PGC-1α ameliorates kidney fibrosis in mice with diabetic kidney disease through an antioxidative mechanism.

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) function is essential for glucocorticoid action on various effector cells. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mRNA expression profiles of GRα and GRβ in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and examine the association between the expression levels of the GR isoforms a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Mei B,Chen Y,Liu W,Li L,Wang C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine whether pyrroloquinoline quinine (PQQ) exerts a protective effect on ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation‑induced senescence in human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and to elucidate its mechanism of action in vitro. A senescence model was constructed as follows: HDFs (1x10(4)‑1x10(6...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang C,Wen C,Lin J,Shen G

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Socheongryeong‑tang (SCRT) is a herbal formula previously used to treat pulmonary diseases primarily caused by the common cold virus, including airway inflammation, asthma and allergy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of SCRT water extract and its 13 constituent components on chemo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kim JH,Jeon WY,Lee MY,Seo CS,Lim HS,Shin HK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases. For decades, the unilateral 6‑hydroxydopamine (6‑OHDA) rat model has been employed to investigate the pathogenesis and therapy of PD. However, the behavior and associated pathological features of the model long term have not previously been...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Su RJ,Zhen JL,Wang W,Zhang JL,Zheng Y,Wang XM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate of ovarian cancer is the highest of all gynecological malignancies. Telmisartan is a commonly used clinical angiotensin receptor blocker, which has antihypertensive, anti‑inflammatory and antithrombotic effects. In the present study, it was investigated whether telmisartan could exert anticancer eff...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Pu Z,Zhu M,Kong F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis serves a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). Increasing evidence has demonstrated that paeoniflorin exerts key properties (including anticancer, anti-inflammation and neuroprotective) for clinical applications. However, the precise role of paeoniflorin in articular cartilage apoptosis re...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hu PF,Chen WP,Bao JP,Wu LD

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among females and the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding cassette E1 (ABCE1) gene is a member of the ATP‑binding cassette (ABC) family. Studies in lung cancer have shown that overexpression of ABCE1 in tumor cells promotes growth and inhibits apoptosis. However, little...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang B,Zhou H,Lang X,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermal papilla (DP) cells function as important regulators of the hair growth cycle. The loss of these cells is a primary cause of diseases characterized by hair loss, including alopecia, and evidence has revealed significantly increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in hair tissue and DP cells in the baldin...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lim KM,An S,Lee OK,Lee MJ,Lee JP,Lee KS,Lee GT,Lee KK,Bae S

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon cancer is a common malignancy worldwide and there is an urgent requirement to develop effective treatment strategies. In recent years, tumor immunotherapy has become a new method of effectively treating tumors. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell technology combines the precise targeting specificity of monocl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou Y,Wen P,Li M,Li Y,Li XA

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to provide an abundant source of specimen and to reveal the correlation between the overexpression of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor isoform uPAR (D1D2) and hepatic cell malignant transformation, the optimal liver cell culture method was selected from three cell culture methods to culture and separa...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou Y,Lǚ X,Li S,Zhan L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a minimally invasive method that provides protection by reducing injury to the heart, kidneys, brain and other tissues or organs. RIPC may improve the outcome in patients undergoing surgery. Although the role of RIPC has been studied, the results remain controversial. It is di...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Dong W,Yu P,Zhang T,Zhu C,Qi J,Liang J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to observe the effects of cyclin E gene silencing by small interfering RNA (siRNA) on the growth, proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of esophageal cancer cell lines, including EC9706, Eca109 and KYSE30, siRNA vectors targeting cyclin E gene were constructed and then tran...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang N,Li M,Zang WQ,Ma YY,Wang YY,Zhao GQ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoxyl sulfate (IS), a typical uremic toxin, is of great importance in the development of chronic kidney disease. In addition to its nephrotoxicity, previous studies have provided increasing evidence for its cardiovascular toxicity. The mechanism underlying IS‑induced cardiovascular toxicity has been elusive to date....

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tan X,Cao XS,Zhang P,Xiang FF,Teng J,Zou JZ,Ding XQ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet‑rich plasma (PRP) is a promising strategy for intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). However, the short half‑life of growth factors released from PRP cannot continuously stimulate the degenerated discs. Thus, the present study hypothesized that the combined use of PRP and bone marrow‑derived mesenchymal stem...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang SZ,Jin JY,Guo YD,Ma LY,Chang Q,Peng XG,Guo FF,Zhang HX,Hu XF,Wang C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are important in chromatin remodeling and epigenetic regulation of gene expression. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) have highly effective anti-metastatic and anti-angiogenic activity in various types of cancer, while the molecular mechanisms involved in this process are not fully un...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lu HG,Zhan W,Yan L,Qin RY,Yan YP,Yang ZJ,Liu GC,Li GQ,Wang HF,Li XL,Li Z,Gao L,Chen GQ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription intermediary factor 1γ (Tif1γ), a ubiquitous nuclear protein, is a regulator of transforming growth factor‑β (TGF‑β)/Smad signaling. Tif1γ can function as an oncogene and as a tumor suppressor. In the present study, Tif1γ levels were measured in the plasma of patients with breast cancer in order to inves...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cai F,Cai L,Zhou Z,Pan X,Wang M,Chen S,Luis MAF,Cen C,Biskup E

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longdan Xiegan Tang (LXT) is a mixture of herbal extracts commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine that may exert immunomodulatory effects for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. However, the detailed mechanisms that mediate the actions of LXT are unclear. The present study induced an experimental autoimmune uv...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tang K,Guo D,Zhang L,Guo J,Zheng F,Si J,Bi H

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin resistance is associated with a poor prognosis in non‑alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients. Isomaltulose, a naturally‑occurring disaccharide, is reported to improve glucose and lipid metabolisms in obese patients. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of isomaltulose on insulin resistanc...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kawaguchi T,Nakano D,Oriishi T,Torimura T

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumour and the second leading cause of cancer‑related death in children and adolescents. Microwave ablation has an excellent therapeutic effect on bone tumours by instantaneously increasing the temperature in the tumour; however, there is a risk of damaging the surroundin...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen L,Wang M,Lin Z,Yao M,Wang W,Cheng S,Li B,Zhang Y,Yin Q

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRN-143 (miR‑143) has been previously reported to be downregulated in specific types of cancer, including colorectal, bladder, oral squamous cell, pituitary, cervical, nasopharyngeal, lymphoma and prostate cancer. In the present study, the effects of miR-143 on prostate cancer cell migration and invasion were exam...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wu D,Huang P,Wang L,Zhou Y,Pan H,Qu P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic carcinoma is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality worldwide, although the molecular mechanisms of this disease are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to examine the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) and the epigenetic modification...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li G,Ji Y,Liu C,Li J,Zhou Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) influencing DNA repair capacity and apoptotic status may confer genetic predisposition to Philadelphia‑chromosome negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (PN‑MPNs), and influence therapeutic response and the clinical course. In the present study, whether SNPs in genes invol...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Azevedo AP,Silva SN,Reichert A,Lima F,Júnior E,Rueff J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) serve important roles in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. In order to examine the potential role of lncRNAs in NEC, the present study investigated lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles in NEC lesion...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen W,Yan X,Tian T,Yan R,Wang X,Yu Z,Li Y,Zhang L,Han S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transmembrane 7 superfamily member 2 (Tm7sf2) gene been reported to be involved in the reduced cholesterol levels of patients with large burn areas. To investigate the importance of Tm7sf2 in the burn wound healing process, a total of 10 Sprague‑Dawley rats underwent electrical burns. Blood serum was collected for...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lei N,Wang P,Meng Q

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:The present study aimed to investigate the expression and function of aquaporin (AQP)9 in the intestinal tract of acute liver injury rat models. A total of 20 Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: Normal control (NC) group and acute liver injury groups (24, 48 and 72 h). Acute liver injury rat mo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xiang T,Ge S,Wen J,Xie J,Yang L,Wu X,Cheng N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human keratinocytes are located in the outermost skin layer and thus particularly vulnerable to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation exposure. Previous studies have focused on the cellular and molecular perspectives of UVB-induced keratinocyte damage. In the present study, it was demonstrated that pretreatment with the phyto...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cha HJ,Lee GT,Lee KS,Lee KK,Hong JT,Lee NK,Kim SY,Lee BM,An IS,Hahn HJ,Ahn KJ,Lee SJ,An S,Bae S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemic injury is a major cause of death and long‑term disability worldwide that leads to neurological and behavioral deficits, and for which successful treatments are still lacking. Ras homolog family member A (RhoA) and Rho‑associated coiled‑coil containing protein kinase (ROCK) are associated with the gro...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li L,Liu B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain‑type glycogen phosphorylase (PYGB) is an enzyme that metabolizes glycogen, whose function is to provide energy for an organism in an emergency state. The present study purposed to investigate the role and mechanism of PYGB silencing on the growth and apoptosis of prostate cancer cells. A cell counting kit‑8 assa...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang Z,Han G,Liu Q,Zhang W,Wang J

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ginsenosides are responsible for diverse pharmacological properties ascribed to ginseng, a plant used in traditional medicine. Ginsenosides are classified into three categories: Protopanaxadiol, protopanaxatriol (PPT) and oleanolic acid. As an aglycone of PPT-type ginsenosides, PPT exists in two stereoisomeric forms, ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Oh SJ,Kim K,Lim CJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00