Myosin light chain kinase as a multifunctional regulatory protein of smooth muscle contraction.

abstract：:Small extracellular vesicle (sEV) has precise impacts on tumor microenvironment and play vital functions in intercellular interaction. However, the functional role of sEV miRNA on laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is largely unresolved. Here, the expression of miR-1246 in LSCC tissues and plasma sEV was examine...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Huang Q,Hsueh CY,Guo Y,Wu XF,Li JY,Zhou L

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, three independent laboratories reported the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from pig (Sus scrofa). This finding sums to the growing list of species (mouse, human, monkey, and rat, in this order) for which successful reprogramming using exogenous factors has been achieved, and multiple ot...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Esteban MA,Peng M,Deli Z,Cai J,Yang J,Xu J,Lai L,Pei D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For 8 years, it was not understood why certain genes of plant mitochondria contain CGG (arginine) codons at positions where tryptophan codons (UGG) are present in the corresponding genes of nonplant species. Identification and sequencing of a tRNA(Trp) gene showed that it is not able to decode the CGG codon. Analysis ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Grienenberger JM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation end-products comprise a complex and heterogeneous group of compounds that have been implicated in diabetes-related complications. The importance of the Maillard reaction is depicted by the formation of reactive intermediate products known as α-oxoaldehydes, such as 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG). This prod...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ashraf JM,Ahmad S,Rabbani G,Jan AT,Lee EJ,Khan RH,Choi I

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain. The beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) is the primary constituent of the senile plaques, and has been proposed to be a key contributor to the neurodegeneration observed in AD. The molecular mechanisms underl...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Gong X,Lu X,Zhan L,Sui H,Qi X,Ji Z,Niu X,Liu L

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders in the world, lacking effective therapies. The crucial roles of microRNAs (miRNAs) in IBS-D have attracted increasing attention. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of miR-495 on the visceral sens...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Fei L,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the rosiglitazone (RSG) effect on adriamycin (ADM)-induced cardio toxicity in experimental animals. Forty adult Wistar male rats were separated into four groups as follows: normal control; RSG (10 mg/kg)-treated; ADM (10 mg/kg)-administered; and ADM (10 mg/kg) + RSG (10 mg/kg)-treated. Serum lipid leve...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Zhang L,Wu P,Zhang L,SreeHarsha N,Mishra A,Su X

更新日期：2020-04-01 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 sodA gene coding for manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) from the marine microorganism Vibrio parahaemolyticus was cloned, sequenced, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli by use of the pET20b (+) expression vector. The full-length gene consisted of a 588-bp open reading frame and encoded a polypeptide of 196 ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Shyu YC,Lin FP

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine (Met) is a neutral, sulfur-containing, essential amino acid with biological functions in the initiation and prolongation step of protein synthesis, transmethylation reactions, the synthesis of cysteine and cystine, and as a component of antioxidant systems. Its key importance is reflected by the fact that i...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Mastrototaro L,Sponder G,Saremi B,Aschenbach JR

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Besides its classical mode of action through activation of specific receptors at the cell surface, fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF1) can also cross the cellular membrane and translocate into the cytosol and further to the nucleus. The mechanism of this translocation is described partially, but the role of FGF1 inside ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Bober J,Olsnes S,Kostas M,Bogacz M,Zakrzewska M,Otlewski J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cancer microenvironment and the interactions between cancer and surrounding tissue cells are thought to play a pivotal role in tumor development and progression. Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)/proteoglycans (PGs) are major constituents of the extracellular matrix, the composition of which may affect various cellular fu...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chatzinikolaou G,Nikitovic D,Asimakopoulou A,Tsatsakis A,Karamanos NK,Tzanakakis GN

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on cholinesterases activities was studied in the retina and, for comparison, in other nervous and nonnervous tissues. Streptozotocin diabetes did not affect acetylcholinesterase activity in the retina but increased its activity in the cerebral cortex (100%) and in serum (5...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Sánchez-Chávez G,Salceda R

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:High throughput microarrays were initially developed to analyse the expression of many RNA transcripts in parallel. The technology has since been adapted to a variety of applications, one of which is the analysis of the genome to study DNA dosage and sequence content. Advances in microarray fabrication and completion ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Waddell N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a major constituent of lipoproteins mediating peripheral uptake of lipids including the lipid-soluble vitamin alpha-tocopherol (alpha-toc). In a recent study, we observed significant lower alpha-toc concentrations in the lung of apoE4 compared with apoE3 transgenic mice. In this study, we de...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Huebbe P,Jofre-Monseny L,Rimbach G

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Smooth muscle cells (SMC) comprising the vascular wall can switch phenotypes from contractile to synthetic, which can promote the development of aberrant remodelling and intimal hyperplasia (IH). MicroRNA-21 (miR-21) is a short, non-coding RNA that ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Alshanwani AR,Riches-Suman K,O'Regan DJ,Wood IC,Turner NA,Porter KE

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper has a wide and important role in biological systems, determining conformation and activity of many metalloproteins and enzymes, such as cytochrome oxidase and superoxide dismutase . Furthermore, due to its possible reactivity with nonspecific proteins and toxic effects, elaborate systems of absorption, concentr...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Inesi G

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current landscapes of novel therapeutic approaches rely mostly on gene-targeted technologies, enabling to fight rare genomic diseases, from infections to cancer and hereditary diseases. Although, reaching the action-site for this novel treatments requires to deliver nucleic acids, or other macromolecules into cell...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： de Figueiredo IR,Freire JM,Flores L,Veiga AS,Castanho MARB

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxynitrite is an inorganic toxin of physiological interest, formed from the diffusion-controlled reaction of superoxide and nitrogen monoxide with a rate constant of (1.6 +/- 0.3) x 10(10) M(-1) s(-1). On the basis of three experiments we conclude that homolysis of the O-O bond in peroxynitrous acid is unlikely: (1...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kissner R,Nauser T,Kurz C,Koppenol WH

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last 15 years of effort in understanding bacterial DNA replication and repair has identified that the donut shaped beta2 sliding clamp is harnessed by very functionally different DNA polymerases throughout the lifecycle of the bacterial cell. Remarkably, the sites of binding of these polymerases, in most cases, ap...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wijffels G,Dalrymple B,Kongsuwan K,Dixon NE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although proteins and nucleic acids consist of different chemical components, proteins can mimic structures and possibly also functions of nucleic acids. Recently, structural mimicry was observed between two elongation factors in bacterial protein biosynthesis leading to the introduction of the concept of macromolecul...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Pedersen GN,Nyborg J,Clark BF

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian antizyme (AZ) promotes ubiqutin-independent degradation of ornithine decarboxylase, a key enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis. This study shows that AZ suppression in human lung carcinoma A549 cells caused growth defects and death, but made the cells resistant to DNA damaging agents such as gamma-radiation ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kim JS,Kim TL,Cho EW,Paik SG,Chung HW,Kim IG

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upregulation of haptoglobin (Hp) expression in the rat during the acute phase (AP) response is the result of synergistic effects of IL-6-, IL-1beta-, and corticosterone-activated signaling pathways. IL-6 signaling terminates in cis-trans interactions of the Hp gene hormone-responsive element (HRE) with transcription f...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Arambasić J,Poznanović G,Ivanović-Matić S,Bogojević D,Mihailović M,Uskoković A,Grigorov I

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unique opportunities are provided by phylogenetically closely related organisms thriving in stably cold, or temperate milieus to study adaptive modifications of structurally homologous molecules. These modifications are of keen interest in basic science as well as in biotechnology. This review highlights structural an...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Alimenti C,Vallesi A,Pedrini B,Wüthrich K,Luporini P

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Antarctic, fishes of dominant suborder Notothenioidei have evolved in a unique thermal scenario. Phylogenetically related taxa of the suborder live in a wide range of latitudes, in Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and temperate oceans. Consequently, they offer a remarkable opportunity to study the physiological and bio...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Verde C,Giordano D,di Prisco G

更新日期：2008-01-01 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

abstract：:Recently, cytochrome P450 170A1 (CYP170A1) has been found to be a bifunctional protein, which catalyzes both monooxygenase activity and terpene synthase activity by two distinct active sites in the well-established P450 protein structure. Therefore, CYP170A1 is identified clearly as a moonlighting protein. The known a...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Zhao B,Waterman MR

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00