Role of hypoxia‑mediated cellular prion protein functional change in stem cells and potential application in angiogenesis (Review).

abstract：:In contrast with mature brain‑derived neurotrophic factor (mBDNF), proBDNF induces cell apoptosis. However, the function of proBDNF in oligodendrocytes remains unclear. In the present study, the OLN‑93 oligodendroglia cell line was utilized as an in vitro model to analyse the functions of proBDNF in oligodendroglia. p...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu S,Guo W,Zhou H,Tang L,Feng S,Zhong JH,Zhou XF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non‑alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a common clinicopathological condition. Currently, the pathogenesis of NASH remains unknown, and no optimal therapy option currently exists. It has previously been demonstrated that diallyl disulfide (DADS) was capable of attenuating liver dysfunction, as DADS supplementation ha...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang N,Wang Y,Zhang J,Liu B,Li G,Xin S,Xu K

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the role of microRNA (miR)‑146a in a diabetic nephropathy (DN) model, and its molecular mechanism. DN mice were given intraperitoneal injections of streptozotocin (55 mg/kg/day) for 5 consecutive days as an in vivo DN model. The HK‑2 human kidney cell line were exposed to 45% D‑glucose a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wan RJ,Li YH

更新日期：2018-03-01 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

abstract：:Astragaloside is a saponin widely used in traditional Chinese medicine and has been reported to be a potent multidrug resistance (MDR) reversal agent. The present study investigated the role of astragaloside Ⅳ (ASIV) in the regulation of P-glycoprotein (P-gp, encoded by the mdr1 gene) and its effect on the reversal of...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang PP,Xu DJ,Huang C,Wang WP,Xu WK

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Senescence is a result of cellular stress and is a potential mechanism for regulating cancer. As a member of the mitogen‑activated protein kinase family, ERK1/2 (extracellular signal‑regulated protein kinase) has an important role in delivering extracellular signals to the nucleus, and these signals regulate the cell ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zou J,Lei T,Guo P,Yu J,Xu Q,Luo Y,Ke R,Huang D

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Obesity is a confirmed risk factor for hyperlipidemia, type‑II diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. MicroRNAs (miRs) have emerged as an important field of study within energy metabolism and obesity. A previous study demonstrated miR‑1275 to be markedly down‑regulated during maturation of human preadipoc...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou YF,Fu ZY,Chen XH,Cui Y,Ji CB,Guo XR

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoleamine 2,3‑dioxygenase (IDO), through L‑tryptophan depletion, activates general control non‑derepressible (GCN) 2 kinase and suppresses T‑cell proliferation, in addition to suppressing aerobic glycolysis and glutaminolysis, which are required for these rapidly proliferating cells. A number of, however not all of ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Eleftheriadis T,Pissas G,Antoniadi G,Tsogka K,Sounidaki M,Liakopoulos V,Stefanidis I

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues are likely to exert cardioprotective effects via balancing the energy metabolism in cardiomyocytes following ischemic or hypoxic insults. The present study aimed to explore the protective effects and mechanism of exendin-4, a GLP-1 analogue, on cardiomyocyte glucose uptake usi...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lu K,Chang G,Ye L,Zhang P,Li Y,Zhang D

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the results of the first genome-wide association study of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) may serve an important role. However, a number of case-control studies have not been able to replicate this result using the same genetic markers. In the present study, the...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang X,Ma J,Ma J,Wen Y,Meng L,Yang H,Zhang R,Hao D

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgens are essential for the development of the prostate and prostate cancer. We examined androgen-regulated gene expression in the human prostate. Samples from benign and malignant prostate tissue and samples containing prostate tissue obtained from prostate cancer patients thre...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Vaarala MH,Hirvikoski P,Kauppila S,Paavonen TK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of tumor biomarkers to support early diagnosis and tumor progression monitoring may potentially reduce the mortality of gastric cancer (GC). The present study aimed to detect novel tumor‑associated antigens from the AGS GC cell line, and to identify their associated autoantibodies in sera from patie...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu XX,Ye H,Wang P,Zhang Y,Zhang JY

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibrosis is one of the pathological characteristics of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DbCM). Matrine treatment has proven to be effective in cases of organ fibrosis and cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, the anti-fibrosis-associated cardioprotective effects of matrine on DbCM were investigated. Rats with...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang Y,Cui L,Guan G,Wang J,Qiu C,Yang T,Guo Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is the most common type of malignant bone tumor in children and adolescents. Numerous patients are unable to be cured due to the development of resistance of the osteosarcoma cells to chemotherapeutic drugs. Therefore, reversion of drug resistance is urgently required for the treatment of osteosarcoma. Ar...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Feng T,Qiao G,Feng L,Qi W,Huang Y,Yao Y,Shen Z

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung adenocarcinoma (AC) is one of the most deadly malignancies. The disease has a low five-year survival rate; therefore, the identification of novel therapeutic agents is required. This study aimed to investigate the effect of small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting hypoxia‑inducible factor 1α (HIF‑1α) on the growth...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liao HY,Wang GP,Huang SH,Li Y,Cai SW,Zhang J,Chen HG,Wu WB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adoptive transfer of bone marrow‑derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) significantly alleviates smoking‑induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in rats. Considering the critical roles of T cells during COPD development, the present study aimed to further identify the molecular mechanisms underlying the a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li X,Xu J,Li P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation contributes to acute pulmonary embolism (APE). However, the contributions of the extracellular signal‑regulated protein kinases (ERK) and phosphoinositide 3 kinase/protein kinase B (PI3K/Akt) signaling pathways have not yet been elucidated. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of aspirin on ER...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang L,Wu J,Zhang W,Zhi Y,Wu Y,Jiang R,Yang R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) is caused by the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is characterized by gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, and dementia. iNPH dementia is treatable by shunt operation; however, since the cognitive symptoms of iNPH are often similar to those of other demen...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Nagata Y,Bundo M,Sugiura S,Kamita M,Ono M,Hattori K,Yoshida S,Goto YI,Urakami K,Niida S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of acetylpuerarin treatment following oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (OGD/R) were examined in rat hippocampal neurons in vitro and compared with the effects of acetylpuerarin in normoxic cells to confirm acetylpuerarin's potential neuroprotective effects, including apoptosis inhibition. Wistar rat ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu DM,Wang ZH,Liu L,Zhang XM,Lou FL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon cancer is characterized by invasion and migration. DNA methylation of CpG islands in tumor suppressor genes is considered to be an epigenetic mechanism underlying cancer development. Epigenetic silencing of a gene may be reversed by drugs, including genistein. The present study aimed to determine the effect of g...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhu J,Ren J,Tang L

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is a group of progressive optic neuropathies that have in common characteristic optic nerve head changes, loss of retinal ganglion cells and visual field defects. Among the large family of glaucomas, primary open‑angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most common type, a complex and heterogeneous disorder with environm...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Trivli A,Zervou MI,Goulielmos GN,Spandidos DA,Detorakis ET

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hyper-responsiveness of plasma cortisol to vasopressin has been reported in patients with ACTH-independent bilateral macronodular adrenocortical hyperplasia (AIMAH) and in certain cases of Cushing's adenomas with overexpression of V1a receptors in the adrenal gland. We previously reported a high prevalence of the ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Suzuki S,Uchida D,Koide H,Suyama K,Tanaka T,Noguchi Y,Saito Y,Tatsuno I

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroacupuncture (EA), a traditional Chinese therapeutic technique, is considered an effective method for treating certain painful neuropathies induced by various neuropathological damage. The current study investigated the effect of EA on intrathecal (IT) morphine‑induced hyperalgesia (MIH) and examined the hypothe...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zheng Y,Yu Y,Xie K,Yuan Y,Chen Y,Wang C,Wang G,Yu Y

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adults, bone hematopoietic cells are responsible for the lifelong production of all blood cells. It is affected in aging, with progressive loss of physiological integrity leading to impaired function by cellular intrinsic and extrinsic factors. However, intervention measures, which directly inhibit the aging of hem...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou Y,Liu J,Cai S,Liu D,Jiang R,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：: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：:DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation are the most common epigenetic modifications associated with the cell cycle and the inflammatory response. The present study aimed to investigate the role of 5‑hydroxymethyl‑cytosine (5‑hmC) and ten‑eleven translocation‑2 (TET2) in keratinocytes. Following TET2 knockdown, dot blo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu X,Wang X,Liu N,Zhu K,Zhang S,Duan X,Huang Y,Jin Z,Jaypaul H,Wu Y,Chen H

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibrosis is considered an important pathological mechanism in the progression of cardiac remodeling and heart failure. Astragaloside IV (AsIV) is a major active ingredient in Astragalus membranaceus. In a preliminary experiment, it was demonstrated that this naturally occurring substance exhibited cardioprotec...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Dai H,Jia G,Lu M,Liang C,Wang Y,Wang H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00