Lipid peroxidation: a possible role in gastric damage induced by ethanol in rats.

abstract：:The object of this study was to develop an assay for platelet activating factor (PAF) in rat plasma, and to utilise this to determine the effects of dietary fish oil on PAF in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Measurement of platelet activating factor in blood plasma has proved difficult because of its...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Croft KD,Sturm MJ,Codde JP,Vandongen R,Beilin LJ

更新日期：1986-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the oral resveratrol effects associated with diet and physical training changes on anthropometric and biochemical parameters. MAIN METHODS:25 individuals aged from 30 to 60 years old; with Body Mass Index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2 were included in the study. Following the prima...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Batista-Jorge GC,Barcala-Jorge AS,Silveira MF,Lelis DF,Andrade JMO,de Paula AMB,Guimarães ALS,Santos SHS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:LexA protein is a transcriptional repressor which regulates the expression of more than 60 genes belonging to the SOS global regulatory network activated by damages to bacterial DNA. Considering its role in bacteria, LexA represents a key target to counteract bacterial resistance: the possibility to modulate SOS r...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Bellio P,Mancini A,Di Pietro L,Cracchiolo S,Franceschini N,Reale S,de Angelis F,Perilli M,Amicosante G,Spyrakis F,Tondi D,Cendron L,Celenza G

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:TRAF6 is an intracellular signal adapter molecule plays a significant role in tumor development. However, the specific mechanism causes and promotes of colorectal cancer keep largely unknown. Therefore, we sought to investigate the roles and the molecular mechanisms of TRAF6 in regulation colorectal cancer. MATER...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Zhu G,Cheng Z,Huang Y,Zheng W,Yang S,Lin C,Ye J

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Endothelial dysfunction is a key triggering event in the development of cardiovascular diseases and the current study explored this phenomenon in the context of inflammation, apoptosis, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway during chronic diabetes. MAIN M...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Bitar MS,Ayed AK,Abdel-Halim SM,Isenovic ER,Al-Mulla F

更新日期：2010-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Activin A is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily that exerts its diverse biological effects through bindings to activin specific transmembrane serine/threonine kinase receptors. The fibroblast-mediated contraction of a collagen gel is thought to be a model of part of the wound-repair response a...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Ohga E,Matsuse T,Teramoto S,Ouchi Y

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of prior incubation with a single concentration of isoproterenol (10(-4) M) for 2 hours at 37 degrees C on isoproterenol-stimulated cyclic AMP accumulation in intact lymphocytes from young, old and subjects with Alzheimer's disease was studied. In lymphocytes from all three subjects groups prior incubation ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Oppenheim G,Mintzer J,Halperin Y,Eliakim R,Stessman J,Ebstein RP

更新日期：1984-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the recent scientific advances made in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, cancer still remains the second leading cause of death worldwide. Thus, there is a need to identify new potential biomarkers/molecular targets to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients. In this regard, long non-coding R...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Sharma U,Barwal TS,Malhotra A,Pant N,Vivek,Dey D,Gautam A,Tuli HS,Vasquez KM,Jain A

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated whether fish oil or vitamin E administration affected ethanol-induced changes in membrane ATPases. Male Wistar rats (225-250 g) were fed, through a gastric tube a liquid diet containing fish oil (25% of calories) and ethanol for one month. Another group of animals was given supplemental vitamin E (300 u/k...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Nanji AA,Sadrzadeh SM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of nicotine on normal physiological function are of increasing concern. Preliminary to studies on the effects of prenatal exposure to nicotine, we examined methods of administering nicotine to rats. Drinking water containing nicotine was not palatable to rats and was an unsatisfactory method in our hands, ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Murrin LC,Ferrer JR,Zeng WY,Haley NJ

更新日期：1987-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Rg1 is the most active component of traditional Chinese medicine ginseng, having anti-aging and anti-oxidative stress features in multiple organs. Cellular senescence of hepatocytes is involved in the progression of a wide spectrum of chronic liver diseases. In this study, we investigated the potential benefits an...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Qi R,Jiang R,Xiao H,Wang Z,He S,Wang L,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions between simvastatin, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitor, and diltiazem, a calcium antagonist, were investigated in 7 male and 4 female patients with hypercholesterolemia and hypertension. The patients were given, for one in a three con...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Watanabe H,Kosuge K,Nishio S,Yamada H,Uchida S,Satoh H,Hayashi H,Ishizaki T,Ohashi K

更新日期：2004-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants are potentially important for novel therapeutic drug leads, but the slowness of conventional methods for investigation of plants limits enthusiasm in the pharmaceutical industry. To overcome some of the drawbacks, we have applied high throughput pharmacological screening (HTPS) to crude plant extracts. Using a ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Littleton J,Rogers T,Falcone D

更新日期：2005-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a key enzyme in the fibrinolysis system and the regulation of its expression has been extensively studied in cultured vascular endothelial cells. Many kinds of supplements including growth factors are needed, however, to keep endothelial cells viable, which leads the culture ...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Yoshino A,Suzuki K,Urano T,Aoki K,Takada Y,Kazui T,Takada A

更新日期：2002-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The parasympathetic nervous system is a key regulator of the human organism involved in the pathophysiology of various disorders through cholinergic mechanisms. In the lungs, acetylcholine (ACh) released by vagal nerve endings stimulates muscarinic receptors thereby increasing airway smooth muscle tone. Contraction of...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Pieper MP

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative potencies of the in vivo vasodilating effect on the arterioles of the hamster cheek pouch of morphine and beta-endorphin decreased significantly after chronic morphine injection, indicating the existence of tolerance to morphine and cross tolerance between morphine and beta-endorphin. The apparent pA2 val...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Koo A,Wong TM

更新日期：1983-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant mice are more susceptible to flurothyl-induced seizures than are non-pregnant controls. The possibility that the well-known increase in beta-endorphin concentration which accompanies pregnancy was involved in this effect was examined by testing whether naloxone administration could block the increased seizure...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Smolen A,Smolen TN,van de Kamp JL

更新日期：1986-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the most abundant catechin of tea, on Ca(2+)-permeable non-selective cation currents (NSCC) and voltage-operated Ca(2+) channels (VOCC) have been investigated in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells using the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique. Under the Cs(+)/t...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Campos-Toimil M,Orallo F

更新日期：2007-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus monkeys were trained to discriminate injections of saline from those of beta-carboline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (beta-CCE), a compound that binds to the benzodiazepine receptor, but often has actions opposite to those of the benzodiazepines. A benzodiazepine agonist midazolam and low doses of a specific be...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Takada K,Winger G,Cook J,Larscheid P,Woods JH

更新日期：1986-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemi-pituitary glands of ovariectomized rats were superfused for 4 h with either LHRH or the analog buserelin (HOE 766) at several concentrations, and thereafter with medium only for another 1.5 h. In a further experiment glands were exposed for 2.5 h to LHRH or buserelin at a single concentration (5 ng/ml) and subseq...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Koiter TR,Denef C,Andries M,Moes H,Schuiling GA

更新日期：1986-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial cells have been found to produce a relaxant mediator, identified as nitric oxide (NO) and implicated in numerous physiological functions. Subsequently, there has been an intensive search for accurate and specific detection methods to measure biological NO production. In the present study, we compa...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Privat C,Lantoine F,Bedioui F,Millanvoye van Brussel E,Devynck J,Devynck MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asp-Thr-Met-Arg-Cys-Met-Val-Gly-Arg-Val-Tyr-Arg-Pro-Cys-Trp-Glu-Val, melanin concentrating hormone (MCH), is a cyclic hormone possessing both MCH-like (melanin granule aggregating effect) and melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH)-like (melanin granule dispersing effect) activities. Nine ring-contracted analogues were s...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Lebl M,Hruby VJ,Castrucci AM,Hadley ME

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic activities of bradykinin and related peptides as mediators of pain, inflammation and hypotension have been intensely studied for several decades. More recently, the involvement of bradykinin in regulation of ion transport by epithelia, hormone release from endocrine organs, energy metabolism, tissue growt...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Burch RM,Kyle DJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate how Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cells (P-MSCs) would adapt themselves and survive under hypoxic conditions which are prevalent in most injury sites. MAIN METHODS:P-MSCs were isolated from term placenta and characterised under normoxia and hypoxia (2-2.5% O2). Cells were examined for morphology and s...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Mathew SA,Chandravanshi B,Bhonde R

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Lung cancer represents as the most prevalent tumor globally, among which non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) takes up for more than 80%. Lysine demethylase 4A (KDM4A) was dysregulated in NSCLC, but its role on the tumorigenesis in NSCLC cells and the mechanisms of actions are unclear. In this work, we evaluated its...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Sun S,Yang F,Zhu Y,Zhang S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three forms of alkaline phosphatase have been isolated from different sections of the small intestine: F3 180 kDa from the duodenum; F2 150 kDa principally jejunal; F1 120 kDa the only ileal form. Their catalytic properties have been compared as well as the electrophoretic properties the dimer and monomer of their pho...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Tardivel S,Razanamaniraka L,Porembska Z,Crouzoulon G,Fournier P,Dupuis Y

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility of utilizing the granatanol: N-methyl [9-azabicyclo (3.3.1) nonane] 3-alpha-ol as the terminal group in a series of new bisquaternary azabicycyclic diester-type neuromuscular blocking agents. Fifty two bisquaternary ammonium derivatives of several dicarboxylic a...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Gyermek L,Lee C,Cho YM,Nguyen N

更新日期：2006-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have shown that cigarette smoke, an oxidant agent, is a risk factor for the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN), in which pathogenesis transforming growth factor beta(1) (TGFbeta(1)) plays a key role. In our experimental model we exposed mesangial cell cultures to cigarette smoke concentra...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Mur C,Clària J,Rodela S,Lario S,Campistol JM,Titos E,Iñigo P,Cases A,Abián J,Esmatjes E

更新日期：2004-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of arachidonic acid (AA) on Cl secretion across primary cultures of dog tracheal epithelium. Cell sheets showed mean values for baseline short-circuit current (Isc) and transepithelial resistance of 33.8 muA/cm2 and 360 omega.cm2 (n = 44). AA (5 x 10(-5) M) added to both sides increased Isc by 2...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Mochizuki H,Chao AC,Widdicombe JH

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular endothelium is recognized as a barrier between blood and blood vessel wall. The abnormality of vascular endothelium is critical for atherosclerosis, hypertension and diabetes. Oxidative stress, inflammation, obesity, hyperlipidemia and insulin resistance are major contributors to endothelial dysfunction i...

journal_title：Life sciences

authors： Sun HJ,Hou B,Wang X,Zhu XX,Li KX,Qiu LY

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00