Glycosphingolipid GM3 is Indispensable for Dengue Virus Genome Replication.

abstract：:In order to find a blood host and to select appropriate oviposition sites female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes rely on olfactory cues which are sensed by olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) located within morphologically different sensilla hairs. While the sharp type trichoid sensilla are most abundant and intensely studi...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Schultze A,Breer H,Krieger J

更新日期：2014-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is considered the most common type of primary malignant bone tumor, which has an urgent need for more effective treatment. Recently, chitinase 3 like 1 (Chi3L1) expression has been found in a variety of cancer cells. However it is not known whether Chi3L1 regulates the STAT3 pathway in OS cells. Here...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Park KR,Yun HM,Hong JT

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one of the most ominous malignancies, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage, owing to its aggressive invasion and metastatic spread. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that Rictor, as a unique component of the mTORC2, plays a role in cell migration, as it is dysregulated in var...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Dong X,Feng M,Yang H,Liu H,Guo H,Gao X,Liu Y,Liu R,Zhang N,Chen R,Kong R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal injury (TI) with septic complications continues to be a serious clinical problem. One of the main concerns in such patients is immunosuppression related to functional derangements in intestinal CD4+ T lymphocytes. Extensive previous studies in thermal injury/septic patients and animal models of thermal injury/...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Fazal N,Al-Ghoul WM

更新日期：2007-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid tumors consist of various types of stromal cells in addition to cancer cells. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a major component of the tumor stroma and play an essential role in tumor progression and metastasis in a variety of malignancies, including gastric cancer. However, the effects of CAFs on gastr...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Xu G,Zhang B,Ye J,Cao S,Shi J,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Sang J,Yao Y,Guan W,Tao J,Feng M,Zhang W

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The mineralization-front theory is historically rooted in mineralization research fields for many decades. This theory is widely used to describe mineralization events in both osteogenesis and dentinogenesis. However, this model does not provide enough evidence to explain how minerals are propagated from the pulp-end ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li C,Jing Y,Wang K,Ren Y,Liu X,Wang X,Wang Z,Zhao H,Feng JQ

更新日期：2018-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma is an aggressive form of skin cancer characterized by rapid invasion and metastasis. CD147 is known to be functioning in cell invasion. In this study, we showed that CD147 was translocated from the cell membrane to the mitochondria in advanced melanoma. Melanoma patients with CD147 localized to the mitochondr...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Lu L,Zhang J,Gan P,Wu L,Zhang X,Peng C,Zhou J,Chen X,Su J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic landscape of pancreatic cancer shows nearly ubiquitous mutations of K-RAS. However, oncogenic K-Ras(mt) alone is not sufficient to lead to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in either human or in genetically modified adult mouse models. Many stimulants, such as high fat diet, CCK, LPS, PGE2 and others...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Logsdon CD,Lu W

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The monitoring and management of blood glucose concentration are standard practices in critical settings as hyperglycaemia has been shown close association with poorer outcomes. Several meta-analyses have revealed that intensive glucose control has no benefit in decreasing short-term mortality among critic...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yao RQ,Ren C,Wu GS,Zhu YB,Xia ZF,Yao YM

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a transcription factor that is activated by many cytokines and growth factors and plays a key role in cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. STAT3 activation is detected virtually in all rodent models of liver injury and in human liver diseases....

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang H,Lafdil F,Kong X,Gao B

更新日期：2011-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a common inflammatory factor, which involves in various non-specific pathological processes of inflammation. It has been found that increased endothelial permeability accompanied with high expression of IL-8 at site of injured endothelium and atherosclerotic plaque at early stages, suggesting t...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yu H,Huang X,Ma Y,Gao M,Wang O,Gao T,Shen Y,Liu X

更新日期：2013-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes mediate cell-cell crosstalk in cancer progression by transferring their molecular cargos, including long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). Metastasis‑associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) is a well-known lncRNA associated with cancer angiogenesis and metastasis. However, the presence of MALAT1 in exoso...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Qiu JJ,Lin XJ,Tang XY,Zheng TT,Lin YY,Hua KQ

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cause of death in women throughout the world. Although microRNAs (miRNAs) have been identified as novel regulators in carcinogenesis, there are still abundant hidden treasure needed to be excavated. In the present study, we found that miR-519d expression was remarkably decreased i...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Chu C,Liu X,Bai X,Zhao T,Wang M,Xu R,Li M,Hu Y,Li W,Yang L,Qin Y,Yang M,Yan C,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Small synthetic compounds have been implicated in treatment of human cancers. We have synthesized a small compound, BPR1K0609S1 (hereafter, BP), which inhibits Aurora-A kinase. In the present study, we studied the mechanism of BP suppression of tumorigenesis induced by Aurora-A. Given our previous results that inactiv...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Shionome Y,Lin WH,Shiao HY,Hsieh HP,Hsu JT,Ouchi T

更新日期：2013-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Odor-detection in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae involves large families of diverse proteins, including multiple odorant binding proteins (AgOBPs) and olfactory receptors (AgORs). The receptors AgOR1 and AgOR2, as well as the binding protein AgOBP1, have been implicated in the recognition of human host odors. ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Schymura D,Forstner M,Schultze A,Kröber T,Swevers L,Iatrou K,Krieger J

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a group of enveloped, single-stranded positive genomic RNA viruses and some of them are known to cause severe respiratory diseases in human, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and the ongoing coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). One key el...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang N,Shen HM

更新日期：2020-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The powerful pro-angiogenic capacity of human amnion-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs) could be a valuable therapeutic angiogenesis strategy for bone regeneration. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this process remain largely unknown. Herein, we report upregulated expression of circular RNA 100290 (ci...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Tang Z,Wu X,Hu L,Xiao Y,Tan J,Zuo S,Shen M,Yuan X

更新日期：2020-05-18 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：:Perturbation in lipid homeostasis is one of the major bottlenecks in metabolic diseases, especially Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), which has emerged as a leading global cause of chronic liver disease. The bile acids (BAs) and their derivatives exert a variety of metabolic effects through complex and intert...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kumari A,Pal Pathak D,Asthana S

更新日期：2020-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The p38 MAPK kinase pathway is activated in response to a wide range of cellular stress stimuli and cytokines. Our understanding of the important functions of p38 MAPK in the process of differentiation and cell death has grown considerably in the recent years and is now relatively established. Here we discuss the role...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Thornton TM,Rincon M

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：:Ovarian cancer is the fifth common cause of death in woman worldwide. The tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins consist of more than 70 known protein members. Studies have showed that TRIM proteins are involved in cancer and play important roles in cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion and metastasis. R...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang Y,Zhou Z,Wang X,Zhang X,Chen Y,Bai J,Di W

更新日期：2018-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Background and aim: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are capable of impacting tumor progression but its role in tumor stroma remodeling still remains unclear. This present study was aimed to evaluate the potential function of MSCs on tumor stroma remodeling using rabbits VX2 bladder tumor model. Methods: The VX2 bladder ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Chen J,Ma L,Zhang N,Zhu Y,Zhang K,Xu Z,Wang Q

更新日期：2018-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small, non-coding regulatory RNAs that regulate gene expression by guiding target mRNA cleavage or translational inhibition in plants and animals. At present there is relatively little information regarding the role of miRNAs in the response to drought stress in maize. In this study, ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Sheng L,Chai W,Gong X,Zhou L,Cai R,Li X,Zhao Y,Jiang H,Cheng B

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydropyrimidinase-related protein 4 (Dpysl4) is a known regulator of hippocampal neuron development. Here, we report that Dpysl4 is involved in growth regulation, polarization and differentiation of dental epithelial cells during tooth germ morphogenesis. A reduction in Dpysl4 gene expression in the tooth germ produ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yasukawa M,Ishida K,Yuge Y,Hanaoka M,Minami Y,Ogawa M,Sasaki T,Saito M,Tsuji T

更新日期：2013-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) is a critical component of the non-homologous end-joining pathway of DNA double-stranded break repair. DNA-PKcs has also been shown recently functioning in mitotic regulation. Here, we report that DNA-PKcs negatively regulates the stability of Cyclin B1 ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Shang ZF,Tan W,Liu XD,Yu L,Li B,Li M,Song M,Wang Y,Xiao BB,Zhong CG,Guan H,Zhou PK

更新日期：2015-07-14 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：: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：: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