scholarly journals Titrated extract of Centella asiatica provides a UVB protective effect by altering microRNA expression profiles in human dermal fibroblasts

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 1194-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
IN-SOOK AN ◽  
SUNGKWAN AN ◽  
SANG-MO KANG ◽  
TAE-BOO CHOE ◽  
SUNG NAE LEE ◽  
...  
Marine Drugs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
WonWoo Lee ◽  
Jae Oh ◽  
Yong Cui ◽  
BoMi Ryu ◽  
...  

Our previous study evaluated the antioxidant activities of sulfated polysaccharides from Celluclast-assisted extract of Hizikia fusiforme (HFPS) in vitro in Vero cells and in vivo in zebrafish. The results showed that HFPS possesses strong antioxidant activity and suggested the potential photo-protective activities of HFPS. Hence, in the present study, we investigated the protective effects of HFPS against ultraviolet (UV) B-induced skin damage in vitro in human dermal fibroblasts (HDF cells). The results indicate that HFPS significantly reduced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) level and improved the viability of UVB-irradiated HDF cells in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, HFPS significantly inhibited intracellular collagenase and elastase activities, remarkably protected collagen synthesis, and reduced matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression by regulating nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), activator protein 1 (AP-1), and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) signaling pathways in UVB-irradiated HDF cells. These results suggest that HFPS possesses strong UV protective effect, and can be a potential ingredient in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
Mengbi Lin ◽  
Yue Zheng ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Yufang Liu ◽  
Qingfang Xu ◽  
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Pathogens ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oh ◽  
Lim ◽  
Song ◽  
Ahn ◽  
Lee ◽  
...  

Licensed live attenuated vaccines have been developed to prevent varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection, which causes chickenpox and shingles. The genomic sequences of both clinical- and vaccine-derived VZV strains have been analyzed previously. To further characterize the molecular signatures and complexity of wildtype (clinical) versus attenuated (vaccine-derived) VZV-mediated host cellular responses, we performed high-throughput next generation sequencing to quantify and compare the expression patterns of mRNAs and microRNAs (miRNAs) in primary human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) infected with wildtype (YC01 low passage) and attenuated (YC01 high passage, SuduVax, and VarilRix) VZV strains. 3D-multidimensional scaling of the differentially expressed genes demonstrated the distinct grouping of wildtype and attenuated strains. In particular, we observed that HDFs infected with attenuated strains had more differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in the retinoic-acid inducible gene–I-like receptor and interferon-mediated signaling pathways compared with wildtype strains. Additionally, miRNA expression patterns were profiled following the infection of HDFs with VZV. Small RNA sequencing identified that several miRNAs were upregulated, including miR-146a-5p, which has been associated with other herpesvirus infections, whereas let-7a-3p was downregulated in both wildtype and attenuated VZV-infected cells. This study identified genes and miRNAs that may be essential in VZV pathogenesis.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 3250-3258 ◽  
Author(s):  
José M. Alvarez-Suarez ◽  
Francesca Giampieri ◽  
Massimiliano Gasparrini ◽  
Luca Mazzoni ◽  
Celestino Santos-Buelga ◽  
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Acerola fruits are shown as an important natural source of bioactive compounds with beneficial properties for health.


Molecules ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Massimiliano Gasparrini ◽  
Tamara Forbes-Hernandez ◽  
Francesca Giampieri ◽  
Sadia Afrin ◽  
Bruno Mezzetti ◽  
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