Antiproliferative and apoptosis-inducing activity of Brucea javanica extract on human carcinoma cells.

abstract：:Abnormal gap junction communication (GJC) has been associated with carcinogenesis. We investigated the role of endothelial cell GJC and connexin 43 (Cx43), the main gap junction protein in these cells, during tumour cell extravasation. GJC was determined by the ability of cells to transfer Lucifer yellow, to neighbour...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Cai J,Jiang WG,Mansel RE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy and adjuvant cisplatin (DDP) chemotherapy are standard approaches used in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, resistance to chemotherapy has recently become more common, resulting in the failure of this combination therapy for NPC. The aim of the present study was to assess the cellu...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang P,Liu H,Xia F,Zhang QW,Zhang YY,Zhao Q,Chao ZH,Jiang ZW,Jiang CC

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, naringin (NAR; 4',5,7-trihydroxyflavanone-7-rhamnoglucoside) has been shown to have cardioprotective properties. However, the specific mechanisms underlying its cardioprotective effects remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the cardioprotective effects of NAR and the possible underlying mole...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang H,Wu K,You Q,Huang R,Li S,Wu K

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosamine, a naturally occurring amino monosaccharide, is widely used to treat osteoarthritis in humans. Furthermore, glucosamine exhibits an anti-inflammatory action by inhibiting the activation of neutrophils, chondrocytes and synoviocytes. Recently, we revealed that glucosamine suppresses cytokine-induced activat...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yomogida S,Kojima Y,Tsutsumi-Ishii Y,Hua J,Sakamoto K,Nagaoka I

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berberine (BBR) is a botanical alkaloid that has been reported to have effects in cardiovascular diseases; however, the mechanisms involved are not yet fully understood. In the present study, the protective effects of BBR were evaluated, and the underlying molecular mechanisms were investigated. The effects of a combi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chi L,Peng L,Pan N,Hu X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neovascularization occurring in atherosclerotic plaque leads to acceleration of plaque growth through increased leukocyte infiltration and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Sema4D (CD100), a class IV semaphorin, not only plays a crucial role in axon guidance but also functions in the neovascularization process...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yukawa K,Tanaka T,Kishino M,Yoshida K,Takeuchi N,Ito T,Takamatsu H,Kikutani H,Kumanogoh A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A role of GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) in the recovery of the metabolic conditions of morbidly obese patients after bariatric surgery has been proposed. Exendin 4 (Ex-4) and exendin 9 (Ex-9) both have GLP-1-like effects upon glucose metabolism in human myocytes. We investigated in normal human adipocytes the effect...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sancho V,Nuche B,Arnés L,Cancelas J,González N,Díaz-Miguel M,Martín-Duce A,Valverde I,Villanueva-Peñacarrillo ML

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported on a novel autoantibody in a patient with paraneoplastic sensory-dominant neuropathy. This autoantibody immunostains the rat primary sensory system and reacts with a 47 kDa protein on immunoblotting. Here, we report on the isolation from rat spinal cord of a molecule that is recognized by t...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Arawaka S,Daimon M,Sasaki H,Suzuki JI,Kato T

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological and experimental carcinogenesis studies provide evidence that certain components of garlic have anti-cancer activity. Although the biotransformed garlic derivative S-allylmercapto-L-cysteine (SAMC) has been reported to show an inhibitory effect on tumorigenesis, the mechanisms are poorly understood. Th...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lee Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac fibroblast (CF) proliferation and transformation into myofibroblasts play important roles in cardiac fibrosis during pathological myocardial remodeling. In this study, we demonstrate that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), an antifibrotic factor in the process of pulmonary, renal and liver fibrosis, is a negative...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yi X,Li X,Zhou Y,Ren S,Wan W,Feng G,Jiang X

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Apoptosis may limit the utility of cell-based therapies for articular cartilage disorders. We tested the hypothesis that chondrocyte apoptosis can be reduced by optimizing the conditions employed to expand chondrocyte numbers in culture. Chondrocyte apoptosis was examined in monolayer and suspension culture, in the pr...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Takahashi T,Yamamoto H,Ogawa Y,Yoshida S,Kataoka S,Majumdar M,Morris E,Tripple SB

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidative flavonoids are used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases in humans. However, the precise mechanism for the anti-atherosclerotic actions of flavonoids remains to be elucidated. In the present study, to assess the mechanism for the action of antioxidative flavonoids on atherosclerosis, we investig...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sugaya K,Igarashi M,Kojima Y,Tsubata M,Nagaoka I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated the possible growth inhibitory activity of both first generation of the effective microorganism fermentation extract (EM-X) as well as the second generation (EM-X2) on cancer cell lines in vitro. The possible anti-angiogenic potential of EM-X has not been reported. Herein we show that u...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chui CH,Gambari R,Lau FY,Hau DK,Wong RS,Cheng GY,Kok SH,Higa T,Ke B,Chan AS,Fong DW,Tang JC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory response has been shown to play a critical role in brain damage after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, which is tightly regulated by the Toll-like receptor (TLR)4/nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway; therefore, suppression of TLR4/NF-κB signaling has become a prom...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lan L,Tao J,Chen A,Xie G,Huang J,Lin J,Peng J,Chen L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues are one of the popular sources of diagnostic materials, the easiest to store and transport. They are often used as the source of nucleic acids for retrospective molecular analyses based on DNA amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, it is known that n...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bielawski K,Zaczek A,Lisowska U,Dybikowska A,Kowalska A,Falkiewicz B

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is among the most common tumors in industrialized nations. However, little is known about the molecular events underlying its development. In the present study we used suppressive subtraction hybridization (SSH) in combination with laser-assisted microdissection in order to compare gene expression betw...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ko Y,Hahn T,Lu H,Ma ZL,Chen J,Rothe M,Florin A,Fronhoffs S,Albers P,Sachinidis A,Vetter H,Kaminski A,Behrens P,Wellmann A,Wernert N

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial increase in NADH production, arising from accelerated glycolysis, occurs in cardiac hypertrophy and this raises the question of how the NADH is oxidised. We have addressed this problem by reconstructing appropriate mitochondrial shuttles in vitro, using mitochondria from the left ventricles of both normo...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Atlante A,Seccia TM,De Bari L,Marra E,Passarella S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC) are important aspects of atherogenesis. Activated growth factor signaling in injured vessels subsequently promotes a number of intracellular events resulting in the phenotypic modulation of SMC. Here, we investigated the role of beta2-chimaerin, a n...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Maeda M,Kato S,Fukushima S,Kaneyuki U,Fujii T,Kazanietz MG,Oshima K,Shigemori M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell replacement and gene therapy using neural stem cells (NSCs) have been widely touted as a promising treatment for CNS diseases including brain tumors. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been used to explore mechanisms behind the lineage-specific differentiation of NSCs a...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Khan Z,Akhtar M,Ekström TJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin is a 147-amino acid adipose tissue-secreted hormone, which acts via several subtypes of receptors, the main and better known variants of which are named Ob-Ra and Ob-Rb. Structure-activity relationship studies pointed out the importance of the N-terminal and C-terminal amino-acid sequences 22-115 and 116-166, r...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Malendowicz LK,Gorska T,Tortorella C,Nowak M,Majchrzak M,Spinazzi R,Nussdorfer GG,Nowak KW

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is abundantly clear that tumor-derived parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) are central contributors in promoting osteolytic process of breast carcinoma bone metastasis. Forcusing on this molecular basis, the study was undertak...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zheng X,Kang W,Liu H,Guo S

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：:Altered D-glucose metabolism prevails in the soleus muscle of rats depleted in long-chain polyunsaturated omega3 fatty acids (omega3). In these animals, the prior intravenous injection of an omega3-rich medium-chain triglyceride:fish oil emulsion (omega3-FO rats), as compared to that of an omega3-poor medium-chain tri...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Malaisse WJ,Portois L,Sener A,Carpentier YA

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：:Oxidative stress-induced apoptosis is associated with neuronal cell death and ischemia. The NOL3 [nucleolar protein 3 (apoptosis repressor with CARD domain)] protein protects against oxidative stress-induced cell death. However, the protective mechanism responsible for this effect as well as the effects of NOL3 agains...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sohn EJ,Shin MJ,Eum WS,Kim DW,Yong JI,Ryu EJ,Park JH,Cho SB,Cha HJ,Kim SJ,Yeo HJ,Yeo EJ,Choi YJ,Im SK,Kweon HY,Kim DS,Yu YH,Cho SW,Park M,Park J,Cho YJ,Choi SY

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Substantial evidence has indicated that osteoblastic differentiation may be regulated by mechanical loads or bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2). BMP-2-induced in vivo osteogenesis can be significantly enhanced in the presence of mechanical stimuli, revealing the therapeutic potential of the combined application of B...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zeng Z,Yin X,Zhang X,Jing D,Feng X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory bowel disease, yet its etiology and pathogenesis remain poorly understood. The aberrant expression of T lymphocytes plays an essential role in the progression of UC. This study aimed to evaluate the expression profile of circulating Th17, Th1 and Tc1 cells in...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Dong Z,Du L,Xu X,Yang Y,Wang H,Qu A,Qu X,Wang C

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the mechanism underlying the effects of glucosamine (GlcN) on the proliferation of chondrocytes isolated from the knee cartilage of Sprague‑Dawley rats. Chondrocytes were treated with various concentrations of GlcN or without GlcN. The effects of GlcN on chondrocyte proliferation were de...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ma Y,Zheng W,Chen H,Shao X,Lin P,Liu X,Li X,Ye H

更新日期：2018-07-01 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