abstract：BACKGROUND:Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARG) belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily functioning as transcription factors to regulate cellular differentiation, development and metabolism. Moreover, it has been implicated in the regulation of lipid metabolism, as well as the maturation of mono...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： García-Ricobaraza M,García-Bermúdez M,Torres-Espinola FJ,Segura Moreno MT,Bleyere MN,Díaz-Prieto LE,Nova E,Marcos A,Campoy C

更新日期：2020-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article. ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huber RJ

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The probability of local tumor control after radiotherapy (RT) remains still miserably poor in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). Thus, understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible of tumor relapse is essential to identify personalized RT-based strategies. Contrary to what has been done so far, a correc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Petragnano F,Pietrantoni I,Camero S,Codenotti S,Milazzo L,Vulcano F,Macioce G,Giordani I,Tini P,Cheleschi S,Gravina GL,Festuccia C,Rossetti A,Delle Monache S,Ordinelli A,Ciccarelli C,Mauro A,Barbara B,Antinozzi C,Sc

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) reduces both invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and other pneumococcal infections worldwide. We investigated the impact of stepwise implementation of childhood PCV programs on the prevalence of pneumococcal pneumonia, severity of acute inflammation, and associations betw...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Shen CF,Wang SM,Chi H,Huang YC,Huang LM,Huang YC,Lin HC,Ho YH,Hsiung CA,Liu CC,Taiwan Pediatric Infectious Disease Alliance.

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative pathogen that frequently causes life-threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. We previously showed that subinhibitory concentrations of short synthetic peptides permeabilize P. aeruginosa and enhance the lethal action of co-administered antibiotics. MET...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Rázquin-Olazarán I,Shahrour H,Martínez-de-Tejada G

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a heterogeneous hematologic malignancy in terms of clinical features, underlying pathogenesis and treatment outcomes. Recent advances in genomic techniques have unraveled the molecular complexity of AML leukemogenesis, which in turn have led to refinement of risk stratification and pers...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hou HA,Tien HF

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:5-methoxytryptophan (5-MTP) is an endothelial factor with anti-inflammatory properties. It is synthesized from L-tryptophan via two enzymatic steps: tryptophan hydroxylase-1 (TPH-1) and hydroxyindole O-methyltransferase. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and pro-inflammatory cytokines suppress endothelial 5-MTP production by i...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wu KK,Kuo CC,Yet SF,Lee CM,Liou JY

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few years, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are recognized as key regulators of gene expression at chromatin, transcriptional and posttranscriptional level with pivotal roles in various biological and pathological processes, including cancer. Hypoxia, a common feature of the tumor microenvironment, profoun...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kuo TC,Kung HJ,Shih JW

更新日期：2020-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human keratinocytes and derived products are crucial for skin repair and regeneration. Despite substantial advances in engineered skin equivalents, their poor availability and immunorejection remain major challenges in skin grafting. METHODS:Induced keratinocyte-like cells (iKCs) were directly reprogrammed ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Zheng J,Yun W,Park J,Kang PJ,Lee G,Song G,Kim IY,You S

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association of functionality and phenotype of follicular helper T cells (Tfh) with dengue virus (DENV) specific antibody responses and clinical disease severity has not been well studied. METHODS:We investigated the phenotype and functionality of Tfh cells and plasmablasts in adult patients (DF = 18, DH...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wijesinghe A,Gamage J,Goonewardena H,Gomes L,Jayathilaka D,Wijeratne DT,de Alwis R,Jeewandara C,Wijewickrama A,Ogg GS,Malavige GN

更新日期：2020-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent transcriptome analyses have revealed that noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) are broadly expressed in mammalian cells and abundant in the CNS, with tissue and cell type-specific expression patterns. Moreover, ncRNAs have been found to intricately and dynamically regulate various signaling pathways in neurodegeneration. As...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wu YY,Kuo HC

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advances in deep sequencing-based transcriptome profiling technology, it is now known that human genome is transcribed more pervasively than previously thought. Up to 90% of the human DNA is transcribed, and a large proportion of the human genome is transcribed as long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), a heterogenous...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Yeh CF,Chang YE,Lu CY,Hsuan CF,Chang WT,Yang KC

更新日期：2020-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell activity is subject to non-cell-autonomous regulation from the local microenvironment, or niche. In adaption to varying physiological conditions and the ever-changing external environment, the stem cell niche has evolved with multifunctionality that enables stem cells to detect these changes and to communica...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen CL,Huang WY,Wang EHC,Tai KY,Lin SJ

更新日期：2020-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV), also designated human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), has been linked to Kaposi's sarcoma, as well as to primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and a subset of multicentric Castleman's disease. KSHV genomes are maintained as episomes within infected cells and the virus exhibits a bipha...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Campbell M,Izumiya Y

更新日期：2020-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fallopian tube epithelial cells (FTEC) were thought to be the origin of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC). Knowledge of the stemness or initiating characteristics of FTEC is insufficient. Previously, we have characterized the stemness cell marker of FTEC, this study aims to further characterize the...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chang YH,Chu TY,Ding DC

更新日期：2020-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis causes significant levels of morbidity and mortality in many geographical regions of the world. The disease is caused by infections with parasitic blood flukes known as schistosomes. The control of schistosomiasis over the last several decades has been centered on the mass drug administration (MDA) of ...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Molehin AJ

更新日期：2020-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Detection of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) remains a diagnostic challenge. We established diagnostic peptide biomarkers in bile and urine based on capillary electrophoresis coupled to mass spectrometry (CE-MS) to detect both local and systemic changes during CCA progression. In a prospective cohort study we recen...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Voigtländer T,Metzger J,Husi H,Kirstein MM,Pejchinovski M,Latosinska A,Frantzi M,Mullen W,Book T,Mischak H,Manns MP

更新日期：2020-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Engineering approaches were adopted for liver microsystems to recapitulate cell arrangements and culture microenvironments in vivo for sensitive, high-throughput and biomimetic drug screening. This review introduces liver microsystems in vitro for drug hepatotoxicity, drug-drug interactions, metabolic function and enz...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee JH,Ho KL,Fan SK

更新日期：2019-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most of the circulating Vitamin D (VitD) is transported bound to vitamin D-binding protein (DBP), and several DBP single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been related to circulating VitD concentration and disease. In this study, we evaluated the association among DBP SNPs and AIDS progression in antiretr...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Jiménez-Sousa MÁ,Jiménez JL,Fernández-Rodríguez A,Bellón JM,Rodríguez C,Riera M,Portilla J,Castro Á,Muñoz-Fernández MÁ,Resino S

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:As a neurotropic virus, enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) emerge and remerge in the Asia-Pacific region since the 1990s, and has continuously been a threat to global public health, especially in children. Annually, EV-A71 results in hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) and occasionally causes severe neurological disease. Here we...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huang SW,Cheng D,Wang JR

更新日期：2019-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In many solid tumor types, tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are important components of the tumor microenvironment (TME). Moreover, TAMs infiltration is strongly associated with poor survival in solid tumor patients. In this review, we describe the origins of TAMs and their polarization state dictated by the TME. W...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chen Y,Song Y,Du W,Gong L,Chang H,Zou Z

更新日期：2019-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loss of ovarian function, as in menopause or after ovariectomy (OVX), is closely associated with obesity and white adipose tissue (WAT) inflammation. Estrogen replacement protects against postmenopausal obesity but increases the risks of carcinogenesis. In the present study, we investigated the effects of lo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Shen HH,Yang CY,Kung CW,Chen SY,Wu HM,Cheng PY,Lam KK,Lee YM

更新日期：2019-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial cell (EC) dysfunctions, including turnover enrichment, gap junction disruption, inflammation, and oxidation, play vital roles in the initiation of vascular disorders and atherosclerosis. Hemodynamic forces, i.e., atherprotective pulsatile (PS) and pro-atherogenic oscillatory shear stress (OS), ca...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee DY,Chiu JJ

更新日期：2019-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our previous report suggested that centrosomal P4.1-associated protein (CPAP) is required for Hepatitis B virus (HBV) encoded non-structure protein X (HBx)-mediated nuclear factor kappa light chain enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) activation. CPAP is overexpressed in HBV-associated hepatocellular carcin...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Yen CJ,Yang ST,Chen RY,Huang W,Chayama K,Lee MH,Yang SJ,Lai HS,Yen HY,Hsiao YW,Wang JM,Lin YJ,Hung LY

更新日期：2019-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oxidative stress is a major factor in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells injury that contributes to age-related macular degeneration (AMD). NaIO3 is an oxidative toxic agent and its selective RPE cell damage makes it as a reproducible model of AMD. Although NaIO3 is an oxidative stress inducer, the roles...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chan CM,Huang DY,Sekar P,Hsu SH,Lin WW

更新日期：2019-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) is composed of a monolayer of endothelium linked with tight junctions and extracellular matrix (ECM)-rich basement membranes and is surrounded by astrocyte foot processes. Endothelial permeability is regulated by interaction between endothelial cells and ECM proteins. Fib...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lee TH,Hsieh ST,Chiang HY

更新日期：2019-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vascular dementia is the second dementing illness after Alzheimer's disease and caused by reduced blood flow to the brain, and affects cognitive abilities. Our previous study found that auricular electrical stimulation (ES) improved motor and learning impairment, and this phenomenon related with nicotinic ac...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Huang TH,Lin YW,Huang CP,Chen JM,Hsieh CL

更新日期：2019-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Promoting post-stroke neurogenesis has long been proposed to be a therapeutic strategy for the enhancement of functional recovery after cerebral ischemic stroke. Despite numerous approaches have been widely reported the proliferation or differentiation of the neurogenic population therapeutic strategies by t...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Sheu JR,Hsieh CY,Jayakumar T,Lin GY,Lee HN,Huang SW,Yang CH

更新日期：2019-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cisplatin (cis-diamminedichloroplatinum II, CDDP) is one of the most effective chemotherapeutic agents. However, its clinical use is limited due to the severe side effects, including nephrotoxicity and acute kidney injury (AKI) which develop due to renal accumulation and biotransformation of CDDP. The allevi...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Volarevic V,Djokovic B,Jankovic MG,Harrell CR,Fellabaum C,Djonov V,Arsenijevic N

更新日期：2019-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori bacteria colonize human gastric mucosa, cause chronic inflammation, peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. Colonization is mediated by H. pylori adhesins, which preferentially bind mucin 5 (MUC5AC) and Lewis (Le) determinants. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of H. pylori an...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Gonciarz W,Walencka M,Moran AP,Hinc K,Obuchowski M,Chmiela M

更新日期：2019-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Head and neck squamous carcinoma (HNSCC) is one of the most invasive types of cancer with high mortality. A previous study has indicated that low levels of let-7d and miR-205 in HNSCC patients are correlated with poor survival. Let-7d and miR-205 are tumor suppressors and regulators of epithelial-to-mesenc...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kolenda T,Guglas K,Teresiak A,Bliźniak R,Lamperska K

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived membrane-bound vesicles that serve a means of cell-cell communication. Studying EVs at a single-particle level is important because EVs are inherently heterogeneous. Novel micro- and nanotechnological tools have open opportunities for realizing single-EV measurements explo...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Chiang CY,Chen C

更新日期：2019-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is one of the most invaliding and preventable diseases in the United States. Growing evidence suggests that there are sex differences in obesity in human and experimental animals. However, the specific mechanisms of this disease are unknown. Consequently, there is any particular treatment according to the sex/...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Fitzgerald SJ,Janorkar AV,Barnes A,Maranon RO

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sensing tissue acidosis is an important function of the somatosensory nervous system to response to noxious stimuli. MAIN BODY:In the pain clinic, acid or soreness sensation is a characteristic sensory phenotype of various acute and chronic pain syndromes, such as delayed onset muscle soreness, fibromyalgia...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Lin JH,Hung CH,Han DS,Chen ST,Lee CH,Sun WZ,Chen CC

更新日期：2018-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To develop an individually-tailored dynamic risk assessment model following a multistep, multifactorial process of the Correa's gastric cancer model. METHODS:First, we estimated the state-to-state transition rates following Correa's five-step carcinogenic model and assessed the effect of risk factors, inclu...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Fann JC,Chiang TH,Yen AM,Lee YC,Wu MS,Chen HH

更新日期：2018-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted virus in women worldwide. The persistence of the virus may cause warts that are considered benign lesions and low or high grade intraepithelial lesions (LSIL/HSIL). Immunological system plays an important role in the resolution of infections....

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Okuyama NCM,Cezar-Dos-Santos F,Pereira ÉR,Trugilo KP,Cebinelli GCM,Sena MM,Pereira APL,Aranome AMF,Mangieri LFL,Ferreira RS,Watanabe MAE,de Oliveira KB

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitination modulates a large repertoire of cellular functions and thus, dysregulation of the ubiquitin system results in multiple human diseases, including cancer. Ubiquitination requires an E3 ligase, which is responsible for substrate recognition and conferring specificity to ubiquitination. HUWE1 is a multiface...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Kao SH,Wu HT,Wu KJ

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:B cells play an essential role during dengue viral infection. While a major expansion of antibody secreting cells (ASCs) was observed, the importance of these increased frequencies of ASCs remains unclear. The alteration of B cell subsets may result from the expression of tissue specific homing molecules lea...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Pattanapanyasat K,Khowawisetsut L,Chuansumrit A,Chokephaibulkit K,Tangnararatchakit K,Apiwattanakul N,Techasaensiri C,Thitilertdecha P,Sae-Ung T,Onlamoon N

更新日期：2018-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a powerful and high-throughput method for the detection of viral mutations. This article provides a brief overview about optimization of NGS analysis for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)-associated hepatitis B virus (HBV) mutations, and hepatocarcinogenesis of relevant mutat...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Wu IC,Liu WC,Chang TT

更新日期：2018-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6) is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-localised protein and member of the leucine zipper family of transcription factors. Best known for its role in transducing signals linked to stress to the endoplasmic reticulum, the 50 kDa activated form of ATF6 is now emerging as a ma...

journal_title：Journal of biomedical science

authors： Hillary RF,FitzGerald U

更新日期：2018-05-25 00:00:00