BACKGROUND MicroRNAs are a class of noncoding RNAs which regulate multiple cellular processes during tumor development. The purpose of this report is to investigate the clinicopathological and prognostic significance of miR-218 in human gliomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) was conducted to detect the expression of miR-218 in primary normal human astrocytes, three gliom...

Neuropathic pain is an incapacitating disease that affects a large number of people worldwide, but effective therapies have not yet been established. microRNAs (miRs) are short non-coding RNAs that participate in several biological processes and states, including neuropathic pain. Nevertheless, the precise role of miRs in regulating neuropathic pain remains largely unknown. In the present study...

Colon cancer is one of the most common and lethal malignancies worldwide. Despite major advances in the treatment of colon cancer, the prognosis remains very poor. Thus, novel and effective therapies for colon cancer are urgently needed. In the present study, the expression status of miR-218 and the role of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt)/mammalian target of rapamyci...

The expression levels of microribonucleic acid 34a (miR-34a) and miR-218 in the serum and tumor tissues of patients with cervical cancer were investigated to explore their relationship with the diagnosis of cervical cancer. Fifty patients with cervical cancer were selected, and 30 normal patients were selected as the control group. The expression levels of miR-34a and miR-218 were detected by q...

Fe3O4 nanoparticles were synthesized and functionalized with (3-aminopropyl) trimethoxysilane (APTMS) chitosan, forming Fe3O4-NH2 Fe3O4-NH2-chitosan nanoparticles. The by a co-precipitation method functionalization was performed in further stages. characterized X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), zeta potential, transmission electron microscopy (TEM). result...

Deregulated miRNAs participate in osteosarcoma genesis. In this study, the expression of miRNA-218 in human osteosarcomas, adjacent normal tissues and Saos-2 human osteosarcoma cells was first assessed. Then the precise role of miRNA-218 in osteosarcoma cells was investigated. Upon transfection with a miR-218 expression vector, the proliferation of Saos-2 human osteosarcoma cells determined usi...

Multiple myeloma is a slowly proliferating B-cell malignancy that accumulates apoptosis-resistant and replication-quiescent cell populations, posing a challenge for current chemotherapeutics that target rapidly replicating cells. Multiple myeloma remains an incurable disease in need of new therapeutic approaches. The purine nucleoside analogue, 8-amino-adenosine (8-NH2-Ado), exhibits potent act...

This work reports the solvothermal synthesis of a titanium-based metal organic framework (NH2-MIL-125(Ti)) and further deposition palladium, platinum silver nanoparticles on its framework, with aim to obtain visible light-driven photocatalysts. The structure NH2-MIL-125 was not affected by incorporation nanoparticles, while textural properties changed depending used. All M/NH2-MIL-125 (M = Pd, ...

Previous studies suggest that the conjugation of ubiquitin to NH2 groups of proteins is required for protein breakdown. We now show that the selective modification of NH2-terminal alpha-NH2 groups of globin and lysozyme prevents their degradation by the ubiquitin proteolytic system from reticulocytes. The conjugation by ubiquitin of epsilon-NH2 groups of lysine residues, usually seen in multipl...