Articles by author - Mingjun Qin

Antidepressant-like effects and mechanism of action of SYG in depression model in rats.

Sun X, Shi Z, Pan R, Qin C, Zhang Y, Li Y, Qu L, Li T, Liu X.

Journal Article 2014; 35(2): 129-136 PubMed PMID: 24878971  Keywords:  Animals, Antidepressive Agents:pharmacology, Depressive Disorder:drug therapy, Disease Models, Animal, Drug Evaluation, Preclinical, Helplessness, Learned, Male, Panax:chemistry, Phytotherapy, Plant Extracts:chemistry, Polygala:chemistry, Rats, Rats, Wist.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: The present study aimed to evaluate whether SYG, a Chinese herbal formula, could produce antidepressant-like effects in learne.....

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Porous chitosan scaffold and ngf promote neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells in vitro.

Yi X, Jin G, Tian M, Mao W, Qin J.

Journal Article 2011; 32(5): 705-710 PubMed PMID: 22167147  Keywords:  Animals, Astrocytes:cytology, Cell Culture Techniques:methods, Cell Differentiation:drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Cerebral Cortex:cytology, Chitosan, Female, Fetus:cytology, Nerve Growth Factor:pharmacology, Neural Stem Cells:cytology, Neurons:cytology, .    Citation

OBJECTIVE: Successful neural stem cells (NSCs) therapies require the controlled differentiation of NSCs into neurons. Porous chitosan scaf.....

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The effect of chemical sympathectomy and stress on bone remodeling in adult rats.

Hu K, Zhou H, Zhang G, Qin R, Hou R, Kong L, Ding Y.

Journal Article 2010; 31(6): 807-813 PubMed PMID: 21196910  Keywords:  Absorptiometry, Photon:methods, Animals, Bone Density, Bone Remodeling, Bone Resorption, Calcium:blood, Disease Models, Animal, Electric Stimulation:methods, Foot, Injections, Intraperitoneal, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Norepinephrine:blood, Osteocla.    Citation

OBJECTIVES: Bone remodeling has recently been revealed to be under sympathetic nerve control. The role of the sympathetic nerve system is .....

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Novel non-synonymous mutation in the transforming growth factor beta binding protein-like (TB) domain of the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene in a Han Chinese family with Marfan syndrome (MFS).

Qin Y, Yan J, Simpson J, Gu H, Wang L, Chen Z.

Journal Article 2007; 28(5): 629-632 PubMed PMID: 17984934  Keywords:  Adult, Amino Acid Substitution, China, Female, Fibrillin-1, Fibrillins, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Latent TGF-beta Binding Proteins:metabolism, Male, Marfan Syndrome:genetics, Microfilament Proteins:genetics, Middle Aged, Mutation, Missens.    Citation

: In order to further understand the role of fibrillin-1 (FBN1, OMIM 134797) perturbations in the pathogenesis of Marfan syndrome (MFS, OM.....

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