Comparison of the effect of hypothalamic neuropeptides upon luteinizing hormone secretion by cultured rat anterior pituitary cells.

abstract：:Bilateral aspiration lesions of the fimbria-fornix were performed in 10 male Sprague Dawley rats weighing 240-300 g under chloral hydrate narcose (420 mg/kg). Another 9 animals were operated in the same way, but no aspiration was carried out to constitute a control group. A week after surgery recording and stimulation...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Bergado JA,Moreno H,Nuñez N

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accumulating studies have demonstrated that high-mobility group A2 (HMGA2), an oncofetal protein, plays a role in tumor development and progression. However, the molecular role of HMGA2 in ovarian carcinoma is yet to be established. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), a group of small noncoding RNAs, negatively regulate gen...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Xing F,Song Z,He Y

更新日期：2018-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:As regards their morphology and biology, tumours consist of heterogeneous cell populations. The cancer stem cell (CSC) hypothesis assumes that a tumour is hierarchically organized and not all of the cells are equally capable of generating descendants, similarly to normal tissue. The only cells being able to self-renew...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Fulawka L,Donizy P,Halon A

更新日期：2014-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ubiquitin specific peptidase 39 (USP39), an essential factor in the assembly of the mature spliceosome complex, has an aberrant expression in several cancer. However, its function and the corresponding mechanism on human osteosarcoma has not been fully explored yet. METHODS:The mRNA and DNA copies of USP39 ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gan Z,Han K,Lin S,Hu H,Shen Z,Min D

更新日期：2017-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that the vacation-study-expectancy scholar regime produces most of the monthly rhythm of the age at menarche (AaM) was tested. Studies on monthly menarche incidence (MI) refuted climatic factors as a main factor in this rhythm, and indicated that the main factor of this rhythm is the succession of expec...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Valenzuela CY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoriasis is a common chronic inflammatory skin disease. Keratinocytes hyperproliferation and excessive inflammatory response contribute to psoriasis pathogenesis. The agents able to attenuate keratinocytes hyperproliferation and excessive inflammatory response are considered to be potentially useful for pso...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gao J,Chen F,Fang H,Mi J,Qi Q,Yang M

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last twenty years an important effort in brain sciences, especially in cognitive science, has been the development of mathematical tool that can deal with the complexity of extensive recordings corresponding to the neuronal activity obtained from hundreds of neurons. We discuss here along with some historical i...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Goles E,Palacios AG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Santiago de Chile has a high level of air pollution with ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO) and particles equal or smaller than 10 microns (PM10) usually exceeding the accepted standards. This situation should be noxious for the exposed population and particularly--in the case of O3 and PM10--for the respiratory system....

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Oyarzún M,Pino P,Ortiz J,Olaeta I

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium regulation of several transcription factors involves different calcium-dependent signaling cascades and engages cytoplasmic as well as nuclear calcium signals. The study of the specific sources of calcium signals involved in regulation of gene expression in skeletal muscle has been addressed only recently. In ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Carrasco MA,Jaimovich E,Kemmerling U,Hidalgo C

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:IcarisideII (ICAII) could promote the differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ADSCs) to Schwann cells (SCs), leading to improvement of erectile function (EF) and providing a realistic therapeutic option for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). However, the underlying molecular mechanisms...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ge P,Guo Y,Shen J

更新日期：2019-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the effects of Mediterranean-type diet (MD), high-fat diet (HFD), and red wine supplementation on plasma concentration of emergent haemostatic cardiovascular risk factors (HCVRF) and on variables of primary haemostasis (bleeding time, plasma von Willebrand factor and platelet aggre...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Mezzano D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:miR-214 was demonstrated to be upregulated in models of renal disease and promoted fibrosis in renal injury independent of TGF-β signaling in vivo. However, the detailed role of miR-214 in acute kidney injury (AKI) and its underlying mechanism are still largely unknown. METHODS:In this study, an I/R-induced...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Zhu X,Li W,Li H

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal response to atrial natriuretic peptide in chronic cholestasis was studied in anaesthetized rats and in their isolated perfused kidneys. Cholestasis was induced by bile duct section after ligature, while controls were sham operated. Three weeks after surgery, cholestatic rats showed moderate arterial hypotension,...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Valdivieso A,Boric MP,Riquelme A,Roblero J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the acetyl xylan esterase II (axeII) gene from Penicillium purpurogenum is repressed by glucose and induced by xylan, as well as to a small degree by xylose and xylitol. This gene is expressed at neutral pH, but not under alkaline or acidic conditions, in agreement with previous findings for other xy...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Chávez R,Schachter K,Navarro C,Peirano A,Bull P,Eyzaguirre J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid and oligomers of caffeic acid with multiple catechol groups are all constituents of Salvia officinalis. Their antioxidant potential was investigated with regard to their radical scavenging activity and the stability and structure of the intermediate radicals. Pulse-radiolytic studies reve...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Bors W,Michel C,Stettmaier K,Lu Y,Foo LY

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Object recognition memory allows discrimination between novel and familiar objects. This kind of memory consists of two components: recollection, which depends on the hippocampus, and familiarity, which depends on the perirhinal cortex (Pcx). The importance of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) for recognition m...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Muñoz PC,Aspé MA,Contreras LS,Palacios AG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight Chilean strains of Dunaliella salina obtained within a restricted geographic range, but exhibiting a high variability in their morphology, rate of growth and carotenogenic capacity, were analyzed by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) Twenty of the 50 random primers (D, P, OPA and OPD series) that were t...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Gomez PI,Gonzalez MA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of an effective hypersensitive response (HR) in any plant system relies, not only in their gene composition and expression, but also on an effective and rapid signal transduction system. Lemon seedlings induce the phenylpropanoid pathway, which results in the de novo biosynthesis of the phytoalexin sco...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ortega X,Polanco R,Castañeda P,Perez LM

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite manifold benefits of nanoparticles (NPs), less information on the risks of NPs to human health and environment has been studied. Cobalt oxide nanoparticles (Co3O4-NPs) have been reported to cause toxicity in several organisms. In this study, we have investigated the role of Co3O4-NPs in inducing phyt...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Faisal M,Saquib Q,Alatar AA,Al-Khedhairy AA,Ahmed M,Ansari SM,Alwathnani HA,Dwivedi S,Musarrat J,Praveen S

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the development of our knowledge and interpretations of the intermediary metabolism of Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi. Already in the 1950's it was clearly established that when this organism was exposed to large external concentrations of carbohydrates it was unable to catabolize them completely, even i...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Urbina JA,Machin I,Jurado L

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is highly aggressive with poor prognosis. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), a group of non-coding RNAs, play important roles in the progression of PDAC. This study aimed to investigate the potential involvement of lncRNA CCAT2 in PDAC tumorigenesis. METHODS:Expression o...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Cai Y,Li X,Shen P,Zhang D

更新日期：2018-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells tightly regulate iron levels through the activity of iron regulatory proteins (IRPs) that bind to RNA motifs called iron responsive elements (IREs). When cells become iron-depleted, IRPs bind to IREs present in the mRNAs of ferritin and the transferrin receptor, resulting in diminished translation of the ferriti...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Nuñez MT,Garate MA,Arredondo M,Tapia V,Muñoz P

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few decades, several works on event related potentials (ERPs hereafter) during sleep have been reported. In spite of numerous studies, clear methodological rules for this kind of study are often missing, making it difficult to valorize the scope of these results. We propose here a description of methodolog...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Ibáñez AM,San Martín R,Hurtado E,López V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain cells have a highly active oxidative metabolism, yet they contain only low to moderate superoxide dismutase and catalase activities. Thus, their antioxidant defenses rely mainly on cellular reduced glutathione levels. In this work, in cortical neurons we characterized viability and changes in reduced and oxidize...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Aguirre P,Mena N,Tapia V,Rojas A,Arredondo M,Núñez MT

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Melanoma took top position among the lethal cancers and, despite there have been some great attempts made to increase the natural life of patients with metastatic disease, long-lasting and complete remissions are few. Piceatannol, owns the similar function as resveratrol, has been defined as an anti-cancer a...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Du M,Zhang Z,Gao T

更新日期：2017-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral brain damage which includes the hippocampus leads to memory impairments consistent with hemispheric specialization on the same side. Damage to the corpus callosum, the major connecting pathway between the left and right hemispheres, also leads to memory impairments. This suggests both hemispheric specializa...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Zaidel DW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Psoralen is a coumarin-like and coumarin-related benzofuran glycoside, which is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients with kidney and spleen-yang deficiency symptom. Psoralen has been reported to show estrogen-like activity, antioxidant activity, osteoblastic proliferation accelerati...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Wang X,Peng P,Pan Z,Fang Z,Lu W,Liu X

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-inflammatory and redox protective effects of the citronellal (CT) were evaluated using in vivo and in vitro tests. Intraperitoneal (i.p.) administration of CT (50, 100, and 200 mg/kg) inhibited (p < 0.05) the carrageenan-induced leukocyte migration to the peritoneal cavity. Additionally, the carrageenan- and ...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Melo MS,Guimarães AG,Santana MF,Siqueira RS,De Lima Ado C,Dias AS,Santos MR,Onofre AS,Quintans JS,De Sousa DP,Almeida JR,Estevam CS,Araujo BS,Quintans-Júnior LJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to carry out a bibliometric analysis of the articles published in Chile during 1987-2006 that were categorized into the Plant Science discipline by ISI. The data was extracted from the Web of Science datábase, obtaining a total of 911 articles for analysis. Almost half of the articles wer...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Krauskopf E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that root of maguey (Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck) seedlings reacts during the first 24 h to low substrate water potential (PsiW), by anatomical modifications. Three-4 cm root length seedlings were planted in vermiculite for 24 h at PsiW between -0.03 and -2.3...

journal_title：Biological research

authors： Peña-Valdivia CB,Sánchez-Urdaneta AB

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00