Current diagnosis and management strategies in pachychoroid spectrum of diseases (Review).

abstract：:Cell-based tissue engineering has the potential to restore cartilage defects. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are regarded as an alternative cell source in regenerative medicine. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from human iPSCs (hiPSCs) for the r...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xu X,Shi D,Liu Y,Yao Y,Dai J,Xu Z,Chen D,Teng H,Jiang Q

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of γ-aminobutyric acid transporter-1 (GAT-1) on the anxiety-like behaviors and cognitive function in knockout mice. In total, 20 adult male mice were divided into two groups, namely the GAT-1 knockout (GAT-1-/-) and wild-type (WT) groups. The open field test, ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Gong X,Shao Y,Li B,Chen L,Wang C,Chen Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:COVID-19 pandemic is a reality. This study extracted information from a case in Italy and a case in South Korea during COVID-19 pandemic. Epidemic threat evolved differently in Italy compared to that in South Korea. Case fatality ratios from Italy and South Korea were consistently diverging over time. It appears that ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Symvoulakis EK,Sourvinos G,Spandidos DA,Lionis C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are commonly used in bone tissue engineering. In the present study, a new composite combining strengthened β-TCP and PRP was prepared and its morphological and mechanical properties were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and material testin...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang C,Zhong D,Zhou X,Yin K,Liao Q,Kong L,Liu A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is an important secondary messenger that has long been recognized to control the initiation of meiosis through the activation of protein kinase A (PKA) in mammalian oocytes. However, PKA is not the only target for cAMP. Recent studies on cAMP-dependent and PKA-independent pathways...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang JC,Geng Y,Han Y,Luo HN,Zhang YS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that altered expression of microRNAs (miRs) is critical in numerous human cancer types. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms of many miRs are yet to be elucidated. In the present study, reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot analyses, and cell migration a...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Bai X,Yang M,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine whether the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) +936C/T polymorphism confers susceptibility to gastric cancer (GC) by conducting a meta-analysis. Publications addressing the association between the VEGF +936C/T polymorphism and GC risk were selected from the Pubmed, Embase ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhou LP,Luan H,Dong XH,Jin GJ,Man DL,Shang H

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the thenar muscles were evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in addition, the correlations between thenar muscle changes, clinical findings and electrodiagnostic results from patients with carpal tunnel syndrome were investigated. The subjects were 13 patients (17 wrists) who were cl...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Dilokhuttakarn T,Naito K,Kinoshita M,Sugiyama Y,Goto K,Iwase Y,Kaneko K

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes the clinical course and treatment of a Mooren-like ulcer associated with abuse of topical anesthetics and dexamethasone. A 38-year-old male physician treated himself with lidocaine, tetracaine and dexamethasone (DEX) eye drops for severe pain and decline of vision in both eyes. After six m...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wu H,Hu Y,Shi XR,Xu F,Jiang CY,Huang R,Jia H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of our study was to analyze the role of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor (NF)-κB signal pathway on Hepcidin regulation in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). A total of 60 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the control, NAFLD and intervention groups. Rats in the control group ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Chen W,Wang X,Huang LI,Liu BO

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Notch3 is a member of the Notch family and its mutations are known to cause a hereditary human disorder called cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). However, the specific function and signaling cascade initiated by CADASIL mutants remain unknown. To gain ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Lin C,Huang Z,Zhou R,Zhou Y,Shentu Y,Yu K,Zhang Y

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of Sonoclot detection technology to guide the clinical medication of the perioperative anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) undergoing emergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was estimated. One hundred and twenty-eight patients were randomly di...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yang WX,Lai CL,Chen FH,Wang JR,Ji YR,Wang DX

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paeoniflorin serves important cellular roles, exerting anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-pulmonary fibrosis effects and possesses immune-modulatory properties. However, the exact role of paeoniflorin in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA) remains unclear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the e...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Hu PF,Sun FF,Jiang LF,Bao JP,Wu LD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-155 (miR-155) is overexpressed in numerous human cancer types and has an oncogenic role. Previous study has revealed that miR-155 serves an important role in the progression of clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC); however, the underlying mechanism was not completely clarified. The present study aimed to i...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ji H,Tian D,Zhang B,Zhang Y,Yan D,Wu S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis affects 2-4% of the population worldwide and its treatment is currently far from satisfactory. Calcipotriol and Portulaca oleracea have been reported to exhibit the capacity to inhibit inflammation in psoriatic patients and improve their clinical condition. However, the efficacy of a combination regimen of t...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhao H,Li S,Luo F,Tan Q,Li H,Zhou W

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant methylation of gene promoter regions is one of the mechanisms for inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in human malignancies. In this study, the methylation pattern of 24 tumor suppressor genes was analyzed in 75 samples of ovarian cancer using the methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amp...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ozdemir F,Altinisik J,Karateke A,Coksuer H,Buyru N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of microRNA (miR)-92a on cystatin C expression in patients with type II diabetes and lower limb ischemia. A total of 199 patients diagnosed with type II diabetes were included in the study and divided into three experimental groups: Simple type II diabetes mel...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Guan Q,Jin X

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims to raise awareness about the necessity of a thorough differential diagnosis process when diagnosing paraganglioma as it is an extremely rare entity with a high malignant potential. A 64-year-old female patient was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of bowel obstruction and a palpable abdomin...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Iliesiu A,Ungureanu IA,Petca A,Constantin MM,Petca RC,Sandru F,Constantin T,Dumitrascu MC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the majority of patients with breast cancer are diagnosed at early stages of disease development. However, a considerable number of such cases develop secondary malignancies after a relatively short period of time. The presence of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been proposed as a strong biomarker to pr...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Serrano MJ,Rovira PS,Martínez-Zubiaurre I,Rodriguez MD,Fernández M,Lorente JA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-cadherin is a key cell adhesion molecule implicated in tumor suppression that is frequently altered in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), particularly in hepatitis B virus-related tumors. Here, we report that the epigenetic drugs 5-azacytidine and trichostatin A up-regulated E-cadherin expression in HCC cells. The depl...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Qiu X,Qiao F,Su X,Zhao Z,Fan H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in the treatment of dwarfism and the relationship between insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)-3 and thyroid hormone were examined in the present study. For this purpose, 66 patients diagnosed with dwarfism were selected retrospectively,...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ren S,Nie Y,Wang A

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The curative effect of minimally invasive surgery on palmar and foot hyperhidrosis and its influence on serum-related cytokines and immunoglobulins were investigated. Seventy-six patients with palmar and foot hyperhidrosis admitted to Yunnan University Hospital from August 2014 to July 2016 were selected and randomly ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li WX,Li YK,Lin HT

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibrosis is a common phenomenon in different types of heart diseases, such as ischemic heart disease, inherited cardiomyopathy mutations, diabetes, and ageing and is associated with morbidity and mortality. Increased accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) that impacts cardiac function, is the underlying ca...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Tian J,An X,Niu L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the characteristic features of cancer stem cells (CSCs) using an aggressive human osteosarcoma cell line OS-65. Hoechst 33342 dye exclusion was used to distinguish the cancer stem-like side population (SP) cells from OS-65 cells. Furthermore, the SP cells were characterized via chemoresi...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Y,Teng JS

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the effect of triptolide (TL) on ulcerative colitis (UC) and explore the potential association between the therapeutic effects of TL and IL-1β expression using a 4,4-dimethyl-4-silapentane-1-sulfonic acid (DSS)-induced mouse model to simulate human UC. A total of 70 BALB/c female...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhang H,Gong C,Qu L,Ding X,Cao W,Chen H,Zhang B,Zhou G

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyze the correlation between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the actin, aortic smooth muscle (ACTA2) gene and coronary artery stenosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Eight SNPs from the promoter region of the ACTA2 gene were screened. Patients with T2DM (n=251) were ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Fang H,Luo X,Wang Y,Liu N,Fu C,Wang H,Fang Y,Shi W,Zhang Y,Zeng C,Wang X

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shen-Zhi-Ling (SZL) oral liquid is a traditional Chinese medicine formula that is mainly used for the clinical treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects and underlying mechanisms of SZL treatment on AD. APP/PS1 transgenic mice were utilized to e...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xing S,Shen D,Chen C,Wu B,Chi H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a degenerative disease caused by lack of estrogen whereby bone degeneration exceeds bone formation, resulting in loss of bone mass. Various drugs have been utilized in an attempt to ameliorate bone strength in such patients. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of vita...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Huang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of lidocaine can lead to nerve damage. Evidence suggests that patients with diabetic neuropathy are at a higher risk for neurotoxicity. In the present study, the successful induction of diabetic neuropathic pain (DNP) in rats via a high-sugar, high-fat diet and intraperitoneal injection of 1% streptozo...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zheng X,Chen L,Du X,Cai J,Yu S,Wang H,Xu G,Luo Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the clinical manifestations, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features and treatments of a 22-year-old male patient diagnosed with reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) associated with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) 7 months after a haploid hematopoietic stem cell trans...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yu J,Sun L,Lin W

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00