T-bet-dependent expression of osteopontin contributes to T cell polarization.

abstract：:The complement system has evolved to annul pathogens, but its improper regulation is linked with diseases. Efficient regulation of the system is primarily provided by a family of proteins termed regulators of complement activation (RCA). The knowledge of precise structural determinants of RCA proteins critical for imp...

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

authors： Gautam AK,Panse Y,Ghosh P,Reza MJ,Mullick J,Sahu A

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable evidence that links the activation of cellular genes to oncogenesis. We previously reported that structural rearrangements in the cellular oncogene c-erbB correlate with the development of erythroblastosis induced by avian leukosis virus (ALV). c-erbB recently has been shown to be related to the ...

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

authors： Raines MA,Lewis WG,Crittenden LB,Kung HJ

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The charge density distribution of a protein has been refined experimentally. Diffraction data for a crambin crystal were measured to ultra-high resolution (0.54 A) at low temperature by using short-wavelength synchrotron radiation. The crystal structure was refined with a model for charged, nonspherical, multipolar a...

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

authors： Jelsch C,Teeter MM,Lamzin V,Pichon-Pesme V,Blessing RH,Lecomte C

更新日期：2000-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Tadpole collagenase (EC 3.4.24.3) cleaved chick cranial bone procollagen into two triple-stranded fragments, PCA and PCB. Only PCB, with an estimated molecular weight of about 60,000 for each component chain after reduction, was found to contain interchain disulfide bonds. The analogous cleavage of collagen is known t...

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

authors： Byers PH,Click EM,Harper E,Bornstein P

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most guanine nucleotide binding protein (G protein)-coupled receptors have a conserved cysteine in the C-terminal cytoplasmic tail near the seventh transmembrane spanning region. This cysteine is known to be palmitoylated in rhodopsin, the beta 2-adrenergic receptor (beta 2AR) and the alpha 2A-adrenergic receptor (alp...

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

authors： Eason MG,Jacinto MT,Theiss CT,Liggett SB

更新日期：1994-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins have evolved to be foldable, and yet determinants of foldability may be inapparent once the native state is reached. Insight has emerged from studies of diseases of protein misfolding, exemplified by monogenic diabetes mellitus due to mutations in proinsulin leading to endoplasmic reticulum stress and β-cell ...

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

authors： Rege NK,Liu M,Yang Y,Dhayalan B,Wickramasinghe NP,Chen YS,Rahimi L,Guo H,Haataja L,Sun J,Ismail-Beigi F,Phillips NB,Arvan P,Weiss MA

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Most evidence supports the view that ER alpha is responsible for estrogen (ovarian estradiol, E(2))-induced proliferation in the epithelial cells of the mammary gland, but despite this, proliferating epithelial cells do not express ER alpha. We have examined this apparent paradox by studying the role of ER alpha and E...

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

authors： Cheng G,Weihua Z,Warner M,Gustafsson JA

更新日期：2004-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of replicative and chronological lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have advanced understanding of longevity in all eukaryotes. Chronological lifespan in this species is defined as the age-dependent viability of nondividing cells. To date this parameter has only been estimated under calorie restriction, mimi...

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

authors： Nagarajan S,Kruckeberg AL,Schmidt KH,Kroll E,Hamilton M,McInnerney K,Summers R,Taylor T,Rosenzweig F

更新日期：2014-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:During reverse transcription of retroviral RNA, synthesis of (-) strand DNA is primed by a cellular tRNA that anneals to an 18-nt primer binding site within the 5' long terminal repeat. For (+) strand synthesis using a (-) strand DNA template linked to the tRNA primer, only the first 18 nt of tRNA are replicated to re...

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

authors： Burnett BP,McHenry CS

更新日期：1997-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the cell-surface molecules involved in T-cell immune responses are N-linked glycoproteins. We have investigated the effects of inhibitors of glycoprotein processing on specific T-cell functions, with the dual aims of examining the functional role of carbohydrate and of testing the usefulness of such compounds ...

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

authors： Wall KA,Pierce JD,Elbein AD

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/usual interstitial pneumonia is a ravaging condition of progressive lung scarring and destruction. Anti-inflammatory therapies including corticosteroids have limited efficacy in this ultimately fatal disorder. An important unmet need is to identify new agents that interact with key ...

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

authors： Henderson WR Jr,Chi EY,Ye X,Nguyen C,Tien YT,Zhou B,Borok Z,Knight DA,Kahn M

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms by which transcription is selectively activated and precisely controlled by signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) factors represent a central issue in cytokine-mediated cellular responses. Stat6 mediates responses to IL-4 and antagonizes Stat1 activated by IFN-gamma. We have ...

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

authors： Goenka S,Boothby M

更新日期：2006-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Aptamers recognize their targets with extraordinary affinity and specificity. The aptamer-based therapeutic, Macugen, is derived from a modified 2'fluoro pyrimidine RNA inhibitor to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and is now being used to treat the wet form of age-related macular degeneration. This VEGF(165)...

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

authors： Lee JH,Canny MD,De Erkenez A,Krilleke D,Ng YS,Shima DT,Pardi A,Jucker F

更新日期：2005-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sublethal insults can induce tolerance to subsequent stressors in neurons. As cell death activators such as ROS generation and decreased ATP can initiate tolerance, we tested whether other cellular elements normally associated with neuronal injury could add to this process. In an in vivo model of ischemic tolerance, w...

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

authors： McLaughlin B,Hartnett KA,Erhardt JA,Legos JJ,White RF,Barone FC,Aizenman E

更新日期：2003-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a highly successful protozoan parasite that infects all warm-blooded animals and causes severe disease in immunocompromised and immune-naïve humans. It has an unusual global population structure: In North America and Europe, isolated strains fall predominantly into four largely clonal lineages, bu...

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

authors： Minot S,Melo MB,Li F,Lu D,Niedelman W,Levine SS,Saeij JP

更新日期：2012-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The N-terminal 392 amino acids of the Drosophila kinesin alpha subunit (designated DKH392) form a dimer in solution that releases only one of its two tightly bound ADP molecules on association with a microtubule, whereas a shorter monomeric construct (designated DKH340) releases > or = 95% of its one bound ADP on asso...

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

authors： Hackney DD

更新日期：1994-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver plays a critical role in inducing systemic immune tolerance, for example, during limiting hypersensitivity to food allergy and in rendering acceptance of allotransplant or even hepatotropic pathogens. We investigated the unknown mechanisms of liver tolerance by using an established hepatitis B virus (HBV)-ca...

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

authors： Xu L,Yin W,Sun R,Wei H,Tian Z

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The dynamics of Helicobacter pylori colonization from its acquisition through the development of steady-state are examined through a mathematical model that includes the host response. The model encompasses both host and microbiological variation. The individual capacity of the host response is shown to be a key model...

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

authors： Blaser MJ,Kirschner D

更新日期：1999-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The perforant path (PP) undergoes synaptic changes in the course of aging and dementia. Previous studies attempting to assess the integrity of the PP in humans using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) were limited by low resolution and the inability to identify PP fibers specifically. Here we present an application of DTI...

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

authors： Yassa MA,Muftuler LT,Stark CE

更新日期：2010-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nogo isoforms (Nogo-A and -B) have been implicated in regulating neural and cardiovascular functions, such as cell spreading and chemotaxis. Unlike the loop domain (Nogo-66) found in all Nogo isoforms that can interact with a neural-specific Nogo-66 receptor, the receptor for the amino terminus of Nogo-B that mediates...

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

authors： Miao RQ,Gao Y,Harrison KD,Prendergast J,Acevedo LM,Yu J,Hu F,Strittmatter SM,Sessa WC

更新日期：2006-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In earlier studies it was shown that the mammalian translation system is highly organized in vivo and that the intermediates in the process, aminoacyl-tRNAs, are channeled--i.e., they are directly transferred from the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases to the elongation factor to the ribosomes without dissociating into the ce...

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

authors： Stapulionis R,Deutscher MP

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subunits A and B of chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase are synthesized as higher molecular weight precursors when polyadenylylated mRNA from angiosperm seedlings is translated in vitro by wheat germ ribosomes. The in vivo levels of mRNA coding for these precursors are strongly light dependent, and th...

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

authors： Cerff R,Kloppstech K

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca deposition by isolated matrix vesicles from fetal calf growth plate cartilage and by a deoxycholate extract from matrix vesicles that included their phosphatase was studied under defined in vitro conditions. Electron microscopy showed that after removal of deoxycholate and lyophilization of the vesicle extract, new...

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

authors： Hsu HH,Anderson HC

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanotransduction in the mammalian auditory system depends on mechanosensitive channels in the hair bundles that project from the apical surface of the sensory hair cells. Individual stereocilia within each bundle contain a core of tightly packed actin filaments, whose length is dynamically regulated during developm...

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

authors： Furness DN,Johnson SL,Manor U,Rüttiger L,Tocchetti A,Offenhauser N,Olt J,Goodyear RJ,Vijayakumar S,Dai Y,Hackney CM,Franz C,Di Fiore PP,Masetto S,Jones SM,Knipper M,Holley MC,Richardson GP,Kachar B,Marcotti W

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular dichroism (CD) and magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) spectra of nitrogenase components (MoFe protein and Fe protein) from Azotobacter vinelandii (Av) and Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kp) have been obtained in the near infrared-visible-near ultraviolet spectral region. Previously, visible CD was reported to be absen...

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

authors： Stephens PJ,McKenna CE,Smith BE,Nguyen HT,McKenna MC,Thomson AJ,Devlin F,Jones JB

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unintended block of HERG K+ channels is a side effect of many common medications and is the most common cause of acquired long QT syndrome associated with increased risk of life-threatening arrhythmias. The molecular mechanism of high-affinity HERG block by structurally diverse compounds has been attributed to pi-stac...

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

authors： Chen J,Seebohm G,Sanguinetti MC

更新日期：2002-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfonated gallium(III) corroles are intensely fluorescent macrocyclic compounds that spontaneously assemble with carrier proteins to undergo cell entry. We report in vivo imaging and therapeutic efficacy of a tumor-targeted corrole noncovalently assembled with a heregulin-modified protein directed at the human epider...

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

authors： Agadjanian H,Ma J,Rentsendorj A,Valluripalli V,Hwang JY,Mahammed A,Farkas DL,Gray HB,Gross Z,Medina-Kauwe LK

更新日期：2009-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating platelets have important functions in thrombosis and in modulating immune and inflammatory responses. However, the role of platelets in innate immunity to bacterial infection is largely unexplored. While human platelets rapidly kill Staphylococcus aureus, we found the neonatal pathogen group B Streptococcu...

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

authors： Uchiyama S,Sun J,Fukahori K,Ando N,Wu M,Schwarz F,Siddiqui SS,Varki A,Marth JD,Nizet V

更新日期：2019-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonspatial theory on pathogen evolution generally predicts selection for maximal number of secondary infections, constrained only by supposed physiological trade-offs between pathogen infectiousness and virulence. Spread of diseases in human populations can, however, exhibit large scale patterns, underlining the need ...

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

authors： van Ballegooijen WM,Boerlijst MC

更新日期：2004-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver provides for long-term energy needs of the body by converting excess carbohydrate into fat for storage. Insulin is one factor that promotes hepatic lipogenesis, but there is increasing evidence that glucose also contributes to the coordinated regulation of carbohydrate and fat metabolism in liver by mechanis...

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

authors： Iizuka K,Bruick RK,Liang G,Horton JD,Uyeda K

更新日期：2004-05-11 00:00:00