Interactions between dendritic cells and T lymphocytes in pathogenesis of nasal polyps.

abstract：:Endostatin (ES) is an endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor that has the ability to inhibit tumor growth and metastasis. However, its clinical application is limited by a number of disadvantages, such as poor stability, short half-life and the requirement of high doses to maintain its efficacy. The chemical modification o...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li ZN,Yuan ZF,Mu GY,Hu M,Cao LJ,Zhang YL,Ge MX

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression profiles of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 and microRNA (miRNA)-143 in the tumor tissue and blood samples of patients with osteosarcoma, and their involvement in the disease pathogenesis. Tumor tissue and blood samples were obtained from 46 patients with osteosarc...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Fang Y,Zhang Z,Wang Q,Zhao J

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the predictive value of glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), microalbuminuria (24 h mAlb) and serum cystatin C (Cys-C) levels on the outcome of pregnancy in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) was investigated. Samples of 144 females with GDM and 117 normal pregnant females as controls ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Jin H

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the changes in the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) were examined by Cirrus high definition-optical coherence tomography (OCT), and the correlation between the RNFL thickness and the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was evalu...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Huang H,Wei S,Qiu H,Gong Y,Li H,Dai Y,Jiang Z,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been found to be a novel prognostic biomarker in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD); however, the association between RDW and the risk of heart events in patients with CAD is yet to be fully elucidated. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine whether an elevat...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li W,Li X,Wang M,Ge X,Li F,Huang B,Peng J,Li G,Lu L,Yu Z,Ma J,Xu L,Jin M,Si H,Wan R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy due to its broad resistance to chemotherapy. Gemcitabine is used as a standard chemotherapeutic drug for PDAC treatment, either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutics. However, in patients with advanced disease, survival is rarely ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yao M,Hong Y,Liu Y,Chen W,Wang W

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clobetasol propionate (Clo) is a potent topical glucocorticoid and a potential remyelinating agent that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, the effect of Clo on neural stem cells (NSCs) remains largely unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Clo on the di...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Shi W,Bi S,Dai Y,Yang K,Zhao Y,Zhang Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A severe immune response in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause a potentially lethal unconstrained inflammatory cytokine storm, known as cytokine release syndrome (CRS). The present study provides an overview of the biology underlying CRS and how targeted inhibition of interleukin (IL)-6 signal...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Chen JJ,Zhang LN,Hou H,Xu L,Ji K

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a strategy to prevent the well-known immunosuppressant effects of cyclophosphamide (CY), the immunomodulatory activity of the polysaccharide isolated from Urtica macrorrhiza Hand.-Mazz. (UMHMPS) was investigated in the present study. The chemical properties of UMHMPS, including total carbohydrates, uronic acid, pro...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Z,Li Y,Wang C,Xia H,Liang Y,Li Z

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the roles of matrix metalloproteinase 14 (MMP-14) in corneal inflammatory lymphangiogenesis. The expression of MMP-14 in vivo was detected by immunohistochemistry, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and western blot assays, under vario...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Du HT,Liu P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gardenia fruit has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years. A previous study by the present authors indicated that the ethanol extract of gardenia fruits (EEG) primarily contains eight constituents. In the present study, the potential effects of EEG on unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO)-ind...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li X,Ma M,Zhang X,Deng L,Wang Y,Bian Z,Cai S,Peng B,Yang J,Chen Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there has been progress moving from a 'one-size-fits-all' cytotoxic approach to personalized molecular medicine, the majority of patients with cancer receive chemotherapy using cytotoxic anticancer drugs. The sequencing analysis of 409 genes associated with cancer was conducted in the present study using 59 D...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Udagawa C,Sasaki Y,Suemizu H,Ohnishi Y,Ohnishi H,Tokino T,Zembutsu H

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive neoplasm, with severe metastatic potential. microRNAs represent a class of endogenously expressed, small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression. As a consequence, the translation of these mRNAs is inhibited or they are destabilized resulting in downregulation of the enc...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yamazaki H,Chijiwa T,Inoue Y,Abe Y,Suemizu H,Kawai K,Wakui M,Furukawa D,Mukai M,Kuwao S,Saegusa M,Nakamura M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is a major cause of dry eye, and the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the differences between dry eye patients with MGD and controls using a novel noninvasive ocular surface analyzer. A total of 33 dry eye patients with MGD and 31 controls were enrolled in the present stud...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Qi Y,Zhang C,Zhao S,Huang Y,Yang R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin is a darkness hormone secreted by the pineal gland, which serves a role in idiopathic oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (iOAT). The present study aimed to evaluate the seminal plasma and serum melatonin levels of 50 patients with iOAT and 50 normal fertile controls and the effects of exposure to light at night on...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： H Hassan M,A El-Taieb M,N Fares N,M Fayed H,Toghan R,M Ibrahim H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extramedullary T-lymphoblastic blast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is uncommon and the prognosis is poor. It was usually misdiagnosed as the co-existence of T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) and CML. In the present study, we report a patient with CML, who developed extramedullary T-lymphoblastic blast cr...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zeng DF,Chang C,Li JP,Kong PY,Zhang X,Gao L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we analyzed schizophrenia (SCZ)-related genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify genes and pathways associated with SCZ. We identified 1,098 common genes (1,098/9,468) and 20 shared KEGG pathways (both P<0.01) by integrating candidate genes from the European and American SCZ-related GWA...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Z,Li P,Wu T,Zhu S,Deng L,Cui G

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) are a useful source of stem cells for the treatment of various brain injury diseases due to their abundant supply and fewer ethical problems compared with transplant treatment. However, the clinical application of MSCs is limited due to allograft rejection and immunosuppression in the ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yuan FY,Zhang MX,Shi YH,Li MH,Ou JY,Bai WF,Zhang MS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present investigation explored the in vitro culture, isolation and characterization of hair follicle cell differentiation from umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Flow cytometry was used to obtain MSCs from the isolation and purification of human umbilical cord blood MSCs. Culture suspension of hai...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Bu ZY,Wu LM,Yu XH,Zhong JB,Yang P,Chen J

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic value of detection of serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG) and Chlamydia trachomatis immunoglobulin G (CT-IgG) combined with transvaginal ultrasonography in early tubal pregnancy was investigated. A total of 55 patients with early tubal pregnancy were selected as the tubal pregnancy group, while...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xin H,Liu W,Li P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts using FLUENCY expanded polytetraf luoroethylene (PTFE)-covered stents and the effect on the patency rate. A total of 114 cirrhotic patients who were treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TI...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wu Q,Jiang J,He Y,Jiang T,Zhou S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficiency of ciliary sulcus implantation of intraocular lens (IOL) in patients that had undergone manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) complicated by large posterior capsule rupture (LPCR). A total of 11 eyes taken from 11 patients in Brazzaville, Republic ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhao J,Yu J,Wang T,Mban B

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of microRNAs serves a crucial role in the chemosensitivity to cisplatin (DDP) in ovarian cancer (OVC). The abnormal expression of microRNA (miR)-654-3p has been reported in several types of human cancer. However, the association between miR-654-3p and cisplatin resistance in human OVC remains unclear. Th...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Niu YC,Tong J,Shi XF,Zhang T

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to screen for biomarkers of Parkinson's disease (PD) using proteomics and bioinformatics approaches. PD patients were divided into three groups: Those without surgery (PD1 group); those who had undergone deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery without electrode stimulation (PD2 group); an...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Dong W,Qiu C,Gong D,Jiang X,Liu W,Liu W,Zhang L,Zhang W

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents a systematic analysis of the literature regarding the pachychoroid disease spectrum nomenclature, diagnosis criteria and therapeutic options. Pachychoroid related diseases are a new concept, introduced into the ophthalmological nomenclature in 2013 and evolving both as concept and as classificatio...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Moraru AD,Costin D,Moraru RL,Costuleanu M,Brănișteanu DC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was conducted to evaluate the relationship between the blood lactic acid (BLA) level, serum procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and the severity and prognosis of neonatal sepsis. A retrospective analysis was conducted on 90 children with sepsis admitted into the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hub...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Jia Y,Wang Y,Yu X

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are a class of steroid hormones commonly used for the treatment of hematological malignancies due to their ability to induce apoptosis in lymphoid cells. An understanding of the critical steps in glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis is required to identify sources of drug resistance. Previously, we found t...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Tome ME,Lee K,Jaramillo MC,Briehl MM

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collecting duct carcinoma (CDC), which is also known as Bellini duct carcinoma, accounts for less than 1% of all renal cell carcinoma, which has a poor prognosis. Predominantly, clinicians recognize this disease due to past experience and case reports, and a standard treatment is yet to be established. The present cas...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhu L,Wang Z,Pan C,Peng R,Wei X,Zhong Z

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CGA-N46 is a novel antifungal peptide derived from the N-terminus of human Chromogranin A, corresponding to the 31st to 76th amino acids. Further research on its activities and characteristics may be helpful for the application of CGA-N46 in medical or other situations. In the present study, the antifungal spectrum an...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li RF,Lu YL,Lu YB,Zhang HR,Huang L,Yin Y,Zhang L,Liu S,Lu Z,Sun Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of decorin (DCN) on the proliferation of human hepatoma HepG2 cells and the involvement of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling pathway. A vector containing DCN was transfected into HepG2 cells with the use of Lipofectamine 2000. Cell proliferation ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Liu Y,Wang X,Wang Z,Ju W,Wang D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00