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The whole - genome expression analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells ...
Abstract Background Up to 30 % of adults with severe asthma are hypersensitive to aspirin and no unambiguous theory exists which provides a satisfactory explanation for the... -
Resveratrol mediates mechanical allodynia through modulating inflammatory res...
Abstract Background Neuropathic pain (NeuP) is a chronic and challenging clinical problem, with little effective treatment. Resveratrol has shown neuroprotection by inhibiting... -
Transcriptomic data from two primary cell models stimulating human monocytes ...
Abstract Background Biological interpretation of DNA microarray data may differ depending on underlying assumptions and statistical tests of bioinformatics tools used. We used... -
ERα-36 regulates progesterone receptor activity in breast cancer
Abstract Background Alterations in estrogen and progesterone signaling, via their respective receptors, estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) and progesterone receptor (PR),... -
MiR-1-3p that correlates with left ventricular function of HCM can serve as a...
Abstract Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are non-coding RNAs that function as regulators of gene expression and thereby contribute to the complex disease phenotypes. Hypertrophic... -
Aberrant activation of NF-κB signaling in mammary epithelium leads to abnorma...
Abstract Background Approximately 1 in 5 women diagnosed with breast cancer are considered to have in situ disease, most often termed ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Though... -
Sex-specific IL-6-associated signaling activation in ozone-induced lung infla...
Abstract Background Acute ozone (O3) exposure has known deleterious effects on the respiratory system and has been linked with respiratory disease and infection. Inflammatory... -
Micronutrient-rich dietary intake is associated with a reduction in the effec...
Abstract Background Informal recycling of electronic waste (e-waste) releases particulate matter (PM) into the ambient air. Human exposure to PM has been reported to induce... -
RIF1 promotes human epithelial ovarian cancer growth and progression via acti...
Abstract Background Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is highly expressed in over 80% of tumors, including human epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). However, the... -
Hedgehog signalling does not stimulate cartilage catabolism and is inhibited ...
Abstract Background In osteoarthritis, chondrocytes adopt an abnormal hypertrophic morphology and upregulate the expression of the extracellular matrix-degrading enzymes, MMP-13... -
Comparison of gray matter volume between migraine and "strict-criteria" tensi...
Abstract Background Despite evidently distinct symptoms, tension-type headache (TTH) and migraine are highly comorbid and exhibit many similarities in clinical practice. The... -
AHRR methylation in heavy smokers: associations with smoking, lung cancer ris...
Abstract Background A low level of methylation at cg05575921 in the aryl-hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) gene is robustly associated with smoking, and some studies have... -
ADAM15 expression is increased in lung CD8+ T cells, macrophages, and bronchi...
Abstract Background A disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-15 (ADAM15) is expressed by activated leukocytes, and fibroblasts in vitro. Whether ADAM15 expression is increased... -
Lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation induces presynaptic disruption t...
Abstract Background Systemic inflammation has been linked to synapse loss and cognitive decline in human patients and animal models. A role for microglial release of... -
IL-6 rs1800795 polymorphism is associated with septic shock-related death in ...
Abstract Background Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, being the primary cause of death from infection,... -
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomal microRNA-136-5p inhibits chondrocyte d...
Abstract Background Emerging evidence suggests that microRNAs (miRs) are associated with the progression of osteoarthritis (OA). In this study, the role of exosomal miR-136-5p... -
Gentisic acid sodium salt, a phenolic compound, is superior to norepinephrine...
Abstract Background The development of lactic acidemia (LA) in septic shock (SS) is associated with an ominous prognosis. We previously showed that the mechanism of LA in SS may... -
Untargeted metabolomics reveals the effect of lovastatin on steroid-induced n...
Abstract Purpose Lovastatin is an important medicine and it shows a significant effect against glucocorticoid-induced necrosis of the femoral head. This study aimed to... -
Effects of cigarette smoke on barrier function and tight junction proteins in...
Abstract Background Airway epithelial barrier function is maintained by the formation of tight junctions (TJs) and adherens junctions (AJs). Inhalation of cigarette smoke causes... -
Reduced expression of miR-146a in human bronchial epithelial cells alters neu...
Abstract Background The role of miRNAs in the pathogenesis and determining the phenotypes of asthma is not fully elucidated. miR-146a has been previously shown to suppress...
