Overexpression of anti-fibrotic factors ameliorates anti-fibrotic properties of Wharton's jelly derived mesenchymal stem cells under oxidative damage.

abstract：:The present study is designed to search for the serum cytokine biomarker for liver injury induced by Dioscorea bulbifera L., which is a traditionally used herbal medicine in China. Mice were orally given various doses of ethyl acetate extract (EF) isolated from D. bulbifera for 12 days. The activity of serum alanine/a...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Sheng Y,Ma Y,Deng Z,Wang Z,Ji L

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue is an acute febrile illness resulting from infection by a flavivirus transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. It is characterized by bleeding manifestations and a plasma leak syndrome. Hepatic involvement in the form of elevation in transaminases is common. However, acute hepatic failure is uncommon. It is not known ...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Agarwal MP,Giri S,Sharma V,Roy U,Gharsangi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an insidious, lethal asbestos-related cancer that is poorly responsive to current treatments. Specific and sensitive biomarkers providing early MM diagnosis in exposed subjects, who are at high-risk of developing it, are sorely needed. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are endogenous, non-coding, small...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Micolucci L,Rippo MR,Olivieri F,Procopio AD

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate whether pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume variation (SVV) can predict fluid responsiveness in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) in either a supine or Trendelenburg position. Forty mechanically ventilated patients that exhibited IAH resultin...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Liu X,Fu Q,Mi W,Liu H,Zhang H,Wang P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) in differentiating small renal masses. A total of 102 small renal masses (≤ 3 cm) in 99 patients were examined using conventional ultrasound (CUS) and CEUS, and the findings were reviewed and evaluated in comparison to pathology. Sig...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Chen L,Wang L,Diao X,Qian W,Fang L,Pang Y,Zhan J,Chen Y

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious injury of the central nervous system and up until now there is no evident effective treatment for SCI. Axonal regeneration is the only way to restore functions after serious SCI that interrupt the long tracts mediating motor and sensory function. The hurdles for axonal regeneratio...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Cui X,Chen L,Ren Y,Ji Y,Liu W,Liu J,Yan Q,Cheng L,Sun YE

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesized that subjective well-being (SWB) is determined by a combination of individual characteristics, social environment, and physical environment. However, few studies have simultaneously examined the relationships of the social and physical attributes of a neighborhood with SWB. Accordingly, the pr...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Gao J,Weaver SR,Fu H,Jia Y,Li J

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about the muscarinic receptor subtype(s) mediating pulmonary circulatory vasodilator responses to acetylcholine (ACh) is limited. The aim of this study was to pharmacologically characterize the muscarinic receptors associated with ACh-induced pulmonary vasodilation in a pulmonary hypertension model. Vasodi...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Orii R,Sugawara Y,Sawamura S,Yamada Y

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerging novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has swept across the world and become a global threat to public health. More than 200 countries and territories worldwide are suffering from this COVID-19 pandemic. Worryingly, no specific vaccine...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Dong X,Tian Z,Shen C,Zhao C

更新日期：2020-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Adjuvant therapy after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is limited. Here, we evaluated the effects of postoperative sorafenib on recurrence and survival in HCC patients. Recurrence-free survival and overall survival were analyzed as the main endpoint, recurrence rate, and mortality rate were analyzed as sec...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Zhang W,Zhao G,Wei K,Zhang Q,Ma W,Song T,Wu Q,Zhang T,Kong D,Li Q

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benign portal vein stenosis is a rare complication following pancreaticoduodenectomy. Because a direct surgical approach to the portal vein is difficult due to severe adhesions following pancreaticoduodenectomy, portal vein stent placement is considered a good treatment option. Herein, we report 3 cases of severe port...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Sawai Y,Kokudo T,Sakamoto Y,Takao H,Kazami Y,Nishioka Y,Akamatsu N,Arita J,Kaneko J,Hasegawa K

更新日期：2019-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has garnered attention as a new form of liver surgery. In China, many hepatobiliary surgeons are now encouraging the examination and assessment of LLC in order to improve its outcomes, and several young hepatobiliary surgeons recently shared their clinical experiences and the results...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Zhao X,Song P,Zhang Y,Huang J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively analyzed newborns with deafness gene mutations and summarized the relationship between genotype and phenotype to provide a basis for genetic counseling. We studied 582 subjects positive for deafness gene mutations that were treated in the otology outpatient department of Beijing Tongren Hospital, Ca...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Du Y,Huang L,Wang X,Cui Q,Cheng X,Zhao L,Ni T

更新日期：2017-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A research project involving sheets of retinal pigment epithelium constructed from iPS cells derived from patients with age-related maculopathy is one step closer to being approved for clinical trials by the Japanese Government. Now is the time to make therapies using iPS cells clinically available. ...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Song P,Inagaki Y,Sugawara Y,Kokudo N

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The initial processes involved in radiation carcinogenesis have not been clearly elucidated. We isolated mouse mutant cells exhibiting plasticity in their mutation phenotypes. These mutant cells were originally isolated from an irradiated cell population as 6-thioguanine resistant (6TGR) mutants that were deficient in...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Yamauchi M,Fukutsu K,Sakagami M,Yamada Y

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anesthesia with sevoflurane and with propofol on glucose utilization in rats were investigated. Sevoflurane significantly impairs glucose utilization whereas propofol does not. Both insulin secretion and sensitivity affect glucose utilization. Propofol is hydrophobic, and anesthesia with this agent is a...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Li X,Kitamura T,Kawamura G,Mori Y,Sato K,Araki Y,Sato R,Yamada Y

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrus unshiu peel has been used to prevent and treat various diseases in traditional East-Asian medicine including in Korea. Extracts of C. unshiu peel are known to have various pharmacological effects including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties. Although the possibility of their anti-cance...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Ahn KI,Choi EO,Kwon DH,HwangBo H,Kim MY,Kim HJ,Ji SY,Hong SH,Jeong JW,Park C,Kim ND,Kim WJ,Choi YH

更新日期：2017-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalpol is a natural iridoid glycoside with diverse bioactivities that is found in abundance in Rehmannia glutinosa Libosch. (Scrophulariaceae). The present study assessed whether catalpol treatment (5, 10, or 20 mg/kg for 14 days by intragastric administration (i.g.)) has an antidepressant-like effect on mice perfor...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Wang J,Cui Y,Feng W,Zhang Y,Wang G,Wang X,Zhou G

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On October 25, 2018, the National Health Commission of China issued the National Essential Medicines List (2018 edition) [NEML (2018)]. The NEML (2018) contains 685 drugs, which consist of 417 chemicals and biological products and 268 Chinese patent medicines. Compared to the 2012 version of the NEML, a total number o...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： He J,Tang M,Ye Z,Jiang X,Chen D,Song P,Jin C

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrazine (ATR), one of the most widely used herbicides worldwide, has caused a series of toxicological and environmental problems. This study sought to investigate the effects of ATR on the immune system of mice. Four-week-old female C57B l/6 mice were treated with 5, 25, and 125 mg/kg ATR for 28 days. On day 29, bloo...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Zhao S,Liu J,Zhao F,Liu W,Li N,Suo Q,Zhao J,Zhao L

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are common and generally harmless, but persistent infections can bring health problems like cancer and genital warts. For the uninfected group, HPV vaccines provide safe and effective protection, but they're type-restricted and expensive. For those infected, so far there have been...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Lin J,Chen L,Qiu X,Zhang N,Guo Q,Wang Y,Wang M,Gober HJ,Li D,Wang L

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study retrospectively investigated variations in audiological phenotypes in children with GJB2 gene mutations. Subjects were 128 infants and young children who were seen as outpatients by Otology at Beijing Tongren Hospital from 2012 to 2018. Of the 128 subjects, 99 had biallelic truncating (T/T) mutations...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Wang X,Huang L,Zhao X,Wang X,Cheng X,Du Y,Liu D

更新日期：2018-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In-stent restenosis is highly related to the deposition of inflammatory extracellular matrix and the migration of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cells. The miR-17/TIMP-1/interleukin pathway regulates vascular matrix remodeling and plays an important role in the inflammatory reaction. This study identified miR-...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Jiang F,Zhang X,Lu YM,Li YG,Zhou X,Wang YS

更新日期：2019-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:MLS128 is an anti-carbohydrate monoclonal antibody (mAb) that binds three or two consecutive Tn-antigens. MLS128 bound 110-210 kDa glycoproteins (GPs) and inhibited the growth of LS180 and HT29 colon and MCF-7 breast cancer cells. One possible mechanism of MLS128's inhibition of growth may be via insulin-like growth f...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Zamri N,Masuda N,Oura F,Yajima Y,Nakada H,Fujita-Yamaguchi Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human serum albumin (HSA) is used as an important plasma volume expander in clinical practice. In the present study, HSA was N-terminally PEGylated and a PEGylated HAS (PEG-HSA) carrying one chain of PEG (20 kDa) per HSA molecule was obtained. The purity, secondary structure and hydrodynamic radius of the modified pro...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Zhao T,Yang Y,Zong A,Tan H,Song X,Meng S,Song C,Pang G,Wang F

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (Salmonella), a pathogenic bacterium, is a major cause of foodborne diseases worldwide. Salmonella injects multiple virulence factors, called effectors, into cells and causes multiple rearrangements of cellular biological reactions that are important for Salmonella proliferation...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Sun X,Kawata K,Miki A,Wada Y,Nagahama M,Takaya A,Akimitsu N

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Granzyme 3 (Gr3) is known as a tryptase-type member of the granzyme family and exists in the granules of immunocompetent cells. Granule proteases including granzymes, are transported into the cytoplasm of tumor cells or virus-infected cells by perforin function, degrade cytoplasmic or nuclear proteins and subsequently...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Hirata Y,Inagaki H,Shimizu T,Kawada T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of endoluminal ultrasonography (EUS) and spiral computerized tomography (SCT) in preoperative local staging of rectal carcinoma. EUS and SCT were performed prior to surgery in 78 patients with rectal carcinoma. After radical surgery, the preoperative findings were compa...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Ju H,Xu D,Li D,Chen G,Shao G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is an important opportunistic infection of HIV/AIDS. However, very little is known about antibody seropositivities to HHV8 lytic and latent antigens among HIV-infected patients in China. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was conducted to explore HHV8 serostatus among 316 HIV-infected patien...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Zhang TJ,He N,Ding YY,Jiang QW,Wood C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise diagnosis is a key measurement for malaria control and elimination, traditional microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests cannot satisfy the requirements especially in the low transmission endemic areas or in the malaria elimination phase. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with high sensitivity and specificity can b...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Yin J,Li M,Yan H,Zhou S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00