Background We tested whether apoptotic adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (A-ADMSCs)
were superior to healthy (H)-ADMSCs at attenuating organ damage and mortality in …

Androgens have important effects on the bone metabolism. However, the effect and
mechanism of androgen action on the osteoblasts remains unknown. Here we showed that …

Objective: Telomere shortening has been observed in many human diseases, including
atherosclerosis, cancer, aging syndromes, Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia. The …

Capsaicin is a potential chemotherapeutic agent for different human cancers. In Southeast
China, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has the highest incidence of all cancers, but final …

OBJECTIVES: Ischemic spinal cord injury is a serious complication of aortic surgery. Although
the extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 are generally regarded as related to cell …

J. Neurochem. (2010) 114, 237–246. Abstract Previously we demonstrated benefits of inhibiting
the extracellular signal‐regulated kinases 1/2 (ERK1/2) signaling pathway in spinal cord …

Hepatic fibrosis represents a process of healing and scarring in response to chronic liver injury.
Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a cytokine that downregulates the proinflammatory response and …

Background Pluchea indica (L.) Less. (Asteraceae) is a perennial shrub plant with anti-inflammatory
and antioxidant medicinal properties. However, the anti-cancer properties of its …

A human HSMT3 cDNA encoding a homolog of the yeast SMT3, a suppressor of MIF2
mutations in a centromere protein gene, was identified and sequenced. The sequence of 95 …

Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subset of cancer cells in tumors or established cancer cell
lines that can initiate and sustain the growth of tumors in vivo. Cancer stem cells can be …