Myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase: a novel molecular approach for cancer therapy (Review).

abstract：:The tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) diverges from the primate order (Primates) and is classified as a separate taxonomic group of mammals - Scandentia. It has been suggested that the tree shrew can be used as an animal model for studying human diseases; however, the genomic sequence of the tree shrew is largely unidenti...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zheng Y,Yun C,Wang Q,Smith WW,Leng J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the influence of microRNA-4649-3p on nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) cell proliferation and how it regulated SHP-1 expression. The online software TargetScan was used to predict the microRNAs targeting SHP-1 and identified that miR-4649-3p was one of the possible miRNAs targeting ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Pan X,Peng G,Liu S,Sun Z,Zou Z,Wu G

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased skeletal muscle capillarization is considered to significantly contribute to the development of pulmonary cachexia syndrome (PCS) and progressive muscle wasting in several chronic inflammatory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). It is unclear to which extent the concurrent prese...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Basic VT,Jacobsen A,Sirsjö A,Abdel-Halim SM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decrease in bronchial diameter is designated as bronchoconstriction (BC) and impedes the flow of air through the airway. Asthma is characterized by inflammation of the airways, reversible BC and nonspecific hyperreactivity. These last two symptoms are dependent on airway smooth muscle. Stimuli that trigger contracti...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sommer B,Flores-Soto E,Gonzalez-Avila G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has been used clinically as a marker for the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer due to its specific expression in prostate epithelial cells. In addition to its medical importance, its complex hormonal and tissue-specific regulation makes it an attractive model to study gene regula...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Willis RA,Wei C,Turner MJ,Callahan BP,Pugh AE,Barth RK,Lord EM,Frelinger JG

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed a series of ovarian carcinomas from patients treated with cisplatin-based chemotherapy for loss of heterozygosity (LOH) to determine the relationship between microsatellite alteration and prognosis. Patients with tumors that had lost alleles at loci 3p14-21, 12qter, or 17p13.3 showed significantly reduced ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Nakayama S,Nakayama K,Takebayashi Y,Hata K,Fujiwaki R,Fukumoto M,Miyazaki K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer accounts for 30-40% of all deaths from cancers in females. In an effort to identify tumor associated antigens that may be useful for immunotherapy, we utilized serological analysis of recombinant cDNA expression libraries (SEREX) technique to identify breast cancer-associated antigens. SEREX screening of...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Qian F,Odunsi K,Blatt LM,Scanlan MJ,Mannan M,Shah N,Montgomery J,Haddad F,Taylor M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased proliferation and decreased apoptosis of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) are the main causes of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. In this study, we investigated the role of troglitazone [peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonist] in the regulation of phosphatase and tensin ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Pi WF,Guo XJ,Su LP,Xu WG

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are important both in early cardiogenesis and in the process of heart maturation. The aim of this study was to determine the stage-specific expression of miRNAs in human fetal heart in order to identify valuable targets for further study of heart defects. Affymetrix microarrays were used to obtain m...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhou J,Dong X,Zhou Q,Wang H,Qian Y,Tian W,Ma D,Li X

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a hereditary tumor syndrome caused by mutations or deletions within the VHL tumor-suppressor gene, but VHL germline mutations in the Chinese have rarely been studied. To investigate the genetic profile of VHL mutations in the Chinese population, we evaluated the clinical characterist...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang Y,Zhou D,Liu J,Zhou P,Li X,Wang Z

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking has deleterious effects on osteoporosis and periodontitis both characterized by bone loss. Smoking also interferes with the protective effect that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has on bone loss. Our study investigated two mechanisms by which smoking may affect bone metabolism: nicotine-induced proliferatio...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kamer AR,El-Ghorab N,Marzec N,Margarone JE 3rd,Dziak R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ghrelin is an endogenous ligand of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), which was originally isolated from rat stomach. Ghrelin and GHS-R are also expressed in several peripheral tissues, including adrenal glands, and this prompted us to study ghrelin expression and ghrelin-binding site localization in th...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Tortorella C,Macchi C,Spinazzi R,Malendowicz LK,Trejter M,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) patients, after the fourth decade of life, display some neurophatological features of the Alzheimer's disease (AD). Several hypotheses suggested that apoE4 protein, an AD risk factor, might promote amyloid formation by stabilizing an aggregated conformation of the beta amyloid protein (Abeta). This ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Folin M,Baiguera S,Conconi MT,Pati T,Grandi C,Parnigotto PP,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently demonstrated the antiproliferative and apoptotic activities of herbal traditional Chinese medicines, including the analomous fruit extract of Gleditsia sinensis, the fresh juice of Scutellaria barbata and the warmed water extract of Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis on a series of human carcinoma cells. Here...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lau FY,Chui CH,Gambari R,Kok SH,Kan KL,Cheng GY,Wong RS,Teo IT,Cheng CH,Wan TS,Chan AS,Tang JC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guettarda speciosa Linn. (G. speciosa, Rubiaceae) has been used as a traditional medicinal plant in Asia for the treatment of various inflammatory conditions, including cough, fever and maternal postpartum infection. However, the mechanisms underlying the anti‑inflammatory action of G. speciosa extracts have remained ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Le HTT,Cho YC,Cho S

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：: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：:Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) increases bone fragility and the risk of fractures, and impairs the healing procedure of bone defects in aged women. The stromal cell‑derived factor-1α (SDF-1α)/CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) axis helps to maintain the biological and physiological functions of bone marrow mesen...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu Q,Zhang X,Jiao Y,Liu X,Wang Y,Li SL,Zhang W,Chen FM,Ding Y,Jiang C,Jin Z

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gender influences T-cell, macrophage and organ functions following trauma-hemorrhage and resuscitation (T-H), it remains unknown whether it also influences polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) activity under such conditions. To study this, proestrus female and male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent trauma-hemorrhage foll...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Toth B,Schwacha MG,Kuebler JF,Bland KI,Wang P,Chaudrya IH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell numbers are regulated by a balance between proliferation and apoptosis (programmed cell death). Recent evidence suggests that proteins regulating cell proliferation also mediate apoptosis. Therefore, cellular fate might be determined by cross talk between regulators of cell cycle progression and apoptosis. Previo...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： An B,Johnson DE,Jin JR,Antoku K,Dou QP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The parathormone (PTH) production is controlled by calcium and vitamin D, which interact with the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) and vitamin D receptor (VDR), respectively. All of these elements control calcium homeostasis, which is crucial for many physiological processes. Thus, impairment of the upstream component ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Grzela T,Chudzinski W,Lasiecka Z,Niderla J,Wilczynski G,Gornicka B,Wasiutynski A,Durlik M,Boszczyk A,Brawura-Biskupski-Samaha R,Dziunycz P,Milewski L,Lazarczyk M,Lazarczyk M,Nawrot I

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Motility is a requirement for a number of biological processes, including embryonic development, neuronal development, immune responses, cancer progression and wound healing. Specific to wound healing is the migration of endothelial cells, fibroblasts and other key cellular players into the wound space. Aberrations in...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bosanquet DC,Ye L,Harding KG,Jiang WG

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloom syndrome (BS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by small body size, photosensitivity, immunodeficiency and a high predisposition to various types of cancer. BLM was identified as the causative gene for BS. The BLM protein is homologous to DNA helicase and has two basic amino acid clusters in its C-termina...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hayakawa S,Kaneko H,Fukao T,Kasahara K,Matsumoto T,Furuichi Y,Kondo N

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human gastric cancer SNU 484 cells express mutant p16, which migrates slower than the wild-type p16. We constructed an expression vector containing human p16 cDNA to evaluate the cytotoxic effects of exogenous p16 expression on SNU 484 cell proliferation and to explore the potential use of p16 in cancer gene therapy. ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jeong YW,Kim KS,Oh JY,Park JC,Baek WK,Suh SI,Suh MH,Lee JC,Cho JW

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial membrane consists of fibroblasts and macrophages forming the synovial lining supported by vascularized subsynovium. Each of these components may specifically react to a particular stimulus. Thus, reactions of isolated synovial cells may not correspond to that of intact tissue. We characterized the production ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hyc A,Osiecka-Iwan A,Niderla-Bielinska J,Jankowska-Steifer E,Moskalewski S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor genes p15INK4B and p16INK4A, located in the chromosomal region 9p21, are frequently inactivated by homo- or hemizygous deletions, point mutation or promotor methylation in various types of cancer. No commercial probe is yet available that allows the detection of such deletions by FISH. Long distan...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bleichert A,Fiedler W,Claussen U,Ernst G,Loncarevic IF,Heller A,Liehr T,Kunert C,von Eggeling F

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ezrin is a key protein in membrane-cytoskeleton interaction. Expression of ezrin in actin-rich cell surfaces may play a role in the modulation of cell shape and adhesion. The aim of this study was to detect ezrin, actin and cytoskeleton and to explore their relationship in the apoptosis of esophageal epithelial cells ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Shen ZY,Xu LY,Li EM,Li JT,Chen MH,Shen J,Zeng Y

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy is becoming an important treatment modality against various diseases including cancer, genetic disorders, infectious diseases and inflammatory diseases. For achieving successful gene therapy, it is extremely important to control the expression of a transduced therapeutic gene. However, there have been few...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Akahane M,Kuriyama S,Ohgushi H,Akahane T,Kawamura K,Watanabe S,Funakoshi F,Yoshiji H,Ikenaka K,Takakura Y

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Krüppel‑like family (KLF) members are important regulators of proinflammatory activation in the vasculature. A transcriptome study involving RNA sequencing (RNA‑seq) and quantitative PCR (qPCR) was performed to investigate Klf15 and Klf15‑regulated gene levels in C57BL/6 mice with inferior vena cava thrombi and in con...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhou J,Zhao X,Xie S,Zhou R

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are a cell population mobilized from bone marrow into the peripheral circulation and recruited into sites of vessel injury to participate in blood vessel formation in both physiological and pathological conditions. Due to the lack of unique surfac...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Li DW,Liu ZQ,Wei J,Liu Y,Hu LS

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00