Association of genetic variants with myocardial infarction in Japanese individuals with different lipid profiles.

abstract：:Previously, a specific angiogenesis inhibitor, angiostatin, discovered in urine and serum of tumor-bearing mice, was reported to potently block tumor growth and metastasis in animal models. Detection of angiostatin and its precursor proteins in urine from cancer patients has not been reported. Now, we report the devel...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Cao Y,Veitonmaki N,Keough K,Cheng H,Lee LS,Zurakowski D

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) epidemic in Brazil is spreading to small municipalities as well as the innermost parts of the country and scarce information has been reported on the frequency of HIV-1 resistance-associated mutations in these areas. To determine the frequency and diversity of the HIV-1 ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Figueiredo Saad F,Kaminami Morimoto H,Wiechmann SL,Bonametti AM,Ueda LT,Matsuo T,Reiche EM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the therapeutic effects of three different cellulose membranes (CMs) manufactured from Styela clava tunics (SCTs) on the healing of cutaneous wounds. We examined the physical properties and therapeutic effects of three CMs regenerated from SCTs (referred to as SCT‑ CMs), includ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Song SH,Seong KY,Kim JE,Go J,Koh EK,Sung JE,Son HJ,Jung YJ,Kim HS,Hong JT,Hwang DY

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction is the leading cause of cardiovascular‑related mortality and chronic heart failure worldwide. As regards treatment, the reperfusion of ischemic tissue generates irreversible damage to the myocardium, which is termed 'cardiac ischemia‑reperfusion (IR) injury'. Due to the large number of mito...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Marin W,Marin D,Ao X,Liu Y

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we aimed to explore the effect of environmental endocrine disruptors (EEDs) on sexual differentiation in androgen receptor (AR)-/-, AR+/- and AR+/+ male mice. By using a Cre-loxP conditional knockout strategy, we generated AR knockout mice. By mating flox-AR female mice with AR-Cre male mice, the...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu D,Shen L,Tao Y,Kuang Y,Cai L,Wang D,He M,Tong X,Zhou S,Sun J,Shi C,Wang C,Wu Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exendin-4 (ex-4) is a long-acting glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R) agonist which exerts beneficial effects on glycemic control and promotes cell viability. In the present study, we investigated the anti-apoptotic effects of ex-4, as well as the potential mechanisms responsible for these effects in rat bone ma...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： He J,Wang C,Sun Y,Lu B,Cui J,Dong N,Zhang M,Liu Y,Yu B

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p38 has been shown to be involved in TGF-beta-induced gene expression, but the upstream of the signaling pathway leading to the activation of p38 is left undefined. We investigated the pathway in cultured human keratinocytes (HaCat cells). Western blot analysis revealed that TGF-beta induced the activation of p38 with...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chiu C,Maddock DA,Zhang Q,Souza KP,Townsend AR,Wan Y

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease and is considered to be a causative factor of cryptogenic cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate messenger RNA (mRNA). Recently, it was demonstrated that...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Katsura A,Morishita A,Iwama H,Tani J,Sakamoto T,Tatsuta M,Toyota Y,Fujita K,Kato K,Maeda E,Nomura T,Miyoshi H,Yoneyama H,Himoto T,Fujiwara S,Kobara H,Mori H,Niki T,Ono M,Hirashima M,Masaki T

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reineckia carnea has been used to treat several diseases in folk remedies. RCE-4 has been isolated from several plants of the family Liliaceae, but its biological activity has not yet been reported. In the present study, we found that RCE-4 exhibited potent cytotoxicity to the teste...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang G,Huang W,He H,Fu X,Wang J,Zou K,Chen J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:White blood cell (WBC) count is considered a prognostic risk factor in acute myeloid leukemia. As density of leukemic cells increases, the cytotoxic activity of certain anticancer drugs, such as vincristine and doxorubicin, progressively decreases. In this study, we investigated the cell density-dependent induction of...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Navrátilová J,Jungová P,Vanhara P,Preisler J,Kanicky V,Smarda J

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to detect the differentially expressed genes between ossified herniated discs and herniated discs without ossification. In addition, we sought to identify a few candidate genes and pathways by using bioinformatics analysis. We analyzed 6 samples each of ossified herniated discs (experimen...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Shao J,Yu M,Jiang L,Wu F,Liu X

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is the preferred and most common treatment for cancer in clinical practice. An increasing number of researchers all over the world are focusing on natural medicines to find new antitumor drugs, and several reports have shown that Camellia nitidissima (C. nitidissima) Chi could reduce blood-lipid, decrease...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hou X,Du H,Yang R,Qi J,Huang Y,Feng S,Wu Y,Lin S,Liu Z,Jia AQ,Yuan S,Sun L

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:We previously identified a six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate (STEAP) 4 as a novel plasma membrane protein that is downregulated in obese patients and may play a significant role in the development of human obesity. This study was designed to identify the biological characteristics of the STEAP4 gene...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chen X,Zhu C,Ji C,Zhao Y,Zhang C,Chen F,Gao C,Zhu J,Qian L,Guo X

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Studies have shown that an overproduction of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) is an initiating cause in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications. However, uncoupling protein 2 (UCP2) can protect retinal vascular endothelial cells from damage by inhibiting the overproduction of mitochondrial ROS, although ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： He Y,Wang N,Shen Y,Zheng Z,Xu X

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteasome inhibitors, like MG132, can exert cell growth inhibitory and apoptotic effects in different tumor types. The apoptotic mechanism of these compounds involves the activation of the effector caspases. beta-catenin, also an oncogene, represents one of the substrates of these proteases, but the consequences of i...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Cervello M,Giannitrapani L,La Rosa M,Notarbartolo M,Labbozzetta M,Poma P,Montalto G,D'Alessandro N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigen presenting cells, especially the antigen presenting dendritic cells (DC) in the tissue, regulate the magnitude of antigen-specific immune response. A role of impaired and narrowly focused specific immune response has been implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis due to hepatitis B virus and hepatiti...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Abe M,Kajino K,Akbar SM,Yamamura K,Onji M,Hino O

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular pathogenesis of osteosarcoma is very complicated and associated with chaotic abnormalities on many chromosomal arms. We analyzed 12 cases of osteosarcomas with comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to identify chromosomal imbalances, and detected highly frequent chromosomal alterations in chromosome 6q...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ohata N,Ito S,Yoshida A,Kunisada T,Numoto K,Jitsumori Y,Kanzaki H,Ozaki T,Shimizu K,Ouchida M

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:Apelin, the endogenous ligand of APJ which is a member of G protein-coupled receptors, has been shown to be expressed in a variety of tissues in vivo and to exert significant biological effects. Studies have indicated that the apelin/APJ system is involved in the regulation of a variety of physiological functions and ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhou Q,Cao J,Chen L

更新日期：2016-05-01 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：:Adrenomedullin (AM) is a hypotensive peptide, which originates from the proteolytic cleavage of pro(p)AM and acts via AM22-52-sensitive receptors. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction allowed the detection of the specific mRNAs of pAM in the mononuclear hematopoietic cells of the cord blood and immunocytoch...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Del Pup L,Belloni AS,Carraro G,De Angeli S,Parnigotto PP,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porphyra yezoensis (P. yezoensis) is the most noteworthy red alga and is mainly consumed in China, Japan and Korea. In the present study, the effects of a P. yezoensis peptide (PY‑PE) on cell proliferation and the associated signaling pathways were examined in IEC‑6 rat intestinal epithelial cells. First, the MTS assa...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lee MK,Kim IH,Choi YH,Nam TJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second generation n3-PUFA-depleted rats represent a good animal model of metabolic syndrome as they display several features of the disease such as liver steatosis, visceral obesity and insulin resistance. The goal of our study was to investigate the influence of n3-PUFA deficiency on hepatic glycerol metabolism. Aqua...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Portois L,Zhang Y,Ladrière L,Perret J,Louchami K,Gaspard N,Hupkens E,Bolaky N,Delforge V,Beauwens R,Malaisse WJ,Sener A,Carpentier YA,Delporte C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether in vivo gene transfer causes leptin-antagonistic effects on food intake, animal body weight and fat tissue weight, the R128Q mutated-leptin gene, an R to Q substitution at position 128 of mouse leptin, was transferred into mouse liver and leg muscle by electroporation and hydrodynamics-based gen...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Xiang L,Murai A,Muramatsu T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lately, the importance of the communication between different cell types and the understanding of the cell communication pathway has been emphasized, as it may provide a novel therapeutic strategy for the regeneration of damaged tissue. In the present study, we suggest that sonic hedgehog (Shh) is a mediator of cell c...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kim WJ,Lee SW,Kim KW

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains unknown. It has been suggested that luminal factors such as the microflora, short chain fatty acids (SCFAs), food antigens and so on play important roles in the disease progression. Many reports have revealed alterations in the SCFA and organic acid concentr...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Araki Y,Andoh A,Fujiyama Y,Itoh A,Bamba T

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte activation has been described as a multi‑stage defensive response, which is characterized by the morphological alteration of astrocytes and the overexpression of intermediate filament proteins. However, the functional mechanism of the secretion system in activated astroglia remains unclear. It has previously...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhan X,Li F,Chu Q,Pang H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00