Exogenous growth factors enhance the expression of cola1, cola3, and Elastin in fibroblasts via activating MAPK signaling pathway.

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：:Based on sequence relationships the cytoplasmic fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs) of mammalian origin are divided into at least three distinct types, namely the hepatic-, intestinal- and cardiac-type. Highly conserved sequences of FABPs within the same type correlate with immunological crossreactivities. Isoforms of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Spener F,Unterberg C,Börchers T,Grosse R

更新日期：1990-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) comprise a family of approximately 20 kDa guanine nucleotide-binding proteins that were discovered as one of several cofactors required in cholera toxin-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of Gs alpha, the guanine nucleotide-binding protein responsible for stimulation of adenylyl cyclase, and wa...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Welsh CF,Moss J,Vaughan M

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigated the role of Ca2+ mobilization and heterotrimeric G protein activation in mediating angiotensin II-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation signaling patterns. We demonstrate that the predominant, angiotensin II-dependent, tyrosine phosphorylation signaling patterns seen in vascular smooth muscle cells...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sayeski PP,Ali MS,Bernstein KE

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A calcium activated photoprotein, termed mnemiopsin, which emits bioluminescence upon the addition of calcium ion, has been isolated from the Ctenophore, Memiopsis leidyi, and purified by hollow fiber techniques. The system is similar to aequorin, from the jellyfish Aequorea, except that mnemiopsin can be light-inacti...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Girsch SJ,Hastings JW

更新日期：1978-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to characterize the contractile effects of vanadate on thoracic aorta rings from virgin and term-pregnant rats. Vanadate caused concentration-dependent contraction in rat aortic rings with an EC50 (concentration producing 50% maximum response) of 0.10 mM. Contractions in response to va...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： St-Louis J,Sicotte B,Breton E,Srivastava AK

更新日期：1995-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of hypercholesterolemia is a multifactorial process in which elevated plasma cholesterol levels play a central role. This study analyzed the variability of the expression and activity of myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and endothelial permeability in the artery wall of rabbits after feeding the animal...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhu HQ,Zhou Q,Jiang ZK,Gui SY,Wang Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure is a leading cause of hospitalization worldwide. No major significant improvements in prognosis have been achieved for heart failure over the last several decades despite advances in disease management. Heart failure itself represents a final common endpoint for several disease entities, including hypert...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Koch WJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant activity of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) was studied in different in vitro model systems, which enabled evaluation of both chemical and physical factors involved in assessing the role of EGCG in oxidative reactions. EGCG suppressed the initiation rate and prolonged the lag phase duration of peroxyl ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hu C,Kitts DD

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver-X-Receptor alpha (LXR-alpha) that belongs to nuclear receptor/transcriptional factor family has been recognized to play crucial role in the regulation of lipid metabolism and inflammation. Consequently, the present study was addressed to explore the functional genomics of LXR-alpha within human blood immunomodul...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kaul D,Gautam A,Sikand K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal transduction pathways control various biological processes in cells leading to distinct cellular functions. Protein-protein interactions and post-translational modifications are the physiological events that occur in signaling pathway. p38 MAPK are known to be involved in regulating wide range of cellular proce...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rini J,Anbalagan M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous publications from our laboratory, we reported that a soluble, cytochrome P-450-dependent fatty acid monooxygenase from Bacillus megaterium ATCC 14581 can be induced by phenobarbital and a variety of other barbiturates. The tested barbiturates showed an excellent correlation between increasing lipophilicity...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wen LP,Fulco AJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) are a widely used model to study the regulation of endothelial production of vasoactive substances such as endothelin-1 (ET-1) and prostacyclin (PGI2) in human. As even short term culturing is known to affect the function of many cell types, we studied whether t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ranta V,Orpana A,Mikkola T,Ylikorkala O,Viinikka L

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) regulates survival, proliferation, and differentiation of myeloid precursor cells. One of the signaling mechanisms for the G-CSF receptor (G-CSF-R) involves the activation of Ras/MAP kinase (MEK) pathway. Since Raf is an important, common link between Ras and MEK in the Ra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Deshpande RV,Moore MA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we investigated the effects of retinoic acid (RA) in Sertoli cells. Sertoli cells isolated from 15-day-old Wistar rats were previously cultured for 48 h and then treated with RA for 24 h. RA at high doses (1-10 microM) increased TBARS levels and induced a decrease in cell viability. At low doses (0.1-100 ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Conte da Frota ML Jr,Gomes da Silva E,Behr GA,Roberto de Oliveira M,Dal-Pizzol F,Klamt F,Moreira JC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gentamicin (GM) is an antibiotic whose clinical use is limited by its nephrotoxicity. Experimental evidences suggest a role of reactive oxygen species in GM-induced nephrotoxicity. In this work we explored the effect of diallyl sulfide (DAS), a garlic-derived compound with antioxidant properties, on GM-induced nephrot...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pedraza-Chaverrí J,Maldonado PD,Barrera D,Cerón A,Medina-Campos ON,Hernández-Pando R

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partial obstruction of the rabbit bladder outlet induces a rapid hypertrophy characterized by increased bladder mass, increased smooth muscle content, and increased collagen deposition. In addition, partial outlet obstruction induces decreased contractile responses to both field stimulation and postsynaptic receptor s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao Y,Chacko S,Levin RM

更新日期：1994-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The ubiquitin specific peptidase 22 (USP22) is a positive regulator of the growth of tumors. However, little is known about the impact of USP22 knockdown on the growth of human bladder cells. In the present study, we designed a series of asymmetric interfering RNAs (aiRNAs) and compared the efficacy of aiRNA and conve...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lv L,Xiao XY,Gu ZH,Zeng FQ,Huang LQ,Jiang GS

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：:The neuropathogenesis of influenza-associated encephalopathy in children and Reye's syndrome remains unclear. A surveillance effort conducted during 2000-2003 in South-West Japan reveals that almost all fatal and handicapped influenza-associated encephalopathy patients exhibit a disorder of mitochondrial beta-oxidatio...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yao D,Kuwajima M,Chen Y,Shiota M,Okumura Y,Yamada H,Kido H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenugreek and Balanites are two plants commonly used in Egyptian folk medicine as hypoglycemic agents. In the present study, the effects of 21 days oral administration of Fenugreek seed and Balanites fruit extracts (1.5 g/kg bw) on the liver and kidney glycogen content and on some key liver enzymes of carbohydrate met...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gad MZ,El-Sawalhi MM,Ismail MF,El-Tanbouly ND

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficient wound healing is a common multifactorial complication in diabetic patients, but the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved are poorly defined. In the present study, we analyzed the effects of hyperglycemia on integrins expression in rat dermal fibroblasts and addressed its role in cell adhesion and migra...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Almeida ME,Monteiro KS,Kato EE,Sampaio SC,Braga TT,Câmara NO,Lamers ML,Santos MF

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac hypertrophy in rats was produced by aortic banding for 6 weeks and regression of hypertrophy in these experimental animals was induced by administration of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, enalapril (10 mg/kg/day) for 6 weeks. The left ventricular muscle mass and systolic pressure were decrease upon tr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Makino N,Matsui H,Masutomo K,Hata T,Yanaga T

更新日期：1993-02-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone acetylation and deacetylaion play important roles in chromatin remodeling and gene expression. An imbalance of these reactions leads to aberrant behavior of the cells in the cell cycle, which in turn contributes to carcinogenesis. Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors have been shown to have anti-tumor effects...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lee KH,Choi EY,Kim MK,Kim KO,Jang BI,Kim SW,Kim SW,Song SK,Kim JR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have established that major increases in muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAchR) binding in the brain appear to coincide with synaptogenesis. The neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid NG108-15 cell line has been demonstrated to possess numerous functional characteristics of intact neurons, including synapse formatio...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ghahary A,Cheng KW

更新日期：1989-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Calpain inhibitors show the potential to serve as non-surgical alternatives in treating diabetic cataract and other types of these disorders. Here, we have tested the recently developed calpain inhibitor, SJA6017, for its ability to inhibit cataractogenesis in porcine lenses. These lenses were incubated in increasing ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Biswas S,Harris F,Singh J,Phoenix DA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CDK11(p58), a G2/M-specific protein kinase, has been shown to be associated with apoptosis in many cell lines, with largely unknown mechanisms. Our previous study proved that CDK11(p58)-enhanced cycloheximide (CHX)-induced apoptosis in SMMC-7721 hepatocarcinoma cells. Here we report for the first time that ectopic exp...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yun X,Wu Y,Yao L,Zong H,Hong Y,Jiang J,Yang J,Zhang Z,Gu J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membranous guanylate cyclase in retinal photoreceptor outer segments (ROS-GC), a key enzyme for the recovery of photoreceptors to the dark state, has a topology identical to and cytoplasmic domains homologous to those of peptide-regulated GCs. However, under the prevailing concept, its activation mechanism is signific...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bondarenko VA,Hayashi F,Usukura J,Yamazaki A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00