abstract：:Diabetes may affect myocardial fibrosis through oxidative stress. Trimetazidine (TMZ) is an anti-anginal agent. The present study aimed to determine the modulatory effect of TMZ on reactive oxygen species (ROS) and connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression and to evaluate the potential of TMZ to improve diasto...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhao Y,Li S,Quan E,Zhang H,Wu Y,Luo Y,Peng L,Wang J,Zhu J,Liu J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is among the leading causes of irreversible neurological damage and death worldwide. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether edaravone (EDA) had a neuroprotective effect on TBI as well as to identify the potential mechanism. Results demonstrated that EDA suppressed inflamma...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhang M,Teng CH,Wu FF,Ge LY,Xiao J,Zhang HY,Chen DQ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The underlying mechanisms of arterial remodeling (AR) remain unclear. Studies have indicated that decellularized scaffolds stimulate the differentiation of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts and promote the accumulation of the extracellular matrix (ECM). In the present study, the impact of ECM changes following AR on vas...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xin H,Wang Z,Wu S,Wang P,Tao X,Xu C,You L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aged garlic extract (AGE) produced by the aging process has various beneficial pharmacological effects. In this study, the effects of AGE on fatty liver, insulin resistance and intestinal microbiota were compared between ddY-H mice, an insulin resistance mouse, and ddY-L mice, normal mice. Mice were fed an AGE-supplem...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Maeda T,Miki S,Morihara N,Kagawa Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an atherosclerotic disease, the process of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is complicated and includes the abnormal proliferation of vascular smooth muscle. The current study aimed to determine the role of microRNA-15b (miR-15b) in the development of PAD and its associated mechanisms. Human vascular smooth muscle...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Sun Y,Gao Y,Song T,Yu C,Nie Z,Wang X

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to explore the potential of combined treatment with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and danshen for angiogenesis and bone regeneration in a rabbit model of avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH). A rabbit model of ANFH was established using the Shwartzman reaction with methylprednisolone and E...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wu Y,Zhang C,Wu J,Han Y,Wu C

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the expression of microRNA (miRNA or miR)-204 in pulp tissues, blood and saliva from pediatric patients with pulpitis and an underlying Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection in the stomach, and the mechanism of the associated regulation by miR-204 was assessed. A total of 26 children with pulpi...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhou S,Xu J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To exploit a cross passive immunotherapy for enterovirus-induced hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), the cross antiviral activity of a neutralizing antibody against enterovirus 71 (EV71) and coxsackievirus A16 (CVA16) was investigated in vitro. White Leghorn specific-pathogen-free chickens were immunized with EV71 ant...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Gao E,Wu S,Xu Q,Zeng Y,Tan N,He S,Yang Y,Wei J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical efficacy of montelukast sodium combined with budesonide or combined with loratadine in children with cough variant asthma was investigated. A retrospective analysis of the medical records of 72 children with cough variant asthma who were treated in Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou Medical University from Ap...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wei H,Li W,Jiang Z,Xi X,Qi G

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of laryngoscope-assisted and cotton ball wiping methods on the prevention of oral and pulmonary infection in patients receiving mechanical ventilation were compared to explore the influence of the two methods on high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT). In total, 152 patients who un...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhang P,Xia G,Dai L,Cheng Y,Wang Z

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression and characteristics of matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) and TIMP metallopeptidase inhibitor-1 (TIMP-1) in the placenta of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) were detected in Uygur to analyze its correlation with PIH, and to provide a theoretical basis for clinical work. Ninety cases of placental tissue ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhang Y,Li P,Guo Y,Liu X,Zhang Y

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to investigate the prognostic value of coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) results for asymptomatic patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A total of 164 asymptomatic patients with T2DM were enrolled at Weifang Traditional Chinese Hosp...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Tian P,Zheng X,Li M,Li W,Niu Q

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitiligo is an acquired pigmentary disorder characterized by the loss of skin color and functional melanocytes. The pathogenesis of vitiligo remains unclear, which means that effective clinical treatment is difficult. However, if melanocyte linkage-specific genes are identified in vitiligo lesions, the appropriate tre...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xu W,Wang X

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of TGF-β1 and miR-99a in patients with early spontaneous abortion and correlation with hormone levels during pregnancy were investigated. A total of 70 pregnant women with early spontaneous abortion diagnosed in Jining No. 1 People's Hospital from February 1, 2015 to May 1, 2018 were selected as the study g...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Xie J,Cao Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple bone cysts (SBCs) are uncommon lesions that usually occur in the long bones of the skeleton and in the body of the mandible. Displacement of the mandibular canal due to cystic lesions have been reported previously. However, there have been no reports in which endoscopy has been utilized to observe an inferior a...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Matsuda S,Yoshimura H,Sano K

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and metabolic syndrome (MetS) determined in different cohorts from different countries is currently inconclusive. In the majority of previous studies, H. pylori infection was diagnosed based on the presence of H. pylori IgG antibody in the serum. Howeve...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yu Y,Cai J,Song Z,Wang J,Wu L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to identify genes under the effect of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β1), high glucose (HG) and glucosamine (GlcN) in MES-13 mesangial cells and elucidate the molecular mechanisms of diabetic nephropathy (DN). The gene expression datasets GSE2557 and GSE2558 were downloaded from the...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Mou X,Zhou DY,Liu YH,Liu K,Zhou D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of tyrosine to 3-nitrotyrosine is irreversible, and due to this characteristic, 3-nitrotyrosine is used as a marker for oxidative stress in a range of diverse chronic and degenerative diseases. It has been established that the yeast Debaryomyces hansenii (D. hansenii) can assimilate free 3-nitrotyrosine ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Calderón-Torres CM,Sarabia-Curz L,Ledesma-Soto Y,Murguía-Romero M,Terrazas LI

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Different tacrolimus (TAC) population pharmacokinetic (PPK) models have been established in various pediatric disease populations. However, a TAC PPK model for pediatric refractory nephrotic syndrome (PRNS) has not been well characterized. The current study aimed to establish a TAC PPK model in Chinese PRNS and provid...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang D,Lu J,Li Q,Li Z

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the expression and specific role of microRNA (miR)-142-5p in the progression of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction was performed to evaluate miR-142-5p expression in patients with ICC and healthy control subje...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wei G,Yuan Y,He X,Jin L,Jin D

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to investigate the effect of the traditional Chinese medicine Qingre Baidu mixture (QBM) on the regulation of various parameters, including the morphology of bacterial biofilms, the bacterial density sensing system, the self-induction of the molecule autoinducer (AI)-2 and the hypoxia-inducible...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Shan W,Wang Y,Zhang Z,Xing J,Xu J,Xiao W,Shen Y,Guo S,Que H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical efficacy of octreotide acetate combined with thrombin in the treatment of liver cirrhosis complicated with gastrointestinal hemorrhage was investigated. A retrospective analysis of 157 patients with liver cirrhosis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage admitted to Weifang People's Hospital from March 2012 to Septem...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wang X,Liu Y,Zhao J,Zhang J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA (TSIIA) is a major component of Salvia miltiorrhiza, a Chinese herb that exhibits a therapeutic effect on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The present study replicated PCOS via the neonatal treatment of estradiol in mice. Estrous cycles, body and ovarian weight, serum levels of testosterone and estradi...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Jin J,Hu QY,Xu WW,Zhu WJ,Liu B,Liu J,Wang W,Zhou HF

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in pediatric patients in developed countries. Coronary artery aneurysms and myocardial infarction may occur if the disease remains untreated. An estimated 10-20% of KD patients do not respond to intravenous gamma globulin (IVIG), and thus, alternativ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Dai N,Zhao C,Kong Q,Li D,Cai Z,Wang M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of curcumin on artery blood gas index of rats with pulmonary fibrosis caused by paraquat poisoning and the expression of Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4 (Smad4), Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor 2 (Smurf2), interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) were explored. A total of 54 Wistar rats we...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Chen H,Yang R,Tang Y,Fu X

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotic translation initiation factor (EIF) 5A2 exerts important functions that regulate the development and progression of cancers. The present study aimed to investigate the expression of EIF5A2 in prostate cancer (PCa) and its association with biological and prognostic significance. EIF5A2 mRNA and protein level...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Lu J,Zhao HW,Chen Y,Wei JH,Chen ZH,Feng ZH,Huang Y,Chen W,Luo JH,Fang Y

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel bromophenol derivative, 3-(3-bromo-5-methoxy-4-(3-(piperidin-1-yl)propoxy)benzylidene)-N-(4-bromophenyl)-2-oxoindoline-5-sulfonamide (BOS-93), was synthesized in the CAS Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Qingdao, China). Experimental studies ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Guo C,Wang L,Zhao Y,Jiang B,Luo J,Shi D

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospinning using biocompatible polymer scaffolds, seeded with or without stem cells, is considered a promising technique for producing fibrous scaffolds with therapeutic possibilities for ischemic heart disease. However, no optimal scaffolds for treating ischemic heart disease have been identified thus far. In th...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Du M,Gu J,Wang J,Xue Y,Ma Y,Mo X,Xue S

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated optimal pathways for preeclampsia (PE) utilizing the network-based guilt by association (GBA) algorithm. The inference method consisted of four steps: preparing differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between PE patients and normal controls from gene expression data; constructing co-expression ne...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ruan Y,Li Y,Liu Y,Zhou J,Wang X,Zhang W

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) thrombosis is a common complication in patients undergoing hemodialysis, and early intervention is required. Urokinase has been used as a thrombolytic agent for declotting the thrombosed access. However, the optimal route for infusing urokinase remains to be determined. In the present retro...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wan Z,Xiang R,Wang H,Zhong Q,Tu B

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Delayed encephalopathy after acute carbon monoxide poisoning (DEACMP) is a serious complication that occurs several days or weeks after carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication. This study identified computed tomography (CT) findings in the prediction of DEACMP development. Adults with CO poisoning admitted to Beijing Chaoya...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Du X,Gu H,Hao F,Gao L,Wang J,Sun C,Zhang H,Ma P,Zhang X,Hu W

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive salivary gland diseases are common conditions that arise following the disruption of the secretary ductal system and usually results in the swelling and pain of the affected gland(s). There has been an increase in the use of sialendoscopy for the treatment and diagnosis of obstructive salivary gland infect...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Ding YF,Tseng H,Su CH,Tai CC,Wu YY,Haung CJ,Lee CS,Hung SH

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide P7 specifically binds with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) to inhibit the proliferation and invasion of numerous types of cancer cell. However, this effect has remained to be demonstrated in ovarian cancer-derived cell lines. In the present study, the protein P7 was used treat bFGF-stimulated SKOV3 epith...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Chen Q,Yang Z,Chen X,Shu L,Qu W

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence connects gallstone disease (GD) to cardio-cerebrovascular disease (CVD). The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine whether and to what extent an association between GD and CVD existed. PubMed, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were systemically searched up to March 3...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Zhao SF,Wang AM,Yu XJ,Wang LL,Xu XN,Shi GJ

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic changes in lipoxin A4 (LXA4) in child patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), in the perioperative period of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were studied. Peripheral blood was collected from 16 child patients (CPB group) before operation (Tc), after operation (T0), at 1 day after operation (T1), at 3 days a...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Wu M,Feng Z,Liao J,Zhou H,Wang J

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study assessed the association between toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and subsequently determined the predictive value of TLR9 in assessing the prognosis of SLE. A total of 90 newly diagnosed patients with SLE and 49 healthy control subjects were enrolled in the current ...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Yuan Y,Zhao L,Ye Z,Ma H,Wang X,Jiang Z

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic valve (AoV) stenosis is the third most common cardiovascular disease. The pathogenesis of AoV stenosis is associated with an inflammatory process where MMPs serve important roles. The aim of the present study was to determine the association between matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), tissue inhibitors of metallo...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Lurins J,Lurina D,Svirskis S,Nora-Krukle Z,Tretjakovs P,Mackevics V,Lejnieks A,Rapisarda V,Baylon V

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies by our group demonstrated that radix Sophorae tonkinensis could induce hepatotoxicity. However, it remains unclear which components of this herb may be responsible for its hepatotoxicity. The present study aimed to investigate the hepatic toxicity of treatment with matrine (MT) and oxymatrine (OMT) al...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Gu Y,Lu J,Sun W,Jin R,Ohira T,Zhang Z,Tian X

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy-induced anorexia (CIA), which may lead to severe nutrition-associated problems, is a common complication associated with anti-cancer therapies. In the present study, the anti-anorexigenic effect of electroacupuncture (EA) was explored through assessing a change in appetite-associated peptides and c-Fos ex...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Kang KS,Huh W,Bang Y,Choi HJ,Baek JY,Song JH,Kang JW,Kim TH

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementation of comprehensive rehabilitation therapy in postoperative care of patients with cholangiocarcinoma was studied to explore its impact on patients' quality of life. Two hundred and nineteen patients with cholangiocarcinoma who underwent surgery in Yidu Central Hospital of Weifang from April 2014 to June 20...

journal_title：Experimental and therapeutic medicine

authors： Liu S,Zhou L,An L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00