Novel agent #2714 potently inhibits lung cancer growth by suppressing cell proliferation and by inducing apoptosis in vitro and in vivo.

abstract：:De novo sequence variants, including truncating and splicing variants, in the additional sex‑combs like 3 gene (ASXL3) have been described as the cause of Bainbridge‑Ropers syndrome (BRS). This pathology is characterized by delayed psychomotor development, severe intellectual disability, growth delay, hypotonia and fa...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wayhelova M,Oppelt J,Smetana J,Hladilkova E,Filkova H,Makaturova E,Nikolova P,Beharka R,Gaillyova R,Kuglik P

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying myricetin-induced cancer cell apoptosis remain to be elucidated. Certain previous studies have shown that myricetin induces apoptosis through the mitochondrial pathway. Apoptosis, however, can also be induced by other classical pathways, including endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and DNA dou...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu Y,Xie Q,Wu S,Yi D,Yu Y,Liu S,Li S,Li Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium dyshomeostasis is an important pathology of memory impairment. However, the mechanism of how calcium dyshomeostasis impairs neurons has remained elusive. The aim of the present study was to reveal the influence of calcium dyshomeostasis on the expression of calcium memory‑associated proteins and the ability of...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou X,Yang Z,Han L,Li X,Feng M,Zhang T,Luo H,Zhu L,Zhang J,Zhang Q,Hu Q

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) results in inflammation, and glucocorticoids have been proven to be effective inhibitors of ICH‑induced inflammation. However, the precise underlying mechanisms of ICH‑induced inflammation and glucocorticoid function remain largely undefined. Using a mouse ICH model, the present study de...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu HF,Fang XY,Zhu SH,Xu XH,Zhang ZX,Wang ZF,Zhao ZQ,Ding YJ,Tao LY

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, highly conserved, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post‑transcriptional level. The expression of these small RNA genes is tightly regulated during development, differentiation and apoptosis of normal cells, however, they are often deregulated in various types of cancer...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liang G,Li G,Wang Y,Lei W,Xiao Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral infarction is a cerebrovascular disease caused by local brain ischemic necrosis or softening, which is associated with diabetes, obesity, hypertension and rheumatic heart arrhythmia. Previous studies have indicated that aspirin is a potential oral anticoagulant in the treatment of cerebral ischemic stroke. Ho...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang X,Shen B,Sun D,Cui X

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cip1-interacting zinc finger protein 1 (CIZ1) is a nuclear protein that was observed to bind to p21Cip1/Waf1. p21Cip1/Waf1 regulates the cell cycle and is associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) progression. However, the effect of CIZ1 on CRC cells remains unclear. In the present study, CIZ1 was observed to be highly ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yin J,Wang C,Tang X,Sun H,Shao Q,Yang X,Qu X

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GLI family zinc finger 3 (Gli3), as the upstream transcriptional activator of hedgehog signaling, has previously been demonstrated to participate in the process of liver fibrosis. The present study aimed to investigate the potential functions of microRNA (miR)‑200a and Gli3 in the progression of liver fibrosis. The ex...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li L,Ran J,Li L,Chen G,Zhang S,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Core2 β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (C2GnT) forms an N-acetylglucosamine branch in the O-glycans (core2 O-glycans) of cell surface glycoproteins. We previously revealed that the expression of C2GnT is positively correlated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer patients. However, the detailed mechanisms underl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Okamoto T,Yoneyama MS,Hatakeyama S,Mori K,Yamamoto H,Koie T,Saitoh H,Yamaya K,Funyu T,Fukuda M,Ohyama C,Tsuboi S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal paired box 9 (PAX9) expression is associated with tumorigenesis, cancer development, invasion and metastasis. The present study investigated the prognostic significance of PAX9 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and its role in predicting radiation sensitivity. A total of 52.8% (121/229) ESCC tissue...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tan B,Wang J,Song Q,Wang N,Jia Y,Wang C,Yao B,Liu Z,Zhang X,Cheng Y

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent epidemiological studies and animal experiments have demonstrated that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) reduce the incidence of colorectal carcinoma. Cyclooxygenase (COX), the first oxidase in the process of prostaglandin production from arachidonic acid, is the principal target of NSAIDs. Due to i...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Matsuyama M,Yoshimura R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric cancer has become a serious disease in the past decade. It has the second highest mortality rate among the four most common cancer types, leading to ~700,000 mortalities annually. Previous studies have attempted to elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms of gastric cancer. The present study aimed to obt...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qi W,Sun L,Liu N,Zhao S,Lv J,Qiu W

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tuberculosis (TB) infections, caused by multidrug‑resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDR MTB), remain a significant public health concern worldwide. The regulatory mechanisms underlying the emergence of MDR MTB strains remain to be fully elucidated, and further investigation is required in order to develop better s...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ren N,Gao G,Sun Y,Zhang L,Wang H,Hua W,Wan K,Li X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sonodynamic therapy (SDT) with 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) can effectively inhibit various types of tumor in vitro and in vivo. However, the association between the efficacy of SDT and the phase of the cell cycle remains to be elucidated. 5-ALA may generate different quantities of sonosensitizer, protoporphyrin IX (...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li N,Sun M,Wang Y,Lv Y,Hu Z,Cao W,Zheng J,Jiao X

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulation of collagen type XII α1 chain (COL12A1) has been found in several cancer types and could be involved in tumor progression. However, its clinical significance in gastric cancer (GC) remains under exploration. Online databases (Gene Expression Omnibus and UALCAN), reverse transcription‑quantitative PCR and...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jiang X,Wu M,Xu X,Zhang L,Huang Y,Xu Z,He K,Wang H,Wang H,Teng L

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mycobacterium tuberculosis 19-kDa lipoprotein (P19) is both cell wall-associated and secreted and is a candidate virulence factor that could cause the apoptosis of human macrophages infected with M. tuberculosis. P19 induces TLR2 activation, resulting in the upregulation of death receptors and ligands, followed by...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li M,Wu Z,Niu W,Wan Y,Zhang L,Shi G,Xi X

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacquinol‑1 (Vacq), a quinolone derivative, has recently been reported to display potent antitumor effects in glioblastomas by inducing cellular massive vacuolization and cell death. However, whether Vacq induces cytotoxicities in other types of cancers, and the potential underlying mechanism, remain to be investigate...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Sun SL,Li X,Su N,Chen S,Gao X,Zhang G,Piao H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing a thorough understanding of experimental methods of hepatic differentiation in hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs) should expand the knowledge of hepatocyte induction in vitro and may help to develop cell transplantation therapies for the clinical usage of HPCs in liver diseases. A previous induction method eff...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hui H,Ma W,Cui J,Gong M,Wang Y,Zhang Y,He T,Bi Y,He Y

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that inhibit the expression of target protein-coding genes, most often at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs are often found to be misregulated in human cancer and they can act as potent oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes. In this study, we found that a germline mutati...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Shang H,Wang T,Shang F,Huang KM,Li YQ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) have an important role in liver fibrosis. Epithelial‑to‑mesenchymal transition (EMT), which is promoted by the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway, is involved in the activation of HSCs. MicroRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) have been reported to be involved in the progression of liver fibrosis. A previous...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yu F,Zheng Y,Hong W,Chen B,Dong P,Zheng J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosamine is a possible cause of vascular endothelial injury in the initial stages of atherosclerosis, through endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress resulting in fatty streaks in the vascular wall. Quercetin is an anti‑diabetic and cardiovascular protective agent that has previously been demonstrated to reduce ER stress...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cai X,Bao L,Ding Y,Dai X,Zhang Z,Li Y

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor protein LKB1 is a serine/threonine kinase that plays a critical role in cell proliferation, and its inactivation has been linked to tumorigenesis in various cancer types. Current understanding of the LKB1 function is largely restricted to results from experiments on LKB1‑deficient cancer cells, wh...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liang X,Wang P,Gao Q,Tao X

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary human hepatocytes (PHHs) are the 'gold standard' for investigating hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and antiviral drugs. However, poor availability, variation between batches and ethical issues regarding PHHs limit their applications. The discovery of human sodium taurocholate co‑transporting polypeptide (hNT...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou M,Qin B,Deng XS,Zeng XL,Lu Y,Huang ZG,Wu CC,Mou LS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the second most common disease of the male reproductive system. Berberine is a quaternary ammonium salt that is extracted from plants. The aim of the current study was to explore the antitumor activity of berberine in prostate cancer cells and identify the underlying mechanism of its effects. PC3 hu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lu W,Du S,Wang J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repair of cartilage defects remains a challenge for surgeons, owing to its poor self‑repairing capacity. Cartilage tissue engineering, particularly marrow stem cell‑based cartilage regeneration, provides a promising option for the regeneration of damaged cartilage. Although producing tissue‑engineered cartilage from m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang X,Xue K,Zhou J,Xu P,Huang H,Liu K

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study hypothesized that caffeic acid (3,4‑dihydroxycinnamic acid; CaA) may exert antidepressant‑like effects in rats with chronic unpredictable mild stress via epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation. The chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) model was used to analyze the e...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hu J,Cao S,Zhang Z,Wang L,Wang D,Wu Q,Li L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moutan cortex, the root bark of Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews (Paeoniaceae), is a traditional Chinese medicine widely used for the treatment of various diseases. In the present study, we examined the antiproliferative effect and apoptosis-inducing activity of paeonol and the crude total glycosides (CTG) extracted from ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xing G,Zhang Z,Liu J,Hu H,Sugiura N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones that were initially identified as proteins expressed following exposure of cells to environmental stress. However, the function of HSPs in epithelial‑to‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) of peritoneal mesothelial cells remains unknown. In the present study, the regulation...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu J,Bao J,Hao J,Peng Y,Hong F

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver fibrosis is the common outcome of almost all cases of chronic liver disease. The hallmark of liver fibrosis is the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). microRNA‑34a (miR‑34a), which regulates a plethora of target proteins involved in the cell cycle, apoptosis, differentiation and cellular development, is...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li X,Chen Y,Wu S,He J,Lou L,Ye W,Wang J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant glioma is the most common type of cancer in the central nervous system, with highly invasive characteristics. The Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK1) has been found to act as key regulator of actin cytoskeleton reorganization, a process closely associated with cancer cell invasion. microRNA-145 (miRNA-145)...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wan X,Cheng Q,Peng R,Ma Z,Chen Z,Cao Y,Jiang B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00