Ischemia and reperfusion related myocardial inflammation: A network of cells and mediators targeting the cardiomyocyte.

abstract：:To further understand the role of the three conserved Val residues in insulin, B12Val, B18Val, and A3Val, five insulin mutants-[A3Ser]insulin, [B12Thr]insulin, (desB30)[B12Ser]insulin, [B18Thr] insulin, and [B18Leu]insulin--were obtained by means of site-directed mutagenesis and their receptor-binding activities as we...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Guo ZY,Tang YH,Zhang Z,Feng YM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reaction between nitric oxide ((.)NO) and oxygen yields reactive species capable of oxidizing and nitrosating proteins, as well as deaminating DNA bases. Although this reaction is considered too slow to be biologically relevant, it has been shown that membranes, lipoproteins, mitochondria and possibly proteins can...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Möller MN,Li Q,Lancaster JR Jr,Denicola A

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide is a major regulator of plant programmed cell death (PCD) but little is known about the downstream genes from the H(2)O(2)-signaling network that mediate the cell death. To address this question, a novel system for studying H(2)O(2)-induced programmed cell death in Arabidopsis thaliana was used. The ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Gechev TS,Minkov IN,Hille J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pool of Plasmodium falciparum casein kinase 1 (PfCK1) has been shown to localize to the host red blood cell (RBC) membrane and be secreted to the extracellular medium during trophozoite stage of development. We attempted to identify mechanisms for secretion of PfCK1 and its appearance on the RBC membrane. We found t...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Batty MB,Schittenhelm RB,Dorin-Semblat D,Doerig C,Garcia-Bustos JF

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial ATP-Mg/Pi carrier is responsible for the calcium-dependent regulation of adenosine nucleotide concentrations in the mitochondrial matrix, which allows mitochondria to respond to changing energy requirements of the cell. The carrier is expressed in mitochondria of fungi, plants and animals and belongs...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Harborne SPD,Kunji ERS

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women with breast cancer show altered blood glucose compartmentation compared with healthy women, with lower concentrations in plasma and similar concentrations in blood cells. The goal of this paper was to study whether this pattern was the result of changes in the erythrocyte glucose transporter and, if so, to asses...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Crespí C,Quevedo S,Roca P,Palou A

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific RNAs can function as sinks for endogenous miRNAs, known as competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs). Here, we confirm a miR-124 mediated ceRNA crosstalk between LAMC1 and CD151 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). miR-124 negatively regulates LAMC1 expression through two miRNA binding sites within its 3' untranslated...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yang ZP,Ma HS,Wang SS,Wang L,Liu T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic AMP metabolism is essential for the survival of the social amoebae Dictyostelium discoideum. Three distinct adenylyl cyclases are expressed and required for the normal development of this simple eukaryote. The adenylyl cyclase expressed during aggregation, ACA, is related to the mammalian and Drosophila G prote...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Kriebel PW,Parent CA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depurinating DNA adducts formed by aromatic hydrocarbons and catechol estrogen quinones play a major role in cancer initiation. Most of these adducts depurinate instantaneously, but some guanine adducts depurinate from DNA with half-lives of hours. We report here, that after 10 h at 37 °C, reaction of estradiol-3,4-qu...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Cavalieri E,Saeed M,Zahid M,Cassada D,Snow D,Miljkovic M,Rogan E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modern cell-free in vitro protein synthesis systems present powerful tools for the synthesis of isotope-labeled proteins in high yields. The production of selectively 15 N-labeled proteins from 15 N-labeled amino acids is particularly economic and yields are often sufficient to analyze the proteins very quickly by two...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ozawa K,Dixon NE,Otting G

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHEDs) are highly proliferative, clonogenic, and multipotent stem cells with a neural crest cell origin. This property could be a desirable option for potential therapeutic applications. In this study, we focus on the effects of Rho kinase inhibitors Y-27632 and Noggin...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Yang S,Xin C,Zhang B,Zhang H,Hao Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer seriously impairs human health and survival. Many perturbations, such as increased oxidative stress, pathogen infection, and inflammation, promote the accumulation of DNA mutations, and ultimately lead to carcinogenesis. Tea is one of the most highly consumed beverages worldwide and has been linked to improveme...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Fan X,Xiao X,Mao X,Chen D,Yu B,Wang J,Yan H

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathways for ligand entry and exit in myoglobin have now been well established by a wide variety of experimental results, including pico- to nano- to microsecond transient absorbance measurements and time-resolved X-ray crystallographic measurements. Trp insertions have been used to block, one at a time, the three...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Olson JS,Soman J,Phillips GN Jr

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tilorone hydrochloride, a low-molecular-weight synthetic compound, induces interferon production and has been reported to have both antiviral and antitumor activities. Here, we have demonstrated the ability of tilorone to activate NK cells and specific subpopulations of cytotoxic CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes that recog...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Sharapova TN,Romanova EA,Sashchenko LP,Yashin DV

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implantation is a complex developmental event that is initiated by recognition and adhesion of the embryo to the endometrial epithelium. sLeX is an oligosaccharide antigen acting as the ligand of L-selectin, and is stage-specifically expressed in the endometrial epithelium. The adhesion system mediated by L-selectin a...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Liu S,Zhang Y,Liu Y,Qin H,Wang X,Yan Q

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent model for gaining insights into the molecular basis of human mitochondrial disorders, particularly those resulting from impaired mitochondrial metabolism. Yeast is a very well characterized system and most of our current knowledge about mitochondrial biogenesis in hum...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Barrientos A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the cytM gene, which encodes cytochrome cM in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, is induced under stress conditions such as low temperature. Results of spectrophotometric studies revealed that cytochrome cM was oxidized by light absorbed by photosystem I in cells that had acclimatized to a low temperature. ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Shuvalov VA,Allakhverdiev SI,Sakamoto A,Malakhov M,Murata N

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal-type natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (NKTCL) is an aggressive malignancy with poor survival outcomes that is relatively resistant to chemotherapy. N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) modification, the most prevalent modification of eukaryotic messenger RNA, is involved in the progression of various tumors. However, it is un...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Ma H,Shen L,Yang H,Gong H,Du X,Li J

更新日期：2020-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Combining two analytical techniques, HPLC and liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry, the orientation of liposomal membrane-bound melittin was analyzed through its trypsin-digested products. We found that trypsin can access all proteolytic sites of the membrane-bound melittin when the liposomes have no transmembrane p...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Niu W,Wu Y,Sui SF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, we discuss single molecule observation of rotational catalysis by E. coli ATP synthase (F-ATPase) using small gold beads. Studies involving a low viscous drag probe showed the stochastic properties of the enzyme in alternating catalytically active and inhibited states. The importance of subunit intera...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Nakanishi-Matsui M,Sekiya M,Futai M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathophysiology of some inflammatory arterial diseases (such as vasculitis, atherogenesis and aneurysms) has been widely investigated in the last decades. Among different soluble molecules, proinflammatory cytokines (such as TNF-α, IL-1 and IL-6) were shown to trigger critical pathways regulating these arterial di...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Carbone F,Montecucco F

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate is a potent metabolic regulator in eukaryotic organisms; it affects the activity of key enzymes of the glycolytic and gluconeogenic pathways. The enzymes responsible for its synthesis and hydrolysis, 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase (PFK-2) and fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase-2) are present in re...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Michels PA,Rigden DJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains a worldwide health concern with an estimated quarter of a billion people infected and nearly half a million deaths annually. Malaria is caused by a parasite infection from Plasmodium strains which are transmitted from mosquitoes into the human host. Although several small molecule inhibitors have been ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Helton LG,Kennedy EJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotides of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are highly modified, particularly at the anticodon. Bacterial tRNAs that read A-ending codons are especially notable. The U34 nucleotide canonically present in these tRNAs is modified by a wide range of complex chemical constituents. An additional two A-ending codons are not read b...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Nilsson EM,Alexander RW

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkyl-dihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase (alkyl-DHAP synthase) is a peroxisomal enzyme that plays a key role in ether phospholipid biosynthesis. To determine the turnover of alkyl-DHAP synthase in several peroxisomal disorders, pulse-chase experiments were performed. In control fibroblasts, mature alkyl-DHAP synthase ...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Biermann J,Gootjes J,Wanders RJ,van den Bosch H

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the diarrheal disease cholera, for which biofilm communities are considered to be environmental reservoirs. In endemic regions, and after algal blooms, which may result from phosphate enrichment following agricultural runoff, the bacterium is released from biofilms resulting i...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Maestre-Reyna M,Huang WC,Wu WJ,Singh PK,Hartmann R,Wang PH,Lee CC,Hikima T,Yamamoto M,Bessho Y,Drescher K,Tsai MD,Wang AH

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction is fundamental to ischemic stroke and brain injury. The humanin analogue S14G-humanin (HNG) has been shown to be a cytoprotective derivative. In this study, we investigated the neuroprotective effects of HNG in vivo and in vitro. In a murine middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) stroke model,...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Peng T,Wan W,Wang J,Liu Y,Fu Z,Ma X,Li J,Sun G,Ji Y,Lu J,Lu H,Liu Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) signaling is a key pathway in the control of cell growth and survival. Three critical nodes in the IGF-1 signaling pathway have been described in cardiomyocytes: protein kinase Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), Ras/Raf/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and phosph...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Troncoso R,Díaz-Elizondo J,Espinoza SP,Navarro-Marquez MF,Oyarzún AP,Riquelme JA,Garcia-Carvajal I,Díaz-Araya G,García L,Hill JA,Lavandero S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, a plant-associated pathogenic bacterium, is the causal agent of foliar spots and blights in crucifers. The major outer membrane protein, Omp37, of 37 kDa, has been identified, purified to homogeneity, and its characterization has also been carried out. Native Omp37 behaved as a t...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Wang L,Zheng Y,Zhang X

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exosomes are nano-sized extracellular vesicles containing a cell-specific biologically active cargo of proteins and genetic materials. Exosomes are constitutively released from almost all cell-types and affect neighboring or distant cells through a complex intercellular exchange of the genetic information and/or regul...

journal_title：IUBMB life

authors： Zhou R,Wang L,Zhao G,Chen D,Song X,Momtazi-Borojeni AA,Yuan H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00