检索结果-南通市图书馆

Neural Regeneration research 2024年第7期19卷 1421-1422页

作者： Nilima Prakash Working group Human Stem cell research Department Hamm 2Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied SciencesHammGermany

Parkinson’s disease(PD) is characterized by the slow and progressive demise of dopamine(DA)-synthesizing neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta(SNc),a nucleus located in the human ventral *** death also affects other regions in the brain at later stages of *** concomitant lack of DA in the human forebrain(striatum) leads to the typical motor symptoms of this still uncurable neurodegenerative disorder.

关键词： homeostasis dopamine death

Niosome-encapsulated auraptene reduced the mRNA expression of VEGF-A and PDGFs genes in human retinaderived RPE cell line

维普期刊数据库

同方期刊数据库评论

在线全文

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition) 2024年第6期17卷 1028-1035页

作者： Akram Vahidi Teymoor Khosravi Farzad Dastaviz Mehdi Sheikh Arabi Ayyoob Khosravi Morteza Oladnabi student research Committee Golestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Department of Medical Nanotechnology Faculty of Advanced Medical TechnologiesGolestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Stem cell research Center Golestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Department of molecular medicine Faculty of Advanced Medical TechnologiesGolestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Gorgan Congenital Malformations research Center Golestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran

AIM:To evaluate the effect of auraptene(AUR)treatment in forms of free and encapsulated in niosome nanoparticles by investigating the mRNA expression level of vascular endothelium growth factor(VEGF)-A and platelet-derived growth factors(PDGFs)in human retinal pigment epithelium(RPE)cell ***:Niosome nanocarriers were produced using two surfactants Span 60 and Tween *** cell line was treated with both free AUR and *** dosage of treatments was calculated using 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide(MTT)*** of VEGF-A and PDGF-A,PDGF-B,PDGF-C,PDGF-D genes was measured after total RNA extraction and cDNA synthesis,using real-time polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR).RESULTS:The highest entrapment efficiency(EE)was achieved by Span 60:cholesterol(1:1)with 64.3%.The half maximal inhibitory concentration(IC50)of free and niosome-encapsulated AUR were 38.5 and 27.78µg/mL,*** study revealed that niosomal AUR had more gradual delivery to the ***-PCR results showed reduced expression levels of VEGF-A,PDGF-A,PDGF-B,PDGF-C,and PDGF-D after treatment with both free and niosomal ***:Niosomal formulation of Span 60:cholesterol(1:1)is an effective drug delivery approach to transfer AUR to RPE ***-A,PDGF-A,PDGF-B,PDGF-C,and PDGF-D are four angiogenic factors,inhibiting which by niosomal AUR may be effective in age-related macular degeneration.

关键词： auraptene niosome age-related macular degeneration angiogenesis nanocarrier

Foraging valor linked with aggression:selection against completely abandoning aggression in the high-elevation ant Tetramorium alpestre?

在线全文

维普期刊数据库

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

Insect Science 2024年第3期31卷 953-970页

作者： Marie-Luise Contala Patrick Krapf Florian M.Steiner Birgit C.Schlick-Steiner molecular Ecology group Department of EcologyUniversitat InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria rganismal&Evolutionary Biology research Programme University of HelsinkiHelsinkiFinland

Aggression has multiple benefits and is often coupled with other behaviors("behavioral syndromes").The level of aggressiveness is influenced by an adaptive benefit-cost ratio suggesting that benefits should outweigh the costs of ***,we assess if several behaviors are coupled in two behaviorally different populations(aggressive,peaceful)of the high-elevation ant Tetramorium *** three weeks,we collected colony fragments and analyzed boldness,exploring,foraging,and risk-taking *** hypothesized that the aggressive population is bolder,more explorative and risk-prone,and forages more food than the peaceful *** test whether(a)the combination of experiments and parameters used yields a good setup,(b)populations differ behaviorally,and(c)populations display behavioral syndromes,we assessed(a)the frequency of repeatable behaviors of each experiment,(b)the behavioral means among populations,and(c)the behavioral repeatability,*** found that(a)boldness and exploring were most repeatable and represent a good experimental setup,(b)the aggressive population was bolder and more explorative and risk-prone than the peaceful population,(c)boldness and exploring behaviors were highly repeatable in both populations,thus corroborating our *** results suggest that boldness,exploring,and risk-taking but not foraging are presumably coupled with aggression and indicate the presence of behavioral syndromes in this *** specific ecological conditions,aggression may be coupled with other behaviors and important for finding *** is probably adaptive in ***,possibly indicating that selection favors aggression at least partially,which may counteract the complete loss of intraspecific aggression.

关键词： adaptive value behavioral syndromes boldness exploration repeatability trade-off

Hard life for sons in the nest?Sex-dependent offspring mortality in Great Tits in urban and forest areas

在线全文

维普期刊数据库

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

Avian research 2024年第1期15卷 91-97页

作者： Nora Agh Henriett Anna Dalvári Krisztián Szabó Ivett Pipoly András Liker HUN-REN-PE Evolutionary Ecology research group University of PannoniaH-8200VeszpremPf.1158.Hungary Behavioral Ecology research group Center for Natural SciencesUniversity of PannoniaH-8200Pf.1158.VeszpremHungary molecular Ecology research group Department of EcologyUniversity of Veterinary Medicine BudapestH-1400Pf.2.BudapestHungary Synlab Hungary Ltd. H-1211Weiss Manfr´ed Str.5-7BudapestHungary

Sex-biased mortality can occur in birds during development,for example due to sexual differences in energy requirement and/or environmental sensitivity,or the effects of sex hormones or sex differences in the expression of mutations linked to sex *** extent of sex-bias in mortality may also be related to environmental conditions that influence offspring development and *** areas often provide poorer conditions for nestling development resulting in higher offspring mortality compared to natural areas,which may accelerate sex differences in offspring mortality in *** test this hypothesis,we examined the sex ratio of dead offspring in Great Tits(Parus major),using 427 samples of unhatched eggs and dead nestlings collected in two urban and two forest sites between 2013 and *** ratio of males in the whole sample of dead offspring(56.9%)was significantly higher than expected by an 1:1 ratio,and the strongest sex biases were detected in urban areas(57.6%males)and in young nestlings(<14 days old,59.0%males).However,the sex ratios of dead offspring did not differ significantly among study sites and between offspring developmental stages.29.3%of unhatched eggs contained a visible embryo,and the proportion of embryo-containing unhatched eggs did not differ significantly between urban and forest study *** results suggest male-biased offspring mortality in Great Tits,and highlight the need of large datasets to detect subtle differences between habitats and developmental stages.

关键词： Great Tit Urbanization Nestling mortality Sex related differences

Hippo-YAP/TAZ signaling in breast cancer:Reciprocal regulation of microRNAs and implications in precision medicine

维普期刊数据库

同方期刊数据库评论

在线全文

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

Genes & Diseases 2024年第2期11卷 760-771页

作者： Farzad Sadri Seyede fatemeh Hosseini Zohreh Rezaei Mohammad Fereidouni student research Committee Birjand University of Medical SciencesBirjand ***Iran Tabas School of Nursing Birjand University of Medical SciencesBirjand ***Iran Department of Biology University of Sistan and BaluchestanZahedan ***Iran cellular and molecular research Center Birjand University of Medical SciencesBirjand ***Iran

Breast cancer is a molecularly heterogeneous disease and the most common female *** recent years,therapy approaches have evolved to accommodate molecular diversity,with a focus on more biologically based therapies to minimize negative *** regulate cell fate in human breast cells,the Hippo signaling pathway has been associated with the alpha subtype of estrogen *** pathway regulates tissue size,regeneration,and healing,as well as the survival of tissue-specific stem cells,proliferation,and apoptosis in a variety of organs,allowing for cell *** signaling is mediated by the kinases MST1,MST2,LATS1,and LATS2,as well as the adaptor proteins SAV1 and *** kinases phosphorylate the downstream effectors of the Hippo pathway,yes-associated protein(YAP),and transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif(TAZ),suppressing the expression of their downstream target *** Hippo signaling pathway kinase cascade plays a significant role in all *** the principles of this kinase cascade would prevent the occurrence of breast *** recent years,small noncoding RNAs,or microRNAs,have been implicated in the development of several malignancies,including breast *** interconnections between miRNAs and Hippo signaling pathway core proteins in the breast,on the other hand,remain poorly *** this review,we focused on highlighting the Hippo signaling system,its key parts,its importance in breast cancer,and its regulation by miRNAs and other related pathways.

关键词： Breast cancer Hippo signaling Large tumor suppressor kinase 1 microRNAs PDZ-binding motif Yes-associated protein

Cancer cell cycle heterogeneity as a critical determinant of therapeutic resistance

在线全文

维普期刊数据库

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

Genes & Diseases 2024年第1期11卷 189-204页

作者： Ebrahim H.Maleki Ahmad Reza Bahrami Maryam M.Matin Department of Biology Faculty of ScienceFerdowsi University of Mashhad*** MashhadIran Jagiellonian Centre for Experimental Therapeutics(JCET) Jagiellonian University31-007 KrakowPoland Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences Jagiellonian University30-348 KrakowPoland Industrial Biotechnology research group Institute of BiotechnologyFerdowsi University of Mashhad*** MashhadIran Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics research group Institute of BiotechnologyFerdowsi University of Mashhad***MashhadIran Stem cell and Regenerative medicine research group Iranian Academic Center for EducationCulture and Research(ACECR)Khorasan Razavi Branch917751376 MashhadIran

Intra-tumor heterogeneity is now arguably one of the most-studied topics in tumor biology,as it represents a major obstacle to effective cancer *** tumor cells are highly diverse at genetic,epigenetic,and phenotypic levels,intra-tumor heterogeneity can be assumed as an important contributing factor to the nullification of chemotherapeutic effects,and recurrence of the *** on the role of heterogeneous subpopulations of cancer cells with varying cell-cycle dynamics and behavior during cancer progression and treatment;herein,we aim to establish a comprehensive definition for adaptation of neoplastic cells against *** discuss two parallel and yet distinct subpopulations of tumor cells that play pivotal roles in reducing the effects of chemotherapy:"resistant"and"tolerant"***,this review also highlights the impact of the quiescent phase of the cell cycle as a survival mechanism for cancer *** understanding the mechanisms under-lying the quiescence,it provides an insightful perspective on cancer stem cells(CsCs)and their dual and intertwined functions based on their cell cycle state in response to ***-over,CSCs,epithelial-mesenchymal transformed cells,circulating tumor cells(CTCs),and disseminated tumor cells(DTCs),which are mostly in a quiescent state of the cell cycle are proved to have multiple biological links and can be implicated in our viewpoint of cell cycle heterogeneity in ***,increasing our knowledge of cell cycle heterogeneity is a key to identifying new therapeutic solutions,and this emerging concept may provide us with new opportunities to prevent the dreadful cancer recurrence.

关键词： Cancer stem cells(CSCs) Carcinoma cell cycle heterogeneity Quiescence Therapy resistance Therapy tolerance Tumor dormancy

Impact of umbelliprenin-containing niosome nanoparticles on VEGF-A and CTGF genes expression in retinal pigment epithelium cells

在线全文

维普期刊数据库

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition) 2024年第1期17卷 7-15页

作者： Farzad Dastaviz Akram Vahidi Teymoor Khosravi Ayyoob Khosravi Mehdi Sheikh Arabi Abouzar Bagheri Mohsen Rashidi Morteza Oladnabi Stem cell research Center Golestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Department of Medical Genetics School of Advanced Technologies in MedicineGolestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran student research Committee Golestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Department of molecular medicine Faculty of Advanced Medical TechnologiesGolestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Department of Medical Nanotechnology Faculty of Advanced Medical TechnologiesGolestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Genetics Faculty of MedicineMazandaran University of Medical SciencesSari ***Iran Department Pharmacology Faculty of MedicineMazandaran University of Medical SciencesSari ***Iran Gorgan Congenital Malformations research Center Golestan University of Medical SciencesGorgan ***Iran

AIM:To investigate the impact of niosome nanoparticles carrying umbelliprenin(UMB),an anti-angiogenic and anti-inflammatory plant compound,on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor(VEGF-A)and connective tissue growth factor(CTGF)genes in a human retinal pigment epithelium(RPE)-like retina-derived cell ***:UMB-containing niosomes were created,optimized,and ***-like cells were treated with free UMB and UMB-containing *** IC_(50)values of the treatments were determined using an MTT *** expression of VEGF-A and CTGF was evaluated using real-time polymerase chain reaction after RNA extraction and cDNA ***’characteristics,including drug entrapment efficiency,size,dispersion index,and zeta potential were *** UMB had an IC_(50)of 96.2μg/mL,while UMB-containing niosomes had an IC_(50)of 25μg/***:Treatment with UMB-containing niosomes and free UMB resulted in a significant reduction in VEGF-A expression compared to control cells(P=0.001).Additionally,UMB-containing niosomes demonstrated a significant reduction in CTGF expression compared to control cells(P=0.05).However,there was no significant reduction in the expression of both genes in cells treated with free ***:Both free UMB and niosome-encapsulated UMB inhibits VEGF-A and CTGF genes ***,the latter demonstrates significantly greater efficacy,potentially due to the lower UMB dosage and gradual *** findings have implications for anti-angiogenesis therapeutic approaches targeting age-related macular degeneration.

关键词： umbelliprenin niosome age-related macular degeneration vascular endothelial growth factor-A connective tissue growth factor

Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells attenuate diabetic nephropathy through the IGF1R-CHK2-p53 signalling axis in male rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus

在线全文

维普期刊数据库

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B(Biomedicine & Biotechnology) 2024年第7期25卷 568-580页

作者： Hao ZHANG Xinshu WANG Bo HU Peicheng LI Yierfan ABUDUAINI Hongmei ZHAO Ayinaer JIEENSIHAN Xishuang CHEN Shiyu WANG Nuojin GUO Jian YUAN Yunhui LI Lei LI Yuntong YANG Zhongmin LIU Zhaosheng TANG Hua WANG Department of Endocrinology Shanghai East HospitalSchool of MedicineTongji UniversityShanghai 200120China research Center for Translational medicine Shanghai East HospitalSchool of MedicineTongji UniversityShanghai 200120China Department of Cardiology Shanghai East HospitalSchool of MedicineTongji UniversityShanghai 200120China Department of Biochemistry and molecular Biology School of MedicineTongji UniversityShanghai 200331China Shanghai Institute of Stem cell research and Clinical Translation Shanghai East HospitalShanghai 200120China Ji’an Hospital Shanghai East HospitalJi’an 343000China

diabetes mellitus(DM)is a disease syndrome characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia.A long-term high-glucose environment leads to reactive oxygen species(ROS)production and nuclear DNA *** umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell(HUcMSC)infusion induces significant antidiabetic effects in type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)***-like growth factor 1(IGF1)receptor(IGF1R)is important in promoting glucose metabolism in diabetes;however,the mechanism by which HUcMSC can treat diabetes through IGF1R and DNA damage repair remains *** this study,a DM rat model was induced with high-fat diet feeding and streptozotocin(STZ)administration and rats were infused four times with *** glucose,interleukin-6(IL-6),IL-10,glomerular basement membrane,and renal function were *** that interacted with IGF1R were determined through coimmunoprecipitation *** expression of IGF1R,phosphorylated checkpoint kinase 2(p-CHK2),and phosphorylated protein 53(p-p53)was examined using immunohistochemistry(IHC)and western blot ***-linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA)was used to determine the serum levels of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine(8-OHdG).Flow cytometry experiments were used to detect the surface markers of *** identification of the morphology and phenotype of HUcMSC was performed by way of oil red“O”staining and Alizarin red *** rats exhibited abnormal blood glucose and IL-6/10 levels and renal function changes in the glomerular basement membrane,increased the expression of IGF1 and ***1R interacted with CHK2,and the expression of p-CHK2 was significantly decreased in IGF1R-knockdown *** cisplatin was used to induce DNA damage,the expression of p-CHK2 was higher than that in the IGF1R-knockdown group without cisplatin *** infusion ameliorated abnormalities and preserved kidney structure and function in DM *** expression of IGF1,IGF1R,p-CHK2,and p-p53,and the level of 8-OHdG in the DM group increased sign

关键词： Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor(IGF1R) Checkpoint kinase 2(CHK2) Protein 53(p53) Diabetes mellitus Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell(HUcMSC) DNA damage repair

Promising use of metformin in treating neurological disorders:biomarker-guided therapies

在线全文

维普期刊数据库

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

Neural Regeneration research 2024年第5期19卷 1045-1055页

作者： Allison Loan Charvi Syal Margarita Lui Ling He Jing Wang Regenerative medicine Program Ottawa Hospital Research InstituteOttawaONCanada Department of Biology Faculty of ScienceUniversity of OttawaOttawaONCanada Department of Pediatrics and medicine Johns Hopkins Medical SchoolBaltimoreMDUSA Department of cellular and molecular medicine Faculty of MedicineUniversity of OttawaOttawaONCanada University of Ottawa Brain and Mind research Institute OttawaONCanada

Neurological disorders are a diverse group of conditions that affect the nervous system and include neurodegenerative diseases(Alzheimer’s disease,multiple sclerosis,Parkinson’s disease,Huntington’s disease),cerebrovascular conditions(stroke),and neurodevelopmental disorders(autism spectrum disorder).Although they affect millions of individuals around the world,only a limited number of effective treatment options are available *** most neurological disorders express mitochondria-related metabolic perturbations,metformin,a biguanide type II antidiabetic drug,has attracted a lot of attention to be repurposed to treat neurological disorders by correcting their perturbed energy ***,controversial research emerges regarding the beneficial/detrimental effects of metformin on these neurological *** that most neurological disorders have complex etiology in their pathophysiology and are influenced by various risk factors such as aging,lifestyle,genetics,and environment,it is important to identify perturbed molecular functions that can be targeted by metformin in these neurological *** molecules can then be used as biomarkers to stratify subpopulations of patients who show distinct molecular/pathological properties and can respond to metformin treatment,ultimately developing targeted *** this review,we will discuss mitochondria-related metabolic perturbations and impaired molecular pathways in these neurological disorders and how these can be used as biomarkers to guide metformin-responsive treatment for the targeted therapy to treat neurological disorders.

关键词： Alzheimer’s disease Huntington’s disease metformin mitochondrial perturbation multiple sclerosis neural degenerative diseases Parkinson’s disease stroke targeted therapy

Characterization of the infectivity of an Indonesian Zika virus strain in mammalian cell lines

维普期刊数据库

同方期刊数据库评论

在线全文

学校读者我要写书评

暂无评论

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2024年第5期14卷 215-224页

作者： Justus Thomas Obiajulu Sievers Anom Bowolaksono R.Tedjo Sasmono Graduate School of Biology Department of BiologyFaculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesUniversitas IndonesiaDepok 16424Indonesia Eijkman research Center for molecular Biology National Research and Innovation AgencyCibinong 16911Indonesia cellular and molecular Mechanisms in Biological System research group Department of BiologyFaculty of Mathematics and Natural SciencesUniversitas IndonesiaDepok 16424Indonesia

Objective:To characterize the infection patterns and growth characteristics of the Zika virus(ZIKV)strain JMB-185 from Indonesia in various mammalian cell ***:ZIKV was grown in human(A549,HEK293,HepG2,Huh7,Jurkat,and THP-1)and non-human mammalian(RAW264.7,Vero,and Vero76)cell *** replication kinetics were measured using plaque assay,while intra-and extracellular viral RNA concentrations were assessed using *** cytometry was used to quantify the infected cells and cell viability was measured using an MTT *** ability of ZIKV to infect cell lines was visualized using a fluorescence immunostaining ***:This ZIKV strain preferentially infected the lung,kidney,and liver cell lines A549,HEK293,Huh7,Vero,and Vero76,but not the immune cells Jurkat,RAW264.7,and *** contrast,the ZIKV showed no sign of infection in HepG2 cells,while maintaining viral titer over 3 days post-infection,with no infection recorded in immunostaining,no increase in viral RNA,and no indication of cell ***:The Indonesian ZIKV strain has a similar infection profile as other strains,except for its poor infectivity on HepG2 *** on the growth characteristics of Indonesia ZIKV will help expand our understanding of the biology of ZIKV which will be useful for various applications including antiviral discovery.

关键词： Zika virus Infectivity Replication cell lines In vitro