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• Starving for growth

  Author:Randy LevinsonFrom:Nature Medicine (Vol. 14, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 2008133 words Brief article, Repor... 1390LOne way the body conserves energy during starvation is to limit growth, as seen by the blunting of growth hormone action during malnutrition. Fasting also bumps up expression of the metabolic hormone FGF21 by the liver,...

• Androgen receptors may act in a paracrine manner in association with fibroblast growth factor receptors to regulate oesophageal adenocarcinoma growth

  Authors:A.K. Awan, P.A. Clarke, A. Grabowska, S.Y. Iftikhar, and S.A. WatsonFrom:Gut (Vol. 53, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 2004307 words Brief article Background: The role of androgen receptors (AR) in tumorigenesis, including transcription of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs), is established in prostate cancer but not oesophageal adenocarcinoma, where incidence is...

• TWEAK Affects Keratinocyte G2/M Growth Arrest and Induces Apoptosis through the Translocation of the AIF Protein to the Nucleus

  Authors:Sanaa Sabour Alaoui, Valerie Dessirier, Elisabeth de Araujo, Vassilia-Ismini Alexaki, Vassiliki Pelekanou, Mustapha Lkhider, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 16, 20128,118 words Article 1510LAuthor(s): Sanaa Sabour Alaoui 1 , 2 , 3 , Valérie Dessirier 1 , 2 , Elisabeth de Araujo 1 , 2 , Vassilia-Ismini Alexaki 4 , Vassiliki Pelekanou 4 , 5 , Mustapha Lkhider 3 , Efstathios N. Stathopoulos 5 , Elias Castanas...

• Fgf8-Related Secondary Organizers Exert Different Polarizing Planar Instructions along the Mouse Anterior Neural Tube

  Authors:Ivan Crespo-Enriquez, Juha Partanen, Salvador Martinez, and Diego EchevarriaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 6, 201210,179 words Article 1410LAuthor(s): Ivan Crespo-Enriquez 1 , Juha Partanen 2 , Salvador Martinez 1 , Diego Echevarria 1 , * Introduction Proper embryonic development requires an accurately orchestrated complex network of interactions...

• Klotho Lacks a Vitamin D Independent Physiological Role in Glucose Homeostasis, Bone Turnover, and Steady-State PTH Secretion In Vivo

  Authors:Rene Anour, Olena Andrukhova, Eva Ritter, Ute Zeitz, and Reinhold G. ErbenFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 7, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 3, 20125,898 words Article 1560LAuthor(s): René Anour, Olena Andrukhova, Eva Ritter, Ute Zeitz, Reinhold G. Erben * Introduction The Klotho gene was named after the Greek goddess spinning the thread of life. Lack of Klotho is known to shorten...

• EGFR and FGFR Pathways Have Distinct Roles in Drosophila Mushroom Body Development and Ethanol-Induced Behavior

  Authors:Ian F. G. King, Mark Eddison, Karla R. Kaun, and Ulrike HeberleinFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 31, 20147,028 words Article 1580LAuthor(s): Ian F. G. King *, Mark Eddison **b, Karla R. Kaun **c, Ulrike Heberlein **b Introduction Though alcohol dependence is highly influenced by genetics, it has proven difficult to conclusively identify...

• Chiari Malformation Type I: A Case-Control Association Study of 58 Developmental Genes

  Authors:Aintzane Urbizu, Claudio Toma, Maria A. Poca, Juan Sahuquillo, Ester Cuenca-Leon, Bru Cormand, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 21, 20137,207 words Case study 1550LAuthor(s): Aintzane Urbizu 1 , Claudio Toma 4 , 5 , Maria A. Poca 2 , 3 , Juan Sahuquillo 2 , 3 , Ester Cuenca-León 1 , Bru Cormand 4 , 5 , 6 , Alfons Macaya 1 , * Introduction The Chiari malformations, first...

• Targeting Wild-Type and Mutationally Activated FGFR4 in Rhabdomyosarcoma with the Inhibitor Ponatinib (AP24534)

  Authors:Samuel Q. Li, Adam T. Cheuk, Jack F. Shern, Young K. Song, Laura Hurd, Hongling Liao, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 4, 20136,400 words Article 1530LAuthor(s): Samuel Q. Li, Adam T. Cheuk, Jack F. Shern, Young K. Song, Laura Hurd, Hongling Liao, Jun S. Wei, Javed Khan * Introduction Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most common soft tissue sarcoma in childhood,...

• Dosage and Cell Line Dependent Inhibitory Effect of bFGF Supplement in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture on Inactivated Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells

  Authors:Tara Quang, Maribel Marquez, Giselle Blanco, and Yuanxiang ZhaoFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 17, 201413,072 words Article 1680LAuthor(s): Tara Quang, Maribel Marquez, Giselle Blanco, Yuanxiang Zhao * Introduction Since the inception of human embryonic stem cell (hESCs) culture in 1998 and subsequently human induced pluripotent stem cell...

• Development of Foreign Mammary Epithelial Morphology in the Stroma of Immunodeficient Mice

  From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 18, 201310,959 words Article 1490LIntroduction The mammalian mammary gland adopts a common tree-like morphology, with cyclic periods of production and regression. Hollow branches of epithelial origin stem from the nipple and penetrate the surrounding...

• The Antitumor Effect of Gekko Sulfated Glycopeptide by Inhibiting bFGF-Induced Lymphangiogenesis

  Authors:Xiu-Li Ding, Ya-Nan Man, Jian Hao, Cui-Hong Zhu, Chang Liu, Xue Yang, et al.From:BioMed Research InternationalPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20165,347 words Article 1440LObjective. To study the antilymphangiogenesis effect of Gekko Sulfated Glycopeptide (GSPP) on human lymphatic endothelial cells (hLECs). Methods. MTS was conducted to confirm the antiproliferation effect of GSPP on...

• Development of a chemically defined medium and discovery of new mitogenic growth factors for mouse hepatocytes: mitogenic effects of FGF1/2 and PDGF

  Authors:William C. Bowen, Amantha W. Michalopoulos, Anne Orr, Michael Q. Ding, Donna B. Stolz, and George K. MichalopoulosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 20144,219 words Report 1430LChemically defined serum-free media for rat hepatocytes have been useful in identifying EGFR ligands and HGF/MET signaling as direct mitogenic factors for rat hepatocytes. The absence of such media for mouse hepatocytes...

• Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Inhibits Apoptosis and Promotes Proliferation of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Isolated from Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Reducing Cellular Oxidative Stress

  Authors:Daria Nawrocka, Katarzyna Kornicka, Joanna Szydlarska, and Krzysztof MaryczFrom:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (Vol. 2017) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 201712,400 words Report 1460LType 2 diabetes (T2D) is a chronic metabolic disorder affecting increasing number of people in developed countries. Therefore new strategies for treatment of T2D and its complications are of special interest. Nowadays,...

• The Urinary Phosphate to Serum Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 Ratio, Deemed the Nephron Index, Is a Useful Clinical Index for Early Stage Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: An Observational Pilot Study

  Authors:Hodaka Yamada, Makoto Kuro-o, Shunsuke Funazaki, San-e Ishikawa, Masafumi Kakei, and Kazuo HaraFrom:International Journal of Nephrology (Vol. 2018) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20182,473 words Report 1430LRenal function decline is associated with progressive type 2 diabetes mellitus, which causes mineral and bone disorders. In the present study, we defined the ratio of urinary phosphate excretion (mg/day) to serum...

• Corrigendum to "Fibroblast Growth Factor-9 Activates c-Kit Progenitor Cells and Enhances Angiogenesis in the Infarcted Diabetic Heart".

  Authors:Dinender K. Singla and Jing WangFrom:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (Vol. 2018) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 2018133 words Correction notice, B... 1150LIn the article titled "Fibroblast Growth Factor-9 Activates c-Kit Progenitor Cells and Enhances Angiogenesis in the Infarcted Diabetic Heart" [1], the name of the first author was given incorrectly as Dinender Singla....

• Nrf2 represses FGF21 during long-term high-fat diet--induced obesity in mice

  Authors:Dionysios V. Chartoumpekis, Panos G. Ziros, Agathoklis I. Psyrogiannis, Athanasios G. Papavassiliou, Venetsana E. Kyriazopoulou, Gerasimos P. Sykiotis, et al.From:Diabetes (Vol. 60, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20115,684 words Report 1420LOBJECTIVE--Obesity is characterized by chronic oxidative stress. Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) has recently been identified as a novel hormone that regulates metabolism. NFE2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a...

• Glycerol-3-phosphate is an FGF23 regulator derived from the injured kidney.

  Authors:Petra Simic, Wondong Kim, Wen Zhou, Kerry A. Pierce, Wenhan Chang, David B. Sykes, et al.From:Journal of Clinical Investigation (Vol. 130, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 202010,670 words Article 1460LFibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a bone-derived hormone that controls blood phosphate levels by increasing renal phosphate excretion and reducing 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin [D.sub.3] [1,25[(OH).sub.2]D] production....

• Cytogenomic Integrative Network Analysis of the Critical Region Associated with Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome.

  Authors:Thiago Correa, Rafaella Mergener, Julio Cesar Loguercio Leite, Marcial Francis Galera, Lilia Maria de Azevedo Moreira, Jose Eduardo Vargas, et al.From:BioMed Research International (Vol. 2018) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20185,008 words Article 1450LDeletions in the 4p16.3 region are associated with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS), a contiguous gene deletion syndrome involving variable size deletions. In this study, we perform a cytogenomic integrative analysis...

• Modulation of Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Male Rat Reproductive Dysfunction with Micro-Nanoencapsulated Echinacea purpurea Ethanol Extract.

  Authors:Chien-Feng Mao, Xiu-Ru Zhang, Athira Johnson, Jia-Ling He, and Zwe-Ling KongFrom:BioMed Research International (Vol. 2018) Peer-Reviewed

  Annual 20189,054 words Article 1360LDiabetes mellitus is a major health problem that affects a patient's life quality throughout the world due to its worst complications. It was recognized that chronic hyperglycemia with oxidative stress was the major...

• Erythropoietin Protects Adult Retinal Ganglion Cells against NMDA-, Trophic Factor Withdrawal-, and TNF-[alpha]-Induced Damage

  Authors:Zhi-Yang Chang, Ming-Kung Yeh, Chiao-Hsi Chiang, Yi-Hao Chen, and Da-Wen LuFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 30, 20138,105 words Article 1180LPurpose This study aimed to evaluate the neuroprotective effect of EPO in the presence of N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA)-, trophic factor withdrawal (TFW)-, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-[alpha])-induced toxicity...