BACKGROUND Current histopathological classification and TNM staging have limited accuracy in predicting survival and stratifying patients for appropriate treatment. The goal of the study is to determine whether the expression pattern of functionally important regulatory proteins can add additional values for more accurate classification and prognostication of non-small lung cancer (NSCLC). ME...

The activation of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) response element-binding protein (CREB) via phosphorylation in the hippocampus is an important signaling mechanism for enhancing memory processing. Although melatonin is known to increase CREB expression in various animal models, the signaling mechanism between melatonin and CREB has been unknown in vitro. Thus, we confirmed the signaling ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of low-flow cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest followed by postbypass recovery on the phosphorylation state of transcription factor, cyclic adenosine 3', 5'-monophosphate response element-binding protein (CREB), in the striatum of neonatal brain. METHODS Neonatal piglets (1.4 to 2.5 kg) anesthe...

To determine whether Aloe vera (AV), a traditional herbal medicine, could maintain homeostasis, we investigated its ability to regulate the production of hormones, particularly thyroid hormones. T4 ELISA assay with (6H media) and without thyrotropin (TSH) (5H showed that AV functions endocrine homeostasis. understand mechanisms by which regulates thyroxine release, confirmed protein expression ...

BACKGROUND cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)-dependent gene expression plays an important role in central sensitization. CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1 (CRTC1) dramatically increases CREB-mediated transcriptional activity. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor subunit 2B, and miRNA-212/132, which are highly CREB responsive, function downstream f...

Neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1) may serve an endogenous neuroprotective role in brain ischemic injury, yet the underlying mechanism involved is poorly understood. In the present study, we aimed to investigate whether intracerebroventricular (ICV) injection of NPD1 is neuroprotective against transient focal cerebral ischemia. We also sought to verify the neuroprotective mechanisms of NPD1. Rats subject...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible therapeutic mechanism of Shuyu capsules in liver-qi depression. Liver-qi depression rats were prepared based on chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS) and delayed constraint. Rats were gavaged with Shuyu capsule, fluoxetine, Radix Bupleuri and Radix Paeoniae Alba to constrct rat models. Body weight test, sucrose preference test and ope...

Hachimijiogan (HJG) is a traditional herbal medicine that improves anxiety disorders in patients with dementia. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that HJG exerts neurotrophic factor-like effects to ameliorate memory impairment in Alzheimer disease (AD) model rats. First, we describe that HJG acts to induce neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells (a rat pheochromocytoma cell line) like nerve growt...

CREB-binding proteins (CBP) and p300 are essential transcriptional coactivators for a large number of regulated DNA-binding transcription factors, including CREB, nuclear receptors, and STATs. CBP and p300 function in part by mediating the assembly of multiprotein complexes that contain additional cofactors such as p300/CBP interacting protein (p/CIP), a member of the p160/SRC family of coactiv...

The present study examines the effects of the antidepressant venlafaxine, a dual amine reuptake inhibitor, on (a) in vivo regulation of the densities of high- and low-affinity dihydroalprenolol (DHA) binding sites in the cortex of normal and reserpinized Sprague-Dawley rats and (b) targets beyond the beta adrenoceptor. While venlafaxine (30 mg/kg i.p. b.i.d.) administered for 4 d did not alter ...