Carvedilol improves liver cirrhosis in rats by inhibiting hepatic stellate cell activation, proliferation, invasion and collagen synthesis.

abstract：:In this study, we aimed to explore the radio-sensitization of the SHG44 glioma cell line by Aidi injection and the possible mechanisms involved. The growth curve, cloning efficiency and divisional index of the SHG44 cell line were observed. The inhibition ratio was determined by MTT assay, the change in the cell cycle...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu XT,Song Y,Qin S,Wang LL,Zhou JY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysyl oxidase-like 2 (LOXL2) is key in the hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tumor microenvironment and metastatic niche formation. However, its effect on proliferation and clinical parameters in HCC require further elucidation. The present study aimed to investigate LOXL2 expression in HCC from in vitro and clinical asp...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wu L,Zhang Y,Zhu Y,Cong Q,Xiang Y,Fu L

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde (vanillin), contained in a number of species of plant, has been reported to display beneficial effects against brain injuries. In the present study, the impact of vanillin on scopolamine‑induced alterations in cognition and the expression of DNA binding protein inhibitor ID‑1 (ID1), one...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lee JC,Kim IH,Cho JH,Lee TK,Park JH,Ahn JH,Shin BN,Yan BC,Kim JD,Jeon YH,Lee YJ,Won MH,Kang IJ

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common age‑associated diseases that frequently leads to memory disorders, cognitive decline and dementia. Evidence suggests that nicergoline serves an important role in the apoptosis of hippocampal cells, memory recovery, cognitive function and neuronal survival. However, the sig...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zang G,Fang L,Chen L,Wang C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium channels can be affected by epileptic seizures and serve a crucial role in the pathophysiology of epilepsy. Dimethylation of histone 3 lysine 9 (H3K9me2) and its enzyme euchromatic histone‑lysine N‑methyltransferase 2 (G9a) are the major epigenetic modulators and are associated with gene silencing. Insight i...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang SP,Zhang M,Tao H,Luo Y,He T,Wang CH,Li XC,Chen L,Zhang LN,Sun T,Hu QK

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride intracellular channel 1 (CLIC1) has been demonstrated to be overexpressed in gastric cancer, and elevated CLIC1 expression levels are markedly associated with the processes of tumor cell migration and invasion. However, the regulatory mechanism and signaling pathway underlying these processes have remained to...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhao W,Lu M,Zhang Q

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibrosis is one of the pathological characteristics of diabetic cardiomyopathy (DbCM). Matrine treatment has proven to be effective in cases of organ fibrosis and cardiovascular diseases. In the present study, the anti-fibrosis-associated cardioprotective effects of matrine on DbCM were investigated. Rats with...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang Y,Cui L,Guan G,Wang J,Qiu C,Yang T,Guo Y,Liu Z

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) as a tissue engineering application for individuals affected by osteoporosis and other types of bone loss diseases has been well studied in recent years. The osteogenic differentiation of hBMSCs can be regulated by a number of cues. MicroRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) s...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang Y,Zhou L,Zhang Z,Ren F,Chen L,Lan Z

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic bacterial prostatitis (CBP) is a persistent infection of the prostate characterized by poor quality of life mainly due to frequent relapse episodes caused by incomplete eradication of causative pathogens. Aggressive antibacterial therapy is required to attenuate the severe symptoms of CBP and to achieve a perm...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Perletti G,Skerk V,Magri V,Markotic A,Mazzoli S,Parnham MJ,Wagenlehner FM,Naber KG

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serious diabetic complications affect millions of patients worldwide. Skeletal muscle represents the largest insulin-regulated glucose sink in the body, making insulin resistance and abnormal glucose disposal in muscle fibres a critical aspect of diabetes mellitus. Advances in the biomedical analysis of the molecular ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Mulvey C,Mullen E,Ohlendieck K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to be involved in various human diseases. They may have uses in diagnosis and as therapeutic targets, thus the discovery of novel miRNAs has the potential to provide clinical tools or shed light on novel mechanisms. In the current study, miR‑107 was revealed to be downregulated in...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ruan J,Liu X,Xiong X,Zhang C,Li J,Zheng H,Huang C,Shi Q,Weng Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidylate synthase, as a rate-limiting step in DNA synthesis, catalyses the conversion of dUMP into dTMP using 5,10-methylenotetrahydrofolate as the methyl donor. Two polymorphisms have been described in this gene: a repeat polymorphism in the 5' promoter enhancer region (3R versus 2R) and a 6 bp deletion in the 3' ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Carmona B,Guerreiro C,Cravo M,Nobre-Leitão C,Brito M

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart damage induced by chlorpromazine (CPZ) toxicity is associated with changes in the expression of various enzymes and proteins. This study aimed to investigate CPZ‑induced alterations in cardiac E-cadherin and caveolin-1 (cav-1) after CPZ administration. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: a co...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang QY,Li XF,Liu SP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet‑rich plasma (PRP) is a promising strategy for intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). However, the short half‑life of growth factors released from PRP cannot continuously stimulate the degenerated discs. Thus, the present study hypothesized that the combined use of PRP and bone marrow‑derived mesenchymal stem...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang SZ,Jin JY,Guo YD,Ma LY,Chang Q,Peng XG,Guo FF,Zhang HX,Hu XF,Wang C

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:A disintegrin and metalloproteinases (ADAMs), a family of transmembrane glycoproteins, are expressed in numerous tissues and organs, and have been implicated in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. ADAM15 is unique among the ADAMs in having an Arg-Gly-Asp motif in its disintegrin domain. In the prese...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hou Y,Chu M,Cai Y,Lei J,Chen Y,Zhu R,Gong X,Ma X,Jin J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to report on a complete synthetic approach, namely benzylation-hydrolysis-acylation‑hydrogenation, to the synthesis of regioselectively acylated quercetin analogues using low‑cost rutin as a starting material. Three quercetin analogues, quercetin‑3‑O‑propionate (Q‑pr), quercetin‑3‑O‑bu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Duan Y,Sun N,Xue M,Wang X,Yang H

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratinocytes play an important role in the inflammatory response of the skin. UVB stimulates keratinocytes to secrete several cytokines. To our knowledge, there are no reports that have examined which layer or cell type is responsible for producing these cytokines. Thus, in this study we performed immunohistochemical...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hiromi N,Nakano H,Matsuzaki Y,Sawamura D,Hanada K

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Curcumin is characterized by anti‑inflammatory, anti‑oxidative, antiviral, antifibrotic, anticoagulation and glucose regulatory functions. However, whether it is protective in diabetes mellitus‑associated cerebral infarction remains to be fully elucidated. In the present study, it was demonstrated for the first time, ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xia M,Ye Z,Shi Y,Zhou L,Hua Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E2 has exhibited pleiotropic effects in the regulation of glomerulosclerosis progression through its four receptors. The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of prostaglandin receptor EP4 on mesangial cell proliferation. In vivo, 5/6 nephrectomy was introduced into EP4+/‑ and wild‑type (WT) mice. C...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cao Y,Pan T,Chen X,Wu J,Guo N,Wang B

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of pharmaceutical agents possessing anti‑invasive and anti‑metastatic abilities, as well as apoptotic activity, is important in decreasing the incidence and recurrence of oral cancer. Cancer cells are known to acquire invasiveness not only through epigenetic changes, but also from inflammatory stimuli ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cho BH,Jung YH,Kim DJ,Woo BH,Jung JE,Lee JH,Choi YW,Park HR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the clinical significance of histone methylation in sepsis. A total of 43 blood samples from trauma and esophageal cancer patients with or without sepsis were collected. Immunofluorescence staining of isolated peripheral white blood cells (WBCs) was conducted. Co‑stained 293T cel...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jiang L,Wang Y,Zhu D,Xue Z,Mao H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrantly expressed microRNAs (miRs) are implicated in the regulation of osteosarcoma (OS) onset and development. Therefore, key miRs in OS must be identified to develop promising and effective therapeutic targets for patients with OS. In the present study, reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou G,Jiang H,Ma L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one of main active ingredients of salvia miltiorrhizae, which is a traditional Chinese medicine, tanshinone IIA is the basis of its pharmacological activities. In the present study, the effect of tanshinone IIA on weakening spastic cerebral palsy (SCP) in neonatal rats was investigated. Radial arm water maze and ho...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang WL,Cao YA,Xia J,Tian L,Yang L,Peng CS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the functional effects of microRNA‑195 on ovarian cancer cells and the underling mechanism involved. Reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to measure the expression of microRNA‑195 in patients with ovarian cancer. Cell proliferation and apoptosis w...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrin‑linked kinase (ILK) is overexpressed in ovarian cancer (OC), and ILK gene silencing results in apoptosis in OC cells. In the present study, the mechanism by which ILK induces apoptosis was explored from the perspective of microRNA (miRNA) expression. Alterations in the global miRNA expression profile were det...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yuan D,Zhao Y,Wang Y,Che J,Tan W,Jin Y,Wang F,Li P,Fu S,Liu Q,Zhu W

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, and morbidity and mortality associated with lung cancer has been increasing annually in recent decades. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), which are short non‑coding RNA sequences that are involved in the regulation of gene expression, have been previously demonstrated to be key regul...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li J,Jin H,Yu H,Wang B,Tang J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study detected p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) expression in tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) cell lines, in order to define the biological properties of p75NTR+ cells and to confirm the use of p75NTR+ as a surface marker for TSCC stem cells. p75NTR+ cells were separated from Tca‑8113 and CAL‑27 TS...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tong D,Sun J,Huang P,Li M,Zhang F

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branchio‑otic (BO) syndrome is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder that presents with variable branchial arch and otic anomalies. Dominant mutations in the human homologues of the Drosophila eyes absent (EYA1) gene, and the Drosophila sine oculis homeobox 1 and 5 (SIX1 and SIX5, respectively) genes hav...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kause F,Reutter H,Marsch F,Thiele H,Altmüller J,Ludwig M,Zhang R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimycin A (AMA) is an inhibitor of the electron transport chain in mitochondria. In this study, we investigated the anti-apoptotic effects of pan-caspase inhibitor (Z-VAD), superoxide dismutase (SOD) or catalase on AMA-induced HeLa cell death in relation to the cell cycle. Treatment with Z-VAD, SOD or catalase rescu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Han YH,Kim SH,Kim SZ,Park WH

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00