Identification of a unique set of genes altered during cell-cell contact in an in vitro model of prostate cancer bone metastasis.

abstract：:The activation of the classical angiotensin (Ang)-converting enzyme (ACE)/Ang II/Ang II type 1 receptor (AT1R) axis of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been associated with islet dysfunction and insulin resistance. Hyperglycaemia, hypertension and obesity, major components of metabolic syndrome, are all associat...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Härdtner C,Mörke C,Walther R,Wolke C,Lendeckel U

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malocclusion caused by abnormal jaw development or muscle overuse during mastication results in abnormal mechanical stress to the tissues surrounding the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Excessive mechanical stress against soft and hard tissues around the TMJ is involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, inc...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yokota S,Chosa N,Kyakumoto S,Kimura H,Ibi M,Kamo M,Satoh K,Ishisaki A

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral cancer is a serious disease caused by environmental factors and/or susceptible genes. In the present study, in order to identify useful genetic biomarkers for cancer prediction and prevention, and for personalized treatment, we detected somatic mutations in 5 pairs of oral cancer tissues and blood samples using w...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yi Y,Tian Z,Ju H,Ren G,Hu J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is the major lipid-carrier protein in the brain, and several studies provided evidence that ApoE epsilon4 allele can be considered a genetic risk factor for vascular diseases. Findings indicate that Alzheimer disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) may have common risk factors and/or pathogene...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Folin M,Baiguera S,Conconi MT,Di Liddo R,De Carlo E,Parnigotto PP,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metformin, a widely prescribed antidiabetic drug, has previously been shown to lower the risk of certain types of cancer, including that of breast cancer, and to improve prognosis. Its anticancer effects, which are mediated by the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), have become notable. The Sonic hedgeh...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Fan C,Wang Y,Liu Z,Sun Y,Wang X,Wei G,Wei J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that the degeneration of cochlear hair cells is the typical cause of presbycusis (or age-related hearing loss). However, the molecular mechanisms that mediate cochlear hair cell apoptosis are not yet fully understood and there is no effective treatment for this disorder. MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs)...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Xue T,Wei L,Zha DJ,Qiu JH,Chen FQ,Qiao L,Qiu Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The various associations of motor and non-motor symptoms, the onset of motor complications, the cognitive disorder's appearance and other factors make Parkinson's disease (PD) a heterogeneous syndrome with multiple phenotypes. The necessity of discriminating between different forms of PD could have a role in understan...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Schillaci O,Chiaravalloti A,Pierantozzi M,Di Pietro B,Koch G,Bruni C,Stanzione P,Stefani A

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Molecular defects of TNFRSF1A was investigated in members of a family presenting with typical phenotypes of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) and in patients with the autoimmune disorders, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Genomic DNA from the members o...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Horiuchi T,Tsukamoto H,Mitoma H,Miyagawa H,Tamimoto Y,Yoshizawa S,Harada M,Hayashi K,Hashimura C,Oribe M,Okamura S

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) signaling has been considered as a trigger causally contributing to pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Asiatic acid (AA) is a triterpenoid compound extracted from Centella asiatica and exhibits a variety of...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Si L,Xu J,Yi C,Xu X,Wang F,Gu W,Zhang Y,Wang X

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the importance of three tumor markers, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), Lens culinaris agglutinin A-reactive fraction of AFP (AFP-L3), and des-gamma-carboxy prothrombin (DCP), for detecting and predicting the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs). A total of 108 patients with in...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Beppu T,Sugimoto K,Shiraki K,Tameda M,Kusagawa S,Nojiri K,Tanaka J,Yamamoto N,Takei Y,Takaki H,Uraki J,Nakatsuka A,Yamakado K,Takeda K

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Receptor-mediated gene delivery is an attractive method for gene transfer in vitro and shows promise for in vivo gene therapy applications. In the current study, we have selected the cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene to explore the feasibility of receptor-mediated gene transfer into human hepatocellular carcinoma Hep...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Junbo H,Li Q,Zaide W,Yunde H

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evodiamine is a botanical alkaloid compound extracted from Tetradium plants. Previous studies have reported that evodiamine (Evo) treatment can reduce food uptake and improve insulin resistance in animals . The skeletal muscle comprises about 40% of the body mass of adults and has a vital role in regulating whole body...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yao X,Yu T,Zhao C,Li Y,Peng Y,Xi F,Yang G

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the development of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, infiltration by multiple leukocyte types is commonly observed at the site of inflammation. These cells are chemotactically recruited via activated integrins expressed on their cell surfaces. However, the detailed mechanism of integrin activation has not b...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ohkuro M,Hishinuma I

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)-Epigallocatechin gallate [(-)-EGCG] has been implicated in cancer chemoprevention and has been shown as an inhibitor of tumor proteasomal chymotrypsin-like activity in vitro and in vivo. However, EGCG is subjected to rapid biotransforming modifications such as methylation by catechol-Omicron-methyltransferase (COM...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kanwar J,Mohammad I,Yang H,Huo C,Chan TH,Dou QP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulinoma-associated protein 2 (IA-2) is the major autoantigen that contributes to the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D). IA-2-deficient (IA-2-/-) mice showed impaired insulin secretion after intraperitoneal injection of glucose as well as elevated glucose level in a glucose tolerance test. Despite the fact that ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Nakajima K,Wu G,Takeyama N,Sakudo A,Sugiura K,Yukawa M,Onodera T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:betaA25-35, a neurotoxic fragment of the Alzheimer beta-amyloid peptide (betaA), acts as a strong inducer of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin (IL)-1 and IL-6, in glial cells. Since IL-1 is known to induce expression of both IL-1 and IL-6, we have investigated to what extent the induction of IL-1alpha an...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Eriksson G,Zetterström M,Cortes Toro V,Bartfai T,Iverfeldt K

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of malignant death, and better preventive strategies are needed. The treatment of colonic cancer remains difficult because of the lack of effective chemotherapeutic agents; therefore it is important to continue to search for cellular functions that can be disrupted by chem...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Selvakumar P,Pasha MK,Ashakumary L,Dimmock JR,Sharma RK

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) syndrome is an autosomal dominant neoplastic disorder characterized by hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and retina, renal cell carcinomas, pheochromocytoma, and islet cell tumors. This syndrome is closely related with the VHL, a tumor suppressor gene, implying that loss of functi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Iida K,Okimura Y,Takahashi K,Inomata S,Iguchi G,Kaji H,Chihara K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opioid growth factor (OGF) is a constitutively expressed negative growth regulator whose action is mediated by the OGF receptor (OGFr). The OGF-OGFr axis tonically regulates the growth of human squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). To examine the repercussions of amplifying OGFr in SCCHN, construct...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： McLaughlin PJ,Verderame MF,Hankins JL,Zagon IS

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:Despite the improvement in gastric cancer (GC) treatment, multidrug resistance (MDR) is still a significant reason for chemotherapy failure. Our previous studies have demonstrated that miR-19a/b upregulation directly promoted MDR in GC cells. However, the exact regulation and the potential molecule mechanisms have not...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhu F,Wu Q,Ni Z,Lei C,Li T,Shi Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most common chronic diseases. The etiology and classification of CRS, with and without nasal polyps, remain unclear. Eosinophils and their products are important in the pathophysiology of allergic diseases and in host immunity to certain organisms. Interleukin 13 (IL-13) play...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sauter A,Stern-Straeter J,Chang RC,Hörmann K,Naim R

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease with or without joint involvement. In this disease, the thickened epidermis and impaired barrier are associated with altered calcium gradients. Calcium and vitamin D are known to play important roles in keratinocyte differentiation and bone metabolism. Intracellular calcium is...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Cubillos S,Norgauer J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressive effect of triptolide has been associated with suppression of T-cell activation. However, the immunosuppressive effects of triptolide on innate immunity in the epithelial barrier remain to be elucidated. Human beta-defensin (HBD)-2 is an inducible antimicrobial peptide and plays an important role ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jang BC,Lim KJ,Choi IH,Suh MH,Park JG,Mun KC,Bae JH,Shin DH,Suh SI

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effects of a nutrient mixture (NM) consisting of ascorbic acid, quercetin, naringenin, hesperetin, tea catechins, lysine, proline, arginine and N-acetylcysteine on experimental in vivo and in vitro inflammation triggered by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). BALB/c mice (n=36) were administered NM...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ivanov V,Cha J,Ivanova S,Kalinovsky T,Roomi MW,Rath M,Niedzwiecki A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mostotrin (MT), a novel compound, at least five orders of magnitude more soluble in water than its mother substance, was designed and synthesised from tryptanthrin (TR). Its structure was established by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry data and confirmed by X‑ray analysis, revealing that MT is a pentac...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Popov A,Klimovich A,Styshova O,Moskovkina T,Shchekotikhin A,Grammatikova N,Dezhenkova L,Kaluzhny D,Deriabin P,Gerasimenko A,Udovenko A,Stonik V

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00