abstract：:In some patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and immunoglobulin (Ig) A deficiency (IgAD), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family receptor transmembrane activator and calcium-modulator and cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI) gene mutations have been reported. B cells from individuals with TACI mutations d...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jin R,Kaneko H,Suzuki H,Arai T,Teramoto T,Fukao T,Kondo N

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolation of rare cells, such as fetal nucleated red blood cells and trophoblasts, from maternal blood for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis is a new field of research exhibiting several difficulties since this strategy requires unresolved basic technological protocols for a successful outcome. However, several achi...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Borgatti M,Bianchi N,Mancini I,Feriotto G,Gambari R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although various environmental factors, such as a high-salt diet, a smoking habit, excessive alcohol intake, and physical inactivity, influence the development of hypertension, genetic variation also contributes to an individual's susceptibility to this condition. The purpose of the present study was to identify gene ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Yamada Y,Kato K,Yoshida T,Yokoi K,Matsuo H,Watanabe S,Ichihara S,Metoki N,Yoshida H,Satoh K,Aoyagi Y,Yasunaga A,Park H,Tanaka M,Nozawa Y

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize the changes in global gene expression in the livers of H1/siRNAinsulin-CMV/hIDE transgenic (Tg) mice in response to the reduced bioavailability of insulin, total RNA extracted from the livers of 20-week-old Tg and non-Tg mice was converted to cDNA, labeled with biotin and hybridized to oligonucleotide ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jee S,Hwang D,Seo S,Kim Y,Kim C,Kim B,Shim S,Lee S,Sin J,Bae C,Lee B,Jang M,Kim M,Yim S,Jang I,Cho J,Chae K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered D-glucose metabolism prevails in the soleus muscle of rats depleted in long-chain polyunsaturated omega3 fatty acids (omega3). In these animals, the prior intravenous injection of an omega3-rich medium-chain triglyceride:fish oil emulsion (omega3-FO rats), as compared to that of an omega3-poor medium-chain tri...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Malaisse WJ,Portois L,Sener A,Carpentier YA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed whether intratumoral expression of the fusogenic membrane protein of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV-G), encoded by a replication-defective adenovirus vector (Ad.VSV-G), alone or in combination with local coexpression of cytokines induces tumor-specific immune responses in a syngeneic murine colon cancer m...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Hoffmann D,Bayer W,Wildner O

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocyte injury due to myocardial reperfusion injury plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of acute myocardial infarction even after successful coronary revascularization. Identification of compounds that reduce reperfusion-associated myocyte death is important. Therefore, we developed an in vitro model of myocardia...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Gerö D,Módis K,Nagy N,Szoleczky P,Tóth ZD,Dormán G,Szabó C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular events leading to cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) are poorly understood, although the family of protein kinase C (PKC) is already known to play crucial roles in this pathology. Hemoglobin (Hb) is one of the major causes of the cerebral vasospasm that follows SAH. In the present stud...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Lefranc F,Lubicz B,Dewitte O

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on the in silico-initiated cloning and molecular characterization of CTXN3 (cortexin 3), a new human gene that was specifically expressed in the kidney and brain due to tissue-specific alternative exon 1 usage, on chromosome 5q23.2 using digital gene expression displayer (DGED) and a novel in silico cloning ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Wang HT,Chang JW,Guo Z,Li BG

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity increases mammary tumor development in Zucker rats following a single administration of the procarcinogen 7,12-dimenthylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA). Fifty-day-old obese and lean female Zucker rats were orally gavaged with 65 mg/kg DMBA and sacrificed 139 days post DMBA treatment. At the end of the experiment, mam...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Whitehead TL,Holley AW,Korourian S,Shaaf S,Kieber-Emmons T,Hakkak R

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects about 5% of the elderly population in the western world. It has been reported that PAD is associated with elevated plasma levels of the inflammatory markers. The goal of this review is to describe which proinflammatory molecules may play a role in PAD development, C-reactive p...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Signorelli SS,Mazzarino MC,Spandidos DA,Malaponte G

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most frequent causes of abnormal liver dysfunction, and its prevalence has markedly increased. We previously evaluated the expression of fatty acid metabolism-related genes in NAFLD and reported changes in expression that could contribute to increased fatty acid s...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kohjima M,Enjoji M,Higuchi N,Kato M,Kotoh K,Yoshimoto T,Fujino T,Yada M,Yada R,Harada N,Takayanagi R,Nakamuta M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Claudins (CLDNs) constitute the major transmembrane proteins of tight junctions. It may be hypothesized that changes in or loss of expression of tight junctional proteins such as CLDNs can lead to cellular disorientation and detachment, which is commonly seen in neoplasia. Recent studies have suggested that claudin-1 ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Morohashi S,Kusumi T,Sato F,Odagiri H,Chiba H,Yoshihara S,Hakamada K,Sasaki M,Kijima H

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer development is associated with the high mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1), which modulates the transcriptional activity in the nucleus, but it is also present in the cytoplasm and outside the cell in certain conditions. As the progression of lung cancer is supported by mitogenic stimuli of stromal fibroblast...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Bartling B,Fuchs C,Silber RE,Simm A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant DNA methylation on CpG islands is one of the most consistent epigenetic changes in human cancers, and the methylation process is catalyzed by DNA methyltransferase (DNMT). We evaluated i) the mRNA levels of three DNMTs; DNMT1, DNMT3a and DNMT3b, in 25 hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), in their corresponding n...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Oh BK,Kim H,Park HJ,Shim YH,Choi J,Park C,Park YN

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-1 plays roles in transcriptional regulation and anti-oxidative stress, and loss of its function is thought to result in the onset of Parkinson's disease. DJ-1 has a protease-like structure and transthyretin (TTR), a protein causing familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP), was identified as a substrate for DJ-1 pr...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Koide-Yoshida S,Niki T,Ueda M,Himeno S,Taira T,Iguchi-Ariga SM,Ando Y,Ariga H

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A role of GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1) in the recovery of the metabolic conditions of morbidly obese patients after bariatric surgery has been proposed. Exendin 4 (Ex-4) and exendin 9 (Ex-9) both have GLP-1-like effects upon glucose metabolism in human myocytes. We investigated in normal human adipocytes the effect...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sancho V,Nuche B,Arnés L,Cancelas J,González N,Díaz-Miguel M,Martín-Duce A,Valverde I,Villanueva-Peñacarrillo ML

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunosuppressive effect of triptolide has been associated with suppression of T-cell activation. However, the immunosuppressive effects of triptolide on innate immunity in the epithelial barrier remain to be elucidated. Human beta-defensin (HBD)-2 is an inducible antimicrobial peptide and plays an important role ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jang BC,Lim KJ,Choi IH,Suh MH,Park JG,Mun KC,Bae JH,Shin DH,Suh SI

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant glycosylation is a universal feature of cancer cells. There are quantitative and qualitative changes in expression of gangliosides observed in tumors of a neuroectodermal origin such as neuroblastoma, melanoma and astrocytoma. The presence of large amounts of GD2 ganglioside on neuroblastoma cells, as compare...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Horwacik I,Czaplicki D,Talarek K,Kowalczyk A,Bolesta E,Kozbor D,Rokita H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In contrast to the traditional biochemical study of single proteins or isolated pathways in health and disease, technical advances in the high-throughput screening of peptides by mass spectrometry have established new ways of identifying entire cellular protein populations in one swift analytical approach. This review...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Doran P,Donoghue P,O'Connell K,Gannon J,Ohlendieck K

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated anxiety symptoms have been reported to be present in many patients with diabetes mellitus. The underlying mechanisms by which diabetes mellitus influences behavior remain to be determined. We assessed feeding and anxiety behaviors in spontaneously diabetic Ins2Akita mice. We measured blood glucose, body weigh...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Asakawa A,Toyoshima M,Inoue K,Koizumi A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies have indicated that increased consumption of cruciferous vegetables is associated with a statistically significant reduction in the risk for cancers. The major bioactive agent in these vegetables is a class of sulfur-containing glycosides called glucosinolates. Isothiocyanates, derivatives of g...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Jadhav U,Ezhilarasan R,Vaughn SF,Berhow MA,Mohanam S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opioid growth factor (OGF) is a constitutively expressed negative growth regulator whose action is mediated by the OGF receptor (OGFr). The OGF-OGFr axis tonically regulates the growth of human squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN). To examine the repercussions of amplifying OGFr in SCCHN, construct...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： McLaughlin PJ,Verderame MF,Hankins JL,Zagon IS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of a cDNA that encodes a putative protein of 94 amino acids and expected molecular weight of 10.7 kDa, the C-terminal half of which is identical to that of PEP19, a small, brain-specific protein involved in Ca++/calmodulin signaling. The novel rat-specific protein, tentatively named long P...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Sala A,Scaturro M,Proia P,Schiera G,Balistreri E,Aflalo-Rattenbach R,Créau N,Di Liegro I

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microglia of the central nervous system serve a variety of functions that may ultimately lead to the development or detriment of neighboring neuronal and vascular cells. These scavengers of the nervous system have been associated with a variety of neurodegenerative disorders, but the toxic potential of microglia is eq...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chong ZZ,Li F,Maiese K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients suffering from diabetes mellitus is constantly rising worldwide, and diabetic retinopathy (DR) has become the most frequent cause of postnatal blindness. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is known to play a central role during DR development. Thus, inhibiting the effects of VEGF may hamp...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ideno J,Mizukami H,Kakehashi A,Saito Y,Okada T,Urabe M,Kume A,Kuroki M,Kawakami M,Ishibashi S,Ozawa K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 36 kDa extracellular metalloprotease (designated to as vEP-MO6) was purified and characterized from Vibrio vulnificus sp. strain MO6 24/0. vEP-MO6 cleaved azocasein and a few other proteins such as prothrombin, plasminogen, fibrinogen and Factor Xa, which are associated with the blood coagulation pathway. The enzyme...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Kwon JY,Chang AK,Park JE,Shin SY,Yoon SM,Lee JS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal balneotherapy with Comano's spa water (CW; Trentino, Italy) is used for psoriasis and other skin disorders but its mechanisms of action are mostly unknown. Previously, we showed that CW can interfere with the expression and secretion of various VEGF-A isoforms by cultured human psoriatic epidermal keratinocyte...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chiarini A,Dal Pra I,Pacchiana R,Zumiani G,Zanoni M,Armato U

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular pathogenesis of osteosarcoma is very complicated and associated with chaotic abnormalities on many chromosomal arms. We analyzed 12 cases of osteosarcomas with comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) to identify chromosomal imbalances, and detected highly frequent chromosomal alterations in chromosome 6q...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Ohata N,Ito S,Yoshida A,Kunisada T,Numoto K,Jitsumori Y,Kanzaki H,Ozaki T,Shimizu K,Ouchida M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burn trauma is a clinical condition accompanied by muscle wasting that severely impedes rehabilitation in burn survivors. Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 3 (UCP3) is uniformly expressed in myoskeletal mitochondria and its expression has been found to increase in other clinical syndromes that, like burn trauma, are as...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Zhang Q,Cao H,Astrakas LG,Mintzopoulos D,Mindrinos MN,Schulz J 3rd,Tompkins RG,Rahme LG,Tzika AA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are a common cause of stroke and cerebral hemorrage. Both are often discovered when they rupture, causing subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). SAH-induced vasospasm is mediated by enhanced vasoconstriction due to endothelin-1 (ET-1). We investigated whether endothelia...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Boscolo E,Pavesi G,Zampieri P,Conconi MT,Calore C,Scienza R,Parnigotto PP,Folin M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of the most commonly used form of suicide gene therapy, the HSV-TK/GCV method, utilizing herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) and antiviral drug ganciclovir (GCV) has been demonstrated in clinical trials. However, safer delivery of the therapeutic gene and more controlled regulation of the trans...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Määttä AM,Korja S,Venhoranta H,Hakkarainen T,Pirinen E,Heikkinen S,Pellinen R,Mäkinen K,Wahlfors J

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated the possible growth inhibitory activity of both first generation of the effective microorganism fermentation extract (EM-X) as well as the second generation (EM-X2) on cancer cell lines in vitro. The possible anti-angiogenic potential of EM-X has not been reported. Herein we show that u...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Chui CH,Gambari R,Lau FY,Hau DK,Wong RS,Cheng GY,Kok SH,Higa T,Ke B,Chan AS,Fong DW,Tang JC

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a novel spontaneous autosomal recessive mutation, cervelet-4 (crv4), which arose in a BALB/c strain. Mice homozygous for the mutation exhibit principally a reduced body size, a congenital neurological phenotype characterized by ataxic gait and intention tremor, with no gross anomalies observed in brain or ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Conti V,Aghaie A,Cilli M,Martin N,Caridi G,Musante L,Candiano G,Castagna M,Fairen A,Ravazzolo R,Guenet JL,Puliti A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies suggest that the intake of natural/nutrient products is inversely related to cancer risk. While oxidative stress, generating reactive oxygen species, has been linked to cancer initiation and progression, dietary antioxidants have reduced the risk of certain cancers. Experimental studies have de...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Thyagarajan A,Jiang J,Hopf A,Adamec J,Sliva D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent studies, we and others have demonstrated that bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) promotes vascularization, inhibits hypoxic cell death of cancer cells and may be involved in tumor angiogenesis. The activation of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represents a ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Raida M,Heymann AC,Günther C,Niederwieser D

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ZNF268 gene was originally isolated from an early human embryo cDNA library. Several different transcripts have been isolated for the ZNF268 gene and developmental expression studies suggest that ZNF268 plays a role in the development of human fetal liver and the differentiation of blood cells. In our effort to st...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Shao H,Zhu C,Zhao Z,Guo M,Qiu H,Liu H,Wang D,Xue L,Gao L,Sun C,Li W

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WNT5A, WNT5B, WNT11, FZD3, FZD6, VANGL1, VANGL2, DVL1, DVL2, DVL3, PRICKLE1, PRICKLE2, ANKRD6, NKD1, NKD2, DAAM1, DAAM2, CELSR1, CELSR2, CELSR3, ROR1 and ROR2 are planar cell polarity (PCP) signaling molecules implicated in the regulation of cellular polarity, convergent extension, and invasion. FAT1, FAT2, FAT3 and F...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Katoh Y,Katoh M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologically well-tolerated materials are at the core of intense research. In this study, we report both the intrinsic features of formic acid (FA)-crosslinked three-dimensional (3D) nonwoven scaffolds consisting of sericin-deprived, Bombyx mori silk fibroin (SF) in beta-sheet form and the long-term co-culture of adul...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Dal Pra I,Chiarini A,Boschi A,Freddi G,Armato U

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ouabain, an inhibitor of the Na+/K+-ATPase, has been reported to affect the secretory activity of the adrenal cortex, and especially of zona glomerulosa (ZG). However, conflicting results were obtained, depending on the experimental condition used since ouabain appears to interact with angiotensin-II (Ang-II) and its ...

journal_title：International journal of molecular medicine

authors： Neri G,De Toni R,Tortorella C,Rebuffat P,Bova S,Cargnelli G,Petrelli L,Spinazzi R,Nussdorfer GG

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00