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Midkine promoter-based conditionally replicative adenovirus therapy for midkine-expressing human pancreatic cancer [PDF]

Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, 2008
Background To develop a novel therapeutic strategy for human pancreatic cancer using a midkine promoter-based conditionally replicating adenovirus. Methods We examined midkine mRNA expression and midkine protein expression by seven human pancreatic ...
Ito Tatsuo, Nagai Kazuyuki, Kida Atsushi, Koizumi Masayuki, Ito Daisuke, Mori Tomohiko, Kami Kazuhiro, Doi Ryuichiro, Toyoda Eiji, Masui Toshihiko, Wada Michihiko, Tagawa Masatoshi, Uemoto Shinji   +12 more
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Midkine Serum Levels in Inflammatory and Non-Inflammatory Dilated Cardiomyopathy [PDF]

Biomedicines
Objectives: This retrospective study examines midkine, an inflammatory cytokine, as a potential serological biomarker to distinguish dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMi).
Ulrich Grabmaier, Bartolo Ferraro, Kristin Lehnert, Astrid Petersmann, Stephan B. Felix, Ludwig T. Weckbach   +5 more
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Midkine ameliorates LPS-induced apoptosis of airway smooth muscle cells via the Notch2 pathway

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the effect of midkine on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs). Methods: LPS-stimulated acute lung injury model was used to analyze the effect of midkine on ASMCs in vitro.
Qi-Feng Huang, Bo Wang, Yu-Qing Weng, Tang Deng, Li-Hua Li, Jin Qian, Qi Li, Kai-Wen Lin, Dong-Mei Sun, Shuang-Qin Xu, Hang-Fei Wang, Xin-Xin Wu, Yuan-Tian Sun, Xiao-Ran Liu   +13 more
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Midkine Overexpression Promotes Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury by Enhancing Microglial Efferocytosis Via LRP-1. [PDF]

CNS Neurosci Ther
Midkine (MDK) promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury by enhancing microglial efferocytosis, reducing neuroinflammation, and decreasing neuronal apoptosis. Overexpression of MDK activates the AKT/mTOR pathway, upregulates LRP‐1 and BDNF, and drives microglia toward an anti‐inflammatory phenotype.
Wang Y, Fang L, Zhai C, Cai J, Li X, Zong L, Geng Y, Zhu C, Sun C, Dong M, Qian Y, Liu Y, Huang Y, Wang Z, Wang T, Liu WT, Wu Q.   +16 more
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Pulmonary midkine inhibition ameliorates sepsis induced lung injury

Journal of Translational Medicine, 2021
Background Midkine is a multi-functional molecule participating in a various key pathological process. We aimed to evaluate the change of midkine in sepsis and its association with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) system, as well as the mechanism by ...
Jing-Yuan Xu, Wei Chang, Qin Sun, Fei Peng, Yi Yang   +4 more
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Midkine inhibition enhances anti-PD-1 immunotherapy in sorafenib-treated hepatocellular carcinoma via preventing immunosuppressive MDSCs infiltration

Cell Death Discovery, 2023
Sorafenib, a multiple-target tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is the standard of care for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but provides limited benefits.
Lijuan Ding, Nanya Wang, Qiang Wang, Xia Fan, Yuning Xin, Shudong Wang   +5 more
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Midkine in host defence [PDF]

British Journal of Pharmacology, 2014
Midkine (MK) shares several features in common with antibacterial proteins of the innate immune system. These include growth factor properties, heparin‐binding regions and effects on immune cells, such as recruitment and activation of neutrophils and macrophages.
A, Gela, S, Jovic, S L, Nordin, A, Egesten   +3 more
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Midkine in Inflammation

The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2011
The 13 kDa heparin-binding growth factor midkine (MK) was originally identified as a molecule involved in the orchestration of embryonic development. Recent studies provided evidence for a new role of MK in acute and chronic inflammatory processes. Accordingly, several inflammatory diseases including nephritis, arthritis, atherosclerosis, colitis, and ...
Ludwig T. Weckbach, Takashi Muramatsu, Barbara Walzog   +2 more
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Midkine as a driver of age-related changes and increase in mammary tumorigenesis [PDF]

Cancer Cell
Pengze Yan, Zheqi Li, Marco Seehawer
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Machine learning identified MDK score has prognostic value for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis based on integrated bulk and single cell expression data

Frontiers in Genetics, 2023
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and fatal lung disease that poses a significant challenge to medical professionals due to its increasing incidence and prevalence coupled with the limited understanding of its underlying molecular ...
Shichen Zhang, Lanlan Zhang, Lu Wang, Hongqiu Wang, Jiaxin Wu, Haoyang Cai, Chunheng Mo, Jian Yang   +7 more
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