Nucleated red blood cells participate in myocardial regeneration in the toad .

Heart regeneration is negligible in humans and mammals but remarkable in some ectotherms. Humans and mammals lack nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs), while ectotherms have sufficient NRBCs. This study used , a Chinese toad subspecies, as a model animal to verify our hypothesis that NRBCs participate in myocardial regeneration.

Identification of differentially expressed genes in salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma cells associated with metastasis.

Introduction: Salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma (SACC) is a frequent type of salivary gland cancer which is characterized by slow growth but high incidence of distant metastasis. We aimed to identify therapeutic targets which are associated with metastasis of SACC.

Material And Methods: Total RNA was isolated from a low metastatic SACC cell line (ACC-2) and a highly metastatic SACC cell line (ACC-M), which was screened from ACC-2 by combination of in vivo selection and cloning in vitro.

Distinct Regulatory Changes Underlying Differential Expression of TEOSINTE BRANCHED1-CYCLOIDEA-PROLIFERATING CELL FACTOR Genes Associated with Petal Variations in Zygomorphic Flowers of Petrocosmea spp. of the Family Gesneriaceae.

CYCLOIDEA (CYC)-like genes, belonging to the plant-specific TCP transcription factor family that is named after TEOSINTE BRANCHED1 (TB1) from maize (Zea mays), CYC from Antirrhinum majus, and the PROLIFERATING CELL FACTORS (PCF) from rice (Oryza sativa), have conserved dorsal identity function in patterning floral zygomorphy mainly through specific expression in dorsal petals of a flower. Their expression changes are usually related to morphological diversity of zygomorphic flowers. However, it is still a challenge to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying their expression differentiation.

Silencing of polo-like kinase 2 increases cell proliferation and decreases apoptosis in SGC-7901 gastric cancer cells.

Polo‑like kinase 2 (PLK2) is a serine/threonine protein kinase, which has vital roles during mitosis and the centrosome cycle. In acute myeloblastic leukemia and hepatocarcinogenesis, PLK2 acts as a tumor suppressor; however, the function of PLK2 in gastric cancer remains to be elucidated. In the present study, PLK2 was overexpressed in gastric cancer tissues and three types of gastric cancer cells, SGC‑7901, MKN‑45 and BGC‑823.

Mir-126 inhibits growth of SGC-7901 cells by synergistically targeting the oncogenes PI3KR2 and Crk, and the tumor suppressor PLK2.

MicroRNA (miRNA)-126 (miR-126) was reported to be downregulated and to act as a tumor suppressor in cancers of the lung, cervix, bladder and prostate. However, the functions of miR-126 in gastric cancer appear to be diverse and are largely unknown. MiR-126 was reported to act as a tumor suppressor by targeting the Crk gene, or as an oncogene by targeting the SOX2 gene in gastric cancer.

Transfusion of autologous late-outgrowth endothelial cells reduces arterial neointima formation after injury.

Aims: Late-outgrowth endothelial cells (OECs) exist in blood and other organs. We aimed to explore whether and how OECs participate in re-endothelialization and prevent vascular neointima formation after injury.

Methods And Results: Rabbit bone marrow OECs were cultured for 4 weeks to increase their numbers.

[Effects of progesterone on intracellular free Ca2+ concentration in the spermatozoa of fertile men and patients with unexplained infertility].

Objective: To investigate the difference in the responsiveness of intracellular free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) to progesterone in the spermatozoa of normal fertile men and patients with unexplained infertility.

Methods: Nine normal fertile men and 10 patients with unexplained infertility were selected in this study. After swim-up separation of the motile fraction and 2-hour in vitro capacitation, the spermatozoa were loaded with the fluorescent calcium indicator Fluo-3/AM (8.

Exogenous phosphatidylethanolamine induces apoptosis of human hepatoma HepG2 cells via the bcl-2/Bax pathway.

Aim: To investigate the signaling pathways implicated in phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)-induced apoptosis of human hepatoma HepG2 cells.

Methods: Inhibitory effects of PE on human hepatoma HepG2 cells were detected by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Cell cycle, apoptosis and mitochondrial transmembrane potential (DeltaPsi m) were analyzed by flow cytometry.

Gene expression profile of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma associated with perineural invasion.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a common salivary gland malignancy characterized by slow but progressive clinical course, proclivity for hematogenous spread and perineural invasion (PNI) that exhibits inherent resistance to complete surgical resection, systemic chemotherapy and conventional radiotherapy. The molecular alterations that underlie its PNI are poorly characterized. We report the combined use of laser capture microdissection (LCM) and high-throughput cDNA microarray to monitor in vivo gene expression profile of salivary ACC and to correlate the profile with PNI.

[Construction of eukaryotic expression vector of congenital long QT syndrome related HERG gene A561V mutation and its expression in HEK293 cells].

Objective: To investigate the protocol of the construction of HERG gene mutations, an A561V mutation which was detected in a Chinese congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) family had been constructed and expressed in vitro.

Methods: The A561V cloning vector PGEM-HERG-A561V was constructed by quick site-directed mutagenesis PCR. The A561V expressive vector pcDNA3-HERG-A561V was constructed by restriction enzymes.

[Inhibition of the expression of p42MAPK in HeLa cell line by RNA interference].

Objective: To screen for siRNAs that inhibit the expression of p42(MAPK) in HeLa cell line.

Methods: Three p42(MAPK) siRNAs and one random siRNA were synthesized using Silencer siRNA Construction Kit, and labeled with Cy-3 for measurement of transfection effect. SiRNAs were transfected into HeLa cells by Lipofectamin 2000.

[The inhibition of 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3 on the expressions of angiogenesis factors proteins in human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 and HUVEC304 cell].

Objective: To study the effect of 20( R)-ginsenoside Rg3 on the expressions of angiogenesis factors proteins (VEGF,bFGF, MMP-2) in human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549 and HUVEC304 cell.

Method: The cell lines of A549 and HUVEC304 were cultured with 20(R)- Rg3. The gray scale and positive rate of VEGF, bFGF, MMP-2 were detected by immunohistochemistry.

[Effects of NGF and estrogens on human hair follicle in vitro].

Objective: To observe the effects of NGF, estrogens and minoxidil on the growth of human hair follicle in vitro.

Methods: In a model of human hair follicle in vitro, the follicle was separately treated with the NGF, estrogens and minoxidil. The growth of the hair follicle was measured in length with an eyepiece micrometer.