Patient-derived iPSCs link elevated mitochondrial respiratory complex I function to osteosarcoma in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome. by Brittany E Jewell, An Xu, Dandan Zhu, Mo-Fan Huang, Linchao Lu, Mo Liu, Erica L Underwood, Jun Hyoung Park, Huihui Fan, Julian A Gingold, Ruoji Zhou, Jian Tu, Zijun Huo, Ying Liu, Weidong Jin, Yi-Hung Chen, Yitian Xu, Shu-Hsia Chen, Nino Rainusso, Nathaniel K Berg, Danielle A Bazer, Christopher Vellano, Philip Jones, Holger K Eltzschig, Zhongming Zhao, Benny Abraham Kaipparettu, Ruiying Zhao, Lisa L Wang, Dung-Fang Lee

“…Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory complex I activity by IACS-010759 selectively suppressed cellular respiration and cell proliferation of RTS osteoblasts. Furthermore, systems analysis of IACS-010759-induced changes in RTS osteoblasts revealed that chemical inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory complex I impaired cell proliferation, induced senescence, and decreased MAPK signaling and cell cycle associated genes, but increased H19 and ribosomal protein genes. …”
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A telomere-related signature for predicting prognosis and assessing immune microenvironment in osteosarcoma by Shihao Li, Lina Zhang, Haiyang Zhang

“…Moreover, the overexpression of MAP7 significantly reduced cell proliferation, the ability of cell migration, and invasion in osteosarcoma cells.ConclusionA telomere-related signature was constructed in osteosarcoma patients, offering predictive values into prognosis, the immune microenvironment, and drug sensitivity. …”
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Fragile Histidine Triad (FHIT) Suppresses Proliferation and Promotes Apoptosis in Cholangiocarcinoma Cells by Blocking PI3K-Akt Pathway by Qiang Huang, Zhen Liu, Fang Xie, Chenhai Liu, Feng Shao, Cheng-lin Zhu, Sanyuan Hu

“…Fragile histidine triad (FHIT) is a tumor suppressor protein that regulates cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis. However, its exact mechanism of action is poorly understood. …”
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The Long Noncoding RNA Gm9866/Nuclear Factor-κB Axis Promotes Macrophage Polarization by Xiaomin Liao, Xianxian Ruan, Xiubing Chen, Biaolin Zheng, Xianbin Wu, Zhejun Deng, Zhe Yang, Feng Wang, Shanyu Qin, Haixing Jiang

“…Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play an important role in biological processes such as cell proliferation, death, and differentiation; however, how long noncoding RNAs affect the cellular functionality of macrophages remains to be studied. …”
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Ginsenoside Rh2 regulates triple-negative breast cancer proliferation and apoptosis via the IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 pathway by Rumeng Ding, Quancheng Kan, Ting Wang, Ran Xiao, Yanan Song, Duolu Li

“…The ability of ginsenoside Rh2 to inhibit TNBC cell proliferation was further confirmed by attenuating the activation of the IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 apoptosis pathway and reducing the expression of protein kinases AMPK-α1 and PKA-Cα.ConclusionBased on network analysis and experimental validation, our findings demonstrate that ginsenoside Rh2 regulates TNBC proliferation and apoptosis through suppression of the IL-6/JAK2/STAT3 pathway, both in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Studying the impact of chitosan salicylaldehyde/schiff base/CuFe2O4 in PC3 cells via theoretical studies and inhibition of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling by Ghada H. Elsayed, Asmaa M. Fahim

“…After 48 h, PC3 cell proliferation was significantly inhibited by chitosan salicylaldehyde/CuFe2O4 and chitosan salicylaldehyde (IC50 = 35.3 and 45.55 µg/ml, respectively) without any effects on normal HSF cells. …”
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NCAPD3-mediated ferroptosis of 2,3,5,4’-Tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside inhibits proliferation in T47D cells by Jianfen Shen, Shuo Zhang, Shuo Zhang, Yan Song, Yan Song, Leiming Yang, Leiming Yang, Qi Huang, Qi Huang, Pengyu Wang, Pengyu Wang, Youzhi Zhang, Youzhi Zhang

“…Moreover, 2,3,5,4’-Tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-β-D-glucoside (THSG) could modulate MCF-7 cell proliferation in our previous study. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the potential mechanism by which NCAPD3 mediates ferroptosis in THSG inhibition of T47D cell proliferation by full-length transcriptome sequencing.MethodsAlternative splicing analysis was performed based on full-length transcriptome sequencing and the overlapping genes in differentially expressed transcripts (DETs) and differential alternative splicing (diAS) were obtained. …”
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Chaihu Shugan San and Zuogui Yin synergistically improve premature ovarian failure in a rat model via the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway by Fei Zhang, RuiFang Liu, ZhenLing Xu, WenJie Chen, XiYa Lu, Yang Wang

“…Key outcomes, including ovarian granulosa cell proliferation, follicular integrity, and hormonal levels (FSH and E2), were assessed. …”
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Tasquinimod suppresses tumor cell growth and bone resorption by targeting immunosuppressive myeloid cells and inhibiting c-MYC expression in multiple myeloma by Marie Törngren, Rong Fan, Eline Menu, Helena Eriksson, Karin Vanderkerken, Andrew Chantry, Hatice Satilmis, Niels Vandewalle, Emma Verheye, Philip Vlummens, Anke Maes, Catharina Muylaert, Elke De Bruyne, Holly Evans, Nathan De Beule, Dirk Hose, Ken Maes, Karine Breckpot, Kim De Veirman

“…We aimed to gain more insights into its mechanisms of action both on the myeloma cells and the immune microenvironment.Methods We analyzed the effects of tasquinimod on MM cell viability, cell proliferation and downstream signaling pathways in vitro using RNA sequencing, real-time PCR, western blot analysis and multiparameter flow cytometry. …”
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Cowden syndrome: Familial presentation and genetic insights by K. C. Shashidhara, Keerthi Yenamala, Prajval Reddy Nachu, L. K. Prajwal, Sai Surya Chukkapalli

“…Cowden syndrome (CS), primarily driven by PTEN gene mutations, leads to aberrant cell proliferation and presents with characteristic manifestations including multiple hematomas, hamartomatous polyps, and trichilemmomas. …”
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Synergistic Antitumor Effects of Anlotinib Combined with Oral 5-Fluorouracil/S-1 via Inhibiting Src/AKT Signaling Pathway in Small-Cell Lung Cancer by Xinhang Xia, Wenhu Pi, Yanli Lan, Xiaomai Wu, Dongqing Lv, Yinnan Meng, Haihua Yang, Wei Wang

“…This treatment modality reduced cell proliferation and migration via Src/AKT pathway. This new strategy may be a promising treatment for SCLC but needs to be confirmed in future clinical trials.…”
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MEG3 Alleviated LPS-Induced Intestinal Injury in Sepsis by Modulating miR-129-5p and Surfactant Protein D by Xianjin Du, Dan Tian, Jie Wei, Chen Yan, Peng Hu, Xu Wu, Wenbin Yang

“…Interestingly, we showed that MEG3 repressed cell apoptosis partly and enhanced Caco2 cell proliferation. miR-129-5p overexpression could reverse the effect of MEG3 in vitro. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis combined with experimental validation reveals the biological role of the ILK gene in prostate cancer by Xiao-xiang Yu, Yi Liu, Rong-jiang Luo, Zi-xuan Song, Wen-kai Chen, Zeng-mi Mo, Feng-jing Wang

“…Experimental results showed LNCaP cell proliferation was significantly inhibited in the knockdown groups (P < 0.001). …”
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Extracellular matrix stiffness regulates colorectal cancer progression via HSF4 by Kangtao Wang, Siyi Ning, Shuai Zhang, Mingming Jiang, Yan Huang, Haiping Pei, Ming Li, Fengbo Tan

“…An HSF4 knockout CRC cell model was cultured in different ECM stiffness to evaluate the effects of HSF4 on cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro and in vivo. …”
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Molecular evidence for the efficacy of PBM therapy in the treatment of oral lichen planus by Maria Zaharieva Mutafchieva, Milena Nenkova Draganova, Plamen Ivanov Zagorchev, Reem Hanna, Georgi Tomchev Tomov

“…It is assumed that blocking the cell death program and enhancing cell proliferation would be crucial to the healing process. …”
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KLF5 silencing restrains proliferation, invasion, migration and angiogenesis of gallbladder carcinoma cells by transcriptional regulation of PDGFA by Xiaowei Lu, Kui Hu, Dandan Zhang, Xuefeng Yin, Jifeng Nie, Kai Zhao

“…Methods The expressions of KLF5 and platelet-derived growth factor subunit A (PDGFA) in GBC cell lines were analyzed by qRT-PCR and western blot assay. Cell proliferation was assessed utilizing the Cell Counting Kit-8 assay and EDU staining. …”
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Umbilical Cord Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce T Lymphocyte Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Arrest by Expression of Indoleamine 2, 3-Dioxygenase by Xiuying Li, Zhuo Xu, Jinping Bai, Shuyuan Yang, Shuli Zhao, Yingjie Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Yimin Wang

“…In this study, we have compared the MSCs from bone marrow (BM), adipose tissue (AT), placenta (PL), and umbilical cord (UC) to determine which one displayed the most efficient immunosuppressive effects on phytohemagglutinin-induced T cell proliferation. Among them we found that hUC-MSC has the strongest effects on inhibiting T cell proliferation and is chosen to do the further study. …”
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Mitochondrial Mayhem: How cigarette smoke induces placental dysfunction through MMS19 degradation by Pei Zhou, Feng Jin, Shenshen Yao, Ben Sun, Ni Sun, Hongbo Guan, Xiaomei Liu

“…This study aims to investigate the impact of CS on trophoblast cell proliferation and regulated cell death (RCD) by examining its interference with iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) proteins and the CIA pathway. …”
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Impaired Glucose Metabolism in Young Offspring of Female Rats with Hypothyroidism by Zhoujun Liu, Yu Chen, Guofang Chen, Xiaodong Mao, Xiao Wei, Xingjia Li, Yijiao Xu, Fan Jiang, Kun Wang, Chao Liu

“…Maternal hypothyroidism results in impaired pancreatic insulin synthesis and pancreatic cell proliferation in neonatal offspring and subsequent glucose intolerance in young offspring, which may be related to TRβ gene downregulation in the pancreas.…”
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CXCL8 modulates M0 macrophage proliferation and polarization to influence tumor progression in cervical cancer by Xiyan Zhao, Li Yang, Jigang Pan, Zhirui Zeng, Tuo Zhang, Yushi Yang, Jingjing Zhang, Tengxiang Chen, Ziwen Xiao, Wei Pan

“…Co-culture experiments further demonstrated that M0 macrophages significantly promoted HeLa cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, underscoring their pivotal role in modulating tumor cell behavior within the TME. …”
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