Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 527(1), 153-161 (2020-05-25)
MicroRNA (miRNA) plays a pivotal role in cancer biology. Therefore, tumor suppressor (TS) miRNAs are an attractive target for cancer therapy. However, clinical trials have failed due to the difficulties in miRNA delivery, warranting the development of a novel drug
Generation of functional and vascularized organs from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) will facilitate our understanding of human developmental biology and disease modeling, hopefully offering a drug-screening platform and providing novel therapies against end-stage organ failure. Here we describe
Infection and immunity, 73(4), 2061-2074 (2005-03-24)
The bacterial pathogen Listeria monocytogenes causes food-borne illnesses leading to gastroenteritis, meningitis, or abortion. Listeria induces its internalization into some mammalian cells through interaction of the bacterial surface protein InlB with host Met receptor tyrosine kinase. Binding of InlB leads
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology, 14(9), 613-617 (1992-09-01)
Hepatocyte growth factor, a potent mitogen for epithelial and other cell types, and scatter factor, a stimulant of epithelial cell motility are identical. In addition to these mitogenic and motogenic functions, the factor has been shown to be an epithelial
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an aggressive disease with a poor prognosis. Studies have shown that both MET and its key downstream intracellular signaling partners, PI3K and mTOR, are overexpressed in MPM. Here we determined the combinatorial therapeutic efficacy of
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a potent mitogen for hepatocytes and a variety of other cells, including endothelial and epithelial cells, melanocytes, and keratinocytes.