Hereditary degenerative retinopathies: optimism for somatic gene therapy.

abstract：:The activation and incorporation of selenium into selenocysteine containing selenoproteins has been well established in an Escherichia coli model system but there is little specific information concerning the transport and intracellular trafficking of selenium in biological systems in general. A selenium transport rol...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Self WT,Pierce R,Stadtman TC

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesize that the various, previously reported, reactivities of neuroglobin with redox partners and oxygen provide for the establishment of a redox cycle within cells, such as neurons and retinal rod cells. Using native cell lysates, from cultured human cells of neuronal origin, we have estimated the rate of red...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Brittain T,Skommer J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformational stability of the homotetrameric Plasmodium falciparum beta-ketoacyl-ACP reductase (FabG) was determined by guanidinium chloride-induced isothermal and thermal denaturation. The reversible unfolding transitions were monitored by intrinsic fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and by meas...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Karmodiya K,Sajad S,Sinha S,Maity K,Suguna K,Surolia N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cooperative effects in ligand binding and dissociation kinetics are much less investigated than steady state kinetics or equilibrium binding. Nevertheless, cooperativity in ligand binding leads necessarily to characteristic properties with respect to kinetic properties of the system. In case of positive cooperativity ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Hellmann N

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the hand plate development, the processes of cell differentiation and control of cell death are relevant to ensure a correct shape of the limb. The progenitor cell pool that later will differentiate into cartilage to form the digits arises from undifferentiated mesenchymal cells beneath the apical ectodermal ri...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chimal-Monroy J,Abarca-Buis RF,Cuervo R,Díaz-Hernández M,Bustamante M,Rios-Flores JA,Romero-Suárez S,Farrera-Hernández A

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic optic neuropathy is an important cause of severe vision loss. So, many attempts were performed to transplant stem cells systemically or locally to regenerate the injured retina. In this study, we investigated the effect of human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (hUBMSCs) on histological structure,...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Mohamed EM,Abdelrahman SA,Hussein S,Shalaby SM,Mosaad H,Awad AM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Researchers have started focusing on investigating the anticarcinogenic effects of natural products with the slightest side effects possible, because current breast cancer treatment approaches are unable to achieve absolute success especially on aggressive subtypes. Propolis is among these products with its antimicrob...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Seyhan MF,Yılmaz E,Timirci-Kahraman Ö,Saygılı N,Kısakesen Hİ,Gazioğlu S,Gören AC,Eronat AP,Begüm Ceviz A,Öztürk T,Yılmaz-Aydoğan H,Öztürk O

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signaling is a key pathway in the control of cell growth and survival. Three critical nodes in the IGF-1 signaling pathway have been described in cardiomyocytes: protein kinase Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), Ras/Raf/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and phosph...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Troncoso R,Díaz-Elizondo J,Espinoza SP,Navarro-Marquez MF,Oyarzún AP,Riquelme JA,Garcia-Carvajal I,Díaz-Araya G,García L,Hill JA,Lavandero S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fascin actin-bundling protein 1 (FSCN1) is an evolutionarily conserved actin-bundling protein that plays a critical role in cell migration, motility, adhesion, and cellular interactions. Although multiple clinical studies have implicated the expression of FSCN1 in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) progression, ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Liu H,Cui J,Zhang Y,Niu M,Xue X,Yin H,Tang Y,Dai L,Dai F,Guo Y,Wu Y,Gao W

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are novel noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) with covalently closed-loop structures that play an essential regulatory role in diverse malignancies, including esophageal squamous cell cancer (ESCC). Circ_0000654 expression in ESCC and its mechanism of action remains unclear. Real-time PCR (RT-PCR) was emp...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Xu Z,Tie X,Li N,Yi Z,Shen F,Zhang Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to confirm protein-protein interaction between cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and caveolins. The interaction of cyclooxygenase-1 and caveolins in the cultured human embryonic kidney (HEK 293) cells was investigated using immuno-precipitation and Western blot analysis. In HEK 293 cells, high lev...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Cha SH,Jung NH,Kim BR,Kim HW,Kwak JO

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The generation of free radicals and the resulting oxidative modification of cell structures are omnipresent in mammalian cells. This includes the permanent oxidation of proteins leading to the disruption of the protein structure and an impaired functionality. In consequence, these oxidized proteins have to be removed ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Jung T,Grune T

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP metabolism is essential for the survival of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum. Three distinct adenylyl cyclases are expressed and required for the normal development of this simple eukaryote. The adenylyl cyclase expressed during aggregation, ACA, is related to the mammalian and Drosophila G prote...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kriebel PW,Parent CA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline (Ac-SDKP) is a critical negative regulator of fibrosis development in the liver. However, its extremely short half-life in vivo greatly compromises its potential applications. Here, we report an Ac-SDKP analog peptide with d-amino acid replacement (Ac-SDD KD P). The stability of A...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Zhang X,Zhou J,Zhu Y,He L,Pang Z,Wang Z,Xu C,Zhang C,Hao Q,Li W,Zhang W,Zhang Y,Li M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How should a protein be designed to serve in processes as diverse as chromosome condensation, sister chromatid cohesion, DNA recombination, gene dosage regulation, and perhaps even gene silencing or transcriptional regulation--which occur in both mitosis and meiosis? Such a protein or protein complex needs to bear DNA...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Jessberger R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silymarin, which is derived from the seeds of Silybum marianum, has been widely used to prevent and treat liver diseases. In our previous study, we reported that at concentrations above the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), silymarin exhibited antifungal activity against Candida albicans by targeting its plasma ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Lee W,Lee DG

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of microsomes (preferably enriched with endoplasmic reticulum) isolated from bovine pulmonary artery smooth muscle tissue with the O2*- -generating system (hypoxanthine (HPX) plus xanthine oxidase (XO)), markedly stimulated matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activity and also enhanced Ca2+ ATPase activity an...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Mandal A,Chakraborti T,Das S,Ghosh B,Ghosh A,Chakraborti S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-Nitrosation is rapidly emerging as a regulatory mechanism in vascular biology, with particular importance in the onset of hyperpermeability induced by pro-inflammatory agents. This review focuses on the role of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)-derived nitric oxide (NO) in regulating S-Nitrosation of adherens...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Durán WN,Beuve AV,Sánchez FA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best known NADPH oxidase is that of phagocytes-neutrophils and monocytes. In these cells, the enzyme manufactures large quantities of O2- and other reactive oxidants that are used for the purpose of killing invading microorganisms. Recent studies, however, have suggested that a number of other tissues contain NADP...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Babior BM

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat organic anion transporter 3 (rOAT3) has recently been identified as the third isoform of the OAT family. The mechanisms that regulate rOAT3's functions remain to be elucidated. rOAT3 contributes for moving a number of negatively charged organic compounds between cells and their extracellular milieu. Caveolin (...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kwak JO,Kim HW,Song JH,Kim MJ,Park HS,Hyun DK,Kim DS,Cha SH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (Hsps) are a highly conserved family of proteins. The regulation of expression of Hsps in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is regulated both positively and negatively by alternate sigma factors and transcriptional DNA repressors, respectively. HspR is a negative regulator of expression of hsps, DnaK, Cl...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Parijat P,Batra JK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenetic mechanism of the most extensively investigated A3243G mutated tRNALeu(UUR) gene, which causes the MELAS encephalomyopathy, maternally inherited diabetes, or chronic progressive external ophlthalmoplegia, is still unresolved, despite the numerous investigations on the topic. Previous evidences presente...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wang ZC,Wang XM,Jin YX,Jiao BH,Xu F,Miao MY,Zhu KJ

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How cells regulate Gq efficacy (initiation and termination of Gq signaling) to effect response remains a central question in pharmacology and drug discovery. Phospholipase C-β1 (PLC-β1) is an effector and a GTPase activating protein (GAP) specific to Gαq. The physiological function of PLC-β1 GAP remains unclear and co...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Litosch I

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although vitamin E has been recognized as a critical micronutrient to neuronal health for more than half a century, vitamin E transport and regulation in the brain remain a mystery. Currently, the majority of what is known about vitamin E transport has been delineated in the liver. However, clues from the pathogenesis...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Lee P,Ulatowski LM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red blood cells of yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis, Pleurodira, Chelonia, REPTILIA) have two hemoglobin (Hb) components, Hb A and Hb D. We purified the hemoglobin component homologous to amniote (reptiles, birds, and mammals) adult Hb A which comprises two identical α(A) -globin polypeptides and two ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Hasegawa T,Shishikura F,Kuwada T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heart diseases are common in the offspring of gestational diabetic mother (ODM). Defects in mitochondrial metabolism and autophagy may, in part, be responsible for the adverse structural and functional alterations in the heart. The principal objective of this study was to investigate cardiac mitochondrial res...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rajendran RS,Jayakumari NR,Sivasailam A,Reghuvaran AC,Pillai VV,Karunakaran J,Sreelatha HV,Manjunatha S,Gopala S

更新日期：2021-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The acidic phospholipase A2 isoform from the spitting cobra Naja mossambica mossambica is activated irreversibly by treatment with a molar equivalent of oleoyl imidazolide. The kinetics of the chemical modification of the enzyme can also be monitored by measuring the large reduction of tryptophan fluorescence, which i...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ahmed T,Kelly SM,Price NC,Lawrence AJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acids glutamate and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) have primarily been characterized as the most prevalent excitatory and inhibitory, respectively, neurotransmitters in the vertebrate central nervous system. However, the role of these signaling molecules extends far beyond the synapse. GABA, glutamate, and t...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Dave KA,Bordey A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in the initiation and progression of various cancers, including laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Recently, lncRNA Sox2 overlapping transcript (SOX2-OT) has been identified as an oncogene in various cancers. However, the functional role and the regulatory mech...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tai Y,Ji Y,Liu F,Zang Y,Xu D,Ma S,Qin L,Ma J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tilorone hydrochloride, a low-molecular-weight synthetic compound, induces interferon production and has been reported to have both antiviral and antitumor activities. Here, we have demonstrated the ability of tilorone to activate NK cells and specific subpopulations of cytotoxic CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes that recog...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Sharapova TN,Romanova EA,Sashchenko LP,Yashin DV

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00