p27(Kip1), a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor, is a multi-functional protein that regulates various cellular activities. Trophoblast proliferation, migration and invasion are some of the key processes of placental development. We have recently reported that Nodal, a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily, inhibits human trophoblast cell proliferation, migration an...

OBJECTIVE Literature on the effect of cell-derived extracellular vesicles (EV), ≤1 μm vesicles shed from various cell types during activation or apoptosis, on microvascular endothelial cell (MVEC) signaling is conflicting. Thrombospondin-1 and related proteins induce anti-angiogenic signals in MVEC via CD36. CD36 binds EV via phosphatidylserine exposed on their surface but the effects of this i...

Tumour-derived CXCL8 facilitates the movement of myeloid-derived suppressor cells, which are able to restrain antitumour immune responses tumour microenvironment. Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is a potential in gastric cancer (GC). However, knowledge regarding correlations between KLF4 and GC limited. We use cellular molecular biological methods assess whether these two factors interact GC. Expr...

Epithelial ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among gynaecological cancers. Previous studies have demonstrated that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligands can induce ovarian cancer cell invasion by down-regulating E-cadherin. Betacellulin is a unique member of the EGF family. It is overexpressed in a variety of cancers and is associated with reduced survival. However, the bio...

Recent studies suggest that pro-inflammatory type M1 macrophages inhibit tumor progression and that anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages enhance it. The aim of this study was to examine the interaction of type M1 and M2 macrophages with pancreatic cancer cells. We studied the migration rate of fluorescein stained pancreatic cancer cells on Matrigel cultured alone or with Granulocyte-Macrophage Colo...

In the development of neuroinflammatory diseases, alterations of the blood brain barrier (BBB) represent key events. The integrity of the BBB is partially maintained by endothelia cells (ECs), since they actively limit the transmigration of immune cells. However, the factors that cause endothelial cells to develop an immune cell-permissive phenotype are poorly understood. In general, it has bee...

BACKGROUND Matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2) has been reported to be an important regulator of cell migration and invasion through degradation of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in many diseases, such as cancer and endometriosis. Here, we found calcium-activated neutral protease 7 (CAPN 7) expression was markedly upregulated in the eutopic endometrium and endometrial stromal cells of women diag...

Diseases of intestinal inflammation like necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) are associated with impaired epithelial barrier integrity and the sustained release of intestinal nitric oxide (NO). NO modifies the cytoskeletal regulator RhoA-GTPase, suggesting that NO could affect barrier healing by inhibiting intestinal restitution. We now hypothesize that NO inhibits enterocyte migration through RhoA...

Abstract Despite the far-reaching evolutionary implications of sexual conflict, effects metapopulation structure, when populations are subdivided into several demes connected to some degree by migration, on conflict dynamics unknown. Here, we used experimental evolution in an insect model system, seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus, assess independent and interacting selection histories associ...

Previous studies have shown that CCNB1 affects the invasiveness of pituitary adenomas, and it is great significance to find upstream mechanism regulating CCNB1.In this study, we explored a significantly overexpressed circRNA in invasive adenomas. Based on bioinformatics analysis experiments, determined circNFIX (has-circ_0005660) cell invasion, migration proliferation adenomas by sponging miR-3...