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Alternative splicing plays an important role in numerous cellular processes and aberrant splice decisions are associated with cancer. Although some studies point to a regulation of alternative splicing and its effector mechanisms in a time-dependent...

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1 Citations
1,168 Views
14 Pages

TNF Signaling Pathway Is the Key Pathway Regulated by Disitamab Vedotin in Bladder Cancer Cells

  • Xingxing Tang,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Qiang Zhao,
  • Yudong Cao,
  • Xiao Yang,
  • Peng Du and
  • Yong Yang

Disitamab Vedotin has shown good therapeutic efficacy against bladder cancer. Although its mechanism is clear, the regulation of gene expression in bladder cancer cells by Disitamab Vedotin is not fully understood. We searched the GEO database and id...

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8 Citations
2,739 Views
18 Pages

Plastrum testudinis Ameliorates Oxidative Stress in Nucleus Pulposus Cells via Downregulating the TNF-α Signaling Pathway

  • Peng Zhang,
  • Jiahui He,
  • Yanchi Gan,
  • Qi Shang,
  • Honglin Chen,
  • Wenhua Zhao,
  • Gengyang Shen,
  • Xiaobing Jiang and
  • Hui Ren

17 October 2023

Background Plastrum testudinis (PT), a widely used traditional Chinese medicine, exerts protective effects against bone diseases such as intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Despite its effectiveness, the molecular mechanisms underlying the e...

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2 Citations
1,490 Views
11 Pages

TNF-α Activates NF-κB Signalling Pathway in MG-63 Cells on Titanium and Zirconia Implant Surfaces

  • Khaled Mukaddam,
  • Sabrina Ruggiero,
  • Steffen M. Berger,
  • Dietmar Cholewa,
  • Gabriela Dekany,
  • Andreas Bartenstein,
  • Milan Milošević,
  • Sebastian Kühl,
  • Michael M. Bornstein and
  • Elizaveta Fasler-Kan
  • + 1 author

18 February 2025

Dental implant therapy is a widely used clinical procedure for restoring missing teeth in patients. Zirconia implants were introduced as an alternative to titanium implants due to their excellent biocompatibility and esthetic properties. The nuclear...

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331 Views
21 Pages

Study on the Mechanism of Paeoniflorin, an Active Component of Paeonia lactiflora Pall., in Improving Skin Pigmentation by Inhibiting the TNF-α Signaling Pathway

  • Kela Yin,
  • Song Wang,
  • Weina Wang,
  • Tingting Liu,
  • Dejun Qi,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Marwan M. A. Rashed,
  • Hong Duan,
  • Chenghui He and
  • Kefeng Zhai
  • + 2 authors

Background/Objectives: This article employs both in vivo and in vitro experiments. Methods: The core targets and key pathways of Paeoniflorin were predicted using a PPI network analysis, GO analysis, and KEGG analysis. Subsequently, molecular docking...

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1 Citations
1,369 Views
13 Pages

TBEV NS1 Induces Tissue-Specific Microvascular Endothelial Cell Permeability by Activating the TNF-α Signaling Pathway

  • Yana Khlusevich,
  • Bogdana Kravchuk,
  • Andrey Kechin,
  • Alena Stepanova,
  • Lyudmila Emelyanova,
  • Sargis Khachatryan,
  • Nina Tikunova and
  • Andrey Matveev

Orthoflavivirus encephalitidis (tick-borne encephalitis virus, TBEV) is of high concern due to its ability to cause severe neurological manifestations. Despite the fact that the role of NS1 proteins from various mosquito-borne flaviviruses in pathoge...

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1,874 Views
20 Pages

PKC-ι Regulates an Oncogenic Positive Feedback Loop Between the MAPK/JNK Signaling Pathway, c-Jun/AP-1 and TNF-α in Breast Cancer

  • Nuzhat Nowshin Oishee,
  • Mahfuza Marzan,
  • Abigail Oluwafisayo Olatunji,
  • Khandker Mohammad Khalid,
  • Abiral Hasib Shourav,
  • Radwan Ebna Noor,
  • Anna Kharitonova,
  • Aaron Joshua Astalos,
  • James W. Leahy and
  • Mildred Acevedo-Duncan

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States and consists of 30% of all new female cancer each year. PKC iota (PKC-ι) is a bonafide human oncogene and is overexpressed in many types of cancer, including breast cancer. This...

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548 Views
19 Pages

Coptidis Rhizoma Alkaloids Alleviate Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Injury by Regulating GSH Metabolism and the TNF Signaling Pathway

  • Xiaoyao Ma,
  • Jiali Rao,
  • Xuefei Li,
  • Zibin Li,
  • Xuan Lu,
  • Yujie Lu,
  • Juan Guo and
  • Baomin Feng

8 February 2026

Acetaminophen (APAP) overdose is a major global cause of drug-induced liver injury (DILI), and the rising incidence of APAP-induced hepatotoxicity has raised substantial concern in the medical community, highlighting an urgent need for effective ther...

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36 Citations
8,319 Views
14 Pages

The Cross-Talk Between the TNF-α and RASSF-Hippo Signalling Pathways

  • Delvac Oceandy,
  • Bella Amanda,
  • Faisal Yusuf Ashari,
  • Zakiyatul Faizah,
  • M Aminudin Aziz and
  • Nicholas Stafford

The regulation of cell death through apoptosis is essential to a number of physiological processes. Defective apoptosis regulation is associated with many abnormalities including anomalies in organ development, altered immune response and the develop...

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3 Citations
1,797 Views
19 Pages

6 December 2024

Abstract: Turandot (Tot) family proteins, which are induced via the JAK/STAT pathway after infection, also suppress lymph gland tumors in Drosophila mxcmbn1 mutant larvae. We investigated the potential role of hemocytes in Tot induction in tumor-bear...

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114 Citations
17,903 Views
17 Pages

30 March 2017

Several cellular functions such as apoptosis, cellular proliferation, inflammation, and immune regulation involve the tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF)/TNF receptor (TNFR) pathway. Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) interacts with the TNF/TNFR pathwa...

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8 Citations
4,233 Views
18 Pages

Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Strain Increases the Frequency of CD3+TCR+ Macrophages and Affects Their Phenotype, but Not Their Migration Ability

  • Lucero A. Ramon-Luing,
  • Claudia Carranza,
  • Norma A. Téllez-Navarrete,
  • Karen Medina-Quero,
  • Yolanda Gonzalez,
  • Martha Torres and
  • Leslie Chavez-Galan

28 December 2021

In mycobacterial infections, the number of cells from two newly discovered subpopulations of CD3+ myeloid cells are increased at the infection site; one type expresses the T cell receptor (CD3+TCRαβ+) and the other does not (CD3+TCRα...

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31 Citations
5,988 Views
22 Pages

Salix tetrasperma Roxb. Extract Alleviates Neuropathic Pain in Rats via Modulation of the NF-κB/TNF-α/NOX/iNOS Pathway

  • Mansour Sobeh,
  • Mona F. Mahmoud,
  • Samar Rezq,
  • Amira E. Alsemeh,
  • Omar M. Sabry,
  • Islam Mostafa,
  • Mohamed A. O. Abdelfattah,
  • Khadija Ait El-Allem,
  • Assem M. El-Shazly and
  • Michael Wink
  • + 1 author

12 October 2019

Patients with neuropathic pain experience chronic painful tingling, burning, and prickling sensations accompanied with hyperalgesia and/or allodynia. In this study, 38 secondary metabolites of a methanol extract from Salix tetrasperma flowers were id...

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89 Citations
12,212 Views
21 Pages

The neuroimmune mechanism underlying neuropathic pain has been extensively studied. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), a key pro-inflammatory cytokine that drives cytokine storm and stimulates a cascade of other cytokines in pain-related path...

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15 Citations
3,150 Views
14 Pages

Receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) participates in the regulation of cellular stress and inflammatory responses, but its function in neuropathic pain remains poorly understood. This study evaluated the role of RIPK1 in neu...

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12 Citations
2,172 Views
15 Pages

29 November 2024

Acute liver injury (ALI) is an injury to liver tissue caused by viruses, drugs, alcohol, and oxygen deprivation, and is one of the most common and serious clinical disorders. Hydroxytyrosol (HT) is a naturally occurring polyphenolic compound isolated...

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49 Citations
9,830 Views
26 Pages

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has been recognized as a global public health problem. Despite the current advances in medicine, CKD-associated morbidity and mortality remain unacceptably high. Several studies have highlighted the contribution of inflam...

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24 Citations
3,834 Views
17 Pages

Pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), induce the expression of intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) by activating the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway. In the present study, we f...

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7 Citations
2,563 Views
15 Pages

Panduratin A Inhibits TNF Alpha-Stimulated Endothelial Cell Activation Through Suppressing the NF-κB Pathway

  • Kriangkrai Kiatsoonthon,
  • Nitchakarn Phimthong,
  • Saranyapin Potikanond,
  • Nitwara Wikan and
  • Wutigri Nimlamool

30 December 2024

Upon exposure to inflammatory stimuli including TNF-α, endothelial cells are activated leading to the adhesion of monocytes to their surface. These events are involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. Since TNF-α activates the N...

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1 Citations
840 Views
14 Pages

20 October 2025

In poultry production, the laying rate is a critical economic trait, as high egg production significantly enhances profitability. Mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 3 (MK3) is a member of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (M...

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57 Citations
12,849 Views
12 Pages

Silibinin Suppresses TNF-α-Induced MMP-9 Expression in Gastric Cancer Cells through Inhibition of the MAPK Pathway

  • Sangmin Kim,
  • Min Gew Choi,
  • Hye Sook Lee,
  • Se Kyung Lee,
  • Sung Hoon Kim,
  • Wan Wook Kim,
  • Sung Mo Hur,
  • Jung-Han Kim,
  • Jun-Ho Choe and
  • Jee Soo Kim
  • + 4 authors

26 October 2009

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α is one of the pro-inflammatory cytokines highly expressed in Helicobacter pylori that inhibits gastric acid secretion. In this study we determined the effect of silibinin on TNF-α-induced MMP-9 expression in gastric canc...

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13 Citations
3,356 Views
19 Pages

22 October 2023

The hyperexcitability of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has been implicated in the development of chronic pain. As one of the key causes of ACC hyperexcitation, disinhibition of the ACC may be closely related to the dysfunction of inhibitory par...

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4 Citations
5,686 Views
16 Pages

Isopanduratin A Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-α-Induced Nuclear Factor κB Signaling Pathway by Promoting Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase-Dependent Ectodomain Shedding of TNF Receptor 1 in Human Lung Adenocarcinoma A549 Cells

  • Chihiro Moriwaki,
  • Riho Tanigaki,
  • Yasunobu Miyake,
  • Nghia Trong Vo,
  • Mai Thanh Thi Nguyen,
  • Nhan Trung Nguyen,
  • Truong Nhat Van Do,
  • Hai Xuan Nguyen and
  • Takao Kataoka

1 November 2021

Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) induces the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway via TNF receptor 1 (TNF-R1). We recently reported that isopanduratin A inhibited the TNF-α-induced NF-κB signaling pathway in human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells...

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5 Citations
3,009 Views
12 Pages

Jietacin Derivative Inhibits TNF-α-Mediated Inflammatory Cytokines Production via Suppression of the NF-κB Pathway in Synovial Cells

  • Kyoko Muneshige,
  • Yuki Inahashi,
  • Makoto Itakura,
  • Masato Iwatsuki,
  • Tomoyasu Hirose,
  • Gen Inoue,
  • Masashi Takaso,
  • Toshiaki Sunazuka,
  • Yoshihisa Ohashi and
  • Kentaro Uchida
  • + 1 author

20 December 2022

Synovial inflammation plays a central role in joint destruction and pain in osteoarthritis (OA). The NF-κB pathway plays an important role in the inflammatory process and is activated in OA. A previous study reported that a jietacin derivative...

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31 Citations
5,556 Views
23 Pages

Lysozyme-Induced Transcriptional Regulation of TNF-α Pathway Genes in Cells of the Monocyte Lineage

  • Alberta Bergamo,
  • Marco Gerdol,
  • Alberto Pallavicini,
  • Samuele Greco,
  • Isabelle Schepens,
  • Romain Hamelin,
  • Florence Armand,
  • Paul J. Dyson and
  • Gianni Sava

5 November 2019

Lysozyme is one of the most important anti-bacterial effectors in the innate immune system of animals. Besides its direct antibacterial enzymatic activity, lysozyme displays other biological properties, pointing toward a significant anti-inflammatory...

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15 Citations
3,964 Views
15 Pages

Background: Hypoxia-induced M1 polarization of microglia and resultant inflammation take part in the damage caused by hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Histone lactylation, a novel epigenetic modification where lactate is added to lysine residue...

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379 Views
34 Pages

10 February 2026

Lung cancer ranks among the most commonly diagnosed malignancies worldwide, with dismal prognosis largely due to its intrinsic drug resistance and high recurrence rate. Herein, we synthesized 30 glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives and evaluated their ant...

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17 Citations
3,673 Views
17 Pages

Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Induce Pro-Inflammatory TNF-α and iNOS via PI3K/Akt Pathway in a TLR 2-Dependent Manner

  • Sudha B. Singh,
  • Cody A. Braun,
  • Amanda Carroll-Portillo,
  • Cristina N. Coffman and
  • Henry C. Lin

Desulfovibrio, resident gut sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), are found to overgrow in diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and Parkinson’s disease. They activate a pro-inflammatory response, suggesting that Desulfovibrio may play a causa...

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4 Citations
2,308 Views
9 Pages

7 June 2023

Skin dryness associated with type 2 diabetes worsens with age; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Herein, we investigated the effects of aging on skin dryness using a type 2 diabetes mice model. Specific pathogen-free KK-Ay/TaJcl mice...

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17 Citations
4,079 Views
12 Pages

Impressic Acid, a Lupane-Type Triterpenoid from Acanthopanax koreanum, Attenuates TNF-α-Induced Endothelial Dysfunction via Activation of eNOS/NO Pathway

  • Sun Woo Jin,
  • Hoa Thi Pham,
  • Jae Ho Choi,
  • Gi Ho Lee,
  • Eun Hee Han,
  • Young Ho Cho,
  • Young Chul Chung,
  • Young Ho Kim and
  • Hye Gwang Jeong

16 November 2019

Atherosclerosis is one of the most reported diseases worldwide, and extensive research and trials are focused on the discovery and utilizing for novel therapeutics. Nitric oxide (NO) is produced mainly by endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and...

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34 Citations
4,329 Views
21 Pages

MIP-1α Expression Induced by Co-Stimulation of Human Monocytic Cells with Palmitate and TNF-α Involves the TLR4-IRF3 Pathway and Is Amplified by Oxidative Stress

  • Sardar Sindhu,
  • Nadeem Akhter,
  • Ajit Wilson,
  • Reeby Thomas,
  • Hossein Arefanian,
  • Ashraf Al Madhoun,
  • Fahd Al-Mulla and
  • Rasheed Ahmad

29 July 2020

Metabolic inflammation is associated with increased expression of saturated free fatty acids, proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and adipose oxidative stress. Macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α recruits the inflammatory cells such as...

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12 Citations
3,615 Views
15 Pages

Furosine Posed Toxic Effects on Primary Sertoli Cells through Regulating Cep55/NF-κB/PI3K/Akt/FOX01/TNF-α Pathway

  • Huiying Li,
  • Bingyuan Wang,
  • Huaigu Yang,
  • Yizhen Wang,
  • Lei Xing,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Jiaqi Wang and
  • Nan Zheng

As one of the Maillard reaction products, furosine has been widely reported in a variety of heat-processed foods, while the toxicity of furosine on the reproductive system and related mechanisms are unclear. Here, we constructed an intragastric gavag...

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6 Citations
3,404 Views
17 Pages

Cordycepin Enhances the Therapeutic Efficacy of Doxorubicin in Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  • Haichen Huang,
  • Xiaomin Li,
  • Wenya Wu,
  • Chengyi Liu,
  • Yunhe Shao,
  • Xiaoping Wu and
  • Junsheng Fu

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a subtype of breast cancer with high mortality and poor prognosis. Meanwhile, doxorubicin, a chemotherapeutic agent for triple-negative breast cancer, has poor sensitivity. The objective of this study was to ex...

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862 Views
16 Pages

18 August 2025

The ileum serves as the primary site for nutrient digestion and absorption in the intestine, with villus height representing a critical indicator of intestinal absorptive capacity. To investigate the regulatory mechanisms underlying ileal villus deve...

  • Article
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2 Citations
3,001 Views
18 Pages

Role of Dietary Factors on DNA Methylation Levels of TNF-Alpha Gene and Proteome Profiles in Obese Men

  • Chayanisa Boonrong,
  • Sittiruk Roytrakul,
  • Prapimporn Chattranukulchai Shantavasinkul,
  • Piyamitr Sritara and
  • Jintana Sirivarasai

18 March 2024

Integrated omics-based platforms from epigenomics and proteomics technologies are used to identify several important mechanisms in obesity etiology, food components, dietary intake, regulation of biological pathways, and potential new intervention ta...

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24 Citations
4,798 Views
16 Pages

Changes in Cerebrospinal Fluid Balance of TNF and TNF Receptors in Naïve Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Early Involvement in Compartmentalised Intrathecal Inflammation

  • Roberta Magliozzi,
  • Francesco Pezzini,
  • Mairi Pucci,
  • Stefania Rossi,
  • Francesco Facchiano,
  • Damiano Marastoni,
  • Martina Montagnana,
  • Giuseppe Lippi,
  • Richard Reynolds and
  • Massimiliano Calabrese

6 July 2021

An imbalance of TNF signalling in the inflammatory milieu generated by meningeal immune cell infiltrates in the subarachnoid space in multiple sclerosis (MS), and its animal model may lead to increased cortical pathology. In order to explore whether...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,779 Views
17 Pages

Effect of LDHA Inhibition on TNF-α-Induced Cell Migration in Esophageal Cancers

  • Agata Forkasiewicz,
  • Wojciech Stach,
  • Jaroslaw Wierzbicki,
  • Kamilla Stach,
  • Renata Tabola,
  • Anita Hryniewicz-Jankowska and
  • Katarzyna Augoff

16 December 2022

Cell migration is an essential part of the complex and multistep process that is the development of cancer, a disease that is the second most common cause of death in humans. An important factor promoting the migration of cancer cells is TNF-α,...

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10 Citations
2,596 Views
15 Pages

ACADL Promotes the Differentiation of Goat Intramuscular Adipocytes

  • An Li,
  • Yanyan Li,
  • Youli Wang,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Xin Li,
  • Wuqie Qubi,
  • Yan Xiong,
  • Jiangjiang Zhu,
  • Wei Liu and
  • Yaqiu Lin

13 January 2023

Intramuscular fat (IMF) deposits help improve meat quality such as marbling, juicy, flavor and tenderness. Long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACADL) is a key enzyme for catalyzing fatty acid oxidation, and studies have shown ACADL is involved in the...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,113 Views
20 Pages

TNF-α Plus IL-1β Induces Opposite Regulation of Cx43 Hemichannels and Gap Junctions in Mesangial Cells through a RhoA/ROCK-Dependent Pathway

  • Claudia M. Lucero,
  • Lucas Marambio-Ruiz,
  • Javiera Balmazabal,
  • Juan Prieto-Villalobos,
  • Marcelo León,
  • Paola Fernández,
  • Juan A. Orellana,
  • Victoria Velarde,
  • Juan C. Sáez and
  • Gonzalo I. Gómez

3 September 2022

Connexin 43 (Cx43) is expressed in kidney tissue where it forms hemichannels and gap junction channels. However, the possible functional relationship between these membrane channels and their role in damaged renal cells remains unknown. Here, analysi...

  • Article
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31 Citations
4,666 Views
16 Pages

19 November 2021

Resveratrol, a natural compound in grapes and red wine, has drawn attention due to potential cardiovascular-related health benefits. However, its effect on vascular inflammation at physiologically achievable concentrations is largely unknown. In this...

  • Review
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47 Citations
26,496 Views
40 Pages

Targeting of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Receptors as a Therapeutic Strategy for Neurodegenerative Disorders

  • Yun Dong,
  • Doortje W. Dekens,
  • Peter Paul De Deyn,
  • Petrus J. W. Naudé and
  • Ulrich L. M. Eisel

19 November 2015

Numerous studies have revealed the pleiotropic functions of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and have linked it with several neurodegenerative disorders. This review describes the signaling pathways induced by TNF-α via its two receptors (TNFR1 a...

  • Article
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5 Citations
3,520 Views
18 Pages

Activation of Endothelial Large Conductance Potassium Channels Protects against TNF-α-Induced Inflammation

  • Tatiana Zyrianova,
  • Kathlyn Zou,
  • Benjamin Lopez,
  • Andy Liao,
  • Charles Gu,
  • Riccardo Olcese and
  • Andreas Schwingshackl

17 February 2023

Elevated TNF-α levels in serum and broncho-alveolar lavage fluid of acute lung injury patients correlate with mortality rates. We hypothesized that pharmacological plasma membrane potential (Em) hyperpolarization protects against TNF-α-in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
753 Views
12 Pages

Thiotaurine Attenuates TNF-α-Induced Inflammation in Human Chondrocytes via NF-κB Pathway Suppression and Thiol-Dependent Persulfidation

  • Alessia Mariano,
  • Irene Bigioni,
  • Alessia Baseggio Conrado,
  • Antonio Francioso,
  • Anna Scotto d’Abusco and
  • Mario Fontana

20 October 2025

Thiotaurine (2-aminoethane thiosulfonate) is a naturally occurring sulfur-based compound featuring a thiosulfonate group, enabling it to act as a biologically relevant donor of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) through thiol-dependent persulfidation. H2S levels...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,965 Views
20 Pages

Carboxyl Group-Modified Myoglobin Induces TNF-α-Mediated Apoptosis in Leukemia Cells

  • Yuan-Chin Lee,
  • Jing-Ting Chiou,
  • Liang-Jun Wang,
  • Yi-Jun Shi,
  • Ying-Jung Chen and
  • Long-Sen Chang

27 August 2022

Previous studies have shown that chemical modification may increase the activity of proteins or confer novel activity to proteins. Some studies have indicated that myoglobin (Mb) is cytotoxic; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In thi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,807 Views
26 Pages

Lanatoside C Inhibits Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis in Human Prostate Cancer Cells Through the TNF/IL-17 Signaling Pathway

  • Sisi Huang,
  • Dongyan Huang,
  • Yangtao Jin,
  • Congcong Shao,
  • Xin Su,
  • Rongfu Yang,
  • Juan Jiang and
  • Jianhui Wu

Prostate cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality among men globally, with limited therapeutic options for advanced and metastatic disease. The therapeutic potential of natural compounds has attracted increasing attent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,981 Views
14 Pages

Fucoidan Isolated from Sargassum confusum Suppresses Inflammatory Responses and Oxidative Stress in TNF-α/IFN-γ- Stimulated HaCaT Keratinocytes by Activating Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling Pathway

  • Arachchige Maheshika Kumari Jayasinghe,
  • Kirinde Gedara Isuru Sandanuwan Kirindage,
  • Ilekuttige Priyan Shanura Fernando,
  • Eui Jeong Han,
  • Gun-Woo Oh,
  • Won-Kyo Jung and
  • Ginnae Ahn

1 February 2022

Recent studies have revealed that marine brown seaweeds contain numerous bioactive compounds which exhibit various bioactivities. The present study investigated the effect of low molecular weight fucoidan (SCF) isolated from Sargassum confusum, a bro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,630 Views
15 Pages

28 September 2022

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have multilineage differentiation and anti-inflammatory potential, and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) can inhibit the target gene expression,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
981 Views
13 Pages

Transcriptomic and Proteomic Profiling of Rabbit Kidney Cells Infected with Equine Herpesvirus 8

  • Yanfei Ji,
  • Dandan Xu,
  • Wenxuan Si,
  • Yu Zhang,
  • Muhammad Zahoor Khan,
  • Xia Zhao and
  • Wenqiang Liu

29 April 2025

The present study investigated the host cell response to EHV-8 infection in rabbit kidney (RK-13) cells through transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. At 24 h post-infection, a total of 2118 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified, wi...

  • Article
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27 Citations
4,956 Views
16 Pages

Stearic Acid and TNF-α Co-Operatively Potentiate MIP-1α Production in Monocytic Cells via MyD88 Independent TLR4/TBK/IRF3 Signaling Pathway

  • Shihab Kochumon,
  • Hossein Arefanian,
  • Rafaat Azim,
  • Steve Shenouda,
  • Texy Jacob,
  • Nermeen Abu Khalaf,
  • Fatema Al-Rashed,
  • Amal Hasan,
  • Sardar Sindhu and
  • Rasheed Ahmad
  • + 1 author

Increased circulatory and adipose tissue expression of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α (CC motif chemokine ligand-3/CCL3) and its association with inflammation in the state of obesity is well documented. Since obesity is associated wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,804 Views
27 Pages

30 January 2025

As a traditional medicinal food, Kudzu root (KR) has been proven to be an effective medicine for treating osteoporosis (OP). However, its precise targets and underlying integrated pharmacological mechanisms on OP have not yet been systematically inve...

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