abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in regulating chromatin modifications, gene transcription, mRNA translation, and protein function. We recently reported a high variation in the basal expression levels of a panel of lncRNAs in HeLa and MCF-7 cells and their differential response to DNA damage induction. Here...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Gezer U,Özgür E,Cetinkaya M,Isin M,Dalay N

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of certain clinical limitations, such as teratoma formation, the use of stem cells is considered as an appropriate source in cell therapy and tissue engineering. This study shows human endometrial stem cells (hEnSCs) has exceptional differentiation ability in hepatocyte formation. hEnSCs have high purificatio...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Khademi F,Soleimani M,Verdi J,Tavangar SM,Sadroddiny E,Massumi M,Ai J

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial barrier dysfunction is involved in a large number of diseases, but the pathogenesis is unclear. Integrin alphavbeta6 (avb6) in involved in the maintenance of the mucosal homeostasis. We have investigated the role of avb6 in maintaining the epithelial barrier function. Using T84 monolayers cultures, transepi...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yu Y,Chen S,Lu GF,Wu Y,Mo L,Liu ZQ,Zheng PY,Liu Z,Yang PC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) is recently identified as a membrane-associated estrogen receptor that mediates non-genomic effects of estrogen. Our previous immunohistochemistry study found an association between GPER and the proliferation of epithelial ovarian cancer. However, the contributions and mechan...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Liu H,Yan Y,Wen H,Jiang X,Cao X,Zhang G,Liu G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Menstrual blood is easily accessible, renewable, and inexpensive source of stem cells that have been interested for cell therapy of neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, we showed conversion of menstrual blood stem cells (MenSCs) into clonogenic neurosphere- like cells (NSCs), which can be differentiated into gli...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Azedi F,Kazemnejad S,Zarnani AH,Behzadi G,Vasei M,Khanmohammadi M,Khanjani S,Edalatkhah H,Lakpour N

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc-finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) is a master regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and has been implicated in primary epithelial cancer biological processes, such as invasion and metastasis. However, the role of ZEB1 in progression of melanoma and cancer stem cells (CSCs) remains obscure. In ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Dou J,He X,Liu Y,Wang Y,Zhao F,Wang X,Chen D,Shi F,Wang J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterised, using both in vivo and in vitro methods, the effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 3 (mGlu3) antagonist (LY341495) and agonist (LY379268) on the proliferation and differentiation of glioma stem cells (GSC). For in vitro studies, a CCK-8 assay was used to determine the cell proli...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhou K,Song Y,Zhou W,Zhang C,Shu H,Yang H,Wang B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adaptation of cardiomyocytes to chronic hypoxia in cyanotic patients remains unclear. Mitochondrial biogenesis is enhanced in myocardium from cyanotic patients, which is possibly an adaptive response. Erythropoietin (EPO) in blood and its receptor (EPOR) on cardiomyocytes are upregulated by chronic hypoxia, suggesting...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Qin C,Zhou S,Xiao Y,Chen L

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoserine has potential effectiveness as a simple substrate in preparing bone replacement materials, which could enhance bone forming ability. However, there is a need to investigate the independent effect of phosphoserine on osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells (hADSCs). hADSCs were cultured in ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Ying X,Chen X,Cheng S,Guo X,Chen H,Xu HZ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zebularine is a cytidine analogue incorporated into DNA during replication, inhibiting DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), resulting in demethylation and changes in gene expression. Such modification may improve radiosensitivity in resistant lymphoma cells. The hypothesis of this study was that zebularine and radiation w...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Bryan JN,Kumar SR,Jia F,Balkin ER,Lewis MR

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering of bone has been increasingly used in the bone defect repair. To generate osteoblasts is a major approach, and here we have examined ways of improving the efficiency of producing osteoblasts. Adipose stem cells (ADSC) were prepared from rat mesentery tissue, and transfected with Cbfa1 gene vector or...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wang L,Wang H,Xu X,Wang D,Liu H

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteocalcin is one of the most abundant non-collagenous proteins in bone that is commonly used as a preliminary biomarker in bone formation. Osteocalcin also regulates energy metabolism as a hormone. Estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα) is primarily thought to regulate energy homeostasis through interacting with per...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wang H,Wang J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell biology has gained remarkable interest in recent years, driven by the hope of finding cures for numerous diseases including skin wound healing through transplantation medicine. Initially upon transplantation, these cells home to and differentiate within the injured tissue into specialised cells. Contrariwise...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Jayaraman P,Nathan P,Vasanthan P,Musa S,Govindasamy V

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell behaviour in 3D environments can be significantly different from those in 2D cultures. With many different 3D matrices being developed and many experimental modalities used to modulate cell behaviour in 3D, it is necessary to develop high throughput techniques to study behaviour in 3D. We report on a 3D array on ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhao S,Gao R,Devreotes PN,Mogilner A,Zhao M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL) induced senescence in hematopoietic stem cells (HCs). Mouse Sca-1+ HCs were separated and purified using the magnetic activated cell sorting technique. Ox-LDL induced significant senescence in HCs measured by SA-β-Gal staining, and reduced CFU-Mix colony-f...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhang XP,Zhang GH,Wang YY,Liu J,Wei Q,Xu CY,Wang JW,Wang YP

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of vertebrate skeletal muscles widely thought to be under the control of hierarchy of regulatory genes. MYF5 is one of the myogenic determination gene expressed in the developing mouse dermomyotome which control skeletal muscle differentiation. In the current work, we had obtained the cDNA sequence inclu...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Nie YW,Ding XB,Ge XG,Fan HL,Liu ZW,Guo H

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MMP-9 participates in tumour growth, invasion, metastasis and vascularisation. Thus, inhibition of MMP-9 may be involved in the process of tumourigenesis. We have investigated the effect of RNAi-mediated MMP-9 silencing on inhibiting invasion and migration of mouse melanoma cell B16. A specific and optimised siRNA vec...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Tang ZY,Liu Y,Liu LX,Ding XY,Zhang H,Fang LQ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of visible light on animal cells using light-emitting diodes to emit monochromatic visible light (red, yellow, green and blue light). To explore the relevant mechanism of apoptosis, we assessed the intracellular superoxide anion production and mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) of B...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Sato K,Minai Y,Watanabe H

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of HO-1 protein can have both beneficial and detrimental effects for cells, including regulating proliferation and apoptosis of several tumours. We have investigated the regulation of HO-1, p38MAPK and mTOR in the context of proliferation, cell cycle events and apoptosis of oesophageal squamous cell carcinom...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Hu JL,Xiao L,Li ZY,Wang Q,Chang Y,Jin Y

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is a potent inhibitor of the growth of normal mammary epithelial cells, and has a pleiotropic, context-dependent, concentration-dependent action. We found attenuation of TGF-β signalling in mammary adenoma carcinoma cells. Phosphorylation at the linker site of Smad2 occurred in a c...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Sengupta S,Kundu S,Bhattacharyya A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent progenitor cells that represent a promising approach in the field of regenerative medicine; however, this potential diminishes with senescence. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) gives some protection by reducing oxidative stress, which is known to accelerate cellula...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Cao Y,Yang T,Gu C,Yi D

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine cytokine production in response to RSV infection, we assessed the levels of 29 cytokines released from RSV-infected human foetal lung fibroblasts. We also examined the relationships between the effects of fluticasone propionate and various signalling pathways in the cells. Twenty-four hours after infection ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Seki E,Yoshizumi M,Tanaka R,Ryo A,Ishioka T,Tsukagoshi H,Kozawa K,Okayama Y,Okabe-Kado J,Goya T,Kimura H

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Propofol is one of the extensively commonly used intravenous anaesthetic agents. The effects of Propofol on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) growth inhibition and apoptosis have been examined. The techniques used were the MTT assay, flow cytometry, real-time PCR to assess miR-199a expression, as also caspase-8 and caspa...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhang J,Wu GQ,Zhang Y,Feng ZY,Zhu SM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A structural link between cell's nucleus and centrosome was proposed years ago. Such a link was suggested to maintain nucleus-centrosome axis, determine polarity of interphase cells and ensure spindle assembly in mitotic cells. The idea of structural link is supported by the facts that centrosomes are usually located ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Burakov AV,Nadezhdina ES

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that the expression level of drug metabolic enzymes affects the final cellular response following drug treatment. Moreover, anti-tumour agents may modulate enzymatic activity and/or cellular expression of metabolic enzymes in tumour cells. We have investigated the influence of CYP3A4 overe...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Augustin E,Pawłowska M,Polewska J,Potega A,Mazerska Z

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pioneering single gene study documents pre-mRNA processing proteins participation in the cell-cycle regulation of multi-cellular animals (Andersen and Tapon, 2008, J Biol Chem 283: 31256-67). Whole-genome RNAi screen in Drosophila tissue-culture cell lines demonstrates that 17 genes involved in RNA-processing are requ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Dubatolova TD,Volkova EI,Omelyanchuk LV

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in dental pulp stem cell (DPSC) biology and behaviour have promised much in the field of regenerative medicine. Their recent use in clinical trials for bone repair enforces the notion that DPSCs can be used successfully in patients; however they display diverse characteristics under different culture conditio...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kanafi MM,Pal R,Gupta PK

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction and maintenance of immunologic tolerance at the feto-maternal interface is necessary for a successful pregnancy. The most accepted hypothesis for the mechanism underlying this tolerance is that pregnancy-induced foetal antigen-specific maternal T regulatory (T(reg) ) cells mediate maternal tolerance to t...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Hao K,Zhou Q,Chen W,Jia W,Zheng J,Kang J,Wang K,Duan T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue is a potential site of retinoic acid (RA) action, but its physiological significance remains to be clarified. We have examined the effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on growth and differentiation of preadipocytes, and on adipokine gene expression in mature adipocytes using human preadipocyte cell ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Morikawa K,Hanada H,Hirota K,Nonaka M,Ikeda C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacies of chemotherapeutic agents are often limited by side effects and acquired drug resistance. We have investigated whether the differential expression pattern of 14-3-3σ affects cisplatin response in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. Two pairs of parental/cisplatin resistant cell lines (A549/CRA549 an...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Cetintas VB,Tetik A,Cok G,Kucukaslan AS,Kosova B,Gunduz C,Veral A,Eroglu Z

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic silencing of cancer-related genes by abnormal methylation and the reversal of this process by DNA methylation inhibitors represents a promising strategy in cancer therapy. As DNA methylation affects gene expression and chromatin structure, we investigated the effects of novel DNMT (DNA methyltransferase) in...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Savickiene J,Treigyte G,Jazdauskaite A,Borutinskaite VV,Navakauskiene R

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unicellular Tetrahymena has receptors for hormones of higher vertebrates, produces these hormones, and their signal pathways are similar. The first encounter with a hormone in higher dose provokes the phenomenon of hormonal imprinting, by which the reaction of the cell is quantitatively modified. This modification...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kőhidai L,Lajkó E,Pállinger E,Csaba G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As embryonic progenitors for the gametes, PGCs (primordial germ cells) proliferate and develop under strict regulation of numerous intrinsic and external factors. As the most active natural metabolite of vitamin A, all-trans RA (retinoic acid) plays pivotal roles in regulating development of various cells. The prolife...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yu M,Ge C,Zeng W,Mi Y,Zhang C

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decline in the function of stem cells with age, such as other cells of the body, results in an imbalance between loss and renewal. Increasing age of the donor thus diminishes the effectiveness of MSCs (mesenchymal stem cells) transplantation in age-related diseases. The clinical use of stem cell therapies needs autolo...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Choudhery MS,Khan M,Mahmood R,Mehmood A,Khan SN,Riazuddin S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of hypoxia on the differentiation of chronic myeloid leukaemic K562 cells were studied, as was the role of the NHE1 (Na+/H+ exchanger 1). Hypoxia induced differentiation of K562 cells as seen by modifications in their morphological features, up-regulation of C/EBPα (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α), and ma...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Jin W,Li Q,Wang J,Chang G,Lin Y,Li H,Wang L,Gao W,Pang T

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant decrease in tissue pH or acidosis is a common feature of numerous diseases, including RA (rheumatoid arthritis). Cartilage homoeostasis is profoundly affected by local acidosis in the joints. The diuretic, amiloride, is neuroprotective in models of cerebral ischaemia, a property attributable to the inhib...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Rong C,Chen FH,Jiang S,Hu W,Wu FR,Chen TY,Yuan FL

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BPD (bronchopulmonary dysplasia) is predominantly characterized by persistent abnormalities in lung structure and arrested lung development, but therapy can be palliative. While promising, the use of BMSC (bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell) in the treatment of lung diseases remains controversial. We have asses...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhang X,Wang H,Shi Y,Peng W,Zhang S,Zhang W,Xu J,Mei Y,Feng Z

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle satellite cells are adult muscle-derived stem cells receiving increasing attention. Sheep satellite cells have a greater similarity to human satellite cells with regard to metabolism, life span, proliferation and differentiation, than satellite cells of the rat and mouse. We have used 2-step enzymatic ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Wu H,Ren Y,Li S,Wang W,Yuan J,Guo X,Liu D,Cang M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish useful human normal cell lines, TERT (telomerase reverse transcriptase) cDNA was transfected into normal female lung fibroblast, TIG-1. After long-term-sub-cultivation of 74 individual clones selected for resistance to G418, we obtained 55 cultures with normal range of life span [75 PDL (population doubli...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kamada M,Kumazaki T,Matsuo T,Mitsui Y,Takahashi T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ro52/SSA is an autoantigen that presents in patients with SS (Sjögren's syndrome) and SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). It increases cell death and redistributes itself to apoptotic blebs, but its pro-apoptotic function has not been completely identified. Overexpression of Ro52/SSA promoted cell apoptosis induced by...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhang J,Fang L,Zhu X,Qiao Y,Yu M,Wang L,Chen Y,Yin W,Hua ZC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00