Two mutations in LDLR gene were found in two Chinese families with familial hypercholesterolemia.

abstract：:A culture-independent molecular phylogenetic analysis was carried out to study for the first time the diversity of bacterial ammonia monooxygenase subunit A (amoA) and nitrogenase reductase subunit H (nifH) genes from Urca inlet at Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Most bacterial amoA and nifH sequences exhibit...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Gonzalez AM,Vieira RP,Cardoso AM,Clementino MM,Albano RM,Mendonça-Hagler L,Martins OB,Paranhos R

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tried to study the possible effects of lipoic acid (LA) on adhesion molecule expression and its underlying mechanism in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disorders. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) expression and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity were determined after endothel...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Jin HB,Yang YB,Song YL,Zhang YC,Li YR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease in which numerous cells and mediators affect inflammatory conditions and disease severity. To compare the serum levels of adiponectin, vitamin D, copper, and zinc in patients with RA and to investigate the relationship between these parameters and RA severity...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Khajoei S,Hassaninevisi M,Kianmehr N,Seif F,Khoshmirsafa M,Shekarabi M,Samei A,Haghighi A

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, we characterized an evolutionarily conserved non-transmembrane ATP-binding cassette protein: hABCF3. Subcellular immunofluorescence staining demonstrated that hABCF3 localizes preferentially in cytoplasm, unlike its paralog protein hABCF1, which localizes in both cytoplasm and nucleus. Quantitati...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhou J,Lin Y,Shi H,Huo K,Li Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide genes such as cytosine deaminase (CD) and herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (TK) encode products that convert nontoxic substances (prodrugs) into toxic metabolites. Studies in recent years indicated that survivin(sur) expression was associated with the biological behaviors of gastric carcinoma. In the pres...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Luo XR,Li JS,Niu Y,Miao L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive study on spontaneous and 5-Fluorodeoxyuridine induced fragile sites identified Xq31 in cattle (Bos taurus) and (Xq24, Xq26) in sheep (Ovis aries) in addition to several autosomal fragile sites (under publication). A ZOO-FISH study using three cloned human fragile-X probes with CCG/CGG(n) trinucleotide rep...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ali A,Thomsen PD,Babar ME

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, Amukkara Chooram (AC) a well known herbal medicine was investigated for their antibiofilm efficacy against biofilm of Candida albicans. The biofilm inhibitory concentration of 20 µg/mL of AC showed promising effect by inhibiting the biofilm upto 60%. Morphogenic transition state of C. albicans fr...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rajamohamed BS,Siddharthan S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In attempting to produce the HAP, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) targeted apoptosis-inducing protein, as a GST-fusion protein we found that the expression of HAP, but not GST alone, induced bacterial cell death. The HAP protein inhibited the bacterial growth within 30 min after inducting HAP expression. The transmission e...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Gan M,Qi Y,Wan Q,Kuang E,Liu Q,Liu X

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, we isolated the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene from Miscanthus sinensis (accession number HM062766.1). Next, we produced transgenic tobacco plants with down-regulated COMT gene expression to study its control of total phenol and lignin content and to perform morphological analysis. These trans...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Seong ES,Yoo JH,Lee JG,Kim HY,Hwang IS,Heo K,Kim JK,Lim JD,Sacks EJ,Yu CY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomerase activity is repressed in normal human somatic cells, but is activated in most cancers, suggesting that telomerase may be an important target for cancer therapy. Agents that interact selectively with telomerase are anticipated to exert specific action on cancer cells. In this study, we evaluated maleimide de...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Huang PR,Yeh YM,Pao CC,Chen CY,Wang TC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage has a limited self-repair capability and the repair of large cartilage defects remains a challenge in clinic. This study aimed to investigate the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) loaded three-dimensional bilayer collagen scaffold for cartilage repair. Cross-linked three-dimensional bilayer collagen sc...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Qi Y,Zhao T,Xu K,Dai T,Yan W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Repeated implantation failure (RIF) is one the most common causes which showed during IVF (In vitro fertilization) procedure. We aim to evaluate the possibility role of nucleotide changes in rs1042522 (R72P; G/C) and rs17878362 (Ins16bp; N/D) of P53 gene in patients with RIF. In a case-control survey, we have consider...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mohammadzadeh M,Ghorbian S,Nouri M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing data supported that epigenetic modifications, including altered DNA methylation have a potential role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD). In the present study we aimed to investigate the methylation status of ICAM-1 gene promoter in patients with AITD. Forty patients with Graves' disease...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Shalaby SM,Mackawy AMH,Atef DM,Atef RM,Saeed J

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A full length spermidine synthase (PgSPD) cDNA was isolated and characterized from the root of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer. The cDNA was 1,188 nucleotides long and had an open reading frame of 1,002 bp with a deduced amino acid sequence of 333 residues. The calculated molecular mass of the matured protein is approximate...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Parvin S,Kim YJ,Pulla RK,Sathiyamoorthy S,Miah MG,Kim YJ,Wasnik NG,Yang DC

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abiotic stresses such as salinity and drought have adverse effects on plants. In the present study, a Na(+)/H(+) antiporter gene homologue (LfNHX1) has been cloned from a local halophyte grass (Leptochloa fusca). The LfNHX1 cDNA contains an open reading frame of 1,623 bp that encodes a polypeptide chain of 540 amino a...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rauf M,Shahzad K,Ali R,Ahmad M,Habib I,Mansoor S,Berkowitz GA,Saeed NA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various case-control studies have shown association of single nucleotide polymorphism rs12303764(G/T) in ULK1 with crohn's disease. The techniques used in these studies were time consuming, complicated and require sophisticated/expensive instruments. Therefore, in order to overcome these problems, we have developed a ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Randhawa R,Duseja A,Changotra H

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Through the process of alternative splicing, proteins with distinct biological functions and localisations are generated from a single gene. The mitochondrial folate metabolism enzyme methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase 2 (MTHFD2) has been receiving attention in recent years as one of the most frequently upregulat...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Nicolaidou V,Papaneophytou C,Koufaris C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs), small cytosolic proteins that function in the uptake and utilization of fatty acids, have been extensively studied in higher vertebrates while invertebrates have received little attention despite similar nutritional requirements during periods of reproductive activity. Therefore, a...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li WW,Jin XK,He L,Gong YN,Jiang H,Wang Q

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone abnormalities as a consequence of osteoblast deregulation are associated with several diseases such as diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Important role for oxidized low density lipoproteins (oxLDL) in the pathophysiology of bone disorders has been reported. However, little is known about the effects and mechan...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Dawodu D,Patecki M,Dumler I,Haller H,Kiyan Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a worldwide neoplasm for which early diagnosis is difficult and the prognosis is usually poor. Overexpression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) has been suggested to be associated with hepatocarcinogenesis. Although several COX-2 inhibitors have been used in hepatoma therapy, the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mohamed FZ,Hussein YM,El-Deen IM,Sabea MS

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High glycemic index diet can induce multiple diseases. Many research indicated that oxidative stress played important role in many pathological conditions. However, the impact of gene expression and dietary habit on oxidation process are still less clear. We used high-glucose diet to feed C57BL/6J mice for 4 weeks, me...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Du D,Shi YH,Le GW

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated, deproteinized nucleic acids from calf thymus and rat liver nuclei were fractionated on Bio-Gel A-5m into DNA and RNA fractions. Extraction of deproteinized DNA and nuclear RNA with 80% ethanol at pH 9.5 yielded low molecular weight peptides (deprimerones) capable of inhibiting DNA transcription in a cell-fre...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Hillar M,Stolzmann Z,Wagle J,Cicconi F,Marmocchi G,Wyborny LE

更新日期：1982-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomes were isolated from baby hamster kidney fibroblasts, either 20 min or 2 days after labelling with radioactive amino acids, and their proteins subjected to two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. No significant differences were observed between the amounts of radioactivity associated with the posit...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kennedy IM,Leader DP

更新日期：1980-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study represents the first molecular characterization of freshwater fish species in Egypt from two major fish resources; the River Nile and Lake Nasser. A total of 160 DNA barcodes using a 655-bp-long fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene were generated from 37 species belon...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ali FS,Ismail M,Aly W

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramembrane proteases control many important processes in a wide variety of organisms through regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP). However, very few intramembrane proteases have been characterized in plants. Intriguingly, EGY2 in Arabidopsis belongs to the Site-2 protease (S2P) family that performs RIP. It con...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Chen G,Law K,Ho P,Zhang X,Li N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory cytokine, adipokine and adhesion molecules are known to play a key role in pathogenesis of diabetic kidney disease (DKD). In this study, our aim was to investigate the role of fetuin-A in relation with pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-18), adipokines (adiponectin, leptin), chemokine (MCP-1), and adhes...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Nawaz SS,Joy SS,Al Farsi Y,George TP,Siddiqui K

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyze possible associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the Myf5 gene with chicken growth and reproductive traits. SNPs in Myf5 of the Jinghai yellow chicken were detected by the polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism method and the ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Tang Y,Zhang T,Zhang G,Wang J,Fan Q,Chen X,Wei Y,Han K,Wang Y

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant catalytic subunit of human protein kinase CK2 bas been mutagenised at the C-terminal region in an attempt to induce this tail to fold. We suppose in fact that this unstructured C-terminus just might be responsible for the high degradability of the human enzyme. On the basis of theoretical calculations ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Grasselli E,Noviello G,Rando C,Nicolini C,Vergani L

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in adiponectin gene [rs1501299 (+276G/T) and rs266729 (-11377C/G)] and one SNP of leptin gene [rs7799039 (-2548G/A)] are known to influence plasma levels of adiponectin and leptin respectively. Literature is scarce on the association of adiponectin gene polymorphism rs266729 with...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Geriki S,Bitla AR,SrinivasaRao PVLN,Hulikal N,Yootla M,Sachan A,Amancharla Yadagiri L,Asha T,Manickavasagam M,Kannan T,Kumari AP

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized a panel of human RNase MRP/RNase P autoantibodies by immunoprecipitation, immunodepletion, immunoaffinity purification and immunoblotting. We report on the protein spectrum that is recognized by RNase MRP/RNase P autoantibodies. We also describe another, related patient serum that based on these assay...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Karwan RM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00