Fibulin-5 antagonizes vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling and angiogenic sprouting by endothelial cells.

abstract：:In this investigation, we examined the role of the Axl proto-oncogene in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Axl is a tyrosine kinase receptor implicated in myeloid leukogenesis, and has been found to be overexpressed in lung cancers and breast cancers. Axl has been described to act as a mitogenic factor along with its ligand...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chung BI,Malkowicz SB,Nguyen TB,Libertino JA,McGarvey TW

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective and efficient efferocytosis of dead cells and associated cellular debris are critical to tissue homeostasis and healing of injured tissues. This important task was previously thought to be restricted to professional phagocytes (PPs). However, accumulating evidence has revealed another type of phagocyte, the ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Sihombing MAEM,Safitri M,Zhou T,Wang L,McGinty S,Zhang HJ,Yin Y,Peng Q,Qiu J,Wang G

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Arylbenzothiazoles are an important class of bicyclic privileged substructures present in various natural or synthetic compounds that have been shown to possess anticancer, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antiallergic activities. This study examined the antiproliferative properties of 2-(3,5-dihydr...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Rajabi M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastins (or fimbrins) are a family of actin-binding proteins that are conserved from yeast to humans. In mammals, three tissue-specific plastin isoforms have been identified. The L isoform (L-plastin) is normally expressed only in leukocytes but is also found in >90% of neoplastic nonleukocyte human cells. Because L-...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Lin CS,Chang CH,Huynh T

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is known for its ability to infect immune cells, including T-cells and macrophages. The 96-amino acid Vpr, a virion-associated protein, is essential for viral replication in monocytes/macrophages and increases viral replication in primary and established T-cell lines. The Vp...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Muthumani K,Montaner LJ,Ayyavoo V,Weiner DB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we mined out hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) driver genes from MEDLINE literatures by bioinformatics methods of pathway crosstalk and protein interaction network. Furthermore, the relationship between driver genes and their clinicopathological characteristics, as well as classification effectiveness was ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chen W,Jiang J,Wang PP,Gong L,Chen J,Du W,Bi K,Diao H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palindromati, the massive host-edited synthetic palindromic contamination found in GenBank, is illustrated and exemplified. Millions of contaminated sequences with portions or tandems of such portions derived from the ZAP adaptor or related linkers are shown (1) by the 12-bp sequence reported elsewhere, exon Xb, 5' CC...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Castro-Chavez F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) plays a major role in development and metabolism. Currently, the cDNA-derived primary structure of IGF-I is known for some mammals and for chicken, frog, and salmon. Additionally, the organization of the human, rat, and chicken IGF-I genes has been established. The investigation of...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Kavsan VM,Koval AP,Grebenjuk VA,Chan SJ,Steiner DF,Roberts CT Jr,LeRoith D

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to express a eukaryotic pre-protein in Escherichia coli so that it could be obtained intact, without cleavage, by bacterial leader peptidase. To this end, cDNA coding for honeybee prepromelittin was ligated to the 3' end of genes coding for truncated forms of either Protein A or beta-galactosi...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： He M,Liu H,Austen B

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) serves as the target for almost a third of currently marketed drugs, and provides the predominant mechanism through which extracellular factors transmit signals to the cell. The discovery of GPCRs with no known ligand has initiated a frenzy of research, with the aim of...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Brown AJ,Jupe S,Briscoe CP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of growth factors, proteolytic enzymes, fibrogenic factors, and cytokines is altered in the Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the association of functional promoter variants of transforming growth factor (TGF)-B1 and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7 genes with ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Achyut BR,Ghoshal UC,Moorchung N,Mittal B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CXXC finger protein 1 (CFP1) is a component of the Setd1A and Setd1B methyltransferase complexes, localizes to euchromatic regions of the genome, and specifically binds unmethylated CpG dinucleotides in DNA. Murine embryos lacking CFP1 exhibit peri-implantation lethality, a developmental time that correlates with glob...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Butler JS,Lee JH,Skalnik DG

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence analysis of the 5' end of the thrombomodulin (TM) gene has identified a difference in two strains of laboratory mice, BALB/cBD (maintained at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and the strain used for the sequence listed in the GenBank data base. An intracisternal A-particle (IAP) provirus was present in the ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ford VA,Kennel SJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major surface promoter of human hepatitis B virus can produce three distinct groups of S transcripts. The initiation sites of these transcripts are in close proximity. Encompassing the ATG for the middle surface protein, the largest S transcript (+1) encodes the middle surface protein whereas the other two (+20 an...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Kuo YL,Ting LP

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have screened an Aplysia atrial gland cDNA library using a prohormone convertase (PC)1 probe prepared by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and have isolated an Aplysia PC1-related full-length 3.6-kb cDNA clone. The cDNA sequence (3,565 bp) encoded a putative preproendoprotease (APC1) of 703 amino acid residues that s...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Gorham EL,Nagle GT,Smith JS,Shen H,Kurosky A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to develop a more effective genetic immunization strategy for HIV, we developed an HIV-2 env DNA vaccine and evaluated three adjuvant formulations. The gp140 gene from HIV-2(UC2 )was synthesized using mammalian codons and cloned into a plasmid vector that expresses eukaryotic genes at high levels. We foun...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Locher CP,Witt SA,Ashlock BM,Levy JA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) refers to breast cancer without significant expression of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), or human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. We sought to identify the hub genes and find the potential progression mechanism of TNBC as well as immunotherapeutic targets. ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wang F,Cao X,Yin L,Wang Q,He Z

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyhomeotic is a member of the Polycomb group of genes. The products of this group are chromatin-associated proteins that act together as multimeric complexes. These proteins are required for the maintenance of target gene repression in a permanent and heritable manner during development. In order to better understan...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Netter S,Faucheux M,Théodore L

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an important oncogenic transcription factor residing in the cytoplasm in the resting cells. Upon stimulation, STAT3 is activated and translocated to the nucleus to regulate target genes. Although the canonical transcriptional function of STAT3 has been inte...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Yan B,Xie S,Liu Z,Luo Y,Zhou J,Li D,Liu M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nd1-S is the nuclear-localizing short variant form of Nd1 (Ivns1abp) encoding a Kelch family transcription factor. While the function of Nd1 has been investigated in the context of metastasis and doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity, little is known about its role in hematopoiesis. In this study, we investigated the fun...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Lin Y,Luo Y,Hu F,Wang T,Dong Y,Yang D,He X,Chen X,Wang J,Du J,Zhang X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polB gene encodes DNA polymerase II in Escherichia coli. The nucleotide sequence shows an open reading frame of 2,304 nucleotides coding for a protein of 88 kD. The protein initiation signal is preceded by a lexA box lying 2 nucleotides from the termination signal of araD, and begins with GUG 75 nucleotides after ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chen H,Sun Y,Stark T,Beattie W,Moses RE

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is strong evidence for the presence of a functional renin-angiotensin system in human adipose tissue. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of polymorphic variants of angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (ACE I/D) and angiotensin II type I receptor gene (AGTR1 A1166C) with extreme obesity and obe...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Pacholczyk M,Ferenc T,Kowalski J,Adamczyk P,Chojnowski J,Ponikowska I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A decrease in gap junctional, intercellular communication (GJIC) has been associated with cells neoplastically transformed by a variety of factors. To investigate the role of the Ras oncogene product in gap junction function, a panel of murine C3H10T1/2 (10T1/2) fibroblasts was constructed in which the levels of ras g...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Brownell HL,Narsimhan RP,Corbley MJ,Mann VM,Whitfield JF,Raptis L

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have further characterized the most distal of the three alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) enhancers required for expression of the AFP gene in fetal hepatocytes and yolk sac endodermal cells. Almost total rat AFP enhancer 3 (E3) activity is driven by a 160-bp fragment at -6 kb containing three target regions for nuclear prot...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Thomassin H,Bois-Joyeux B,Delille R,Ikonomova R,Danan JL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The upstream transcription control region of the rat alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) gene was analyzed using transient expression of CAT genes in HepG2 cells which express the gene; H4C3 cells which repress the AFP gene but express the albumin gene; and four nonexpressing cell lines. Deletion analysis based on the DNA sequenc...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wen P,Groupp ER,Buzard G,Crawford N,Locker J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucose-stimulated insulin gene transcription is mainly regulated by a 340-bp promoter region upstream of the transcription start site by beta-cell-enriched transcription factors Pdx-1, MafA, and NeuroD1. Previous studies have shown that histone H4 hyperacetylation is important for acute up-regulation of insulin gene ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Sampley ML,Ozcan S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prototypic member of the transforming growth factor beta family is TGFbeta1, which is known to be important in extracellular matrix production, cell proliferation, and cell differentiation. Specifically in the pituitary lactotroph, TGFbeta1 inhibits prolactin (PRL) peptide secretion, PRL mRNA levels, and PRL gene ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Farrow KN,Gutierrez-Hartmann A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-RNA complexation is essential in cell biological functions. Transfer RNAs are bound to aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases for the translation of the genetic code during protein synthesis, while ribonucleoproteins bind RNA in posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression. A recent report showed the interacton of hu...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Malonga H,Neault JF,Tajmir-Riahi HA

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epulopiscium sp. type B, a member of the Firmicutes, is a large (up to 300 microm), cigar-shaped bacterial symbiont of surgeonfish that propagates itself by forming multiple intracellular offspring. This unusual form of reproduction is an apparent modification of a developmental program used by some Firmicutes to prod...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ward RJ,Clements KD,Choat JH,Angert ER

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of H-plk (Human-proviral linked Krüppel), a human Krüppel-related zinc finger gene in organs such as placenta, adrenal cortex, and testis, is probably due to insertion of an endogenous retrovirus, ERV3, upstream of the gene. Several differently spliced transcripts originate from this locus, e.g., a tran...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Abrink M,Larsson E,Hellman L

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00