Effect of cytoglobin overexpression on extracellular matrix component synthesis in human tenon fibroblasts.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoralen is a coumarin-like and coumarin-related benzofuran glycoside, which is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients with kidney and spleen-yang deficiency symptom. Psoralen has been reported to show estrogen-like activity, antioxidant activity, osteoblastic proliferation accelerati...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Wang X,Peng P,Pan Z,Fang Z,Lu W,Liu X

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss of Imprinting (LOI) of IGF2 and over-expressed IGF2 are associated with tumorigenesis. Our previous epidemiological study found a relatively high frequency of IGF2 LOI in healthy mid-gestation pregnant women. The aim of this study is to determine whether the expression of IGF2 is associated with its imprinting st...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ru-Fei G,Xue-Qing L,Ying-Xiong W,Xue-Mei C,Yu-Bin D,Jun-Lin H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hearing loss is the most common inherited sensorial deficiency in humans; about 1 in 1000 children suffer from severe or profound hearing loss at birth. Mutations in the GJB2 gene are the most common cause of prelingual, non-syndromic autosomal recessive deafness in many populations; the c.35delG mutation is the most ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Cifuentes L,Arancibia M,Torrente M,Acuña M,Farfán C,Ríos C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis is a common metabolic bone disease, influenced by genetic and environmental factors, that increases bone fragility and fracture risk and, therefore, has a serious adverse effect on the quality of life of patients. However, epigenetic mechanisms involved in the development of osteoporosis remain unclear. T...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Yang Y,Yujiao W,Fang W,Linhui Y,Ziqi G,Zhichen W,Zirui W,Shengwang W

更新日期：2020-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although tropical climate of Thailand is suitably endowed with biodiversity of insects, flies of medical importance is not well investigated. Using information from literature search, fly survey approach and specialist's experience, we review database of Sarcophaga (Liosarcophaga) dux Thomson (Diptera: Sarco...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Sukontason KL,Sanit S,Klong-Klaew T,Tomberlin JK,Sukontason K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most Colombian populations stem from the admixture of Caucasians, Amerindians and Negroids. In the world, these two latter ethnical groups show a significantly higher prevalence of epilepsy than the former one. We tested the hypothesis that the high prevalence of idiopathic epilepsy with generalized tonic clonic seizu...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Jiménez I,Mora O,Lopez G,Jiménez ME,Zuluga L,Isaza R,Sanchez JL,Uribe CS,Valenzuela CY,Blanco R,Arcos-Burgos M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanine nucleotide binding proteins (GTP-binding proteins) function as transducers of signals in different cellular processes. We have identified several GTP-binding proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi by Western blot analyses. Six polypeptide bands, p20, p25, p28, p31, p37 and p38, were specifically detected in epimastigot...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Bubis J,Millan EJ,Martinez R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Impaired wound healing is a complication of diabetes and a serious problem in clinical practice. We previously found that whey protein (WP) was able to regulate wound healing normally in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic models. This subsequent study was designed to assess the effect of WP on heat shock protein-...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ahmed RR,Mahmoud A,Ahmed OM,Metwalli A,Ebaid H

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the articles published in Chile during 1987-2006 that were categorized into the Plant Science discipline by ISI. The data was extracted from the Web of Science datábase, obtaining a total of 911 articles for analysis. Almost half of the articles wer...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Krauskopf E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last twenty years an important effort in brain sciences, especially in cognitive science, has been the development of mathematical tool that can deal with the complexity of extensive recordings corresponding to the neuronal activity obtained from hundreds of neurons. We discuss here along with some historical i...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Goles E,Palacios AG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a continuous growth of interest has been observed in antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in the light of an alarming increase in resistance of bacteria and fungi against antibiotics. AMPs are used as biomarkers in diagnosis and monitoring of oral cavity pathologies. Therefore, the determination of specif...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Jurczak A,Kościelniak D,Papież M,Vyhouskaya P,Krzyściak W

更新日期：2015-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts prepared from seeds of Manilkara zapota, Anona squamosa, and Tamarindus indica were screened for their antibacterial activity by disc diffusion and broth dilution methods. Acetone and methanol extracts of T. indica seeds were found active against both gram-positive and gram-negative organisms. MIC values of p...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Kothari V,Seshadri S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is extensive literature about the effects of stimulants on sustained attention tasks in attentional deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), little is known about the effect of these drugs on other attentional tasks involving different neural systems. In this study we measured the effect of stimulants on ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： López J,López V,Rojas D,Carrasco X,Rothhammer P,García R,Rothhammer F,Aboitiz F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of plant transformation in the mid-1980s and of many new tools for cell biology, molecular genetics, and biochemistry has resulted in enormous progress in plant biology in the past decade. With the completion of the genome sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana just around the corner, we can expect even fast...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Chrispeels MJ,Holuigue L,Latorre R,Luan S,Orellana A,Peña-Cortes H,Raikhel NV,Ronald PC,Trewavas A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral brain damage which includes the hippocampus leads to memory impairments consistent with hemispheric specialization on the same side. Damage to the corpus callosum, the major connecting pathway between the left and right hemispheres, also leads to memory impairments. This suggests both hemispheric specializa...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Zaidel DW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that the vacation-study-expectancy scholar regime produces most of the monthly rhythm of the age at menarche (AaM) was tested. Studies on monthly menarche incidence (MI) refuted climatic factors as a main factor in this rhythm, and indicated that the main factor of this rhythm is the succession of expec...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Valenzuela CY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the progress made during the genomics era, bioinformatics was tasked with supporting the flow of information generated by nanobiotechnology efforts. This challenge requires adapting classical bioinformatic and computational chemistry tools to store, standardize, analyze, and visualize nanobiotechnological inform...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： González-Nilo F,Pérez-Acle T,Guínez-Molinos S,Geraldo DA,Sandoval C,Yévenes A,Santos LS,Laurie VF,Mendoza H,Cachau RE

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accumulating studies have demonstrated that high-mobility group A2 (HMGA2), an oncofetal protein, plays a role in tumor development and progression. However, the molecular role of HMGA2 in ovarian carcinoma is yet to be established. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a group of small noncoding RNAs, negatively regulate gen...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Xing F,Song Z,He Y

更新日期：2018-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is one of the main characteristics of heart failure patients with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. As bilirubin is regarded as an important endogenous antioxidant molecule, serum total bilirubin levels were compared between heart failure patients with a p...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Zheng H,Li Y,Xie N

更新日期：2014-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] possesses novel biological functions that are distinct from angiotensin II (Ang II). In coronary arteries, the octapeptide Ang II and the heptapeptide Ang-(1-7) exert opposing actions. Ang II elicits vasoconstriction and Ang-(1-7) is a vasodilator. Ang-(1-7) elicits vasodilation by an end...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Brosnihan KB,Li P,Tallant EA,Ferrario CM

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymulin is a well-characterized thymic hormone that exists as a nonapeptide coupled to equimolar amounts of Zn2+. Thymulin is known to have multiple biological roles, including T cell differentiation, immune regulation, and analgesic functions. It has been shown that thymulin is produced by the reticulo-epithelial ce...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Folch H,Villegas JV,Leyan V,Barría M,Eller G,Esquivel P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Object recognition memory allows discrimination between novel and familiar objects. This kind of memory consists of two components: recollection, which depends on the hippocampus, and familiarity, which depends on the perirhinal cortex (Pcx). The importance of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) for recognition m...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Muñoz PC,Aspé MA,Contreras LS,Palacios AG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress occurs early in the progression of Alzheimer disease, significantly before the development of the pathologic hallmarks, neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques. In the first stage of development of the disease, amyloid-beta deposition and hyperphosphorylated tau function as compensatory responses a...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Moreira PI,Zhu X,Liu Q,Honda K,Siedlak SL,Harris PL,Smith MA,Perry G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight Chilean strains of Dunaliella salina obtained within a restricted geographic range, but exhibiting a high variability in their morphology, rate of growth and carotenogenic capacity, were analyzed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) Twenty of the 50 random primers (D, P, OPA and OPD series) that were t...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gomez PI,Gonzalez MA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IcarisideII (ICAII) could promote the differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs) to Schwann cells (SCs), leading to improvement of erectile function (EF) and providing a realistic therapeutic option for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ge P,Guo Y,Shen J

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognosis remains one of most crucial determinants of gastric cancer (GC) treatment, but current methods do not predict prognosis accurately. Identification of additional biomarkers is urgently required to identify patients at risk of poor prognoses. METHODS:Tissue microarrays were used to measure expressio...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Li W,Chen Y,Sun X,Yang J,Zhang DY,Wang D,Suo J

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of interleukin family in colon cancer remained controversial. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between interleukin family and colon cancer progression through bioinformatics methods and to validate such association in clinical patients. METHODS:A total of 15 differential...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Wei X,Zhang Y,Yang Z,Sha Y,Pan Y,Chen Y,Cai L

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that root of maguey (Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck) seedlings reacts during the first 24 h to low substrate water potential (PsiW), by anatomical modifications. Three-4 cm root length seedlings were planted in vermiculite for 24 h at PsiW between -0.03 and -2.3...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Peña-Valdivia CB,Sánchez-Urdaneta AB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuropeptide oxytocin (OXT) is a key factor in the initiation and regulation of sociosexual behavior. The present study analyzes the effects of cohabitation and social challenge on plasma OXT concentration rates in guinea pig pairs in relation to male sociosexual behavior. The cohabitation phase lasted 3 days. On ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Wallner B,Dittami J,Machatschke I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilateral aspiration lesions of the fimbria-fornix were performed in 10 male Sprague Dawley rats weighing 240-300 g under chloral hydrate narcose (420 mg/kg). Another 9 animals were operated in the same way, but no aspiration was carried out to constitute a control group. A week after surgery recording and stimulation...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Bergado JA,Moreno H,Nuñez N

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00