Oleanolic acid has significant pharmacological activities, such as anti-tumor, regulating blood sugar level and liver protection, which are more effective compared with free aglyconeoleanolic acid. However, it is still unknown if oleanolic acid affects the proliferation of human bladder cancer. We utilized T24 cells to study the effect of oleanolic acid on the proliferation and apoptosis of hum...

The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) promotes cancer invasion and metastasis, however, the integrative mechanisms that coordinate the process are incompletely understood. In this study, we defined a pivotal functional role for the Forkhead transcription factor FOXQ1 in regulating EMT in bladder cancer. We initially investigated the expression of FOXQ1, TGF-β1 and EMT biomarkers E-cadheri...

The eclosion and oviposition rhythms of flies from a population of Drosophila melanogaster maintained under constant conditions of the laboratory were assayed under constant light (LL), constant darkness (DD), and light/dark (LD) cycles of 10:10h (T20), 12:12h (T24), and 14:14h (T28). The mean (+/- 95% confidence interval; CI) free-running period (tau) of the oviposition rhythm was 26.34 +/- 1....

Insomnia related to sleep apnoea (IA) is highly prevalent, and its proper treatment is still debated. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that long-term auto-adjusting positive airway pressure (APAP) treatment improves IA symptoms. 80 patients (mean±sd age 54.9±10.6 yrs, respiratory disturbance index (RDI) 45.0±24.6 events·h(-1)) receiving APAP treatment were followed prospectively...

BACKGROUND Xeroderma pigmentosum group F (XPF) is an important participant in the nucleotide excision repair process. This study aimed to investigate the expression of DNA repair gene xeroderma pigmentosum group F (XPF) in bladder cancer and its clinical significance. MATERIAL/METHODS Total RNA and protein were extracted from 45 untreated bladder cancer tissues and 21 hydroxycamptothecin (HCP...

BACKGROUND Previous studies found that urea transporter UT-B is abundantly expressed in bladder urothelium. However, the dynamic role of UT-B in bladder urothelial cells remains unclear. The objective of this study is to evaluate the physiological roles of UT-B in bladder urothelium using UT-B knockout mouse model and T24 cell line. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Urea and NO measurement, mRNA...

Cancer metastasis is a complex process involving cell-cell interactions mediated by cell adhesive molecules. In this study we determine the adhesion strength between an endothelial cell monolayer and tumor cells of different metastatic potentials using Atomic Force Microscopy. We show that the rupture forces of receptor-ligand bonds increase with retraction speed and range between 20 and 70 pN....

Transitional cell carcinomas (TCCs) of the urinary bladder are common malignancies with a high recurrence rate. Since microRNA-21 (miR-21) may contribute to tumorigenesis and chemoresistance in many cancer types, we aimed to investigate its efficacy in TCCs. The expression of miR-21 and its target PTEN was determined by real-time qRT-PCR and western blotting, respectively in tumor tissues as we...

It is well known that dietary phenolic compounds can elicit vital cellular responses such as cytotoxicity, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by activating a cascade of molecular events. Ellagic acid is one of these phenolic compounds, but the exact mechanism of its action is still unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate ellagic acid-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in T24 h...

Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) had received much attention in recent years owing to their capacity to differentiate intaao many other cell types. Currently a lot of studies found that MSCs could secrete cytokines and chemokines which affect the growth of tumor cells. Adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) could differentiate into a variety of different cells as well which wer...