Crocetin promotes angiogenesis in human endothelial cells through PI3K-Akt-eNOS signaling pathway.

abstract：:Endometriosis is defined by presence of endometrial-like-tissue outside the uterus. Recently, ectopic endometriotic lesions have been suggested to originate by abnormal differentiation of endometrial mesenchymal stem cells (eMSCs). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis. Thro...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Abdel-Rasheed M,Nour Eldeen G,Mahmoud M,ElHefnawi M,Abu-Shahba N,Reda M,Elsetohy K,Nabil M,Elnoury A,Taha T,Azmy O

更新日期：2017-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Our experimental work was aimed at evaluating the safety and protective effects of dietary spirulina supplementation on the kidney of newborn rats, the offspring of lead contaminated lactating mothers. Female rats were randomly divided into four groups: group I (control) was given a normal diet, group II (positive con...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Gargouri M,Soussi A,Akrouti A,Magné C,El Feki A

更新日期：2018-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A reliable biomarker has not been identified to predict the outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children. Therefore, the present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the association between neuron specific enolase (NSE) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children. Two independent reviewers searc...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Nakhjavan-Shahraki B,Yousefifard M,Oraii A,Sarveazad A,Hosseini M

更新日期：2017-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphological identification is a widespread procedure to assess the presence of apoptosis by visual inspection of the morphological characteristics or the fluorescence images. The procedure is lengthy and results are observer dependent. A quantitative automatic analysis is objective and would greatly help the routine...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Liu Y,Lin W,Yang X,Liang W,Zhang J,Meng M,Rice JR,Sa Y,Feng Y

更新日期：2014-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmaceutical effluents contain toxic xenobiotics capable of contaminating aquatic environments. Untreated effluents are illegally discharged into aquatic environment in most developing countries. Pharmaceutical effluent induced alterations in biomarkers of genetic and systemic damage on rodents. However, information...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Alimba CG,Adekoya KO,Soyinka OO

更新日期：2019-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study deals with the isolation and partial purification of bioactive compounds from the crude methanol extracts of the leaves of Ageratum houstonianum (Asteraceae). The quantification and the identification of compounds in the crude extract and active bands isolated by preparative TLC were accomplished usi...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Zeeshan M,Rizvi SM,Khan MS,Kumar A

更新日期：2012-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effect of the serotonin selective reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) fluoxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine and the tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) impiramine on oxidative stress in brain and liver induced by lipopolysaccharide administration in mice. Each drug was administered subcutaneously at doses...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Abdel-Salam OME,Morsy SMY,Sleem AA

更新日期：2011-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Everolimus (EVR), as a rapamycin analog, is a selective inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase and its associated signaling pathway. mTOR is a serine/threonine protein kinase and its hyperactivity is involved in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and associated cognitive deficits. Th...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Fanoudi S,Hosseini M,Alavi MS,Boroushaki MT,Hosseini A,Sadeghnia HR

更新日期：2018-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase is a rate-limiting enzyme for estrogen biosynthesis that is overproduced in breast cancer tissue. To block the growth of breast tumors, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are employed to bind and inhibit aromatase in order to lower the amount of estrogen produced in the body. Although a number of synthetic aromatase...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Shoombuatong W,Schaduangrat N,Nantasenamat C

更新日期：2018-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether offspring sex ratio at birth (SRB) was associated with maternal breast cancer risk, the present case-control study and a meta-analysis of literature were done. A total of 389 female breast cancer patients who had at least one offspring participated in the study. From general population 356 healt...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Saadat M

更新日期：2010-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acute and chronic physical and psychological stressors on the induction of oxidative stress in male rat liver. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 3 groups as following: control, physical and psychological stress groups. Stress was induced by communication bo...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Jafari M,Salehi M,Zardooz H,Rostamkhani F

更新日期：2014-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have demonstrated the robustness of the framing effect in a variety of contexts, especially in medical decision making. Unfortunately, research is still inconsistent as to how so many variables impact framing effects in medical decision making. Additionally, much attention should be paid to the framin...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Gong J,Zhang Y,Feng J,Huang Y,Wei Y,Zhang W

更新日期：2013-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:From both the structural and functional points of view, β-turns play important biological roles in proteins. In the present study, a novel two-stage hybrid procedure has been developed to identify β-turns in proteins. Binary logistic regression was initially used for the first time to select significant sequence param...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Asghari MP,Hayatshahi SH,Abdolmaleki P

更新日期：2012-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike conventional materials that covalent bonds connecting atoms as the major force to hold the materials together, supramolecular biomaterials rely on noncovalent intermolecular interactions to assemble. The reversibility and biocompatibility of supramolecular biomaterials render them with diverse range of function...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Guo J,Tian C,Xu B

更新日期：2020-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with diabetes tend to have an increased risk of osteoporosis that may be related to hyperglycemia. In vitro evidence has shown that high glucose can affect the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Tissue regeneration depends mainly on MSCs. However, the exact mechanis...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Wang J,Wang B,Li Y,Wang D,Lingling E,Bai Y,Liu H

更新日期：2013-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure to microgravity leads to orthostatic intolerance in astronauts and differential vascular structural and functional adaptations have been implicated in its occurrence. The present study tended to clarify the characteristics of vascular inflammation and oxidative stress in hindlimb unweighting (HU) rat vasculat...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Zhang R,Ran HH,Gao YL,Ma J,Huang Y,Bai YG,Lin LJ

更新日期：2010-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine whether exposure of operating room personnel to inhalation anesthetics, including nitrous oxide, isoflurane, and sevoflurane was associated with any hepatotoxic or nephrotoxic changes. Fifty-two operating room personnel and 52 non-exposed subjects were studied. A questionnaire pe...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Neghab M,Amiri F,Soleimani E,Yousefinejad S,Hassanzadeh J

更新日期：2020-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamin 2 is a GTPase protein that has been implicated in cancer progression through its various roles such as endocytosis, morphogenesis, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), cellular contractions, and focal adhesion maturation. The increased expression levels of this molecule have been demonstrated with the deve...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Sajed R,Saeednejad Zanjani L,Rahimi M,Mansoori M,Zarnani AH,Madjd Z,Ghods R

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 77 year old male patient with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET). The patient was initially treated by extensive surgical resection that however, led to severe complications with delayed recovery. During follow-up, a number of new liver metastases were detected, one of which was ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Ataeinia B,Loberg C,Kravets H,Beheshti M,von Mallek D,Mottaghy FM,Heinzel A

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer (BC) is the sixth most common malignancy in men and 17th in women. Exosomal long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been defined as a novel biomarker for BC. The aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical significance of urine exosomal PVT-1, ANRIL and PCAT-1 as a biomarker in BC patients with tumors cla...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Abbastabar M,Sarfi M,Golestani A,Karimi A,Pourmand G,Khalili E

更新日期：2020-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between leptin, insulin resistance and other hormonal parameters in polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is controversial. We investigated the effect of metformin on leptin levels in women with PCOS. Thirty women with PCOS received metformin 500 mg thrice a day. After two months of metformin treatment t...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Upadhyaya P,Rehan HS,Seth V

更新日期：2011-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme-coupled colorimetric assay for quantification of urinary sarcosine was developed. The proposed method is a specific reaction based on hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) formation via sarcosine oxidase (SOX). The liberated H2O2 reacts with Amplex Red in the presence of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) to produce the red-fl...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Yamkamon V,Phakdee B,Yainoy S,Suksrichawalit T,Tatanandana T,Sangkum P,Eiamphungporn W

更新日期：2018-05-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a major metabolic regulator that has been shown to be elevated in a number of metabolic disturbances including type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the metabolic syndrome, but few studies about the relationship between serum FGF21 and the complications of diabetes have been done. ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Mousavi Z,Bonakdaran S,Sahebkar A,Yaghoubi G,Yaghoubi MA,Davoudian N,Mohebbi M

更新日期：2017-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Achillea eriophora (Asteraceae) is a medicinal plant commonly used in Iran. This study was performed to determine the cardiovascular effects of hydroethanolic extract of A. eriophora (HEAE) and the underlying mechanisms in anaesthetized rats. The acute effects of intravenous (i.v.) administration of different doses of...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Anvari S,Bahaoddini A,Moein M,Khosravi AR

更新日期：2016-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a common protozoan parasite, which infects warm-blooded mammals, including mice and humans, throughout the world. The negative effects of T. gondii infection on the human reproductive system have been documented, especially in females. However, only few studies have examined the effects of T. gond...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Saki J,Sabaghan M,Arjmand R,Teimoori A,Rashno M,Saki G,Shojaee S

更新日期：2020-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare professionals, especially nurses and pre-hospital emergency (PHE) staff, are influenced by many stressors due to their responsibility to provide comfort as well as care and treatment of patients. The aim of the present study was to identify and rank the occupational stressors in nurses and PHE staff using F...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Rajabi F,Jahangiri M,Molaeifar H,Honarbakhsh M,Farhadi P

更新日期：2018-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is conducted to determine the potential mechanisms of Boron compounds, boric acid (BA) and borax (BX), on genotoxicity of zebrafish Danio rerio for 24, 48, 72 and 96-hours acute exposure (level:1, 4, 16, 64 mg/l BA and BX) in semi-static bioassay experiment. For that purpose, peripheral erythrocytes ...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Gülsoy N,Yavas C,Mutlu Ö

更新日期：2015-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C is a major global health burden and Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide. The current study was designed to evaluate the beneficial therapeutic effects of ethanolic extracts of Nigella sativa, Zingiber officinale and their mixture in Egyptian HCV patients. Sixty volunteer p...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Abdel-Moneim A,Morsy BM,Mahmoud AM,Abo-Seif MA,Zanaty MI

更新日期：2013-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-pathway in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) induces therapy resistant tumours, characterized by increased liver progenitor cell (LPCs) characteristics and poor prognosis. We previously reported corresponding results in mice with HCC in which hypoxia was mimicked by prolyl...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Bogaerts E,Paridaens A,Verhelst X,Carmeliet P,Geerts A,Van Vlierberghe H,Devisscher L

更新日期：2016-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical composition of the essential oils of different Allium nigrum L. organs and the antibacterial activity were evaluated. The study is particularly interesting because hitherto there are no reports on the antibacterial screening of this species with specific chemical composition. Therefore, essential oils fro...

journal_title：EXCLI journal

authors： Rouis-Soussi LS,Ayeb-Zakhama AE,Mahjoub A,Flamini G,Jannet HB,Harzallah-Skhiri F

更新日期：2014-05-13 00:00:00