Homooligomerization of ABCA3 and its functional significance.

abstract：:The prevalence of psoriasis is increasing, and poses a serious risk to human health and quality of life. Psoriasis, a chronic immune‑mediated skin disease with epidermal hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis, is associated with numerous complications, including metabolic syndromes that are regulated by sirtuins (SIRTs) via...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Fan X,Yan K,Meng Q,Sun R,Yang X,Yuan D,Li F,Deng H

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein phosphorylation/dephosphorylation on tyrosine residues are regulated by tyrosine kinases/phosphatases. The tyrosine phosphatase SH-PTP2 (PTP1D, PTP2C) interacts physically through its SH2 domain with phosphorylated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). In KB cells, an oral epidermoid carcinoma, high epiderm...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kamer AR,Hoghooghi SA,Liebow C

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) alleviated liver fibrosis. We investigated whether BMSCs transfected with human matrix metalloproteinase 1 (BMSCs/MMP1) would improve their therapeutic effect in liver fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in rats. BMSCs were transf...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Du C,Jiang M,Wei X,Qin J,Xu H,Wang Y,Zhang Y,Zhou D,Xue H,Zheng S,Zeng W

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporins (AQPs) have been found to be associated with a number of diseases. However, the role of AQP‑1 in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis remains unclear. We previously found that AQP‑1 expression was upregulated in osteoarthritic cartilage and strongly correlated with caspase‑3 expression and activity. The aim o...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Gao H,Gui J,Wang L,Xu Y,Jiang Y,Xiong M,Cui Y

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In some patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and immunoglobulin (Ig) A deficiency (IgAD), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family receptor transmembrane activator and calcium-modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI) gene mutations have been reported. B cells from individuals with TACI mutations d...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jin R,Kaneko H,Suzuki H,Arai T,Teramoto T,Fukao T,Kondo N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soy sauce (Shoyu) is a traditional Japanese fermented seasoning and is available worldwide. We investigated the effect of Shoyu polysaccharides (SPS) prepared from soy sauce on the intestinal immune system of mice. SPS enhanced the production of immunoglobulin A (IgA) from Peyer's patch cells in vitro, and its oral ad...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Matsushita H,Kobayashi M,Tsukiyama R,Fujimoto M,Suzuki M,Tsuji K,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), which involves the blood and bone marrow, is the most common type of cancer in children younger than 5 years of age. Previous studies have investigated the effects of centipedegrass extract (CGE), which is mainly composed of maysin and its derivatives, and have demonstrated that it ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bai HW,Badaboina S,Park CH,Choi BY,Na YH,Chung BY

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexin A9 (ANXA9), a member of annexin family, has been reported be associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) carcinogenesis. However, the clinical significance of ANXA9 in CRC, particularly its correlation to invasion and metastasis remains ambiguous. The aim of the present study was to investigate the significance of...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yu S,Bian H,Gao X,Gui L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by promoting vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) growth, migration, apoptosis, adhesion and the secretion of matrix components. The osteogenic differentiation of VSMCs is essential in the development of vascular calcif...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang J,Huang H,Wu M,Li J,Xie H,Zhou H,Liao E,Peng Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidative flavonoids are used to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases in humans. However, the precise mechanism for the anti-atherosclerotic actions of flavonoids remains to be elucidated. In the present study, to assess the mechanism for the action of antioxidative flavonoids on atherosclerosis, we investig...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sugaya K,Igarashi M,Kojima Y,Tsubata M,Nagaoka I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the chemoprotective effects of recombinant Pyropia yezoensis (P. yezoensis) protein 1 (PYP1) were examined in acetaminophen (APAP)-treated Chang liver cells. The analysis of P. yezoensis revealed the presence of both mature and immature variants of PYP1. PYP1s, designated as PYP1 (15 kDa), PYP1-A...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Choi YH,Kim EY,Mikami K,Nam TJ

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New drugs are continuously being developed for the treatment of patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Thymoquinone is one of the drugs that exhibits anticancer characteristics based on in vivo and in vitro models. This study further investigates the effects of thymoquinone on human gene expression us...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Motaghed M,Al-Hassan FM,Hamid SS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sindbis vectors have shown remarkable antitumor efficacy and tumor-targeting capacity in animal models and hold promise for cancer therapy. Different packaging systems are used to produce propagation-incompetent Sindbis vectors. However, the vectors produced using either DH-BB single helper RNA or split helper RNA can...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hyvärinen A,Yongabi F,Mäkinen K,Wahlfors J,Pellinen R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare aggressive type of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Response to chemotherapy tends to be short and virtually all patients sooner or later relapse. The prognosis of relapsed patients is extremely poor. The tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is considered o...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Pospisilova J,Vit O,Lorkova L,Klanova M,Zivny J,Klener P,Petrak J

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of angiogenesis within a tumor brings on a sequence of extremely complex molecular events. We have developed a methodology which enables a wide set of biological parameters to be quantitatively determined in the field of anti-angiogenesis pharmacology. This methodology which includes a video cell track...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Farinelle S,Dehauwer C,Darro F,Decaestecker C,Fontaine J,Pasteels JL,Van Ham P,Atassi G,Kiss R

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：:We described that two different murine mammary adenocarcinoma cell lines, LM3 and LM2 constitutively expressed muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAchR). We here demonstrate, by competitive binding experiments with the tritiated muscarinic antagonist quinuclidinyl benzilate that M2 subtype predominates in both tumor ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Español AJ,Sales ME

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of different CD44 and hyaluronan synthase isoforms in cartilage, their alterations during the chondrocyte dedifferentiation process in monolayer culture and during the redifferentiation process on 3D scaffolds. Chondrocytes isolated from human articular carti...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Albrecht C,Schlegel W,Eckl P,Jagersberger T,Sadeghi K,Berger A,Vécsei V,Marlovits S

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of CD34+ cells was performed in bone marrow and G-CSF mobilised peripheral blood samples. We adopted three different protocols of analysis: the Milan/Mulhouse protocol, the ISHAGE guidelines for CD34+ cell determination and our own protocol based upon the use of PAINT-A-GATEPRO software analysis program....

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Venditti A,Buccisano F,Del Poeta G,Battaglia A,Tamburini A,Bruno A,Adorno G,Caravita T,Santinelli S,Del Moro B,Epiceno AM,Ballatore G,Amadori S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Imatinib is the therapeutic standard for newly diagnosed patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In these patients, imatinib has been shown to induce an apoptotic response specifically in cells expressing the oncogenic fusion protein BCR-ABL. Previous studies in our lab revealed that imatinib-induced apoptosis i...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liu J,Xiao Y,Xiong HM,Li J,Huang B,Zhang HB,Feng DQ,Chen XM,Wang XZ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most peptidic growth factors (GFs) that act as mitogens for different cell types bind to tyrosine kinase receptors (RTKs) and trigger complex intracellular signal transduction pathways finally leading to cell proliferation. Among the early events induced by GFs, cytosolic calcium increase plays a key role, and in part...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Munaron L

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of chromosomal high mobility group I/Y consists of proteins involved in gene regulation and chromatin organization. A common feature of these proteins is the presence of multiple copies of DNA binding domains (DBD), the so-called AT-hooks. Bi- or tridendate interaction of two or three DBDs with appropriatel...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wisniewski JR,Schwanbeck R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucosamine, a naturally occurring amino monosaccharide, is widely used to treat osteoarthritis in humans. Furthermore, glucosamine exhibits an anti-inflammatory action by inhibiting the activation of neutrophils, chondrocytes and synoviocytes. Recently, we revealed that glucosamine suppresses cytokine-induced activat...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yomogida S,Kojima Y,Tsutsumi-Ishii Y,Hua J,Sakamoto K,Nagaoka I

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36 kDa extracellular metalloprotease (designated to as vEP-MO6) was purified and characterized from Vibrio vulnificus sp. strain MO6 24/0. vEP-MO6 cleaved azocasein and a few other proteins such as prothrombin, plasminogen, fibrinogen and Factor Xa, which are associated with the blood coagulation pathway. The enzyme...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kwon JY,Chang AK,Park JE,Shin SY,Yoon SM,Lee JS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive lung neoplasm. To study the pathogenesis of SCLC, we investigated roles of ABCE1, a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily, in the development of small cell lung cancer. RNA interference was used to knock down ABCE1 expression in human small cell lung ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang B,Gao Y,Tian D,Zheng M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonic paracellular permeability is regulated by various factors, including dynamics of the cytoskeleton. Recently, ACF7 has been found to play a critical role in cytoskeletal dynamics as an essential integrator. To elucidate the physiological importance of ACF7 and paracellular permeability, we conditionally knocked...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Liang Y,Shi C,Yang J,Chen H,Xia Y,Zhang P,Wang F,Han H,Qin H

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Phellinus linteus is a well-known Oriental medicinal fungus that has various biological activities, including immunomodulatory and anti-tumor activities, the mechanisms of which are poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the effects of mycelium extracts of P. linteus (MEPL) on the growth of human neu...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Choi YH,Huh MK,Ryu CH,Choi BT,Jeong YK

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular events leading to cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are poorly understood, although the family of protein kinase C (PKC) is already known to play crucial roles in this pathology. Hemoglobin (Hb) is one of the major causes of the cerebral vasospasm that follows SAH. In the present stud...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lefranc F,Lubicz B,Dewitte O

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-operative pulmonary complications such as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are strongly associated with morbidity and mortality after esophagectomy. Post-operative administration of sivelestat sodium hydrate (sivelestat), a sele...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yamaguchi K,Sugasawa Y,Takeuchi K,Kugimiya T,Kumakura S,Iwanuma Y,Kajiyama Y,Tsurumaru M,Nagaoka I,Inada E

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00