Antioxidant effect of doxycycline decreases MMP activity and blood pressure in SHR.

abstract：:Atherosclerotic lesions occur as a result of excess lipid deposition within the vascular tissues. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) present in adipose and hepatic tissues have been shown to promote fatty acid oxidation and lipid storage. An immunohistochemical assessment of PPARalpha and PPARgamm...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zahradka P,Yurkova N,Litchie B,Moon MC,Del Rizzo DF,Taylor CG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in the kidney cortex of rats ingested with saline was investigated. The alteration in regucalcin mRNA levels was analyzed by Northern blotting using liver regucalcin complementary DNA (0.9 kb of open reading frame). Rats were freely given saline as drinking wat...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shinya N,Yamaguchi M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), depletes the putrescine and spermidine content, and reduces the growth rate of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells. The addition of putrescine, which is the immediate precursor of spermidine, promp...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Oredsson SM,Anehus S,Heby O

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids have been used in the treatment of a number of diseases where immunological intolerance plays a predominant role. Since immunological intolerance points to the involvement of lysosomal enzymes and glucocorticoids are known to affect their activities, we have attempted to study the effect of these stero...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rajashree S,Puvanakrishnan R

更新日期：1996-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the effect of diabetes mellitus on atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) receptors in streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic rat kidneys was studied. Moreover, plasma ANP concentration was evaluated in diabetic and control rats by using radioimmunoassay. In addition, the expression of ANP in the kidneys of c...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Obineche EN,Adeghate E,Chandranath IS,Benedict S,Al Gafri LS,Adem A

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular adaptation to hypoxia involves regulation of specific genes such as vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), erythropoietin (EPO) and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1 . In this study, we have evaluated the protective effect of picroliv (a purified iridoid glycoside fraction from roots of Picrorhiza kurrooa ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gaddipati JP,Madhavan S,Sidhu GS,Singh AK,Seth P,Maheshwari RK

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progression of prostate cancer is facilitated by growth factors that activate critical signaling cascades thereby promote prostate cancer cell growth, survival, and migration. To investigate the effect of quercetin on insulin-like growth factor signaling and apoptosis in androgen independent prostate cancer cells (PC-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Senthilkumar K,Elumalai P,Arunkumar R,Banudevi S,Gunadharini ND,Sharmila G,Selvakumar K,Arunakaran J

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant COMP-Ang1, a chimera of angiopoietin-1 (Ang1), and a short coiled-coil domain of cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP) can stimulate multiple cellular processes. Proliferative capacity of periodontal ligament (PDL) fibroblasts (PLFs) is important for maintaining PDL integrity and homeostasis. In this ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lim SS,Kook SH,Lee JC

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Winter survival for many insect species relies on the ability to endure the freezing of extracellular body fluids. Because freezing impedes oxygen delivery to tissues, one component of natural freeze tolerance is a well-developed anoxia/ischemia resistance. The present study explores the responses of the hypoxia-induc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Morin P Jr,McMullen DC,Storey KB

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) have recently been shown to be involved in a multiplicity of physiological responses through modulation of signaling pathways. Some of the specific signaling components altered by reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) have begun to be identified. ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Forman HJ,Torres M,Fukuto J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial respiratory parameters were measured in situ, i.e. in saponin-skinned rabbit cardiac fibers and in fibers treated with saponin + collagenase. It was found that the decrease of maximal ADP-stimulated respiration rate of saponin-skinned fibers with pyruvate + malate under the conditions of total ischem...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Toleikis A,Majiene D,Trumbeckaite S,Dagys A

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serine/Threonine kinases participate in complex, interacting signaling pathways in eukaryotes, prokaryotes, and archae. While most organisms contain many different kinases, the extreme hyperthermophile, Aquifex aeolicus encodes a single hypothetical Ser/Thr kinase. A gene homologous to eukaryotic protein phosphatases ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Purcarea C,Fernando R,Evans HG,Evans DR

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCL13, an inflammatory factor in the microenvironment, plays a vital role in the progression of inflammatory diseases and tumors. CXCL13 and its receptor CXCR5 have been reported to be associated with poor prognosis of advanced colon cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms of CXCL13-CXCR5 axis in colon cancer remai...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhu Z,Zhang X,Guo H,Fu L,Pan G,Sun Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recombinant eukaryotic expression vector pCMV4-rmCGbeta, inserted full-length cDNA of the beta-subunit of rhesus monkey chorionic gonadotropin (rmCGbeta), as DNA immuno-contraceptive against CGbeta glycoprotein, has previously demonstrated the biological expression of rmCGbeta in vitro and in vivo. The plasmid DNA...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chen Y,Liu Z,Yang Y,Chen YZ,Peng JP

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was aimed to delineate in vivo mechanisms of orally administered fisetin with special reference to mitochondrial dysfunction in lung tissues employing benzo(a)pyrene (B(a)P) as the model lung carcinogen. The recent revival of interest in the study of mitochondria has been stimulated by the evidence t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ravichandran N,Suresh G,Ramesh B,Manikandan R,Choi YW,Vijaiyan Siva G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithostathine may play a physiological role in preventing the precipitation of excess calcium in the pancreatic juice. The hypothesis has been advanced that in chronic calcifying pancreatitis the abnormal biosynthesis of lithostathine might be the original defect to which genetic proneness to the disease may be ascrib...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cavallini G,Bovo P,Bianchini E,Carsana A,Costanzo C,Merola M,Sgarbi D,Frulloni L,Di Francesco V,Libonati M,Palmieri M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incorporation of radiolabeled arachidonic acid (3[H]-AA) in normoxic cardiomyocytes (MC), cardiac endothelial cells (EC) and fibroblast-like cells (FL) isolated from adult rat heart was studied. Deposition of 3[H]-AA in the cellular lipid pool was assessed with biochemical and autoradiographic techniques. Extracti...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Linssen MC,Willemsen PH,Heijnen VV,van der Vusse GJ

更新日期：1992-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Pluripotent stem cells within the adipose stromal compartment, termed adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs), have the potential to differentiate into a variety of cell lineages both in vitro and in vivo. Imaging with expression of exogenous or endogenous green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporters facilitates the detaile...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lin Y,Tian W,Chen X,Yan Z,Li Z,Qiao J,Liu L,Tang W,Zheng X

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been growing interest in estimating the degree of heating caused by the diagnostic ultrasound in clinical practice. Both theoretical and experimental methods have been suggested for estimating the heating potential, or thermal hazard, of diagnostic ultrasound. Aim of this study was to evalua...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Karagöz I,Biri A,Babacan F,Kavutçu M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A relation between fatty acid oxidation capacity and cytosolic FABP content was found in heart and various muscles of the rat. Other tissues do not show such a relation, since they are involved in more or other pathways of fatty acid metabolism. At postnatal development FABP content and fatty acid oxidation capacity r...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Veerkamp JH,van Moerkerk HT

更新日期：1993-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) in umbilical mesenchymal stem cells (UMSCs) as therapy for liver disease is ill understood. The aim of the study was to evaluate rat UMSCs (rUMSCs) on CXCR4 expression and homing to injured liver tissue. rUMSCs were isolated from umbilical cords of pregnant rats. Acu...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Deng C,Qin A,Zhao W,Feng T,Shi C,Liu T

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basal and trypsin-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase activities of Escherichia coli K 12 have been characterized at pH 7.5 in the membrane-bound state and in a soluble form of the enzyme. The saturation curve for Mg2+/ATP = 1/2 was hyperbolic with the membrane-bound enzyme and sigmoidal with the soluble enzyme. Tryps...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Carreira J,Muñoz E

更新日期：1975-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We reported that urinary L-FABP reflected the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study is aimed to evaluate the clinical significance of urinary liver type fatty acid binding protein (L-FABP) as a biomarker for monitoring CKD. METHODS:Urinary L-FABP was measured using human L-FABP ELISA kit (...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kamijo A,Sugaya T,Hikawa A,Yamanouchi M,Hirata Y,Ishimitsu T,Numabe A,Takagi M,Hayakawa H,Tabei F,Sugimoto T,Mise N,Omata M,Kimura K

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and renin-angiotensin system (RAS) play critical roles in the process of renal diseases, but their interaction has not been comprehensively discussed. In the present studies, we investigated the renoprotective effects of MPAK inhibitors on renal diseases in type 1 diabetic mouse...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hong Z,Hong Z,Wu D,Nie H

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effects of the in vivo endotoxin treatment of the rat on (1) the contractile responses in the subsequently isolated papillary muscle to adrenergic and cholinergic agonists and (2) the biochemical parameters (cyclic GMP, nitric oxide synthesis, protein phosphorylation and ADP-ribosyslation) in the subse...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sulakhe PV,Sandirasegarane L,Davis JP,Vo XT,Costain WJ,Mainra RR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate migration and invasion of the trophoblast cells during embryo implantation is one of the reasons for pregnancy-related complications such as intrauterine growth restriction and preeclampsia. In the present study, relevance of WNT ligands and integrins associated with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)-mediated ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chaudhary P,Malhotra SS,Babu GS,Sobti RC,Gupta SK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the classical genomic steroid actions on modulation of transcription and protein synthesis, rapid, nongenomic effects have been described for various steroids. These effects on cellular signaling and function are supposed to be transmitted by membrane binding sites unrelated to the classical intracellul...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Falkenstein E,Eisen C,Schmieding K,Krautkrämer M,Stein C,Lösel R,Wehling M

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the family of intracellular lipid binding proteins (iLBPs) have been implicated in cytoplasmic transport of lipophilic ligands, such as long-chain fatty acids and retinoids. iLBPs are low molecular mass proteins (14-16 kDa) sharing a common structural fold. The iLBP family likely arose through duplication a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Schaap FG,van der Vusse GJ,Glatz JF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is a eukaryotic posttranslational protein modification catalyzed by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), a highly conserved nuclear enzyme which uses NAD as substrate. We have previously tested PARP activity in permeabilized mononuclear blood cells (MNC) from 13 mammalian species as a function of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bürkle A,Müller M,Wolf I,Küpper JH

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases involve critical mechanisms including impaired nitric oxide (NO) levels and abnormal matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity. While NO downregulates MMP expression in some cell types, no previous study has examined whether NO downregulates MMP levels in endothelial cells. We hypothesized that N...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Meschiari CA,Izidoro-Toledo T,Gerlach RF,Tanus-Santos JE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00