abstract：:Overexpressed cysteine-rich protein 61 (Cyr61) is believed to enhance osteosarcoma (OS) cell metastasis, but the mechanism of Cyr61 overexpression in OS is not clear so far. In this study 33 OS samples were analyzed by immunostaining and focused on two parts: the correlation between overexpression of Cyr61 and OS meta...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chen J,Song Y,Yang J,Gong L,Zhao P,Zhang Y,Su H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence has shown that normal stem cells may act as cancer-initiating cells and contribute to the development and progression of cancer. HBx has a close relationship with hepatocellular carcinoma, however, the role of HBx in hepatic progenitor cells (HPCs) is poorly understood. In this study, we sought to ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shen L,Zhang X,Hu D,Feng T,Li H,Lu Y,Huang J

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from dental tissues show promise for use in tooth-related tissue regeneration, but the molecular mechanisms underlying their directed differentiation remain unclear, limiting their usefulness. Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) signaling is a major signaling pathway that regulates cell differen...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jiang Q,Du J,Yin X,Shan Z,Ma Y,Ma P,Du J,Fan Z

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonolobus condurango plant extract is used as an anticancer drug in some traditional systems of medicine including homeopathy, but it apparently lacks any scientific validation. Further, no detailed study is available to suggest whether condurango-glycoside-A (CGA), a major ingredient of condurango serves as a potent ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bishayee K,Paul A,Ghosh S,Sikdar S,Mukherjee A,Biswas R,Boujedaini N,Khuda-Bukhsh AR

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unidirectional promoters dominate among mammalian genomes. However, the mechanism through which the transcriptional directionality of promoters is accomplished remains to be clarified. Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) is a ubiquitously expressed zinc metalloprotease, whose promoter contains a CpG island. We previously s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhang L,Wang P,Ding Q,Wang Z

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ganglioside GM3 plays a well-documented and important role in the regulation of tumor cell proliferation, invasion, and metastasis by modulating tyrosine kinase growth factor receptors. However, the effect of GM3 on the hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR, cMet) has not been fully delineated. In the current study,...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Li Y,Huang X,Zhong W,Zhang J,Ma K

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both NADPH oxidase (NOX) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) are the main sources of reactive oxygen species in kidney. However, their interactions in oxidative stress and contributions to kidney fibrosis during diabetic nephropathy have not been studied. Human mesangial cells were treated with normal glucose (...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gao L,Huang W,Li J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleocytoplasmic transport of transcription factors is essential in eukaryotes. We previously reported the presence of two functional NLSs in the homeodomain protein, aristaless-related homeobox (Arx) protein, which is a key transcriptional repressor of LMO1, SHOX2, and PAX4 during development. NLS2, that overlaps th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ye W,Lin W,Tartakoff AM,Ma Q,Tao T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein carbonyls are formed as a consequence of the oxidative modification of proteins by reactive oxygen species and are commonly used as a marker of protein oxidation in cells and tissues. Melatonin has free radical scavenging ability besides its classical role as a hormonal signaling agent. Curcumin, a phytochemic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dkhar P,Sharma R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of ginsenoside Rg1 (Rg1) on hepatic damage caused by concanavalin A (Con A) has not been fully elucidated. This study was designed to evaluate the protective effect of Rg1 on Con A-induced hepatitis in mice and explore the potential mechanisms of this effect. C57BL/6 mice were divided randomly into the foll...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cao L,Zou Y,Zhu J,Fan X,Li J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated how diabetes affects the expression of adropin (ADR) in rat brain, cerebellum, kidneys, heart, liver, and pancreas tissues. The rats in the diabetic group were administered an intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of a single dose of 60 mg/kg streptozotocin (STZ) dissolved in a 0.1 M phosphate-citrate ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Aydin S,Kuloglu T,Aydin S,Eren MN,Yilmaz M,Kalayci M,Sahin I,Kocaman N,Citil C,Kendir Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are believed to be responsible for tumor metastasis, recurrence, and high mortality of cancer patients due to their high tumorigenicity resistance to chemo-radiotherapy. Morusin possesses anti-cancer activity through attenuation of NF-κB activity, which is up-regulated in cancer stem cells. Th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wang L,Guo H,Yang L,Dong L,Lin C,Zhang J,Lin P,Wang X

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was focused to evaluate protection of indigenous antioxidant system of mice against gamma radiation-induced oxidative stress using a semiquinone (SQGD)-rich fraction isolated from Bacillus sp. INM-1. Male C57bl/6 mice were administered SQGD (50 mg/kgb.w.i.p.) 2 h before irradiation (10 Gy) and modulation in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mishra S,Reddy DS,Jamwal VS,Bansal DD,Patel DD,Malhotra P,Gupta AK,Singh PK,Jawed S,Kumar R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) for long was known as immunomodulator and tumor marker having multifaceted actions on the activity of normal and transformed cells. In present study, we have investigated the involvement of AFP in regulation of THP-1 cell line invasion and underlying mechanisms. Treatment with human recombinant...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zubkova E,Semenkova L,Dudich E,Dudich I,Parfyonova Y,Menshikov M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac oxidative stress is developed following myocardial infarction (MI) particularly in the first week of MI. The influence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on gene expression profiling and molecular pathways in the infarcted myocardium remains uncertain and is explored in the present study. Rats with MI were treat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao W,Zhao T,Chen Y,Qu Y,Gerling IC,Sun Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to investigate the unclear molecular relationship involved in the activation of intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and NSAID-activated gene-1 (NAG-1) induction as a putative target in NSAIDs-mediated chemoprevention of colorectal cancer. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered with a colon-specific pro-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vaish V,Piplani H,Rana C,Vaiphei K,Sanyal SN

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress. Exposure to extreme heat can result in occupational illnesses and injuries. On the other hand, local and regional heat therapy has been used for the treatment of some cancers, such as liver cancer, lung cancer, and kidne...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Han J,Xu X,Qin H,Liu A,Fan Z,Kang L,Fu J,Liu J,Ye Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases involve critical mechanisms including impaired nitric oxide (NO) levels and abnormal matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity. While NO downregulates MMP expression in some cell types, no previous study has examined whether NO downregulates MMP levels in endothelial cells. We hypothesized that N...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Meschiari CA,Izidoro-Toledo T,Gerlach RF,Tanus-Santos JE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ING proteins are tumor suppressors involved in the regulation of gene transcription, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, and senescence. Here, we show that ING1b expression is upregulated by several DNA-damaging agents, in a p53-independent manner. ING1b stimulates DNA repair of a variety of DNA lesions requiring activation...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ceruti JM,Ogara MF,Menéndez C,Palmero I,Cánepa ET

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Existing kinetic data of cholesteryl ester formation by lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase in discoidal high-density lipoproteins with 34 mutations of apoA-I that involved all putative helices were grouped by cluster analysis into four noncoincident regions with mutations both without any functional impairment and w...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dergunov AD

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to take osteopontin (OPN) as molecular target to study its effects on injured intima model of carotid artery in rat using perivascular transfer of OPN-small interference RNA (siRNA). OPN mRNA in cultured VSMCs was quantified by real-time RT-PCR, and OPN-siRNA-002 was determined as the ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Xu J,Sun Y,Wang T,Liu G

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycodelin A (GdA) is a dimeric glycoprotein synthesized by the human endometrium under progesterone regulation. Based on the high sequence similarity with β-lactoglobulin, it is placed under the lipocalin superfamily. The protein is one of the local immunomodulators present at the feto-maternal interface which affect...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ponnalagu D,Karande AA

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The choroid plexus (CP) participates in the synthesis, secretion and regulation of the cerebrospinal fluid, in the removal of its toxic compounds and in the regulation of the availability of essential metal ions to the brain. It expresses and secretes metallothioneins 1/2 (MT-1/2) which are key components in the maint...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Martinho A,Gonçalves I,Santos CR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several tyrosine phosphatases control cell motility; understanding their signaling helps to decipher cancer mechanisms. Previously, we found that the negative regulation of migration exerted by PTPN12 in ovarian cancer SKOV-3 cells involves direct FAK Y397 targeting, in HER2-dependent way. In this study, we describe t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Villa-Moruzzi E

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uterine leiomyoma (ULM) is the most common gynecological benign tumor that is affecting around 20-50 % of women over the age of 30. Although its molecular pathogenesis is still unknown, ULM has a multifactorial etiology determined by both genetics and environmental factors. The present study was designed to find out w...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ates O,Demirturk F,Toprak M,Sezer S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Striatal neuronal cell death is one of the pathological features of Huntington's disease (HD). Overexpression of some heat shock proteins (HSPs) has been reported to suppress the aggregate formation of mutant huntingtin and concurrent cell death. Heat shock transcription factor-1 (HSF 1), a major transcription factor ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Choi YJ,Om JY,Kim NH,Chang JE,Park JH,Kim JY,Lee HJ,Kim SS,Chun W

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 8 (IL-8) is a chemoattractant associated with ovulation in the mammalian ovary. This chemokine is also involved in the recruitment and activation of neutrophils. Using bovine tissue, we examined the possible role of IL-8 in steroid production by theca cells of the large ovarian follicles. IL-8 promoted pro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shimizu T,Imamura E,Magata F,Murayama C,Miyamoto A

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition of being an important inflammatory biomarker and a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, much evidence indicates that the C-reactive protein (CRP) contributes to the atherosclerosis development process. This plasmatic protein synthesized by hepatocytes in response to inflammation and tissue injury induce...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cossette É,Cloutier I,Tardif K,DonPierre G,Tanguay JF

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) plays a central role in regulating metabolism, including interaction with the estrogen receptor-α (ERα). Significantly, PPARγ activity can be modulated by small molecules to control cancer both in vitro and in vivo (Yin et al., Cancer Res 69...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mehta RG,Peng X,Roy S,Hawthorne M,Kalra A,Alimirah F,Mehta RR,Kopelovich L

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged ischemia-reperfusion results in various damages in skeletal muscle. Following reperfusion, although the damaged muscles undergo regeneration, the precise process and mechanism of regeneration have not yet been fully understood. Here, we show the altered levels of plasma biochemical markers of muscle damage, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Itoh M,Shimokawa N,Tajika Y,Murakami T,Aotsuka N,Lesmana R,Farenia R,Iwasaki T,Okda J,Yorifuji H,Koibuchi N

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinomenine, a pure alkaloid extract from Sinomenium acutum, has anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory functions. This study investigated the efficiency and the signalling pathways involved in the effect of sinomenine on vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) dedifferentiation in response to platelet-derived growth factor...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhu L,Hao Y,Guan H,Cui C,Tian S,Yang D,Wang X,Zhang S,Wang L,Jiang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to evaluate the in vitro and in vivo ameliorative antioxidant potential of secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG). In vitro antioxidant activity of synthetic SDG was carried out using DPPH, reducing power potency, and DNA protection assays. Wistar albino rats weighing 180-220 g were used...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Moree SS,Rajesha J

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of foam cells from macrophages, which are formed by the differentiation of blood-borne monocytes, is a critical early event in atherogenesis. To examine how pre-exposure of monocytes to modified proteins, such as oxLDL, influences their differentiation to macrophages, an in vitro model system using isolated ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Radhika A,Sudhakaran PR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation-induced colonic motility dysfunction is associated with a disturbance in Ca(2+) ion transporting mechanisms. The main objective of this study was to identify the types of Na-Ca-exchanger-1 (NCX-1) variants expressed in the rat colon, and how this was affected by colitis. In addition, the effect of colitis...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shubair M,Oriowo MA,Khan I

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute, as well as late, phase of cardioprotection induced by ischemic preconditioning is abolished in hyperlipidemic (HL) rat heart. The pharmacological inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β), has earlier been reported to restore this attenuated acute cardioprotective effect. However, it not known whet...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yadav HN,Singh M,Sharma PL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic aristolochic acid (AA) nephropathy (CAAN) caused by intake of AA-containing herbs is difficult to treat. We evaluated the therapeutic effect of bone marrow (BM) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on a rat model of CAAN. Female Wistar rats were fed with decoction of Caulis Aristolochia manshuriensis by intragastric ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Li W,Jiang H,Feng JM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-stimulated gene15 (ISG15) is the first characterized ubiquitin-like protein, which is strongly induced by type I interferons (IFN-α/β), bacterial endotoxin, and cellular stress. Up-regulation of ISG15 is observed in several cancer cell types and is associated with cancer progression. As many cytokines can i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chairatvit K,Wongnoppavich A,Choonate S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting angiogenesis is considered an effective strategy for treating the expansion and metastasis of tumors. The aim of this study is to assess the effects of perifosine, an inhibitor of Akt, on cell proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, and VEGF-induced cell migration in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wang FZ,Fei HR,Li XQ,Shi R,Wang de C

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromium(VI) [Cr(VI)] induces chronic inflammation in hepatocytes. Inflammation has been shown to play an important role in tumorigenesis, tumor progression, and metastasis. To examine the effects of the Styrax Japonica Siebold et al. Zuccarini (SJSZ) glycoprotein on inflammation in BNL CL.2 cells, we evaluated the ac...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lee J,Lim KT

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma coactivator 1α (PGC-1α) induced by hypoxia regulates mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative stress. However, the potential role of PGC-1α in hypoxia-promoted proliferation of pulmonary arterial vascular smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) is completely unknown. In this study, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rao J,Li J,Liu Y,Lu P,Sun X,Sugumaran PK,Zhu D

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00