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Glycoprotein Nonmelanoma Clone B Regulates the Crosstalk between Macrophages and Mesenchymal Stem Cells toward Wound Repair.

The process of wound repair requires the coordinated participation of multiple types of cells, which are sequentially recruited during the healing process. In response to tissue injury, both macrophages and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are recruited…

Hepatic hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha is essential for maintaining triglyceride and cholesterol homeostasis.

OBJECTIVE: Loss-of-function mutations in human hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF4alpha) are associated with maturity-onset diabetes of the young and lipid disorders. However, the mechanisms underlying the lipid disorders are poorly understood. In…

Hepatocyte growth factor signaling pathway inhibits cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase and bile acid synthesis in human hepatocytes.

UNLABELLED: Bile acid synthesis in the liver is regulated by the rate-limiting enzyme cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1). Transcription of the CYP7A1 gene is inhibited by bile acids and cytokines. The rate of bile acid synthesis is reduced…

Tags: 2007, Bile Acids and Salts/*biosynthesis, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*biosynthesis, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Ellis Ewa, Hepatocyte Growth Factor/*metabolism, Hepatocytes/*metabolism, Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), Humans, NEOMED College of Medicine, Signal Transduction, Song Kwang-Hoon, Strom Stephen

Histochemical analyses of tissue-engineered human menisci.

The field of tissue engineering remains one of the least explored areas of current meniscal research but holds great promise. In this investigation, meniscal fibrochondrocytes were isolated from fresh human meniscal tissue and seeded onto synthetic…

Histone deacetylase inhibitor vorinostat (SAHA, MK0683) perturb miR-9-MCPIP1 axis to block IL-1beta-induced IL-6 expression in human OA chondrocytes.

AIM OF THE STUDY: High levels of IL-6 are believed to contribute to osteoarthritis (OA) pathogenesis. The expression of IL-6 is regulated post-transcriptionally by the miR-9-MCPIP-1 axis in chondrocytes. Vorinostat (SAHA) inhibits the IL-6 expression…

Hyperglycemia enhances function and differentiation of adult rat cardiac fibroblasts.

Diabetes is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease that can eventually cause cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Cardiac fibroblasts (CF) are the critical mediators of physiological and pathological cardiac remodeling; however, the…

Immune response to nonspecific and altered tissue antigens in soft tissue allografts.

Soft tissue allografts have many uses in orthopaedic surgery, including knee ligament reconstruction, hand tendon surgery, shoulder instability, and rotator cuff reconstruction. The predictable biologic incorporation of soft tissue allografts without…

Impact Of Parturition On Chemokine Homing Factor Expression In The Vaginal Distention Model Of Stress Urinary Incontinence

Purpose: Human childbirth simulated by vaginal distention is known to increase the expression of chemokines and receptors involved in stem cell homing and tissue repair. We hypothesized that pregnancy and parturition in rats contributes to the…

Induction of vascular progenitor cells from endothelial cells stimulates coronary collateral growth.

RATIONALE: A well-developed coronary collateral circulation improves the morbidity and mortality of patients following an acute coronary occlusion. Although regenerative medicine has great potential in stimulating vascular growth in the heart, to…

Tags: *Collateral Circulation, *Coronary Circulation, 2012, Animal, Animals, Bailey Erin, Biomarkers/metabolism, Cell Differentiation, Cell Lineage, Cells, Chilian William M, Circulation research, Coronary Occlusion/genetics/metabolism/pathology/physiopathology/*surgery, Coronary Vessels/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology, Cultured, Delucia Angelo, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Developmental, Disease Models, Endothelial Cells/metabolism/pathology/*transplantation, Enrick Molly, Epigenesis, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic, Guarini Giacinta, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism/*transplantation, Kolz Christopher L, Mice, Muscle, Myocytes, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neovascularization, Ohanyan Vahagn, Physiologic, Pung Yuh Fen, Rats, Regenerative Medicine/methods, Regional Blood Flow, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, SCID, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/metabolism/pathology/*transplantation, Sprague-Dawley, Stevanov Kelly, Teratoma/metabolism/pathology, Time Factors, Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism, Transduction, Vascular/metabolism/pathology/*physiopathology, Yin Liya

Inhibition of cardiac fibroblast proliferation and myofibroblast differentiation by resveratrol.

Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) regulate myocardial remodeling by proliferating, differentiating, and secreting extracellular matrix proteins. Prolonged activation of CFs leads to cardiac fibrosis and reduced myocardial contractile function. Resveratrol…

Tags: 2005, 70-kDa/metabolism, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, Angiotensin II/pharmacology, Animals, Antioxidants/*pharmacology, Bomser Joshua A, Cell Differentiation/drug effects, Cell Division/drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Drug Interactions, Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology, Fibroblasts/*cytology/*drug effects, Male, Meszaros J Gary, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3/metabolism, Myocardium/*cytology, Naugle Jennifer E, NEOMED College of Medicine, Olson Erik R, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism, Rats, Resveratrol, Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, Signal Transduction/drug effects, Sprague-Dawley, Stilbenes/*pharmacology, Vasoconstrictor Agents/pharmacology, Zhang Xiaojin

Inhibition of dopamine and choline acetyltransferase concentrations in rat CNS neurons by rat alpha 1- and alpha 2-macroglobulins.

Previous studies have implicated human alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha2M) as a potential regulator of neuronal development and function. Rat alpha-1-macroglobulin (alpha1M) and acute-phase alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha2M) are murine homologues of human…

Inhibition of nerve growth factor-stimulated neurite outgrowth by methylamine-modified alpha 2-macroglobulin.

alpha 2-Macroglobulin (alpha 2M) is a rather ubiquitous protein in extracellular spaces of mammals. It is an inhibitor of endopeptidases, can be modified by aliphatic amines, and combines with a number of hormones/cytokines such as beta-nerve growth…

Interaction of nerve growth factor with murine alpha-macroglobulin.

The murine nerve growth factor, when injected i.v. or, combined in vitro with plasma, was found largely associated with the mouse alpha-macroglobulin (a homologue of human alpha 2-macroglobulin). The nerve growth factor-alpha-macroglobulin complex…

Tags: 1989, alpha-Macroglobulins/*metabolism, Animals, Cells, Chick Embryo, Cultured, Ganglia, Journal of neuroscience research, Koo P H, Methylamines/pharmacology, Mice, Nerve Growth Factors/*metabolism, Spinal/*cytology/drug effects, Stach R W, Trypsin/pharmacology, Zinc/pharmacology

Interleukin IL-12 blocks a specific subset of the transcriptional profile responsive to UVB in epidermal keratinocytes.

Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a proinflammatory and immunomodulatory cytokine that plays a critical role it in innate and adaptive immunity by inducing production of interferon-gamma and other cytokines. IL-12 was shown to block the ultraviolet…

Tags: *Keratinocytes/metabolism/radiation effects, *Ultraviolet Rays, 2006, Blumenberg Miroslav, Cell Culture Techniques, Cells, Cultured, Epidermal Cells, Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects, Genetic/*radiation effects, Humans, Interleukin-12/*genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology, Molecular immunology, Molenda Matthew, Mukkamala Lakshmi, Transcription

Interleukin-1beta induced Stress Granules Sequester COX-2 mRNA and Regulates its Stability and Translation in Human OA Chondrocytes.

Enhanced and immediate expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) mRNA is observed in

J-LEAPS vaccines initiate murine Th1 responses by activating dendritic cells.

The Ligand Epitope Antigen Presentation System (LEAPS) converts a peptide containing a T cell epitope as small as 8 amino acids into an immunogen and directs the nature of the subsequent response. Tandem synthesis of the J peptide (a peptide from the…

Leptin augments recruitment of IRF-1 and CREB to thrombospondin-1 gene promoter in vascular smooth muscle cells in vitro.

We previously reported that high pathophysiological concentrations of leptin, the adipocyte-secreted peptide, upregulate the expression of a potent proatherogenic matricellular protein, thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1), in vascular smooth muscle cells.…

Tags: *cAMP response element-binding protein, *interferon regulatory factor-1, *leptin, *thrombospondin-1, *Transcription, *vascular smooth muscle cells, 2016, American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, Binding Sites/genetics, Cells, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation/methods, Cultured, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/*metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Ganguly Rituparna, Gene Expression Regulation/genetics, Genetic/genetics, Humans, Interferon Regulatory Factor-1/*metabolism, Leptin/*metabolism, Muscle, Mutagenesis, Myocytes, NEOMED College of Medicine, Promoter Regions, Raman Priya, Response Elements/genetics, Sahu Soumyadip, Site-Directed/methods, Smooth, Smooth Muscle/*metabolism, Thrombospondin 1/*genetics/*metabolism, Transcription, Transcriptional Activation/genetics, Transfection/methods, Up-Regulation/genetics, Vascular/*metabolism

LPS-TLR4 Pathway Mediates Ductular Cell Expansion in Alcoholic Hepatitis.

Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is the most severe form of alcoholic liver disease for which there are no effective therapies. Patients with AH show impaired hepatocyte proliferation, expansion of inefficient ductular cells and high lipopolysaccharide (LPS)…

Tags: 2016, Affo Silvia, Alcoholic/*immunology, Altamirano Jose, Animals, Arroyo Vicente, Bataller Ramon, Caballeria Juan, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Chen Jiegen, Collagen/genetics/metabolism, Common/*pathology, Crews Fulton, Cultured, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dumitru Raluca, Female, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Expression Regulation, Gines Pere, Hepatic Duct, Hepatitis, Hepatocytes/*metabolism/pathology, Humans, Inbred BALB C, Keratins, Knockout, Lipopolysaccharides/metabolism, Lozano Juan Jose, Male, Matsushita Hiroshi, Mice, Middle Aged, Morales-Ibanez Oriol, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, Odena Gemma, Rautou Pierre-Emmanuel, Rodrigo-Torres Daniel, Sancho-Bru Pau, Scientific reports, Seki Ekihiro, Signal Transduction, Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics/*metabolism, Type I/genetics/*metabolism, Valla Dominique, You Min, Zou Jian

Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals for biological sensing applications

We describe director distortions in the nematic liquid crystal (LC) caused by a spherical particle with tangential surface orientation of the director and show that light transmittance through the distorted region is a steep function of the…

Tags: 2005, biosensor, Cells, Chemistry, chromonics, Crystallography, Doane K J, Ishikawa T, Journal Article, Lavrentovich O D, ligand-receptor binding, liquid crystal, Materials Science, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, Niehaus G D, Schneider T, Shiyanovskii S V, Smalyukh I I, Woolverton C J

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…

Mechanisms of Chinese Medicine Xinmailong's protection against heart failure in pressure-overloaded mice and cultured cardiomyocytes.

Patients with heart failure (HF) have high mortality and mobility. Xinmailong (XML) injection, a Chinese Medicine, is clinically effective in treating HF. However, the mechanism of XML's effectiveness on HF was unclear, and thus, was the target of…

Mechanosensitive transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 regulates Dermatophagoides farinae-induced airway remodeling via 2 distinct pathways modulating matrix synthesis and degradation.

Contributions of mechanical signals to airway remodeling during asthma are poorly understood. Transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4), a mechanosensitive ion channel, has been implicated in cardiac and pulmonary fibrosis; however, its role…

Tags: *Airway Remodeling, *fibronectin, *myofibroblasts, *PAI-1, *PI3K, *TGF-beta1, 2017, Adult, Al-Azzam Nosayba, Animals, Asthma/etiology/genetics/*metabolism/pathology, Cells, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Dermatophagoides farinae/immunology, Duah Ernest, Extracellular Matrix/*metabolism/pathology, FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, Fibroblasts/metabolism, Fibronectins/*metabolism, Gombedza Farai, Hexter Madison, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Kondeti Vinay, Koppes Stephanie, Male, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, Paruchuri Sailaja, Patil Prachi, Phillips Daniel, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1/metabolism, Thodeti Charles K, Transforming Growth Factor beta/metabolism, TRPV Cation Channels/genetics/*metabolism

Methods and insights from the characterization of osteoprogenitor cells of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera).

Osteoprogenitor cells contribute to the development and maintenance of skeletal tissues. Bats are unique model taxa whose cellular processes are poorly understood, especially in regards to skeletal biology. Forelimb bones of bats, unlike those of…

Microglial Function and Regulation during Development, Homeostasis and Alzheimer's Disease

Microglia are the resident immune cells of the brain, deriving from yolk sac progenitors that populate the brain parenchyma during development. During development and homeostasis, microglia play critical roles in synaptogenesis and synaptic…

Tags: 2021, Alzheimer’s disease, Alzheimer&#8217, Casali BT, Cells, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inflammation, journalArticle, May 2021 List, Microglia, NEOMED College of Pharmacy, NEOMED College of Pharmacy Postdoc, NEOMED Postdoc Publications, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neuroinflammation, Reed-Geaghan EG, s disease, TREM2

MicroRNA-602 and microRNA-608 regulate sonic hedgehog expression via target sites in the coding region in human chondrocytes.

OBJECTIVE: Hedgehog (HH) signaling has recently been associated with cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis (OA). Because interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) has been implicated as a principal instigator of OA, we sought to determine whether

Tags: 2015, Academic Medical Centers, Aged, Akhtar Nahid, Analysis of Variance, Animal, Animals, Anterior Cruciate Ligament/surgery, Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), Blotting, Cells, Chondrocytes – Physiology, Chondrocytes/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology, Cultured, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Disease Models, Female, Funding Source, Gene Expression Regulation/genetics/*physiology, Haqqi Tariq M, Hedgehog Proteins/genetics/*metabolism, HEK293 Cells, Human, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, In Vitro Techniques, Interleukin-1beta/pharmacology, Knee/etiology/*metabolism/pathology, Makki Mohammad S, Male, Matrix Metalloproteinase 13/metabolism, MicroRNAs/genetics/*metabolism, Middle Age, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Open Reading Frames/genetics/*physiology, Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis – Epidemiology, Osteoarthritis – Physiopathology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rabbits, Signal Transduction/genetics/physiology, T-Tests, Transfection, Up-Regulation/drug effects/genetics/physiology, Western

MicroRNA-9 promotion of interleukin-6 expression by inhibiting monocyte chemoattractant protein-induced protein 1 expression in interleukin-1beta-stimulated human chondrocytes.

OBJECTIVE: Enhanced expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis (OA). Monocyte chemoattractant protein-induced protein 1 (MCPIP-1) is a novel posttranscriptional regulator of IL-6 expression and is…

Tags: 2015, Academic Medical Centers, Aged, Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), Articular/drug effects/*metabolism, Cartilage, Cells, Chondrocytes – Physiology, Chondrocytes/drug effects/*metabolism, Cultured, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Funding Source, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Haqqi Tariq M, Haseeb Abdul, Hip/*genetics/metabolism, Human, Humans, Immunoblotting – Utilization, Immunoprecipitation, Interleukin-1beta/pharmacology, Interleukin-6/*genetics/metabolism, Interleukins – Physiology, Makki Mohammad S, Messenger/drug effects/*metabolism, MicroRNAs/drug effects/*genetics/metabolism, Middle Aged, NEOMED College of Medicine, Ohio, Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis – Complications, Osteoarthritis – Physiopathology, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Ribonucleases/drug effects/*genetics/metabolism, RNA, T-Tests, Transcription Factors/drug effects/*genetics/metabolism

Millimeter Waves Exposure Set-up For Real-time Monitoring Of Biological Processes At A Molecular Level By Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Tags: 2008, Anticancer research, Beneduci A, Cells, Chidichimo G, Cosentino K, Filippelli L, oncology, Westerman P W

Mitochondrial oxidative stress corrupts coronary collateral growth by activating adenosine monophosphate activated kinase-alpha signaling.

OBJECTIVE: Our goal was to determine the mechanism by which mitochondrial oxidative stress impairs collateral growth in the heart. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Rats were treated with rotenone (mitochondrial complex I inhibitor that increases reactive oxygen…

Tags: 2013, AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism, Animal, Animals, Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, Body Weight/physiology, Cells, Chen Chwen-Lih, Chen Yeong-Renn, Chilian William M, Collateral Circulation, Coronary Circulation, Coronary Vessels/cytology/*enzymology, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Disease Models, Dyck Jason R B, Endothelial Cells/cytology/*enzymology, Enrick Molly, Hardwick James P, Humans, Inbred WKY, Ischemia/metabolism/pathology, Kolz Christopher, Mitochondria, Mitochondria/drug effects/*metabolism, Myocardium/enzymology/pathology, NEOMED College of Medicine, Oxidative Stress/*physiology, Pung Yuh Fen, Rats, reactive oxygen species, Rotenone/pharmacology, Sam Wai Johnn, Signal Transduction/*physiology, Stevanov Kelly, Thakker Prashanth, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism, Uncoupling Agents/pharmacology, Yin Liya

Monoamine-activated alpha 2-macroglobulin inhibits choline acetyltransferase of embryonic basal forebrain neurons and reversal of the inhibition by NGF and BDNF but not NT-3.

Monoamine-activated alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) has recently been shown to inhibit the growth and survival of cholinergic neurons of the basal forebrain (Liebl and Koo: J Neurosci Res 35:170-182, 1993). The mechanism of this inhibitory effect is…

Tags: 1994, alpha-Macroglobulins/antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology, Animals, Biogenic Monoamines/*pharmacology, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Cells, Choline O-Acetyltransferase/*antagonists & inhibitors, Cultured, Humans, Journal of neuroscience research, Koo P H, Liebl D J, Nerve Growth Factors/*pharmacology, Nerve Tissue Proteins/pharmacology, Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism, Neurotrophin 3, Prosencephalon/*cytology, Rats

MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF COATED VESICLES IN DEVELOPING RAT MUSCLE-SPINDLES

The incidence of coated vesicles under sarcolemmal surfaces of equatorial, juxtaequatorial and polar regions in developing and adult spindles of the rat soleus muscle was examined by quantitative morphometry of transverse ultrathin sections. Coated…

Tags: 1992, acetylcholine-receptors, Cells, coated vesicles, development, innervation, intrafusal fibers, Journal Article, Kucera J, membrane, morphometry, motor, muscle spindle, Physiological Research, Physiology, rat, Stephens H, Walro J M

Multiple signals induce endoplasmic reticulum stress in both primary and immortalized chondrocytes resulting in loss of differentiation, impaired cell growth, and apoptosis.

The endoplasmic reticulum is the site of synthesis and folding of secretory proteins and is sensitive to changes in the internal and external environment of the cell. Both physiological and pathological conditions may perturb the function of the…

Myocardial CXCR4 expression is required for mesenchymal stem cell mediated repair following acute myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND: Overexpression of stromal cell-derived factor-1 in injured tissue leads to improved end-organ function. In this study, we quantify the local trophic effects of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) stromal cell-derived factor-1 release on the…

Neonatal activation of the nuclear receptor CAR results in epigenetic memory and permanent change of drug metabolism in mouse liver

Aberrant epigenetic alterations during development may result in long-term epigenetic memory and have a permanent effect on the health of subjects. Constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) is a central regulator of drug/xenobiotic metabolism. Here, we…

Neutrophil elastase downmodulates native G-CSFR expression and granulocyte-macrophage colony formation

Background: The granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor (G-CSFR) plays a critical role in maintaining homeostatic levels of circulating neutrophils (PMN). The mechanisms modulating G-CSFR surface expression to prevent chronic neutrophilia are…

Nrf2/ARE pathway attenuates oxidative and apoptotic response in human osteoarthritis chondrocytes by activating ERK1/2/ELK1-P70S6K-P90RSK signaling axis.

Nrf2, a redox regulated transcription factor, has recently been shown to play a role in cartilage integrity but the mechanism remains largely unknown. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease in which focal degradation of cartilage occurs.…

Optimal reactive oxygen species concentration and p38 MAP kinase are required for coronary collateral growth.

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are implicated in coronary collateral growth (CCG). We evaluated the requirement for ROS in human coronary artery endothelial cell (HCAEC) tube formation, CCG in vivo, and signaling (p38 MAP kinase) by which ROS may…

Tags: *Collateral Circulation/drug effects, *Coronary Circulation/drug effects, *MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects, 2007, Acetophenones/pharmacology, American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, Animal, Animals, Blood Flow Velocity, Cells, Chilian William M, Coronary Vessels/surgery, Cultured, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Disease Models, Ditiocarb/pharmacology, Endothelial Cells/drug effects/enzymology/*metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology, Humans, Imidazoles/pharmacology, Inbred WKY, Kolz Christopher, Ligation, Male, Myocardial Reperfusion Injury/enzymology/metabolism/*physiopathology, NADPH Oxidases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism, NEOMED College of Medicine, Neovascularization, Onium Compounds/pharmacology, Oxygenases/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism, Physiologic, Potter Barry, Pyridines/pharmacology, Rats, Reactive Oxygen Species/*metabolism, Reed Ryan, Rocic Petra, Superoxide Dismutase/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism

Orphan nuclear receptor oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma) plays a key role in hepatic cannabinoid receptor type 1-mediated induction of CYP7A1 gene expression.

Bile acids are primarily synthesized from cholesterol in the liver and have important roles in dietary lipid absorption and cholesterol homoeostasis. Detailed roles of the orphan nuclear receptors regulating cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1),…

Tags: 2015, Animals, bile acid, Bile Acids and Salts/metabolism, Cannabinoid, cannabinoid receptors, CB1/agonists/genetics/*metabolism, Cells, Chiang John Y L, Choi Hueng-Sik, Cholesterol 7-alpha-Hydroxylase/*biosynthesis/genetics, cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1), Cultured, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism, Department of Integrative Medical Sciences, Drug Inverse Agonism, Estrogen/genetics/*metabolism, Ethanol/pharmacology, Gene Expression, Genetic, Glycerides/pharmacology, GSK5182, HEK293 Cells, Hepatocytes/metabolism, Humans, Inbred C57BL, Jeong Won-Il, Kim Don-Kyu, Kim Seong Heon, Knockout, Lee Chul-Ho, Lee In-Kyu, Lee Ji-Min, Liver/*metabolism, Mice, NEOMED College of Medicine, oestrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRgamma), orphan nuclear receptor, Park Seung Bum, Promoter Regions, Rats, Receptor, Receptors, small heterodimer partner (SHP), Sprague-Dawley, The Biochemical journal, Transcription, Zhang Yaochen

Osteoactivin inhibition of osteoclastogenesis is mediated through CD44-ERK signaling.

Osteoactivin is a heavily glycosylated protein shown to have a role in bone remodeling. Previous studies from our lab have shown that mutation in Osteoactivin enhances osteoclast differentiation but inhibits their function. To date, a classical…

Osteoblasts Subjected To Spaceflight And Simulated Space Shuttle Launch Conditions

To understand further the effects of spaceflight on osteoblast-enriched cultures, normal chicken calvarial osteoblasts were flown aboard shuttle flight STS-77, and the total number of attached cells was determined. Spaceflight and control cultures…

PARAVERTEBRALMASSES IN BLUE-TAILED MONITOR, VARANUS DORIANUS, INDICATIVE OF SOFT-TISSUE INFECTION WITH ASSOCIATED OSTEOMYELITIS

Paravertebral osseous masses in reptiles have been attributed to Paget's disease on the basis of histology. Histologically recognized mosaic architecture and cement lines, however, lack specificity. A Varanus dorianus with this condition was…

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