Assessment by D-[(3)H]mannoheptulose uptake of B-cell density in isolated pancreatic islets from Goto-Kakizaki rats.

abstract：:Betulinic acid (BA), a potential anticancer compound, could induce apoptosis in human cervical cancer (HeLa) cells, but its mechanism has yet to be fully elucidated. The present study was focused on deciphering the detailed molecular mechanism of BA-induced apoptosis. In the present study, results indicated that BA wa...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Xu T,Pang Q,Wang Y,Yan X

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human vitiligo is an acquired depigmenting skin disorder characterized by milk-white skin macules resulting from a chronic and progressive loss of melanocytes. It has been suggested that autoimmune mechanisms are involved in this disorder. We undertook this project to obtain an MCHR1-C linear peptide containing four m...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhou M,Guan C,Lin F,Xu W,Fu L,Hong W,Wan Y,Xu A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis‑induced cardiomyopathy (SIC) is a complication of severe sepsis and septic shock characterized by an invertible myocardial depression. This study sought to explore the potential effects and mechanism of luteolin, a flavonoid polyphenolic compound, in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)‑induced myocardial injury. Experimen...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wu B,Song H,Fan M,You F,Zhang L,Luo J,Li J,Wang L,Li C,Yuan M

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the role of microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) in vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and to elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms. In a previous study, using microarray analysis, differentially expressed miRNAs were identified in primary VSMCs isolated from the me...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu K,Ying Z,Qi X,Shi Y,Tang Q

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma is one of the most radioresistant tumors. Exposure of cells to ionizing radiation leads to formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are associated with radiation-induced cytotoxicity. ROS scavengers, therefore, are one of the important factors in protecting cells against ROS injury during ionizing ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lee HC,Kim DW,Jung KY,Park IC,Park MJ,Kim MS,Woo SH,Rhee CH,Yoo H,Lee SH,Hong SI

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burn trauma is a clinical condition accompanied by muscle wasting that severely impedes rehabilitation in burn survivors. Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is uniformly expressed in myoskeletal mitochondria and its expression has been found to increase in other clinical syndromes that, like burn trauma, are as...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Cao H,Astrakas LG,Mintzopoulos D,Mindrinos MN,Schulz J 3rd,Tompkins RG,Rahme LG,Tzika AA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular cloning and sequencing of the cDNA coding for a novel regucalcin gene promoter region-related protein (RGPR) was investigated using rat, mouse and human liver cDNA library with a yeast one-hybrid system and a rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) method. The clone coding an unknown protein was isolated...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Misawa H,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human adrenocortical carcinoma-derived SW-13 cell line is currently used to study the interrelationships occurring between cytokines and growth factors and endothelins (ET) and adrenomedullin (AM). SW-13 cells express either ET-1 and AM or growth factors, and several cytokines stimulate ET-1 and AM release from SW...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Albertin G,Carraro G,Petrelli L,Guidolin D,Neri G,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe, affordable and efficacious agents are urgently required for cancer prevention. Sesamin, a lipid‑soluble lignan from sesame (Sesamum indicum) displays anticancer activities through an unknown mechanism. In the present study, the anticancer activity of sesamin via cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) was investigated in lung c...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Fang Q,Zhu Y,Wang Q,Song M,Gao G,Zhou Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive interstitial lung disease with unknown etiology and undefined treatment modality. Fibroblasts are regarded as the major cell type that mediates the onset and progression of lung fibrosis by secreting large amounts of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang L,Li Y,Liang C,Yang W

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our earlier reports indicated that the changes of age-adjusted incidence rates (AAIRs) of any 2 tumors in time and space, as investigated by the sequential regression analysis, showed a good fitness to the equilibrium model under the control of the law of mass action. The purpose of this study is to investigate the pr...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kodama M,Murakami M,Kodama T

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p57 (Kip2) belongs to the Cip/Kip family and is one of the universal negative regulators of the cell cycle. In this study, we investigated the p57 expression of various types of thyroid neoplasm. p57 overexpression was observed in only 4.2% of normal thyroid tissues. In follicular adenoma and minimally invasive follic...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ito Y,Yoshida H,Nakano K,Kobayashi K,Yokozawa T,Hirai K,Matsuzuka F,Matsuura N,Kuma K,Miyauchi A

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although recent reports indicate an increasing incidence of patients with reflux esophagitis, its pathomechanism remains unclear. Cytokines and neutrophils, the latter of which produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), have been implicated in the formation of gastrointestinal diseases. This study investigated the roles o...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yamaguchi T,Yoshida N,Tomatsuri N,Takayama R,Katada K,Takagi T,Ichikawa H,Naito Y,Okanoue T,Yoshikawa T

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) have been reported, but their transduction efficiencies are too low to be used as intracellular carriers for therapeutic purposes. We conducted a comprehensive search to find novel CPPs using an in vitro virus (IVV) library, which presented random peptides consisting of 15 ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kamide K,Nakakubo H,Uno S,Fukamizu A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In hepatolithiasis, chronic proliferative cholangitis (CPC), an active and longstanding inflammation of stone‑containing bile ducts with enhanced mucin‑producing activity, not only affects the progression of the disease, it can also induce biliary carcinogenesis. The present study aimed to examine the effect of the ep...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu SH,Chen XF,Xie ZB,Zhou J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin is known to reduce the growth of endocrine-responsive breast cancers by interacting with estrogen signaling pathways. Estrogens play an important role in breast cancer, but also in various types of tissues, including vascular tissue. Estrogen sulfatase (STS) converts inactive estrogen sulfates into active es...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： González A,Martínez-Campa C,Alonso-González C,Cos S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is known to sense the cellular energy state and regulates various cellular energy metabolism pathways through its activation by AMP, an indicator of a low-energy state. 5-Aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranoside (AICAR), an activator of AMPK, efficiently inhibited the adipo...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lee H,Kang R,Bae S,Yoon Y

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), a multifunctional member of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, superfamily, has powerful osteoinductive effects and causes cell cycle arrest in a variety of transformed cell lines. We have observed BMP-2-induced inhibition of cell proliferation in an androgen-dependent hum...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Tomari K,Kumagai T,Shimizu T,Takeda K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) play a key role in repairing the injured vascular endothelium by differentiating into mature endothelial cells (ECs) or secreting cytokines in a paracrine manner to promote proliferation of existing ECs. However, the mechanisms underlying the proliferation of EPCs were not fully und...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang L,Yu Y,Xia X,Ma Y,Chen XW,Ni ZH,Wang H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ZNF268 gene was originally isolated from an early human embryo cDNA library. Several different transcripts have been isolated for the ZNF268 gene and developmental expression studies suggest that ZNF268 plays a role in the development of human fetal liver and the differentiation of blood cells. In our effort to st...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Shao H,Zhu C,Zhao Z,Guo M,Qiu H,Liu H,Wang D,Xue L,Gao L,Sun C,Li W

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The underground parts of Nardostachys chinensis (N. chinensis), which belongs the genus Valerianaceae, have been used as sedative and analgesic agents in traditional Korean medicine for centuries. The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are serine/threonine kinases involved in the regulation of various cellular ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ju SM,Kang JG,Pae HO,Lee GS,Kim WS,Lyu YS,Jeon BH

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma always calls for histological confirmation. In addition to the recognition of the classic aspects of the neoplasm, immunohistochemistry is determinant, in particular in the assessment of the size of the replicative compartment. Generally, the proliferation rate is indicativ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Quatresooz P,Pierard GE,Pierard-Franchimont C,Mosan Study Group of Pigmented Tumors.

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between cell proliferation, protein tyrosine phosphorylation, phosphotyrosine kinase activity and bradykinin receptor activation in rat mesangial cells was investigated. We demonstrated that bradykinin (BK), through the B2 receptor, induced a dose-dependent inhibition of mesangial cell proliferation s...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Alric C,Pecher C,Schanstra JP,Bascands JL,Girolami JP

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to elucidate whether extracts of Vigna angularis (EVA) inhibit allergic inflammatory reactions and to elucidate the possible mechanisms of action. For the assessment of allergic inflammatory response, histamine release and the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines from human mast ce...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kim HH,Kim SW,Kim DS,Oh HM,Rho MC,Kim SH

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive brain tumors. GBM represents >50% of primary tumors of the nervous system and ~20% of intracranial neoplasms. Standard treatment involves surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. However, the prognosis of GBM is usually poor, with a median survival of 15 months. ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bryukhovetskiy I,Ponomarenko A,Lyakhova I,Zaitsev S,Zayats Y,Korneyko M,Eliseikina M,Mischenko P,Shevchenko V,Shanker Sharma H,Sharma A,Khotimchenko Y

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of psoriasis is increasing, and poses a serious risk to human health and quality of life. Psoriasis, a chronic immune‑mediated skin disease with epidermal hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis, is associated with numerous complications, including metabolic syndromes that are regulated by sirtuins (SIRTs) via...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Fan X,Yan K,Meng Q,Sun R,Yang X,Yuan D,Li F,Deng H

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is regulated by various factors. In particular, VEGF and basic FGF are of much importance. We found that 8-(3-oxo-4,5,6-trihydroxy-3h-xanthen-9-yl)-1-naphthoic acid inhibited the binding of VEGF to KDR/Flk-1 (VEGF receptor-2) or Flt-1 (VEGF receptor-1) and that it inhibited the MAPK phosphorylation in HUV...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Igarashi K,Isohara T,Kato T,Takigawa K,Shigeta K,Yamano T,Uno I I

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied how benzyl-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminide, O-glycosylation inhibitor, affects the polymorphism and shedding of membrane-bound MUC1 mucin, and change in adhesive properties of cancer cells. In endometrial adenocarcinoma cells (Ishikawa line), high molecular weight MUC1 mucin was shed from cellular mem...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Porowska H,Paszkiewicz-Gadek A,Anchim T,Wolczynski S,Gindzienski A

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive lung neoplasm. To study the pathogenesis of SCLC, we investigated roles of ABCE1, a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily, in the development of small cell lung cancer. RNA interference was used to knock down ABCE1 expression in human small cell lung ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang B,Gao Y,Tian D,Zheng M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of blocking the Rho kinase pathway on non-perfused regions and angiogenesis in the retina of rats using a rat model of oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR) by observing the sequential expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), hypoxia-inducible factor...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang H,Chen X

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00