The effects of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) in diabetes-related healing defects were investigated by using an incisional skin-wound model produced on the back of female diabetic C57BL/KsJ-m(+/+)Lept(db) mice (db(+)/db(+)) and their normoglycemic littermates (db(+/+)m). Animals were treated with rHuEPO (400 units/kg in 100 microl s.c.) or its vehicle alone (100 microl). Mice were ki...

background: dietary polyphenols, such as those found in green tea and red wine, are linked to antitumor activity. they are known to influence many signaling pathways epigenetically within the human body. in this regard, cpuk02 (15-oxosteviol benzyl ester) is a new ent-kaurenoid derivative of stevioside and exhibits strong anti-cancer activity in vitro and in vivo. nowadays, the role of epigenet...

To gain insight into the possible biological role of variant estrogen receptor (ER) expression in human breast cancer, we have undertaken a study to determine if the expression of the clone 4 variant ER mRNA was associated with markers of either reduced endocrine sensitivity [i.e., progesterone receptor (PgR) negativity] or a poor prognosis (node positivity, large tumor size, and high percentag...

several cell lines (18) of poorly differentiated rat ascites hepatomas which grown intraperitoneally were analyzed with respect to their mrna levels of gst-p and albumin. the expression of albumin was dramatically decreased and became undetectable in all of the examined hepatomas compared with normal rat liver. the gst-p mrna level in the hepatomas was correlated with their ability for formatio...

BACKGROUND The human CDH4 gene, which encodes the R-cadherin protein, has an important role in cell migration and cell adhesion, sorting, tissue morphogenesis, and tumor genesis. This study analyzed the relationship of CDH4 mRNA expression with lung cancer. METHODS Real time PCR was applied to detect CDH4 mRNA transcription in 142 paired cases of lung cancer and noncancerous regions. RESULT...

We have developed a technique to diagnose the alpha- and beta-thalassemia (thal) syndromes using the polymerase chain reaction to amplify cDNA copies of circulating erythroid cell messenger RNA (mRNA) so as to quantitate the relative amounts of alpha-, beta-, and gamma-globin mRNA contained therein. Quantitation, performed by scintillation counting of 32P-dCTP incorporated into specific globin ...

The relative rate of de novo synthesis of two membrane-associated carbohydrate-binding proteins (CBP) has been examined during Dictyostelium development. The results show that the relative rate of CBP synthesis is minimal during the vegetative stage and increases to represent approximately 3.5 to 5% of newly synthesized protein during the aggregation stage after which the relative rate decrease...