Effects of Paeoniflorin on the activity of muscle strips, intracellular calcium ion concentration and L‑type voltage‑sensitive calcium ion channels in the sphincter of Oddi of hypercholesterolemic rabbits.

abstract：:Hair follicle stem cells (HFSCs) possess powerful expansion and multi‑differentiation potential, properties that place them at the forefront of the field of tissue engineering and stem cell‑based therapy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the differentiation of human HFSCs (hHFSCs) into cells of an endot...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu ZC,Zhang Q,Li H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the protective effect of puerarin on pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and the underlying mechanisms that regulate the metabolism of human parametrial ligament fibroblasts (HPLFs). HPLFs obtained from the pelvic tissue of patients with (n=10) or without (n=8) POP during hyster...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li Y,Hong L,Liu C,Min J,Hong S,Hu M,Zhao Y,Yang Q,Tang J,He S

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An outbreak of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, for which the risk factor was unknown, was previously identified in North Guangdong, China. In the present study, a total of 736 local residents were surveyed regarding their lifetime risk factors for HCV infection. Serum anti‑HCV antibodies and HCV RNA were examined ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Shao X,Luo Q,Cai Q,Zhang F,Zhu J,Liu Y,Zhao Z,Gao Z,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complement factor H‑related 3 (CFHR3) belongs to the human factor H protein family and is associated with various human diseases, including nephropathy, age‑related macular degeneration and atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome. However, to the best of our knowledge, the role of CFHR3 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) re...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu H,Zhang L,Wang P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) serve important roles in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). However, the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown. In order to examine the potential role of lncRNAs in NEC, the present study investigated lncRNA and mRNA expression profiles in NEC lesion...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen W,Yan X,Tian T,Yan R,Wang X,Yu Z,Li Y,Zhang L,Han S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis and therapy of hypertrophic scars (HS) have not yet been established. The aim of the present study was to investigate the potential effect of naringenin on HS and its underlying mechanisms. The mouse model of HS was prepared by a mechanical stretch device and then treated with naringenin at various co...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Shan S,Zhang Y,Wu M,Yi B,Wang J,Li Q

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the dose-dependent modulating effect of estriol (E3), an estrogen predominantly produced during human pregnancy, on antigen‑induced production of specific antibodies in female BALB/c mice. The animals were immunized either with bovine serum albumin (BSA) or the pneumococcal polys...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ding J,Zhu BT

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogues are likely to exert cardioprotective effects via balancing the energy metabolism in cardiomyocytes following ischemic or hypoxic insults. The present study aimed to explore the protective effects and mechanism of exendin-4, a GLP-1 analogue, on cardiomyocyte glucose uptake usi...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lu K,Chang G,Ye L,Zhang P,Li Y,Zhang D

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of acute lung injury (ALI) during sepsis almost doubles the mortality rate of patients. The efficacy of current treatment strategies is low as treatment is usually initiated following the onset of symptoms. Inflammation is one of the main mechanisms of autoimmune disorders and is a common feature of se...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li T,Zhang J,Feng J,Li Q,Wu L,Ye Q,Sun J,Lin Y,Zhang M,Huang R,Cheng J,Cao Y,Xiang G,Zhang J,Wu Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor gene CD82, also known as KAI1, may act as a general suppressor of metastasis in numerous types of cancer. It is hypothesized that downregulation of CD82 gene expression may be an important factor in the induction of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), however the mechanism for this requires further st...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yu G,Bing Y,Li W,Xia L,Liu Z

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) is a cancer suppressor gene and an important negative regulator in the phosphatidylinositide 3‑kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)/ mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway. The PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway can promote cancer cell survival, proli...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu S,Xu ZL,Sun L,Liu Y,Li CC,Li HM,Zhang W,Li CJ,Qin W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12‑year‑old Chinese girl presented with gradual vision loss and insulin‑dependent diabetes mellitus and was suspected to suffer from Wolfram syndrome (WFS). A series of clinical examinations were performed, as well as direct DNA sequencing to screen the entire coding region of the...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu Q,Qu H,Wei S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancer types, and chemotherapy plays an important role in treatment of HCC. However, long‑term treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs such as 5‑fluorouracil (5‑FU) often results in chemoresistance, and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we s...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang C,Guo Y,Wang J,Min Z

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemic injury is a major cause of death and long‑term disability worldwide that leads to neurological and behavioral deficits, and for which successful treatments are still lacking. Ras homolog family member A (RhoA) and Rho‑associated coiled‑coil containing protein kinase (ROCK) are associated with the gro...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li L,Liu B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that the local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is activated in the diabetic state, which results in an increase in the level of oxidative stress injury to pancreatic β cells. The angiotensin‑converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)/angiotensin (1‑7) [Ang (1‑7)]/Mas axis is a negative regulator of the classical renin...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang F,Liu C,Wang L,Cao X,Wang YY,Yang JK

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrine is a widely used Chinese herbal medicine that has historically been used in the treatment of inflammation and cancer. However, the antimetastatic effects and associated molecular mechanisms of matrine on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remain to be elucidated. Therefore, the aims of the present study were to as...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Sun B,Xu M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral myocarditis (VM), a severe clinical condition characterized by cardiac inflammation, is most frequently induced as a result of coxsackievirus infection. Evidence suggests that microRNAs may have significant roles in the progression of cardiac injury during coxsackievirus infection. Concurrently, microRNA (miR)-2...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen ZG,Liu H,Zhang JB,Zhang SL,Zhao LH,Liang WQ

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Condyloma acuminatum (CA) is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Previous studies have identified that the occurrence, relapse and cancerization of CA is relevant to immune imbalance caused by immune hypofunction or immunoregulatory dysfunction. However, to date, the s...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Shi YJ,Yang J,Yang W

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the anticancer effect of sorafenib combined with silencing of activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells and to assess the underlying molecular mechanisms. Huh‑7 HCC cell line was selected for the present study. Small interfering RNA (siRNA)‑...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Luo L,Cai L,Luo L,Tang Z,Meng X

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-amyloid (Aβ)-mediated neuronal apoptosis is an important pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inhibiting apoptosis induced by Aβ may lead to the development of a potential therapeutic target for AD treatment. κ‑carrageenan‑derived pentasaccharide (KCP) extracted from marine red algae is involved in a va...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu Y,Jiang L,Li X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intimal hyperplasia appears to differ after implanting a drug-eluting stent (DES) with a biodegradable or a permanent polymer. The aim of the present study was to compare biodegradable with permanent polymer DES, since the available data are limited. One hundred patients with de novo coronary artery stenosis were incl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tian F,Chen Y,Liu C,Jin Q,Chen L,Sun Z,Liu H,Guo J,Gai L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of co‑culturing bone marrow‑derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) cultured with hepatitis B virus (HBV)‑infected lymphocytes in vitro. BM‑MSCs and lymphocytes from Brown Norway rats were obtained from the bone marrow and spleen, respectively. Rats were divided...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zheng WP,Zhang BY,Shen ZY,Yin ML,Cao Y,Song HL

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the function of oncostatin M (OSM), which may be associated with monocyte chemotactic protein‑1 (MCP‑1), on mouse MC3T3‑E1 osteoblast development and bone remodeling. Levels of MCP‑1, macrophage inflammatory protein 1α (MIP1α) and regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and sec...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zheng W,Guan J

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study has demonstrated a progression in the nerve regeneration by polyaniline/cellulose (PANI/RC), although the underlying mechanism was not elucidated. In the present study, regenerated nerves were investigated, using histological techniques, functional assays and western blot analysis. The triceps surae m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Fan L,Xiong Y,Fu Z,Xu D,Wang L,Chen Y,Xia H,Peng N,Ye S,Wang Y,Zhang L,Ye Q

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemic brain damage remains the major cause of death and disability worldwide. Bone mesenchymal stem cell (BMSC) transplantation has been identified to serve important roles in cerebral infarction due to its multi‑directional differentiation and proliferative ability. However, the function of miR‑705 combined with B...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ji M,Wang W,Li S,Hu W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to evaluate the silencing effect of artificial microRNAs (amiRNAs) against the hepatitis C virus (HCV) 1b (HCV1b) genotype core (C) and non-structural protein 4B (NS4B) genes. pDsRed-monomer-Core and pDsRed-monomer-NS4B plasmids, containing the target genes were constructed. A total of eight ar...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jiang XH,Xie YT,Jiang B,Tang MY,Ma T,Peng H

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric carcinoma (GC) ranks as the second most common cause of cancer‑associated mortality worldwide. Emerging evidence has suggested a potential novel therapeutic strategy based on the ability of cancer stem cells (CSCs) to trigger tumorigenesis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have previously been implicated in CSC formation an...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wu K,Ma L,Zhu J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of the eukaryotic initiation factor 6 (eIF6) gene on the secretion of M2 macrophage fibrosis‑associated factors and the expression levels of key proteases during scar repair. Male eIF6 wild‑type (eIF6+/+) and knockout (eIF6+/‑) C57BL/6 mice were intraperitoneall...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Bai YQ,Feng JK,Zhang QF,Wu HZ,Du YR,Wei W

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro (mi)RNAs are short non‑coding RNA molecules, which post‑transcriptionally regulate gene expression and exert key roles in cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis. In the present study, the mechanism and the function of miR‑1915‑3p in the apoptotic regulation of lung cancer cell lines (NCI‑H441 and NCI‑H1650) ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu C,Li H,Zhang L,Jia T,Duan L,Lu C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early diagnosis of acute rejection is crucial for graft survival after kidney transplantation. The interferon-γ (IFNγ)-CXCR3-chemokine-dependent inflammatory loop plays a pivotal role in the recruitment of T lymphocytes during acute rejection. Previously published studies have typically focused on the CXCR3 recept...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang H,Xu X,Yao C,Cai M,Qian Y,Wang X,Shi B

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00