Berberine Alleviates Amyloid-beta Pathogenesis Via Activating LKB1/AMPK Signaling in the Brain of APP/PS1 Transgenic Mice.

abstract：:Most lysosomal storage diseases (LSD) exhibit neurological symptoms and there has been limited success in their treatment. Innovative treatments employing novel therapy or gene therapy may offer the prospect of improvement. Recent attempts to treat the neurological forms of LSD include neural stem cell therapy, mesenc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Eto Y,Ohashi T

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conformational or misfolding diseases are a large class of devastating human disorders associated with protein misfolding and aggregation. Most conformational diseases are caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, suggesting that spontaneous events can destabilize the protein involved in the pathol...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cardinale A,Biocca S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several species of kinetoplastid protozoa cause major human infectious diseases. Trypanosoma cruzi is responsible for the fatal Chagas disease in large parts of South America, the various species of Leishmania cause a number of different human diseases with millions of patients world-wide, and the African trypanosome ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Seebeck T,Schaub R,Johner A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen is a branched polymer of glucose which serves as a reservoir of glucose units. The two largest deposits in mammals are in the liver and skeletal muscle but many cells are capable synthesizing glycogen. Its accumulation and utilization are under elaborate controls involving primarily covalent phosphorylation a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Roach PJ

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract: The study of genetic alterations in tumors and their precursor lesions is often hampered by the presence of a heterogeneous background of non-neoplastic elements such as stromal cells, inflammatory cells, and angiogenic elements. Microdissection involves the extraction of specific populations of cells under ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Maitra A,Wistuba II,Gazdar AF

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the leading causes of blindness in the working population worldwide. Vascular leakage, angiogenesis and neuronal degeneration are key features of DR. Current effective interventions for DR include treatment of systemic risk factors such as elevated blood glucose, blood pressure and ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang X,Wang N,Schachat AP,Bao S,Gillies MC

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is aging and we must face the challenges that this brings. One of the reasons for the increasing aging of the world's population is the increase in life expectancy and, since we live longer, it is of paramount importance to live well and to prevent age-associated diseases. In this way, it is crucial to impro...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Magalhaes S,Goodfellow BJ,Nunes A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein serine/threonine phosphatase-1 (PP-1) is one of the key enzymes responsible for dephosphorylation in vertebrates. Protein dephosphorylation via PP-1 is implicated in many different biological processes including gene expression, cell cycle control, transformation, neuronal transmission, apoptosis, autophage an...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu WB,Yan Q,Liu FY,Tang XC,Chen HG,Liu J,Nie L,Zhang XW,Ji WK,Hu XH,Hu WF,Woodward Z,Wu KL,Wu MX,Liu XL,Luo LX,Yu MB,Liu YZ,Liu SJ,Li DW

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by low bone mineral density. Vitamin D metabolism may play a pivotal role in its pathophysiology. OBJECTIVES:To determine the association between Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and bone density, as well as its relation to biochemical markers o...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Taha IM,Allah AMA,El Tarhouny S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After several years of controversy, antibodies (Abs) are now believed to play an important role in the protection against fungal infections. Among them, recent data are strongly supporting the relevance of protective yeast killer toxin-like Abs ("antibiobodies", KT-Abs), which are able to exert a direct microbicidal a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Magliani W,Conti S,Frazzi R,Ravanetti L,Maffei DL,Polonelli L

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is an important human pathogen, which is the cause of a tick-borne illness occurring in many areas of Africa, Asia, and Europe. CCHF is characterized by a sudden onset of high fever, chills, and severe headache. Other symptoms can include gastrointestinal disorders, such a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Flick R,Whitehouse CA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the clinical validation of molecular targeted therapies inhibiting the action of pathogenic tyrosine kinase (TK) has been one of the most exciting developments in cancer research. In this context, medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) represents a promising model. It is well known that in MTC, the RET rec...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Torino F,Paragliola RM,Barnabei A,Corsello SM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological inflammatory diseases, occurring in adolescents and women in the reproductive age group and leading to infertility. The precise etiopathogenesis of endometriosis is unknown, but several theories concerning the phenomena involved in its development have been propose...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zubrzycka A,Zubrzycki M,Janecka A,Zubrzycka M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial 18 kDa Translocator Protein (TSPO) was first detected by its capability to bind benzodiazepines in peripheral tissues and later also in glial cells in the brain, hence its previous most common name peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR). TSPO has been implicated in various functions, including apop...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Veenman L,Gavish M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The phenotypic severity of β-thalassemia is highly modulated by three genetic modifiers: β-globin (HBB) mutations, co-inheritance of α-thalassemia and polymorphisms in the genes associated with fetal haemoglobin (HbF) production. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of HbF related polymorphisms mainly...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Razak SAA,Murad NAA,Masra F,Chong DLS,Abdullah N,Jalil N,Alauddin H,Sabudin RZAR,Ithnin A,Khai LC,Aziz NA,Muda Z,Ibrahim H,Latiff ZA

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasmid DNA has been widely used in vaccination as well as in cell and gene therapy. It exists in multiple isoforms, including supercoiled, nicked or open circular and linear forms. Regulatory agencies recommend having more than 80% of the supercoiled isoform for the bulk release of plasmid products; thus, i...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cook KS,Luo J,Guttman A,Thompson L

更新日期：2020-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Celastrol, a quinone methide triterpenoid, could induce apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells. The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is protective autophagy after celastrol treatment in pancreatic cancer cells and the synergistic effects of celastrol and 3-MA in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:T...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhao X,Gao S,Ren H,Huang H,Ji W,Hao J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although surgery and radiotherapy are highly efficient in local tumor control, distal metastases and tumor recurrence often limit therapeutic outcome. It is becoming progressively more evident that curative tumor therapy depends on the presence and maintenance of an intact immune system which has the capacity to elici...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Multhoff G,Pockley AG,Streffer C,Gaipl US

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure and developmental mechanisms of vertebrate retina are highly conserved. One of the most distinctive events during retinogenesis is the temporally and spatially generation of seven types of retinal cells from the multipotent retinal progenitor cells. The importance and prevalence of SUMOylation in regulat...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang L,Li DW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteopontin (OPN) is a matricellular protein that is produced by multiple tissues in our body and is most abundant in bone. It is also produced by cancer cells and plays a determinative role in the growth, progression and metastasis of cancer. Clinically, OPN has been reported to be upregulated in tumor cells per se; ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Shevde LA,Das S,Clark DW,Samant RS

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To detect mutations of trypsinogen gene (PRSS1) in patients with autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) and to determine the underlying pathogenesis. METHODS:DNA sequencing was used to detect full-length of PRSS1, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), and pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Gao F,Li Y,Wang C,Zhuang Z,Liu QC,Chen J,Hong G,Xu Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer is thought to result from a combination of environmental factors and the accumulation of specific genetic alterations due to increasing genetic instability, and consequently affects mainly older patients. Less than 10% of patients present with the disease before 45 years of age (early onset gastric carc...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Milne AN,Sitarz R,Carvalho R,Carneiro F,Offerhaus GJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human genetic data on psychiatric disorders repeatedly demonstrate the involvement of various genes that are associated with neural development and neurogenesis. Neurogenesis is a biological process that is critical in brain development and continues throughout life. Neurogenesis is a multi-step process starting from ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Osumi N,Guo N,Matsumata M,Yoshizaki K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spider venom is a large pharmacological repertoire containing many biologically active peptides, which may have a potent therapeutic implication. Here we investigated a peptide toxin, named lycosin-I, isolated from the venom of the spider Lycosa singoriensis. In contrast to most spider peptide toxins adopting inhibito...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu Z,Deng M,Xiang J,Ma H,Hu W,Zhao Y,Li DW,Liang S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, the antioxidant property of new synthesized azomethins has been investigated as theoretical and experimental. METHODS AND RESULTS:Density functional theory (DFT) was employed to investigate the Bond Dissociation Enthalpy (BDE), Mulliken Charges, NBO analysis, Ionization Potential (IP), Electr...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Shahab S,Sheikhi M,Filippovich L,Dikusar E,Pazniak A,Rouhani M,Kumar R

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mood disorders and schizophrenia share a number of common properties, including: genetic susceptibility; differences in brain structure and drug based therapy. Some genetic loci may even confer susceptibility for bipolar mood disorder and schizophrenia, and some atypical antipsychotic drugs are used as mood stabilizer...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Harwood AJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inclusion of anticancer drugs into biocompatible nanoparticulate carriers decreases the general toxicity and improves the efficacy of clinical treatments due to the reduction of soluble circulating free drug. METHODS:In addition, removal of emerging drug contaminants from wastewaters is a necessity that sho...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Fu M,Tayebee R,Saberi S,Nourbakhsh N,Esmaeili E,Maleki B,Vatanpour HR

更新日期：2021-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A critical challenge faced by clinical nephrologists today is the escalating number of patients developing end stage renal disease, a major proportion of which is attributed to diabetic nephropathy (DN). The need for new measures to prevent and treat this disease cannot be overemphasized. To this end, modern genetic a...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Ng DP,Krolewski AS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease resulting from the specific destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells, culminating in a state of hypoinsulinemia and hyperglycemia. Pathogenesis of T1D comprises complex series of events from the initial sensitization of antigen-presenting cell...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Kim HS,Lee MS

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unexpected encounter between the fields of HIV and chemokines has opened new perspectives for understanding the mechanisms of AIDS pathogenesis, as well as for the development of effective therapies and vaccines. Selected chemokines act as potent natural inhibitors of HIV infection, as they bind and downmodulate c...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Verani A,Lusso P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00