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A class of genes in the HER2 regulon that is poised for transcription in breast cancer cell lines and expressed in human breast tumors.

HER2-positive breast cancer accounts for 25% of all cases and has a poor prognosis. Although progress has been made in understanding signal transduction, little is known of how HER2 achieves gene regulation. We performed whole genome expression…

A novel role of transforming growth factor beta1 in transcriptional repression of human cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inhibition of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) by bile acids and inflammatory cytokines provides an important mechanism to protect hepatocytes from bile acid toxicity during cholestasis. Transforming growth factor beta1…

A Prospero-related homeodomain protein is a novel co-regulator of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha that regulates the cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

Prox1, an early specific marker for developing liver and pancreas in foregut endoderm has recently been shown to interact with alpha-fetoprotein transcription factor and repress cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene transcription. Using a…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, 2006, Aged, Amino Acid Motifs, Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus/metabolism, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*chemistry/*genetics, Cultured/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Enzymologic, Female, Genes, Genetic, Gluconeogenesis, Glutathione Transferase/metabolism, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4/metabolism/*physiology, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Homeodomain Proteins/metabolism/*physiology, Humans, Immunoprecipitation, Li Tiangang, Liver/metabolism, Luciferases/metabolism, Male, Messenger/metabolism, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (ATP)/metabolism, Plasmids/metabolism, Protein Structure, Reporter, Response Elements, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism, Song Kwang-Hoon, Tertiary, The Journal of biological chemistry, Time Factors, Transcription, Transcriptional Activation, Transfection, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Two-Hybrid System Techniques

Activation of mechanosensitive ion channel TRPV4 normalizes tumor vasculature and improves cancer therapy.

Tumor vessels are characterized by abnormal morphology and hyperpermeability that together cause inefficient delivery of chemotherapeutic agents. Although vascular endothelial growth factor has been established as a critical regulator of tumor…

Antitumor effect of novel gallium compounds and efficacy of nanoparticle-mediated gallium delivery in lung cancer.

The widespread application of gallium (Ga) in cancer therapy has been greatly hampered by lack of specificity resulting in poor tumor accumulation and retention. To address the challenge, two lipophilic gallium (III) compounds (gallium hexanedione;…

Tags: 2012, Antineoplastic Agents/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Biocompatible Materials/administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Cell Line, Cell Survival/drug effects, Coordination Complexes/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Drug Carriers/administration & dosage/chemistry, Drug Stability, Endocytosis/drug effects, Gallium/*administration & dosage/chemistry/pharmacokinetics, Hemolysis/drug effects, Humans, Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, Lung Neoplasms/*drug therapy/metabolism, Materials Testing, Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects, Nanoparticles/*administration & dosage/chemistry, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Oyewumi Moses O, Particle Size, Platelet Aggregation/drug effects, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Transferrin/chemistry/pharmacology, Tumor, Wehrung Daniel

Antitumor efficacy and tolerability of systemically administered gallium acetylacetonate-loaded gelucire-stabilized nanoparticles.

The widespread clinical success with most gallium compounds in cancer therapy is markedly hampered by lack of tumor specific accumulation, poor tumor permeability and undesirable toxicity to healthy tissues. The aim of this work was to investigate…

Bcl-2 positively regulates Sox9-dependent chondrocyte gene expression by suppressing the MEK-ERK1/2 signaling pathway.

Bcl-2 is an anti-apoptotic protein that has recently been shown to regulate other cellular functions. We previously reported that Bcl-2 regulates chondrocyte matrix gene expression, independent of its anti-apoptotic function. Here, we further…

Tags: *Gene Expression Regulation, 2005, Adenoviridae/genetics, Animals, Apoptosis, beta-Galactosidase/metabolism, Blotting, Butadienes/pharmacology, Caspase Inhibitors, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, Chondrocytes/*metabolism, Collagen Type II/metabolism, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Down-Regulation, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Fibroblasts/metabolism, Fluorescence, Genetic, High Mobility Group Proteins/*metabolism, Horton Walter E Jr, Lac Operon, Luciferases/metabolism, MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/*metabolism, McBurney Denise, Messenger/metabolism, Microscopy, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/*metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/*metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, NF-kappa B/metabolism, Nitriles/pharmacology, Phenotype, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Protein Kinase C-alpha, Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors, Proteoglycans/metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*metabolism, Rats, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, RNA, Signal Transduction, Small Interfering/metabolism, SOX9 Transcription Factor, Sprague-Dawley, The Journal of biological chemistry, Time Factors, Transcription, Transcription Factors/*metabolism, Transfection, Western, Yagi Rieko

BCNU-induced gR2 defect mediates S-glutathionylation of Complex I and respiratory uncoupling in myocardium.

A deficiency of mitochondrial glutathione reductase (or GR2) is capable of adversely affecting the reduction of GSSG and increasing mitochondrial oxidative stress. BCNU [1,3-bis (2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea] is an anticancer agent and known…

Tags: 2014, Alkylating/*adverse effects/pharmacology, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Biochemical pharmacology, Cardiotoxins/adverse effects/pharmacology, Carmustine/*adverse effects/pharmacology, Cattle, Cell Line, Chen Chwen-Lih, Chen Yeong-Renn, Complex I, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Electron Transport Complex I/chemistry/*metabolism, Fatty Acids, Glutathione reductase, Glutathione Reductase/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism, Glutathione/*metabolism, Guarini Giacinta, Heart Ventricles/drug effects/metabolism/physiopathology, Heart/*drug effects/metabolism, Ion Channels/metabolism, Kang Patrick T, Left/*chemically induced/metabolism/physiopathology, Male, Mice, Mitochondria, Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nonesterified/metabolism, Oxidative Stress, Oxidative Stress/drug effects, Post-Translational/drug effects, Protein Processing, Rats, Ren Pei, S-Glutathionylation, Sprague-Dawley, Superoxide Dismutase/genetics/metabolism, Systolic dysfunction, Transgenic, Uncoupling Protein 3, Ventricular Dysfunction

Bile acids activate fibroblast growth factor 19 signaling in human hepatocytes to inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene expression.

UNLABELLED: Mouse fibroblast growth factor 15 (FGF15) and human ortholog FGF19 have been identified as the bile acid-induced intestinal factors that mediate bile acid feedback inhibition of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene (C YP7A1) transcription…

Tags: 2009, Butadienes/pharmacology, Carcinoma, Cell Line, Chenodeoxycholic Acid/*pharmacology, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*biosynthesis, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism/physiology, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Fibroblast Growth Factors/drug effects/*physiology, Gene Expression/drug effects, Hepatocellular/metabolism, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), Humans, Isoxazoles/pharmacology, Li Tiangang, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, Nitriles/pharmacology, Owsley Erika, Receptor, Receptors, Signal Transduction/drug effects, Song Kwang-Hoon, Strom Stephen, Transcription Factors/metabolism, Tumor, Type 4/antagonists & inhibitors

Biocompatibility and in vivo tolerability of a new class of photoresponsive alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates.

Potential toxicities of chromophoric or polymeric units of most photoresponsive delivery systems have impacted clinical relevance. Herein, we evaluated the biocompatibility and tolerability of alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates (APPs) as a new…

Brain-targeted delivery of doxorubicin using glutathione-coated nanoparticles for brain cancers.

OBJECTIVES: To prepare and characterize in vitro a novel brain-targeted delivery of doxorubicin using glutathione-coated nanoparticles (NPs) for the treatment of brain cancer. METHODS: Doxorubicin-loaded NPs were prepared by the nanoprecipitation…

Brain-targeted delivery of paclitaxel using glutathione-coated nanoparticles for brain cancers.

Paclitaxel is not effective for treatment of brain cancers because it cannot cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) due to efflux by P-glycoprotein (P-gp). In this work, glutathione-coated poly-(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) of…

Tags: *Drug Delivery Systems, 2011, Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism, Brain Neoplasms/drug therapy, Bui Thong, Cell Death/drug effects, Cell Line, Coumarins/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics, Delayed-Action Preparations, Geldenhuys Werner, Glioma/drug therapy/pathology, Glutathione/*chemistry, Harrison Kimberly, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Journal of drug targeting, Male, Mbimba Thomas, Member 1/metabolism, Mice, Microtubules/metabolism, Nanoparticles, Paclitaxel/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Particle Size, Permeability, Phytogenic/administration & dosage/*pharmacokinetics/pharmacology, Rats, Subfamily B, Sutariya Vijaykumar, Thiazoles/administration & dosage/pharmacokinetics, Tubulin/metabolism, Tumor

Brain-targeted delivery of Tempol-loaded nanoparticles for neurological disorders.

Brain-targeted Tempol-loaded poly-(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs) conjugated with a transferrin antibody (OX 26) were developed using the nanoprecipitation method. These NPs may have utility in treating neurodegenerative diseases…

Coordinate down-regulation of cartilage matrix gene expression in Bcl-2 deficient chondrocytes is associated with decreased SOX9 expression and decreased mRNA stability.

The anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 has been shown to function in roles unrelated to apoptosis in a variety of cell types. We have previously reported that loss of Bcl-2 expression alters chondrocyte morphology and modulates aggrecan expression via an…

Cytokine regulation of human sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) gene.

Sterol 12alpha-hydroxylase (CYP8B1) catalyzes cholic acid synthesis in the liver and is feedback inhibited by bile acids. In addition to activating farnesoid X receptor (nuclear receptor subfamily 1H4), bile acids also induce inflammatory cytokines…

Tags: 2005, American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, Cell Line, Chenodeoxycholic Acid/pharmacology, Chiang John Y L, Chromosome Mapping, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects, Genetic/drug effects, Genetic/physiology, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Interleukin-1/*pharmacology, Jahan Asmeen, MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects/physiology, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8/metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors, NEOMED College of Medicine, Phosphoproteins/genetics/metabolism, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Response Elements/genetics, RNA, Steroid 12-alpha-Hydroxylase/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics, Transcription, Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism

Early upregulation of myocardial CXCR4 expression is critical for dimethyloxalylglycine-induced cardiac improvement in acute myocardial infarction.

The stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1):CXCR4 is important in myocardial repair. In this study we tested the hypothesis that early upregulation of cardiomyocyte CXCR4 (CM-CXCR4) at a time of high myocardial SDF-1 expression could be a strategy to…

Tags: 2016, alpha Subunit/metabolism, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, Amino Acids, Animal, Animals, Apoptosis/drug effects, Cardiotonic Agents/*pharmacology, Cell Hypoxia, Cell Line, Chilian William M, CXCR4/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Dicarboxylic/*pharmacology, Disease Models, Dong Feng, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Forudi Farhad, hypoxia, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism, Inbred C57BL, Kiedrowski Matthew, Knockout, Left/*drug effects, Mayorga Mari, Mice, myocardial infarction, Myocardial Infarction/*drug therapy/genetics/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology, Myocardium/*metabolism/pathology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Penn Marc S, Rats, Receptors, Recovery of Function, Shamhart Patricia, Signal Transduction/drug effects, stem cells, Stem Cells/drug effects/metabolism, Stroke Volume/drug effects, Time Factors, Up-Regulation, Ventricular Function, Weber Kristal

Ecotropic Murine Leukemia Virus Infection of Glial Progenitors Interferes with Oligodendrocyte Differentiation: Implications for Neurovirulence.

UNLABELLED: Certain murine leukemia viruses (MLVs) are capable of inducing fatal progressive spongiform motor neuron disease in mice that is largely mediated by viral Env glycoprotein expression within central nervous system (CNS) glia. While the…

Forkhead box transcription factor O1 inhibits cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase in human hepatocytes and in high fat diet-fed mice.

The conversion of cholesterol to bile acids is the major pathway for cholesterol catabolism. Bile acids are metabolic regulators of triglycerides and glucose metabolism in the liver. This study investigated the roles of FoxO1 in the regulation of…

Tags: 2009, Adenoviridae/genetics, Animals, Bile Acids and Salts/biosynthesis, Biochimica et biophysica acta, Cell Line, Cell Nucleus/drug effects/metabolism, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Dietary Fats/*administration & dosage/*pharmacology, Down-Regulation/drug effects, Enzymologic/drug effects, Feeding Behavior/*drug effects, Forkhead Box Protein O1, Forkhead Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Gene Transfer Techniques, Hepatocytes/drug effects/*enzymology, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Insulin Resistance, Insulin/metabolism, Lee Yoon-Kwang, Li Tiangang, Ma Huiyan, Male, Messenger/genetics/metabolism, Mice, Moore David D, NEOMED College of Medicine, Park Young Joo, RNA, RNA Interference/drug effects, Strom Stephen, Tumor

Formulation and photoirradiation parameters that influenced photoresponsive drug delivery using alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates.

Recently, we reported the synthesis and biocompatibility of alkoxylphenacyl-based polycarbonates (APP); a promising new class of polymers that undergo photo-induced chain scission. In the current study, nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared from the APP…

Gelucire-stabilized nanoparticles as a potential DNA delivery system.

Clinical viability of gene delivery systems has been greatly impacted by potential toxicity of the delivery systems. Recently, we reported the nanoparticle (NP) preparation process that employs biocompatible materials such as Gelucire(R) 44/14 and…

Genomic structure and regulation of the rat hepatic CYP4F1 gene by peroxisome proliferators.

The rat hepatic gene CYP4F1 encodes a fatty acid omega hydroxylase P450 that metabolizes proinflammatory eicosanoids and long-chain fatty acids. We have completely sequenced the CYP4F1 gene (Accession Nos. AF200361 and AF181083), identified multiple…

Guggulsterone antagonizes farnesoid X receptor induction of bile salt export pump but activates pregnane X receptor to inhibit cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene.

Bile acids activate a nuclear receptor, farnesoid X receptor (FXR), that induces bile salt export pump (BSEP) but inhibits cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) gene transcription in the liver. Guggulsterone, a plant sterol that lowers serum…

Hyperammonaemia-induced skeletal muscle mitochondrial dysfunction results in cataplerosis and oxidative stress.

KEY POINTS: Hyperammonaemia occurs in hepatic, cardiac and pulmonary diseases with increased muscle concentration of ammonia. We found that ammonia results in reduced skeletal muscle mitochondrial respiration, electron transport chain complex I…

Tags: *ammonia, *ATP, *cellular respiration, *cirrhosis, *Mitochondria, *Oxidative Stress, *portacaval anastamosis, *Reactive oxygen species, *skeletal muscle, 2016, Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism, Aged, Allawy Allawy, Animals, Cell Line, Cell Respiration, Creatine Kinase/metabolism, Dasarathy Srinivasan, Davuluri Gangarao, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Female, Flask Chris A, Hoppel Charles, Humans, Hyperammonemia/*metabolism, Kasumov Takhar, Kumar Avinash, Liver Cirrhosis/metabolism, Male, Middle Aged, Mitochondria, Muscle, Muscle/*metabolism, Myosin Heavy Chains/metabolism, NAD/metabolism, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Rats, Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism, Rennison Julie H, Sandlers Yana, Singh Dharmvir, Skeletal/*metabolism, Sprague-Dawley, Thapaliya Samjhana, The Journal of physiology, Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances/metabolism, Van Wagoner David R

Identification of Novel Agents for the Treatment of Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer.

BACKGROUND: Brain cancer from metastasized breast cancer has a high mortality rate in women. The treatment of lesions is hampered in large part by the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which prevents adequate distribution of anti-cancer compounds to brain…

Identification of novel pathways that control farnesoid X receptor-mediated hypocholesterolemia.

Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) plays important regulatory roles in bile acid, lipoprotein, and glucose homeostasis. Here, we have utilized Fxr(-/-) mice and mice deficient in scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), together with an

Impairment of pH gradient and membrane potential mediates redox dysfunction in the mitochondria of the post-ischemic heart.

The mitochondrial electrochemical gradient (Deltap), which comprises the pH gradient (DeltapH) and the membrane potential (DeltaPsi), is crucial in controlling energy transduction. During myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (IR), mitochondrial…

Inhibition of the G2/M transition of the cell cycle by methyl-2,5-dihydroxycinnamate in human lymphoid cells.

Immortalized human lymphoid cells treated with Methyl-2,5-dihydroxycinnamate (MDHC), a stable analog of erbstatin, inhibited the G2/M transition of the cell cycle. The MDHC inhibition of the cell cycle was observed at concentrations well below the…

Tags: 1996, Biochemical and biophysical research communications, Cell Line, Cinnamates/*pharmacology, Cultured, G2 Phase/*drug effects, Humans, Jamison J M, Koch J A, Lymphocytes/cytology/*drug effects, Mitosis/*drug effects, Monocytes/cytology/drug effects, Rosenthal K S, Summers J L, Transformed, Tumor Cells

Innate and adaptive host response during the initial phase of herpes simplex virus encephalitis in the neonatal mouse.

To study early events of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis and its sequelae, the authors induced a controlled infection in the brains of mice using HSVgH, a genetically modified Disabled Infective Single Cycle virus. Neonatal Balb/C…

Integrin mediated adhesion of osteoblasts to connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) induces cytoskeleton reorganization and cell differentiation.

Pre-osteoblast adhesion and interaction with extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins through integrin receptors result in activation of signaling pathways regulating osteoblast differentiation. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is a…

Knockdown of amyloid precursor protein normalizes cholinergic function in a cell line derived from the cerebral cortex of a trisomy 16 mouse: An animal model of Down syndrome

We have generated immortal neuronal cell lines from normal and trisomy 16 (Ts16) mice, a model for Down syndrome (DS). Ts16 lines overexpress DS-related genes (App, amyloid precursor protein; Sod1, Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase) and show altered…

LEAPS Vaccine Incorporating HER-2/neu Epitope Elicits Protection That Prevents and Limits Tumor Growth and Spread of Breast Cancer in a Mouse Model.

The prototype J-LEAPS T cell vaccine for HER-2/neu breast cancer (J-HER) consists of the murine HER-2/neu66-74 H-2(d) CD8 T cell epitope covalently attached through a triglycine linker to the J-immune cell binding ligand (ICBL) (human beta2…

Leukotriene D4 and prostaglandin E2 signals synergize and potentiate vascular inflammation in a mast cell-dependent manner through cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 1 and E-prostanoid receptor 3.

BACKGROUND: Although arachidonic acid metabolites, cysteinyl leukotrienes (cys-LTs; leukotriene [LT] C4, LTD4, and LTE4), and prostaglandin (PG) E2 are generated at the site of inflammation, it is not known whether crosstalk exists between these 2…

Lipopolysaccharide supports maintaining the stemness of CD133(+) hepatoma cells through activation of the NF-kappaB/HIF-1alpha pathway.

Due to the existence of cancer stem cells (CSCs), persistence and relapse of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are common after treatment with existing anti-cancer therapies. Emerging evidence indicates that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plays a…

Tags: *Cancer stem cells, *Lipopolysaccharide, *Plasticity, *Stemness maintenance, *Tumor microenvironment, 2016, AC133 Antigen/genetics/*metabolism, alpha Subunit/genetics/*metabolism, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents – Pharmacodynamics, Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology, Body Weights and Measures, Cancer letters, Carcinoma, Cell Line, Cell Movement – Drug Effects, Cell Movement/drug effects, Cell Physiology, Cell Physiology – Drug Effects, Cell Proliferation/drug effects, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Drug Resistance, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, Genetic Techniques, Han Zhi-Peng, Hepatocellular, Hepatocellular – Drug Therapy, Hepatocellular – Metabolism, Hepatocellular – Pathology, Hepatocellular/drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology, Humans, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, Inbred BALB C, Jing Ying-Ying, Lai Fo-Bao, Li Rong, Li Xiao-Yong, Lipopolysaccharides – Pharmacodynamics, Lipopolysaccharides/*pharmacology, Liu Jing-Feng, Liu Wen-Ting, Liver Neoplasms, Liver Neoplasms – Drug Therapy, Liver Neoplasms – Metabolism, Liver Neoplasms – Pathology, Liver Neoplasms/drug therapy/genetics/*metabolism/pathology, Male, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neoplasm, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Neoplastic, Neoplastic Stem Cells/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology, NF-kappa B – Metabolism, NF-kappa B/*metabolism, Nude, Pan Xiao-Rong, Phenotype, Proteins, Proteins – Metabolism, RNA Interference, Shi Rong-Yu, Signal Transduction – Drug Effects, Signal Transduction/drug effects, Stem Cells – Drug Effects, Stem Cells – Metabolism, Stem Cells – Pathology, Time Factors, Transfection, Tumor Burden, Tumor Microenvironment, Wei Li-Xin, Wu Meng-Chao, Yang Xue, Yu Guo-Feng, Zeng Jian-Xing, Zhang Hang-Jie, Zhang Ping, Zhao Qiu-Dong

Mechanism of vitamin D receptor inhibition of cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase gene transcription in human hepatocytes.

Lithocholic acid (LCA) is a potent endogenous vitamin D receptor (VDR) ligand. In cholestasis, LCA levels increase in the liver and intestine. The objective of this study is to test the hypothesis that VDR plays a role in inhibiting cholesterol…

Mild acidic pH inhibition of the major pathway of herpes simplex virus entry into HEp-2 cells.

Penetration of the KOS strain of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and the MS and 333 strains of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) into HEp-2 cells at pH 6.3 was at least 100-fold less efficient than at pH 7.4. Penetration of two low passage…

MiR-21 enhances melanoma invasiveness via inhibition of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 3 expression: in vivo effects of MiR-21 inhibitor.

Metastatic melanoma is the most aggressive form of this cancer. It is important to understand factors that increase or decrease metastatic activity in order to more effectively research and implement treatments for melanoma. Increased cell invasion…

Misfolding of CasBrE SU is reversed by interactions with 4070A Env: implications for gammaretroviral neuropathogenesis.

BACKGROUND: CasBrE is a neurovirulent murine leukemia virus (MLV) capable of inducing paralytic disease with associated spongiform neurodegeneration. The neurovirulence of this virus has been genetically mapped to the surface expressed subunit (SU)…

Natural cytotoxins in human plasma: isolation and characterization of phospholipids associated with cytotoxic lipoproteins.

Most of the heat-stable natural cytotoxins in normal human plasma were fractionated by gel filtration into two active fractions: the alpha

Tags: 1987, Animals, Cell Line, Chromatography, Cytotoxins/*blood, Koo P H, Lipoproteins/*blood, Mice, Molecular toxicology, Molecular Weight, Phospholipids/*blood, Prezioso J A, Thin Layer, Type C Phospholipases/pharmacology, Ultracentrifugation

Neural stem cells as engraftable packaging lines can mediate gene delivery to microglia: evidence from studying retroviral env-related neurodegeneration.

The induction of spongiform myeloencephalopathy by murine leukemia viruses is mediated primarily by infection of central nervous system (CNS) microglia. In this regard, we have previously shown that CasBrE-induced disease requires late, rather than…

Tags: *Gene Transfer Techniques, *Genes, *Microglia/cytology, *Stem Cells/cytology, 1999, Animals, Cell Line, env, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Journal of virology, Lynch W P, Mice, Nerve Degeneration, Retroviridae Infections/pathology/*virology, Retroviridae/genetics/*physiology, Sharpe A H, Snyder E Y

Novel compounds that target lipoprotein lipase and mediate growth arrest in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Over the past decade, the therapeutic strategies employed to treat B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have been progressively successful in treating the disease. Unfortunately, the treatment associated dyslipidemia, either acute or…

Tags: *Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, *Cancer, *Co-culture model, *Lipids, *Lipoprotein lipase, *Metabolism, 2018, Amides/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology, Antineoplastic Agents/*chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology, Binding Sites, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Cell Line, Cell Proliferation/drug effects, Coculture Techniques, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Dyslipidemias/complications/metabolism/pathology, Geldenhuys Werner J, Gibson Laura F, Humans, Lipoprotein Lipase/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism, Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/metabolism, Molecular Docking Simulation, Nair Rajesh R, NEOMED College of Graduate Studies, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Piktel Debbie, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/complications/metabolism/pathology, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Sadana Prabodh, Serum Albumin/chemistry/metabolism, Tertiary, Tumor

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