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Methionine-choline deficient diet deteriorates DSS-induced murine colitis through disturbance of gut microbes and infiltration of macrophages
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is associated with changed dietary habits and mainly linked with the gut microbiota dysbiosis, necroptosis of epithelial cells, and mucosal ulcerations. Liver dysfunction and abnormal l...
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Cpd-A1 alleviates acute kidney injury by inhibiting ferroptosis
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined as sudden loss of renal function characterized by increased serum creatinine levels and reduced urinary output with a duration of 7 days. Ferroptosis, an iron-dependent reg...
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SMAD4 endows TGF-β1-induced highly invasive tumor cells with ferroptosis vulnerability in pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an extremely aggressive malignancy prone to recurrence and metastasis. Studies show that tumor cells with increased invasive and metastatic potential are more likely ...
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Open AccessA new glance at autophagolysosomal-dependent or -independent function of transcriptional factor EB in human cancer
Autophagy-lysosome system plays a variety of roles in human cancers. In addition to being implicated in metabolism, it is also involved in tumor immunity, remodeling the tumor microenvironment, vascular prolif...
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Open AccessHernandezine induces autophagic cell death in human pancreatic cancer cells via activation of the ROS/AMPK signaling pathway
Hernandezine (Her) is a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid extracted from the traditional Chinese herbal medicine Thalictrum glandulosissimum. Evidence shows that Her is a natural agonist of adenosine monophosphate (...
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Establishment and application of a TaqMan probe–based qPCR for the detection of Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei in shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) is a common parasite that invades the epithelial cytoplasm in the hepatopancreas of shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and results in slow growth of the host shrimps to cause significan...
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Open AccessAutophagy-based unconventional secretion of HMGB1 in glioblastoma promotes chemosensitivity to temozolomide through macrophage M1-like polarization
Glioblastoma (GB) is the most common and highly malignant brain tumor characterized by aggressive growth and resistance to alkylating chemotherapy. Autophagy induction is one of the hallmark effects of anti-GB...
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Methylene blue ameliorates brain edema in rats with experimental ischemic stroke via inhibiting aquaporin 4 expression
Brain edema is a common and serious complication of ischemic stroke with limited effective treatment. We previously reported that methylene blue (MB) attenuated ischemic brain edema in rats, but the underlying...
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A novel derivative of valepotriate inhibits the PI3K/AKT pathway and causes Noxa-dependent apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells
Natural compound valepotriate exhibits inhibitory activity against a number of cancers, but the effect of valepotriate against pancreatic cancer is unclear, and the structure–activity relationship of valepotri...
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Activation of α7nAChR Promotes Diabetic Wound Healing by Suppressing AGE-Induced TNF-α Production
Diabetes frequently presents accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which might induce excessive TNF-α production from macrophages to cause impaired wound healing. Recent studies have shown th...
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Novel κ-opioid receptor agonist MB-1C-OH produces potent analgesia with less depression and sedation
To characterize the pharmacological profiles of a novel κ-opioid receptor agonist MB-1C-OH.
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Curcumin inhibits appoptosin-induced apoptosis via upregulating heme oxygenase-1 expression in SH-SY5Y cells
Appoptosin (SLC25A38) is a pro-apoptotic protein, which is upregulated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains and plays an important role in promoting the pathological progress of AD. The aim of this study was to ...
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Preventive effect of pidotimod on reactivated toxoplasmosis in mice
As one of food-borne parasitic diseases, toxoplasmosis entails the risk of develo** reactivation in immunocompromised patients. The synthetic dipeptide pidotimod is a potent immunostimulating agent that impr...
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Rosiglitazone sensitizes hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines to 5-fluorouracil antitumor activity through activation of the PPARγ signaling pathway
Resistance to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is a major cause of chemotherapy failure in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).Rosiglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonist, has a cruc...
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Mitochondria-dependent apoptosis induced by a novel amphipathic photochemotherapeutic agent ZnPcS2P2 in HL60 cells
To investigate the mechanism underlying the killing effects of a novel amphipathic photosensitizer, disulfonated diphthalimidomethyl phthalocyanine zinc (ZnPcS2P2), mediated photodynamic therapy (ZnPc-PDT) in hum...