Origanum vulgare essential oil: antibacterial activities and synergistic effect with polymyxin B against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.

abstract：:CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 3 (CRTC3) was a recently identified protein which played an important role in glucose and lipid metabolism. Previous research showed that the polymorphisms of CRTC3 were associated with obesity in Mexican-Americans. Data on that relationship in Chinese was unavailable so far. S...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ou Z,Wang G,Li Q,Ma Z,Dai M,Zou F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factor RBP-J-mediated Notch signaling has been implicated in several inherited cardiovascular diseases including aortic valve diseases (AVD). But whether Notch signal plays a role in AVD in adults has been unclear. This study aims to test whether the deletion of RBP-J in adult mice would lead to AVD and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li Z,Feng L,Wang CM,Zheng QJ,Zhao BJ,Yi W,Zhang JZ,Wang YM,Guo HT,Yi DH,Han H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete sequence of mitochondrial genome of Siamensis Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis) is determined by using PCR amplification, clone and primer-walking sequencing methods. The genome is 16836 bp in size, containing 13 protein-coding, 2 ribosomal and 22 transfer RNA genes. The mtDNA genome of Siamensis Crocodile...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ji X,Wu X,Yan P,Amato G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage activation is modulated by both environmental cues and endogenous programs. In the present study, we investigated the role of a PAQR family protein, monocyte to macrophage differentiation-associated (MMD), in macrophage activation and unveiled its underlying molecular mechanism. Our results showed that whil...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Liu Q,Zheng J,Yin DD,Xiang J,He F,Wang YC,Liang L,Qin HY,Liu L,Liang YM,Han H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two predominant forms of arginase, cytosolic Arginase-I and mitochondrial Arginase-II, catalyze hydrolysis of arginine into ornithine and urea. Based on presence of arginase activity in extracts using potassium chloride (KCl), mitochondrial membrane-bound arginase has also been suggested. However, the activity of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mishra S,Mishra R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the only known two Lagoon populations of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella) in the world, one is residing in the Chilika Lagoon in Orissa state, India. In addition to accidental deaths in gill net fishery and mechanized boat operations, there has been exploitation of the species for their oil. Extreme patchy distributio...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Jayasankar P,Patel A,Khan M,Das P,Panda S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribonuclease P (RNase P) is a key enzyme involved in tRNA biosynthesis. It catalyses the endonucleolytic cleavage of nearly all tRNA precursors to produce 5'-end matured tRNA. RNase P activity has been found in all organisms examined, from bacteria to mammals. Eubacterial RNase RNA is the only known RNA enzyme which f...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Drainas D

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low levels of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) have been reported in the circulation of patients with breast cancer, particularly in metastatic features. Our objective was to study the correlation between plasma levels of CoQ10 and the tumoral expression levels of AMPK, PFKFB3, VEGF, and VEGFR2. This study was a part of consecuti...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Abdi S,Montazeri V,Garjani A,Shayanfar A,Pirouzpanah S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many case-control studies have investigated the role of TGF-β1 gene +869C/T promoter polymorphism in autoimmune diseases, but the results are inconsistent. To clarify this point, we performed a meta-analysis based on all available studies in Pubmed, Elsevier Science Direct, Google Searching, Chinese Biomedical Literat...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhang L,Yan JW,Wang YX,Wan YN,Li JP,Liu P,Xu B,Wang BX,Peng WJ,Pan FM,Wang J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocilin (MYOC) gene is expressed in many ocular tissues, including the trabecular meshwork, a specialized eye tissue essential in regulating intraocular pressure. Many mutations in MYOC have been detected in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). We investigated whether MYOC mutations contributed to the susceptibility t...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Qu X,Zhou X,Zhou K,Xie X,Tian Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) or acute rheumatic fever (ARF) develops as a consequence of an exaggerated immune response to Group A beta haemolytic streptococci causing pharyngitis. The molecular mimicry appears between human cardiac myosin and M protein of group A streptococcal membranes. The polymorphism of the prot...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Aksoy R,Duman T,Keskin O,Düzgün N

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore whether the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) +49 A/G polymorphism confers susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A meta-analysis was conducted on the associations between CTLA-4 +49 A/G polymorphism and RA using; 1) allele contrast, 2) the recessive model, 3) the dom...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Lee YH,Bae SC,Choi SJ,Ji JD,Song GG

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have shown that miR-125b-5p was highly expressed and significantly upregulated during abdominal fat deposition in chickens. However, the role of miR-125b in the regulation of adipogenesis is not clear in chickens. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of miR-125b-5p on preadipocyte proliferation and...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li G,Chen Y,Jin W,Zhai B,Li Y,Sun G,Li H,Kang X,Tian Y

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA encoding an O-methyltransferase (namely FGCOMT1) was identified from the medicinal plant Trigonella foenum-graecum L. The FGCOMT1 enzyme is a functional caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) and is localized in the cytosol. Kinetic analysis indicated that FGCOMT1 protein exhibited the highest catalyzing effic...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Qin JC,Zhang YM,Lang CY,Yao YH,Pan HY,Li X

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a polygenic and multifactorial gynecology situation which might be associated with angiogenesis. In the current study we assess the role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) - 2578 A/C, and + 936 C/T polymorphisms in susceptibility to endometriosis and checking the expression of VEGF mRNA in e...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rashidi BH,Sarhangi N,Aminimoghaddam S,Haghollahi F,Naji T,Amoli MM,Shahrabi-Farahani M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45, a common leukocyte antigen expressed on the surface of all nucleated hematopoietic cells, indicates the developmental stage and functional status of lymphocytes by its alternative splicing isoforms. Estrogen is correlated with the immune activity of lymphocytes and is involved in the sex bias of several human au...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhang T,Dong Z,Cai H,Rong J,Su Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) has been investigated extensively at the molecular level. Nevertheless, genome wide study on the temporal and spatial dynamics of the virus is non-existed. To explore this topic, we determined complete coding genome sequences for four PRRSV isolates and analy...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Yoon SH,Kim H,Kim J,Lee HK,Park B,Kim H

更新日期：2013-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the effects of sex hormones on activity of the ABCG2 promoter in different cell lines. T47D cells and BeWo cells were used as models for ABCG2-expressing cell lines, and luciferase assays using ABCG2 promoter-luciferase constructs were performed. It was shown that progesterone in...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Yasuda S,Kobayashi M,Itagaki S,Hirano T,Iseki K

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to analyze the temporal gene expression in salivary and lacrimal glands of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) based on time-series microarray data. We downloaded gene expression data GSE15640 and GSE48139 from gene expression omnibus and identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at varying ti...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wang D,Xue L,Yang Y,Hu J,Li G,Piao X

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the protective effect of ferulic acid (FA) against isoproterenol (ISO)-induced cardiac toxicity in rats. Isoproterenol challenged in a dose of 85 mg/kg body weight (b.w.) subcutaneously for two consecutive days in the experimental group resulted in acute cardiac toxicity a...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Jain PG,Mahajan UB,Shinde SD,Surana SJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant catalytic subunit of human protein kinase CK2 bas been mutagenised at the C-terminal region in an attempt to induce this tail to fold. We suppose in fact that this unstructured C-terminus just might be responsible for the high degradability of the human enzyme. On the basis of theoretical calculations ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Grasselli E,Noviello G,Rando C,Nicolini C,Vergani L

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence indicates that both S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) metabolism and intramuscular fat are associated with insulin resistance and type II diabetes. However, it is still unknown whether SAMe have effects on intramuscular adipogenesis. The present study investigated the roles of SAMe in the adipogenic differentiation...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Yue T,Fang Q,Yin J,Li D,Li W

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Italian National Reference Center for Echinococcosis (CeNRE, Sassari, Italy) set up a diagnostic protocol of "one-step-PCR" useful for the detection of E. granulosus sensu stricto (E.g.s.s.) and the identification of its genotype (G1-G3). The purpose of this work was to perform the validation of the "PCR E.g.s.s."...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Santucciu C,Masu G,Mura A,Peruzzu A,Piseddu T,Bonelli P,Masala G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zbtb7a is a transcription factor whose dysfunction is correlated to the development of several types of cancer, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It generally acts as a repressor of transcription downregulating the expression of several target genes including oncosuppressors ARF and Rb. In this study, Zbtb7a w...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Di Palo A,Siniscalchi C,Mosca N,Russo A,Potenza N

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The beta class of the carbonic anhydrase (CA) enzyme family has been found in plants, yeast, bacteria and algae, but not in animals. Also, little is known concerning the CAs of C. elegans. Genes possibly encoding beta-CAs were revealed by in silico analysis of the C. elegans genome. Amino acid sequence and 3D structur...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Fasseas MK,Tsikou D,Flemetakis E,Katinakis P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degeneration of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells in the sub retinal pigment epithelial space and choroid is an initial pathological characteristic for the age-related macular degeneration which is the leading cause of severe vision loss in old people. Moreover, oxidative stress is implicated as a major induc...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li DD,Zhong BW,Zhang HX,Zhou HY,Luo J,Liu Y,Xu GC,Luan CS,Fang J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the bacteria groups, most of them are known to be beneficial to human being whereas only a minority is being recognized as harmful. The pathogenicity of bacteria is due, in part, to their rapid adaptation in the presence of selective pressures exerted by the human host. In addition, through their genomes, bacter...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Alibayov B,Baba-Moussa L,Sina H,Zdeňková K,Demnerová K

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We utilized Percoll density gradient centrifugation to isolate and fractionate chloroplasts of Korean winter wheat cultivar cv. Kumgang (Triticum aestivum L.). The resulting protein fractions were separated by one dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (1D-PAGE) coupled with LTQ-FTICR mass spectrometry. This e...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kamal AH,Cho K,Komatsu S,Uozumi N,Choi JS,Woo SH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to extend the knowledge of rabies pathogenesis, a two-dimensional electrophoresis/mass spectrometry based postmortem comparative proteomics analysis was carried out on human brain samples. Alteration in expression profile of several proteins was detected. Proteins related to cytoskeleton, metabolism, proteaso...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Farahtaj F,Zandi F,Khalaj V,Biglari P,Fayaz A,Vaziri B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In genome engineering, sgRNAs define the genomic target to be modified in CRISPR/Cas9 system. Either for single gene editing or genome-wide screens, sgRNAs are cloned into plasmid vectors. During our performance of CRISPR/Cas9 gene knock out, we found that the central part of a sgRNA was inverted after transformation ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wang G,Sukumar S

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00