5-methoxytryptophan: an arsenal against vascular injury and inflammation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Asthma has become an important public health issue and approximately 300 million people have suffered from the disease worldwide. Nowadays, the use of acupuncture in asthma is increasing. This study intended to systematically analyze and compare the gene expression profiles between the asthmatic and acupunct...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Yin LM,Jiang GH,Wang Y,Wang Y,Liu YY,Jin WR,Xu YD,Zhang QH,Yang YQ

更新日期：2009-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detection of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) remains a diagnostic challenge. We established diagnostic peptide biomarkers in bile and urine based on capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry (CE-MS) to detect both local and systemic changes during CCA progression. In a prospective cohort study we recen...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Voigtländer T,Metzger J,Husi H,Kirstein MM,Pejchinovski M,Latosinska A,Frantzi M,Mullen W,Book T,Mischak H,Manns MP

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A three-dimensional molecular model of the transmembrane domain of the 5-HT(1A) receptor (5-HT(1A)R) is presented in the context of a general strategy for modeling the macromolecular structure of a guanine nucleotide binding, regulatory protein coupled receptor (GPCR). The model of the 5-HT(1A)R rests on the definitio...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Pardo L,Batlle M,Duñach M,Weinstein H

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycine N-methyltransferase (GNMT) is a protein with multiple functions. Recently, two Italian siblings who had hepatomegaly and chronic elevation of serum transaminases were diagnosed to have GNMT deficiency caused by inherited compound heterozygosity of the GNMT gene with missence mutations. To evaluate the expressi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Liu HH,Chen KH,Shih YP,Lui WY,Wong FH,Chen YM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Tat proteins of human immunodeficiency virus types 1 (HIV-1) and 2 (HIV-2), termed Tat-1 and Tat-2, respectively, are essential for efficient viral replication. Tat proteins activate viral transcription by binding to the TAR RNA stem-loop structure at the 5' end of viral transcripts. We used an in vitro selection ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Rhim H,Rice AP

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequences of the putative envelope region (E1) and the junction between the E1 and envelope 2/nonstructural 1 (E2/NS1) region of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome are divergent among different genotypes. To characterize them, we introduced a set of nested primers that are conserved among four different...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kao JH,Chen PJ,Lai MY,Yang PM,Sheu JC,Wang TH,Chen DS

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Honokiol, a cell-permeable phenolic compound derived from the bark of magnolia trees and present in Asian herbal teas, has a unique array of pharmacological actions, including the inhibition of multiple autonomic responses. We determined the effects of honokiol on calcium signaling underlying transmission me...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wang HJ,Martin AG,Chao PK,Reichard RA,Martin AL,Huang YW,Chan MH,Aronstam RS

更新日期：2013-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The beta-amino acid, taurine, is a nutritional requirement in some species. In these species, the depletion of intracellular stores of taurine leads to the development of severe organ dysfunction. The basis underlying these defects is poorly understood, although there is some suggestion that oxidative stress...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Jong CJ,Ito T,Mozaffari M,Azuma J,Schaffer S

更新日期：2010-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glioma stem-like cells (GSCs) are proposed to be responsible for high resistance in glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) treatment. In order to find new strategies aimed at reducing GSC stemness and improving GBM patient survival, we investigated the effects and mechanism of a histone deacetylases (HDACs) inhibitor...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hsu CC,Chang WC,Hsu TI,Liu JJ,Yeh SH,Wang JY,Liou JP,Ko CY,Chang KY,Chuang JY

更新日期：2016-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation may lead to endothelial dysfunction, which manifests as an impaired coronary reactivity. Impairment in coronary flow reserve (CFR), preceding the clinical symptoms of coronary artery disease, can be measured noninvasively by positron emission tomography. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is an oxidative enzym...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Mäkelä R,Laaksonen R,Janatuinen T,Vesalainen R,Nuutila P,Jaakkola O,Knuuti J,Lehtimäki T

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that transgenic ablation of gonadotrophs results in impaired development of cells immunostainable for prolactin (PRL) but not of cells immunostainable for growth hormone (GH) or pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) in pituitary of newborn mice. The question remained whether this reduction in PRL protein ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Vankelecom H,Seuntjens E,Hauspie A,Denef C

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of a short-term exposure to somatostatin (SS), its receptors (SSTR) selective agonists as well as muscarinic receptors agonists upon acetylcholine-induced release of (3)H-MPP(+ )from bovine adrenal medullary cells. Acetylcholine (ACH, 100, 500 microM) was found to inc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Ribeiro L,Martel F,Azevedo I

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Type I Bartter syndrome is a recessive human nephropathy caused by loss-of-function mutations in the SLC12A1 gene coding for the Na+-K+-2Cl- cotransporter NKCC2. We recently established the mutant mouse line Slc12a1I299F exhibiting kidney defects highly similar to the late-onset manifestation of this heredit...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kemter E,Rathkolb B,Becker L,Bolle I,Busch DH,Dalke C,Elvert R,Favor J,Graw J,Hans W,Ivandic B,Kalaydjiev S,Klopstock T,Rácz I,Rozman J,Schrewe A,Schulz H,Zimmer A,Fuchs H,Gailus-Durner V,Hrabe de Angelis M,Wolf

更新日期：2014-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mediation of the respiratory reflex effects of an exogenous serotonin challenge goes beyond the lung vagi and is suggested to involve the nodose ganglia. In the present experiments the effects of an intravenous serotonin challenge on breathing pattern were studied in 8 pentobarbitone-chloralose anaesthetised cats. Bol...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kopczyńska B,Szereda-Przestaszewska M

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of ovarian function, as in menopause or after ovariectomy (OVX), is closely associated with obesity and white adipose tissue (WAT) inflammation. Estrogen replacement protects against postmenopausal obesity but increases the risks of carcinogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the effects of lo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Shen HH,Yang CY,Kung CW,Chen SY,Wu HM,Cheng PY,Lam KK,Lee YM

更新日期：2019-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of cells and organs to heat shock is associated with numerous changes in various cellular metabolic parameters and overexpression of proteins collectively known as heat shock proteins (HSP). In this communication we review the cell-signaling events that are altered in response to heat shock as they relate to ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Gong Kiang J,Tsokos GC

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permanent functional deficit in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) is in part due to severe neural cell death. Therefore, cell replacement using stem cells and neural progenitors that give rise to neurons and glia is thought to be a potent strategy to promote tissue repair after SCI. Many studies have shown that s...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Tzeng SF

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular dementia is the second dementing illness after Alzheimer's disease and caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, and affects cognitive abilities. Our previous study found that auricular electrical stimulation (ES) improved motor and learning impairment, and this phenomenon related with nicotinic ac...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huang TH,Lin YW,Huang CP,Chen JM,Hsieh CL

更新日期：2019-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the involvement of the globus pallidus in mediating epilepsy, the effects of microinjection of a GABA uptake blocker (tiagabine), a benzodiazepine agonist (zolpidem) and a GABA-B receptor agonist (baclofen) on pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced tonic seizure were examined in adult rats. Administration of PTZ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen L,Chan YS,Yung WH

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase 1 (MEK1) that occur during cell proliferation and tumor formation are well described. Information on the roles of MEK2 in these effects is still limited. We established a constitutive MEK2 transgenic zebrafish, Tg(krt14:MEK2S219D-GFP), to elucidate ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chou CM,Chen YC,Su S,Chen GD,Huang KY,Lien HW,Huang CJ,Cheng CH

更新日期：2015-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CIP4 is a scaffold protein that regulates membrane deformation and tubulation, organization of the actin cytoskeleton, endocytosis of growth factor receptors, and vesicle trafficking. Although expressed in the heart, CIP4 has not been studied with regards to its potential function in cardiac myocytes. RESUL...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Rusconi F,Thakur H,Li J,Kapiloff MS

更新日期：2013-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In many solid tumor types, tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are important components of the tumor microenvironment (TME). Moreover, TAMs infiltration is strongly associated with poor survival in solid tumor patients. In this review, we describe the origins of TAMs and their polarization state dictated by the TME. W...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen Y,Song Y,Du W,Gong L,Chang H,Zou Z

更新日期：2019-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is a putative anti-stress agent and stress is associated with the secretion of catecholamine from the adrenal gland, but the effects of DHEA on catecholamine secretion are not fully understood. Using bovine chromaffin cells, we found that DHEA inhibited catecholamine secretion and cytosol...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Liu PS,Wang PY

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in eIF3-p48/INT6 gene expression have been implicated in murine and human mammary carcinogenesis. We examined levels of INT6 protein in human tumors and determined that breast and colon tumors clustered into distinct groups based on levels of INT6 expression and clinicopathological variables. We performed ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Traicoff JL,Chung JY,Braunschweig T,Mazo I,Shu Y,Ramesh A,D'Amico MW,Galperin MM,Knezevic V,Hewitt SM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have generated peptide antisera against selected regions in HIV-1 and HIV-2 reverse transcriptase (RT) and integrase (IN) to investigate the specificity of determinants governing the immune response. Peptides representing homologous regions (>50%) in the N- and C-termini and central portions of these proteins were ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Klutch M,Woerner AM,Marcus-Sekura CJ,Levin JG

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To mimic systemic inflammation in humans, different animal models have been developed. Since these models are still discussed controversially, we aimed to comparatively evaluate the most widely used models with respect to the systemic effects, the influence on organ functions and to the underlying pathophysi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Seemann S,Zohles F,Lupp A

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous hematologic malignancy in terms of clinical features, underlying pathogenesis and treatment outcomes. Recent advances in genomic techniques have unraveled the molecular complexity of AML leukemogenesis, which in turn have led to refinement of risk stratification and pers...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hou HA,Tien HF

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of a single or repeated dermal administration of methyl parathion on motor function, learning and memory were investigated in adult female rats and correlated with blood cholinesterase activity. Exposure to a single dose of 50 mg/kg methyl parathion (75% of the dermal LD(50)) resulted in an 88% inhibition ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Zhu H,Rockhold RW,Baker RC,Kramer RE,Ho IK

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors were shown capable of high efficiency transduction of both dividing and nondividing cells and tissues. AAV-mediated transduction leads to stable, long-term transgene expression in the absence of apparent immune response. These properties and the broad host range of AAV vectors indi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Tal J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huber RJ

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00