Publications by authors named "Guocai Fan"

Breast cancer is the most common malignant cancer and the leading fatal cancer in women around the world. Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 1 (FNDC1) has been demonstrated to play crucial roles in various tumors. However, the function of FNDC1 in breast cancer remains to be addressed.

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Background: NLRP3 inflammasome and Sirt1/autophagy axis are potential targets for advancing acute peritonitis (AP). Honokiol (HNK), a bioactive substance, has the potential to improve AP.

Materials And Methods: The AP model rats were established by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP).

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Many different treatments may affect the serum lipid profiles of breast cancer patients. This study analyzed serum lipid levels at different periods during treatment to observe the changes in lipid profiles during and after chemotherapy and to compare the different effects of different chemotherapy regimens on serum lipid profiles. A total of 805 patients were included in this study.

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Aim: Preparation of monoclonal antibody (mAb) to HCCR, which is a candidate biomarker for human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: The recombinant protein HCCR-1(167-360); was expressed and was used as immunogen to immunize mouse for generation of mAb against HCCR. The protein Ep-HCCR, which displayed a epitope of HCCR, was also expressed and purified to use to detect serum antibody titer and to screen the positive clones of hybridmas.

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Aim: To make monoclonal antibody(mAb) against human HPPCn for the use in research on HPPCn's function and its relationship with liver diseases.

Methods: The female BALB/c mice were immunized with the recombinant HPPCn proteins. Splenocytes and Sp2/0 cells were fused with PEG-1500.

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Aim: Preparation of monoclonal antibody (mAb) against GP73 protein.

Methods: The N-terminal peptide (AAAERGAVELK) of GP73 protein was displayed on T7 phage, the recombinant phage was amplified and used as the immunogen to immunize mouse to produce antibody. The titer of the antiserum and the positive hybridoma clones which secreted the mAb against GP73 protein were detected by ELISA.

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Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the world's leading causes of death among cancer patients. It is important to find a new biomarker that diagnoses HCC and monitors its treatment. In our previous work, we screened a single-chain antibody (scFv) N14, which could specifically recognize human HepG2 HCC cells but not human non-cancerous liver LO2 cells.

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Objective: To investigate the mechanism of paclitaxel-induced apoptosis in MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells.

Methods: In this study, the proteins extracted from paclitaxel-induced apoptotic MCF-7 cells were analyzed by 2-dimentional gel electrophoresis (2-DE), and compared with those from untreated MCF-7 cells. The differential proteins were identified by mass spectrometry.

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The aim of this study is to construct a phage display single-chain variable fragment (scFv) library against breast cancer cells and screen the specific antibodies against MCF-7 cells from the library. The BALB/C mice were immunized with MCF-7 cells. Total RNA of spleens was isolated.

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Apoptin, a protein expressed by chicken anemia virus, is found predominantly in the cytoplasm in normal cells, whereas it localizes in the nucleus in transformed and malignant cells. However, the mechanisms that regulate the different subcellular localization of Apoptin in normal and tumor cells have not been fully clarified. In this work, a putative nuclear export signal (NES) in Apoptin was predicted.

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