AIM: To investigate the expression of mi R-29 a in rat acute pancreatitis and its functional role in AR42 J cell apoptosis.METHODS: Twelve SD rats were divided into a control group and an acute edematous pancreatitis(...
Supported by Biomedical Research Council and Ministry of Education(Tier 1)awarded to Tan TM
AIM: To determine the expression of micro RNA-210(mi R-210) in hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC) and to examine its role using HCC cells.METHODS: The expression of mi R-210 was determined in 21 pairs of HCC samples and th...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81372553
AIM: To examine the potential anti-tumor activity of paeoniflorin in the human gastric carcinoma cell line MGC-803.METHODS: Cell viability and cytotoxic effects in MGC-803 cells were analyzed using a 3-(4,5-dimethylth...
Supported by Grants from National Institutes of Health,No.R21CA164548;from Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
AIM: To characterize tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated protein 1 (TRAP1) expression in the progression of ulcerative colitis (UC)-associated colorectal cancer.
Supported by Aerospace Medicine Research Project funded by the Medical Division,Headquarter,Republic of Korea Air Force(2012)
AIM: To investigate the effect of hypoxia or hyperoxia on the progression of hepatic fibrosis and to examine the role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in the livers of rats exposed to hypoxic or...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81170393
AIM:To investigate cytokeratin 8(CK8)overexpression during hepatitis C virus(HCV)infection and its pathogenesis,and the effect of ectopic CK8 expression on hepatoma cell lines.METHODS:We successfully established an in...
Supported by The Key Project of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province, No. 2009C14017;the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81071959 and No. 81101837;the Zhejiang Provincial Medical and Healthy Science Foundation of China, No. 2013KYA100 and No. 2009B043;the Public Welfare Technology Research Project of Zhejiang Province, No. 2010C34001
AIM: To investigate the potential roles of Delta-like ligand 4 (DLL4) on the biological behavior of gastric cancer cells and its molecular mechanisms. METHODS: A recombinant eukaryotic expression vector containing hum...
Supported by Medical Research Fund of Guangdong Province,No.A2007284;Health Bureau Fund of Guangzhou,No.2009-YB-169
AIM:To explore expressions of PIK3CA in the progression of gastric cancer from primary to metastasis and its effects on activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3K)/Akt pathway.METHODS:mRNA and protein levels of ...
Supported by The Natural Science Basic Research Project,Education Department of Jiangsu Province, No. 08KJT310005;the 5th "Six Talent-Person-Peak Program", Jiangsu Province,China;Superior Item of Nanjing Medical University Science and Technology Progress Fund, No. 07NMUM047
AIM: To investigate the early metastasis-associated proteins in sentinel lymph node micrometastasis (SLNMM) of colorectal cancer (CRC) through comparative proteome. METHODS: Hydrophobic protein samples were extracted ...
Partly the Special Government Funding (EVO)allocated to Turku University Central Hospital and CancerSociety of South-West Finland (Turku), No. 13687
AIM: To investigate the changing pattern of α-catenin expression and its relationship to clinical and pathological features of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. METHODS: Archival tumor samples were analyzed using imm...