Journal Articles
Review
Therapeutic strategies for alcoholic liver disease: Focusing on inflammation and fibrosis (Review)
Hideto Kawaratani, Kei Moriya, Tadashi Namisaki, Masakazu Uejima, Mitsuteru Kitade, Kousuke Takeda, Yasushi Okura, Kousuke Kaji, Hiroaki Takaya, Norihisa Nishimura, Shinya Sato, Yasuhiko Sawada, Kenichiro Seki, Takuya Kubo, Akira Mitoro, Junichi Yamao, Hitoshi Yoshiji
Pages: 263-270 Published online on: 09 June 2017
Review
The crucial role of protein phosphorylation in cell signaling and its use as targeted therapy (Review)
Fatima Ardito, Michele Giuliani, Donatella Perrone, Giuseppe Troiano, Lorenzo Lo Muzio
Pages: 271-280 Published online on: 22 June 2017
Article
Identification of different macrophage subpopulations with distinct activities in a mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy
Yanji Zhu, Ling Zhang, Qing Lu, Yushuo Gao, Yujuan Cai, Ailing Sui, Ting Su, Xi Shen, Bing Xie
Pages: 281-292 Published online on: 13 June 2017
Article
Lewis(y) antigen promotes the progression of epithelial ovarian cancer by stimulating MUC1 expression
Rui Hou, Luo Jiang, Dawo Liu, Bei Lin, Zhenhua Hu, Jian Gao, Danye Zhang, Shulan Zhang, Masao Iwamori
Pages: 293-302 Published online on: 02 June 2017
Article
Role of metadherin in estrogen-regulated gene expression
Yujun Li, Jesus Gonzalez Bosquet, Shujie Yang, Kristina W. Thiel, Yuping Zhang, Haitao Liu, Kimberly K. Leslie, Xiangbing Meng
Pages: 303-310 Published online on: 13 June 2017
Article
Fangchinoline suppresses the proliferation, invasion and tumorigenesis of human osteosarcoma cells through the inhibition of PI3K and downstream signaling pathways
Xiucheng Li, Zhifan Yang, Weiqi Han, Xuanyuan Lu, Songtao Jin, Wanlei Yang, Jianlei Li, Wei He, Yu Qian
Pages: 311-318 Published online on: 06 June 2017
Article
Silencing of LSD1 gene modulates histone methylation and acetylation and induces the apoptosis of JeKo-1 and MOLT-4 cells
Zhong-Kai Zou, Yi-Qun Huang, Yong Zou, Xu-Ke Zheng, Xu-Dong Ma
Pages: 319-328 Published online on: 19 June 2017
Article
Formulation and characterization of EGCG for the treatment of superficial bladder cancer
Katarzyna Dettlaff, Maciej Stawny, Magdalena Ogrodowczyk, Anna Jelińska, Waldemar Bednarski, Dorota Wątróbska-Świetlikowska, Rick W. Keck, Omar A. Khan, Ibrahim H. Mostafa, Jerzy Jankun
Pages: 329-336 Published online on: 14 June 2017
Article
Triptolide exerts protective effects against fibrosis following ileocolonic anastomosis by mechanisms involving the miR-16-1/HSP70 pathway in IL-10-deficient mice
Hong‑Wei Hou, Jin‑Min Wang, Dong Wang, Rong Wu, Zhen‑Ling Ji
Pages: 337-346 Published online on: 09 June 2017
Article
Role of transforming growth factor β‑1 in the pathogenesis of pelvic organ prolapse: A potential therapeutic target
Cheng Liu, Ying Wang, Bing‑Shu Li, Qing Yang, Jian‑Ming Tang, Jie Min, Sha‑Sha Hong, Wen‑Jun Guo, Li Hong
Pages: 347-356 Published online on: 26 June 2017
Article
Effects of bufalin on the mTOR/p70S6K pathway and apoptosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in nude mice
Yao Liu, Xu Wang, Ying Jia, Yueping Liu
Pages: 357-366 Published online on: 23 June 2017
Article
Meiotic defects and decreased expression of genes located around the chromosomal breakpoint in the testis of a patient with a novel 46,X,t(Y;1)(p11.3;p31) translocation
Guangyuan Li, Furhan Iqbal, Liu Wang, Zhipeng Xu, Xiaoyan Che, Wen Yu, Liang Shi, Tonghang Guo, Guixiang Zhou, Xiaohua Jiang, Huan Zhang, Yuanwei Zhang, Dexin Yu
Pages: 367-377 Published online on: 14 June 2017
Article
Notch signaling pathway promotes osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells by enhancing BMP9/Smad signaling
Junjie Cao, Yalin Wei, Jing Lian, Lunyun Yang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jiaying Xie, Qiang Liu, Jinyong Luo, Baicheng He, Min Tang
Pages: 378-388 Published online on: 22 June 2017
Article
(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate attenuates myocardial injury induced by ischemia/reperfusion in diabetic rats and in H9c2 cells under hyperglycemic conditions
Yang Wu, Zhong-Yuan Xia, Bo Zhao, Yan Leng, Juan Dou, Qing-Tao Meng, Shao-Qing Lei, Zhi-Ze Chen, Jie Zhu
Pages: 389-399 Published online on: 08 June 2017
Article
The C-terminus domain of the hepatitis B virus x protein stimulates the proliferation of mouse foetal hepatic progenitor cells, although it is not required for the formation of spheroids
Liming Yu, Shu Chen, Na Luo, Song He
Pages: 400-410 Published online on: 14 June 2017
Article
HMOX-1 inhibits TGF-β-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line
Xiaofeng Zhu, Shuichuan Huang, Lili Zeng, Jieyi Ma, Suhong Sun, Feng Zeng, Fanli Kong, Xiaoming Cheng
Pages: 411-417 Published online on: 14 June 2017
Article
Lentiviral vector-mediated co-overexpression of VEGF and Bcl-2 improves mesenchymal stem cell survival and enhances paracrine effects in vitro
Xiaobin Ni, Caiwen Ou, Jingbin Guo, Bei Liu, Jianwu Zhang, Zhiye Wu, Hekai Li, Minsheng Chen
Pages: 418-426 Published online on: 12 June 2017
Article
Resveratrol protects against L-arginine-induced acute necrotizing pancreatitis in mice by enhancing SIRT1-mediated deacetylation of p53 and heat shock factor 1
Nian Wang, Fen Zhang, Liu Yang, Jiang Zou, Hao Wang, Ke Liu, Meidong Liu, Huali Zhang, Xianzhong Xiao, Kangkai Wang
Pages: 427-437 Published online on: 06 June 2017
Article
Gastric electrical stimulation improves enteric neuronal survival
Nian Wang, Kun Li, Shuangning Song, Jie Chen
Pages: 438-446 Published online on: 14 June 2017
Article
SOX4 promotes melanoma cell migration and invasion though the activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway
Qiong Cheng, Jinfeng Wu, Yaohua Zhang, Xiao Liu, Nan Xu, Fuguo Zuo, Jinhua Xu
Pages: 447-453 Published online on: 16 June 2017
Article
Protective effect of human serum amyloid P on CCl4-induced acute liver injury in mice
Min Cong, Weihua Zhao, Tianhui Liu, Ping Wang, Xu Fan, Qingling Zhai, Xiaoli Bao, Dong Zhang, Hong You, Tatiana Kisseleva, David A. Brenner, Jidong Jia, Hui Zhuang
Pages: 454-464 Published online on: 14 June 2017
Article
JAK/STAT3 and Smad3 activities are required for the wound healing properties of Periplaneta americana extracts
Qin Song, Yuxin Xie, Qiheng Gou, Xiaoqiang Guo, Qian Yao, Xiaojun Gou
Pages: 465-473 Published online on: 26 June 2017
Article
Heat shock protein 90β in the Vero cell membrane binds Japanese encephalitis virus
Yuan Wang, Yan Li, Tianbing Ding
Pages: 474-482 Published online on: 26 June 2017
Article
Effect of Sorbus commixta on the invasion and migration of human hepatocellular carcinoma Hep3B cells
Hyerin Park, Hyunwook Park, Tae-Wook Chung, Hee‑Jung Choi, Yeon-Seop Jung, Syng-Ook Lee, Ki-Tae Ha
Pages: 483-490 Published online on: 02 June 2017
Article
DTX3L is upregulated in glioma and is associated with glioma progression
Peng Xu, Xuelei Tao, Chengjin Zhao, Qingfeng Huang, Hao Chang, Na Ban, Yuanqi Bei, Xiaojie Xia, Chaoyan Shen, Kun Wang, Li Xu, Peizhang Wu, Jianbing Ren, Donglin Wang
Pages: 491-498 Published online on: 13 June 2017
Article
Role of PKA in the process of neonatal cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced by urotensin II
Jianrong Xu, Qinghua Han, Hongtao Shi, Wenyuan Liu, Tingting Chu, Hao Li
Pages: 499-504 Published online on: 22 June 2017
Article
Suppressive effect of an aqueous extract of Diospyros kaki calyx on dust mite extract/2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene-induced atopic dermatitis-like skin lesions
Ju-Hee Yu, Meiling Jin, Young-Ae Choi, Na-Hee Jeong, Jeong-Sook Park, Tae-Yong Shin, Sang-Hyun Kim
Pages: 505-511 Published online on: 12 June 2017
Article
COX-2 regulates Snail expression in gastric cancer via the Notch1 signaling pathway
Yuwei Ye, Min Liu, Hao Yuan, Shupeng Ning, Yuping Wang, Zhaofeng Chen, Rui Ji, Qinghong Guo, Qiang Li, Yongning Zhou
Pages: 512-522 Published online on: 02 June 2017
Article
miR‑27 inhibits the NF-κB signaling pathway by targeting leptin in osteoarthritic chondrocytes
Bin Zhou, Hongwei Li, Jide Shi
Pages: 523-530 Published online on: 13 June 2017
Article
Danger-recognizing proteins, β-defensin-128 and histatin-3, as potential biomarkers of recurrent coronary events
Madankumar Ghatge, Ankit Sharma, Sangeeta Maity, Vijay V. Kakkar, Rajani Kanth Vangala
Pages: 531-538 Published online on: 19 June 2017
Article
Deoxyactein protects pancreatic β-cells against methylglyoxal-induced oxidative cell damage by the upregulation of mitochondrial biogenesis
Kwang Sik Suh, Eun Mi Choi, Woon-Won Jung, Yu Jin Kim, Soo Min Hong, So Yong Park, Sang Youl Rhee, Suk Chon
Pages: 539-548 Published online on: 12 June 2017
Article
Excessive nNOS/NO/AMPK signaling activation mediated by the blockage of the CBS/H2S system contributes to oxygen‑glucose deprivation‑induced endoplasmic reticulum stress in PC12 cells
Rui Zhang, Yong‑Quan Lin, Wei‑Sheng Wang, Xin‑Qiang Wang
Pages: 549-557 Published online on: 21 June 2017
Article
Macrophage-derived foam cells impair endothelial barrier function by inducing endothelial-mesenchymal transition via CCL-4
Ying Yang, Nian-Sang Luo, Ru Ying, Yong Xie, Jia-Yuan Chen, Xiao-Qiao Wang, Zhen-Jie Gu, Jing-Ting Mai, Wen-Hao Liu, Mao-Xiong Wu, Zhi-Teng Chen, Yong-Biao Fang, Hai-Feng Zhang, Zhi-Yi Zuo, Jing-Feng Wang, Yang-Xin Chen
Pages: 558-568 Published online on: 19 June 2017
Article
Vascular endothelial growth inhibitor 174 and its functional domains inhibit epithelial-mesenchymal transition in renal cell carcinoma cells in vitro
Ning Zhang, Baoan Hong, Wenyong Lian, Changhua Zhou, Siqi Chen, Xin Du, Xiaohu Deng, Shayiremu Duoerkun, Qing Li, Yong Yang, Kan Gong
Pages: 569-575 Published online on: 19 June 2017
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