotic lesions. The phenotype transformation of vascular smooth muscle cells is the basic pathological change of atherosclerosis. This study investigated the effects of exogenous galectin‑3 on ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tian L,Chen K,Cao J,Han Z,Wang Y,Gao L,Fan Y,Wang C

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SC1, an immunoglobulin superfamily cell adhesion molecule, is expressed in embryonic tissues and plays an important role in development through its cell adhesive activity. SC1 is also found in a variety of tumors and its expression is associated with a poor prognosis. The expressional patterns of SC1 were examined in ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Adachi K,Hagimori K,Kato H,Fukuda K,Kikuta M,Tsukamoto Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have noted benign thecoma‑fibroma tumors with positive F‑18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) accumulation mimicking malignant ovarian tumors following F‑18 FDG positron emission tomography (PET). The present study analyzed four cases with false‑positive F‑18 FDG PET/computed tomography (CT) diagnoses of thecom...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Seino H,Ono S,Miura H,Morohashi S,Wu Y,Tsushima F,Takai Y,Kijima H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus (DENV) causes self‑limiting dengue fever (DF), severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS). It is generally considered that cytokine storm leads to the increased plasma leakage characteristic of DHF/DSS. In the present study, peripheral blood m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qi Y,Li Y,Zhang L,Huang J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IQ motif containing GTPase activating protein 1 (IQGAP1) is a scaffold protein, which is aberrantly expressed in several tumor types and is closely associated with the development, metastasis and prognosis of cancer. Several studies have demonstrated that IQGAP1 has broad prospects in the basic and clinical research o...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Diao B,Liu Y,Zhang Y,Yu J,Xie J,Xu GZ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated the effects of hyperuricemia on the damage to target organs, including the kidneys, joints and the heart. However, it is unclear whether hyperuricemia results in damage to the intestines. The aim of the present study was to investigate intestinal barrier dysfunction in a mouse model ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guo Y,Li H,Liu Z,Li C,Chen Y,Jiang C,Yu Y,Tian Z

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biliary atresia (BA) is an infantile disease resulting from a severe cholangiopathy, which can obstruct extrahepatic bile ducts, disrupt bile flow and lead to end‑stage cirrhosis. The current study aimed to develop a genetic method to investigate the pathogenesis of BA. The gene expression profile of BA (GSE46967) was...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： You Z,Wen J,Cheng L,Ye H,Li B

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keloids are a skin fibrotic disease that cause a number of problems for reconstructive surgeons. MicroRNAs (miRs) are crucial for the development of keloids. The present study aimed to investigate the function of the miR‑194‑5p/nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group F member 2 (NR2F2) interactome in human keloid fibroblas...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu Q,Jiang S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purple sweet potato color (PSPC) is a natural anthocyanin pigment that is derived from purple sweet potato storage roots. PSPC possesses a variety of biological activities, including antioxidant, anti‑inflammatory and neuroprotective effects; however, the detailed effects of PSPC on high‑fat diet (HFD)‑induced neuroin...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li J,Shi Z,Mi Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate distinct metabolic features of meningiomas to distinguish them from other brain lesions using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The study was performed on 17 meningiomas, 24 high-grade gliomas and 9 metastases. Elevated signal intensity at 3.8 ppm observed in low ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kousi E,Tsougos I,Fountas K,Theodorou K,Tsolaki E,Fezoulidis I,Kapsalaki E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ZIC genes comprise a family of transcriptional factors associated with neural tube defects (NTDs) in mice and with holoprosencephaly in humans. An allelic variant of ZIC2, a CAC repeat within the first exon, was reported in association with an increased risk of non-syndromic NTDs in patients with a Hispanic ethnic...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Costa-Lima MA,Meneses HN,El-Jaick KB,Amorim MR,Castilla EE,Orioli IM

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus poses a major threat towards global heath due to a lack of effective treatment. Fluoxetine hydrochloride, a selective 5‑hydroxytryptamine reuptake inhibitor, is the most commonly used antidepressant in clinical therapy; however, the potential molecular mechanisms of fluoxetine in diabetes remain unkn...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yang H,Cao Q,Xiong X,Zhao P,Shen D,Zhang Y,Zhang N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formononetin (Form), a phytoestrogen extracted from the roots of Astragalus membranaceus, is one of the fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine because of its protective effects against certain malignant tumors. However, its role in colon carcinoma cells and the underlying molecular mechanisms have not ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang AL,Li Y,Zhao Q,Fan LQ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have reported that the Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase 2 (ROCKII) and glycogen synthase kinase‑3β (GSK)‑3β signaling pathways are involved in axonal regeneration. The present study investigated the effects of the combined application of Y27632 (a ROCKII inhibitor) and 4-benzyl-2‑m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang G,Lei F,Zhou Q,Feng D,Bai Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the effect of bisphenol A (BPA) on the EGFR-STAT3 pathway in breast cancer. We applied 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) cytotoxicity assay to the analysis of the responsiveness of MCF-7 cells to BPA. Gene expression was assayed at the transcription...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang W,Fang Y,Shi X,Zhang M,Wang X,Tan Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various studies have investigated hepatic carcinoma cachexia, however, there is little published information regarding the effect of Chinese Medicine carcinoma cachexia. The present study was performed to investigate the effect of modified Chinese herbal compound jianpijiedu (MJPJD) on a mouse model of ascites‑induced...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Sun B,Luo H,Deng L,Zhang S,Chen Z

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the effects of cinobufacini injection on the proliferation and expression of topoisomerases in human HepG-2 hepatocarcinoma cells. The cells were divided into a control group and an experimental group, in which 0.105, 0.21, 0.42 mg/l cinobufacini was injected. Cell proliferation ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu Y,Ban LY,Su X,Gao S,Liu JW,Cui XN

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Core2 β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (C2GnT) forms an N-acetylglucosamine branch in the O-glycans (core2 O-glycans) of cell surface glycoproteins. We previously revealed that the expression of C2GnT is positively correlated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer patients. However, the detailed mechanisms underl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Okamoto T,Yoneyama MS,Hatakeyama S,Mori K,Yamamoto H,Koie T,Saitoh H,Yamaya K,Funyu T,Fukuda M,Ohyama C,Tsuboi S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone injury following radiotherapy has been confirmed by epidemiological and animal studies. However, the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated and no preventive or curative solution has been identified for this bone loss. The present study aimed to investigate the irradiation‑altered osteogenesis and adipogen...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang Y,Zhu G,Wang J,Chen J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00