Deletion of Sema4D gene reduces intimal neovascularization and plaque growth in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.

abstract：:We examined the P16 expression by immunohistochemical stain and detected the methylation by methylation specific polymerase chain reaction (MSP) in 48 primary oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) tissues. The results showed that 20/48 (41.7%) of cancerous tissues had CpG methylation around the promoter region, but 8/48 ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang MJ,Yeh KT,Shih HC,Wang YF,Lin TH,Chang JY,Shih MC,Chang JG

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased expression of sialyl-Lewisx (SLex) epitope on the surface of tumor cells has been known for decades. However, genetic manipulation of the expression of SLex and the role of SLex in cancer cell proliferation remains to be fully elucidated. The present study suggested that the monoclonal antibody of SLex (...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Li D,Sun H,Bai G,Wang W,Liu M,Bao Z,Li J,Liu H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orexins are hypothalamic peptides that regulate food intake, wakefulness, the reward system and energy metabolism. Recent studies have demonstrated the ability of orexins to promote a robust apoptosis and subsequent inhibition of cell growth in various types of cancer cells. The present study was conducted to investig...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu Y,Zhao Y,Ju S,Guo L

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel spontaneous autosomal recessive mutation, cervelet-4 (crv4), which arose in a BALB/c strain. Mice homozygous for the mutation exhibit principally a reduced body size, a congenital neurological phenotype characterized by ataxic gait and intention tremor, with no gross anomalies observed in brain or ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Conti V,Aghaie A,Cilli M,Martin N,Caridi G,Musante L,Candiano G,Castagna M,Fairen A,Ravazzolo R,Guenet JL,Puliti A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the anti-obesity effects of boiled tuna extract in C57BL/6N mice with obesity induced by a high-fat diet (HFD). We determined the anti-obesity effects of boiled tuna extract (100, 200, or 400 mg/kg) on the progression of HFD-induced obesity for 10 weeks. The mice were divided into ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kim Y,Kwon MJ,Choi JW,Lee MK,Kim C,Jung J,Aprianita H,Nam H,Nam TJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glypican-3 (GPC3), a membrane-bound heparan sulfate proteoglycan, is found to be overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the possible role of GPC3 in the development of HCC. In this study, RNA interference (RNAi) with a GPC3 small hairpin RNA (GPC3 shRNA) wa...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ruan J,Liu F,Chen X,Zhao P,Su N,Xie G,Chen J,Zheng D,Luo R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic biomaterials combined with cells and osteogenic factors represent a promising approach for the treatment of a number of orthopedic diseases, such as bone trauma and congenital malformations. To guarantee optimal biological properties, bone substitutes are prepared with a 3D structure and porosity grade funct...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Di Liddo R,Paganin P,Lora S,Dalzoppo D,Giraudo C,Miotto D,Tasso A,Barbon S,Artico M,Bianchi E,Parnigotto PP,Conconi MT,Grandi C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that immune effector mechanisms contribute to cardiac dysfunction in several heart diseases, including myocarditis and the associated dilated cardiomyopathy, heart transplant rejection and Chagas' disease. These and other pathologies, in which cellular immunity plays an important role, contr...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Binah O

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the effectiveness of commercial serological markers for the early detection of cancer and monitoring cancer patients. Parameters, such as specificity and variability of tumor markers were compared with a new approach for cancer detection which was recently developed in our laboratory. We demonstrate that t...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zusman I,Ben-Hur H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) can lead to progressive and severe visual loss. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promotes the development of CNV. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), a biologically active component of the honeybee (Apis mellifera) propolis, has been demonstrated to have several interesting...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Paeng SH,Jung WK,Park WS,Lee DS,Kim GY,Choi YH,Seo SK,Jang WH,Choi JS,Lee YM,Park S,Choi IW

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether the expression of VEGF-A and -C and their receptors, Flt-1 and Flt-4, are associated with primary tumor size, regional lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis and prognosis in patients with tongue carcinoma. The expression of VEGF-A and -C, and their receptors, Flt-1 and Flt-4, in biopsy specim...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Tanigaki Y,Nagashima Y,Kitamura Y,Matsuda H,Mikami Y,Tsukuda M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) is a naturally occurring anti-angiogenic compound that induces apoptosis of endothelial and cancer cells via its receptor CD36. The objectives of our study were to investigate the in vitro effects of TSP-1 on the apoptosis of primary human leukemia cells as well as leukemia cell lines and the ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Li K,Yang M,Yuen PM,Chik KW,Li CK,Shing MM,Lam HK,Fok TF

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions are intercellular channels made of connexin proteins, mediating both electrical and biochemical signals between cells. The ability of gap junction proteins to regulate immune responses, cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis and carcinogenesis makes them attractive therapeutic targets for treating infl...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wong P,Laxton V,Srivastava S,Chan YW,Tse G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptors (ER) are present in various reproductive tissues as well as in other tissues not considered classical targets for estrogen. A variety of alternatively spliced ER variants which co-exist with the wild-type receptor has also been described in many tissues. We analyzed the presence of both wild-type an...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yang J,Liu A,Chiou SK,Guzman R,Nandi S

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminarin, found in marine brown algae, is used as a carbohydrate reserve for phytoplankton; however, it is also used in traditional Chinese medicine, and has been shown to have several biological activities, including anticancer activities. In this study, we examined the mechanisms through which laminarin from Lamina...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Park HK,Kim IH,Kim J,Nam TJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and migration has been proven to be a critical event in the development of varicosity. Variations in estrogen levels, a pathological event related to age and pregnancy, play a role in the pathogenesis of varicosity. Previous studies have reported a different response of...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang X,Jin Y,Zhou D,Xu G,Huang J,Shen L

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglial activation-mediated inflammatory damage to oligodendrocytes is a key step in the etiology of ischemic white matter lesions. The adenosine A1 receptor (A1R) and adenosine A2a receptor (A2aR) have been reported to regulate the activation of microglia, however, the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Thus, t...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang W,Bai S,Zuo X,Tang W,Chen P,Chen X,Wang G,Wang H,Xie P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catamenial epilepsy is a common phenomenon in female epileptic patients that is, in part, influenced by the 17-β-estradiol level during the menstrual cycle, which modulates the strength of the epileptic seizures. However, the underlying mechanism(s) for catamenial epilepsy remains unknown. In the present study, the ef...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Huang Y,Liu X,Wang G,Wang X,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a major pathogenic factor in patients with cardiovascular diseases, and endothelial dysfunction (ED) plays a primary role in its occurrence and development. Simvastatin is a lipid‑lowering drug, which is commonly used to prevent or treat risk factors of cardiovascular diseases with a significant ant...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： He Z,Du X,Wu Y,Hua L,Wan L,Yan N

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-mannoheptulose was recently proposed as a tool to label preferentially insulin-producing cells in the pancreatic gland in the perspective of the non-invasive imaging of the endocrine pancreas. In such a perspective, we have now synthesized 1-deoxy-1-[125I]iodo-D-mannoheptulose ([125I]MH) and examined its uptake by d...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sener A,Bessieres B,Courtois P,Ladriere L,Louchami K,Jijakli H,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to explore possible prognostic marker genes in glioblastoma (GBM). Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened by comparing microarray data of tumor and normal tissue samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) dataset GSE22866. Subsequently, the pr...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Xu J,Zhu X

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen-independent growth of prostate cancer is correlated with expression of bcl-2. The impact of bcl-2 expression on the growth of prostate cancer cells following androgen ablation, was examined in the androgen-sensitive prostatic carcinoma cell line, LNCaP. Vector control and bcl-2 expressing LNCaP cells were gro...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Beham AW,Sarkiss M,Brisbay S,Tu SM,von Eschenbach AC,McDonnell TJ

更新日期：1998-06-01 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：:The most common tumors in children are infantile hemangiomas which could cause morbidity and severe complications. The development of novel alternative drugs to treat infantile hemangiomas is necessary, since Hemangeol is the only US Food and Drug Administration-approved drug for infantile hemangiomas. However, Hemang...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Li H,Teng Y,Xu X,Liu J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell sheet technology is a novel tissue engineering technology that has been rapidly developed in recent years. As a novel technology, cell sheet technology is expected to become one of the preferred methods for cell transplantation. The present study investigated the biological effects of rutin on the formation of pe...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhao B,Zhang Y,Xiong Y,Xu X

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rosiglitazone has been found to have anti-atherogenic effects and to increase serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. However, in vivo studies investigating the regulation of adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI) by rosigli...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Li C,Tu Y,Liu TR,Guo ZG,Xie D,Zhong JK,Fan YZ,Lai WY

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：: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：:Human serum amyloid P (hSAP), a member of the pentraxin family, inhibits the activation of fibrocytes in culture and inhibits experimental renal, lung, skin and cardiac fibrosis. As hepatic inflammation is one of the causes of liver fibrosis, in the present study, we investigated the hepatoprotective effects of hSAP a...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Cong M,Zhao W,Liu T,Wang P,Fan X,Zhai Q,Bao X,Zhang D,You H,Kisseleva T,Brenner DA,Jia J,Zhuang H

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of a cDNA that encodes a putative protein of 94 amino acids and expected molecular weight of 10.7 kDa, the C-terminal half of which is identical to that of PEP19, a small, brain-specific protein involved in Ca++/calmodulin signaling. The novel rat-specific protein, tentatively named long P...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sala A,Scaturro M,Proia P,Schiera G,Balistreri E,Aflalo-Rattenbach R,Créau N,Di Liegro I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00