Optical study of cytochrome cM formation in Synechocystis.

abstract：:In most organisms, productive utilization of galactose requires the highly conserved Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism. Yet, if this metabolic pathway is perturbed due to congenital deficiencies of the three associated enzymes, or an overwhelming presence of galactose, this monosaccharide which is abundantly pres...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Lai K,Elsas LJ,Wierenga KJ

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the status of DNA methylation are one of the most common molecular alterations in human neoplasia. We aimed to identify epigenetic molecular markers in serum for early detection of breast cancer. Authors analyzed retrospectively the methylation status of RARβ2 and APC genes in serum samples from 121 breast ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Swellam M,Abdelmaksoud MD,Sayed Mahmoud M,Ramadan A,Abdel-Moneem W,Hefny MM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (PCa) is considered the most common malignancy in men. The aim of this study is to assess the role of serum miR-15a and miR-16-1 expression in PCa development, diagnosis and prognosis aiming to find a specific noninvasive biomarker. This study comprised 70 patients with PCa, 70 patients complaining of ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Zidan HE,Abdul-Maksoud RS,Elsayed WSH,Desoky EAM

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synucleinopathies are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the accumulation of either neuronal/axonal or glial insoluble proteinaceous aggregates mainly composed of α-synuclein (α-syn). Among them, the most common disorders are Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, multiple system atrophy, and some fo...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Longhena F,Faustini G,Brembati V,Pizzi M,Bellucci A

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) regulates remodeling of the left ventricle after myocardial infarction (MI) and is tightly linked to the inflammatory response. The inflammatory response serves to recruit leukocytes as part of the wound healing reaction to the MI injury, and infiltrated leukocytes produce cytokines ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Deleon-Pennell KY,Altara R,Yabluchanskiy A,Modesti A,Lindsey ML

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining two analytical techniques, HPLC and liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry, the orientation of liposomal membrane-bound melittin was analyzed through its trypsin-digested products. We found that trypsin can access all proteolytic sites of the membrane-bound melittin when the liposomes have no transmembrane p...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Niu W,Wu Y,Sui SF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found a novel glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored glycoprotein designated GPI-80 that modulates complement receptor 3 integrin-dependent adhesion and in vitro transendothelial migration of neutrophils. In this study, we show that antibody-mediated cross-linking of GPI-80 led to rapid tyrosine pho...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yu Y,Araki Y,Sendo F

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface-bound extracellular DNA (csbDNA) is present on the outer membrane of blood cells, including both red blood cells and leukocytes. Although less well characterized than cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in plasma and serum, leukocyte and red blood cell csbDNA form a considerable fraction of the blood extracellular nucl...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tamkovich S,Laktionov P

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the years, microRNA-20b-3p (miR-20b-3p) has been found to play an essential role in human diseases; we aimed to investigate the effect of miR-20b-3p on the progression of diabetic retinopathy (DR). The DR rat models were established by streptozotocin injection and treated with miR-20b-3p mimics, silenced, or over...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wang S,Du S,Lv Y,Wang W,Zhang F

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon regulatory factors (IRFs) were originally discovered in the context of type I interferon (IFN-alpha/beta) gene induction, and subsequent studies on these transcription factors have revealed their remarkable functional diversity in regulating immune systems. Indeed, the critical involvement of IRF members in...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Honda K,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in the developmental biology, genetics and cell biology of the inner ear are guiding research to novel therapeutic modalities - a market currently estimated to be at least US Dollars 10 billion. This article highlights prospects to manipulate the mammalian hearing organ with gene and stem cell delivery...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tang LS,Montemayor C,Pereira FA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with impairments in social communication, restricted, repetitive and stereotyped behaviors. Both genetic and environmental factors are known to contribute toward pathophysiology of Autism. Environmental influences on gene expression can be mediate...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Alex AM,Saradalekshmi KR,Shilen N,Suresh PA,Banerjee M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS and RNS) have been extensively recognized as important signaling molecules implicated in physiological processes such as gene expression, cell differentiation and immune activation. Nevertheless, continuous production of these species may produce oxidative and/or nitrosative s...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rotilio G,Aquilano K,Ciriolo MR

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin (CP), as a chemotherapeutic drug, causes nephrotoxicity that has limited the clinical utility of CP. Gliclazide (GLZ), as an antihyperglycemic drug, at low dose has antioxidant property. In this study, we aimed to investigate the protective effect of GLZ against CP-induced acute renal injury. Sixty-four BALB...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Taghizadeh F,Hosseinimehr SJ,Zargari M,Karimpour Malekshah A,Talebpour Amiri FB

更新日期：2020-09-01 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 physiological role of neuroglobin and cytoglobin, two vertebrate globins discovered in the last 5 years, is not yet clearly understood. In this work, we review the structural information on these globins and its implication on the possible protein function, obtained by electron paramagnetic resonance and resonance...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Van Doorslaer S,Vinck E,Trandafir F,Ioanitescu I,Dewilde S,Moens L

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent structural studies of proteins mediating membrane fusion reveal intriguing similarities between diverse viral and mammalian systems. Particularly striking is the close similarity between the transmembrane envelope glycoproteins from the retrovirus HTLV-1 and the filovirus Ebola. These similarities suggest simil...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Poumbourios P,Center RJ,Wilson KA,Kemp BE,Kobe B

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depurinating DNA adducts formed by aromatic hydrocarbons and catechol estrogen quinones play a major role in cancer initiation. Most of these adducts depurinate instantaneously, but some guanine adducts depurinate from DNA with half-lives of hours. We report here, that after 10 h at 37 °C, reaction of estradiol-3,4-qu...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Cavalieri E,Saeed M,Zahid M,Cassada D,Snow D,Miljkovic M,Rogan E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular matrix (ECM)-independent survival is an essential prerequisite for tumor metastasis, and a hallmark of epithelial cancer stem cells and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). Here, we found that loss of TP53I11 enhanced, and overexpression of TP53I11 suppressed the ECM-independent survival, EMT, and mi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Xiao T,Xu Z,Zhou Y,Zhang H,Geng J,Liang Y,Qiao H,Suo G

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a liver cDNA library prepared from a nonvenomous striated snake, Elaphe quadrivirgata, we isolated a cDNA encoding a novel protein, PLIalpha-like protein (PLIalpha-LP), having approximately 70% sequence identities with the alpha-type phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitors (PLIalpha(s)) previously purified from the ve...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Okumura K,Inoue S,Ikeda K,Hayashi K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is typical of the dementias that affect both animals and man; Scrapie in sheep, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in man. Global efforts have been made to determine the nature of the active agents in these diseases. At present the 'protein only hypothesis' of Prusiner holds. It was a sur...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Campbell PN

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we demonstrated Jurkat leukemia cell lines of TIB152 and TIB153 with different sensitivities to recombinant soluble TRAIL cytotoxicity. TRAIL receptor death receptor 5 (DR5) was constitutively localized in the rafts in both cell lines. FADD, caspase-8, and PI3K-p85 subunit were recruited into DR5 ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Min Y,Shi J,Zhang Y,Liu S,Liu Y,Zheng D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent for the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, and this virus belongs to the Coronaviridae family. Like other members of this family, the virus possesses a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome. The genome encodes for the nsp12 protein, which houses the RNA-dependent-RNA polymerase (RdRP) acti...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Narayanan N,Nair DT

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotides of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are highly modified, particularly at the anticodon. Bacterial tRNAs that read A-ending codons are especially notable. The U34 nucleotide canonically present in these tRNAs is modified by a wide range of complex chemical constituents. An additional two A-ending codons are not read b...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Nilsson EM,Alexander RW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of apoptosis is the target of choice for modern chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer, where lack of potent "target-specific" drugs has led to extensive research on anticancer compounds from natural sources. In our study, we have used astrakurkurone, a triterpene isolated from wild edible mushroom, Astraeus h...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Dasgupta A,Dey D,Ghosh D,Lai TK,Bhuvanesh N,Dolui S,Velayutham R,Acharya K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was expected to reveal the regulatory effects of lncRNA UCA1 on pancreatic cancer cell progression through targeting miR-96/FOXO3. Microarray analysis was carried out on 36 cases of pancreatic cancer tissues and 16 cases of adjacent tissues among them. Expression levels of lncRNA UCA1, miR-96, and FOXO3 in ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Zhou Y,Chen Y,Ding W,Hua Z,Wang L,Zhu Y,Qian H,Dai T

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria play a key role in death signaling. The intermembrane space of these organelles contains a number of proteins which promote cell death once they are redistributed to the cytosol. The formation of pores in the outer membrane of mitochondria defines a gateway through which the apoptogenic proteins pass duri...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Smith DJ,Ng H,Kluck RM,Nagley P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occlusion of a coronary artery if maintained for longer period of time results in damage of the cardiac tissue. However, restoration of blood flow to previously ischemic tissue can itself induce further cardiac damage, a phenomenon known as myocardial reperfusion injury. Cardiac homoeostasis is supported by a network ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rohrbach S,Troidl C,Hamm C,Schulz R

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal-type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) is an aggressive malignancy with poor survival outcomes that is relatively resistant to chemotherapy. N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) modification, the most prevalent modification of eukaryotic messenger RNA, is involved in the progression of various tumors. However, it is un...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ma H,Shen L,Yang H,Gong H,Du X,Li J

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Our results demonstrate that open reading frame (ORF) YHR076w on chromosome VIII of Saccharomyces cerevisiae that was previously described as a hypothetical gene is expressed. This ORF is transcribed as an mRNA of approximately 1,100 nucleotides. A 41.2-kDa polypeptide and three others predicted to be modified forms o...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ramos CW,Güldener U,Klein S,Hegemann JH,Gonzalez S,Rodríguez-Medina JR

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00