Long Non-Coding RNA CASC2 Improves Diabetic Nephropathy by Inhibiting JNK Pathway.

It's known that long non-coding RNA CASC2 overexpression inhibit the JNK pathway in some disease models, while JNK pathway activation exacerbates diabetic nephropathy. Therefore we speculate that long non-coding RNA CASC2 can improve diabetic nephropathy by inhibiting JNK pathway. Thus, our study was carried out to investigate the involvement of CASC2 in diabetic nephropathy.

MicroRNA-335 is downregulated in papillary thyroid cancer and suppresses cancer cell growth, migration and invasion by directly targeting ZEB2.

MicroRNAs (miRs) are a group of short, endogenous, non-protein-coding and single-stranded RNAs that regulate gene expression by binding to the 3'-untranslated region (3'UTR) of mRNAs, which results in their degradation or translational repression. The aim of the present study was to investigate the expression and function of miR-335 in human papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was performed to quantify the relative miR-335 expression levels in PTC tissues and cell lines.

Different intracellular signalling pathways triggered by an anti-prolactin receptor (PRLR) antibody: Implication for a signal-specific PRLR agonist.

In this work, we prepared a panel of monoclonal antibodies directed against prolactin receptor (PRLR) using the hybridoma technique. Of these monoclonal antibodies (Mabs), the Mab designated B6 was chosen for further characterization based on its biological activity. We first demonstrated that B6 can specifically bind to the prolactin receptor (PRLR) expressed on target cells by immunoprecipitation and Western blotting analysis.