Articles by author - Xin Du

Prenatal stress, anxiety and depression: a mechanism involving CRH peptide family.

Fan J, Chen X, Du J.

Journal Article 2014; 35(6): 429-439 PubMed PMID: 25433848  Keywords:  Animals, Anxiety Disorders:physiopathology, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone:physiology, Depressive Disorder:physiopathology, Female, Hypoxia:physiopathology, Male, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects:physiopathology, Rats, Receptors, Corticotropi.    Citation

: Prenatal stress (PNS) is associated with increased biological risk for mental disorders such as anxiety and depression later in life, an.....

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Corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 1 colocalizes with type 2 in corticotropin-releasing factor-containing cellular profiles in rat brain.

Fan J, Chen X, Wang X, Hao K, Du J.

Journal Article 2014; 35(5): 417-426 PubMed PMID: 25275258  Keywords:  Amygdala:metabolism, Animals, Brain:metabolism, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone:metabolism, Dorsal Raphe Nucleus:metabolism, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Hippocampus:metabolism, In Situ Hybridization, Locus Coeruleus:metabolism, Male, Median Eminence:m.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether CRHR1 and CRHR2 are colocalized in CRH-specific neurons in rat brain.

METHODS: .....

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Low T3 syndrome predicts severe neurological deficits of cerebral infarction inpatients with large artery artherosclerosis in internal carotid artery system.

Wu G, Kong F, Cheng Q, Luo W, Du X.

Journal Article 2014; 35(2): 149-153 PubMed PMID: 24878977  Keywords:  Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carotid Artery Diseases:complications, Carotid Artery, Internal:pathology, Cerebral Infarction:complications, Euthyroid Sick Syndromes:complications, Female, Humans, Inpatients:statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Aged, Nervo.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The low triiodothyronine (T3) syndrome indicates poor prognosis for patients with cerebral infarction. It is unknown, however,.....

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SUMO negatively regulates BACE expression.

Fang H, Du X, Meng F, Zhou J.

Journal Article 2011; 32(3): 313-6 PubMed PMID: 21712774  Keywords:  Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases:biosynthesis, Amyloid beta-Peptides:biosynthesis, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor:biosynthesis, Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases:biosynthesis, Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, DNA:biosynthesis, Humans, Luciferases:genetics, RNA, Messenger:genetics, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Small Ubiquitin-Related Modifier Proteins:physiology, Sp1 Transcription Factor:metabolism, Transcription, Genetic, Transfection,.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: The effect of SUMO on the promoter activity and mRNA expression of BACE gene was investigated to find the connection between su.....

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