abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the influence of mouse nerve growth factor (mNGF) on glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) expression in neonatal rats with hypoxic-ischemic brain damage (HIBD). A total of 60 7-day-old neonatal rats were randomly divided into control, HIBD and mNGF groups (n=20). The rats in th...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yin X,Dong L,Wei W,Wang Y,Chai Y,Feng Z

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The associations between the aortic dimensions (of the aortic sinus, aortic annulus and aortic arch) and physiological variables have not been established in the Chinese population. The present study examined the associations among physiological variables to determine the aortic root and arch dimensions echocardiograp...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang YL,Wang QL,Wang L,Wu YB,Wang ZB,Cameron J,Liang YL

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to validate the feasibility of modified frontolateral partial laryngectomy without tracheotomy using animal experiments. The glottic area before and after surgery of 6 excised canine larynges and 10 canine larynges in vivo were compared to observe whether the glottic area following modified f...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xu H,Dong P,Sun Z,Xie J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer, a major health problem affecting the epithelial lining of the lower respiratory tract, is considered to be one of the deadliest types of cancer in males and females and it is well-known that smoking is the chief cause of lung cancer. In addition to smoking and environmental factors, genetic susceptibility...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Baykara O,Tansarikaya M,Demirkaya A,Kaynak K,Tanju S,Toker A,Buyru N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a common and sometimes fatal complication in pediatric intensive care units (PICU). The aim of our study was to characterize the distribution and drug susceptibility of the pathogens isolated from the sputum of patients with VAP in the PICU of our hospital and to provide suppor...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ning BT,Zhang CM,Liu T,Ye S,Yang ZH,Chen ZJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Honokiol, a potent radical scavenger, has been demonstrated to ameliorate cerebral infarction following ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. However, its effects on myocardial I/R injury remain unclear. The present study aimed to examine the effects of honokiol on myocardial I/R injury and to investigate its potential c...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Y,Zhang ZZ,Wu Y,Zhan J,He XH,Wang YL

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts using FLUENCY expanded polytetraf luoroethylene (PTFE)-covered stents and the effect on the patency rate. A total of 114 cirrhotic patients who were treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt (TI...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wu Q,Jiang J,He Y,Jiang T,Zhou S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the predictive efficiency of mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet size deviation width (PDW) for bone marrow failure (BMF) in thrombocytopenic patients. Platelet count, MPV and PDW data were retrieved from the records of 574 unselected thrombocytopenic patients from betw...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xu RL,Zheng ZJ,Ma YJ,Hu YP,Zhuang SH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) have been demonstrated to have immunoinhibitory activity. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of HSCs in the development of immunotolerance following liver transplantation. A rat liver transplantation tolerance model [donor Lewis into recipient Dark Agouti (DA)] and rejectio...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Jiang Z,Chen Y,Feng X,Jiang J,Chen T,Xie H,Zhou L,Zheng S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a severe health problem and the mechanism involved remains elusive. The aim of the present study was to elucidate the role of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), a prominent protein of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-mediated apoptosis in SCI. A total of 20 adult male Sprague-Dawley rats...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Z,Zhang C,Hong Z,Chen H,Chen W,Chen G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, to assess whether aqueous and ethanol fractions of Angelica keiskei induce acute skin irritation and phototoxicity, acute skin irritancy and phototoxicity tests were performed. The skin of rabbits or guinea pigs was treated with these fractions (100 mg/dose) and whether the animals sustained significant...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Lee SH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant methylation of gene promoter regions is one of the mechanisms for inactivation of tumor suppressor genes in human malignancies. In this study, the methylation pattern of 24 tumor suppressor genes was analyzed in 75 samples of ovarian cancer using the methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amp...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ozdemir F,Altinisik J,Karateke A,Coksuer H,Buyru N

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited data exist concerning the long-term (≥5 year) survival rates of patients with stage IIIB and IV non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) receiving chemotherapy. We aimed to determine the long-term results of cisplatin plus third-generation (vinorelbine or gemcitabine) cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients with local...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ozkaya S,Findik S,Dirican A,Atici AG

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial infection is a key factor in airway inflammation. The present study describes the time-dependent changes in the leukocyte counts and cytokine levels of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) following subacute airway inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a major component of the outer membranes ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Liu L,Chen L,Wang Y,Yang H,Chen Y,Xu X,Zhou H,Jiang F,Li T,Wang J

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to summarize the clinical characteristics and experiences of misdiagnoses of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). A total of 18 patients with CVT who received treatment between September 2009 and August 2011 were enrolled. Of the patients, 13 were females and 5 were males with an average age of 39...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang X,Sun X,Liu H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inactivation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16(INK4A) gene by hypermethylation is observed in numerous types of cancer. New findings indicate that DNA and histone methylation act in concert in gene silencing. In this study, we investigated the methylation status of the p16(INK4A) gene promoter and the h...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yoruker EE,Mert U,Bugra D,Yamaner S,Dalay N

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discoid lateral meniscus of the knee causes a high morbidity in China. Since the traditional treatment to open the capsule and resect the meniscus often results in arthritis, it is now believed that a discoid lateral meniscus should be treated with arthroscopy to preserve part of the meniscus. The current study aimed ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Cao H,Zhang Y,Qian W,Cheng XH,Ke Y,Guo XP

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caspase-8 (encoded by the CASP-8 gene) is crucial in generating cell death signals and eliminating potentially malignant cells. Genetic variation in CASP8 may affect susceptibility to cancer. The CASP-8 -652 6N ins/del (rs3834129) polymorphism has been previously reported to influence the progression to several cancer...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Chen D,Ma T,Liu XW,Liu Z

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Active P-glycoprotein (P-gp) molecules have been shown to transport steroids out of peripheral lymphocytes, resulting in poor responses to systemic steroid therapy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This study was carried out to investigate the correlation between the expression or activity of P-gp i...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhang B,Shi Y,Lei TC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embelin is a small-molecule inhibitor extracted from plants of the Myrsinaceae family demonstrating specific inhibition of the X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) to affect the proliferation and apoptosis of various types of tumor cells. However, the mechanism of action for this effect remains unclear. The ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Taghiyev A,Sun D,Gao ZM,Liang R,Wang L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic carcinoma is a rare thymic epithelial tumor in which chemotherapy for advanced disease has not yet been established. Thymidylate synthase (TS) and orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT) protein expression levels in thymic carcinoma were evaluated as possible indicators of the anticancer activity of 5-fluorour...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yokota K,Sasaki H,Okuda K,Shitara M,Hikosaka Y,Moriyama S,Yano M,Fujii Y

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the development of anti-blood cancer drugs, the chronic myelocytic leukemia (KU812), acute myelocytic leukemia (KG-1) and lymphoma (U937) cell lines are commonly used in preclinical pharmacology studies as human cancer xenograft models in mice. In the present study, mRNA expression levels of typical human ATP-bindi...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Takeuchi K,Shibata M,Kashiyama E,Umehara K

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity and β-cell dysfunction due to oxidative stress impact the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. We co-cultured 3T3L1 adipocytes and islet cells in the presence or absence of the antioxidant α-lipoic acid (LA) and assayed the effects of the adipocytes and LA on the secretion of insulin by the islet cells an...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Y,Dong W,Ding X,Wang F,Wang Y,Chen X,Yu L,Li X,Zhang A,Peng Y

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the clinical importance of increased integrin αvβ3 expression in the endometrium following the surgical treatment for hydrosalpinx, a total of 60 patients with hydrosalpinx and 30 patients with fallopian tube obstruction were recruited. In the implantation window, immunohistochemistry was performed to d...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhong Y,Li J,Wu H,Ying Y,Liu Y,Zhou C,Xu Y,Shen X,Qi Q

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal types of cancer, and curative resection is only applicable to potentially limited cases due to early metastasis and local invasion. This study reports the influence of CXCL12 and its receptor CXCR4 on the progression of pancreatic cancer and highlights the correlation betwee...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhong W,Chen W,Zhang D,Sun J,Li Y,Zhang J,Gao Y,Zhou W,Li S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of docetaxel (D) and cisplatin (P) is one of the standard regimens for the initial treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Yet, the toxicity of D administered at 75 mg/m(2) in three weekly doses to patients is a concern. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of a lower combin...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Kim KS,Oh IJ,Ban HJ,Cho HJ,Kwon YS,Kim YI,Lim SC,Na KJ,Song SY,Choi S,Choi YD,Kim YC

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to compare the results of delivering low doses of growth factor iteratively (20 μg x5) via a reservoir system with results obtained following a single administration of 100 μg of growth factor. The delivery systems using gelatin microspheres (GMS) facilitate the controlled release of drug...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Nitta N,Nitta-Seko A,Sonoda A,Watanabe S,Tsuchiya K,Murata K,Tabata Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of oxycodone in moderate-severe cancer-related pain, we conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Publications addressing the efficacy and tolerability of oxycodone in moderate-severe cancer-related pain were selected from the Cochrane libr...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang YM,Liu ZW,Liu JL,Zhang L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to determine whether nimotuzumab enhances the effect of radiochemotherapy in malignant gliomas. Patients (n=41) with malignant gliomas were divided into 20 cases (treatment group) in which nimotuzumab plus radiochemotherapy were offered and 21 cases (control group) in which placebo and radioche...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Hong J,Peng Y,Liao Y,Jiang W,Wei R,Huo L,Han Z,Duan C,Zhong M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) such as cyclosporin A (CSA) and tacrolimus (FK506) are efficacious in patients with steroid-refractory or steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis (UC). We retrospectively investigated patients with refractory UC treated with CNIs to elucidate the prognostic factors for a colectomy. Data from...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Bamba S,Andoh A,Imaeda H,Ban H,Kobori A,Mochizuki Y,Shioya M,Nishimura T,Inatomi O,Sasaki M,Saitoh Y,Tsujikawa T,Fujiyama Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, the majority of patients with breast cancer are diagnosed at early stages of disease development. However, a considerable number of such cases develop secondary malignancies after a relatively short period of time. The presence of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has been proposed as a strong biomarker to pr...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Serrano MJ,Rovira PS,Martínez-Zubiaurre I,Rodriguez MD,Fernández M,Lorente JA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emodin, an anthraquinone derivative isolated mainly from the root and rhizome of the medicinal plant Rheum palmatum L., was found to exert anticancer effects on various cultured cancer cells. Phosphatase of regenerating liver-3 (PRL-3), a novel gene, has been known to play an important role in the promotion of cellula...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Sun ZH,Bu P

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of the continuous administration of recombinant human endostatin (Endostar) in healthy mice. A total of 16 nude mice were randomly divided into four treatment groups: a continuous administration group injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with 14 mg/kg Endostar over seven d...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Huang R,Zhan Q,Zhou X,Chu Z,Jiang J,Liang X

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) has been known to play an important role in the formation of meta-static lesions in the bone. However, there remains controversy over its practical role in predicting the occurrence of bone metastasis and the prognosis of breast cancer patients. In this study, we attempted t...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Takagaki K,Takashima T,Onoda N,Tezuka K,Noda E,Kawajiri H,Ishikawa T,Hirakawa K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) are produced by resecting tumor tissue and growing and expanding ex vivo large quantities of autologous T cells. Once the TILs are ready for infusion, the patient undergoes a non-myeloablative lympho-depleting course of chemotherapy and subsequent TIL infusion with high-dose bolus...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zippel DB,Besser M,Shapira R,Ben-Nun A,Goitein D,Davidson T,Treves AJ,Markel G,Schachter J,Papa MZ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of polyethylene glycol 4000 (PEG 4000) for the treatment of constipation in children over 8 years of age. A total of 216 children from 7 hospitals were enrolled. A total of 105 patients received oral PEG 4000 (20 g/day) and 111 patients received oral lactul...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang Y,Wang B,Jiang X,Jiang M,Xu C,Shao C,Jia L,Huang Z,Xu X,Liu H,Shang L

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant melanoma is the most aggressive neoplasm, with severe metastatic potential. microRNAs represent a class of endogenously expressed, small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression. As a consequence, the translation of these mRNAs is inhibited or they are destabilized resulting in downregulation of the enc...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yamazaki H,Chijiwa T,Inoue Y,Abe Y,Suemizu H,Kawai K,Wakui M,Furukawa D,Mukai M,Kuwao S,Saegusa M,Nakamura M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of telomerase is involved in carcinogenesis in most types of cancers. However, the prognostic value of telomerase activity (TA) in patients with gastric carcinoma (GC) remains controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the relationship between TA and the clinical outcome of GC. A meta-analysis of...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Lü MH,Deng JQ,Cao YL,Fang DC,Zhang Y,Yang SM

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine carcinosarcoma (UCS) is a rare but very aggressive cancer of the female reproductive tract with an extremely poor prognosis. With the goal of understanding the role of microRNA (miRNA) dysregulation in these tumors, we profiled the expression of 667 human miRNAs in a panel of eight UCS patients and five benign...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Devor EJ,DE Mik JN,Ramachandran S,Goodheart MJ,Leslie KK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteopontin (OPN), a secreted phosphorylated glycoprotein, has been found to be involved in carcinogenesis, progression and metastasis of several types of cancers. The aim of the present study was to investigate the immunohistochemical expression of OPN in colorectal carcinoma (CRC) and its relationship with clinicopa...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Li J,Yang GZ,Zhu ZM,Zhou ZY,Li L

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00