Vol 18 (2019) | EXCLI Journal

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Published: 2019-01-02

Original article - Crocetin promotes angiogenesis in human endothelial cells through PI3K-Akt-eNOS signaling pathway

Mahdieh Nasirzadeh, Yousef Rasmi, Reza Rahbarghazi, Fatemeh Kheradmand, Mojtaba Karimipour, Pornanong Aramwit, Maryam Astinfeshan, Zafar Gholinejad, Behrokh Daeihasani, Ehsan Saboory, Alireza Shirpoor, Aysa Rezabakhsh, Elmira Zolali, Naser Khalaji

936-949

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Case report - Trigeminal trophic syndrome: Strange evolution of maxillofacial surgery

Francesca Zotti, Giorgia Capocasale, Fabio Lonardi, Tiziano Zambotti, Riccardo Nocini, Massimo Albanese

931-935

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Review article - Gene surgery: Potential applications for human diseases

Ayman El-Kenawy, Bachir Benarba, Adriana Freitas Neves, Thaise Gonçalves de Araujo, Tan Bee Ling, Adel Gouri

908-930

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Original article - The effects of ovarian cancer cell-derived exosomes on vascular endothelial growth factor expression in endothelial cells

Mohammad Ghorbanian, Sadegh Babashah, Farangis Ataei

899-907

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Case report - Osimertinib as treatment for EGFR exon 20 insertion-positive lung adenocarcinoma

Chihiro Murano, Akira Igarashi, Keiko Yamauchi, Sumito Inoue, Masafumi Watanabe

893-898

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Seromolecular assess of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women and neonatal umbilical cord blood

Mohammad Menati Rashno, Shirzad Fallahi, Zahra Arab-Mazar, Hassan Dana

1-7

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Association between the CD40 rs1883832 polymorphism and Graves' disease risk: a meta-analysis

Xiao-Xiong Wang, Xiao-Xia Wang, Tong Chen

10-20

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Suppressed androgen receptor expression promotes M2 macrophage reprogramming through the STAT3/SOCS3 pathway

Wenhan Ma, Jingbo Zhang, Linlin Guo, Ya Wang, Shuai Lu, ZhaoHui Wang, Qinghua Lu, Fengtao Wei

21-29

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Second exposure to acetaminophen overdose is associated with liver fibrosis in mice

Mohammad AlWahsh, Amnah Othman, Lama Hamadneh, Ahmad Telfah, Jörg Lambert, Suhair Hikmat, Amin Alassi, Fatma El Zahraa Mohamed, Roland Hergenröder, Tariq Al-Qirim, Steven Dooley, Seddik Hammad

51-62

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Exposure to effluent from pharmaceutical industry induced cytogenotoxicity, hematological and histopathological alterations in Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822)

Chibuisi G. Alimba, Khalid O. Adekoya, Olufemi O. Soyinka

63-78

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Association of biofilm formation and cytotoxic potential with multidrug resistance in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Asad Bashir Awan, Juliane Schiebel, Alexander Böhm, Jörg Nitschke, Yasra Sarwar, Peter Schierack, Aamir Ali

79-90

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Therapeutic effect of Baccharis anomala DC. extracts on activated hepatic stellate cells

Bruno de Souza Basso, Fernanda Cristina de Mesquita, Henrique Bregolin Dias, Gabriele Catyana Krause, Matheus Scherer, Eliane Romanato Santarém, Jarbas Rodrigues de Oliveira

91-105

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Effect of cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor on endogenous neural progenitor cell migration in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

Ava Nasrolahi, Javad Mahmoudi, Mohammad Karimipour, Abolfazl Akbarzadeh, Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad, Roya Salehi, Fereshteh Farajdokht, Mehdi Farhoudi

139-153

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Induction of apoptosis by piperine in human cervical adenocarcinoma via ROS mediated mitochondrial pathway and caspase-3 activation

Asif Jafri, Sahabjada Siddiqui, Juhi Rais, Md Sultan Ahmad, Sudhir Kumar, Tabrez Jafar, Mohammad Afzal, Md Arshad

154-164

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Cytotoxicity and apoptogenic properties of the standardized extract of Portulaca oleracea on glioblastoma multiforme cancer cell line (U-87): a mechanistic study

Vafa Baradaran Rahimi, Seyed Hadi Mousavi, Soroush Haghighi, Sina Soheili-Far, Vahid Reza Askari

165-186

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MCT4 promotes cell proliferation and invasion of castration-resistant prostate cancer PC-3 cell line

Qing Sun, Liang-liang Hu, Qiang Fu

187-194

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The effect of heat shock protein 90 inhibitors on histone 4 lysine 20 methylation in bladder cancer

Nuran Coban, Nuray Varol

195-203

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Rational design of novel sirtuin 1 activators via structure-activity insights from application of QSAR modeling

Reny Pratiwi, Veda Prachayasittikul, Supaluk Prachayasittikul, Chanin Nantasenamat

207-222

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Neuroprotective mechanism of low-dose sodium nitrite in oxygen-glucose deprivation model of cerebral ischemic stroke in PC12 cells

Nader Shakib, Mohammad Hassan Khadem Ansari, Pouran Karimi, Yousef Rasmi

229-242

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Tumor suppressive effects of the pleiotropically acting miR-195 in colorectal cancer cells

Zahra Forouzan Jahromi, Arash Javeri, Masoumeh Fakhr Taha

243-252

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Development and validation of a new scale for prediction of low back pain occurrence among nurses

Mohammad Javad Jafari, Foroogh Doshman Fana Yazdi, Yadollah Mehrabi, Sakineh Rakhshanderou, Mahnaz Saremi

277-286

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Association between four microRNA binding site-related polymorphisms and the risk of warfarin-induced bleeding complications

Maryam Hosseindokht, Mohammadali Boroumand, Rasoul Salehi, Ali Mandegary, Azita Hajhosseini Talasaz, Leyla Pourgholi, Hamed Zare, Shayan Ziaee, Mohammadreza Sharifi

287-299

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In vivo administration of G9a inhibitor A366 decreases osteogenic potential of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Hedyeh Khanban, Esmail Fattahi, Mahmood Talkhabi

300-309

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Interleukin 6 (rs1800795) gene polymorphism is associated with cardiovascular diseases: a meta-analysis of 74 studies with 86,229 subjects

Thelma Beatriz González-Castro, Yazmín Hernández-Díaz, Nonanzit Pérez-Hernández, Carlos Alfonso Tovilla-Zárate, Isela Esther Juárez-Rojop, María Lilia López-Narvaez, Ruben Blachman-Braun, Rosalinda Posadas-Sánchez, Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón, Esbeidy García-Flores, Benny Giovanni Cazarín-Santos, Verónica Marusa Borgonio-Cuadra, Pedro A. Reyes-López, José Manuel Rodríguez-Pérez

331-355

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Deoxynivalenol enhances IL-1ß expression in BV2 microglial cells through activation of the NF-κB pathway and the ASC/NLRP3 inflammasome

Ilandarage Menu Neelaka Molagoda, Seunghun Lee, Rajapaksha Gedara Prasad Tharanga Jayasooriya, Cheng-Yung Jin, Yung Hyun Choi, Gi-Young Kim

356-369

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The continuous downgrading of malnutrition in the German DRG system: possible effects on the treatment of patients at risk for malnutrition

Laura E. Stollhof, Jessica M. Braun, Christoph Ihle, Anna J. Schreiner, Johannes Kufeldt, Michael Adolph, Elke Wintermeyer, Ulrich Stöckle, Andreas Nüssler

370-381

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Classification of chronic myeloid leukemia cell subtypes based on microscopic image analysis

Narjes Ghane, Alireza Vard, Ardeshir Talebi, Pardis Nematollahy

382-404

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Immunoregulatory, proliferative and anti-oxidant effects of nanocurcuminoids on adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Forouzan Yousefi, Fahimeh Lavi Arab, Mahmoud Reza Jaafari, Maryam Rastin, Nafiseh Tabasi, Mahdi Hatamipour, Karim Nikkhah, Mahmoud Mahmoudi

405-421

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Up-regulation of long non-coding RNA-PCAT-1 promotes invasion and metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Maryam Razavi, Saeid Ghorbian

422-428

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Association of rs4784227-CASC16 (LOC643714 locus) and rs4782447-ACSF3 polymorphisms and their association with breast cancer risk among Iranian population

Amir Tajbakhsh, Zahra Farjami, Sousan Darroudi, Seyed Hasan Ayati, Fatemeh Vakili, Mahla Asghari, Maliheh Alimardani, Soheila Abedini, Mohammad Mahdi Kushyar, Alireza Pasdar

429-438

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Nitroxoline: a potent antimicrobial agent against multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae

Rungrot Cherdtrakulkiat, Ratana Lawung, Sunanta Nabu, Srisurang Tantimavanich, Nujarin Sinthupoom, Supaluk Prachayasittikul, Virapong Prachayasittikul

445-453

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Physicochemical and cytotoxicity analysis of green synthesis carbon dots for cell imaging

Zahra Fatahi, Neda Esfandiari, Hamide Ehtesabi, Zeinab Bagheri, Hossein Tavana, Zahra Ranjbar, Hamid Latifi

454-466

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Interferon-inducible protein (IFI) 16 regulates Chikungunya and Zika virus infection in human skin fibroblasts

Sineewanlaya Wichit, Rodolphe Hamel, Sakda Yainoy, Nuttamonpat Gumpangseth, Suchawadee Panich, Thanawat Phuadraksa, Phoonthawee Saetear, Arnaud Monteil, Ronald Morales Vargas, Dorothée Missé

467-476

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Induction of apoptosis and modulation of homologous recombination DNA repair pathway in prostate cancer cells by the combination of AZD2461 and valproic acid

Saman Sargazi, Ramin Saravani, Javad Zavar Reza, Hossein Zarei Jaliani, Shekoufeh Mirinejad, Zohreh Rezaei, Sadegh Zarei

485-498

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Human-based dynamics of mental workload in complicated systems

Mohammad-Javad Jafari, Farid Zaeri, Amir H. Jafari, Amir T. Payandeh Najafabadi, Narmin Hassanzadeh

501-512

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Analysis of association of potentially functional genetic variants within genes encoding miR-34b/c, miR-378 and miR-143/145 with prostate cancer in Serbian population

Nevena Kotarac, Zorana Dobrijevic, Suzana Matijasevic, Dusanka Savic-Pavicevic, Goran Brajuskovic

515-529

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Fibroblast growth factor-10 and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer

Fatemeh Farajihaye Qazvini, Nasser Samadi, Mojtaba Saffari, Amir Nader Emami-Razavi, Reza Shirkoohi

530-539

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Exenatide induces autophagy and prevents the cell regrowth in HepG2 cells

Gabriele Catyana Krause, Kelly Goulart Lima, Vitor Levorse, Gabriela Viegas Haute, Rodrigo Benedetti Gassen, Maria Cláudia Garcia, Leonardo Pedrazza, Márcio Vinícius Fagundes Donadio, Carolina Luft, Jarbas Rodrigues de Oliveira

540-548

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The influence of size, depth and histologic characteristics of invasive ductal breast carcinoma on thermographic properties of the breast

Marko Mance, Krešimir Bulić, Anko Antabak, Milan Milošević

549-557

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Auraptene-induced cytotoxicity mechanisms in human malignant glioblastoma (U87) cells: role of reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Amir R. Afshari, Mohammad Jalili-Nik, Mohammad Soukhtanloo, Ahmad Ghorbani, Hamid R. Sadeghnia, Hamid Mollazadeh, Mostafa Karimi Roshan, Farzad Rahmani, Hamed Sabri, Mohammad Mahdi Vahedi, Seyed Hadi Mousavi

576-590

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The effects of vitamin D supplementation on muscle function among postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Reza Tabrizi, Jamal Hallajzadeh, Naghmeh Mirhosseini, Kamran B. Lankarani, Najmeh Maharlouei, Maryam Akbari, Zatollah Asemi

591-603

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Estrogen receptor subtype agonist activation in human cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma cells modulates expression of CD55 and Cyclin D1

Jing Lan, Xing-Hua Gao, Rashmi Kaul

606-618

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Synergistic induction of apoptosis in a cell model of human leukemia K562 by nitroglycerine and valproic acid

Shahin Aalaei, Mehdi Mohammadzadeh, Yaghub Pazhang

619-630

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The effects of L-carnitine supplementation on glycemic control: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Hadis Fathizadeh, Alireza Milajerdi, Željko Reiner, Fariba Kolahdooz, Zatollah Asemi

631-643

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Efficacy and tolerability of fourteen-day sequential quadruple regimen: pantoprazole, bismuth, amoxicillin, metronidazole and or furazolidone as first-line therapy for eradication of Helicobacter pylori
a randomized, double-blind clinical trial

Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Alireza Samadi, Farahnaz Joukar, Hafez Tirgar Fakheri, Soheil Hassanipour, Mohammad Taghi Ashoobi, Soheil Soltanipour, Ahmad Alizadeh, Gholamreza Rezamand, Mohammad Fathalipour

644-652

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Comparison of melatonin and curcumin effect at the light and dark periods on regeneration of sciatic nerve crush injury in rats

Farshad Moharrami Kasmaie, Zohreh Jahromi, Rouhollah Gazor, Arash Zaminy

653-665

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Cytoprotective effects of ginsenoside Rd on apoptosis-associated cell death in the isolated human pancreatic islets

Maryam Kaviani, Somayeh Keshtkar, Negar Azarpira, Mahdokht Hossein Aghdaei, Bita Geramizadeh, Mohammad Hossein Karimi, Ramin Yaghobi, Elaheh Esfandiari, Alireza Shamsaeefar, Saman Nikeghbalian, Ismail H. Al-Abdullah

666-676

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Up-regulation of miR-381 inhibits NAD+ salvage pathway and promotes apoptosis in breast cancer cells

Zahra Bolandghamat Pour, Mitra Nourbakhsh, Kazem Mousavidzadeh, Zahra Madjd, Seyedeh Sara Ghorbanhosseini, Zohreh Abdolvahabi, Zahra Hesari, Samira Ezzati Mobaser

683-696

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Histological and toxicological evaluation, in rat, of a P-glycoprotein inducer and activator: 1-(propan-2-ylamino)-4-propoxy-9H-thioxanthen-9-one (TX5)

Carolina Rocha-Pereira, Vera Silva, Vera Marisa Costa, Renata Silva, Juliana Garcia, Salomé Gonçalves-Monteiro, Margarida Duarte-Araújo, Alice Santos-Silva, Susana Coimbra, Ricardo Jorge Dinis-Oliveira, Catarina Lopes, Paula Silva, Solida Long, Emília Sousa, Maria de Lourdes Bastos, Fernando Remião

697-722

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Hesperidin ameliorates bleomycin-induced experimental pulmonary fibrosis via inhibition of TGF-β1/Smad3/AMPK and IκBα/NF-κB pathways

Zheng Zhou, Amit D. Kandhare, Anwesha A. Kandhare, Subhash L. Bodhankar

723-745

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Differential effects of luteolin and its glycosides on invasion and apoptosis in MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer cells

Jiyon Lee, Su-Ho Park, Jintak Lee, Hyunwoo Chun, Myoung-Kwon Choi, Jae-Hwan Yoon, Thu-Huyen Pham, Ki Hong Kim, Taeho Kwon, Hyung-Won Ryu, Sei-Ryang Oh, Do-Young Yoon

750-763

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Senescent HUVECs-secreted exosomes trigger endothelial barrier dysfunction in young endothelial cells

Pooi-Fong Wong, King-Leng Tong, Juliana Jamal, Eng-Soon Khor, Siew-Li Lai, Mohd Rais Mustafa

764-776

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The mTOR kinase inhibitor rapamycin enhances the expression and release of pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 6 modulating the activation of human microglial cells

Natalia Cappoli, Daniele Mezzogori, Elisabetta Tabolacci, Isabella Coletta, Pierluigi Navarra, Giovambattista Pani, Cinzia Dello Russo

779-798

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Implications of the presence of yeasts in tracheobronchial secretions of critically ill intubated patients

Elenice Gomes Ferreira, Fabrício Yatsuda, Marcio Pini, Isabele Carrilho Jarros, Flávia Franco Veiga, Admilton Gonçalves de Oliveira, Melyssa Negri, Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski

801-811

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Metformin restores the mitochondrial membrane potentials in association with a reduction in TIMM23 and NDUFS3 in MPP+-induced neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y cells

Pitak Chanthammachat, Permphan Dharmasaroja

812-823

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Long non-coding RNA RPPH1 promotes the proliferation, invasion and migration of human acute myeloid leukemia cells through down-regulating miR-330-5p expression

Bo Lei, Aili He, Yinxia Chen, Xinmei Cao, Pengyu Zhang, Jie Liu, Xiaorong Ma, Lu Qian, Wanggang Zhang

824-837

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MicroRNA-494 induces breast cancer cell apoptosis and reduces cell viability by inhibition of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase expression and activity

Seyedeh Sara Ghorbanhosseini, Mitra Nourbakhsh, Mohammad Zangooei, Zohreh Abdolvahabi, Zahra Bolandghamtpour, Zahra Hesari, Zeynab Yousefi, Ghodratollah Panahi, Reza Meshkani

838-851

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Impaired immunomodulatory ability of type 2 diabetic adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells in regulation of inflammatory condition in mixed leukocyte reaction

Sara Aliakbari, Mobin Mohammadi, Mohammad Ali Rezaee, Abbas Ali Amini, Shohreh Fakhari, Mohammad Reza Rahmani

852-865

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Δ-Aminolevulinate dehydratase and glutathione peroxidase activity in Alzheimer's disease: a case-control study

Quelen Iane Garlet, Maria Vaitsa Losh Haskel, Romaiana Picada Pereira, Weber Cláudio Francisco Nunes da Silva, João B. Teixeira da Rocha, Cláudia Sirlene Oliveira, Juliana Sartori Bonini

866-875

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Roselle attenuates cardiac hypertrophy after myocardial infarction in vivo and in vitro

Lislivia Yiang-Nee Si, Anand Ramalingam, Shafreena Shaukat Ali, Amnani Aminuddin, Pei-Yuen Ng, Jalifah Latip, Yusof Kamisah, Siti Balkis Budin, Satirah Zainalabidin

876-892

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