Human chondrocytes differentially express matrix modulators during in vitro expansion for tissue engineering.

abstract：:In some patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and immunoglobulin (Ig) A deficiency (IgAD), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family receptor transmembrane activator and calcium-modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI) gene mutations have been reported. B cells from individuals with TACI mutations d...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jin R,Kaneko H,Suzuki H,Arai T,Teramoto T,Fukao T,Kondo N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We had shown previously that the novel, marine, anticancer compound dehydrothyrsiferol (DHT) does not modulate P-glycoprotein (P-gp) dependent drug efflux. Many chemotherapeutics with clinical impact are substrates for the structurally distant related membrane transport protein MRP1 (multidrug resistance-associated pr...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Pec MK,Aguirre A,Fernández JJ,Souto ML,Dorta JF,Villar J

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an atherogenic and prothrombotic molecule formed by the covalent binding of the highly polymorphic apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] to apoprotein B-100 of LDL. High Lp(a) concentrations are a recognized genetic risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) and have been shown to be related with a fa...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Peros E,Geroldi D,D'Angelo A,Falcone C,Montagna L,Carabela M,Emanuele E

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tissue engineering, the application of biofunctional compounds on biomaterials such as integrin binding RGD-peptides has gained growing interest. Anchorage-dependent cells like osteoblasts bind to these peptides thus ameliorating the integration of a synthetic implant. In case sterilized bone grafts are used as sub...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Magdolen U,Auernheimer J,Dahmen C,Schauwecker J,Gollwitzer H,Tübel J,Gradinger R,Kessler H,Schmitt M,Diehl P

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:Inflammatory genes serve a crucial role in the pathogenesis of inflammation‑associated tumors. However, as recent studies have mainly focused on the effects of single inflammatory genes on colorectal cancer (CRC), but not on the global interactions between genes, the underlying mechanisms between inflammatory genes and...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jiang H,Dong L,Gong F,Gu Y,Zhang H,Fan D,Sun Z

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S100A4, one of the tandemly arranged S100 genes at chromosome 1q21, has been suggested to play a functional role in cell motility and invasiveness of tumor cell growth. We investigated the expression of S100A4 and the in vitro invasiveness of 4 human bile duct adenocarcinoma cell lines by the Matrigel assay. S100A4 wa...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Katayama N,Murao S,Ajiki T,Kitazawa S,Onoyama H,Kuroda Y,Maeda S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the traditional biochemical study of single proteins or isolated pathways in health and disease, technical advances in the high-throughput screening of peptides by mass spectrometry have established new ways of identifying entire cellular protein populations in one swift analytical approach. This review...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Doran P,Donoghue P,O'Connell K,Gannon J,Ohlendieck K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the biological role and underlying mechanisms of action of miR-518a-3p in the progression and invasion of colorectal cancer (CRC). Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to examine the mRNA expression levels of miR-518a-3p in 5 CRC cell lines (SW480, S...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Qu LL,He L,Zhao X,Xu W

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyse the mechanisms of PAR-1 internalisation, we constructed several PAR-1 mutants and stably expressed them in CHO cells. Our study shows that the Ser(306)-->Ala mutation (S306A), which eliminates a potential site of phosphorylation by PKC in the third intracellular loop of PAR-1, did not change the rate of pho...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chen X,Berrou J,Vigneau C,Delarue F,Rondeau E

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) has been suggested to be a putative tumor promoter gene, and autocrine of TNF-α expression has been found in colon cancer and ovarian cancer. As the role of autocrine TNF-α in human gallbladder cancer has not yet been elucidated, the present study examined the expression of TNF-α in gal...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhu G,Du Q,Wang X,Tang N,She F,Chen Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercholesterolemia is one of primary risk factors of cardiovascular disease, together with metabolic syndrome, hypertension and diabetes. Although progress has been made, the search for novel methods of preventing and treating dyslipidemia is ongoing and current therapies for cardiovascular disease induce various si...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sima P,Vannucci L,Vetvicka V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms governing the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) is of great importance for improving the treatment of bone-related diseases. MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs), a class of small non-coding RNAs, are critical in a number of biological processes, including...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Cao Y,LV Q,LV C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is available that exendin-4 (EX4), a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist acutely stimulates hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in the rat. EX4 is a potent insulinotropic agent, which is currently under clinical trial for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Since diabetes is known to affect adren...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Malendowicz LK,Neri G,Nussdorfer GG,Nowak KW,Zyterska A,Ziolkowska A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poligoni Multiflori Radix (PMR) is a traditional Korean medicinal herb that is known to have various pharmacological effects, including antihyperlipidemic, anticancer, and anti‑inflammatory effects. However, the effects of PMR on bone metabolism have not been elucidated to date. The present study aimed to investigate ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Han SY,Lee KH,Kim YK

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kelch‑like ECH‑associated protein 1 (Keap1)/nuclear factor erythroid 2‑related factor 2 (Nrf2) signaling has a protective effect on normal cells. A number of previous studies demonstrated that Keap1/Nrf2 signaling is associated with drug resistance in numerous tumors. The aim of the present study was to investigate th...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang H,Wu Y,Fu W,Wang X,Zhou L,Xu X,Huang F,Wu Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Excessive expansion of the transit-amplifying (TA) cell compartment is a distinct morphological characteristic of psoriatic epidermal hyperplasia. In order to examine the activation of basal stem cells and how they replenish such an enlarged compartment of TA cells in psoriatic epidermis, we utilized a BrdU labeling m...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jia HY,Shi Y,Luo LF,Jiang G,Zhou Q,Xu SZ,Lei TC

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Radix Astragali (RA) is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and astragaloside IV (AS‑IV) is the most critical component of RA. Previous studies have demonstrated that AS‑IV exerts effects on the myocardium, nervous system and endocrine system, among others. In the present review article, data from studi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chen T,Yang P,Jia Y

更新日期：2021-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to develop a tumor necrosis factor‑α (TNF‑α) B‑cell epitope/IL‑1β helper T lymphocyte epitope complex MAP vaccine for the alleviation of ulcerative colitis (UC) in mice. The B cell epitopes of murine TNF‑α (mTNF‑α) were predicted in silico and coupled with the universal interleukin 1β (IL‑1β) h...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sun Y,Pan W,Zhang J,Cui Y,Wang H,Ru G,Chen L

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed whether intratumoral expression of the fusogenic membrane protein of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV-G), encoded by a replication-defective adenovirus vector (Ad.VSV-G), alone or in combination with local coexpression of cytokines induces tumor-specific immune responses in a syngeneic murine colon cancer m...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hoffmann D,Bayer W,Wildner O

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have demonstrated the antioxidant effects of grape seed proanthocyanidin extract (GSPE). The generation of free radicals and the ensuing apoptosis may contribute to the pathogenesis of epilepsy; therefore, in the present study, we examined the effects of GSPE on cognitive impairment and neuronal damag...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhen J,Qu Z,Fang H,Fu L,Wu Y,Wang H,Zang H,Wang W

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The positive correlation between the number of M2 phenotype TAMs (M2‑TAMs) and tumour development suggests a supportive role of M2‑TAMs in glioma progression. In the present study, the molecular link between glioma cells and M2‑TAMs was investigated and it was demonstrated that transforming growth factor‑β1 (TGF‑β1) s...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu Z,Kuang W,Zhou Q,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsporum canis (M. canis) is a common pathogen that causes tinea capitis and is present worldwide. The incidence of M. canis infection, particularly tinea capitis, has been increasing in China. In our previous studies, family of serine hydrolases 1 (FSH1) was identified as a potential virulence factor in tinea capi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang F,Tan C,Xu Y,Yang G

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous melanoma is very aggressive and results in high mortality rates for cancer patients. Determining molecular targets is important for developing novel therapies for cutaneous melanoma. Cell division cycle associated 8 (CDCA8) is a putative oncogene that is upregulated in multiple types of cancer. The present s...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ci C,Tang B,Lyu D,Liu W,Qiang D,Ji X,Qiu X,Chen L,Ding W

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane cytoskeletal component dystrophin and its associated glycoproteins play a central role in the molecular pathogenesis of several muscular dystrophies, i.e. Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy, congenital muscular dystrophy and various forms of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. Although the most frequent of th...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Culligan KG,Mackey AJ,Finn DM,Maguire PB,Ohlendieck K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thioredoxin domain‑containing 5 (TXNDC5) is reportedly overexpressed in colorectal cancer (CRC) and is therefore considered an oncogene. However, the role of TXNDC5 in CRC tumorigenesis remains unclear. The present study aimed to explore the role of TXNDC5 in CRC tumorigenesis in vitro and in vivo under hypoxic and no...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Tan F,Zhu H,He X,Yu N,Zhang X,Xu H,Pei H

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal fibrosis is a major complication of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). The present study tested the hypothesis that ADP-ribose polymerase-1 (PARP-1) may play a role in peritoneal epithelial-mesenchymal transition and fibrosis under high glucose conditions. High glucose (126 mmol/l)-induced pe...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lei P,Jiang Z,Zhu H,Li X,Su N,Yu X

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that the EVn-50 mixture of vitexins (lignan compounds) containing the purified vitexin (neolignan) compound, 6-hydroxy-4(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-3-hydroxymethyl‑7-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2-naphthaldehyde, termed VB1, exhibits potent anticancer activity through the induction of apoptosis in s...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu LH,Zhou YJ,Ding L,Zhang SZ,Sun J,Cao JG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00