abstract：:MicroRNA‑133a (miR‑133a) is downregulated in various types of human malignancy, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), renal cell carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, bladder cancer, ileal carcinoid and rhabdomyosarcoma. The aim of the present study was to examine the effects of miR‑133a on HCC cell proli...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen X,Bo L,Zhao X,Chen Q

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia‑inducible factor‑1α (HIF‑1α) is key in tumor progression and aggressiveness as it regulates a series of genes involved in angiogenesis and anaerobic metabolism. Previous studies have shown that the transcriptional levels of HIF‑1α may be downregulated by endostatin. However, the molecular mechanism by which en...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guo L,Chen Y,He T,Qi F,Liu G,Fu Y,Rao C,Wang J,Luo Y

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulated evidence has demonstrated that the microenvironment of a given tumor is important in determining its drug resistance, tumorigenesis, progression and metastasis. These microenvironments, like tumor cells, are vital targets for cancer therapy. The cross-talk between tumor cells and cancer-associated fibrobla...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zi F,He J,He D,Li Y,Yang L,Cai Z

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of TAAAA repeat allele length on the levels of serum sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The study included 91 females with PCOS and 99 healthy controls. Phenotypic hypera...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Baldani DP,Skrgatic L,Cerne JZ,Oguic SK,Gersak BM,Gersak K

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aquaporins (AQPs) are known to be important in cancer progression. The present study used a cDNA microarray to demonstrate that AQP3, a member of the AQP family, was overexpressed in prostate cancer cells. In order to determine the role of AQP3 in prostate cancer, AQP3 expression was silenced by transfection with smal...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen J,Wang Z,Xu D,Liu Y,Gao Y

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma is the most common malignant and fatal primary tumor in the central nervous system in adults. Recent data has suggested a profound role for microRNAs (miRs) in cancer progression. The present study demonstrated, via quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis, that miR-203 expression was markedly low...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tang G,Wu J,Xiao G,Huo L

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to identify differentially expressed genes and biological processes associated with periodontitis. In this study, the most significant 200 differentially expressed genes associated with periodontitis were identified using integrated analysis of multiple microarray data in combination w...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guo X,Wang Y,Wang C,Chen J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of single‑stranded RNA molecules that are 18‑27 nucleotides in length, serve a critical function in tumorigenesis, including in the development of colon cancer. In the current study, miR‑100 levels were demonstrated to be reduced in colon cancer tissu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou MK,Liu XJ,Zhao ZG,Cheng YM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative disease characterized by the presence of the BCR‑ABL1 fusion gene, a constitutively active, oncogenic tyrosine kinase that is responsible for the clinical features of CML. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors, such as imatinib, have markedly altered the treatment of CML. Ho...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Mehlig LM,Garve C,Tauer JT,Suttorp M,Bauer A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothermia is an effective neuroprotective treatment for brain injury caused by intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). It is reported to reduce brain edema and neuronal cell death. Thrombin, a coagulation protease released from blood clots, is critical in brain edema formation following ICH. Protease activated receptor‑1 (P...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Gao D,Ding F,Lei G,Luan G,Zhang S,Li K,Wang D,Zhang L,Dai D

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to determine the association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and inflammation in a goat sterile pericarditis model and to assess the effect of atorvastatin, a cholesterol‑reducing drug, on AF. A total of 15 adult male goats were randomly divided into control, untreated pericarditis and ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang Y,Wang YT,Shan ZL,Guo HY,Guan Y,Yuan HT

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high risk of developing colorectal carcinoma (CRC), from ulcerative colitis (UC), is well known. Macrophages are widely distributed immune cells that have an indispensable role in UC, as well as in CRC. However, little is currently known about the dynamic changes that occur in macrophage and M1/M2 macrophage subpo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang W,Li X,Zheng D,Zhang D,Peng X,Zhang X,Ai F,Wang X,Ma J,Xiong W,Li G,Zhou Y,Shen S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is a highly conserved pathway that permits recycling of nutrients within the cell and is rapidly upregulated during starvation or cell stress. Autophagy has been implicated in the pathophysiological process of warm ischemia‑reperfusion injury in the rat lung. Cold ischemia (CI) preservation for lung transpla...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen X,Wu JX,You XJ,Zhu HW,Wei JL,Xu MY

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OLIG1 is an oligodendrocyte (OL) transcription factor, which can contribute to the proliferation and differentiation of OLs, and the maturation of myelin. The aim of this study was to clarify the role of OLIG1 in neonatal Sprague Dawley rats with periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), induced by hypoxia‑ischemia (HI). Ne...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Cheng T,Xue X,Fu J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell cycle is tightly regulated by the family of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs). CDKs act as regulatory factors on serine and threonine residues by phosphorylating their substrates and cyclins. CDK‑targeting drugs have previously demonstrated promising effects as cancer therapeutics both in vitro and in vivo. Ros...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Coker-Gurkan A,Arisan ED,Obakan P,Ozfiliz P,Kose B,Bickici G,Palavan-Unsal N

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the etiology of intervertebral disc degeneration is poorly understood, one approach to prevent this process may be to inhibit apoptosis. In the current study, the anti‑apoptotic effects of carboxymethylated chitosan (CMCS) in nucleus pulposus (NP) cells were investigated with the aim to enhance disc cell surv...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： He B,Tao H,Liu S,Wei A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) function is essential for glucocorticoid action on various effector cells. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mRNA expression profiles of GRα and GRβ in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and examine the association between the expression levels of the GR isoforms a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Mei B,Chen Y,Liu W,Li L,Wang C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:para‑Phenylenediamine (p‑PD) is a potential carcinogen, and widely used in marketed hair dye formulations. In the present study, the role of the protein tyrosine kinase (PTK)/Ras/Raf/c‑Jun N‑terminal kinase (JNK) and phosphoinositide 3‑kinase (PI3k)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathways on the growth of NRK‑52E cells was in...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kasi RA,Moi CS,Kien YW,Yian KR,Chin NW,Yen NK,Ponnudurai G,Fong SH

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancer types, and chemotherapy plays an important role in treatment of HCC. However, long‑term treatment with chemotherapeutic drugs such as 5‑fluorouracil (5‑FU) often results in chemoresistance, and the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we s...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang C,Guo Y,Wang J,Min Z

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tilianin, the main effective flavonoid monomer enriched from Dracocephalum moldavuca L., has been shown to have cardioprotective effects. However, the mechanism of tilianin cardioprotection remains largely unknown. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of tilianin preconditioning on myocardial ischemia/re...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Guo X,Cao W,Yao J,Yuan Y,Hong Y,Wang X,Xing J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are a contributing factor in the angiogenesis that is characteristic of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. However, a previous study made a promising observation that domain I‑IV of β2‑glycoprotein I (DI‑IV) inhibits angiogenesis in human umbilical vein cells. The present study ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang QQ,Zhou SJ,Meng ZX,Wang J,Chen R,Lv L,Li CJ,Yu DM,Yu P

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms underlying cancer radioresistance remain unclear. Several studies have found that increased glucose transporter‑1 (GLUT‑1) expression is associated with radioresistance. Recently, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) pathway was reported to be involved in the control of GLUT‑1...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Fang J,Zhou SH,Fan J,Yan SX

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are single‑stranded RNA species that constitute a class of non‑coding RNAs, and are emerging as key regulators of gene expression. Since each miRNA is capable of regulating multiple genes, miRNAs are attractive markers for studies of coordinated gene expression. In this study, we investigated miRNA ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lee HY,Han SS,Rhee H,Park JH,Lee JS,Oh YM,Choi SS,Shin SH,Kim WJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ephrin type‑A receptor 2 (EphA2) is a receptor tyrosine kinase that is associated with cancer cell metastasis. There has been little investigation into its impact on the regulation of sensitivity to paclitaxel in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). In the present study, upregulation of EphA2 expression enhanced the surviv...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang Y,Liu Y,Li G,Su Z,Ren S,Tan P,Zhang X,Qiu Y,Tian Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the current study were to systematically analyze the regulation of the expression of NALP3 by the P2X7 receptor in P388D1 murine macrophage‑like cells, and to investigate the association between the P2X7 receptor and the NALP3 at the molecular level. Cell culture, RNA transfection, adenosine triphosphate (...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen Z,Jin H,Hou Y,Wang B,Chen C,Yang Z,Ding D,Zuo Y,Ren S

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bladder cancer (BCa) is the most common tumor of the urinary system. Chronic inflammation in the papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP)may contribute to carcinogenesis, including that of BCa, via poorly understood mechanisms. In this study, we show that the lymphotoxin β receptor (LTβR) is u...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Shen M,Duan X,Zhou P,Zhou W,Wu X,Xu S,Chen Y,Tao Z

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) caused by malnutrition and certain intestinal diseases induces visual impairments, including night blindness and photoreceptor cell dysfunction as indicated by reduced a‑ and b‑waves in an electroretinogram (ERG). The effects of VAD on the inner retinal layer cells, including amacrine and ga...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kakiuchi D,Uehara T,Shiotani M,Nakano-Ito K,Suganuma A,Aoki T,Tsukidate K,Sawada K

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis is a commonly used method for the study of mRNA expression throughout the field of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) research. This technology is simple and sensitive; however the results may vary significantly due to the use of various reference genes (RGs) as normaliz...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li X,Yang Q,Bai J,Yang Y,Zhong L,Wang Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver fibrosis is the common outcome of almost all cases of chronic liver disease. The hallmark of liver fibrosis is the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs). microRNA‑34a (miR‑34a), which regulates a plethora of target proteins involved in the cell cycle, apoptosis, differentiation and cellular development, is...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li X,Chen Y,Wu S,He J,Lou L,Ye W,Wang J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder caused by loss of dopamine‑producing neurons in the midbrain. In order to identify the synergistic microRNA (miRNA) pattern in PD, miRNA and mRNA double expression profiles of PD were downloaded. Differentially expressed miRNA and mRNA were identified [P<0.01, fo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hao B,Chen X,Dai D,Zou C,Wu X,Chen J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) have been reported to be involved in various human diseases. They may have uses in diagnosis and as therapeutic targets, thus the discovery of novel miRNAs has the potential to provide clinical tools or shed light on novel mechanisms. In the current study, miR‑107 was revealed to be downregulated in...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ruan J,Liu X,Xiong X,Zhang C,Li J,Zheng H,Huang C,Shi Q,Weng Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human adipose tissue stem cells (ATSCs) can differentiate into various types of cell in response to lineage-specific induction factors. Reprogramming cells using nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts derived from another type of somatic cell is an effective method of producing specific types of differentiated cell. In the ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xie F,Tang X,Zhang Q,Deng C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ampelopsin (AMP), a plant flavonoid, has been reported to inhibit cell growth and/or induce apoptosis in various types of tumor. The aim of the present study was to assess the apoptosis-inducing activity of AMP in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cells and the associated underlying mechanism. A549 cells were ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen XM,Xie XB,Zhao Q,Wang F,Bai Y,Yin JQ,Jiang H,Xie XL,Jia Q,Huang G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aldose reductase (AR) is involved in the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. This study aimed to determine the mechanism by which AR affects the development of murine diet-induced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Steatohepatitis was induced in C57BL/6 mice by administration of a methionine-choline-deficient (MC...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen T,Shi D,Chen J,Yang Y,Qiu M,Wang W,Qiu L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-cell lymphoma-extra large (Bcl-xl) is an anti-apoptotic member of the B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) family that is often found to be overexpressed in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), therefore conferring a survival advantage to tumor cells. microRNA (miRNA) let-7b is downregulated in HCC and its expression correlat...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ma J,Guo R,Wang T,Pan X,Lei X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been discovered to have pivotal roles in regulating the drug resistance of various types of human cancer, including cisplatin (DDP) resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Fewer studies have explored the roles of miR-106a in NSCLC-cell resistance to DDP and its precise molecular mecha...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ma Y,Li X,Cheng S,Wei W,Li Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) has become a significant challenge in chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer. Quercetin, a naturally occurring flavonoid, has been found to possess anti-proliferative, anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory bioactivities. The present study was performed to examine the effect of quercetin on hu...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen FY,Cao LF,Wan HX,Zhang MY,Cai JY,Shen LJ,Zhong JH,Zhong H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:microRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non‑coding RNAs involved in multiple biological pathways by regulating post-transcriptional gene expression. Previously, autophagy has been reported to suppress the progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, how miRNAs regulate autophagy in NSCLC remains to be elucidated....

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wei J,Ma Z,Li Y,Zhao B,Wang D,Jin Y,Jin Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) is a common complication following intestinal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) and is a major contributing factor to its high mortality rate. Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1), a NAD+-dependent deacetylase, has been reported to have an important role in apoptosis inhibition, oxidative stress resistance and cell life...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang F,Li ZL,Xu XM,Hu Y,Yao JH,Xu W,Jing HR,Wang S,Ning SL,Tian XF

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was previously demonstrated that microRNA-210 (miR-210) exhibited neuroprotective effects in a murine model of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy via inhibition of apoptosis. The aim of the present study was to further elucidate the effect of miR-210 on apoptosis in PC12 cells following transfection with miR-210 inhib...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qiu J,Zhou XY,Zhou XG,Li Y,Cheng R,Liu HY

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00