Growth factorsPub Date : 2020-02-01Epub Date: 2020-07-23DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2020.1792624
{"title":"Statement of retraction: Interferon-α2b (IFN-α2b)-induced apoptosis is mediated by p38 MAPK in hepatocytes from rat preneoplastic liver via activation of NADPH oxidase.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1792624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1792624","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"38 2","pages":"127"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1792624","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38192867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Growth factorsPub Date : 2020-01-01Epub Date: 2020-10-07DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2020.1825410
Maria Rosaria De Pascale, Nunzia Della Mura, Michele Vacca, Claudio Napoli
{"title":"Useful applications of growth factors for cardiovascular regenerative medicine.","authors":"Maria Rosaria De Pascale, Nunzia Della Mura, Michele Vacca, Claudio Napoli","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1825410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1825410","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Novel advances for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) include regenerative approaches for fibrosis, hypertrophy, and neoangiogenesis. Studies indicate that growth factor (GF) signaling could promote heart repair since most of the evidence is derived from preclinical models. Observational studies have evaluated GF serum/plasma levels as feasible biomarkers for risk stratification of CVDs. Noteworthy, two clinical interventional published studies showed that the administration of growth factors (GFs) induced beneficial effect on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), myocardial perfusion, end-systolic volume index (ESVI). To date, large scale ongoing studies are in Phase I-II and mostly focussed on intramyocardial (IM), intracoronary (IC) or intravenous (IV) administration of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) which result in the most investigated GFs in the last 10 years. Future data of ongoing randomized controlled studies will be crucial in understanding whether GF-based protocols could be in a concrete way effective in the clinical setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"38 1","pages":"35-63"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1825410","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38565934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Growth factorsPub Date : 2020-01-01Epub Date: 2020-07-09DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2020.1792469
Kamini Dangat, Amrita Khaire, Sadhana Joshi
{"title":"Cross talk of vascular endothelial growth factor and neurotrophins in mammary gland development.","authors":"Kamini Dangat, Amrita Khaire, Sadhana Joshi","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1792469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1792469","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>During the period of lactation, there is extensive growth and development of the mammary gland in order to fulfil the increased demands of milk for the growing infant. Angiogenesis plays a key role in alveolar development and facilitates optimal milk production. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the key growth factors regulating angiogenesis in mammary gland. Apart from VEGF, neurotrophins are also known to regulate angiogenesis through direct or indirect mechanisms. Few studies have demonstrated mRNA levels of neurotrophins and their receptors in mammary gland both in humans and rodents. A cross talk between VEGF and neurotrophins has been described in placental development. The enteric and central nervous system are not fully developed at birth, making it imperative to have appropriate levels of angiogenic factors and neurotrophins during postnatal period. The current review summarises studies which describe the role of neurotrophins and angiogenic factors in the mammary gland development.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"38 1","pages":"16-24"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1792469","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38143546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prospects for the application of growth factors in wound healing.","authors":"Sanam Dolati, Mehdi Yousefi, Alireza Pishgahi, Salman Nourbakhsh, Behzad Pourabbas, Seyed Kazem Shakouri","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1820499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1820499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As the largest organ of the body, human skin is multifunctional and enjoys two layers, the epidermis and the dermis, the separation of which is performed by a basement membrane zone. Skin protects the body against mechanical forces and infections. Skin wounds represent large and growing challenges to the healthcare systems globally. Skin wound healing, as a protective shield for the body against the external environment, includes interactions among cell types, the neurovascular system, cytokines, and matrix remodeling. Growth factors (GFs) affect the microenvironment of the wound, and cause rises in cell differentiation, proliferation, and migration. Administrating exogenous GFs has revealed potential in enhancing wound healing outcomes. The use of human GFs in the field of wound healing is becoming gradually more interesting, because of the low-invasive techniques required for their use. Reviewed here are the literatures on the healing of skin wounds with emphasize on the role of GFs and their future prospects, containing profits, and probable long-standing side effects accompanied with their use.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"38 1","pages":"25-34"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1820499","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38565710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Growth factorsPub Date : 2020-01-01Epub Date: 2020-04-17DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2020.1753724
María Del Carmen Díaz-Galindo, Denisse Calderón-Vallejo, Carlos Olvera-Sandoval, J Luis Quintanar
{"title":"Therapeutic approaches of trophic factors in animal models and in patients with spinal cord injury.","authors":"María Del Carmen Díaz-Galindo, Denisse Calderón-Vallejo, Carlos Olvera-Sandoval, J Luis Quintanar","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1753724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1753724","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Trophic factors are naturally produced by different tissues that participate in several functions such as the intercellular communication, in the development, stability, differentiation and regeneration at the cellular level. Specifically, in the case of spinal injuries, these factors can stimulate neuronal recovery. They are applied both in experimental models and in clinical trials in patients. The trophic factors analysed in this review include gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), growth hormone (GH), melatonin, oestrogens, the family of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs), the family of neurotrophins and the glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). There are some trophic (neurotrophic) factors that already been tested in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), but only shown partial recovery effect. It is possible that, the administration of these trophic factors together with physical rehabilitation, act synergistically and, therefore, significantly improve the quality of life of patients with SCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"38 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1753724","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37843139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Growth factorsPub Date : 2019-12-01Epub Date: 2020-03-12DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2020.1737528
Seyed Reza Mirhafez, Mohamad Tajfard, Ahmadreza Zarifian, Ali Movahedi, Nazanin Amiri, Hamideh Ghazizadeh, Amir Avan, Gordon A Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan
{"title":"Association between the serum concentrations of 12 cytokines and growth factors and metabolic syndrome in patients undergoing angiography.","authors":"Seyed Reza Mirhafez, Mohamad Tajfard, Ahmadreza Zarifian, Ali Movahedi, Nazanin Amiri, Hamideh Ghazizadeh, Amir Avan, Gordon A Ferns, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1737528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1737528","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We aimed to compare the concentrations of serum cytokines in patients undergoing coronary angiography and finding their possible associations with metabolic syndrome. Twelve serum cytokines and growth factors (IL-1α, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, TNF-α, MCP-1, IFN-γ, EGF, and VEGF) were measured by sandwich chemiluminescence assays, on the Evidence Investigator<sup>®</sup> system. There were significant differences regarding sex, height, weight, BMI, WC, HC, FPG, TG and HDL-C between those with and without MetS in patients undergoing angiography (<i>p</i> < .05). Serum concentrations of IL-6 and INF-γ were significantly higher in subjects with MetS, compared to those without MetS (<i>p</i> = .031 and <i>p</i> = .035, respectively). However, only serum IL-6 was associated with the presence of MetS (β = 1.215, CI = 1.047-1.409, <i>p</i> = .010). From several serum cytokines and growth factors assessed in patients, IL-6 was the only serum cytokine that was significantly different between those with and without MetS after correction for confounding factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"37 5-6","pages":"238-246"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1737528","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37727819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IGF-1 regulate the expression of uncoupling protein 2 via FOXO1.","authors":"Yukiko Watamoto, Kumi Futawaka, Misa Hayashi, Midori Matsushita, Mana Mitsutani, Zilin Song, Rie Koyama, Yuki Fukuda, Ayaka Nushida, Syoko Nezu, Akiko Kuwahara, Kazusaburo Kataoka, Tetsuya Tagami, Kenji Moriyama","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1739032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1739032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitochondria uncoupling protein2 (UCP2) expressed ubiquitously is a key molecule of energy metabolism. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a hormone, a target molecule of growth hormone (GH) signal pathway, which is also known as the drug \"mecasermin\" for clinical usages. IGF-1 is seemed to be closely related to metabolic diseases, such as adult GH deficiency. However, there has not been reports depicted possible relationship with each other. So, we sought to elucidate the mechanisms by which expression of UCP2 is regulated by IGF-1 via FOXO1. The findings suggested that three sequences in the consensus <i>UCP2</i> promoter play complementary functional roles in the functional expression of FOXO1. So, we found that FOXO1 is involved in IGF-1-mediated energy metabolism greater than that of direct action of GH via STAT5. Our findings suggested that IGF-1 was involved in energy metabolism by regulating the expression of UCP2 via the PI3K/Akt/FOXO1 pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"37 5-6","pages":"247-256"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1739032","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37724877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of single bout downhill running on the serum irisin concentrations in rats.","authors":"Masanobu Murao, Tetsuo Imano, Junichi Akiyama, Teruhiko Kawakami, Masaaki Nakajima","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1742118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1742118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to characterize the effect of different running modes on serum irisin concentrations in rats. A total of 18, 10-week-old rats were divided into three groups; control group, 16° uphill running group (concentric exercise; CON) and, -16° downhill running group (eccentric exercise; ECC). The running group's rats ran on the inclined treadmill at 16 m/min, for a total of 90 min. Blood was drawn from the rats, 48 h after running, after which the rats were anesthetized. The serum concentrations of irisin were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Vastus intermedius was collected for immunohistochemical analysis. After multiple comparisons, the ECC showed a significantly high serum irisin concentration (ECC: 28.42 ± 6.31 ng/ml, CON: 21.27 ± 3.03 ng/ml) and a larger irisin antibody reactive cross-sectional area in vastus intermedius compared to the CON (<i>p</i> < 0.05). This is the first study to reveal that single bout downhill running increases serum irisin concentrations in rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"37 5-6","pages":"257-262"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1742118","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37761526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Growth factorsPub Date : 2019-12-01Epub Date: 2019-12-26DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2019.1703702
Siavash Foroughi, Jeanne Tie, Peter Gibbs, Antony Wilks Burgess
{"title":"Epidermal growth factor receptor ligands: targets for optimizing treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer.","authors":"Siavash Foroughi, Jeanne Tie, Peter Gibbs, Antony Wilks Burgess","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2019.1703702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2019.1703702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The discovery of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and its receptor (EGFR) revealed the connection between EGF-like ligands, signaling from the EGFR family members and cancer. Over the next fifty years, analysis of EGFR expression and mutation led to the use of monoclonal antibodies to target EGFR in the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) and this treatment has improved outcomes for patients. The use of the <i>RAS</i> oncogene mutational status has helped to refine patient selection for EGFR antibody therapy, but an effective molecular predictor of likely responders is lacking. This review analyzes the potential utility of measuring the expression, levels and activation of EGF-like ligands and associated processes as prognostic or predictive markers for the identification of patient risk and more effective mCRC therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"37 5-6","pages":"209-225"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2019.1703702","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37493593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Growth factorsPub Date : 2019-12-01Epub Date: 2020-03-10DOI: 10.1080/08977194.2020.1735382
Marzieh Zarin, Narges Karbalaei, Sara Keshtgar, Marzieh Nemati
{"title":"Platelet-rich plasma improves impaired glucose hemostasis, disrupted insulin secretion, and pancreatic oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat.","authors":"Marzieh Zarin, Narges Karbalaei, Sara Keshtgar, Marzieh Nemati","doi":"10.1080/08977194.2020.1735382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08977194.2020.1735382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our study aimed to investigate the effects of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on impaired glucose homeostasis, disrupted islet insulin secretion, and pancreatic oxidative status in streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic rats. A total of 64 Sprague-Dawley male were randomized to four groups including controls, diabetes, control-PRP, and diabetes-PRP. The rats received the PRP (0.5 ml/kg, SC injection) twice weekly for 4 weeks. Plasma glucose and insulin levels, pancreatic oxidative stress markers and islet insulin secretion and content were measured. Compared with the control group, in the diabetic group, increased plasma glucose and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels and decreased plasma insulin level, islet insulin secretion, pancreatic <b>s</b>uperoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase activities were observed. PRP treatment significantly reduced plasma glucose and MDA levels and enhanced plasma insulin, antioxidant enzyme activity, islet insulin secretion, and content in the diabetic rats. These findings showed that PRP can improve pancreatic islet insulin secretion, pancreatic oxidative stress and regulate plasma insulin and glucose levels in diabetic rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":12782,"journal":{"name":"Growth factors","volume":"37 5-6","pages":"226-237"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2019-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/08977194.2020.1735382","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37720480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}