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  1. Episodic cessation of airflow during sleep in patients with sleep apnea syndrome results in intermittent hypoxia (IH). Our aim was to investigate the effects of IH on cerebellar granule cells and to identify t...

    Authors: Sheng-Chun Chiu, Sung-Ying Huang, Yu-Chieh Tsai, Shee-Ping Chen, Cheng-Yoong Pang, Chih-Feng Lien, Yu-Jou Lin and Kun-Ta Yang
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:29
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  2. Pro-inflammatory cytokines possess osteoclastogenic or anti-osteoclastogenic activities. They influence osteoclasts directly or via the receptor activator of nuclear factor κB (RANK), RANK ligand (RANKL) and o...

    Authors: Janja Zupan, Radko Komadina and Janja Marc
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:28
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  3. Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) is a strong neutrophil activator and has been used to induce acute lung injury (ALI). Niacinamide (NAC) is a compound of B complex. It exerts protective effects on the ALI cause...

    Authors: Chia-Chih Lin, Nan-Kuang Hsieh, Huey Ling Liou and Hsing I Chen
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:27
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  4. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a progressive stage of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is characterized by steatosis (accumulation of triacylglycerols within hepatocytes) along with inflammation...

    Authors: Alireza Rezazadeh, Razieh Yazdanparast and Mahsa Molaei
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:26
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  5. Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA), the principal inhibitory neurotransmitter in the cerebral cortex, maintains the inhibitory tones that counter balances neuronal excitation. When this balance is perturbed, seiz...

    Authors: Jobin Mathew, Savitha Balakrishnan, Sherin Antony, Pretty Mary Abraham and CS Paulose
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:25
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  6. In experimentally induced puromycine aminonucleoside nephrosis (PAN) animal models, nephrotic syndrome with minimal change disease and focal and segmental sclerosis-like nephritis similar to that in human is d...

    Authors: Ismail Seckin, Mumin Uzunalan, Meltem Pekpak, Sibel Kokturk, Huseyin Sonmez, Zeynep Öztürk, Sibel Demirci and Elif Yaprak
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:24
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  7. At least one-third of epithelial ovarian cancers are associated with the development of ascites containing heterogeneous cell populations, including tumor cells, inflammatory cells, and stromal elements. The c...

    Authors: Chih-Ming Ho, Shwu-Fen Chang, Chih-Chiang Hsiao, Tsai-Yen Chien and Daniel Tzu-Bi Shih
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:23
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  8. Cardiovascular death is frequently associated with atherosclerosis, a chronic multifactorial disease and a leading cause of death worldwide. Genetically engineered mouse models have proven useful for the study...

    Authors: Elisardo C Vasquez, Veronica A Peotta, Agata L Gava, Thiago MC Pereira and Silvana S Meyrelles
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:22
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  9. Most filarial nematodes contain Wolbachia symbionts. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of doxycycline on gene expression in Wolbachia and adult female Brugia malayi.

    Authors: Ramakrishna U Rao, Yuefang Huang, Sahar Abubucker, Michael Heinz, Seth D Crosby, Makedonka Mitreva and Gary J Weil
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:21
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  10. Gene therapy and viral therapy are used for cancer therapy for many years, but the results are less than satisfactory. Our aim was to construct a new recombinant adenovirus which is more efficient to kill hepa...

    Authors: Kang-Jian Zhang, Jing Qian, Shi-Bing Wang and Yi Yang
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:20
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  11. Cryptococcus neoformans has a predilection for central nervous system infection. C. neoformans traversal of the blood brain barrier, composed of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC), is the crucial...

    Authors: Min Long, Sheng-He Huang, Chun-Hua Wu, Gregory M Shackleford and Ambrose Jong
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:19
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  12. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a potent stimulator of growth and motility of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Abnormalities of PDGF/PDGF receptor (PDGFR) are thought to contribute to vascular di...

    Authors: Huey-Ming Lo, Yih-Jeng Tsai, Wen-Yuan Du, Chih-Jen Tsou and Wen-Bin Wu
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:18
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  13. Naturally occurring pre-S deletion mutants have been identified in hepatitis B carriers and shown to be associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. The phenotypes of these pre-S deletion genom...

    Authors: Chih-Ming Lin, Gen-Ming Wang, Guey-Mei Jow and Bing-Fang Chen
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:17
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  14. Intoxication from the psychostimulant methamphetamine (METH) because of cardiovascular collapse is a common cause of death within the abuse population. For obvious reasons, the heart has been taken as the prim...

    Authors: Faith CH Li, JC Yen, Samuel HH Chan and Alice YW Chang
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:16
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  15. Studies have shown the existence of p21 induction in a p53-dependent and -independent pathway. Our previous study indicates that DOX-induced p65 is able to bind the p21 promoter to activate its transactivation...

    Authors: YingQi Zhou, Gang Li, Yuan Ji, Chen Liu, JingPing Zhu and YanJun Lu
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:15
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  16. Nanomaterials, as a new kind of materials, have been greatly applied in different fields due to their special properties. With the industrialization of nanostructured materials and increasing public exposure, ...

    Authors: Yongling Xie, Yiyi Wang, Tao Zhang, Guogang Ren and Zhuo Yang
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:14
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  17. Retrotransposons have been extensively studied in plants and animals and have been shown to have an impact on human genome dynamics and evolution. Their ability to move within genomes gives retrotransposons to...

    Authors: Hyang-Min Byun, Kyu Heo, Kasey J Mitchell and Allen S Yang
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:13
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  18. The replication and transcription activator (RTA) of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is a molecular switch that initiates a productive replication of latent KSHV genomes. KSHV RTA (K-RTA) is com...

    Authors: Ying-Chieh Ko, Wan-Hua Tsai, Pei-Wen Wang, I-Lin Wu, Shu-Yu Lin, Yu-Lian Chen, Jen-Yang Chen and Su-Fang Lin
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:12
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  19. Acute exposure of ethanol (alcohol) inhibits NMDA receptor function. Our previous study showed that acute ethanol inhibited the pressor responses induced by NMDA applied intrathecally; however, prolonged ethan...

    Authors: Nien-Tzu Keng, Hsun-Hsun Lin, Huei-Ru Lin, Wei-Kung Hsieh and Chih-Chia Lai
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:11
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  20. Astrocytomas are cancers of the brain in which high levels of extracellular glutamate plays a critical role in tumor growth and resistance to conventional treatments. This is due for part to a decrease in the ...

    Authors: Karine Varini, Amal Benzaria, Nadira Taïeb, Coralie Di Scala, Amanda Azmi, Soraya Graoudi and Marc Maresca
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:10
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  21. The effective therapies for oral cancer patients of stage III and IV are generally surgical excision and radiation combined with adjuvant chemotherapy using 5-Fu and Cisplatin. However, the five-year survival ...

    Authors: Ying-Ray Lee, Wei-Ching Wu, Wen-Tsai Ji, Jeff Yi-Fu Chen, Ya-Ping Cheng, Ming-Ko Chiang and Hau-Ren Chen
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:9
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  22. Abnormal accumulation of neuronal intermediate filament (IF) is a pathological indicator of some neurodegenerative disorders. However, the underlying neuropathological mechanisms of neuronal IF accumulation re...

    Authors: Wen-Ching Lee, Yun-Yu Chen, Daphne Kan and Chung-Liang Chien
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:8
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  23. Although recent studies indicate that renal ischemic preconditioning (IPC) protects the kidney from ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, the precise protective mechanism remains unclear. In the current study, we...

    Authors: Asma Mahfoudh-Boussaid, Mohamed Amine Zaouali, Kaouther Hadj-Ayed, Abdel-Hédi Miled, Dalila Saidane-Mosbahi, Joan Rosello-Catafau and Hassen Ben Abdennebi
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:7
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  24. To explore the feasibility of constructing engineered myocardial tissues (EMTs) in vivo, using polylactic acid -co-glycolic acid (PLGA) for scaffold and cardiomyocyte-like cells derived from bone marrow mesenchym...

    Authors: Yujie Xing, Anlin Lv, Li Wang, Xuebo Yan, Wei Zhao and Feng Cao
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:6
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  26. Hypoxia exposure initiates low serum testosterone levels that could be attributed to downregulated androgen biosynthesizing genes such as StAR (steroidogenic acute regulatory protein) and 3-beta-HSD (3-beta-hy...

    Authors: Gui-Lai Liu, Feng Yu, De-Zai Dai, Guo-Lin Zhang, Can Zhang and Yin Dai
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:4
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  27. Fat embolism syndrome (FES) associated with acute lung injury (ALI) is a clinical condition following long bone fracture. We have reported 14 victims due to ALI with FES. Our laboratory has developed an animal...

    Authors: Chia-Chih Lin, Pei-Hsin Liu, Shang Jyh Kao and Hsing I Chen
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:3
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  28. One of the pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the deposition of the ~4 kDa amyloid β protein (Aβ) within lesions known as senile plaques. Aβ is also deposited in the walls of cerebral blood ...

    Authors: Ramesh JL Kandimalla, Willayat Yousuf Wani, Binukumar BK and Kiran Dip Gill
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:2
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  29. The association between ischemic stroke and 2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on chromosome 12p13, rs12425791 and rs11833579 appears inconsistent across different samples. These SNPs are close to the ni...

    Authors: Yi-Chen Hsieh, Sudha Seshadri, Wen-Ting Chung, Fang-I Hsieh, Yi-Hsiang Hsu, Huey-Juan Lin, Hung-Pin Tseng, Li-Ming Lien, Chyi-Huey Bai, Chaur-Jong Hu, Jiann-Shing Jeng, Sung-Chun Tang, Chin-I Chen, Chia-Chen Yu and Hung-Yi Chiou
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2012 19:1
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  30. The covalently closed-circular DNA (cccDNA) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is associated with viral persistence in HBV-infected hepatocytes. However, the regulation of cccDNA and its transcription in the host cell...

    Authors: Chin-Liew Chong, Mong-Liang Chen, Yi-Chieh Wu, Kuen-Nan Tsai, Chien-Chiao Huang, Cheng-po Hu, King-Song Jeng, Yu-Chi Chou and Chungming Chang
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:96
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  31. The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of dietary supplementation (copper or copper and resveratrol) on the intensity of carcinogenesis and the frequency of microsatellite instability in a widel...

    Authors: Barbara Bobrowska, Dorota Skrajnowska and Andrzej Tokarz
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:95
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  32. Skin is the largest organ in the body, and is directly exposed to extrinsic assaults. As such, the skin plays a central role in host defense and the cutaneous immune system is able to elicit specific local inf...

    Authors: Wen-Chi Wei, Sheng-Yen Lin, Yi-Jyun Chen, Chih-Chun Wen, Chiung-Yao Huang, Arulselvan Palanisamy, Ning-Sun Yang and Jyh-Horng Sheu
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:94
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  33. Platelet activation is relevant to a variety of coronary heart diseases. Our previous studies revealed that sesamol possesses potent antiplatelet activity through increasing cyclic AMP formation. Although plat...

    Authors: Chao-Chien Chang, Wan-Jung Lu, Eng-Thiam Ong, Cheng-Wen Chiang, Song-Chow Lin, Shih-Yi Huang and Joen-Rong Sheu
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:93
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  34. Skin stem cells contribute to all three major lineages of epidermal appendages, i.e., the epidermis, the hair follicle, and the sebaceous gland. In hair follicles, highly proliferative committed progenitor cel...

    Authors: Lixin Kan, Yijie Liu, Tammy L McGuire, Michael A Bonaguidi and John A Kessler
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:92
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  35. Phosphatidylcholine (PPC) formulation is used for lipolytic injection, even though its mechanism of action is not well understood.

    Authors: Hailan Li, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Su Yeon Kim, Hye-Young Yun, Kwang Jin Baek, Nyoun Soo Kwon, Yoosik Yoon, Ji Hoon Jeong and Dong-Seok Kim
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:91
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  36. Trauma represents the leading cause of death among young people in industrialized countries. Recent clinical and experimental studies have brought increasing evidence for activation of the innate immune system...

    Authors: Miriam D Neher, Sebastian Weckbach, Michael A Flierl, Markus S Huber-Lang and Philip F Stahel
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:90
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  37. Morphine is used in clinical practice as a highly effective painkiller as well as the drug of choice for treatment of certain heart diseases. However, there is lack of information about its effect on protein e...

    Authors: Zdenka Drastichova, Jitka Skrabalova, Jan Neckar, Frantisek Kolar and Jiri Novotny
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:89
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  38. The tazarotene-induced gene 1 (TIG1) is a putative tumor suppressor gene. We have recently demonstrated both TIG1A and TIG1B isoforms inhibited cell growth and induced the expression of G protein-coupled receptor...

    Authors: Fu-Ming Tsai, Chang-Chieh Wu, Rong-Yaun Shyu, Chun-Hua Wang and Shun-Yuan Jiang
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:88
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  39. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be induced to differentiate into neuronal cells under appropriate cellular conditions and transplanted in brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases animal models for neurore...

    Authors: Min Gong, Yang Bi, Wei Jiang, Yun Zhang, Li Chen, Nali Hou, Youxue Liu, Xiaoping Wei, Jie Chen and Tingyu Li
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:87
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  40. Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by the degradation of articular cartilage, marked by the breakdown of matrix proteins. Studies demonstrated the involvement of chemokines in this process, and some may pote...

    Authors: Pin-Zhir Chao, Ming-Shium Hsieh, Chao-Wen Cheng, Yung-Feng Lin and Chien-Ho Chen
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:86
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  42. Hesperetin was reported to selectively inhibit phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4). While hesperetin-7,3'-O-dimethylether (HDME) is a synthetic liposoluble hesperetin. Therefore, we were interested in investigating its se...

    Authors: You-Lan Yang, Hsin-Te Hsu, Kuo-Hsien Wang, Cheng-Ying Han, Chien-Ming Chen, Chi-Ming Chen and Wun-Chang Ko
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:84
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  43. Repeated exposure to methamphetamine (METH) can cause not only neurotoxicity but also addiction. Behavioral sensitization is widely used as an animal model for the study of drug addiction. We previously report...

    Authors: Sang Won Park, Xine Shen, Lu-Tai Tien, Richard Roman and Tangeng Ma
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:83
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  44. Peripheral tissue inflammation initiates hyperalgesia accompanied by tissue acidosis, nociceptor activation, and inflammation mediators. Recent studies have suggested a significantly increased expression of ac...

    Authors: Wei-Hsin Chen, Ching-Liang Hsieh, Chun-Ping Huang, Tzu-Jou Lin, Jason TC Tzen, Tin-Yun Ho and Yi-Wen Lin
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:82
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  46. MiR-1 (microRNA-1) has been used as a positive control in some microRNA experiments. We found that miR-1 transfection of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells reveals a typical apoptotic process as shown by time-laps...

    Authors: Cheng-Der Wu, Yuan-Sung Kuo, Han-Chung Wu and Chin-Tarng Lin
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:80
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  47. Ischemic postconditioning (IPO) has been demonstrated to attenuate ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in the heart and brain, its roles to liver remain to be defined. The study was undertaken to determine if IP...

    Authors: Jia Y Guo, Tong Yang, Xiang G Sun, Ni Y Zhou, Fu S Li, Dan Long, Tao Lin, Ping Y Li and Li Feng
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:79
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  49. A derived peptide from activity-dependent neurotrophic factor (ADNF-9) has been shown to be neuroprotective in the fetal alcohol exposure model. We investigated the neuroprotective effects of ADNF-9 against al...

    Authors: Youssef Sari, Zaneer M Segu, Ahmed YoussefAgha, Jonathan A Karty and Dragan Isailovic
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:77
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  50. Accumulation of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) in the plaques is one of the major pathological features in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Sequential cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-site APP cleaving enzyme...

    Authors: Anne Jämsä, Oscar Belda, Michael Edlund and Erik Lindström
    Citation: Journal of Biomedical Science 2011 18:76
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