Substrate specificity of human granzyme 3: analyses of the P3-P2-P1 triplet using fluorescence resonance energy transfer substrate libraries.

abstract：:Obesity has become a severe public health problem worldwide. Crocin, a natural product, has been reported to have a number of pharmacological activities, including anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, neuroprotective, antihypertensive, and cardioprotective action. The aims of the current study were to identify the benefici...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Gu M,Luo L,Fang K

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinoid-interferon-induced mortality-19 (GRIM-19) gene has been identified as a negative regulator associated with tumor development. The current study created a model of an orthotopically implanted hepatocarcinoma tumor to verify the inhibitory effect of GRIM-19 in vivo. After treatment with GRIM-19 carried by a...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Kong D,Chen J,Sun X,Lin Y,Du Y,Huang D,Cheng H,He P,Yang L,Wu S,Zhao L,Meng X

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:The maternal mortality ratio in Laos in 2005 was 660 per 100,000 lives birth which was the third highest in Asia-Pacific Region. The objective was to determine the availability and use of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in provincial and district hospitals in Borikhamxay, Khammouane, and Savannakhet provinces using UN...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Douangphachanh X,Ali M,Outavong P,Alongkon P,Sing M,Chushi K

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Audiological characteristics were investigated in 81 ears of 53 infants with abnormal transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) and normal auditory brainstem response (ABR). The relationship between ABR and other hearing testing methods, including 40Hz auditory event-related potential (40Hz-AERP), auditory steady ...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Huang L,Han D,Guo Y,Liu S,Cui X,Mo L,Qi B,Cai Z,Liu H,En H,Guo L

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering has been one of the most promising strategies for the regeneration of impaired tissue. Application of three-dimensional porous scaffolds has greatly improved the outcome of tissue engineering in many categories. Cell seeding is one of the key issues in tissue regeneration. It depends not only on the...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Dai W,Dong J,Chen G,Uemura T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bu-Shen-Ning-Xin decoction (BSNXD), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been used to prevent and treat age-related diseases such as postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) for decades. This study sought to investigate the underlying mechanisms of BSNXD in terms of receptor activation of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL)-indu...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Gui Y,Qiu X,Xu Y,Li D,Wang L

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to investigate the broad-spectrum antibacterial action of an alternative medicine, Shufeng Jiedu capsules (SFJDC). Antibacterial testing was performed to determine whether SFJDC had broad-spectrum antibacterial action in vitro, and testing was performed to verify whether SFJDC prevented death due to ...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Bao Y,Gao Y,Cui X

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C, caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation, is a severe threat to human health. Pegylated interferon α (INF-α) and ribavirin based therapy was once the standard therapy for HCV infection. However, it is suboptimal in efficacy and poorly tolerated in some patient...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Gao J,Ju C

更新日期：2017-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We construct and validate a non-invasive clinical scoring model to predict mortality in HIV/TB patients at end stage of AIDS in China. There were 1,007 HIV/TB patients admitted to Beijing Ditan Hospital from August 2009 to January 2018 included in this study, who were randomly assigned to form derivation cohort and va...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Zhang Z,Xu L,Pang X,Zeng Y,Hao Y,Wang Y,Wu L,Gao G,Yang D,Zhao H,Xiao J

更新日期：2019-05-12 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：: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：:Recently, men who have sex with men (MSM) have become a population at high risk ofHIV infection in China, and more investigations of and intervention programs targeting this hidden population are urgently needed. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of HIV-positive individuals, HIV-related knowledg...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Tao X,Gai R,Zhang X,Zhang N,Zheng W,Xu A,Li S

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：:Whether radioactive iodine treatment of Graves' disease (GD) during pregnancy will increase pregnancy loss and affect fetal development is still a matter of concern. From May 2005 to December 2015, 2,276 childbearing-age women with GD received iodine-131 treatment in our departments and were retrospectively enrolled i...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Guan L,Chen G,Zhang J,Wang L

更新日期：2016-09-05 00:00:00

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：: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：:We have recently demonstrated that unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) limits the overexpression of adhesion molecules and inhibits the PMN endothelial adhesion induced by the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNFalpha. To understand the molecular events involved we investigated whether the inhibitory effect is determined by a direc...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Mazzone GL,Rigato I,Ostrow JD,Tiribelli C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified the prevalence of depression and quality of life (QOL) of Japanese children with childhood cancer after discharge using the Birleson Depression Self-rating Scale for Children (DSRS-C) and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). Subjects were 118 caregivers who raised children ages 2-18 with chi...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Wakimizu R,Hiraga N,Furuya K,Fukushima T,Tsuchida M,Koike K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients at risk of hepatocarcinogenesis, tumors are frequently detected with atypical radiological patterns related to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) on imaging studies. Despite their high potential for malignancy, whether to resect such lesions immediately is controversial. Based on histological findings, patient...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Higaki T,Midorikawa Y,Nakashima Y,Nakayama H,Matsuoka S,Moriyama M,Sugitani M,Takayama T

更新日期：2017-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation-based markers are considered prognostic indicators for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver resection. However, there is little information concerning whether they are useful for HCC patients with clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH). In this study, 1452 patients were enro...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Qin L,Li C,Xie F,Wang Z,Wen T

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality rate of fulminant hepatic failure was high until liver transplantation was presented as a potential therapy. We encountered a patient with hyperacute fulminant hepatic failure due to hepatitis B virus infection. Living donor liver transplantation was planned but abandoned because her brain edema progress...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Takemura N,Sugawara Y,Tamura S,Kakeno J,Matsui Y,Makuuchi M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In oocytes, many maternally supplied products are stored, and these products play important roles in cell cycle regulation and early development. Mos protein, which is coded on the c-mos gene, promotes oocyte maturation and is involved in MAP-kinase signaling pathway. In Xenopus, maternally supplied c-mos mRNA undergo...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Suzuki H,Tsukahara T,Inoue K

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is increasingly recognized and utilized in the antenatal care field. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical application and compare test outcomes of two generations of currently used NIPT techniques for detecting fetal chromosome abnormalities in a high-risk prenata...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Du Y,Lin J,Lan L,Dong Y,Zhu J,Jiang W,Pan X,Lu Y,Li D,Wang L

更新日期：2018-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The present observational study aimed to clarify the relationship between the tip position of an indwelling venous catheter and the subcutaneous edema using ultrasonography images. Data were obtained before catheter removal in a medical ward of a university hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Two hundred peripheral intravenous ...

journal_title：Bioscience trends

authors： Murayama R,Takahashi T,Tanabe H,Yabunaka K,Oe M,Oya M,Uchida M,Komiyama C,Sanada H

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：: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