Unique membrane-interacting properties of the immunostimulatory cationic peptide KLKL(5)KLK (KLK).

abstract：:Properly metabolized globin synthesis and iron uptake are indispensable for erythroid cell differentiation and maturation. Mitochondrial participation is crucial in the process of haeme synthesis for cytochromes and haemoglobin. We studied the final biosynthesis site of haemoglobin using an ultrastructural approach, w...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Cianciarullo AM,Bertho AL,Soares MJ,Hosoda TM,Nogueira-Silva S,Beçak W

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins (MTs) are thought to participate in a wide variety of physiological roles, but the mechanisms involved are still unclear. The study was designed to examine the possible factors related to these mechanisms. Methods, including transfection, MTT assay and flow cytometry, were used to investigate the effe...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Li J,Liu Y,Ru B

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using flow cytometry and confocal microscopy, the presence of endorphin, serotonin and chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was demonstrated in rat white blood cells and peritoneal mast cells. After a single neonatal treatment with beta-endorphin (hormonal imprinting), the mast cells of female rats reaching adulthood containe...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Csaba G,Kovács P,Pállinger E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue is a potential site of retinoic acid (RA) action, but its physiological significance remains to be clarified. We have examined the effect of all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) on growth and differentiation of preadipocytes, and on adipokine gene expression in mature adipocytes using human preadipocyte cell ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Morikawa K,Hanada H,Hirota K,Nonaka M,Ikeda C

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While much evidence indicates a high degree of spatial organization in the nucleus, the underlying molecular structures that support it remain poorly characterized. By extracting with high concentrations of RNase A in a modification of the sequential extraction protocol of Penman, we have identified a novel intranucle...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Padros MR,Giles DM,Suarez MD

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoserine has potential effectiveness as a simple substrate in preparing bone replacement materials, which could enhance bone forming ability. However, there is a need to investigate the independent effect of phosphoserine on osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells (hADSCs). hADSCs were cultured in ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Ying X,Chen X,Cheng S,Guo X,Chen H,Xu HZ

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the polarization of macrophages in the tumor microenvironment, as well as the effect of soluble factors secreted from these polarized macrophages on etoposide-induced cancer cell apoptosis. We investigated the effect of soluble factors secreted from the supernatant of PC3 cells t...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Malekghasemi S,Majidi J,Baradaran B,Aghebati-Maleki L

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) act as signaling molecules to regulate various cell functions. Numerous studies have demonstrated ROS to be essential for the differentiation of adipocytes. Peroxiredoxins (Prxs) are a ubiquitous family of antioxidant enzymes in mammalian cells. Prx2 is present in the cytoplasm and cell m...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kim MH,Kim JY,Kim JH,Lee HS,Huh JW,Lee DS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexmedetomidine (Dex) protects different cell types during hypoxia or ischemia-reperfusion injury by inhibiting cell apoptosis. However, the underlying mechanism and its impact on hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury are still not known. In this study, we established a model of oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion (O...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhou Z,Chen Q,Wan L,Zheng D,Li Z,Wu Z

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) is a negative regulator of hematopoiesis, and yet, it is frequently found at the active sites of hematopoiesis. Here, we show for the first time that bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BM MNCs) secrete TGFβ1 in response to erythropoietin (EPO). We further show that human bone ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kale VP

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated constitutive endocytosis in internodal cells of the characean green algae. The endocytic tracer FM1-43 accumulated in distinct plasma membrane domains that are probably enriched in sterol-like substances. Internalization of the dye was active but independent of an intact actin or microtubule cytos...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Foissner I,Klima A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of cultured rat osteoblasts with staurosporine caused a rapid outgrowth of long slender cellular processes and the formation of stellate cells. The number of stellate cells increased with higher concentrations of and longer incubation with staurosporine. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that the s...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Yang RS,Lu KS,Fu WM,Liu TK,Lin-Shiau SY

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytosolic lipid droplets (cLDs) store excess intracellular lipids, and perilipin-2 is believed to protect cLDs from degradation. Here, we investigated the role of the small G-protein Arf1 and the proteasome in the fates of perilipin-2 and cLDs. In oleate-loaded cells, upon brefeldin A (BFA) treatment, perilipin-2 ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Pauloin A,Adenot P,Hue-Beauvais C,Chanat E

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was three fold: (1) to reveal the implications of Wnt5A for cytokine and chemokine production by human ovarian cancer cell line SKOV-3 cells, (2) to determine the influence of Wnt5A on chemotactic SKOV-3 cell migration, and (3) to assess the effect of inflammatory mediators on Wnt5A expressio...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Arabzadeh S,Hossein G,Zarnani AH

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of ARHI (aplasia Ras homologue member I; also known as DIRAS3), a member of the Ras superfamily, on HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) cells and to define the molecular pathways involved. Stable transfection of ARHI into the HCC cell line Hep3B that lacks expressio...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Pei XH,Yang Z,Liu HX,Qiao SS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calmodulin-like skin protein (CLSP) is a secreted peptide that is produced by skin keratinocytes and some related epithelial cells. It has previously been shown that CLSP is recruited via the bloodstream into the central nervous system where it likely exerts a neuroprotective effect against toxicity related to Alzheim...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Takahara Y,Miyachi N,Nawa M,Matsuoka M

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diabetic milieu is believed to change the activity, or result in damage of podocytes-a key component of the glomerular filtration barrier and known to secrete matrix for glomerular basement membrane. This in turn contributes to diabetic nephropathy. However, how podocyte dysfunction is triggered in diabetic nephro...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Liu Y,Long L,Yuan F,Liu F,Liu H,Peng Y,Sun L,Chen G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikrein 14 (KLK14) is a serine protease linked to several pathologies including prostate cancer and positively correlates with Gleason score. Though KLK14 functioning in cancer is poorly understood, it has been implicated in HGF/Met signaling, given that KLK14 proteolytically inhibits HGF activator-inhibitor 1 (HAI...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Solís-Calero C,Carvalho HF

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine vasopressin (AVP)-induced tyrosine phosphorylation was studied in a rat smooth muscle cell line, A-10, by western blotting, using a monoclonal antibody against phosphotyrosine. AVP stimulated the phosphorylation of several cellular proteins of molecular mass 60-130 kDa in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Ph...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Gonzalez CB,Reyes CE,Figueroa CD,Barra V,Troncoso S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterised, using both in vivo and in vitro methods, the effects of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 3 (mGlu3) antagonist (LY341495) and agonist (LY379268) on the proliferation and differentiation of glioma stem cells (GSC). For in vitro studies, a CCK-8 assay was used to determine the cell proli...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Zhou K,Song Y,Zhou W,Zhang C,Shu H,Yang H,Wang B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ZO-1 is a peripheral protein that plays a central role in the macromolecular assembly of tight junctions by interacting with integral proteins (occludin, claudins, JAMs) of the membrane of adjoining cells, with the actin cytoskeleton, and with nuclear factors. Human ZO-1 is expressed in all epithelia and some speciali...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Ciana A,Meier K,Daum N,Gerbes S,Veith M,Lehr CM,Minetti G

更新日期：2010-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that cytoskeletal actin fragmentation is mediated through caspase-2, specifically examining the ability of a caspase-2 inhibitor to interfere with actin fragmentation, in comparison with a caspase-3 inhibitor. Cardiomyocytes were cultured from embryonic chick hear...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Kong JY,Rabkin SW

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones involved in protein folding, assembly and transport, and which play critical roles in the regulation of cell growth, survival and differentiation. We set out to test the hypothesis that HSP27 protein is expressed in the human testes and its expression varies with the...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Adly MA,Assaf HA,Hussein MR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the molecular structure of bovine lens epithelium and its anterior lens capsule, we investigated the composition of lens capsule basement membrane proteins. Immunofluorescence and immunogold techniques were used to demonstrate the presence of type I and type III collagen in the lens capsule and in primary ex...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Sawhney RS

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Key to mitochondrial activities is the maintenance of mitochondrial morphology, specifically cristae structures formed by the invagination of the inner membrane that are enriched in proteins of the electron transport chain. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae , these cristae folds are a result of the membrane fusion activitie...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Huddleston ME,Xiao N,Both AP,Gordon DM

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperglycemia is one of the most important pathogenesis of diabetic osteopathy. Several lines of studies indicate Runx2 plays a critical role in the process of osteogenic differentiation. However, little studies have analyzed the effect of Runx2 on osteoblast differentiation of rat bone mesenchymal stem cells (rBMSCs)...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Chen Y,Hu Y,Yang L,Zhou J,Tang Y,Zheng L,Qin P

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zinc-finger E-box binding homeobox 1 (ZEB1) is a master regulator of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and has been implicated in primary epithelial cancer biological processes, such as invasion and metastasis. However, the role of ZEB1 in progression of melanoma and cancer stem cells (CSCs) remains obscure. In ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Dou J,He X,Liu Y,Wang Y,Zhao F,Wang X,Chen D,Shi F,Wang J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a bone-derived hormone, fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23) negatively regulates phosphate and calcium metabolism, while retaining growth-promoting action for mesenchymal cell differentiation. Elevated FGF-23 levels, together with hyperparathyroidism, are often observed in chronic kidney disease, which is associat...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Teerapornpuntakit J,Wongdee K,Krishnamra N,Charoenphandhu N

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small heat shock proteins (shsps) are molecular chaperones that are inducible by environmental stress. In this study, immunocytochemical analysis and laser scanning confocal microscopy revealed that the shsp family, hsp30, was localized primarily in the cytoplasm of Xenopus A6 kidney epithelial cells after heat shock ...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Gellalchew M,Heikkila JJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the connection of changes in nucleus ploidy with changes in nucleolar apparatus of NIH 3T3 cells. The quantity of nucleoli does not depend on the quantity of nucleolar DNA, but instead depends on euploidy: the majority of euploid cells have 1-3 nucleoli. The quantity of DNA in the nucleolus is correlated w...

journal_title：Cell biology international

authors： Karalyan ZA,Djaghatspanyan NG,Gasparyan MH,Hakobyan LA,Abroyan LO,Magakyan YH,Ter-Pogossyan ZR,Kamalyan LA,Avagyan VY,Karalova EM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00