Pleiotropic use of Statins as non-lipid-lowering drugs.

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：:Upon salinity challenge, the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase (NKA) of fish kidney plays a crucial role in maintaining ion and water balance. Moreover, the FXYD protein family was found to be a regulator of NKA. Our preliminary results revealed that fxyd12 was highly expressed in the kidneys of the two closely related euryhaline med...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang WK,Kang CK,Hsu AD,Lin CH,Lee TH

更新日期：2016-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymosin alpha 1 (Tα1) has immunomodulatory and anti-tumor effects in patients and has been commercialized in worldwide. An innovative technique is therefore impending to achieve high-yield expression and purification of Tα1 to meet the increasing requirements for clinical applications. Tα1 can enhance T cells, dendri...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li W,Song L,Wu S,Xue X,Zhang L,He L,Han W,Wang Q,Ling R,Zhang W,Yan Z,Zhang Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To evaluate the promoter methylation status of RECK gene and mRNA expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS:We analyzed RECK methylation by MSP, and RECK mRNA by real-time PCR in 74 HCC. The liver cell lines (7721, Chang and Hep-G2) were treated with 5-Aza-CdR and TSA. RESULTS:REC...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhang C,Ling Y,Zhang C,Xu Y,Gao L,Li R,Zhu J,Fan L,Wei L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal injury (TI) with septic complications continues to be a serious clinical problem. One of the main concerns in such patients is immunosuppression related to functional derangements in intestinal CD4+ T lymphocytes. Extensive previous studies in thermal injury/septic patients and animal models of thermal injury/...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Fazal N,Al-Ghoul WM

更新日期：2007-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: The monitoring and management of blood glucose concentration are standard practices in critical settings as hyperglycaemia has been shown close association with poorer outcomes. Several meta-analyses have revealed that intensive glucose control has no benefit in decreasing short-term mortality among critic...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yao RQ,Ren C,Wu GS,Zhu YB,Xia ZF,Yao YM

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence has indicated that abnormal microRNAs (miRNAs) participated in carcinogenesis and tumor progression in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Better understanding the association between miRNAs and HCC may contribute to discover novel therapeutic approaches for diagnosis and treatments. In the current study...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang L,Sun L,Wang Y,Yao B,Liu R,Chen T,Tu K,Liu Q,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Diosgenin, a traditional Yam extraction, has been used in hormone replacement for menopausal women. We aimed to investigate the influences of diosgenin administration upon the MMP-2 and -9 activity and expression and reproductive hormones of ovariectomized (OVX) rats, a model of menopausal status. Seven-week old femal...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Chang CC,Kuan TC,Hsieh YY,Ho YJ,Sun YL,Lin CS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terminal loop region of primary miRNA transcripts is an important determinant controlling miRNA function in human, animals and plants. However, the effects of polymorphisms in loop region of miRNA precusors on phenotypic variation have not been reported, especially on agronomic traits in rice. From rice japonica v...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang C,Ye J,Tang W,Liu Z,Zhu C,Wang M,Wan J

更新日期：2013-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis plays an important role in myocardial repair after myocardial infarction (MI). Cardiac micro-vascular endothelial cells (CMECs) are important participants in myocardial angiogenesis processes. Recent studies have revealed that Nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), a master transcription fact...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kuang L,Feng J,He G,Jing T

更新日期：2013-07-07 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：:The discovery of rare subpopulations of cancer stem cells (CSCs) has created a new focus in cancer research. As CSCs demonstrate resistance to chemoradiation therapy relative to other cancer cells, this allows the enrichment of CSC populations by killing apoptosis-susceptible cancer cells. In this study, three commonl...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang L,Huang X,Zheng X,Wang X,Li S,Zhang L,Yang Z,Xia Z

更新日期：2013-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling pathway plays important roles in many biological processes, including cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, migration, as well as cancer initiation and progression. SMAD4, which serves as the central mediator of TGF-β signaling, is specifically inactivated in over half...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Zhao M,Mishra L,Deng CX

更新日期：2018-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The loss of wild type p53 tumor suppressive function and oncogenic gain-of-function of p53 mutants have been showing important implications in tumorigenesis. The p53(N236S) (p53(N239S) in human, p53S) mutation has been shown to lose wild type p53 function by yeast assay. However, its gain of function is still not clea...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Jia S,Zhao L,Tang W,Luo Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When pathogenic stresses are recognized by innate immune cells, inflammasomes are assembled and caspase-1 is activated, resulting in the conversion of pro-IL-18 into mature IL-18. Because natural killer (NK) cells express IL-18 receptors, IL-18 may play roles in immune functions of NK cells. In the present study, we e...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Senju H,Kumagai A,Nakamura Y,Yamaguchi H,Nakatomi K,Fukami S,Shiraishi K,Harada Y,Nakamura M,Okamura H,Tanaka Y,Mukae H

更新日期：2018-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite significant progressions in treatment modalities over the last decade, either cancer incidence or mortality is continuously on the rise throughout the world. Current anticancer agents display limited efficacy, accompanied by severe side effects. In order to improve therapeutic outcomes in patients with cancer,...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Wang M,Jiang S,Zhou L,Yu F,Ding H,Li P,Zhou M,Wang K

更新日期：2019-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mast cells are found abundant at sites of acupoints. Nerve cells share perivascular localization with mast cells. Acupuncture (mechanical stimuli) can activate mast cells to release adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which can activate nerve cells and modulates pain-processing pathways in response to acupuncture. In this pa...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yao W,Yang H,Yin N,Ding G

更新日期：2014-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with unknown etiology. In some cases, typically developing children regress into clinical symptoms of autism, a condition known as regressive autism. Protein kinases are essential for G-protein-coupled receptor-mediated signal transduction, and are involved in neuronal functions...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Ji L,Chauhan A,Chauhan V

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reverting activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) to less activation or quiescent status is a promising strategy for liver fibrosis. Histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACI) could suppress HSCs activation. Our previous study demonstrated a critical role of miRNAs in HSCs activation. Here, we explored the involvement of m...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Lu P,Yan M,He L,Li J,Ji Y,Ji J

更新日期：2019-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective and prospective studies show that lean mass or strength is positively associated with metabolic health. Mice deficient in myostatin, a growth factor that negatively regulates skeletal muscle mass, have increased muscle and body weights and are resistant to diet-induced obesity. Their leanness is often at...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Bond ND,Guo J,Hall KD,McPherron AC

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though gallotannin was known to have anti-oxidant and antitumor activity, the underlying antitumor mechanism of gallotannin still remains unclear. Thus, in the present study, antitumor mechanism of gallotannin was elucidated in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Gallotannin significantly exerted cytotoxicity against Hep ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Han HJ,Kwon HY,Sohn EJ,Ko H,Kim B,Jung K,Lew JH,Kim SH

更新日期：2014-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The unfolded protein response, autophagy and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced apoptosis regulate tumor cell fate and have become novel signaling targets for the development of cancer therapeutic drugs. Curcumin has been used to treat several different cancers, including ovarian cancer, in clinical t...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Qu W,Xiao J,Zhang H,Chen Q,Wang Z,Shi H,Gong L,Chen J,Liu Y,Cao R,Lv J

更新日期：2013-08-14 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：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is considered the most common type of primary malignant bone tumor, which has an urgent need for more effective treatment. Recently, chitinase 3 like 1 (Chi3L1) expression has been found in a variety of cancer cells. However it is not known whether Chi3L1 regulates the STAT3 pathway in OS cells. Here...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Park KR,Yun HM,Hong JT

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase (TPST), responsible for the sulfation of a variety of secretory and membrane proteins, has been identified and characterized in submandibular salivary glands (William et al. Arch Biochem Biophys 1997; 338: 90-96). In the present study we demonstrate the sulfation of a salivary secretory...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Kasinathan C,Gandhi N,Ramaprasad P,Sundaram P,Ramasubbu N

更新日期：2007-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The current severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global infection, and is seriously threatening human life, especially cancer patients. Thus, we sought to determine the clinical roles of ACE2 (the cell entry receptor of SARS-CoV-2) in ccRCC (clear cell renal cell carcinoma). TCGA, ...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Yang W,Li L,Zhang K,Ma K,Xie H,Gong Y,Zhou J,Gong K

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Sirtuins are highly conserved NAD+-dependent protein deacetylases and/or ADP-ribosyltransferases that can extend the lifespan of several lower model organisms including yeast, worms and flies. The seven mammalian sirtuins, SIRT1 to SIRT7, have emerged as key metabolic sensors that directly link environmental signals t...

journal_title：International journal of biological sciences

authors： Li X,Kazgan N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00