Dopaminergic Genes Polymorphisms and Prefrontal Cortex Efficiency Among Obese People - Whether Gender is a Differentiating Factor?

abstract：:Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox-1 (PDX-1) is a homeodomain-containing transcription factor that plays a critical role in pancreatic development, β-cell differentiation, maintenance of normal β-cell function and tumorigenesis. PDX-1 is subjected to extensive post-translational modifications for its stability, subcellu...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhou G,Wang H,Liu SH,Shahi KM,Lin X,Wu J,Feng XH,Qin J,Tan TH,Brunicardi FC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strong epidemiological evidence indicates that migraine, especially migraine with aura, is associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke. However, the precise mechanisms of such a relation are currently not fully elucidated and are still a matter of speculation. Migraine may directly cause an ischemic event (i.e, ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Pezzini A,Del Zotto E,Giossi A,Volonghi I,Grassi M,Padovani A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acquisition of cellular immortality is a critical step in human tumorigenesis. While the vast majority of human tumors activate the catalytic component of telomerase (hTERT) to stabilize their telomeres and attain immortality, a significant portion (7-10%) utilize a poorly defined alternative form of telomere main...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Stewart SA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HMGB1/Amphoterin is a ubiquitous, highly conserved DNA-binding protein that can be also released to the extracellular space by various cell types. Extracellular HMGB1 regulates migratory responses of several cell types through binding to RAGE that communicates with the cytoskeleton to regulate cell motility. HMGB1-ind...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Rauvala H,Rouhiainen A

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：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：:There has been prolonged and significant interest in manipulating the genome for a wide range of applications in biomedical research and medicine. An existing challenge in realizing this potential has been the inability to precisely edit specific DNA sequences. Past efforts to generate targeted double stranded DNA cle...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Go DE,Stottmann RW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become increasingly widely used to determine regions of the genome which may contain loci influencing the risk of neurological disorders. While linkage studies have identified genes that cause a number of Mendelian disorders, linkage analysis is less well suited for the more...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Gubitz AK,Gwinn K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central Nervous System (CNS) tuberculosis is a serious, often fatal form of tuberculosis, predominantly affecting young children. HIV co-infection and drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are making the diagnosis and treatment of CNS tuberculosis more complicated. Current concepts about the pathogenesi...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Be NA,Kim KS,Bishai WR,Jain SK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally regarded as a genetic disease of the cardiac sarcomere, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common inherited cardiovascular disease and a significant cause of sudden cardiac death. While the most common etiologies of this phenotypically diverse disease lie in a handful of genes encoding critica...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Landstrom AP,Ackerman MJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：:Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research has been growing a new height throughout the world due to its potentialities in medical applications. We can explore several therapeutic applications through the iPS cell research. In this review, we have first discussed the development of iPS cells, reprogramming factors, ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Chakraborty C,Shah KD,Cao WG,Hsu CH,Wen ZH,Lin CS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of tumor angiogenesis suppresses tumor growth and metastatic spreading in many experimental models, suggesting that anti-angiogenic drugs may be used to treat human cancer. During the past decade more than eighty molecules that showed anti-angiogenic activity in preclinical studies were tested in clinical c...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Rüegg C,Meuwly JY,Driscoll R,Werffeli P,Zaman K,Stupp R

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Cholesterol is a chameleon bio-molecule in cellular multiplex. It acts as a prelate in almost every cellular compartment with its site specific characteristics viz. regulation of structural veracity and scaffold fluidity of bio-membranes, insulation of electrical transmission in nerves, controlling of genes by making ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Saxena N,Chandra NC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study aimed to evaluate the preventive effects of hydroxycitric acid（HCA） for stone formation in the glyoxylate-induced mouse model. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Male C57BL/6J mice were divided into a control group, glyoxylate(GOX) 100 mg/kg group, a GOX+HCA 100 mg/kg group, and a GOX+HCA 200 mg/kg group. Blood...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Liu X,Yuan P,Sun X,Chen Z

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a metabolic disorder characterised by the inability of β-cells to secrete enough insulin to maintain glucose homeostasis. Pancreatic β-cells secrete insulin in a biphasic manner, first and second phase insulin secretion, and loss of first phase insulin secretion is an independent predictor of ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Cheng K,Andrikopoulos S,Gunton JE

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia, BG) is both a nutritious and healthy food with a distinctive bitter flavor, and it is also widely exploited in folklore medicine. This review focuses on the efficacies and molecular mechanisms of BG-induced anti-diabetic, anti-HIV, and antitumor activities contributed by over twenty ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Fang EF,Ng TB

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:T cells, as they develop in the thymus come to express antigen receptors. The specificity of these receptors cannot be predicted and must include many with potential anti-self reactivity. Those that encounter self-antigens, in association with self-MHC (major histocompatibility complex), with high affinity are inactiv...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Huang FP,MacPherson GG

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology has witnessed tremendous advancement over the last several decades. Zinc oxide (ZnO), which can exhibit a wide variety of nanostructures, possesses unique semiconducting, optical, and piezoelectric properties hence has been investigated for a wide variety of applications. The most important features of ...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Nayak TR,Hong H,Cai W

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor plays important roles in learning and memory. NMDA receptors are a tetramer that consists of two glycine-binding subunits GluN1, two glutamate-binding subunits (i.e., GluN2A, GluN2B, GluN2C, and GluN2D), a combination of a GluN2 subunit and glycine-binding GluN3 subunit (i.e., GluN...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Yamamoto H,Hagino Y,Kasai S,Ikeda K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress and chronic hyperglycemia are two major side effects of type 2 diabetes affecting all cell types including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). As a cell therapy choice, understanding the behavior of MSCs will provide crucial information for efficient treatment. METHODS:Placental mesenchymal stem...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Roohi A,Nikougoftar M,Montazeri H,Navabi S,Shokri F,Ostad SN,Ghahremani MH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plaque disruption and subsequent thrombus formation play a critical role in the clinical manifestations of atherothrombosis. Vulnerable lesions are characterized by the existence of core rich in lipid, macrophages and tissue factor (TF). Plaque disruption facilitates the interaction between flowing blood with the inne...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Viles-Gonzalez JF,Fuster V,Badimon JJ

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver cirrhosis, an end-result of a wide variety of the liver diseases, is a world wide health problem. Because of its unique organ system, i.e., portal blood supply, bile formation and enterohepatic circulation, drug metabolism system, and sinusoidal lining cells such as Kupffer, endothelial and stellate cells, the l...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Higuchi H,Gores GJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes carries a 2-6-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death. Indeed, the risk of major cardiovascular events in Type 2 diabetic patients without history of coronary heart disease (CHD) is equivalent to that observed in non-diabetic subjects with CHD. However, atherosclerosis may also pr...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Ziegler D

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat especially when it becomes hormone resistant such as castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and subsequent metastatic CRPC. Apart from the genetic alterations in prostate cancer, epigenetic modifications also play an important role in the development and...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Giudice A,Montella M,Boccellino M,Crispo A,D'Arena G,Bimonte S,Facchini G,Ciliberto G,Botti G,Quagliuolo L,Caraglia M,Capunzo M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are activated fibroblasts during development of several cancer types, and therefore emerge as an attractive therapeutic target for cancer therapy. Drugs such as PT-100 and sibrotuzumab that block the functions of CAFs have already been in clinical trials. However, these drugs ex...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Xu Y,Zhou X,Mei M,Ren Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major benefit of the genomics revolution in biomedical research has been the establishment of transcriptome analysis as an enabling technology in the drug development process. Nowhere in the realm of drug development has the expectation of the impact of transcriptome analysis been greater than in the area of pre-cli...

journal_title：Current molecular medicine

authors： Searfoss GH,Ryan TP,Jolly RA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00