Inhibition of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase attenuates high glucose‑induced vascular smooth muscle cells proliferation.

abstract：:NOP2/Sun domain family member 2 (NSUN2) is upregulated in numerous types of tumors and may be implicated in multiple biological processes, including cell proliferation, migration and human tumorigenesis. However, little is known about how NSUN2 serves a role in these processes. In the present study, expression profile...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Sun Z,Xue S,Xu H,Hu X,Chen S,Yang Z,Yang Y,Ouyang J,Cui H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to test whether 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20‑HETE) affected neddylation modification of E3‑ligase Nedd4‑2 (neural precursor cell expressed, developmentally down‑regulated 4‑like, E3 ubiquitin protein ligase). A cytochrome P450 family 4 subfamily F member 2 (CYP4F2) transgenic mouse model...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhao J,Zhang B,Lai G,Xu R,Chu G,Zhao Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNA 21 (miRNA‑21) promotes the development of cardiac fibrosis, hypertrophy and heart failure. However, whether it can be used as a biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure remains unclear. The current study assessed circulating miRNA‑21 as a viable indicator for diagnosis and prognosis of heart...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang J,Xing Q,Zhou X,Li J,Li Y,Zhang L,Zhou Q,Tang B

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporins (AQPs) are known to be important in cancer progression. The present study used a cDNA microarray to demonstrate that AQP3, a member of the AQP family, was overexpressed in prostate cancer cells. In order to determine the role of AQP3 in prostate cancer, AQP3 expression was silenced by transfection with smal...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen J,Wang Z,Xu D,Liu Y,Gao Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptor (RAGE) has been demonstrated to be an important mediator of asthma pathogenesis. The soluble isoform of RAGE (sRAGE) acts as a 'decoy' to sequester RAGE ligands, and thus prevents their binding to the receptor. A number of reports have linked deficiency of sRAGE...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lyu Y,Zhao H,Ye Y,Liu L,Zhu S,Xia Y,Zou F,Cai S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction and impaired endothelial regenerative capacity are key contributors to the high incidence of cardiovascular disease in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Uremic toxins are associated with this pathogenesis. Previous studies have revealed that a uremic toxin, para‑cresol (p‑cresol), exe...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Pan L,Ye X,Ding J,Zhou Y

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the resident macrophages of the brain's innate immune system, microglial cells are key modulators in the neurodegenerative disease Alzheimer's disease (AD). In particular, the activation and accumulation of microglial cells around amyloid plaques is considered to result in chronic neuroinflammation. Although the pa...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen PL,Wang WJ,Rao YQ,Li J,Cheng MJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the changes of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. In this study, the gene expression of interleukins and the balance of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of PE patients and controls were investigated. A total of 20 ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Duan Q,Lv W,Wang L,Gong Z,Wang Q,Song H,Wang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin can be infected by many types of microorganisms, most commonly by gram‑positive strains of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp. Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) infections, particularly that of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a challenge in clinical practice. Ozone therapy ha...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Song M,Zeng Q,Xiang Y,Gao L,Huang J,Huang J,Wu K,Lu J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a highly conserved pathway that permits recycling of nutrients within the cell and is rapidly upregulated during starvation or cell stress. Autophagy has been implicated in the pathophysiological process of warm ischemia‑reperfusion injury in the rat lung. Cold ischemia (CI) preservation for lung transpla...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen X,Wu JX,You XJ,Zhu HW,Wei JL,Xu MY

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutive photomorphogenic 1 (COP1) belongs to the COP‑de-etiolated (DET)‑fusca (FUS) protein family and has been demonstrated to suppress prostate adenocarcinomas and other types of tumor, such as liver and gastric cancer. The present study investigated the expression of COP1 and its downstream factor, ets variant...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ta L,Xuan C,Xing N,Zhu X

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis is frequently accompanied by malnutrition and hypoalbuminemia, which in turn commonly induces ascites in patients with liver cirrhosis. Ascites leads to abdominal distention and appetite loss, resulting in a deteriorated quality of life (QOL). Administration of branched-chain amino acid (BCAA)-rich sup...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Itou M,Kawaguchi T,Taniguchi E,Oku Y,Fukushima N,Ando E,Oriishi T,Uchida Y,Otsuka M,Tanaka S,Iwasaki S,Torii M,Yoshida K,Adachi Y,Suga M,Yoshiyama M,Ibi R,Akiyama Y,Takakura M,Mitsuyama K,Tsuruta O,Sata M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non‑alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common fatty liver disease in developed countries, in which fat accumulation in the liver is induced by non‑alcoholic factors. The present study was conducted to identify NAFLD‑associated long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs), mRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs). The microarray ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wu H,Song X,Ling Y,Zhou J,Tao Z,Shen Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is by far the most common cause of end‑stage renal disease (ESRD) in industrial countries, accounting for ~45% of all new ESRD cases in the United States. Grape seed proanthocyanidin extracts (GSPE) are powerful antioxidants, with an antioxidant ability 50‑fold greater than that of vitamin E ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Gao Z,Liu G,Hu Z,Shi W,Chen B,Zou P,Li X

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anthrax lethal factor (LF) is a zinc dependent metalloproteinase that cleaves the majority of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases and a member of NOD-like receptor proteins, inducing cell apoptosis. Despite efforts to fully understand the Bacillus anthracis toxin components, the gastrointestinal (GI) anthrax ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cardona-Correa A,Rios-Velazquez C

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroacupuncture (EA) has been documented as a form of therapy for chronic sinusitis (CRS). The present study aimed to assess the effects of EA combined with interleukin‑10 (IL‑10) overexpression on CRS in mice, and to investigate the associated mechanisms. A mouse model of CRS was established by the administration ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou L,Hong J,Wan Z,Lu X,Shao Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that calcium channel blockers have protective effects on damaged brains. In the present study, the protective effect of the calcium channel blocker nicardipine against rotenone‑induced apoptosis in SH‑SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells was investigated...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Park HJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are frequently dysregulated in human cancer and can act as either potent oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. The aberrant expression of miRNA‑409 (miR‑409) has been found in certain types of cancer, however, its expression and potential biological role in endometrial cancer remain to be fully eluci...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang C,Wang B,Wu L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of high mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1), which is expressed in the serum of patients with sepsis, on vascular endothelial permeability. Sera from patients with sepsis were used to treat endothelial cells (ECs), and the effect on endothelial permeability was...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zheng YJ,Xu WP,Ding G,Gao YH,Wang HR,Pan SM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP), one of the alkaloids isolated from the Chinese herb Chuanxiong, on the proliferation and migration of brain endothelial cells. A different dosage of TMP was employed to stimulate the mouse microvascular cell line bEnd.3 in vitro. TM...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang M,Gao F,Teng F,Zhang C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, accumulating evidence has demonstrated that microRNAs (miRs, miRNAs) may serve an important role in the occurrence and development of tumors. miR‑23a‑5p has been confirmed as an oncogene in numerous diseases through gene chip analysis. However, as the most common type of renal tumor, the expression an...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Quan J,Jin L,Pan X,He T,Lai Y,Chen P,Lin C,Yang S,Zeng H,Lai Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that metformin (Met) may reduce the risk of cancer development. In the present study, the anti-cancer effects of Met in A498 cells were investigated. It was found that Met inhibited A498 cell proliferation in a time- and dose-dependent manner, as well as induced the activation of AMP...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Fang Z,Xu X,Zhou Z,Xu Z,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactate is an important metabolite in cellular metabolism and fluctuates in certain disease conditions including cancer and immune diseases. It was hypothesized that a decrease in lactate would modulate the inflammatory response elicited by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in macrophages. When RAW 264.7 macrophages were trea...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Song YJ,Kim A,Kim GT,Yu HY,Lee ES,Park MJ,Kim YJ,Shim SM,Park TS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrine is a widely used Chinese herbal medicine that has historically been used in the treatment of inflammation and cancer. However, the antimetastatic effects and associated molecular mechanisms of matrine on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remain to be elucidated. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to as...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Sun B,Xu M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caudal type homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2) is important in intestinal cell fate specification and multiple lines of evidence have substantiated that CDX2 is important in carcinogenesis of the digestive tract. The CDX2 regulatory network is intricate and remains to be fully elucidated in gastric cancer. The aim...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wei W,Li L,Wang X,Yan L,Cao W,Zhan Z,Zhang X,Yu H,Xie Y,Xiao Q

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic iron overload may result in hepatic fibrosis and even neoplastic transformation due to a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondria have been proposed to be important in the production of ROS. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPT...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu D,He H,Yin D,Que A,Tang L,Liao Z,Huang Q,He M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated plasma homocysteine (Hcy), known as hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy), is an independent risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases. Hcy, even at a low concentration, can promote free radical formation and increase oxidative stress, leading to neuronal death, which may be an important mechanism underlying the patho...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tian X,Gong L,Jin A,Wang Y,Zhou X,Tan Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride intracellular channel 1 (CLIC1) has been demonstrated to be overexpressed in gastric cancer, and elevated CLIC1 expression levels are markedly associated with the processes of tumor cell migration and invasion. However, the regulatory mechanism and signaling pathway underlying these processes have remained to...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhao W,Lu M,Zhang Q

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN acts as a phosphatidylinositol phosphatase with a possible role in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway. Mutations in PTEN are frequent and their presence is associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer, which is the most common type of non-cutaneous malignancy in females. Delivery of the tumor...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yu X,Xu Z,Lei J,Li T,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA is the active compound isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza bunge, which is a traditional Chinese medicine known as Danshen. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of Tanshinone IIA on the regulation of lipid metabolism in the livers of hyperlipidemic rats and the underlying molecular events...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jia L,Song N,Yang G,Ma Y,Li X,Lu R,Cao H,Zhang N,Zhu M,Wang J,Leng X,Cao Y,Du Y,Xu Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00