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Uncoupling protein-2 (UCP-2) is a mitochondrial protein expressed in adipocytes and has recently been involved in the control of energy dissipation. Because obesity is characterized by an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure and by an enhanced adipocyte-derived secretion of tumor necrosis
OBJECTIVE
To study the effect of peritoneal macrophages on tumor cell proliferation, we cultured ascites hepatoma AH-130 cells with unstimulated, or lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- or interleukin (IL)-2-stimulated rat peritoneal macrophages, and examined the proliferation of AH-130 cells.
METHODS
Rat
Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid (HA) has been widely accepted for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) in early stage. l-Glutathione (GSH), an antioxidant, has an anti-inflammatory effect on protecting cells from reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species (ROS/RNS). In this
Atherosclerotic plaques develop in the arterial wall from complex multicellular processes following the early recruitment of circulating monocytes. Infiltration of monocytes is mediated by cell adhesion molecules (CAMs), including vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) which is rapidly induced
Phosphodiesterases (PDE) metabolize cyclic nucleotides limiting the effects of vasodilators such as prostacyclin and nitric oxide (NO). In this study, DNA microarray techniques were used to assess the impact of NO on expression of PDE genes in rat pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (rPASMC).
Thioacetamide (TAA) is a hepatotoxin frequently used for experimental purposes which produces centrilobular necrosis after a single dose administration. In spite of the fact that oxidative stress seems to play a very important role in the mechanism of TAA-induced injury, the effect of TAA on
1-Naphthylisothiocyanate (ANIT) is a model compound which causes cholestasis in laboratory animals. Various biochemical and morphological changes including biliary epithelial and parenchymal cell necrosis occur in the liver of animals treated with ANIT. Although the mechanism(s) for these effects is
Nitric oxide (NO), products of activated macrophages, have a great impact on the regulation of cytokine production. The role of NO in non-specific host cells is commonly accepted. On the contrary, its role as an immuno-regulatory molecule is still controversial. In this study, we have investigated
The development of oral vaccines using yeast surface display technology is an area of intensive study in vaccine development, but the protein level displayed on yeast surfaces is not currently high enough to obtain a robust immune response.
To address this issue, we established an efficient and
The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the modulation of adipocyte lipolysis was investigated. Treatment of white and brown adipose cell lines and mouse adipose explants with a mixture of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) doubled the lipolytic
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) has been shown to reduce tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced activation of endothelial cells via inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB pathways. The aim of this study was to determine whether ANP is able
BACKGROUND
The pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with a defective host antiviral immune response and intrahepatic oxidative stress. Oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation play major roles in the fatty liver accumulation (steatosis) that leads to