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Meijie Li et al.
Development genes and evolution, 225(4), 195-206 (2015-05-31)
The olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) is an important cultured marine fish. However, little information is available on primordial germ cell (PGC) development and migration in this species; such information is vital for applications in artificial reproduction and for the preservation
Leonor C Costa et al.
Environmental science and pollution research international, 22(23), 18574-18589 (2015-09-24)
This study aimed to assess the mechanisms of innate immune function responses to silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticle functionalized with dithiocarbamate groups (IONP) exposure alone and its associated mercury (Hg) in European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.) phagocytes isolated from peritoneum (P-phagocytes)
Gabriel E Bertolesi et al.
Pigment cell & melanoma research, 28(5), 559-571 (2015-06-23)
How skin colour adjusts to circadian light/dark cycles is poorly understood. Melanopsin (Opn4) is expressed in melanophores, where in vitro studies suggest it regulates skin pigmentation through a 'primary colour response' in which light photosensitivity is translated directly into pigment
Fadil A Bidmos et al.
PloS one, 10(7), e0133855-e0133855 (2015-07-25)
Acquisition of iron from host complexes is mediated by four surface-located receptors of Neisseria meningitidis. The HmbR protein and heterodimeric HpuAB complex bind to haemoglobin whilst TbpBA and LbpBA bind iron-loaded transferrin and lactoferrin complexes, respectively. The haemoglobin receptors are
Akif Hakan Kurt et al.
Oncology letters, 10(5), 3177-3182 (2016-01-02)
Estrogen mediates fast signal responses or transcriptional events via G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER1). However, there is no data on the effect of GPER1 on lung cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis. The present study aimed to analyze the anticancer
Valentina Cianfanelli et al.
Nature cell biology, 17(1), 20-30 (2014-12-02)
Inhibition of a main regulator of cell metabolism, the protein kinase mTOR, induces autophagy and inhibits cell proliferation. However, the molecular pathways involved in the cross-talk between these two mTOR-dependent cell processes are largely unknown. Here we show that the
J Gu et al.
European review for medical and pharmacological sciences, 19(13), 2354-2358 (2015-07-28)
The correlation of the embryo matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) secretion, embryonic development and clinical pregnancy was investigated. The embryo culture from in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) patients were collected in the Xuzhou Central Hospital from January 2013 to September 2014. At
Yoshimitsu Kuwabara et al.
The Journal of endocrinology, 224(1), 49-59 (2014-10-30)
Osteopontin (OPN), a secreted glycoprotein, has multiple physiological functions. This study investigated the regulation and roles of OPN in the mouse ovary during the periovulatory stages. Immature female mice were treated with pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG) and human chorionic
Shuo-Chun Weng et al.
Scientific reports, 5, 12769-12769 (2015-09-04)
Decoy receptor 3 (DcR3) expression in kidneys has been shown to predict progression of chronic kidney disease. We prospectively investigated a cohort comprising 96 renal transplant recipients (RTRs) undergoing graft kidney biopsies. Computer-assisted quantitative immunohistochemical staining value of DcR3 in
Agnieszka Bazylko et al.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology, 149, 189-195 (2015-06-21)
Galinsoga species are used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory agents and accelerators for wound healing. They also have reported antioxidant activity. We examined aqueous and ethanolic extracts derived from the Galinsoga herb as potential photoprotectors, as the role of reactive
Niranjan A Panat et al.
Food chemistry, 194, 32-45 (2015-10-17)
Troxerutin (TRX) is a flavonoid present in tea, coffee, cereal grains, various fruits and vegetables have been reported to exhibit radioprotective, antithrombotic, nephro and hepato-protective effects. A systematic study was undertaken to evaluate its free radical scavenging ability and anti-apoptotic
Robert Reinhardt et al.
The EMBO journal, 34(11), 1572-1588 (2015-04-25)
Transcriptional networks defining stemness in adult neural stem cells (NSCs) are largely unknown. We used the proximal cis-regulatory element (pCRE) of the retina-specific homeobox gene 2 (rx2) to address such a network. Lineage analysis in the fish retina identified rx2
Hubert Sytykiewicz et al.
PloS one, 9(11), e111863-e111863 (2014-11-05)
The purpose of this report was to evaluate the expression patterns of selected glutathione transferase genes (gst1, gst18, gst23 and gst24) in the tissues of two maize (Zea mays L.) varieties (relatively resistant Ambrozja and susceptible Tasty Sweet) that were
Mathieu Quesnel-Vallières et al.
Genes & development, 29(7), 746-759 (2015-04-04)
Alternative splicing (AS) generates vast transcriptomic complexity in the vertebrate nervous system. However, the extent to which trans-acting splicing regulators and their target AS regulatory networks contribute to nervous system development is not well understood. To address these questions, we
Sigridur Jonsdottir et al.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology, 166(1-2), 8-21 (2015-05-26)
Insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is an allergic dermatitis of horses caused by bites of midges (Culicoides spp.). IgE-mediated reactions are often involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. IBH does not occur in Iceland due to the absence of Culicoides
Shih-Yeh Lin et al.
Vaccine, 33(44), 5966-5973 (2015-05-06)
Enterovirus 71 (EV71) causes the outbreaks of hand-foot-and-mouth disease and results in deaths of hundreds of young children. EV71 virus-like particles (VLPs) are empty capsids consisting of viral structural proteins and can elicit potent immune responses, thus holding promise as
Regina Hoo et al.
PloS one, 9(12), e115243-e115243 (2014-12-17)
Polysaccharide (PS) capsules are important virulence determinants for many bacterial pathogens. Bordetella pertussis, the agent of whooping cough, produces a surface associated microcapsule but its role in pertussis pathogenesis remained unknown. Here we showed that the B. pertussis capsule locus
Yuanyuan Jiang et al.
International journal of biological macromolecules, 79, 533-541 (2015-05-28)
In this study, the process of extracting polysaccharides from Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge residue was optimized by using a Box-Behnken design. Statistical analysis of the results showed that the linear and quadratic terms of the three variables of the extraction process
Alexis J Carulli et al.
Developmental biology, 402(1), 98-108 (2015-04-04)
The Notch signaling pathway regulates intestinal epithelial cell homeostasis, including stem cell maintenance, progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation. Notch1 and Notch2 receptors are expressed in the epithelium, but individual contributions to these functions are unclear. We used genetic deletion to
Sean M Gross et al.
Journal of cell science, 128(14), 2509-2519 (2015-06-05)
The protein kinase Akt (for which there are three isoforms) is a key intracellular mediator of many biological processes, yet knowledge of Akt signaling dynamics is limited. Here, we have constructed a fluorescent reporter molecule in a lentiviral delivery system
Juozas Žilinskas et al.
Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 47(4), 193-199 (2011-08-11)
Periodontal diseases are among the most common chronic infections in humans. Chronic low-level bacteremia and a septicemic inflammatory response have been suggested as a pathogenetic link between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis, diabetes and other systemic diseases. All this significantly increases
Carlos A García et al.
Frontiers in microbiology, 6, 926-926 (2015-09-22)
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging nosocomial pathogen. In many bacteria iron availability regulates, through the Fur system, not only iron homeostasis but also virulence. The aim of this work was to assess the role of iron on S. maltophilia biofilm
Louise Dubois et al.
The Prostate, 75(10), 1063-1073 (2015-03-19)
Prostasomes are nanosized extracellular vesicles exocytosed by prostate epithelial cells. They have been assigned many roles propitious to sperm in favor of fertilization. Prostatic cancer cells can also produce and secrete extracellular vesicles. We assessed using ELISA, the surface expression
Wai W Lin et al.
Science signaling, 8(392), ra88-ra88 (2015-09-04)
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 3 (TRAF3) is an adaptor protein that inhibits signaling by CD40 and by the receptor for B cell-activating factor (BAFF) and negatively regulates homeostatic B cell survival. Loss-of-function mutations in TRAF3 are associated with human
Masatoshi Komatsu et al.
Journal of orthopaedic science : official journal of the Japanese Orthopaedic Association, 20(4), 708-716 (2015-05-20)
Osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are widespread disabling joint disorders that are considered to be polygenic in nature. This study investigated the spatial expression patterns of all six known human CCN genes using end-stage OA and RA joint samples.
Jian Wu et al.
Cell research, 25(5), 621-633 (2015-04-25)
Programmed cell death (PCD) is of fundamental importance to development and defense in animals and plants. In plants, a well-recognized form of PCD is hypersensitive response (HR) triggered by pathogens, which involves the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and
Marjolaine A Pelissier-Rota et al.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 65, 239-256 (2015-06-24)
Nicotine, one of the active components in cigarette smoke, has been described to contribute to the protective effect of smoking in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. Furthermore, the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α7 subunit (α7nAChR) expressed on immune cells, is an essential
Konstanze Scheller et al.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, 71(9), 1601-1601 (2013-05-07)
The pathogenesis and prevention of cleft lip and palate (CL/P) have been studied mainly in clinical and animal experiments. A prophylactic poly-B-vitamin substitution during the first months of pregnancy has provided the most encouraging results for the prevention of CL/P
Viktor Kis et al.
PloS one, 10(7), e0131250-e0131250 (2015-07-07)
Lipid droplets (LDs) are common organelles of the majority of eukaryotic cell types. Their biological significance has been extensively studied in mammalian liver cells and white adipose tissue. Although the central nervous system contains the highest relative amount and the
Anne-Theres Henze et al.
Nature communications, 5, 5582-5582 (2014-11-26)
Solid tumours are exposed to microenvironmental factors such as hypoxia that normally inhibit cell growth. However, tumour cells are capable of counteracting these signals through mechanisms that are largely unknown. Here we show that the prolyl hydroxylase PHD3 restrains tumour
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