abstract：:Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare but devastating malignancy. Up to 90% of patients presenting with CCA have no identifiable risk factors. The base excision repair (BER) pathway has a principal role in the repair of mutations caused by oxidized or reduced bases. The MutY homolog (MUTYH, MYH) is one of the key protein...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： You SH,Wang X,Huang S,Wang M,Ji GZ,Xia JR,Fan ZN

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to explore the effects of microbubble concentration, gene dosage, cell-microbubble mixing mode and fetal bovine serum (FBS) on gene delivery. 293T cells were transfected with Sonovue microbubbles carrying the hAng-1 gene via ultrasound irradiation. Various ultrasound exposure parameters and microbubbl...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou Q,Chen JL,Chen Q,Wang X,Deng Q,Hu B,Guo RQ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol is a natural compound present in red grapes and red wine, and is often consumed in the human diet. The chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic potential of resveratrol in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most common types of liver cancer, has received much attention in recent years. However, the sid...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zheng M,Chen R,Zhong H,Lin Q,Wang X,Zhao Z,Xie L

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we report the mutation of the 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) gene in a family suffering from adrenocortical insufficiency. The index patient was clinically diagnosed with adrenocortical insufficiency. Peripheral venous blood (5 ml) was collected from ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Pan Y,Zhong S,Hu RM,Gong W

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to determine the intracellular localization of Cpn0425 in Chlamydophila pneumoniae-infected cells. The recombinant plasmid pGEX-6p/Cpn0425 was transformed into E.coli Bl21 cells to express the fusion protein. Following purification with glutathione S-transfer...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu L,You X,Chen L,Zeng Y,Tang S,Yu M,Wu Y,Xhen X

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma is a malignant bone tumor which is found most commonly in adolescents and young adults. Local perfusion thermochemotherapy has long been proposed as an alternative strategy for the treatment of osteosarcoma. As a standard anticancer drug, paclitaxel plays a significant ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang T,Gong WH,Li XC,Zou CP,Jiang GJ,Li XH,Feng DP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioma is one of the most common malignant tumors affecting the central nervous system. We screened active drugs from 12 classes to provide experimental data for the study of human glioma. Serum-free suspension clone formation was used to induce the formation of glioma stem‑like cel...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Feng X,Zhou Q,Liu C,Tao ML

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM), initially identified in human pheochromocytoma, participates in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes, including vasorelaxation, angiogenesis and apoptosis. Recent studies have reported that ADM protected tumor cells against apoptotic cell de...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kim JY,Park WD,Lee S,Park JH

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide and patients occasionally develop local recurrence or distant metastasis soon after curative resection. Reports of new therapeutic strategies for lung squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) are extremely rare, while selective anti...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Masuda R,Kijima H,Imamura N,Aruga N,Nakamura Y,Masuda D,Takeichi H,Kato N,Nakagawa T,Tanaka M,Inokuchi S,Iwazaki M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has become an effective treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the blood glucose mechanism involved remains unclear. In this study, 60 male Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rats were randomly divided into 6 groups (each with 10 rats): the GB1/2 gro...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li J,Wang Y,Zhou Y,Liu J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrilin-2 (matn2) contains a unique domain, between the second von Willebrand factor A (vWFA) domain and the C-terminal coiled-coil domain, with no sequence homology with other family members. Complementary DNA (cDNA) sequence analysis of matn2 expression in both mice and humans re...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li L,Zhang L,Shao Y,Wang G,Gong R,Wang Z,Peng J,Wang S,Genochio D,Zhao B,Luo J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the pathological features and prognosis of different molecular subtypes of breast cancer, the clinical data of 892 breast cancer patients were retrospectively analyzed and divided into four subtypes according to hormone receptor expression in breast cancer tissue: Her-2 overexpression, luminal A, luminal B ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang GS,Zhu H,Bi SJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) protects cardiac function against ischemia-reperfusion injury through gene transfection, although it is not a clinically practical and economical method. This study investigated whether heat stress-induced HSP70 protects heterotopically transplanted donor hearts. A total of 60 donor rats ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Diao LW,Zhao LL,Qi F,Sun ZD,Zhang QH,Wu NS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression and cognitive impairment in post‑stroke depression (PSD) rats and to explore the mechanism(s) involved in the process of cognitive impairment. A rat model of focal ce...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang ZH,Wu LN,Song JG,Li WQ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are critical to vascular smooth muscle cell migration in vivo. The dysregulation of MMPs is involved in the pathogenesis of abnormal arterial remodeling, aneurysm formation and atherosclerotic plaque instability. It has been confirmed that lipopolysa...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li H,Xu H,Sun B

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this meta-analysis was to explore the association between the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene polymorphism and breast cancer risk, and to investigate the interaction of this gene polymorphism with known risk factors for breast cancer. Crude odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) f...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu G,Sun G,Wang Y,Wang D,Hu W,Zhang J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgens are essential for the development of the prostate and prostate cancer. We examined androgen-regulated gene expression in the human prostate. Samples from benign and malignant prostate tissue and samples containing prostate tissue obtained from prostate cancer patients thre...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Vaarala MH,Hirvikoski P,Kauppila S,Paavonen TK

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are involved in diverse biological processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Results from the MTT assay revealed that BMP-2 significantly inhibited the proliferation of MDA-MB‑231 and MCF-7 breast cancer cells. The flo...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Chen A,Wang D,Liu X,He S,Yu Z,Wang J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problems of aging, obesity and a number of types of metabolic syndromes, including diabetes, are associated with a higher risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, the mechanisms of occurrence and development of NAFLD in humans remain unclear. Sterol regulatory...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Tu K,Zheng X,Yin G,Zan X,Yao Y,Liu Q

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1,2-Dimethylthdrazine (DMH) has been known to induce vascular neoplasms, such as malignant endothelioma, in animal experiments through the induction of abnormal proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). We studied the effect of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Nam S,Choi S,Lee J,Kim J,Song J,Bae Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiotherapy is commonly used to treat thoracic malignancies, but often causes severe lung injury. Currently there are no effective protective strategies against radiation-induced lung injury (RILI). This study aimed to evaluate the ability of an angiogenesis antagonist, Endostar, against RILI, and the underlying mech...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang K,Yang S,Zhu Y,Mo A,Zhang D,Liu L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is commonly considered to occur as a result of disturbance of the immune system. T-box expressed in T cells (T-bet) is an essential transcription factor for T helper (Th) cell differentiation and function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of T-bet overexpres...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Liu X,Tang Z,Zhang Y,Hu J,Li D,Zang G,Yu Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin, the active ingredient of the Chinese medicinal herb Artemisia annua L., and its derivatives (ARTs) are currently widely used as anti-malarial drugs around the world. In this study, we found that dihydroartemisinin (DHA), one of the main active metabolites of ARTs, inhibited the proliferation of human hepa...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Lu JJ,Yang Z,Lu DZ,Wo XD,Shi JJ,Lin TQ,Wang MM,Li Y,Tang LH

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acupuncture has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment for various diseases. However, little attention has been paid to its physiological influences, especially on the changes in protein and mRNA levels following acupuncture treatment under normal conditions. In this study, we investigated the gene expression ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Yin LM,Wang Y,Wang Y,Xu YD,Liu YY,Jin WR,Zhang QH,Yang YQ

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress plays a key role in the development of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Sulforaphane (SF) is a natural drug derived from isothiocyanate found in cruciferous vegetables. Although there are reports indicating that SF is ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Deng C,Tao R,Yu SZ,Jin H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cooperation and communication between different cell signaling transduction pathways are considered critical in the development of various types of cancer as well as drug resistance. There is evidence of crosstalk between the G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), the newly discovered estrogen receptor (ER), and t...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Ruan SQ,Wang SW,Wang ZH,Zhang SZ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. The most significant histological property of AF is atrial fibrosis, but the underlying mechanism is not clear. In this study we investigated the expression of miR-133 and miR-30, anti-fibrotic microRNAs (miRNAs), in chronic AF in canines. A tot...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li H,Li S,Yu B,Liu S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we aimed to explore the radio-sensitization of the SHG44 glioma cell line by Aidi injection and the possible mechanisms involved. The growth curve, cloning efficiency and divisional index of the SHG44 cell line were observed. The inhibition ratio was determined by MTT assay, the change in the cell cycle...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Xu XT,Song Y,Qin S,Wang LL,Zhou JY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dbl-family guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) are important activators of Rho GTPases, which are significantly associated with tumorigenesis and metastasis. The catalytic ability of the Dbl-family GEFs to activate Rho GTPases depends on their Dbl-homology domain followed by a pleckstrin-homology domain. In the...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Wang H,Li Y,Wang Y,Han ZG,Cai B

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders including hypertension, dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance and increased waist circumference, and is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. An increase in adipose tissue mass is associated with t...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Pérez PM,Moore-Carrasco R,González DR,Fuentes EQ,Palomo IG

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cell injury caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Therefore, phytochemicals or antioxidants that inhibit the production of ROS have clinical value for the treatment of atherosclerosis. Rhein is one of the most important active components of rh...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhong XF,Huang GD,Luo T,Deng ZY,Hu JN

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Frey syndrome is not life-threatening, it is identified as the most serious and widely recognized sequela of parotidectomy and has significant potential negative social and psychological implications. Several studies have investigated whether AlloDerm® implants prevent Frey syndrome effectively and safely, ho...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zeng XT,Tang XJ,Wang XJ,Li MZ,Guo Y,Huang W,Niu YM,Leng WD

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several familial forms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) most of which are caused by mutations in the genes that encode the presenilin enzymes involved in the production of amyloid-β (Aβ) from the amyloid precursor protein (APP). In AD, Aβ forms fibrils that are deposited in the...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Portelius E,Fortea J,Molinuevo JL,Gustavsson MK,Andreasson U,Sanchez-Valle R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to determine whether the activation of TRESK in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) by the TRESK gene recombinant adenovirus vector inhibits the capsaicin-evoked substance P (SP) release using a radioimmunoassay. TRESK is an outwardly rectifying K+ current...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhou J,Yao SL,Yang CX,Zhong JY,Wang HB,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic carcinoma is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality worldwide, although the molecular mechanisms of this disease are poorly understood. The aim of this study was to examine the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) and the epigenetic modification...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Li G,Ji Y,Liu C,Li J,Zhou Y

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate distinct metabolic features of meningiomas to distinguish them from other brain lesions using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The study was performed on 17 meningiomas, 24 high-grade gliomas and 9 metastases. Elevated signal intensity at 3.8 ppm observed in low ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Kousi E,Tsougos I,Fountas K,Theodorou K,Tsolaki E,Fezoulidis I,Kapsalaki E

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roscovitine and purvalanol are purine derivative cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors that induce apoptosis in various types of cancer cells. However, their impact on the apoptotic cell death mechanism requires further elucidation. Natural polyamines putrescine, spermidine and spermine play essential roles in the ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Çoker A,Arısan ED,Palavan-Ünsal N

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to investigate the apoptosis of human ovarian cancer cell lines, A2780 and CP70, induced by a novel curcumin analogue, B19. The proliferation of cells was detected with methyl thiazolyl tetrazolium (MTT) assay and apoptosis was examined by flow cytom...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Zhang X,Zhang HQ,Zhu GH,Wang YH,Yu XC,Zhu XB,Liang G,Xiao J,Li XK

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin-induced heart damage is associated with enzymes and protein alterations. The purpose of this study was to investigate cisplatin-induced alterations in cardiac endothelin (ET)-1 and type III collagen following administration of cisplatin. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups: a control and a...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Huang QY,Li XF,Liu SP

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 9 calcium antagonists on ABCG2/BCRP-mediated resistance and transport were examined in HeLa and SN-38-resistant HeLa (HeLa/SN100) cells, overexpressing ABCG2/BCRP. Sensitivity to mitoxantrone, an ABCG2/BCRP substrate, in HeLa/SN100 cells was significantly reversed by ...

journal_title：Molecular medicine reports

authors： Takara K,Matsubara M,Yamamoto K,Minegaki T,Takegami S,Takahashi M,Yokoyama T,Okumura K

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00