Dynamic features of liver fibrogenesis and fibrosis resolution in the absence of matrix metalloproteinase‑9.

abstract：:The healing of diabetic wounds represents a formidable clinical challenge, and the molecular mechanisms involved in diabetic wound healing are far from clear. In this study, we investigated the expression of β-catenin and cyclin D1 in the epidermal stem cells (ESCs) of diabetic rats, and explored whether the reduction...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhong QL,Liu FR,Liu DW,Peng Y,Zhang XR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High glucose (HG) in peritoneal dialysates has been demonstrated to induce extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis by peritoneal mesothelial cells (PMCs) and to contribute to peritoneal fibrosis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). In the present study, we investigated the effects of pioglitazone, a p...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou G,Su X,Ma J,Wang L,Li D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3KCA)-AKT serine/threonine kinase (AKT) pathway in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and corresponding cancerous tissues. Stemness‑like circulating tumor cells (slCTCs) and CTCs in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) have been implicated...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Bredemeier M,Kasimir-Bauer S,Kolberg HC,Herold T,Synoracki S,Hauch S,Edimiris P,Bankfalvi A,Tewes M,Kimmig R,Aktas B

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic administration of D‑galactose (D‑gal) is a useful method for establishing a model of natural aging in the auditory system. Previous studies have demonstrated that NADPH oxidases (NOXs) may be an important source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the peripheral auditory system (PAS) and cause an increase in m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Du Z,Yang Q,Zhou T,Liu L,Li S,Chen S,Gao C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Icariside II (ICAII) is a bioflavonoid compound which has demonstrated anti‑oxidative, anti‑inflammatory and anti‑apoptotic biological activities. However, to the best of our knowledge, whether ICAII can alleviate myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury (MIRI) remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to de...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guan BF,Dai XF,Huang QB,Zhao D,Shi JL,Chen C,Zhu Y,Ai F

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells derived from early stage embryos. It remains unclear whether inhibiting the Wnt/β‑catenin signaling pathway using dickkopf Wnt signaling pathway inhibitor 1 (DKK1) impacts on the differentiation potential of mouse ESCs in vitro and in vivo. In the present study, i...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ou L,Fang L,Tang H,Qiao H,Zhang X,Wang Z

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major impediment to cancer therapy. MG‑132 has been identified to be effective against MDR in several types of cancer. However, the mechanism of MG‑132 in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas remains unknown. Based on our previous study, the present detected P‑gp and P‑gp expression i...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ma J,Lv Z,Liu X,Liu X,Xu W

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the changes of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. In this study, the gene expression of interleukins and the balance of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of PE patients and controls were investigated. A total of 20 ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Duan Q,Lv W,Wang L,Gong Z,Wang Q,Song H,Wang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic iron overload may result in hepatic fibrosis and even neoplastic transformation due to a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondria have been proposed to be important in the production of ROS. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPT...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu D,He H,Yin D,Que A,Tang L,Liao Z,Huang Q,He M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate of ovarian cancer is the highest of all gynecological malignancies. Telmisartan is a commonly used clinical angiotensin receptor blocker, which has antihypertensive, anti‑inflammatory and antithrombotic effects. In the present study, it was investigated whether telmisartan could exert anticancer eff...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Pu Z,Zhu M,Kong F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal clinical detection of thalassemia involves gap‑PCR and reverse dot blot (RDB) analysis of fetal DNA acquired through invasive methods. The present study aimed to develop a non‑invasive prenatal diagnostic method for thalassemia based on next‑generation sequencing (NGS). A total of eight families with proband ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yang X,Ye Y,Fan D,Lin S,Li M,Hou H,Zhang J,Yang X

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial splenic embolization (PSE) or splenectomy is widely performed to increase platelet counts for interferon (IFN) therapy. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the long-term effects of splenectomy and subsequent IFN therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver cirrhosis (LC). The present...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Inagaki Y,Sugimoto K,Shiraki K,Tameda M,Kusagawa S,Nojiri K,Ogura S,Yamamoto N,Takei Y,Ito M,Mizuno S,Usui M,Sakurai H,Isaji S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 60 breast cancer (BC) tissues and adjacent healthy tissues from patients who underwent surgery in Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University were collected for analysis in the present study. Results from reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‑qPCR) demonstrated that, compared with the adj...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu W,Wang W

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) proteins are responsible for the rapid turnoff of G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathways. RGS9‑2, a brain‑specific splice variant of the RGS9 gene, is highly expressed in the striatum but lowly expressed in the periaqueductal gray and spinal cord, which mediate various act...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhu Y,Zhang H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoter hypermethylation is a marginal approach to inactivating tumor suppressor genes in cancer. DNA hypermethylation is a well-recognized epigenetic malfunction observed in several malignancies, most predominantly in prostate cancer. Aberrant DNA methylation patterns are considered to be the earliest somatic genome...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Syeed N,Syed Sameer A,Hamid A,Shah ZA,Afroze D,Rasool R,Siddiqi MA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PTEN acts as a phosphatidylinositol phosphatase with a possible role in the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway. Mutations in PTEN are frequent and their presence is associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer, which is the most common type of non-cutaneous malignancy in females. Delivery of the tumor...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yu X,Xu Z,Lei J,Li T,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the preconditioning effect and underlying mechanisms of cobalt-protoporphyrin (CoPP) in a mouse model of liver ischemia‑reperfusion (I/R) injury. Mice were divided into five groups: Sham‑operated (control), I/R, I/R + CoPP, I/R + CoPP and zinc‑protoporphyrin (ZnPP) and I...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li J,Wu B,Teng D,Sun X,Li J,Li J,Zhang G,Cai J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone cancer pain (BCP) is a severe complication of advanced bone cancer. Although cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) agonists may have an analgesic effect, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. CB2 serves a protective role in various pathological states through the activation of autophagy. Therefore, the present study a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Mao Y,Huang Y,Zhang Y,Wang C,Wu H,Tian X,Liu Y,Hou B,Liang Y,Rong H,Gu X,Ma Z

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roscovitine and purvalanol are purine derivative cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors that induce apoptosis in various types of cancer cells. However, their impact on the apoptotic cell death mechanism requires further elucidation. Natural polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine play essential roles in the ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Çoker A,Arısan ED,Palavan-Ünsal N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral hypoperfusion is a common feature of vascular dementia and has recently been recognized to contribute to the progression of cognitive decline. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of Bushen Huoxue decoction (BHD), a two‑herb Chinese Medicine, on cognitive impairment in a rat model of cerebral hy...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ye S,Gu Y,Xu Y,Fan W,Wang X,Chen S,Cai S,Lv S,Tong Y,Cai J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cooperation and communication between different cell signaling transduction pathways are considered critical in the development of various types of cancer as well as drug resistance. There is evidence of crosstalk between the G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), the newly discovered estrogen receptor (ER), and t...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ruan SQ,Wang SW,Wang ZH,Zhang SZ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling pathway exhibits an important role in cancer invasion and metastasis. Excessive expression of TGF-β activates Smad4, leading to the upregulation of downstream metastasis-associated genes. Thus, the inhibition of the TGF-β/Smad4 signaling pathway may be a novel strateg...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen F,Zhuang M,Peng J,Wang X,Huang T,Li S,Lin M,Lin H,Xu Y,Li J,Chen Z,Huang Y

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through searching for anti‑neuroinflammatory metabolites from Nardostachys jatamansi extracts, nardostachin was revealed to exert anti‑neuroinflammatory effects against lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‑induced overproduction of nitric oxide and prostaglandin E2 in BV2 and rat primary microglial cells. Furthermore, nardostachi...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kim DC,Park JS,Yoon CS,Kim YC,Oh H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the possible role of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and mononuclear macrophages in the pathogenic processes of experimental animals. To construct a chronic experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) model, an artificially synthesized myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou X,Li X,Feng M,Zhang Q,Yang Z

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low‑density lipoprotein receptors (LDLRs) may serve a role in the diabetogenic effect of statins; however, the effects of statins on LDLR expression and its regulation in the pancreas and islets have yet to be determined. To exclude the long‑term effects of treatment with atorvastatin, which allows mice to adapt, male...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yu Q,Wang F,Meng X,Gong Y,Wang Y,Xu C,Wang S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to an oversight during the proof checking stage, the above article has been published with the incorrect author listed for correspondence. The first author, Chao Huang, is listed as the corresponding author, although he was only intended to have been temporarily assigned to handle queries during the pre-press st...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang C,Liu H,Gong X,Wen B,Chen D,Liu J,Hu F

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and the underlying genetic causes of Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD) in a sporadic case in a Chinese patient. A 10‑year‑old boy was diagnosed with BVMD; complete ophthalmic examinations were performed, including best‑corrected visua...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lin Y,Li T,Gao H,Lian Y,Chen C,Zhu Y,Li Y,Liu B,Zhou W,Jiang H,Liu X,Zhao X,Liang X,Jin C,Huang X,Lu L

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8 (SAMP8), a non‑transgenic animal model used for researching sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), presents AD pathologies and overall dysregulation in brain energy metabolism, which is one of the early pathogenic characteristics of AD. In the present study, the authors examined chrono...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kim HS,Moon S,Kim S,Lee MJ,Suk MH,Park DH,Shin DW,Park CS,Kang JH

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary effect of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response or unfolded protein response (UPR) is to reduce the load of unfolded protein and promote survival. However, prolonged and severe ER stress leads to tissue injury and serious diseases. Thus, it is important to identify drugs that can attenuate ER stre...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qin HS,Yu PP,Sun Y,Wang DF,Deng XF,Bao YL,Song J,Sun LG,Song ZB,Li YX

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00