miR-317 regulates the proliferation and apoptosis of duck follicle granulosa cells by targeting VIPR1 by Li Li, Qingwu Xin, Linli Zhang, Zhongwei Miao, Zhiming Zhu, Xiaopan Liu, Qiannan Cai, Wenli Shi, Bangzhe Zhao, Changtao Liu, Zhengkui Zhou, Azheng Liang, Qinlou Huang, Nenzhu Zheng

“…EdU staining revealed that the number of EdU-positive cells was significantly greater in the miR-317 mimic-transfected group than in the mimic-NC-transfected group (P < 0.05); after miR-317 silencing or inhibition, cell proliferation decreased, and the number of EdU-positive cells significantly decreased (P < 0.01). …”
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Pirfenidone Inhibits Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension through the NADPH/ROS/p38 Pathway in Adventitial Fibroblasts in the Pulmonary Artery by Song Zhang, ZongXiu Yin, WeiDong Qin, XiaoLi Ma, Yao Zhang, EnXiu Liu, YanBiao Chu

“…These findings demonstrate that PFD is a novel therapeutic agent to prevent cell proliferation, migration, and fibrosis, which might be useful in inhibiting vascular remodeling in patients with HPH.…”
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C3AR1 as a target for preeclampsia: from bioinformatics and network pharmacology to experimental validation by Yongfeng Hu, Shaoqiang Li, Yunhui Hong, Dongxian Peng

“…Functional verification was assessed by knocking down C3AR1 in HTR-8/Svneo cells, including cell proliferation, invasion, and apoptosis. Results Network pharmacology established connections between pollutants and preeclampsia, with C3AR1 as a key target. …”
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In Vitro Effects of Strontium on Proliferation and Osteoinduction of Human Preadipocytes by V. Nardone, R. Zonefrati, C. Mavilia, C. Romagnoli, S. Ciuffi, S. Fabbri, G. Palmini, G. Galli, A. Tanini, M. L. Brandi

“…Sr2+ promoted PA20-h5 cell proliferation while inducing the increase of ALP activity and gene expression as well as HA production during in vitro osteoinduction. …”
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Downregulation of FXYD2 Is Associated with Poor Prognosis and Increased Regulatory T Cell Infiltration in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Zedan Zhang, Yanlin Tang, Lei Li, Wuping Yang, Yawei Xu, Jingcheng Zhou, Kaifang Ma, Kenan Zhang, Hongkai Zhuang, Yanqing Gong, Kan Gong

“…Gain-of-function experiment revealed that FXYD2 could restrain cell proliferation, migration, and invasion in vitro. Functional enrichment analysis illustrated that TGF-β-SMAD2/3, Notch, and PI3K-Akt-mTOR signaling pathways may be potential signaling pathways of FXYD2 in ccRCC. …”
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Propofol Regulates ER Stress to Inhibit Tumour Growth and Sensitize Osteosarcoma to Doxorubicin by Hua Wei, Xinhui Du, Huaping Zhao, Peipei Sun, Jianjun Yang

“…Propofol of increasing concentrations (2.5, 5, 10, and 20 μg/ml) was used to treat the MG63 and 143B cells for 72 hours, and the CCK8 assay was applied to evaluate the tumour cell proliferation. Tumour cell migration and invasion were assessed with the transwell assay. …”
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APOC1 knockdown induces apoptosis and decreases angiogenesis in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma cells through blocking the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway by Jing Gao, Xiaojuan Lu, Guanglei Wang, Tanling Huang, Zhongyu Tuo, Weiwei Meng

“…In vitro experiments revealed that APOC1 knockdown increased apoptosis and inhibited cell proliferation, migration, invasion, HUVEC angiogenesis, and PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway protein expression in DLBCL cells. …”
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Different functions of PHF10 isoforms – subunits of the PBAF chromatin remodeling complex by A. A. Sheynov, V. V. Tatarskiy, A. M. Azieva, S. G. Georgieva, N. V. Soshnikova

“…Two of the PHF10 isoforms (PHF10-P) are expressed at a high level in neuronal and myeloid progenitors and are necessary for cell proliferation. These isoforms contain PHD (plant homeodomain) fingers for nucleosome binding and recruit RNA polymerase II on the promoters of cell cycle genes. …”
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miR-7-5p Promotes Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation by Targeting Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 4 by Shuxia Tian, Min Chen, Bing Wang, Yonglong Han, Haonan Shang, Junming Chen

“…The miR-7-5p inhibitor blocked the lipopolysaccharide-induced proliferation and activation of LX-2 cells, and FGFR4 overexpression inhibited LX-2 cell proliferation and activation triggered by miR-7-5p. …”
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Mechanisms of multidrug resistance caused by an Ipi1 mutation in the fungal pathogen Candida glabrata by Taiga Miyazaki, Shintaro Shimamura, Yohsuke Nagayoshi, Hironobu Nakayama, Akihiro Morita, Yutaka Tanaka, Yasuhiko Matsumoto, Tatsuo Inamine, Hiroshi Nishikawa, Nana Nakada, Makoto Sumiyoshi, Tatsuro Hirayama, Shigeru Kohno, Hiroshi Mukae

“…Furthermore, micafungin exposure reduces metabolic activity and cell proliferation in the ipi1 R70H mutant, which may contribute to micafungin tolerance.…”
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RETRACTED: LncRNA CCAT2 promotes the proliferation and metastasis of colorectal cancer through activation of the ERK and Wnt signaling pathways by regulating GNB2 expression by Jinhai Tian, Xu Cao, Zongying Jiang, Jia Wang, Wan Fan, Shaoting Zhang, Sien Zhao, Jianmin Sun

“…Deletion of CCAT2 gene inhibited CRC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion while promoting apoptosis. …”
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Intratumoral <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> in Pancreatic Cancer: Current and Future Perspectives by Domenica Lucia D’Antonio, Anna Zenoniani, Samia Umme, Adriano Piattelli, Maria Cristina Curia

“…<i>Fn</i> engages in pancreatic tumorigenesis and metastasis through multifaceted mechanisms, including immune response modulation, virulence factors, control of cell proliferation, intestinal metabolite interactions, DNA damage, and epithelial–mesenchymal transition. …”
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Bifunctional copper ion/melittin incorporated hydrogel with antimicrobial and antioxidant capabilities for infected skin wound healing by Jun Yao, Xiao Li, Minjie Lin, Zhuoqi Han, Xiaonan Wang, Jingjing Guo, Bing Wu, Jiajie Xia

“…Additionally, the SA@Cu-MEL hydrogel reduces inflammatory responses, promotes macrophage polarisation to the anti-inflammatory M2 type, and facilitates NIH cell proliferation and migration. In rat models, SA@Cu-MEL significantly accelerated wound healing, enhancing angiogenesis and collagen deposition. …”
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Tensile force promotes osteogenic differentiation via ephrinB2-EphB4 signaling pathway in orthodontic tooth movement by Hang Yu, Xiaoxi Wei, Huan Jiang, Huichuan Qi, Yi Zhang, Min Hu

“…Methods TF was applied to MC3T3-E1 cells, then CCK-8 and live/dead staining were used to detect cell proliferation. Levels of osteogenic differentiation-related factors were detected by ALP staining, ARS staining, qPCR and western blot. …”
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Association of Structural Maintenance of Chromosome-1A Phosphorylation with Progression of Breast Cancer by Sushma Yadav, Claudia M. Kowolik, Daniel Schmolze, Yuan Yuan, Min Lin, Arthur D. Riggs, David A. Horne

“…In hepatocellular carcinoma, aberrant phosphorylation of SMC1A has been associated with enhanced cell proliferation and migration. Despite these insights, the precise role of SMC1A phosphorylation in breast cancer remains largely unexplored. …”
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MAC30 Knockdown Inhibits Proliferation and Enhance Apoptosis of Gastric Cancer by Suppressing Wnt/β-Cateninsignaling Pathway by Xiaohong Wu, Yong Zhang, Junping Guo, Xun Yan, Li Shen, Jianping Zhou, Jun Zhao, Min Zhuang, Zhihong Cao

“…Lentiviral vector pGCSIL-shMAC30-GFP of the RNA interference (RNAi) of the MAC30 gene was transfected into gastric cancer BGC-823 cell line and the expression of lentivirus label protein GFP was observed via fluorescence microscope, while cell proliferation and apoptosis were determined with flow cytometry and MTT assay, respectively. …”
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Prednisone inhibits osteosarcoma cell by regulating the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway by Yo Zhang, Hongmei Zhang, Shanshan Yang, Xiufeng Gao, Wenhao Guo

“…To investigate the effect of prednisone on osteosarcoma cells in vitro, CCK8, wound healing, Transwell assays, flow-cytometry, western blot, and ELISA were used to measure cell proliferation, cell migration, cell invasion, cell cycle, cell apoptosis, and the key proteins in Wnt/β-catenin pathway. …”
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The Long-Term Outcome Comparison of Different Time-Delayed Kallikrein Treatments in a Mouse Cerebral Ischemic Model by Yaohui Ni, Kefu Cai, Yujie Hu, Chuan-hui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Hua Huang, Xing Su, Jin-hua Gu

“…Additionally, kallikrein treatment at 8 h after MCAO significantly enhanced cell proliferation including neural stem cell and induced differentiation of neural stem cell into mature neuron. …”
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The Synergistic Effects of Celastrol in combination with Tamoxifen on Apoptosis and Autophagy in MCF-7 Cells by Lijun Wang, Luqun Tang, Chengyun Yao, Chunyan Liu, Yongqian Shu

“…In addition, exposure to a combination of celastrol and tamoxifen inhibited cell proliferation by causing G1 phase cell cycle arrest. …”
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Synergistic Antitumour Properties of viscumTT in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma by Rahel Mascha Stammer, Susann Kleinsimon, Jana Rolff, Sebastian Jäger, Angelika Eggert, Georg Seifert, Catharina I. Delebinski

“…Viscum and viscumTT inhibited cell proliferation and induced apoptosis effectively in a dose-dependent manner in vitro and ex vivo, whereas TT showed only moderate inhibitory effects. viscumTT proved to be more effective than the single extracts and displayed a synergistic effect in vitro and a stronger effect in vivo. viscumTT induced apoptosis via the extrinsic and intrinsic pathways, evidenced by the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential and activation of CASP8 and CASP9. …”
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