Characterization of COBRA1 in human breast cancer cell lines using a new polyclonal antibody against COBRA1.

abstract：:The expression of the cytM gene, which encodes cytochrome cM in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, is induced under stress conditions such as low temperature. Results of spectrophotometric studies revealed that cytochrome cM was oxidized by light absorbed by photosystem I in cells that had acclimatized to a low temperature. ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Shuvalov VA,Allakhverdiev SI,Sakamoto A,Malakhov M,Murata N

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHEDs) are highly proliferative, clonogenic, and multipotent stem cells with a neural crest cell origin. This property could be a desirable option for potential therapeutic applications. In this study, we focus on the effects of Rho kinase inhibitors Y-27632 and Noggin...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yang S,Xin C,Zhang B,Zhang H,Hao Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：: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：:Endothelial dysfunction is fundamental to ischemic stroke and brain injury. The humanin analogue S14G-humanin (HNG) has been shown to be a cytoprotective derivative. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective effects of HNG in vivo and in vitro. In a murine middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) stroke model,...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Peng T,Wan W,Wang J,Liu Y,Fu Z,Ma X,Li J,Sun G,Ji Y,Lu J,Lu H,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:In Streptomyces fradiae, calcium ions induce alterations in intensity and specificity of the secondary metabolism and stimulate sporulation. Using in vivo labeling, we demonstrate that in S. fradiae phosphorylation of some proteins are also influenced by Ca2+ added exogenously. Calcium ions at physiological concentrat...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Elizarov SM,Mironov VA,Danilenko VN

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles of the eukaryotic cell, originate from an endosymbiotic alpha-proteobacterium. These organelles are believed to have arisen only once in evolutionary history, but despite their common ancestry, mitochondrial DNAs vary extensively throughout eukaryotes in genome architectur...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Burger G,Lang BF

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews our studies that have addressed the molecular mechanisms underlying the biosynthesis and reception of extracellular signaling molecules and integrative mechanisms of extracellular-intracellular signaling transmission in biological systems. We introduced recombinant DNA technology into the neuroendoc...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Nakanishi S

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:In tsRSV-infected NRK (tsNRK) cells, pp60(v-src) reactivation by temperature-shift from a nonpermissive temperature, 39 C, to a permissive one, 32 degrees C, induced the production of inositol phosphates (IPt) and phosphatidylethanol (PEt). This was accompanied by an increase in membrane-associated protein kinase C (P...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kim BY,Kim JH,Han YJ,Ahn SC,Kang DO,Oh WK,Ko HR,Lee HS,Mheen TI,Ahn JS

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：:Hydrogen peroxide is a major regulator of plant programmed cell death (PCD) but little is known about the downstream genes from the H(2)O(2)-signaling network that mediate the cell death. To address this question, a novel system for studying H(2)O(2)-induced programmed cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana was used. The ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Gechev TS,Minkov IN,Hille J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many organisms the processes of DNA replication and recombination are closely linked. For instance, in bacterial and eukaryotic systems, replication forks can become stalled or damaged, in many cases leading to the formation of double stranded breaks. Replication restart is an essential mechanism in which the recom...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wilkinson DE,Weller SK

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：: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：: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：:Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common malignancies with poor prognosis. Oxaliplatin-based chemotherapy is an important treatment for CRC; however, the cells develop resistance to therapy. The mechanisms underlying oxaliplatin resistance are complex and unclear. There is increasing evidence that microRNAs (...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Moradi Marjaneh R,Khazaei M,Ferns GA,Avan A,Aghaee-Bakhtiari SH

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) contributes to maintain homeostatic levels of extracellular calcium. In addition, CaSR controls other cellular activities such as proliferation and migration, particularly in cells not related to extracellular calcium homeostasis, potentially by cross-talking with parallel signaling pat...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Organista-Juárez D,Carretero-Ortega J,Vicente-Fermín O,Vázquez-Victorio G,Sosa-Garrocho M,Vázquez-Prado J,Macías-Silva M,Reyes-Cruz G

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:The mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi carrier is responsible for the calcium-dependent regulation of adenosine nucleotide concentrations in the mitochondrial matrix, which allows mitochondria to respond to changing energy requirements of the cell. The carrier is expressed in mitochondria of fungi, plants and animals and belongs...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Harborne SPD,Kunji ERS

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：: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：:In this study, two different epitope tags (HA, c-myc) were introduced near the N terminus of the yeast PMA1 H(+)-ATPase. The resulting proteins were indistinguishable from the wild-type ATPase in their ability to travel through the secretory pathway, as judged by quantitative immunoblotting of isolated secretory vesic...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： dos Santos CF,DeWitt ND,Gupta SS,Allen KE,Slayman CW

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a new hypothesis for the molecular mechanism by which neuroglobin exerts its protective effect in hypoxia-induced cell death. Our recent observation of a very rapid electron-transfer reaction between ferrous neuroglobin and ferric cytochrome c is central to this hypothesis. In contrast to previously suggest...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Fago A,Mathews AJ,Brittain T

更新日期：2008-06-01 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：: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：:Pilins or fimbrilins are a class of proteins found in bacterial surface pilus, a hair-like surface appendage. Both the Gram-negative and -positive bacteria produce pilins to assemble pili on their cell-surface for different purposes including adherence, twitching motility, conjugation, immunomodulation, biofilm format...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Krishnan V

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:It is known that that human serum albumin (HSA) and alpha-lactalbumin (LA) possess DNA-binding sites. Electrophoretically homogeneous HSA and LA containing no canonical enzymes were isolated from human sera and milk. Here we have analyzed for the first time the possibility of DNA hydrolysis by these proteins. It was s...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Soboleva SE,Guschina TA,Nevinsky GA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00