S100B is required for high glucose-induced pro-fibrotic gene expression and hypertrophy in mesangial cells.

abstract：:Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is used in the clinic as an autologous blood product to stimulate bone regeneration and chondrogenesis. Numerous studies have demonstrated that PRP affects bone remodeling by accelerating osteoblast formation. With the research perspective focusing on osteoclasts, the present study establish...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang D,Weng Y,Guo S,Zhang Y,Zhou T,Zhang M,Wang L,Ma J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-cancer and cancer-preventive effects of green tea and its main constituent (-)-epigallocatechin gallate [(-)-EGCG] are well documented by a variety of studies, including epidemiological, cell culture, animal, and clinical studies. While (-)-EGCG remains the most potent polyphenol in green tea, it is very unst...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Landis-Piwowar KR,Kuhn DJ,Wan SB,Chen D,Chan TH,Dou QP

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A microarray analysis of an animal model with experimental sepsis induced by caecal ligation and puncture revealed that the level of microRNA‑195 (miR‑195) was upregulated. However, to the best of our knowledge, the role of miR‑195 in sepsis remains unknown. The present study investigated the effect of miR‑195 on apop...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yuan T,Zhang L,Yao S,Deng SY,Liu JQ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro effect of lactoperoxidase with or without its substrates (hydrogen peroxide, thiocyanate) on the growth of 4 different black pigmented anaerobe (BPA) strains associated with the development and progress of periodontal diseases: Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC 33277, Prevotella i...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Fadel M,Courtois P

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have indicated that increased consumption of cruciferous vegetables is associated with a statistically significant reduction in the risk for cancers. The major bioactive agent in these vegetables is a class of sulfur-containing glycosides called glucosinolates. Isothiocyanates, derivatives of g...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jadhav U,Ezhilarasan R,Vaughn SF,Berhow MA,Mohanam S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistin is thought to cause insulin resistance and link obesity to type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, little is known about the effects of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on resistin gene expression in white adipose tissue (WAT). Resistin gene expression was determined by northern blot analysis in food-deprived mice after NPY a...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yuzuriha H,Inui A,Goto K,Asakawa A,Fujimiya M,Kasuga M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant methylation of promoter CpG islands is known to be responsible for the alteration and silencing of genes in cancer. The data presented here describes that the CpG methylations of ERalpha and ERbeta are found in breast cancer tissues, and methylation exerts a considerable effect on gene silencing, investigated...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kim SJ,Kim TW,Lee SY,Park SJ,Kim HS,Chung KW,Lee ES,Kang HS

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of emodin analogues have been demonstrated to exhibit potent antiproliferative activity in three human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)‑overexpressing cell lines. However, in docking simulations, not all of these emodin analogues docked into the HER2 protein binding site. As the epidermal growth fact...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chen KC,Juang SH,Lien JC

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arl4D is a developmentally-regulated member of the ADP-ribosylation factor/ARF-like protein (ARF/Arl) family of Ras-related GTPases. Although Arl4 protein is reported to be expressed in adipose tissue, the function of Arl4D is unknown. To investigate the potential role of Arl4D in adipogenesis, we examined Arl4D expre...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yu J,Ka SO,Kwon KB,Lee SM,Park JW,Park BH

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celastrol, a natural biologically active compound isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F root extracts, has been shown to possess antitumor properties and therefore, is an interesting candidate for the development of novel chemotherapeutic cancer agents. In this study, we have demonstrated that Celastrol is a pot...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang L,Zhang Z,Zhang S,Ren J,Zhang R,Zeng H,Li Q,Wu G

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many lines of evidence have shown that preproglucagon-derived peptides affect steroid secretion from dispersed adrenocortical cells, and that streptozotocin (STZ)-induced experimental diabetes alters adrenocortical-cell function. Hence, we compared the effects of glucagon, glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 and GLP-2 on ba...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Malendowicz LK,Spinazzi R,Nussdorfer GG,Trejter M

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：: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：:Differential diagnosis between adrenal cortical and adrenal medullary lesions may be difficult in many cases. Different immunohistochemical, histochemical tools as well as ultrastructural diagnostic techniques have been employed to aid in differentiating between these lesions. Recently, both inhibin-A and BCL-2 have b...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Fogt F,Zimmerman RL,Mulligan N,Vortmeyer AO,Poremba C,Harris CA,Alsaigh N,Tomaszewski JE,Nikulasson ST

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) and the expression of ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 1 (ENTPD1; also known as CD39) and 5'-ectonucleotidase (NT5E; also known as CD73) on the Treg cell surface are increased during sepsis. In this study, to determine the factors leading to the high expressi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bao R,Shui X,Hou J,Li J,Deng X,Zhu X,Yang T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) is a key coordinator of gene programs in metabolism and energy homeostasis in mammals. The aim of this study was to determine whether PGC-1α is involved in the transcriptional regulation of retinal neovascularization in oxygen-induced retinopathy (OI...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang L,Jiang J,Xia X

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of finasteride for alleviating hair loss has been investigated, and it has been applied as an oral dose medication. However, due to the inconvenience of daily drug administration over long period of time, novel controllable finasteride delivery has been actively investigated. As a novel method of finasteride d...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kim JH,Na J,Bak DH,Lee BC,Lee E,Choi MJ,Ryu CH,Lee S,Mun SK,Park BC,Kim BJ,Lee HS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) transcription is dependent on the interaction of host-cell transcription factors with cis-regulatory DNA elements within the viral long terminal repeat (LTR). Much attention has focused on the series of sequence elements upstream of the transcriptional initiation site in the...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Al-Harthi L,Roebuck KA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the in silico-initiated cloning and molecular characterization of CTXN3 (cortexin 3), a new human gene that was specifically expressed in the kidney and brain due to tissue-specific alternative exon 1 usage, on chromosome 5q23.2 using digital gene expression displayer (DGED) and a novel in silico cloning ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang HT,Chang JW,Guo Z,Li BG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kallikrein-kinin system (KKS) is a complex multi-enzyme system which is composed of circulating and tissue kallikrein and kinin. It is well established that tissue kallikrein and kinin play crucial and diverse roles in cardiovascular and renal homeostasis. Recent data indicate t...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Xu X,Tu L,Jiang W,Feng W,Zhao CX,Wang DW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study has revealed that oxidized low‑density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/β2‑glycoprotein I (β2GPI)/anti‑β2‑glycoprotein I (anti‑β2GPI), an immune complex, is able to activate the Toll‑like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor κβ (NF‑κβ) inflammatory signaling pathway in macrophages, and consequently enhance foam cell f...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang T,Ouyang H,Zhou H,Xia L,Wang X,Wang T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non‑alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the consequence of insulin resistance, fatty acid accumulation, oxidative stress and lipotoxicity. The present study aimed to elucidate the effect of Quaking 5 (QKI 5) as mediated by Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) on triglyceride (TG) synthesis in the liver of an NAFLD mouse model. A hi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang W,Sun Y,Liu W,Dong J,Chen J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1), plays an important role in angiotension II (Ang II)-induced hypertensive renal injury associated with pro-inflammatory responses, tubular functional damage and cellular apoptosis. In this study, we report on the role of LOX-1 in Ang II-induced oxidat...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Xu Y,Ruan S,Xie H,Lin J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA) analogs have been used in the treatment of a variety of cancers; however, their application is limited due to serious therapy-related sequelae. In the present study, the effects of a novel RA analog, 4-amino-2-trifluoromethyl-phenyl retinate (ATPR), on the growth of gastric cancer cells were evaluat...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hu KW,Pan XH,Chen FH,Qin R,Wu LM,Zhu HG,Wu FR,Ge JF,Han WX,Yin CL,Li HJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GATA binding protein 3 (GATA3) is a key molecule regulating the balance in the ratio of type 1 helper T (Th1) cells to type 2 helper T (Th2) cells, which is thought to be indicative of the pathogenesis of allergic diseases such as asthma and atopic dermatitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of GATA3...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bae CJ,Lee JW,Shim SB,Jee SW,Lee SH,Woo JM,Lee CK,Hwang DY

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orientia tsutsugamushi (O. tsutsugamushi), the causative agent of scrub typhus, is an obligate intracellular pathogen. Recent studies have demonstrated the complete genome of O. tsutsugamushi. However, the route and detailed molecular mechanism for O. tsutsugamushi to get accessed into mammalian cells remains unclear....

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lin CC,Chou CH,Lin TC,Yang MC,Cho CL,Chang CH,Yu HS,Lai CH,Chen LK,Hong YR

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synovial membrane consists of fibroblasts and macrophages forming the synovial lining supported by vascularized subsynovium. Each of these components may specifically react to a particular stimulus. Thus, reactions of isolated synovial cells may not correspond to that of intact tissue. We characterized the production ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hyc A,Osiecka-Iwan A,Niderla-Bielinska J,Jankowska-Steifer E,Moskalewski S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously shown that total saponins extracted from Aralia taibaiensis (sAT) have potent antioxidant activities for treating diabetes mellitus and attenuate d-galactose-induced aging. Since diabetes mellitus and aging are closely associated with cardiac dysfunction, particularly ischemic heart disease, sAT may ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yan J,Duan J,Wu X,Guo C,Yin Y,Zhu Y,Hu T,Wei G,Wen A,Xi M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking has deleterious effects on osteoporosis and periodontitis both characterized by bone loss. Smoking also interferes with the protective effect that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has on bone loss. Our study investigated two mechanisms by which smoking may affect bone metabolism: nicotine-induced proliferatio...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kamer AR,El-Ghorab N,Marzec N,Margarone JE 3rd,Dziak R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00