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Molecular Mechanisms of Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitory Peptide LAP Activity on Apoptosis of Vascular Smooth Muscle 血管紧张素转换酶抑制肽LAP活性对血管平滑肌凋亡的分子机制研究

Journal of biomolecular research & therapeutics Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI: 10.35248/2167-7956.19.8.178

Yi Shen, Hong Fang, A. O. Cavdar, Chi Liu

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Reevaluation of Antioxidative Strategies for Birth Defect Prevention in Diabetic Pregnancies. 重新评估预防糖尿病孕妇出生缺陷的抗氧化策略。

Journal of biomolecular research & therapeutics Pub Date : 2016-09-01 Epub Date: 2016-02-12 DOI: 10.4172/2167-7956.1000145

Zhiyong Zhao

{"title":"Reevaluation of Antioxidative Strategies for Birth Defect Prevention in Diabetic Pregnancies.","authors":"Zhiyong Zhao","doi":"10.4172/2167-7956.1000145","DOIUrl":"10.4172/2167-7956.1000145","url":null,"abstract":"Diabetes mellitus in early pregnancy is the most severe maternal disease that is counted for 10% of newborn infants with structural defects. With the rapid increases in the number of diabetic women in childbearing age, the birth defect rate is projected to elevate dramatically. Thus, prevention of embryonic malformations becomes an urgent task. Animal studies have revealed an involvement of oxidative stress in diabetic embryopathy and treatment with antioxidants can reduce embryonic abnormalities. However, the failure of clinical trials using free radical-scavenging antioxidants to alleviate oxidative stress-related diseases prompts researchers to reevaluate the strategy in birth defect prevention. Hyperglycemia also disturbs other intracellular homeostasis, generating aberrant conditions. Perturbed folding of newly synthesized proteins causes accumulation of unfolded and misfolded proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The ER under the stress activates signaling cascades, known as unfolded protein response, to suppress cell mitosis and/or trigger apoptosis. ER stress can be ameliorated by chemical chaperones, which promote protein folding. Hyperglycemia also stimulates the expression of nitric oxide (NO) synthase 2 (NOS2) to produce high levels of NO and reactive nitrogen species and augment protein nitrosylation and nitration, resulting in nitrosative stress. Inhibition of NOS2 using inhibitors has been demonstrated to reduce embryonic malformations in diabetic animals. Therefore, targeting ER and nitrosative stress conditions using specific agents to prevent birth defects in diabetic pregnancies warrant further investigations. Simultaneously targeting multiple stress conditions using combined agents is a potentially effective and feasible approach.","PeriodicalId":90579,"journal":{"name":"Journal of biomolecular research & therapeutics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5560165/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35428406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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MicroRNA biomarkers for early detection of embryonic malformations in pregnancy. 早期检测妊娠期胚胎畸形的MicroRNA生物标志物。

Journal of biomolecular research & therapeutics Pub Date : 2014-12-01 DOI: 10.4172/2167-7956.1000119

Xuezheng Li, Zhiyong Zhao

引用次数: 6

Delivery of Polymeric Nanoparticles to Target Vascular Diseases. 靶向血管疾病的高分子纳米颗粒递送

Journal of biomolecular research & therapeutics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.4172/2167-7956.s1-001

Edward Agyare, Karunyna Kandimalla

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引用次数: 19

The Critical Role of Calpain in Cell Proliferation. 钙蛋白酶在细胞增殖中的关键作用。

Journal of biomolecular research & therapeutics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.4172/2167-7956.1000112

Laszlo Kovacs, Yunchao Su

引用次数: 16

Modulation of Transcription mediated by the Vitamin D Receptor and the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor δ in the presence of GW0742 analogs. GW0742类似物存在下维生素D受体和过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体δ介导的转录调节

Journal of biomolecular research & therapeutics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.4172/2167-7956.1000111

Kelly Teske, Premchendar Nandhikonda, Jonathan W Bogart, Belaynesh Feleke, Preetpal Sidhu, Nina Yuan, Joshua Preston, Robin Goy, Leggy A Arnold

引用次数: 6