Induction of COX-2 by acrolein in rat lung epithelial cells.

abstract：:Subsequent to the first alpha 2-adrenergic receptor (alpha 2-AR) gene cloning of alpha 2-C10 from human platelet, cloning of the first rodent alpha 2-AR cDNA, cA2-47, was reported. Based on the structural and limited pharmacological comparison, it was concluded that the rodent receptor is a molecular and pharmacologic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wypijewski K,Duda T,Sharma RK

更新日期：1995-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A sialic acid binding lectin, AchatininH, was purified in single step from the hemolymph of the land snail, Achatina fulica, by the affinity chromatography on sheep submaxillary mucin coupled to Sepharose 4B. The yield of the lectin was found to be 3 mg from 100 ml of hemolymph. The homogeneity of the lectin was estab...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Basu S,Sarkar M,Mandal C

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibition of synthesis of estradiol 17beta by the addition of inhibitors of aromatase, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of estradiol 17beta, or addition of tamoxifen - an estrogen receptor antagonist, to human placental minces resulted in an increase in the level of LDL-receptor mRNA. This increase could be blocked b...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shanker YG,Shetty UP,Rao AJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of ANP to inhibit the hydrolysis of phosphoinositides was examined in [3H] myoinositol-labeled intact murine Leydig tumor (MA-10) cells. Arginine vasopressin (AVP) stimulated the formation of inositol monophosphate (IP1), inositol bisphosphate (IP2), and inositol trisphosphate (IP3) both in a time-and dose...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Khurana ML,Pandey KN

更新日期：1996-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we review our experiments on the light-induced Ca2+ release and proton uptake at the rod outer segment (ROS) disk membrane using flash-spectrophotometry and the indicating dyes arsenazo III and bromcresol purple. We used three different ROS preparations in order to locate the intracellular site of Ca2+ r...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Schnetkamp PP,Kaupp UB

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Casein kinase II is a protein serine/threonine kinase that is ubiquitously distributed in eukaryotes. Molecular cloning studies and protein sequence analysis of purified proteins have demonstrated the existence of two related, but distinct, isoenzymic forms of its catalytic subunit in mammals and birds. At present, th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Litchfield DW,Lüscher B

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The application of nucleic acid hybridization techniques to the study of liver regeneration has led to a revision of some well-established ideas about the patterns of gene expression during regenerative growth. This paper focuses on two broad problems: a) the extent to which mRNA populations in regenerating liver diff...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Fausto N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the rare cancers in western countries but predominant in Southeast Asian countries including Thailand. One major cause for failure of NPC chemotherapeutic treatments is reportedly correlated with the elevation of cancer stem cell (CSC) fractions. Thus, this present study aims t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sinnung S,Janvilisri T,Kiatwuthinon P

更新日期：2021-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Hibernating mammals endure conditions of low body temperature and oxidative stress that would be highly injurious to humans and most other mammals. Stress conditions frequently trigger the production of molecular chaperones; in the endoplasmic reticulum the glucose-regulated protein-78 (GRP78) helps to minimize protei...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mamady H,Storey KB

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin receptor binding was examined in the microvillous membranes of mid-term (20-22 weeks of gestation, MT) and full-term (FT) placentas from patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and in normal pregnant control (N). Mid-term placentas were obtained from patients who have had spontaneous abortion. The ma...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： al-Attas OS

更新日期：1995-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleocytoplasmic transport of transcription factors is essential in eukaryotes. We previously reported the presence of two functional NLSs in the homeodomain protein, aristaless-related homeobox (Arx) protein, which is a key transcriptional repressor of LMO1, SHOX2, and PAX4 during development. NLS2, that overlaps th...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ye W,Lin W,Tartakoff AM,Ma Q,Tao T

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the glucose-lowering effects of vanadium could be related to increased muscle glycogen synthesis, we examined the in vivo effects of vanadium and insulin treatment on glycogen synthase (GS) activation in Zucker fatty rats. The GS fractional activity (GSFA), protein phosphatase-1 (PP1), and glycogen synthase kina...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Semiz S,McNeill JH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically significant occlusive vascular lesions contain more extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and lipid deposition than healthy vascular tissue. The events leading to this condition remain unresolved. One possibility is that ECM deposition may exceed ECM degradation which would contribute to the expansion of the ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wilson D,Massaeli H,Russell JC,Pierce GN,Zahradka P

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence indicated that endocan may be a potential cell marker and a new target for cancers including acute leukemia since the serum endocan level in patients with acute leukemia was associated with the status of the disease, i.e., endocan was higly expressed in untreated acute leukemia, but decreased after che...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Xu Z,Zhang S,Zhou Q,Wang Y,Xia R

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Na+/Ca2+ exchange (NCX) is a major Ca2+ extrusion system in cardiac myocytes, but can also mediate Ca2+ influx and trigger sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release. Under conditions such as digitalis toxicity or ischemia/reperfusion, increased [Na+]i may lead to a rise in [Ca2+]i through NCX, causing Ca2+ overload and trig...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Satoh H,Mukai M,Urushida T,Katoh H,Terada H,Hayashi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of 8-week diethylmaleate (DEM) and clofibric acid (CFA) supplemented diet on blood pressure, body and liver weights, liver antioxidant status and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity were investigated in 8-week DOCA-salt treated and untreated Sprague-Dawley male rats. It appeared that DEM and particularly ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Nicod L,Rodriguez S,Jacqueson A,Viollon-Abadie C,Berthelot A,Richert L

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When Leishmania donovani promastigote forms, were cultured in TC-199 medium at 28 degrees C and subsequently incubated at 38 degrees C, they turned into aflagellate (amastigote-like) forms. A return of the incubation-culture temperature to 28 degrees C these amastigote-like forms to revert to promastigotes. The amasti...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Castilla JJ,Sanchez-Moreno M,Mesa C,Osuna A

更新日期：1995-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac subtype of Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE-1) plays an important role in the regulation of intracellular pH (pHi) and also can be a major route for Na+ influx. Although intracellular ATP is required for the optimal function of NHE-1, the regulation of the exchanger by ATP is less well characterized. This study was d...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sugiyama S,Satoh H,Nomura N,Terada H,Watanabe H,Hayashi H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify and characterize endothelial cell surface components that bind plasminogen, we used ligand-blotting to study binding of plasminogen to sodium dodecyl sulphate solubilized extracts of human umbilical vein endothelial cells. It was observed that glu-plasminogen bound predominantly to a 45 kDa endothelial cel...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dudani AK,Hashemi S,Aye MT,Ganz PR

更新日期：1991-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The causal metabolic pathway and the underlying mechanism between folate deficiency and neural tube defects (NTDs) remain obscure. Thymidylate (dTMP) is catalyzed by thymidylate synthase (TS) using the folate-derived one-carbon unit as the sole methyl donor. This study aims to examine the role of dTMP biosynthesis in ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Dong Y,Wang X,Zhang J,Guan Z,Xu L,Wang J,Zhang T,Niu B

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines the mechanism of translocation of cytoplasmically synthesized proteins into mitochondria. Approximately 10% of the mitochondrial proteins are synthesized within the organelles while most mitochondrial proteins are coded for by nuclear genes and synthesized on cytoplasmic ribosomes. Those mitochond...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ades IZ

更新日期：1982-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregna-D'-pentaranes (pentaranes) are modified progesterones with demonstrable progestational activity and contraceptive effect. We have examined the steroid binding characteristics of the two newly synthesized progesterone analogs, Pentarane A (16 alpha, 17 alpha-cyclohexanoprogesterone) and Pentarane B (6 alpha-meth...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bhakta A,Herman M,Levina IS,Moudgil VK

更新日期：1993-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a highly atherogenic lipoprotein, whose metabolism is poorly understood. Efficient and secure drugs that can lower elevated plasma Lp(a) concentrations are currently lacking. Fibroblast growth factor-21 (FGF-21), a member of the FGFS super family, regulates glucose and lipid metabolism in hep...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lin X,Li G,He X,Ma X,Zhang K,Zhang H,Zeng G,Wang Z

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:L-arginine (L-Arg) uptake is mediated by members of cationic amino acid transporter (CAT) family and may coincide with the induction of nitric oxide synthases (NOS). The present study was conducted to investigate the extracellular concentrations of L-Arg regulating the CAT-1, CAT-4 and inducible NOS (iNOS) in chick in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yuan C,Zhang X,He Q,Li J,Lu J,Zou X

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromium (VI) compounds are widely recognized as human carcinogens. Extensive studies in vitro and in model systems indicate that the reactive intermediate, Cr (V), generated by cellular reduction of Cr (VI), is likely the candidate for the ultimate carcinogenic form of chromium compounds. Here we review our current u...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu KJ,Shi X

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic ethanol abuse can lead to harmful consequences for the heart, resulting in systolic dysfunction, variability in the heart rate, arrhythmia, and cardiac remodelling. However, the precise molecular mechanism responsible for ethanol-induced cardiomyopathy is poorly understood. In this regard, the present study ai...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu X,Zhang D,Dong X,Zhu R,Ye Y,Li L,Jiang Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well established that severe hypertrophy induces metabolic and structural changes in the heart which result in enhanced susceptibility to ischemic damage during cardioplegic arrest while much less is known about the effect of cardioplegic arrest on moderately hypertrophied hearts. The aim of this study was to el...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Smolenski RT,Jayakumar J,Seymour AM,Yacoub MH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte cell adhesion molecule (HepaCAM) plays a crucial role in tumor progression and has been recognized as a novel tumor suppressor gene. The high protein expression level of protein kinase Cε (PKCε) has been discovered in many tumor types. In the present study, we determined HepaCAM and PKCε protein levels in h...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tan B,Tan J,Du H,Quan Z,Xu X,Jiang X,Luo C,Wu X

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 1 (beta1,4-GT 1) is the key enzyme transferring galactose to the terminal N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) forming Galbeta3-->4GlcNAc structure in the Golgi apparatus. In addition, it also serves as a cell adhesion molecule by recognizing and binding to terminal GlcNAc of glycoconjugates on ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhang SW,Xu SL,Cai MM,Yan J,Zhu XY,Hu Y,Gu JX

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of altered levels of endogenous catecholamines following adrenalectomy or 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OH) treatment (alone or in combination) on enzymatic (glutathione reductase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase) and non-enzymatic (glutathione) antioxidant components of heart, li...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Toleikis PM,Godin DV

更新日期：1995-11-08 00:00:00