Yan-Jyun Lin^1,#, I-Ta Lee^2,#, Wen-Bin Wu^3,4, Chien-Chung Yang^5,6, Chiang-Wen Lee^7,8,9, Fuu-Jen Tsai^10,11,12, Hui-Ching Tseng¹³, Wei-Ning Lin⁴, Li-Der Hsiao⁴, Chuen-Mao Yang^4,*

BIOCELL, Vol.49, No.7, pp. 1265-1290, 2025, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2025.066223 - 25 July 2025

Abstract Background: Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs), commonly utilized in industrial and biomedical fields, are known to provoke pulmonary inflammation by elevating cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) levels in human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells (HPAEpiCs). Salvianolic acid A (SAA), a water-soluble polyphenol extracted from Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen), possesses well-documented antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Nevertheless, its potential to counteract SiNP-induced inflammatory responses in the lung has not been thoroughly explored. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the protective role and mechanistic actions of SAA against SiNP-triggered inflammation in both cellular and animal models. Methods: HPAEpiCs were pre-incubated with SAA prior to SiNP exposure to… More >

XIAOXIAO HE¹, XUEQING ZHOU², JINPENG ZHANG², MINGFEI ZHANG², DANHONG ZENG², HENG ZHANG¹, SHUCAI YANG^2,*

BIOCELL, Vol.48, No.9, pp. 1331-1341, 2024, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2024.052625 - 04 September 2024

Abstract Objectives: This investigation aimed to elucidate the inhibitory impact of apatinib on the multidrug resistance of liver cancer both in vivo and in vitro. Methods: To establish a Hep3B/5-Fu resistant cell line, 5-Fu concentrations were gradually increased in the culture media. Hep3B/5-Fu cells drug resistance and its alleviation by apatinib were confirmed via flow cytometry and Cell Counting Kit 8 (CCK8) test. Further, Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) siRNA was transfected into Hep3B/5-Fu cells to assess alterations in the expression of multidrug resistance (MDR)-related genes and proteins. Nude mice were injected with Hep3B/5-Fu cells to establish subcutaneous… More >

ABDELAZIZ ADAM IDRISS ARBAB^1,3,#, CHUNQING YIN^4,#, XUBIN LU¹, YAN LIANG¹, ISMAIL MOHAMED ABDALLA¹, AMER ADAM IDRIS³, TIANLE XU^1,2, YONGJIANG MAO¹, ZHANGPING YANG^1,2,*

BIOCELL, Vol.46, No.11, pp. 2443-2454, 2022, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2022.020865 - 07 July 2022

Abstract Mastitis is a common inflammatory cow mammary infection; that causes significant economic loss in dairy industry. Given the interesting connection between metformin’s anti-inflammatory function and mastitis model induced by LTA in pbMECs, our objective was to prove that metformin was beneficial in suppressing proinflammatory response induced by LTA through modulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) signaling pathways and activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ) in pbMECs. The proliferation of cells and mRNA expression were measured using EdU assay and quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Immunoblotting and immunofluorescence analysis… More >

Jian Jiang^*, Xuewen Song^†, Jing Yang^*, Ke Lei^*, Yongan Ni^*, Fei Zhou^‡, Lirong Sun^*

Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.8, pp. 1235-1243, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504018X15179661552702

Abstract Neuroblastoma is the primary cause of cancer-related death for children 1 to 5 years of age. New therapeutic strategies and medicines are urgently needed. This study aimed to investigate the effects of triptolide (TPL), the major active component purified from Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F, on neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell proliferation, migration, and apoptosis, as well as underlying potential mechanisms. We found that TPL inhibited SH-SY5Y cell viability, proliferation, and migration, but induced cell apoptosis. The expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9 after TPL treatment in SH-SY5Y cells was decreased. The expression of microRNA-181a (miR-181a) was upregulated More >

Yinfang Wu^*, Jun Zhang^†, Yu Zheng^‡, Cheng Ma^‡, Xing-E Liu^§, Xiaodong Sun^*‡

Oncology Research, Vol.26, No.1, pp. 157-171, 2018, DOI:10.3727/096504017X15031557924150

Abstract This work aims to elucidate the effects and the potential underlying mechanisms of microRNA-216a-3p (miR- 216a-3p) on the proliferation, migration, and invasion of gastric cancer (GC) cells. In this study, we revealed that the expression of miR-216a-3p was significantly elevated in GC tissues and cell lines. The different expression level of miR-216a-3p was firmly correlated with clinicopathological characteristics of GC patients. We next demonstrated that upregulation of miR-216a-3p could dramatically promote the ability of proliferation, migration, and invasion of GC cells using a series of experiments, whereas downregulation essentially inhibited these properties. Additionally, through bioinformatics More >

Huang Li, Li Fang, Deng Pengbo, Hu Chengping

Oncology Research, Vol.24, No.6, pp. 405-413, 2016, DOI:10.3727/096504016X14685034103437

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