Abstract:
:Angiogenesis, the process by which new blood vessels are formed from preexisting vessels, is essential for growth and progression of solid tumors. A number of growth factors regulate angiogenesis, but vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is the most important. Activation of the VEGF pathway triggers a range of signaling processes, stimulating vascular endothelial cell growth, migration, survival, and permeability. VEGF is expressed by most human cancers and its expression often correlates with tumor progression and poor prognosis. In contrast, VEGF plays a limited role in adult physiological angiogenesis, making it an ideal target for therapeutic agents designed to inhibit tumor angiogenesis. Disruption of VEGF signaling can occur through inhibition of the VEGF ligand or receptors, and preclinical models have shown that VEGF and VEGF receptors are viable targets for antiangiogenic agents.
journal_name
Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Díaz-Rubio Edoi
10.1007/978-1-4020-5133-3_20subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-01-01 00:00:00pages
251-75eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
587pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:Long term steroid therapy is complicated by osteoporosis and generalised thinning of the skin. These two complications of long term corticosteroid therapy were routinely assessed at the Menopause Clinic of St. Luke's Hospital, Medical School, University of Malta. METHODS:A cross sectional study was performe...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4857-7_65
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::DNA methyltransferases (MTases) uniquely combine the ability to recognize and covalently modify specific target sequences in DNA using the ubiquitous cofactor S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet). Although DNA methylation plays important roles in biological signaling, the transferred methyl group is a poor reporter and is...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43624-1_19
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Prostate cancer causes significant morbidity in men and metastatic disease is a major cause of cancer related deaths. Prostate metastasis is controlled by various cellular intrinsic and extrinsic factors, which are often under the regulatory control of various metastasis-associated genes. Given the dynamic nature of m...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95693-0_5
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report that rat RT6.2 and recombinant mouse Rt6 locus 1 proteins possess auto-ADP-ribosyltransferase activity and that Rt6, but not RT6, catalyzes the ADP-ribosylation of exogenous histones. Based on NH2OH sensitivity, it appeared that the ADP-ribose was attached to arginine residues on proteins. We also observed t...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Studies on the gonadotrophin-responsive adenylyl cyclase (AC) system of rabbit and porcine ovarian follicles reveal that hCG or LH-induced desensitization of the AC system can be divided into two phases: an initial, LH-specific phase and a second phase which is not specific for LH. The first phase occurs within the fi...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-3474-3_3
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Programmed cell death occurs in the nervous system both in normal development as well as in pathologic conditions, and is a key issue related to both brain repair and neurodegenerative diseases. Modulation of cell death in the nervous system may involve neurotrophic factors and other peptides, neurotransmitters and ne...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/0-387-30128-3_10
更新日期:2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute ethanol loading in the rat induces hypocalcemia and hypermagnesemia. In addition, hypocalcemia is not corrected by exogenous PTH. In the rat the mechanism of these changes was investigated by measuring plasma immunoreactive parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH was also measured in culture medium in which parathyroid g...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-9167-2_54
更新日期:1980-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Pertinent data from the literature and in press is summarised and used to construct a model for the molecular arrangement of lipid and protein in the lamellae of compact central nerve myelin. For the lipid phase of myelin the available data is best interpreted in terms of a bilayer arrangement while physical studies s...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-2514-7_17
更新日期:1978-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nowadays, chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is considered as a prototypic antigen-driven lymphoma, with antigenic stimuli from the microenvironment promoting tumor outgrowth. Antigen recognition is a function of both the clonotypic B cell receptor immunoglobulin (BcR IG) and various other immune sensors, e.g., the To...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-8051-8_1
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::An allosteric mechanism refers to the biological regulation process wherein macromolecules propagate the effect of ligand binding at one site to a spatially distant orthosteric locus, thus affecting activity. The theory has remained a trending topic in biology research for over 50 years, since the understanding of all...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-981-13-8719-7_4
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Peroxisomopathies are rare diseases due to dysfunctions of the peroxisome in which this organelle is either absent or with impaired activities. These diseases, at the exception of type I hyperoxaluria and acatalasaemia, affect the central and peripheral nervous system. Due to the significant impact of peroxisomal abno...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60204-8_8
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Homeostasis is the process by which cells adapt to stress and prevent or repair injury. Unique programs have evolved to sense and activate these homeostatic mechanisms and as such, homeostatic sensors may be potent therapeutic targets. The hypoxic response mediated by hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) downstream of oxyge...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-7678-9_16
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A characteristic feature of the spondyloarthropathies is inflammation at tendon or ligament attachment sites. This has traditionally been viewed as a focal abnormality, even though the inflammatory reaction intrinsic to enthesitis may be quite extensive. We argue that the diffuse nature of the pathology is best unders...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0298-6_4
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::1. Rat skeletal muscle can synthesize purine nucleotides de novo. 2. Nucleotide synthesis de novo was inhibited by approximately 90% in the presence of 1 mM azaserine. 3. Purine nucleotides can be synthesized via "salvage" pathways from purine bases and nucleosides. Under the conditions employed incorporation rates we...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-8559-2_3
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Central tolerance to self-antigens is formed in the thymus where deletion of clones with high affinity to "self" takes place. Expression of peripheral antigens in the thymus has been implicated in T cell tolerance and autoimmunity. During the last years, it has been shown that medullary thymic epithelial cells (mTECs)...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-72005-0_14
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In this paper we present genomic DNA sequence and histological evidence that the appendix is a site of diversification of the rabbit's primary antibody repertoire. By 6 weeks after birth, the B cell follicular regions of the rabbit appendix and the distribution of the resident lymphoid cells bear a strong morphologica...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-2492-2_42
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Measurements demonstrating low-frequency underwater sound attenuation using arrays of large, tethered, stationary encapsulated bubbles to surround a sound source were compared with various effective medium models for the acoustic dispersion relationship in bubbly liquids. Good agreement was observed between measuremen...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_73
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis attending the Rheumatology Clinic at St Luke's Hospital are currently receiving the drug methotrexate as a second line disease-modifying agent. A survey has been conducted to assess the toxicity profile of methotrexate in 33 of these patients who were followed up for at l...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4857-7_55
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Proteolytic enzyme activity, present at both acid and neutral pH values, in cerebrospinal fluid, can be measured by a sensitive assay, which monitors the rate of 125I-basic protein breakdown on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. CSF cellular neutral proteinase and supernatant acid proteinase are increased in acute mu...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4684-2514-7_38
更新日期:1978-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Flavins are highly concentrated in the retina; likely because they are involved as cofactors in energy metabolism and photoreceptors have an extremely high metabolic rate. How this concentration is established is currently unknown, but photoreceptor specific proteins may exist that shuttle flavins to flavoproteins, wh...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17121-0_85
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The presence and significance of tumor hypoxia has been recognized since the 1950's. Hypoxic cells in vitro and in animal tumors in vivo are documented to be three times more resistant to radiation-induced killing compared to aerobic cells. There is now evidence that tumor hypoxia is treatment-limiting in many human c...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-5865-1_26
更新日期:1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::While swallowing and respiratory problems are among the most frequent disorders encountered in neonates, the interrelationships between both functions are not completely understood. This is especially true for non-nutritive swallowing (NNS), which fulfills the important function of clearing upper airways from both loc...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-73693-8_73
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown significant benefit in cancer patients, but are associated with immune-related adverse events (irAEs), that can affect the gastrointestinal tract resulting in diarrhea and colitis. IrAEs range from mild self-limiting to severe life-threatening disease, which potentially l...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02505-2_7
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is primarily characterized by the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway. Loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding PARK7/DJ-1 were identified in familial PD. Wild-type DJ-1 acts as an oxidative stress sensor in ...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6583-5_12
更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fat layer thickness (FLT) affects near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurement. The aim of this study was to determine an indicator of muscle function with less influence of FLT, even without normalization, by comparing muscle O2 dynamics during exercise in subjects with similar physical characteristics except for FL...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91287-5_16
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Ensuring the microbiological quality of textiles is an important requirement for health care facilities. The present study examines the way transport times and temperatures influence microbial growth in textiles. Therefore, the effectiveness of washing and disinfection processes has also been studied. MET...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/5584_2020_560
更新日期:2020-06-29 00:00:00
abstract::We have studied the structure and function of muscle fibers in which tropomyosin stoichiometry has been reduced by genetic mutation. We used a Drosophila melanogaster flightless mutant Ifm(3)3 and a genetic cross of this mutant with wild type flies to achieve a gradation of tropomyosin gene dosage. We measured the fli...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-2872-2_15
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Age-related impairment of central functions is though to result from alterations of neurochemical indices of synaptic function. These neurochemical modifications involve structural proteins, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides and related receptors. Several studies demonstrated that GABA receptors, glutamic acid decarbox...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-75681-3_20
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Epigenetic biomarkers, such as DNA methylation, can increase cancer risk through altering gene expression. The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network has demonstrated breast cancer-specific DNA methylation signatures. DNA methylation signatures measured at the time of diagnosis may prove important for treatment options an...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22909-6_2
更新日期:2016-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Two-component system (TCS) consists of two multi-domain proteins, a sensor histidine kinase (HK) and a response regulator (RR). In response to environmental change, the signal is transduced from HK to RR through phosphoryl transfer. At the first stage of structural biology of TCS, crystallographic and NMR analyses of ...
journal_title:Advances in experimental medicine and biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-78885-2_3
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00