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Effects of Vasopeptidase Inhibition on Renal Function and Tubuloglomerular Feedback in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Vasopeptidase inhibitors are a novel class of antihypertensive agents that concomitantly inhibit angiotensin converting enzyme and neutral endopeptidase. Our purpose was to investigate the effects of omapatril...
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Limitation of the Augmentation Index for Evaluating Arterial Stiffness
Although the augmentation index (AIx) is widely used to evaluate arterial stiffness in clinics and research, some conflicting data exist in regard to its validity. We therefore performed a series of studies to...
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Low-Intensity Voluntary Running Lowers Blood Pressure with Simultaneous Improvement in Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilatation and Insulin Sensitivity in Aged Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
Our objective is to examine the effects of voluntary running at different intensity levels on blood pressure, endothelium-dependent vessel dysfunction and insulin resistance in aged spontaneously hypertensive ...
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Sympathetic Regulation of the Renal Functions in Rats Reciprocally Congenic for Chromosome 1 Blood Pressure Quantitative Trait Locus
The role of the chromosome 1 blood pressure quantitative trait locus (QTL) on the sympathorenal interaction was studied using congenic strains. The two reciprocal congenic strains, WKYpch1.0 and SHRSPwch1.0, w...
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The Study of Aortic Stiffness in Different Hypertension Subtypes in Dialysis Patients
The aim of this study was to validate whether differences in aortic stiffness are responsible for the differences in cardiovascular mortality among hypertension subtypes. Twenty hundred and fifty continuous am...
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Open AccessSuppression of local invasion of ameloblastoma by inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in vitro
Ameloblastomas are odontogenic neoplasms characterized by local invasiveness. This study was conducted to address the role of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in the invasiveness of ameloblastomas.
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Open AccessImagable 4T1 model for the study of late stage breast cancer
The 4T1 mouse mammary tumor cell line is one of only a few breast cancer models with the capacity to metastasize efficiently to sites affected in human breast cancer. Here we describe two 4T1 cell lines modifi...
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Open AccessLimitations in SELDI-TOF MS whole serum proteomic profiling with IMAC surface to specifically detect colorectal cancer
Surface enhanced laser desorption and ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS) analysis on serum samples was reported to be able to detect colorectal cancer (CRC) from normal or control patie...
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Open AccessThe interaction of HAb18G/CD147 with integrin α6β1 and its implications for the invasion potential of human hepatoma cells
HAb18G/CD147 plays pivotal roles in invasion by hepatoma cells, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Our previous study demonstrated that overexpression of HAb18G/CD147 promotes invasion by interactin...
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Open AccessEffects of bevacizumab plus irinotecan on response and survival in patients with recurrent malignant glioma: a systematic review and survival-gain analysis
The combination of bevacizumab and irinotecan is a new chemotherapy protocol increasingly used for recurrent malignant glioma. Results from phase II trials suggest this drug combination is beneficial to patien...
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Open AccessIncidence of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea associated with epirubicin, docetaxel and navelbine in younger breast cancer patients
The rates of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea (CIA) associated with docetaxel-based regimens reported by previous studies are discordant. For navelbine-based chemotherapies, rates of CIA have seldom been reported.
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Open AccessHistone H4 acetylation by immunohistochemistry and prognosis in newly diagnosed adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients
Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are a novel anti-tumor therapy. To determine whether HDAC inhibitors may be useful in the treatment of adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), we examined the acetylatio...
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Open AccessSiah1 proteins enhance radiosensitivity of human breast cancer cells
Siah proteins play an important role in cancer progression. We evaluated the effect of Siah1, its splice variants Siah1L and the Siah1 mutant with the RING finger deleted (Siah1ΔR) on radiosensitization of hum...
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Open AccessTLR9 expression in glioma tissues correlated to glioma progression and the prognosis of GBM patients
Our study aims to evaluate the expression of TLR9 in glioma tissues, examine the association between TLR9 expression, clinicopathological variables, and glioma patient outcome, we further characterized the dir...
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Open AccessCancer type-specific modulation of mitochondrial haplogroups in breast, colorectal and thyroid cancer
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups and single nucleotide polymorphisms (mtSNP) have been shown to play a role in various human conditions including aging and some neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disea...
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Open AccessMechanism of endothelial progenitor cell recruitment into neo-vessels in adjacent non-tumor tissues in hepatocellular carcinoma
We investigated the distribution and clinical significance of mobilized endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We found that many more EPCs were recruited to nonmalignant liver ...
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Open AccessCorrelation of NF-κB signal pathway with tumor metastasis of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) signaling constitutes a key event in the multistep process of carcinogenesis, progression and treatment in many cancer types. However, the significance of NF-κB pathway for compl...
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Open AccessPolymorphisms of XRCC4 are involved in reduced colorectal cancer risk in Chinese schizophrenia patients
Genetic factors related to the regulation of apoptosis in schizophrenia patients may be involved in a reduced vulnerability to cancer. XRCC4 is one of the potential candidate genes associated with schizophreni...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-203 inhibits cell proliferation by repressing ΔNp63 expression in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
This study was performed to investigate the effect of microRNA-203 (miR-203) and ΔNp63 on cell proliferation and the functional connection between miR-203 and ΔNp63 in ESCC.
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Open AccessLatexin expression is downregulated in human gastric carcinomas and exhibits tumor suppressor potential
Latexin, also known as endogenous carboxypeptidase inhibitor (CPI), has been found to inhibit mouse stem cell populations and lymphoma cell proliferation, demonstrating its potential role as a tumor suppressor...
