BACKGROUND: High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a DNA-binding protein, has recently been shown to have effects on HIV replication, but the effects are dependent on the cell type and the timing of infection. Using human primary T cells, this study aime...
Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Nov 1, 2016
Plant proteins have been investigated for their antioxidant activities, but there are still no reports detailing the antioxidant activity levels of plants in the Zingiberaceae family, which are popular food agents and used in folklore medicine. In th...
Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan
Aug 1, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To identify the active anti-tumor constituents in the extract from Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae) and investigate the mechanisms underlying the actions.
Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan
Aug 1, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To research the anti-cancer mechanism of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Fanbaicao (Herba Potentillae Discoloris) oil in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2.
To investigate the effects of TGF-β1 on the proliferation and apoptosis of cervical cancer Hela cells in vitro. Human cervical cancer Hela cells were cultured in vitro and divided into the experimental and control groups. In the experimental groups, ...
Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns
Dec 1, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effects of different concentrations of putrescine on proliferation, migration, and apoptosis of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).
Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica
Oct 1, 2015
To investigate the effects of gambognic acid (GA) on TRAIL-induced apoptosis of cancer cells, human colon HT-29 cancer cells were treated with GA to promote apoptosis. Inhibition of the cell proliferation was measured with MTT assay and cell apoptosi...
BACKGROUND/AIMS: This work aims to observe the effects of mast cell (MC) chymase on activation, proliferation and transdifferentiation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and to discuss the role of chymase in development of liver fibrosis.