Annexin A9 promotes invasion and metastasis of colorectal cancer and predicts poor prognosis.

abstract：:Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenous gaseous biological mediator, which regulates, among others, the oxidative balance of cells under normal physiological conditions, as well as in various diseases. Several previous studies have reported that H2S attenuates inflammatory mediator production. In this study, we invest...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Rios EC,Szczesny B,Soriano FG,Olah G,Szabo C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, naringin (NAR; 4',5,7-trihydroxyflavanone-7-rhamnoglucoside) has been shown to have cardioprotective properties. However, the specific mechanisms underlying its cardioprotective effects remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the cardioprotective effects of NAR and the possible underlying mole...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang H,Wu K,You Q,Huang R,Li S,Wu K

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fusion gene of herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase and green fluorescent protein (TK-GFP) was shown to be a versatile tool for examining the features of thymidine kinase/ganciclovir gene therapy in vitro. In this study, we used viral vectors carrying the fusion gene to characterize the aspects of this gene thera...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Pasanen T,Hakkarainen T,Timonen P,Parkkinen J,Tenhunen A,Loimas S,Wahlfors J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gap junctions are intercellular channels made of connexin proteins, mediating both electrical and biochemical signals between cells. The ability of gap junction proteins to regulate immune responses, cell proliferation, migration, apoptosis and carcinogenesis makes them attractive therapeutic targets for treating infl...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wong P,Laxton V,Srivastava S,Chan YW,Tse G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a critical step and key factor during renal fibrosis. Preventing renal tubular EMT is important for delaying the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). P311, a highly conserved 8-kDa intracellular protein, has been indicated as an important factor in myofibroblast trans...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Qi FH,Cai PP,Liu X,Si GM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether or not nutritionally-regulated foreign gene expression in vivo is achievable was examined in mouse liver after in vivo gene transfer by electroporation (EP). Electric pulses were applied to a left liver lobe immediately after injection of a luciferase reporter gene driven by the liver-type phosphoenolpyruvate ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Muramatsu T,Ito N,Tamaoki N,Oda H,Park HM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate in detail the histopathological characteristics of endarterectomized carotid atherosclerotic lesions in symptomatic versus asymptomatic patients. Twenty carotid lesions, 10 from asymptomatic and 10 from symptomatic patients who underwent carotid endarterectomy were classified acco...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hakimi M,Hyhlik-Dürr A,von Au A,Betz M,Demirel S,Dihlmann S,Böckler D,Gross-Weissmann ML

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms through which mechanical ventilation causes non-infectious inflammatory diseases and lung injury are poorly understood. Animals models of this type of injury suggest that it involves signaling mediated by Toll‑like receptor (TLR)4 and 9. In this study, in order to gain further insight into the involveme...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Huang C,Pan L,Lin F,Dai H,Fu R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catamenial epilepsy is a common phenomenon in female epileptic patients that is, in part, influenced by the 17-β-estradiol level during the menstrual cycle, which modulates the strength of the epileptic seizures. However, the underlying mechanism(s) for catamenial epilepsy remains unknown. In the present study, the ef...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Huang Y,Liu X,Wang G,Wang X,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus is the primary site for T-cell lympho-poiesis. Its function includes the maturation and selection of antigen specific T cells and selective release of these cells to the periphery. These highly complex processes require precise parenchymal organization and compartmentation where a plethora of signalling pat...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Mignini F,Sabbatini M,Mattioli L,Cosenza M,Artico M,Cavallotti C

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteasome inhibitors, like MG132, can exert cell growth inhibitory and apoptotic effects in different tumor types. The apoptotic mechanism of these compounds involves the activation of the effector caspases. beta-catenin, also an oncogene, represents one of the substrates of these proteases, but the consequences of i...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Cervello M,Giannitrapani L,La Rosa M,Notarbartolo M,Labbozzetta M,Poma P,Montalto G,D'Alessandro N

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are important regulators of gene expression during tumorigenesis. The downregulation of microRNA-9 (miR-9) has been reported in ovarian serous carcinoma (OSC), indicating a role for miR-9 in this type of cancer. In this study, we investigated the biological significance of miR-9 in OSC in vitro. Usi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Tang H,Yao L,Tao X,Yu Y,Chen M,Zhang R,Xu C

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) epidemic in Brazil is spreading to small municipalities as well as the innermost parts of the country and scarce information has been reported on the frequency of HIV-1 resistance-associated mutations in these areas. To determine the frequency and diversity of the HIV-1 ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Figueiredo Saad F,Kaminami Morimoto H,Wiechmann SL,Bonametti AM,Ueda LT,Matsuo T,Reiche EM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical stress and genetic factors play important roles in the occurrence of thoracic ossification of ligament flavum (TOLF), which can occur at one, two, or multiple levels of the spine. It is unclear whether single- and multiple-level TOLF differ in terms of osteogenic differentiation potency and osteogenesis-rel...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ning S,Chen Z,Fan D,Sun C,Zhang C,Zeng Y,Li W,Hou X,Qu X,Ma Y,Yu H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volatile anesthetic, sevoflurane, is widely used in surgery. Over the years, there has been a growing interest in the biological effects of sevoflurane on tissue and organ systems and the molecular mechanisms involved. MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) acting as pivotal post‑transcriptional regulators for fine-tuning gen...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Takeuchi J,Sakamoto A,Takizawa T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction between prostate cancer cells and bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) is critical for survival and proliferation of metastatic cancer cells in the bone microenvironment. In order to study molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer bone metastasis, we established a novel heterotypic co-culture system, in whic...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang J,Levenson AS,Satcher RL Jr

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell replacement and gene therapy using neural stem cells (NSCs) have been widely touted as a promising treatment for CNS diseases including brain tumors. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been used to explore mechanisms behind the lineage-specific differentiation of NSCs a...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Khan Z,Akhtar M,Ekström TJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gender influences T-cell, macrophage and organ functions following trauma-hemorrhage and resuscitation (T-H), it remains unknown whether it also influences polymorphonuclear cell (PMN) activity under such conditions. To study this, proestrus female and male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent trauma-hemorrhage foll...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Toth B,Schwacha MG,Kuebler JF,Bland KI,Wang P,Chaudrya IH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) is caused by the presence of part or all of a third copy of chromosome 21. DS is associated with several phenotypes, including intellectual disability, congenital heart disease, childhood leukemia and immune defects. Specific microRNAs (miRNAs/miR) have been described to be associated with DS, altho...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Salvi A,Vezzoli M,Busatto S,Paolini L,Faranda T,Abeni E,Caracausi M,Antonaros F,Piovesan A,Locatelli C,Cocchi G,Alvisi G,De Petro G,Ricotta D,Bergese P,Radeghieri A

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated the possible growth inhibitory activity of both first generation of the effective microorganism fermentation extract (EM-X) as well as the second generation (EM-X2) on cancer cell lines in vitro. The possible anti-angiogenic potential of EM-X has not been reported. Herein we show that u...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chui CH,Gambari R,Lau FY,Hau DK,Wong RS,Cheng GY,Kok SH,Higa T,Ke B,Chan AS,Fong DW,Tang JC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Icariin (ICA) and icaritin (ICT), with a similar structure to genistein, are the important bioactive components of the genus Epimedium, and regulate many cellular processes. In the present study, using the estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer cell line, SKBr3, as a model, we examined the hypothesis that ICA a...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ma HR,Wang J,Chen YF,Chen H,Wang WS,Aisa HA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) play an important regulatory role during adipogenesis, and have been studied extensively in this regard. Specifically, the switch between the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) towards adipogenic vs. osteogenic lineages is regulated by miR-204 which controls the expression of R...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： He H,Chen K,Wang F,Zhao L,Wan X,Wang L,Mo Z

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence has indicated that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) harvested with the Reamer/Irrigator/Aspirator (RIA) procedure exhibited an improved osteogenic differentiation capability compared with MSCs obtained by bone marrow aspiration from the iliac crest. In the present study, we hypothesized that the harvest procedur...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Henrich D,Nau C,Kraft SB,Zollfrank M,Kontradowitz K,Oppermann E,Schultheiss J,Meier S,Frank J,Marzi I,Seebach C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor suppressor gene mutations in TSG101, FHIT, and PTEN/MMAC1 were found in many types of cancer and the defects in these genes are responsible for the tumor development. Since aberrant transcripts of these genes were also identified in normal tissues, the significance of these mutations in carcinogenesis has become...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang NM,Chang JG

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tissue engineering, the application of biofunctional compounds on biomaterials such as integrin binding RGD-peptides has gained growing interest. Anchorage-dependent cells like osteoblasts bind to these peptides thus ameliorating the integration of a synthetic implant. In case sterilized bone grafts are used as sub...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Magdolen U,Auernheimer J,Dahmen C,Schauwecker J,Gollwitzer H,Tübel J,Gradinger R,Kessler H,Schmitt M,Diehl P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sprouty (SPRY) was first identified in a genetic screen in Drosophila to be an antagonist of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) signaling, seemingly by inhibiting the Ras/MAP kinase pathway. During large scale DNA sequencing of the human fetal brain cDNA library, we cloned a novel splice ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang L,Ji C,Wu H,Xu J,Wu Q,Dai J,Yin G,Ye X,Gu S,Xie Y,Mao Y

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), a multifunctional member of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, superfamily, has powerful osteoinductive effects and causes cell cycle arrest in a variety of transformed cell lines. We have observed BMP-2-induced inhibition of cell proliferation in an androgen-dependent hum...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Tomari K,Kumagai T,Shimizu T,Takeda K

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non‑coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been discovered to participate in the progression of various types of disease and may be a promising biomarker for atherosclerosis (AS). The present study aimed to investigate the regulatory mechanisms of the lncRNA, small nucleolar RNA host gene 7‑003 (SNHG7‑003), on the proliferat...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zheng J,Tan Q,Chen H,Chen K,Wang H,Chen Z,Xi Y,Yin H,Lai K,Liu Y

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) significantly affects quality of life. We recently cloned synoviolin, a RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligase implicated in the endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation (ERAD) pathway. Synoviolin is highly expressed in rheumatoid synovial cells and may be invol...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yagishita N,Aratani S,Leach C,Amano T,Yamano Y,Nakatani K,Nishioka K,Nakajima T

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00