Mutational analysis of the three conserved valine residues of insulin and a proposal of "isosteric residue".

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：: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：: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：:Sirolimus(SRL, Rapamune(â), rapamycin) is a highly specific inhibitor of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). Sirolimus exerts its biological activity by inhibiting the serine-threonine kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which regulates important cellular processes such as control of cell cycle, cell size, ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wang Y,Zhao Q,Ma S,Yang F,Gong Y,Ke C

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：: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：:Over the past decade, following the discovery of the human heme protein neuroglobin, many studies have searched for evidence for this protein's mechanism of action. Much data has accrued showing that high levels of neuroglobin will protect cells from apoptotic cell death, following a wide range of challenges. Various ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Brittain T,Skommer J,Henty K,Birch N,Raychaudhuri S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular nucleic acid binding protein (CNBP) has been implicated in vertebrate craniofacial development and in myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) and sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) human diseases. In these seemingly unrelated biological processes, CNBP appears to be involved in controlling cell death and prolife...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Calcaterra NB,Armas P,Weiner AM,Borgognone M

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) is an alternation of renal hemodynamics, which results in diverse postischemic responses and eventually acute kidney injury. Although renal ischemic preconditioning (IPC) is known to protect the kidney from I/R injury, the precise renoprotective mechanisms are not completely understood...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Li JR,Ou YC,Wu CC,Wang JD,Lin SY,Wang YY,Chen WY,Chen CJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uncoupling proteins (UCPs) are regulated H+ transporters and a subfamily of the mitochondrial carrier family. Whereas UCP1 in brown adipose tissue has a well-defined role in thermogenesis, the roles of other UCPs are still tentative, such as in control of immune response, oxygen radical formation, and insulin secretio...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Klingenberg M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumstatin is a candidate tumor suppressor that plays an important role in tumor growth and angiogenesis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlation between tumstatin-mRNA expression and the clinicopathologic characteristics, tumor angiogenesis, outcome of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Luo YQ,Ming Z,Zhao L,Yao LJ,Dong H,Du JP,Wu SZ,Hu W

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish possible cancerous aggressiveness between the metabolism of variously labeled [14C]glucose in the human breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) tissues, we measured the rates of 14CO2 production from those tissues by using radiorespirometry, expressing the results as initial velocity (V) in nanomoles of 14...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yan SH,Wallon J,Mayaudon J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The members of the GATA family of transcription factors have homologous zinc fingers and bind to similar sequence motifs. Recent advances in genome-wide technologies and the integration of bioinformatics data have led to a better understanding of how GATA factors regulate gene expression; GATA-factor-induced transcrip...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Romano O,Miccio A

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent model for gaining insights into the molecular basis of human mitochondrial disorders, particularly those resulting from impaired mitochondrial metabolism. Yeast is a very well characterized system and most of our current knowledge about mitochondrial biogenesis in hum...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Barrientos A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenium is an essential component of several enzymes and proteins in a number of methane-producing archae. Information concerning accessory proteins that function in selenium transport processes, however, is limited. A novel selenium-binding protein with a potential transport role and a selenocysteine lyase that serv...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Stadtman T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Hydroxytryptamine 2C (5-HT2C ) receptor agonists have been suggested to possess an antipsychotic activity in several acute preclinical tests of antipsychotic drugs with low extra-pyramidal side effect liability. However, little is known about the long-term effect associated with chronic use of 5-HT2C receptor agonis...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Chen W,Wang X,Yan M,Wang Y,Xie S,Li H,Li M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) is a regulatory protein for smooth muscle contraction, which acts by phosphorylating 20-kDa myosin light chain (MLC20) to activate the myosin ATPase activity. Although this mode of action is well-established, there are numerous reports of smooth muscle contraction that is not associate...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Gao Y,Ye LH,Kishi H,Okagaki T,Samizo K,Nakamura A,Kohama K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The functional effect of the interaction of E2F1 and hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) on the promoter of human p53 gene was studied using chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) assay. E2F1 activated the p53 promoter through E2F1 binding site. As previously reported, HBx repressed the p53 promoter through E-box. Whe...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Choi M,Lee H,Rho HM

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Worldwide, one of the most prevalent forms of chronic disease is alcoholic fatty liver, which may progress to more severe forms of liver injury including steatohepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. The molecular mechanisms by which ethanol consumption causes accumulation of hepatic lipid are multiple and complex. Chroni...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Rogers CQ,Ajmo JM,You M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the amino acid sequences and the structures of pyruvate kinase (PYK) isozymes are highly conserved, allosteric regulations differ. This suggests that amino acids with low conservation play important roles in the allosteric mechanism. The current work exploits a 'natural screen'- the 122 point mutations identi...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Pendergrass DC,Williams R,Blair JB,Fenton AW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is the most common form of thyroid cancer, comprising 80% of all thyroid malignancies. The phosphoinositide-3-kinase-protein kinase B/Akt (PI3K-PKB/Akt) pathway is a main pathway in control of cell growth. Activated mTOR and Akt are involved in the development and progression of the PTC....

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maruei-Milan R,Saravani M,Heidari Z,Asadi-Tarani M,Salimi S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a lethal malignancy and its prognosis remains dismal. Thus, a deeper understanding of the mechanisms is needed to provide a new insight for new therapies. It has been reported that long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) maternally expressed gene 3 (MEG3) was downregulated in OSCC tissues, h...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Tan J,Xiang L,Xu G

更新日期：2019-07-01 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