[[abstract]]AIM: To investigate the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the diarrheogenic activity, gastrointestinal transit (GIT), and intestinal fluid content and the possible role of nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in gastrointesti...
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[[abstract]]Taiwanofungus camphoratus (syn. Antrodia camphorata), a medicinal mushroom in Taiwan, is reputed to provide several therapeutic benefits, but the wild fruiting body is very rare. In this study, we used Taiwanofungus camphoratus extracts f...
[[abstract]]Abstract The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the possible signal transduction pathway involved in the underlying mechanism of glucosamine (GLN)’s inXuence on the gene expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in chondro...
[[abstract]]Abstract Previously, we showed that terbinafine (TB) induces cell-cycle arrest in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) through an upregulation of the p21 protein. The aim of this study is to delineate the molecular mech...
[[abstract]]BACKGROUND: Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is the most potent antioxidant of all the green tea catechins. The objective of the present study was to find out whether it improved the age-induced hemorheological abnormalities or not. METH...
[[abstract]]Abstract. Previous studies have shown that progesterone inhibits endothelial cell proliferation through a nuclear receptor-mediated mechanism. Here, we further demonstrate that progesterone at physiologic levels (5 – 500 nM) dose- and tim...