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  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,969 Views
13 Pages

C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 14 is a Unique Multifunctional Regulator of Tumor Progression

  • Xiao-Yan Yang,
  • Shigeyuki Ozawa,
  • Yasumasa Kato,
  • Yojiro Maehata,
  • Kazuhito Izukuri,
  • Takeharu Ikoma,
  • Keisuke Kanamori,
  • Tetsu Akasaka,
  • Kenji Suzuki and
  • Ryu-Ichiro Hata
  • + 5 authors

Cancer is a leading cause of death and disease worldwide, with a tremendous financial impact. Thus, the development of cost-effective novel approaches for suppressing tumor growth and progression is essential. In an attempt to identify the mechanisms...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,899 Views
14 Pages

Bovine C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 14 Expression Is Regulated by Alternative Polyadenylation and MicroRNAs

  • Wei Zhao,
  • Xueyan Liu,
  • Chengping Li,
  • Xuyong Qin,
  • Shizhong Ren,
  • Shujun Cao and
  • Guoli Zhou

30 September 2023

Alternative polyadenylation (APA), including APA that occurs only in the 3′ UTR (3′ UTR-APA), is an important post-transcriptional regulatory mechanism that leads to distinct 3′ UTRs for some genes, increasing the complexity of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,128 Views
10 Pages

Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Keratinocytes Treated with Galactomyces Ferment Filtrate, a Beneficial Cosmetic Ingredient

  • Akiko Nakajima,
  • Nahoko Sakae,
  • Xianghong Yan,
  • Tomohiro Hakozaki,
  • Wenzhu Zhao,
  • Timothy Laughlin and
  • Masutaka Furue

9 August 2022

Galactomyces ferment filtrate (GFF, Pitera™) is a cosmetic ingredient known to have multiple skin care benefits, such as reducing redness and pore size via the topical application of its moisturizer form. Although GFF is known to act partly as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,728 Views
20 Pages

CXCL14 Maintains hESC Self-Renewal through Binding to IGF-1R and Activation of the IGF-1R Pathway

  • Chih-Lun Cheng,
  • Shang-Chih Yang,
  • Chien-Ying Lai,
  • Cheng-Kai Wang,
  • Ching-Fang Chang,
  • Chun-Yu Lin,
  • Wei-Ju Chen,
  • Po-Yu Lin,
  • Han-Chung Wu and
  • Jean Lu
  • + 2 authors

16 July 2020

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have important roles in regenerative medicine, but only a few studies have investigated the cytokines secreted by hESCs. We screened and identified chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 14 (CXCL14), which plays crucial rol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,717 Views
19 Pages

9 October 2019

Hedyotis diffusa Willd (HDW) is one of the most well-known herbs used in the treatment of prostate cancer. However, the potential mechanisms of its anti-tumor effects have not been fully explored. Here, we applied a network pharmacology approach to e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,410 Views
16 Pages

Reparixin as a Potential Antiepileptogenic Agent: Modulation of the CXCL1–CXCR1/2 Axis and Seizure Activity in a Kindling Rat Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

  • Nihan Çarçak,
  • Nursima Mutlu,
  • Elif Tuğçe Erdeve,
  • Talat Taygun Turan,
  • Özge Sarıyıldız,
  • Canan Ulusoy,
  • Elif Şanlı,
  • Erdem Tüzün,
  • Cem İsmail Küçükali and
  • Lidia De Filippis
  • + 4 authors

Chemokine (CXC motif) ligand 8 (CXCL8) is a pro-inflammatory chemokine binding to CXC motif receptors 1/2 (CXCR1/2). Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) exhibit increased serum CXCL8 levels. CXC motif ligand 1 (CXCL1), a murine ortholog of CXC...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
4,635 Views
12 Pages

Different Mechanisms of Action of Regorafenib and Lenvatinib on Toll-Like Receptor-Signaling Pathways in Human Hepatoma Cell Lines

  • Reina Sasaki,
  • Tatsuo Kanda,
  • Mariko Fujisawa,
  • Naoki Matsumoto,
  • Ryota Masuzaki,
  • Masahiro Ogawa,
  • Shunichi Matsuoka,
  • Kazumichi Kuroda and
  • Mitsuhiko Moriyama

Multiple kinase inhibitors are available for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It is largely unknown whether regorafenib or lenvatinib modulates innate immunity including Toll-like receptor (TLR)-signaling pathways in HCC. We per...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,466 Views
13 Pages

Attenuation of Hyperoxic Lung Injury in Newborn Thioredoxin-1-Overexpressing Mice through the Suppression of Proinflammatory Cytokine mRNA Expression

  • Nobuhiko Nagano,
  • Kosuke Tanaka,
  • Junichi Ozawa,
  • Takaaki Watanabe,
  • Fuyu Miyake,
  • Shun Matsumura,
  • Kohei Osada,
  • Kikumi Matsuoka,
  • Masanori Tamura and
  • Fumihiko Namba

The role of thioredoxin-1 (TRX), a small redox-active protein with antioxidant effects, during hyperoxic lung injury in newborns remains undetermined. We investigated TRX impact on hyperoxic lung injury in newborn TRX transgenic (TRX-Tg) and wildtype...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,995 Views
12 Pages

27 September 2023

CXCL14 (C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 14) is an important chemokine involved in infection and immunity and plays an important role in a variety of immune-related diseases. The 446 bp cDNA sequence of the CXCL14 gene in yaks was obtained. Additionally,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
78 Citations
30,530 Views
15 Pages

28 February 2018

Minoxidil directly promotes hair growth via the stimulation of dermal papilla (DP) and epithelial cells. Alternatively, there is little evidence for indirect promotion of hair growth via stimulation of adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs). We investigat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,325 Views
12 Pages

25 September 2023

The implementation of novel blood-based biomarkers is desired to reduce the diagnostic delay and burden for myositis patients. In this retrospective study, the potential of C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10 (CXCL10) and growth differentiation factor 15...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,507 Views
21 Pages

Characterization of a mGluR5 Knockout Rat Model with Hallmarks of Fragile X Syndrome

  • Victoria Dahl,
  • Hawley Helmbrecht,
  • Ana Rios Sigler,
  • Kate Hildahl,
  • Holly Sullivan,
  • Sanjana Janakiraman,
  • Saahiti Jasti and
  • Elizabeth Nance

25 August 2022

The number of reported cases of neurodevelopmental disorders has increased significantly in the last few decades, but the etiology of these diseases remains poorly understood. There is evidence of a fundamental link between genetic abnormalities and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,905 Views
14 Pages

Differential Expression of Circulating Inflammatory Proteins Following Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Ghazala Begum,
  • Rahul Reddy,
  • Kamal M. Yakoub,
  • Antonio Belli,
  • David J. Davies and
  • Valentina Di Pietro

12 February 2020

Sport-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) elicits a multifaceted inflammatory response leading to brain injury and morbidity. This response could be a predictive tool for the progression of TBI and to stratify the injury of which mild TBI is most pr...