Force production by depolymerizing microtubules: a theoretical study.

abstract：:Enhancing immune responses with immune-modulatory monoclonal antibodies directed to inhibitory immune receptors is a promising modality in cancer therapy. Clinical efficacy has been demonstrated with antibodies blocking inhibitory immune checkpoints such as cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) or PD-1/...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Romano E,Kusio-Kobialka M,Foukas PG,Baumgaertner P,Meyer C,Ballabeni P,Michielin O,Weide B,Romero P,Speiser DE

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by inflammation, demyelination, and axonal loss. The immunopathogenesis of demyelination in multiple sclerosis involves an autoantibody response to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a type I transmembrane protein located...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Breithaupt C,Schubart A,Zander H,Skerra A,Huber R,Linington C,Jacob U

更新日期：2003-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcicludine (CaC) is a 60-amino acid polypeptide from the venom of Dendroaspis angusticeps. It is structurally homologous to the Kunitz-type protease inhibitor, to dendrotoxins, which block K+ channels, and to the protease inhibitor domain of the amyloid beta protein that accumulates in Alzheimer disease. Voltage-cla...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schweitz H,Heurteaux C,Bois P,Moinier D,Romey G,Lazdunski M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice expressing the sequences coding for the envelope proteins of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the liver have been used as a model of the HBV chronic carrier state. We evaluated the possibility of inducing a specific immune response to the viral envelope antigens and thus potentially controlling chronic H...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Mancini M,Hadchouel M,Davis HL,Whalen RG,Tiollais P,Michel ML

更新日期：1996-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphogenesis often yields organs with robust size and shapes, whereas cell growth and deformation feature significant spatiotemporal variability. Here, we investigate whether tissue responses to mechanical signals contribute to resolve this apparent paradox. We built a model of growing tissue made of fiber-like mater...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fruleux A,Boudaoud A

更新日期：2019-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of previous preclinical and clinical studies have identified angiogenin (ANG) as a potentially important target for anticancer therapy. Here we report the design and implementation of a high-throughput screening assay to identify small molecules that bind to the ribonucleolytic active site of ANG, which is...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kao RY,Jenkins JL,Olson KA,Key ME,Fett JW,Shapiro R

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Many membrane channels and receptors exhibit adaptive, or desensitized, response to a strong sustained input stimulus. A key mechanism that underlies this response is the slow, activity-dependent removal of responding molecules to a pool which is unavailable to respond immediately to the input. This mechanism is imple...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Friedlander T,Brenner N

更新日期：2009-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Hookworms are hematophagous nematodes that infect a wide range of mammalian hosts, including humans. There has been speculation for nearly a century as to the identity of the anticoagulant substances) used by these organisms to subvert host hemostasis. Using molecular cloning, we describe a family of potent small prot...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Stassens P,Bergum PW,Gansemans Y,Jespers L,Laroche Y,Huang S,Maki S,Messens J,Lauwereys M,Cappello M,Hotez PJ,Lasters I,Vlasuk GP

更新日期：1996-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In multiple binding of ligands to a protein, the binding sites may seem to behave as if they are partitioned equally between two modalities. This paper analyzes three different molecular situations in which two actual assemblages appear: (i) two classes of sites exist at the outset in the ligand-free macromolecule; (i...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Klotz IM,Hunston DL

更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mannose receptor (MR) is an endocytic receptor involved in serum homeostasis and antigen presentation. Here, we identify the MR as a direct regulator of CD8(+) T-cell activity. We demonstrate that MR expression on dendritic cells (DCs) impaired T-cell cytotoxicity in vitro and in vivo. This regulatory effect of th...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Schuette V,Embgenbroich M,Ulas T,Welz M,Schulte-Schrepping J,Draffehn AM,Quast T,Koch K,Nehring M,König J,Zweynert A,Harms FL,Steiner N,Limmer A,Förster I,Berberich-Siebelt F,Knolle PA,Wohlleber D,Kolanus W,Beyer M

更新日期：2016-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of matching variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) profiles to link suspects with crimes is potentially very powerful, but it has been quite controversial. Initial debate over laboratory procedures has largely given way to debate over the statistical and population genetic issues involved in calculating the f...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Weir BS

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP levels increase abruptly in the secondary palatal shelf (mesenchyme plus a two- to three-cell-layered epithelium) between day 15 and 16 of gestation in the rat embryo. The addition of dibutyryl cyclic AMP to the media in which immature palatal shelves (day 14) are cultured causes a precocious decrease in DN...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pratt RM,Martin GR

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Queuosine (Q) is a complex tRNA modification widespread in eukaryotes and bacteria that contributes to the efficiency and accuracy of protein synthesis. Eukaryotes are not capable of Q synthesis and rely on salvage of the queuine base (q) as a Q precursor. While many bacteria are capable of Q de novo synthesis, salvag...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yuan Y,Zallot R,Grove TL,Payan DJ,Martin-Verstraete I,Šepić S,Balamkundu S,Neelakandan R,Gadi VK,Liu CF,Swairjo MA,Dedon PC,Almo SC,Gerlt JA,de Crécy-Lagard V

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been postulated that, in the adult visual cortex, visual inputs modulate levels of mRNAs coding for neurotransmitter receptors in an activity-dependent manner. To investigate this possibility, we performed a monocular enucleation in adult rabbits and, 15 days later, collected their left and right visual cortice...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nguyen QT,Matute C,Miledi R

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Leaflets of Samanea saman open and close rhythmically, driven by an endogenous circadian clock. Light has a rapid, direct effect on the movements and also rephases the rhythm. We investigated whether light signals might be mediated by increased inositolphospholipid turnover, a mechanism for signal transduction that is...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Morse MJ,Crain RC,Satter RL

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light microscopy autoradiography has been used to visualize neuroanatomical patterns of brain opiate receptor upregulation in response to chronic naltrexone administration. Slide-mounted brain sections of frozen rat brain were labeled in vitro with dihydro[3H]morphine, a relatively selective mu opioid ligand. The grea...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Tempel A,Gardner EL,Zukin RS

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The G protein-coupled m1 and m3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors increase tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins, including the focal adhesion-associated proteins paxillin and focal adhesion kinase (FAK), but the mechanism is not understood. Activation of integrins during adhesion of cells to extracellular mat...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Slack BE

更新日期：1998-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoadaptation, the ability to attenuate a light response on prolonged light exposure while remaining sensitive to escalating changes in light intensity, is essential for organisms to decipher time information appropriately, yet the underlying molecular mechanisms are poorly understood. In Neurospora crassa, VIVID (V...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chen CH,DeMay BS,Gladfelter AS,Dunlap JC,Loros JJ

更新日期：2010-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A dynamical theory for the evolution of the genetic code is presented, which accounts for its universality and optimality. The central concept is that a variety of collective, but non-Darwinian, mechanisms likely to be present in early communal life generically lead to refinement and selection of innovation-sharing pr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Vetsigian K,Woese C,Goldenfeld N

更新日期：2006-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of bacteria to regulate gene expression in response to changes in cell density is termed quorum sensing. This behavior involves the synthesis and recognition of extracellular, hormone-like compounds known as autoinducers. Here we report the structure of an autoinducer synthase, LuxS from Bacillus subtilis,...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hilgers MT,Ludwig ML

更新日期：2001-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Temperate-zone species have responded to warming temperatures by shifting their distributions poleward and upslope. Thermal tolerance data suggests that tropical species may respond to warming temperatures even more strongly than temperate-zone species, but this prediction has yet to be tested. We addressed this data ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Freeman BG,Class Freeman AM

更新日期：2014-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-sensing ion channels (ASICs) are neuronal non-voltage-gated cation channels that are activated when extracellular pH falls. They contribute to sensory function and nociception in the peripheral nervous system, and in the brain they contribute to synaptic plasticity and fear responses. Some of the physiologic cons...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Petroff EY,Price MP,Snitsarev V,Gong H,Korovkina V,Abboud FM,Welsh MJ

更新日期：2008-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumor effect of doxorubicin (DOX) conjugated to a biodegradable dendrimer was evaluated in mice bearing C-26 colon carcinomas. An asymmetric biodegradable polyester dendrimer containing 8-10 wt % DOX was prepared. The design of the dendrimer carrier optimized blood circulation time through size and molecular a...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Lee CC,Gillies ER,Fox ME,Guillaudeu SJ,Fréchet JM,Dy EE,Szoka FC

更新日期：2006-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Siphoviridae is the most abundant viral family on earth which infects bacteria as well as archaea. All known siphophages infecting gram+ Lactococcus lactis possess a baseplate at the tip of their tail involved in host recognition and attachment. Here, we report analysis of the p2 phage baseplate structure by X-ray cry...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sciara G,Bebeacua C,Bron P,Tremblay D,Ortiz-Lombardia M,Lichière J,van Heel M,Campanacci V,Moineau S,Cambillau C

更新日期：2010-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Gating currents of the cloned delayed-rectifier K+ channel DRK1 expressed in Xenopus oocytes were measured with the open-oocyte Vaseline-gap voltage-clamp technique. DRK1 gating charge had the following salient properties: (i) gating-charge amplitude correlated positively with size of the expressed ionic K+ currents; ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Taglialatela M,Stefani E

更新日期：1993-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that [35S]methionine is incorporated into the [Met]enkephalin sequences of a 22,000-dalton enkephalin-containing protein in the adrenal medulla. Pulse-chase experiments indicate that label is incorporated into the large polypeptide before it appears in free [Met]enkephalin and a smaller [Met]enkephal...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Rossier J,Trifaró JM,Lewis RV,Lee RW,Stern A,Kimura S,Stein S,Udenfriend S

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The succession from aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria to obligate anaerobes in the infant gut along with the differences between the compositions of the mucosally adherent vs. luminal microbiota suggests that the gut microbes consume oxygen, which diffuses into the lumen from the intestinal tissue, maintainin...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Friedman ES,Bittinger K,Esipova TV,Hou L,Chau L,Jiang J,Mesaros C,Lund PJ,Liang X,FitzGerald GA,Goulian M,Lee D,Garcia BA,Blair IA,Vinogradov SA,Wu GD

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:c-myc, N-myc, and L-myc genes are subject to highly variable degrees of tissue-specific regulation. Their aberrant expression has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of malignant tumors. The recently identified max protein dimerizes with c-myc to promote its sequence-specific DNA binding. max exists ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Prochownik EV,VanAntwerp ME

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antibody (anti-p21ser) was raised against a ras p21-related synthetic peptide and was able to recognize specifically the substitution of serine for glycine at amino acid 12 of p21. This substitution causes oncogenic activation of p21. Anti-p21ser was found to immunoprecipitate v-Ki-ras p21 and to strongly inhibit i...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Clark R,Wong G,Arnheim N,Nitecki D,McCormick F

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein acetylation, especially histone acetylation, is the subject of both research and clinical investigation. At least four small-molecule histone deacetylase inhibitors are currently in clinical trials for the treatment of cancer. These and other inhibitors also affect microtubule acetylation. A multidimensional, ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Haggarty SJ,Koeller KM,Wong JC,Grozinger CM,Schreiber SL

更新日期：2003-04-15 00:00:00