Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: UNIPROT:P10415 (Bcl-2)
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In order to investigate the correlation between the expression of the apoptotic regulatory proteins (Fas, Bcl-2) in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLC) and the level of IFN-gamma and IL-4 in serum of the patients with condyloma acuminata (CA) in the immune pathogenesis of CA, indirect immunofluorescence labeling method of flow cytometer and solid sandwich ELISA method were performed for detecting the expression of Fas, Bcl-2 in PBLC and the level of IFN-gamma and IL-4 in serum of 60 cases of CA. The results showed the expression level of Fas in PBLC of CA was significantly higher than in the normal control group, but the expression level of Bcl-2 was significantly lower (both P<0.01). The level of IFN-gamma in serum of CA was significantly lower than in the normal control group (P<0.01), but IL-4 was significantly lower (both P<0.01). The expression of Fas in PBLC had a negative correlation with the level of IFN-gamma in serum of patients with CA, but had a positive correlation with the level of IL-4; The expression of Bcl-2 had a positive correlation with the level of IFN-gamma, but had a negative correlation with the level of IL-4. All the correlation coefficients had significant difference by t test (P<0.01). It was suggested abnormal apoptosis in PBLC, the suppressed secretion of the TH1-associated cytokines (eg: IFN-gamma) and the increased secretion of the TH2-associated cytokines (eg: IL-4) existed in the patients with CA and might play an important role in the immune pathogenesis of CA.
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PMID:Correlation between the expression of Fas, Bcl-2 in peripheral blood lymphocytes and the level of IFN-gamma, IL-4 in serum of patients with condyloma acuminata. 1516 26

Local hyperthermia has been successfully used in the treatment of viral warts. However, the mechanism of action of hyperthermia has largely remained unclear. In this study we evaluated the effect of local hyperthermia on the induction of apoptosis in human keratinocytes, and expression of apoptosis-related genes in both condyloma acuminata (CA) and normal skin. The study showed that higher hyperthermia increased the number of apoptotic keratinocytes in CA and normal skin. The temperature-dependent increased expression of Fas and Bax were observed in both CA and normal skin. In contrast, the expression of Bcl-2 in CA was decreased at both transcriptional and translational levels. Furthermore, the transcriptional expression of DR4 and DR5 were increased in a temperature-dependent manner in CA, but not in normal skin. These results suggest that different mechanisms of action might be involved in hyperthermia induced apoptosis in CA and normal skin.
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PMID:Local hyperthermia induces apoptosis of keratinocytes in both normal skin and condyloma acuminata via different pathways. 1936 4