Current Status of Therapeutic Approaches against Peripheral Nerve Injuries: A Detailed Story from Injury to Recovery.

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by insulin resistance. However, the complete molecular mechanism remains unclear. In this study, zebrafish were fed a long-term high-fat diet to induce type 2 diabetes, which resulted in a higher body weight, body mass index, more lipid vacuoles in liver, increased insulin tra...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Meng XH,Chen B,Zhang JP

更新日期：2017-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Two assumptions underlie current models of the geographical ranges of perennial plant species: 1. current ranges are in equilibrium with the prevailing climate, and 2. changes are attributable to changes in macroclimatic factors, including tolerance of winter cold, the duration of the growing season, and water stress ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kramer K,Bijlsma RJ,Hickler T,Thuiller W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding PDX1 (pancreatic duodenum homeobox 1), the main transcription factor regulating the glucose-dependent transactivation of the insulin promoter in pancreatic beta-cells, clusters with two closely related homeobox genes (Gsh1 and Cdx2/3), all of them belonging to the ParaHox gene family. The ParaHox gen...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Rosanas-Urgell A,Garcia-Fernàndez J,Marfany G

更新日期：2008-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces the disruption of the blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) which leads to infiltration of blood cells, an inflammatory response, and neuronal cell death, resulting spinal cord secondary damage. Retinoic acid (RA) has a neuroprotective effect in both ischemic brain injury and SCI, however t...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhou Y,Zhang H,Zheng B,Ye L,Zhu S,Johnson NR,Wang Z,Wei X,Chen D,Cao G,Fu X,Li X,Xu HZ,Xiao J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a systemic syndrome characterized by age-associated degenerative skeletal muscle atrophy, sarcopenia leads to a risk of adverse outcomes in the elderly. Age-related iron accumulation is found in the muscles of sarcopenia animal models and patients, but the role of iron in sarcopenia remains poorly understood. It ha...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Huang Y,Wu B,Shen D,Chen J,Yu Z,Chen C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perturbation in lipid homeostasis is one of the major bottlenecks in metabolic diseases, especially Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), which has emerged as a leading global cause of chronic liver disease. The bile acids (BAs) and their derivatives exert a variety of metabolic effects through complex and intert...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kumari A,Pal Pathak D,Asthana S

更新日期：2020-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:By introduction of Oct4, Sox2, Klf4 and cMyc, human adult somatic cells can be reprogrammed into embryonic stem cell capable of pluripotent differentiation. In several lines of human endometrial polyp- and cervical polyp-mesenchymal stem cells (EPMSCs and CPMSC), we showed introduction of the four transcription factor...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Ding DC,Chu TY,Liu HW

更新日期：2018-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation (IR) is a well-known carcinogen, however the mechanism of radiation induced thymic lymphoma is not well known. Moreover, an easy and effective method to protect mice from radiation induced thymic lymphoma is still unknown. Hydrogen, or H(2), is seldom regarded as an important agent in medical usage,...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhao L,Zhou C,Zhang J,Gao F,Li B,Chuai Y,Liu C,Cai J

更新日期：2011-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) represents a debilitating complication following glucocorticoid (GC)-based therapy. Synovial-derived mesenchymal stem cells (SMSCs) can exert protective effect in the animal model of GC-induced ONFH by inducing cell proliferation and preventing cell apoptosis. Recent studies in...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Guo SC,Tao SC,Yin WJ,Qi X,Sheng JG,Zhang CQ

更新日期：2016-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis-induced myocardial dysfunction (SIMD) is a life-threatening complication caused by inflammation, but how it is initiated is still unclear. Several studies have shown that extracellular high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), an important cytokine triggering inflammation, is overexpressed during the pathogenesis of S...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Peng Q,Xu H,Xiao M,Wang L

更新日期：2020-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) family members exert their function via specific type I and type II serine/threonine kinase receptors and intracellular Smad transcription factors, including the common mediator Smad4. The dual effects of TGF-beta signaling on tumor initiation and progression are cell-specifi...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang G,Yang X

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vγ9Vδ2 (also termed Vγ2Vδ2) T cells, a major human peripheral blood γδ T cell subset, recognize microbial (E)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate and endogenous isopentenyl diphosphate in a TCR-dependent manner. The recognition does not require specific accessory cells, antigen uptake, antigen processing, or MHC ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wu YL,Ding YP,Tanaka Y,Shen LW,Wei CH,Minato N,Zhang W

更新日期：2014-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovarian cancer is the fifth common cause of death in woman worldwide. The tripartite motif-containing (TRIM) proteins consist of more than 70 known protein members. Studies have showed that TRIM proteins are involved in cancer and play important roles in cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion and metastasis. R...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang Y,Zhou Z,Wang X,Zhang X,Chen Y,Bai J,Di W

更新日期：2018-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Pork quality is an economically important trait and one of the main selection criteria for breeding in the swine industry. In this genome-wide association study (GWAS), 455 pigs from a porcine Large White × Minzhu intercross population were genotyped using the Illumina PorcineSNP60K Beadchip, and phenotyped for intram...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Luo W,Cheng D,Chen S,Wang L,Li Y,Ma X,Song X,Liu X,Li W,Liang J,Yan H,Zhao K,Wang C,Wang L,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vertebrate body plan externally is largely symmetrical across the midline but internal organs develop asymmetrically. The biological basis of asymmetric organ development has been investigated extensively for years, although the proposed mechanisms remain controversial. By comparison, the biological origin of exte...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Klar AJ

更新日期：2014-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is identified as the most prevalent and abundant internal RNA modification, especially within eukaryotic mRNAs, which has attracted much attention in recent years since its importance for regulating gene expression and deciding cell fate. m6A modification is installed by RNA methyltransferases...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhu ZM,Huo FC,Pei DS

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Foxp3⁺ regulatory T lymphocytes (Tregs) usually act as an immune suppressor and correlate with poorer survival in malignancies. This study aims to investigate the distribution and characterization of Foxp3(+) subset in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and tumor tissues from extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma (ENK...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Peng RJ,Huang ZF,Zhang YL,Yuan ZY,Xia Y,Jiang WQ,Zeng YX,Li J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As one of the most ominous malignancies, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage, owing to its aggressive invasion and metastatic spread. Emerging evidence has demonstrated that Rictor, as a unique component of the mTORC2, plays a role in cell migration, as it is dysregulated in var...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Dong X,Feng M,Yang H,Liu H,Guo H,Gao X,Liu Y,Liu R,Zhang N,Chen R,Kong R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evodiamine has therapeutic potential against cancers. This study was designed to investigate whether combination therapy with gemcitabine and evodiamine enhanced antitumor efficacy in pancreatic cancer. In vitro application of the combination therapy triggered significantly higher frequency of pancreatic cancer cells ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wei WT,Chen H,Wang ZH,Ni ZL,Liu HB,Tong HF,Guo HC,Liu DL,Lin SZ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference has been described as a powerful genetic tool for gene functional analysis and a promising approach for pest management. However, RNAi efficiency varies significantly among insect species due to distinct RNAi machineries. Lepidopteran insects include a large number of pests as well as model insects, s...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li Z,Zeng B,Ling L,Xu J,You L,Aslam AF,Tan A,Huang Y

更新日期：2015-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The evading apoptosis of tumor cells may result in chemotherapy resistance. Therefore, investigating what molecular events contribute to drug-induced apoptosis, and how tumors evade apoptotic death, provides a paradigm to explain the relationship between cancer genetics and treatment sensitivity. In this study, we foc...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Ji Y,Shen J,Li M,Zhu X,Wang Y,Ding J,Jiang S,Chen L,Wei W

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Wee1 kinase regulates the G2/M cell cycle checkpoint by phosphorylating and inactivating the mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1). Loss of Wee1 in many systems, including yeast and drosophila, leads to premature mitotic entry. However, the developmental role of Wee1 in mammals remains unclear. In this study, we es...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Tominaga Y,Li C,Wang RH,Deng CX

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most lethal diseases, characterized by early metastasis and high mortality. Subunits of the SWI/SNF complex have been identified in many studies as the regulators of tumor progression, but the role of SMARCAD1, one member of the SWI/SNF family, in pancreatic cancer has not been elu...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Liu F,Xia Z,Zhang M,Ding J,Feng Y,Wu J,Dong Y,Gao W,Han Z,Liu Y,Yao Y,Li D

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genuine racial differences in prostate cancer (PCa) biology have been considered among the potential reasons to explain PCa disparities. There is no animal model to represent all aspects of human PCa and, more specifically, to be used for PCa disparity research. The lack of a spontaneously transformed in vitro cell-ba...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Koochekpour S,Willard SS,Shourideh M,Ali S,Liu C,Azabdaftari G,Saleem M,Attwood K

更新日期：2014-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:MiR-216a-5p has opposite effects on tumorigenesis and progression in the context of different tumors, acting as either a tumor suppressor or an oncogene. However, the expression and function of miR-216a-5p in pancreatic cancer (PC) is not well characterized. In this study, we found miR-216a-5p was significantly downre...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang J,Gao S,Zhang Y,Yi H,Xu M,Xu J,Liu H,Ding Z,He H,Wang H,Hao Z,Sun L,Liu Y,Wei F

更新日期：2020-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic landscape of pancreatic cancer shows nearly ubiquitous mutations of K-RAS. However, oncogenic K-Ras(mt) alone is not sufficient to lead to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) in either human or in genetically modified adult mouse models. Many stimulants, such as high fat diet, CCK, LPS, PGE2 and others...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Logsdon CD,Lu W

更新日期：2016-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard of care for patients who suffer from non-organ confined prostate cancer (CaP) is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). ADT exploits the reliance of CaP cells on androgen receptor (AR) signaling throughout CaP progression from androgen-stimulated (AS) to castration-recurrent (CR) disease. AR is a member of t...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Heemers HV

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat is a model of type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome based on impaired glucose tolerance caused by the inherited insulin-resistance gene. The ZDF rat exhibits progressive nephropathy; however, the detailed mechanisms have remained unclear. This study was performed to examine the po...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Suzaki Y,Ozawa Y,Kobori H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidences suggest that innate immunity is involved in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, but the liable innate immune receptors have not been completely elucidated. Here, we explored the role of the nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)2, a member of the cytosolic NOD-like recep...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Liu H,Wei X,Kong L,Liu X,Cheng L,Yan S,Zhang X,Chen L

更新日期：2015-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by motor disorders and the destruction of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta. In addition to motor disability, many patients with PD present a spectrum of clinical symptoms, including cognitive decline, psychiatric alterations, loss of smell and bladder...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Pisa D,Alonso R,Carrasco L

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00