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  1. Concerns have been raised about this article [1] relating to the appropriateness of the use of the shRNA (5′-GCGGAGGGTTTGAAAGAATATCTCGAGATATTCTTTCAAACCCTCCGCTTTTTT-3′) as a non-targeting control and similariti...

    Authors: Xiaolan Zhao, Man Chen and Jishan Tan
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:20
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    The original article was published in Biological Research 2016 49:26

  2. Arsenic trioxide (As2O3), a drug that has been used in China for approximately two thousand years, induces cell death in a variety of cancer cell types, including neuroblastoma (NB). The tyrosine kinase receptor ...

    Authors: Xilin Xiong, Yang Li, Ling Liu, Kai Qi, Chi Zhang, Yueqin Chen and Jianpei Fang
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:18
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  3. Improper control on reactive oxygen species (ROS) elimination process and formation of free radicals causes tissue dysfunction. Pineal hormone melatonin is considered a potent regulator of such oxidative dama...

    Authors: Mahammed Moniruzzaman, Indranath Ghosal, Debjit Das and Suman Bhusan Chakraborty
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:17
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  4. Stathmin as a critical protein involved in microtubule polymerization, is necessary for survival of cancer cells. However, extremely little is known about Stathmin in glioblastoma. So, this study was designed ...

    Authors: Ping Liu, Junyan Yu, Xiangyang Tian, Jianlan Chang, Ying Zhang, Rong Zhang, Ningning Zhang, Ranxing Huang, Lulu Li, Xianli Qiao and Hongliang Guo
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:16
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  5. Translational research to develop pharmaceutical and surgical treatments for pterygium requires a reliable and easy to produce animal model. Extracellular matrix and fibroblast are important components of pter...

    Authors: Judith Zavala, Julio C. Hernandez-Camarena, Brenda Salvador-Gálvez, José E. Pérez-Saucedo, Amin Vela-Martinez and Jorge E. Valdez-García
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:15
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  6. Neurokinin1 (NK1) receptor has played a vital role in the development of tumor. However, NKP608 as a NK1 receptor antagonist whether has the effect of the resistance of colorectal cancer is still unclear. Ther...

    Authors: Xiao-Ling Niu, Jian-Feng Hou and Jing-Xiang Li
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:14
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  8. Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 6 (CCR6) is present in sperm and plays a significant role in sperm motility and chemotaxis acting in the reproductive tracts. However, the expression and functional significance ...

    Authors: Ruiying Diao, Xueyong Cai, Lu Liu, Lihua Yang, YongGang Duan, Zhiming Cai, Yaoting Gui and Lisha Mou
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:12
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  9. Gastric cancer occupies the fourth highest morbidity rate of cancers worldwide. Clinical therapies of gastric cancer remain limited because of uncertainty of mechanisms and shortness of effective medicine. Thu...

    Authors: Yu Li, Depeng Zhang, Kaikai Yu, Yudong Hu, Qiong Wu, Feng Qian and Zishu Wang
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:11
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  12. Heat stress proteins are implicated in stabilizing and refolding denatured proteins in vertebrates and invertebrates. Members of the Hsp70 gene family comprise the cognate heat shock protein (Hsc70) and induci...

    Authors: Marcelo González-Aravena, Camila Calfio, Luis Mercado, Byron Morales-Lange, Jorn Bethke, Julien De Lorgeril and César A. Cárdenas
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:8
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  13. Low phosphorus availability is a major factor restricting rice growth. Dongxiang wild rice (Oryza rufipogon Griff.) has many useful genes lacking in cultivated rice, including stress resistance to phosphorus defi...

    Authors: Qian-Wen Deng, Xiang-Dong Luo, Ya-Ling Chen, Yi Zhou, Fan-Tao Zhang, Biao-Lin Hu and Jian-Kun Xie
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:7
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  14. Cocaine-and amphetamine regulated transcript (CART) is an endogenous neuropeptide, which is widespread in animals, plays a key role in regulation of follicular atresia in cattle and sheep. Among animal ovaries, C...

    Authors: Pengfei Li, Jinzhu Meng, Jiongjie Jing, Qingling Hao, Zhiwei Zhu, Jianbo Yao and Lihua Lyu
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:6
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  15. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha (PPARα), a regulator of enzymes involved in β oxidation, has been reported to influence lymphocyte activation. The purpose of this study was to determine whethe...

    Authors: Ian N. Hines, Michael Kremer, Sherri M. Moore and Michael D. Wheeler
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:5
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  16. Aquaporins (AQP) are channel proteins belonging to the Major Intrinsic Protein (MIP) superfamily that play an important role in plant water relations. The main role of aquaporins in plants is transport of wate...

    Authors: Ranganathan Kapilan, Maryam Vaziri and Janusz J. Zwiazek
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:4
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  17. The WNT pathway regulates intestinal stem cells and is frequently disrupted in intestinal adenomas. The pathway contains several potential biotargets for interference, including the poly-ADP ribosyltransferase...

    Authors: Jens Henrik Norum, Ellen Skarpen, Andreas Brech, Raoul Kuiper, Jo Waaler, Stefan Krauss and Therese Sørlie
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:3
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  18. This study determined the regulatory effects of inducible T-cell co-stimulators (ICOS) in human hepatocellular carcinoma HepG2 cells using a RNA interference (RNAi) technique.

    Authors: Yaning Wei, Yanan Wang, Aimin Zang, Yanhong Shang, Zizheng Song, Zhiyu Wang, Yangyang Wang and Hua Yang
    Citation: Biological Research 2018 51:2
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  20. Understanding the molecular basis underlying the formation of bone-forming osteocytes and lipid-storing adipocytes will help provide insights into the cause of disorders originating in stem/progenitor cells an...

    Authors: Alma Madrigal, Lun Tan and Yuanxiang Zhao
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:43
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  21. Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) administration may increase the risk of nosocomial infections in parallel with the development of immune modulation. This could be driven by soluble mediators, possibly influencing th...

    Authors: Mariana Patlán, Fausto Sánchez-Muñoz, Luis M. Amezcua-Guerra, Adriana Granados, Araceli Páez, Felipe Massó, Ana M. Mejía, Angeles Soster, Rafael Bojalil, Lenin Pavón, Luis A. Jiménez-Zamudio and Ricardo Márquez-Velasco
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:42
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  22. The marine environment is a rich source of bioactive natural products. Many of the marine bioactive compounds have been derived successfully from molluscs. Euchelus asper is a marine mollusc which is commonly fou...

    Authors: Sweta Agrawal, Sachin Chaugule, Shashank More, Gargi Rane and Madhavi Indap
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:41
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  23. Programmed cell death 5 (PDCD5) is an apoptosis-related gene cloned from TF-1 cells whose primary biological functions are to promote apoptosis and immune regulation. The effects and mechanisms exerted by key ...

    Authors: Feng Yuan, Junfeng Wang, Keshi Zhang, Zhao Li and Zhenpeng Guan
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:40
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  24. Ferredoxin NADP(H) oxidoreductases (EC 1.18.1.2) (FNR) are flavoenzymes present in photosynthetic organisms; they are relevant for the production of reduced donors to redox reactions, i.e. in photosynthesis, t...

    Authors: María Alejandra Vorphal, Carola Bruna, Traudy Wandersleben, Jorge Dagnino-Leone, Francisco Lobos-González, Elena Uribe, José Martínez-Oyanedel and Marta Bunster
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:39
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  25. The nuclear architecture of meiotic prophase spermatocytes is based on higher-order patterns of spatial associations among chromosomal domains and consequently is prone to modification by chromosomal rearrange...

    Authors: Soledad Berríos, Raúl Fernández-Donoso and Eliana Ayarza
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:38
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  28. Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignancy among women worldwide. A major advance in the understanding of the genetic etiology of BC was the discovery of BRCA1 and BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) genes, which are considere...

    Authors: Lilian Jara, Sebastian Morales, Tomas de Mayo, Patricio Gonzalez-Hormazabal, Valentina Carrasco and Raul Godoy
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:35
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  30. Breast cancer remains a worldwide public health dilemma and is currently the most common tumour in the globe. Awareness of breast cancer, public attentiveness, and advancement in breast imaging has made a posi...

    Authors: Muhammad Akram, Mehwish Iqbal, Muhammad Daniyal and Asmat Ullah Khan
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:33
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  31. Growing evidence has supported that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) could play vital roles in the development, progression, and prognosis of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, little is known about the clinical ...

    Authors: Xiaogang Shen, Yifeng Bai, Bin Luo and Xiaogang Zhou
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:32
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  32. MiR-320 is downregulated in multiple cancers, including glioma and acts as tumor suppressor through inhibiting tumor cells proliferation and inducing apoptosis. PBX3 (Pre-B cell leukemia homeobox 3), a putativ...

    Authors: Cuicui Pan, Hua Gao, Ni Zheng, Qi Gao, Yuanquan Si and Yueran Zhao
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:31
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  33. Porcine Deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is a newly emerged enteropathogenic coronavirus that causes diarrhea and mortality in neonatal piglets. PDCoV has spread to many countries around the world, leading to significant...

    Authors: Fanfan Zhang, Yu Ye, Deping Song, Nannan Guo, Qi Peng, Anqi Li, Xingrong Zhou, Yanjun Chen, Min Zhang, Dongyan Huang and Yuxin Tang
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:30
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  34. Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a severe neuropsychiatric condition affecting 1–3% of the worldwide population. OCD has a strong genetic component, and the SLC1A1 gene that encodes neuronal glutamate trans...

    Authors: Luis F. González, Francisca Henríquez-Belmar, Claudia Delgado-Acevedo, Marisol Cisternas-Olmedo, Gloria Arriagada, Ramón Sotomayor-Zárate, Dennis L. Murphy and Pablo R. Moya
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:29
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  35. The Tridax procumbens extracts (TPE) are known for their ethno-medicinal properties to increase osteogenic functioning in mesenchymal stem cells. Recently, we found that the T. procumbens flavonoids (TPF) signifi...

    Authors: Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Jakir Hosen, Amina Khatun, M. Masihul Alam and Md. Abdul Alim Al-Bari
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:28
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  37. CCL2 was up-regulated in neurons and involved in microglia activation and neurological decline in mice suffering from hepatic encephalopathy (HE). However, no data exist concerning the effect of neuron-derived...

    Authors: Li Zhang, Jinyun Tan, Xiaoping Jiang, Weiwei Qian, Ting Yang, Xijun Sun, Zhaohui Chen and Qiwen Zhu
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:26
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  38. Jojoba is considered a promising oil crop and is cultivated for diverse purposes in many countries. The jojoba seed produces unique high-quality oil with a wide range of applications such as medical and indust...

    Authors: Jameel R. Al-Obaidi, Mohammed Farouq Halabi, Nasser S. AlKhalifah, Shanavaskhan Asanar, Abdulrahman A. Al-Soqeer and M. F. Attia
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:25
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  40. Airway remodeling is a key feature of asthma, characterized by increased proliferation of airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs). S100A8 is a calcium-binding protein with a potential to regulate cell proliferation...

    Authors: Yu-Dong Xu, Yu Wang, Lei-Miao Yin, Ling-Ling Peng, Gyoung-Hee Park and Yong-Qing Yang
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:23
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  41. Hypertrophic scarring (HS) is a severe disease, and results from unusual wound healing. Col1A1 could promote the hypertrophic scar formation, and the expression of Col1A1 in HS tissue was markedly higher than ...

    Authors: Sheng Bi, Linlin Chai, Xi Yuan, Chuan Cao and Shirong Li
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:22
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  42. Multiple techniques exist for detecting Mycobacteria, each having its own advantages and drawbacks. Among them, automated culture-based systems like the BACTEC-MGITâ„¢ are popular because they are inexpensive, reli...

    Authors: Roli Kargupta, Sachidevi Puttaswamy, Aiden J. Lee, Timothy E. Butler, Zhongyu Li, Sounak Chakraborty and Shramik Sengupta
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:21
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  43. Vegetative propagation of Fragaria sp. is traditionally carried out using stolons. This system of propagation, in addition to being slow, can spread plant diseases, particularly serious being viral. In vitro cult...

    Authors: Karla A. Quiroz, Miguel Berríos, Basilio Carrasco, Jorge B. Retamales, Peter D. S. Caligari and Rolando García-Gonzáles
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:20
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  44. Bromodomain-containing protein 4 (BRD4) inhibition is a new therapeutic strategy for many malignancies. In this study, we aimed to explore the effect of BRD4 inhibition by JQ1 on in vitro cell growth, migratio...

    Authors: Limei Wang, Xiuyin Wu, Ruolin Wang, Chengzhe Yang, Zhi Li, Cunwei Wang, Fenghe Zhang and Pishan Yang
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:19
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  45. Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART), discovered initially by via differential display RT-PCR analysis of brains of rats administered cocaine, is expressed mainly in central nervous system or n...

    Authors: Pengfei Li, Xuejing Yu, Jianshan Xie, Xiaolei Yao, Wenzhong Liu, Jianbo Yao, Zhiwei Zhu and Lihua Lyu
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:18
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  46. Realgar is a naturally occurring arsenic sulfide (or Xionghuang, in Chinese). It contains over 90% tetra-arsenic tetra-sulfide (As4S4). Currently, realgar has been confirmed the antitumor activities, both in vitr...

    Authors: Peng Chen, Ruixiang Xu, Lei Yan, Zhengrong Wu, Yan Wei, Wenbin Zhao, Xin Wang, Qinjian Xie and Hongyu Li
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:17
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  48. Ubiquitin specific peptidase 39 (USP39), an essential factor in the assembly of the mature spliceosome complex, has an aberrant expression in several cancer. However, its function and the corresponding mechani...

    Authors: Zhihua Gan, Kun Han, Shuchen Lin, Haiyan Hu, Zan Shen and Daliu Min
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:15
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  49. Kidney diseases are a global health problem. Currently, over 2 million people require dialysis or transplant which are associated with high morbidity and mortality; therefore, new researches focused on regener...

    Authors: Monica Maribel Mata-Miranda, Gustavo Jesus Vazquez-Zapien, Marlon Rojas-Lopez, Virginia Sanchez-Monroy, David Guillermo Perez-Ishiwara and Raul Jacobo Delgado-Macuil
    Citation: Biological Research 2017 50:14
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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