abstract：:The aim of the present study was to analyze the protein composition of ductal breast carcinoma and the surrounding normal tissue in individual patients using comparative 2D proteomics and mass spectrometry to detect candidate disease biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis. Samples of normal and cancerous tissue obtain...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Carcoforo P,Ura B,Mischiati C,Squerzanti M,Lanzara V,Cervellati C,Calza R,De Laureto PP,Frare E,Portinari M,Feriotto G,Lanzara S,Agostinelli E,Bergamini CM

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive impairment is a serious mental deficit following stroke that severely affects the quality of life of stroke survivors. Nuclear factor‑κB (NF-κB)-mediated neuronal cell apoptosis is involved in the development of post-stroke cognitive impairment; therefore, it has become a promising target for the treatment o...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Feng X,Yang S,Liu J,Huang J,Peng J,Lin J,Tao J,Chen L

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study a rat model of oval cell‑mediated liver regeneration was constructed to examine the molecular mechanisms of matrine in oval cell‑mediated liver regeneration and the effects of matrine on hepatic function and the expression of OV6 protein and recombination signal sequence‑binding protein Jκ (RBP‑Jκ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yang ZY,Wang L,Hou YX,Wang XB

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin (ADR) is successfully used to treat breast cancer, however, it is often associated with the acquired resistance of breast cancer cells which eliminates the therapeutic efficiency of ADR, leading to relapse and a poorer prognosis. It has been reported that microRNA-200c (miRNA-200c), a non-coding RNA, is im...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen Y,Sun Y,Chen L,Xu X,Zhang X,Wang B,Min L,Liu W

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and major causative gene in pediatric patients with Camurati‑Engelmann disease (CED). Biochemical and radiographic examinations, bone scintigraphy and genetic analyses were performed in two affected males and their parents. The two patients e...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang C,Zhang BH,Liu YJ,Hu YQ,He JW,Zhang ZL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intimal hyperplasia appears to differ after implanting a drug-eluting stent (DES) with a biodegradable or a permanent polymer. The aim of the present study was to compare biodegradable with permanent polymer DES, since the available data are limited. One hundred patients with de novo coronary artery stenosis were incl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tian F,Chen Y,Liu C,Jin Q,Chen L,Sun Z,Liu H,Guo J,Gai L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic iron overload may result in hepatic fibrosis and even neoplastic transformation due to a burst of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondria have been proposed to be important in the production of ROS. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPT...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu D,He H,Yin D,Que A,Tang L,Liao Z,Huang Q,He M

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High glucose (HG) in peritoneal dialysates has been demonstrated to induce extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis by peritoneal mesothelial cells (PMCs) and to contribute to peritoneal fibrosis during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). In the present study, we investigated the effects of pioglitazone, a p...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou G,Su X,Ma J,Wang L,Li D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor angiogenesis is important in the growth and metastasis of malignant tumors. In our previous study, we demonstrated that an arginine-arginine-leucine (RRL) peptide is a tumor endothelial cell-specific binding sequence that may be used as a molecular probe for the imaging of malignant tumors in vivo. The aim of th...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhao Q,Yan P,Yin L,Li L,Chen XQ,Ma C,Wang RF

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), common in elderly patients, refers to a decline in cognitive function following surgery, which may persist or even evolve into Alzheimer's disease (AD). Despite great efforts, the mechanism of POCD remains unclear. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that Toll-lik...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang Y,He H,Li D,Zhu W,Duan K,Le Y,Liao Y,Ou Y

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory and immune responses, as well as melatonin secretion, are affected by circadian regulation. Abnormal circadian rhythm of melatonin release has been reported to be associated with the later stages of sepsis; however, its role in the early stages of sepsis is unclear. We studied 11 septic and 11 non-septic ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li CX,Liang DD,Xie GH,Cheng BL,Chen QX,Wu SJ,Wang JL,Cho W,Fang XM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have indicated that the human endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene Glu298Asp polymorphism is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) susceptibility, however, their conclusions are inconsistent. The present meta‑analysis aimed to evaluate the precise result by searching the PubMed databas...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tian GX,Zeng XT,Wang XB,Zhang L,Zhang W,Wei WL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to detect class Ⅰ, II and III integrons using multiplex PCR, and to analyze the role that these integrons play in mediating multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (SA). The sensitivity of SA to 20 types of antibiotics was examined using the K-B method. A...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ren C,Zhao Y,Shen Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12‑year‑old Chinese girl presented with gradual vision loss and insulin‑dependent diabetes mellitus and was suspected to suffer from Wolfram syndrome (WFS). A series of clinical examinations were performed, as well as direct DNA sequencing to screen the entire coding region of the...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu Q,Qu H,Wei S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to observe the effects of cyclin E gene silencing by small interfering RNA (siRNA) on the growth, proliferation, invasion and apoptosis of esophageal cancer cell lines, including EC9706, Eca109 and KYSE30, siRNA vectors targeting cyclin E gene were constructed and then tran...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang N,Li M,Zang WQ,Ma YY,Wang YY,Zhao GQ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant Ganoderma lucidum immunomodu-latory protein (rLZ-8) expressed using the Pichia yeast eukaryotic expression system is a potential new drug for cancer therapy; however, it has a short half-life in the body. In order to optimize the potency and stability of rLZ-8, we modifi...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang X,Sun F,Liu Z,Zhang S,Liang C

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus (DENV) causes self‑limiting dengue fever (DF), severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock syndrome (DSS). It is generally considered that cytokine storm leads to the increased plasma leakage characteristic of DHF/DSS. In the present study, peripheral blood m...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qi Y,Li Y,Zhang L,Huang J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpinetin is a natural flavonoid widely distributed in Zingiberaceae. Previous studies have demonstrated that alpinetin markedly inhibits tumour growth. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the antitumour effects of alpinetin are unclear. Bcl‑2‑associated X protein (Bax) tra...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang Z,Lu W,Li Y,Tang B

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitotane, also known as o,p'‑DDD or (RS)‑1‑chl-oro‑2‑[2,2‑dichloro‑1‑(4‑chlorophenyl)‑ethyl]‑benzene, is an adrenal cortex-specific cytotoxic drug used in the therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). The drug also inhibits steroidogenesis, however, the mechanisms of its anticancer...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lehmann TP,Wrzesiński T,Jagodziński PP

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that calcium channel blockers have protective effects on damaged brains. In the present study, the protective effect of the calcium channel blocker nicardipine against rotenone‑induced apoptosis in SH‑SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells was investigated...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Park HJ,Kim HJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the effect of glucosamine administration (1.5 or 3 g/day) on cartilage and bone metabolism was investigated in bicycle racers, using cartilage‑ and bone‑specific biomarkers, including C‑terminal cross‑linked telopeptides of type II collagen (CTX‑II), C‑terminal...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Momomura R,Naito K,Igarashi M,Watari T,Terakado A,Oike S,Sakamoto K,Nagaoka I,Kaneko K

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to explore the survival of pig-rhesus corneal xenografts following donor bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Wuzhishan pigs were used as donors and rhesus monkeys as recipients for corneal xenotransplantation. Twelve rhesus monkeys were divided into t...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jie Y,Liu L,Pan Z,Wang L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian target of rapamycin/eukaryotic translation inititiation factor 4E binding protein 1 (mTOR/4E-BP1) transduction pathway is activated in a range of malignant cancers, but its role in human gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) has not been well defined. The present study used western blotting and reverse tr...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yang HY,Xue LY,Xing LX,Wang J,Wang JL,Yan X,Zhang XH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved, multi-step lysosomal degradation process in which a cell degrades its own long-lived proteins and damaged organelles. Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) has recently been shown to upregulate the process of autophagy. Previous studies showed...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Qased AB,Yi H,Liang N,Ma S,Qiao S,Liu X

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, the effect of fatty acid synthase (FASN) inhibition on cell invasion and migration in vitro was investigated. A recombinant plasmid containing a microRNA targeting the FASN gene was used to inhibit FASN expression in U2‑OS cells. Cell migration and invasion were investigated using wound healing a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu ZL,Mao JH,Peng AF,Yin QS,Zhou Y,Long XH,Huang SH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have suggested that interleukin 11 (IL-11) has roles in human gastric, prostate and bone cancer and endometrial carcinoma. Hence, we evaluated the expression of IL-11 in bladder cancer and the correlation of IL-11 levels and clinico-pathological features. The expression of IL-11 in primary human bladd...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wu D,Tao J,Ding J,Qu P,Lu Q,Zhang W

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the expression pattern of regenerating gene I (Reg I) in the lung and intestinal tissues of rats with acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP), as well as the correlation of Reg I expression with lung and intestinal injury. Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly allocated to control (n=...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Hu HL,Zhang Q,Kong B,Shi X

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Core2 β-1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (C2GnT) forms an N-acetylglucosamine branch in the O-glycans (core2 O-glycans) of cell surface glycoproteins. We previously revealed that the expression of C2GnT is positively correlated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer patients. However, the detailed mechanisms underl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Okamoto T,Yoneyama MS,Hatakeyama S,Mori K,Yamamoto H,Koie T,Saitoh H,Yamaya K,Funyu T,Fukuda M,Ohyama C,Tsuboi S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. Although numerous studies have suggested the potentially oncogenic roles of wild‑type or mutant hepatitis B virus X (HBx) protein in hepatocarcinogenesis, their exact mechanism remains unclear. Increasing evidence suggests that microRNAs ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Fu X,Tan D,Hou Z,Hu Z,Liu G,Ouyang Y,Liu F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of the nuclear factor‑κB (NF‑κB) inhibitor, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), on high‑mobility group protein B1 (HMGB1) expression in a rat model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The COPD model was developed by administering lipopolysaccharid...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang CM,Jiang M,Wang HJ

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human interferon α (IFN-α) and erythropoietin (EPO) have been used for a variety of purposes in clinical medicine. Human IFN-α has been used to treat several types of viral infection and cancer, as well as renal anemia, via stimulation of erythrocyte formation in the bone marrow. Transgenic cattle are excellent candid...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jung EM,An BS,Kim YK,Hwang I,Lee JY,Shin TY,Hyun SH,Hwang WS,Jeung EB

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) was the first hematological malignancy to be associated with a specific genetic lesion. The Philadelphia translocation, producing a BCR‑ABL hybrid oncogene, is the most common mechanism of CML development. However, in the present study, b3a2, b2a2 and ela2 fusion junctions of the breakpo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou JB,Zhang T,Wang BF,Gao HZ,Xu X

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus is known to cause kidney impairment; however, the mechanism remains elusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), an important protein in endoplasmic reticulum stress‑mediated mesangial cell apoptosis in hyperglycemia. Mesangial cells were cultured in ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： He D,Li J,Zhao J,Fei J,Zhang X

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the changes of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. In this study, the gene expression of interleukins and the balance of Th1- and Th2-type cytokines in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of PE patients and controls were investigated. A total of 20 ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Duan Q,Lv W,Wang L,Gong Z,Wang Q,Song H,Wang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Special AT-rich sequence-binding protein-1 (SATB1) has been reported to be overexpressed in numerous human tumors. The aim of the present study was to determine the correlation and clinical significance between the expression of SATB1 and B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) in human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Samples from 7...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chu SH,Ma YB,Feng DF,Li ZQ,Jiang PC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are important in the development of diabetic testicular dysfunction. Overproduction of ROS promotes the process of apoptosis, which shows that there is a crosstalk between oxidative stress and apoptosis. Recent research has suggested that NADPH oxidase is the main source of ROS. In this s...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li M,Liu Z,Zhuan L,Wang T,Guo S,Wang S,Liu J,Ye Z

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) often develops drug resistance following radiotherapy. The molecular basis of radiotherapy-related multidrug resistance (MDR) remains unclear. In the present study, we investigated the effect of fractionated irradiation on the expression of the MDR-1 gene and the MDR-associated protein P...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ji XN,Yang F,Sui XM,Wang FG,Ge RG,Quan XL,Zhao T,Gao BW,Wang RY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to explore the factors that affect polymerase chain reaction using sequence-specific primers (PCR-SSP) and to establish an optimized PCR-SSP method for detecting multiple gene polymorphisms simultaneously. The amplification system parameters, including the concentrations of Mg2+, dNTPs, pfu Taq...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yang R,Zhang JH,Yuan GY

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants or herb extracts have emerged as a novel approach to controling various diseases, including cancers. Among them, Pulsatilla koreana extract (PKE) has been widely used as an anti-inflammatory agent and for treating dysentery in traditional Korean and Chinese medicine. However, the effect of PKE as a cancer drug ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Park BH,Jung KH,Son MK,Seo JH,Lee HS,Lee JH,Hong SS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic microglial activation endangers neuronal survival through the release of various pro-inflammatory and neurotoxic factors. As such, negative regulators of microglial activation have been considered as potential therapeutic candidates to reduce the risk of neurodegeneration associated with inflammation. Uncaria ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Jung HY,Nam KN,Woo BC,Kim KP,Kim SO,Lee EH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00