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Characterizing therapeutic effects of velvet antler using different omics strategies [PDF]

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
Velvet antler (VA) has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine more than thousand years. Several pharmacological properties of VA have been demonstrated, such as anti-osteoporosis, anti-osteoarthritis, anti-aging, and anti-ischemia-hypoxia ...
Shang-Tse Ho, Ching-Yun Kuo, Ming-Ju Chen   +2 more
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Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Antler Velvet

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a contagious, fatal prion disease of deer and elk that continues to emerge in new locations. To explore the means by which prions are transmitted with high efficiency among cervids, we examined prion infectivity in the ...
Rachel C. Angers, Tanya S. Seward, Dana Napier, Michael Green, Edward Hoover, Terry Spraker, Katherine O’Rourke, Aru Balachandran, Glenn C. Telling   +8 more
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Effects of Velvet Antler with Blood on Bone in Ovariectomized Rats [PDF]

Molecules, 2012
In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), both velvet antlers (VA) and VA blood can tonify qi, essence, and marrow, nourish the blood, and invigorate bones and tendons.
Ching-Chiung Wang, Chun-Hsien Sung, Kun-Teng Wang, Ying-Jang Lai, Lih-Geeng Chen, Sung-Hui Tseng, Hsin-Ching Sung   +6 more
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Velvet antler polypeptide partially rescue facet joint osteoarthritis-like phenotype in adult β-catenin conditional activation mice [PDF]

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2019
Background Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is closely related to osteoarthritis. In our preliminary study, β-catenin conditional activation (cAct) mice that specifically over-express β-catenin gene in cartilage chondrocyte exhibits osteoarthritis-like ...
Wan-qing Xie, Yong-jian Zhao, Feng Li, Bing Shu, Shu-ru Lin, Li Sun, Yong-jun Wang, Hong-xin Zheng   +7 more
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Characteristics and Differences in the Antler Velvet Microbiota During Regeneration

Microorganisms
The skin surface has a complex and dynamic ecosystem inhabited by a diverse microbiota. The wound formed by antler velvet shedding can naturally achieve regenerative restoration, but the changes in microbial composition that occur during antler velvet ...
Yongxiang Li, Yuhang Zhu, Bo Yang, Shaochen Yu, Songze Li, André-Denis G. Wright, Rui Du, Huazhe Si, Zhipeng Li   +8 more
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Effects of rumen-protected lysine on antler growth performance, fecal bacterial community, and blood gene expression in sika deer [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionVelvet antler is an important product of sika deer (Cervus nippon), and its growth is closely related to dietary amino acid supplementation.
Bo Yang, Yuhang Zhu, Yongxiang Li, Yating Gao, Huazhe Si, Zhipeng Li, Zhipeng Li, Zhipeng Li, Zhipeng Li   +8 more
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Effects of velvet antler polypeptide on sexual behavior and testosterone synthesis in aging male mice [PDF]

Asian Journal of Andrology, 2016
Twenty-four-month-old male C57BL/6 mice with low serum testosterone levels were used as a late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) animal model for examining the effects of velvet antler polypeptide (VAP) on sexual function and testosterone synthesis.
Zhi-Jun Zang, Hong-Feng Tang, Ying Tuo, Wei-Jie Xing, Su-Yun Ji, Yong Gao, Chun-Hua Deng   +6 more
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The anti-aging effect of velvet antler polypeptide is dependent on modulation of the gut microbiota and regulation of the PPAR𝜶/APOE4 pathway [PDF]

Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2021
We investigated the anti-aging effects of velvet antler polypeptide on D-galactose (D-gal)-induced aging mice. D-gal-induced aging mice were established and randomly divided into five groups, the control, model, vitamin E (VE), velvet antler ...
Xiaoran Liu, Qing Yang, Hui Li, Xingcheng Lan, Mo Kan, Jianan Lin, Jifeng Wang, Zhuang Zhang, Sitong Ming, Zhen Li, Yaxin Liu, Yanhong Zhang, Qihang Pang, Song Gao, Na Li   +14 more
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Velvet antler water extract protects porcine oocytes from lipopolysaccharide-induced meiotic defects. [PDF]

Cell Prolif, 2023
AbstractPrevious studies have demonstrated that lipopolysaccharide (LPS), as a central toxic factor of gram‐negative bacteria, can induce oxidative stress and cellular inflammation to result in the impairment of female fertility in different organisms.
Chen J, Wang R, Liu C, Xiong B, Miao Y, Rao C, Sun H, Gao Q, Xu B.   +8 more
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RNA sequencing-based identification of microRNAs in the antler cartilage of Gansu red deer (Cervus elaphus kansuensis) [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
Background The velvet antler is a complex mammalian bone organ with unique biological characteristics, such as regeneration. The rapid growth stage (RGS) is a special period in the regeneration process of velvet antler. Methods To elucidate the functions
Yanxia Chen, Zhenxiang Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Xiaxia Chen, Yuqin Guo, Changzhong Li   +5 more
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