Serum levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D correlate with idiopathic benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

abstract：:Mitochondria are known to participate in the initiation of programmed cell death (PCD) in animals and in plants. The role of chloroplasts in PCD is still unknown. We describe a new system to study PCD in plants; namely, leaf epidermal peels. The peel represents a monolayer consisting of cells of two types: phototrophi...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Samuilov VD,Lagunova EM,Kiselevsky DB,Dzyubinskaya EV,Makarova YV,Gusev MV

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have provided evidence that mitochondrial membrane permeability transition induced by inorganic phosphate, uncouplers or prooxidants such as t-butyl hydroperoxide and diamide is caused by a Ca(2+)-stimulated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the respiratory chain, at the level of the coenzyme Q. The RO...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Vercesi AE,Kowaltowski AJ,Grijalba MT,Meinicke AR,Castilho RF

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence demonstrates that long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) sprouty4-intron transcript 1 (lncRNA SPRY4-IT1) plays a vital role in the development of breast cancer. However, the underlying mechanism has not been eventually illuminated. We aimed to explore the biological activity of lncRNA SPRY4-IT1 in breast c...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Wu H,Wang Y,Chen T,Li Y,Wang H,Zhang L,Chen S,Wang W,Yang Q,Chen C

更新日期：2018-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A model explaining quantal Ca2+ release as an intrinsic property of the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) receptor has been put forward. The model is based on the hypothesis that the IP3 receptor can catalyze a transformation of the IP3 molecule differing from its conventional metabolism. A simple kinetic mechanism is...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Kaimachnikov NP,Nazarenko VG

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus replication inhibitory peptide (carbobenzoxy-D-Phe-L-PheGly) was shown to be a potent specific inhibitor of the replication of paramyxovirus and myxovirus (Richardson, Scheid and Choppin (1980), Virology 105, 205-222). This peptide inhibits the membrane fusing activity of a viral glycoprotein. Many agents which ...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Epand RM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The large size of a 1.5-MDa ice-binding adhesin [MpAFP (Marinomonas primoryensis antifreeze protein)] from an Antarctic Gram-negative bacterium, M. primoryensis, is mainly due to its highly repetitive RII (Region II). MpAFP_RII contains roughly 120 tandem copies of an identical 104-residue repeat. We have previously d...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Vance TD,Olijve LL,Campbell RL,Voets IK,Davies PL,Guo S

更新日期：2014-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Annulus fibrosus (AF) is important to confine disc nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue during mechanical load experience. However, the knowledge on AF cell biology under mechanical load is much limited compared with disc NP. OBJECTIVE:The present study aimed to investigate responses of apoptosis and matrix metabol...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Jiang Y,Fu L,Song Y

更新日期：2019-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study established a nomogram to predict survival probability in Asian patients with LSCC. A risk prediction nomogram for patients with LSCC, incorporating easily assessable clinicopathologic factors, generates more precise estimations of the survival probability when com...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Cui J,Wang L,Zhong W,Chen Z,Tan X,Yang H,Chen J,Liu G

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracts of Paulownia tomentosa (P. tomentosa) exhibit multiple pharmacological activities. In the present study, P. tomentosa flower polysaccharides (PTFP) were extracted by water decoction and ethanol precipitation, and the immunologic modulations of PTFP against Newcastle disease (ND) vaccine was investigated i...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Yang H,Zhang P,Xu X,Chen X,Liu Q,Jiang C

更新日期：2019-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure (BP) is a known prognostic marker for mortality in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD). However, definition of the BP and its optimal values vary essentially among different MHD populations. Our purpose was to clarify these important clinical parameters in a Chinese MHD cohort. Accordingly, we re...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Wang T,Li Y,Wu H,Chen H,Zhang Y,Zhou H,Li H

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of several cardiovascular diseases. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL)-induced apoptosis, endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EndMT), and inflammation are crucial for the progression of cardiovascular diseases, including atherosclerosis. Naringin, a major compound from tomat...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Zhao H,Liu M,Liu H,Suo R,Lu C

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide sequencing of the complement system regulatory protein, factor H, permitted the synthesis of a mixed sequence oligonucleotide probe. Human liver cDNA libraries were screened and factor H-specific clones selected. No full-length clone was obtained, but the largest available clone, R2a, was found to encode the C...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Day AJ,Ripoche J,Lyons A,McIntosh B,Harris TJ,Sim RB

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte membrane is crucial to maintain the stability of erythrocyte structure. The membrane protein on the surface of erythrocyte membrane enables erythrocyte to have plasticity and pass through the microcirculation without being blocked or destroyed. Decreased deformability of erythrocyte membrane protein will l...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Wang H,Wei HW,Shen HC,Li ZZ,Cheng Y,Duan LS,Yin L,Yu J,Guo JR

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Isoliquiritigenin (ISL), a natural product isolated from licorice root, exhibits anti-gastric cancer effects. However, applications of ISL are still limited in clinical practice due to its poor bioavailability. To discovery of more effective anti-gastric cancer agents based on ISL, aldol condensation reaction was appl...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Huang F,Wang J,Xu Y,Zhang Y,Xu N,Yin L

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Wilms tumor is the most common pediatric malignancy in the kidney. The miR34b/c is a downstream target gene of the transcription factor p53. The important role of TP53 mutations, the methylation of miR34b/c, and the interaction between these two molecules in tumorigenesis have been well documented. Due to the biologic...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Wang J,Lou S,Huang X,Mo Y,Wang Z,Zhu J,Tian X,Shi J,Zhou H,He J,Ruan J

更新日期：2020-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypocaloric diet feeding reduced the mitochondrial protein content and whole tissue GDP-binding in interscapular brown adipose tissue from both virgin and lactating rats. A reduction in brown fat lipoprotein lipase activity was also detected in underfed virgin and lactating animals. These results indicate that lactati...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Villarroya F,Felipe A,Mampel T

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanism of the occurrence and development of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) has been widely explored, but has not been completely elucidated. The present study aimed to identify and analyze genes associated with PTC by bioinformatics methods. Two independent datasets were downloaded from Gene Expres...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Zhang S,Wang Q,Han Q,Han H,Lu P

更新日期：2019-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycationic amino acids induce the leakage and fusion of liposomes containing anionic lipids. We have investigated the nature and extent of the changes in membrane physical properties caused by these polypeptides which could result in the observed membrane destabilization. We found that in the range of pH 5 to pH 7 b...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Epand RM,Lim W

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most frequent histological type of lung cancer, and its incidence has displayed an upward trend in recent years. Nevertheless, little is known regarding effective biomarkers for LUAD. METHODS:The robust rank aggregation method was used to mine differentially expressed genes...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Song Y,Tang W,Li H

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A natural avermectin complex, aversectin C, was shown to be capable of exerting selective cytostatic and neurotoxic effects on mammalian cells. Specifically, it killed proliferating neuroblastoma B103 cells but was non-toxic for differentiated cells of this culture. The antiproliferation action of aversectin C was not...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Kokoz YM,Tsyganova VG,Korystova AF,Grichenko AS,Zenchenko KI,Drinyaev VA,Mosin VA,Kruglyak EB,Sterlina TS,Victorov AV

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Permeant cationic fluorescent probes are widely employed to monitor mitochondrial transmembrane potential and its changes. The application of such potential-dependent probes in conjunction with both fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy allows the monitoring of mitochondrial membrane potential in indiv...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Solaini G,Sgarbi G,Lenaz G,Baracca A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of the present study was to explore the function and mechanism of tensin 1 (TNS1) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progression. METHODS:The expression of TNS1 in NSCLC cells and tissues was assessed by RT-PCR and Western blot. Besides, Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was recruited to explore the as...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Duan J,Wang L,Shang L,Yang S,Wu H,Huang Y,Miao Y

更新日期：2021-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CXCL8, a member of CXC chemokines, was constitutively expressed in many types of human cancers, and its overexpression has been shown to play a critical role in promoting tumorigenesis. The purpose of the present study was to determine CXCL8 expression in a commercial human liver tissue microarray, and elucidate the e...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Yang S,Wang H,Qin C,Sun H,Han Y

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:PU box binding protein (PU.1) is a critical transcription factor involved in many pathological processes. However, its exact role in activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and liver fibrosis was rarely reported. Here, we found that, in HSCs of PU.1+/- mice, Sirt1 mRNA expression was not changed but Sirt1 protein ...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Liu Q,Zhang Y,Yang S,Wu Y,Wang J,Yu W,Liu Y

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to gain information on the metabolism of dolichol, the rates of excretion of dolichol and dolichyl phosphate were determined in rats maintained on a dolichol-free diet for 10 days. Analysis of fecal samples collected every 48 h yielded mean output values of 9.0 +/- 1.4 and 20.7 +/- 3.0 micrograms/rat/day of d...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Connelly LW,Keller RK

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca-ATPase activity in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) membranes isolated from skeletal muscles of the typical hibernator, the ground squirrel Spermophilus undulatus, is about 2-fold lower than that in SR membranes of rats and rabbits and is further decreased 2-fold during hibernation. The use of carbocyanine anionic dye S...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Malysheva AN,Storey KB,Lopina OD,Rubtsov AM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that causes life-threatening meningitis primarily in immunocompromised individuals. In order to survive and proliferate during infection, C. neoformans must adapt to a variety of stresses it encounters within the host. Patient outcome depends on the interacti...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Altamirano S,Jackson KM,Nielsen K

更新日期：2020-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The proton conductance of the mitochondrial inner membrane can be quantified by applying Ohm's law to the experimentally determined protonmotive force and the proton current flowing around the proton circuit in the absence of ATP synthesis or ion transport. This last parameter is derived from the rate of State 4 respi...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Nicholls DG

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding cell migration in a 3D microenvironment is essential as most cells encounter complex 3D extracellular matrix (ECM) in vivo Although interactions between cells and ECM have been studied previously on 2D surfaces, cell migration studies in 3D environment are still limited. To investigate cell migration und...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Hui J,Pang SW

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the intramembranal ion traffic in apoptotic 3T6 cells in culture. Apoptosis was induced by various treatments, such as serum deprivation, high density growth and hydrogen peroxide at subnecrotic doses. Cell death was assessed by nucleosomal DNA fragmentation, single cell electrophoresis, immunoflu...

journal_title：Bioscience reports

authors： Bonincontro A,Iacoangeli A,Melucci-Vigo G,Risuleo G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00