Cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion molecules in human heart and lung transplants.

abstract：:Using rat liver mitochondria, as model systems, we have examined the ability of the natural compound and the food-flavoring agent, vanillin to protect membranes against oxidative damage induced by photosensitization at concentrations normally used in food preparations. Vanillin, at a concentration of 2.5 mmol/L, has a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kamat JP,Ghosh A,Devasagayam TP

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase Cε (PLCε), a downstream effector of small GTPase superfamily, has been identified to play a crucial role in tumorigenesis. Previously, our studies have showed that PLCε promotes proliferation of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cells. However, the molecular mechanisms by which PLCε enhances the survival phenot...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Du HF,Ou LP,Song XD,Fan YR,Yang X,Tan B,Quan Z,Luo CL,Wu XH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, we isolated and characterized the gene encoding the 3'-Nucleotidase/Nuclease (Ld3'NT/NU) from the human pathogen, Leishmania donovani. This unique cell surface enzyme has been shown to be involved in the salvage of host-derived purines, which are essential for the survival of this important protozoan paras...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Debrabant A,Bastien P,Dwyer DM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study is designed to investigate the effect of myocardial preconditioning with oxidative stress induced by pyrogallol or H2O2, on ischaemia-reperfusion induced myocardial injury. Isolated perfused rat heart was subjected to global ischaemia for 30 min followed by reperfusion for 120 min. Coronary effluent ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sharma A,Singh M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer related deaths around the world. Due to late diagnosis and development of drug resistance in patients suffering from HCC, development of more effective therapeutic strategies is inevitable. The aim of this study was to evaluate the combined apoptotic ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ilyas A,Hashim Z,Zarina S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS-A or B) and growth hormone variant (hGH-V) are members of the human growth hormone family, and are related by structure and function to pituitary growth hormone (hGH-N). However, while the hGH-N gene is expressed specifically in the anterior pituitary, hGH-V and hCS are produ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Nickel BE,Nachtigal MW,Bock ME,Cattini PA

更新日期：1991-08-14 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：:Recently it has been demonstrated that hydroxylamine is an activator of triglyceride catabolism. We have studied the effect of hydroxylamine on isocitrate lyase activity and lipid catabolism and have noted a stimulation of isocitrate lyase biosynthesis by 5 mM hydroxylamine. The specificity of this effect was tested w...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vanni P,Vincenzini MT,Vincieri F,Baccari V

更新日期：1977-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited proteolysis of rabbit muscle phosphorylase kinase catalyzed by chymotrypsin generates a 33 kD product whose kinase activity is independent of both calcium and pH over the range of 6.8 to 8.3 (Malencik, D.A. & Fischer, E.H. Calcium and Cell Function III: 161-188, 1982). This active preparation consists of three...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Malencik DA,Zhao Z,Anderson SR

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA-125b (miR-125b) reduces myocardial infarct area and restrains myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury (I/R). In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSC)-derived exosomes carrying miR-125b on I/R rats. The myocardial I/R model in rats was constructed by ligation...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chen Q,Liu Y,Ding X,Li Q,Qiu F,Wang M,Shen Z,Zheng H,Fu G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes and peroxisomal enzyme expression were investigated biochemically and morphometrically in guinea pig intestinal epithelial cells at different stages of their migration along the crypt-villus axis. Epithelial cells were sequentially isolated along the axis and the specific activities of the peroxisomal enzy...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Phipps AN,Connock MJ,Johnson P,Burdett K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recruitment of the brown-like phenotype in white adipocytes (browning) and activation of existing brown adipocytes are currently being investigated as a means to combat obesity. Thus, a wide variety of dietary agents that contribute to browning of white adipocytes have been identified. The present study was designed t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Parray HA,Yun JW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasculogenesis was long considered to be a mechanism of blood vessel formation limited to the embryo, and not used in adult vascular repair. Similarly, myocardial proliferation was generally thought to cease in the adult. Yet there is an extensive older literature suggesting that blood might be a source of adult angio...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Schatteman GC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

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：:Partially purified D-aspartate oxidase from beef kidney has been tested in the presence of butanedione or phenylglyoxal, which specifically modify the arginine molecule. The results obtained clearly indicate that arginine residues are involved in the binding of the substrate to the active site of the enzyme. ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Crifò C,Santoro L,Rinaldi A,De Marco C

更新日期：1977-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand the mechanism underlying the transcriptional regulation of the immediate early gene TIS11, we characterized the 5'-flanking region of the rat TIS11 gene. When fused to the luciferase reporter gene, the 5.3-kb 5'-flanking region of the rat TIS11 gene exhibited functional promoter activity in pheochromocyt...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Murata T,Niimi Y,Kaneda N

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidation of semiquinone by O2 in the Q cycle is known to be one of the sources of superoxide anion (O2.-) in aerobic cells. In this paper, such a phenomenon was analyzed using the chemical kinetics model of electron transfer from succinate to cytochrome c, including coenzyme Q, the complex III non-heme iron protein F...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Demin OV,Kholodenko BN,Skulachev VP

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregna-D'-pentaranes (pentaranes) are modified progesterones with demonstrable progestational activity and contraceptive effect. We have examined the steroid binding characteristics of the two newly synthesized progesterone analogs, Pentarane A (16 alpha, 17 alpha-cyclohexanoprogesterone) and Pentarane B (6 alpha-meth...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Bhakta A,Herman M,Levina IS,Moudgil VK

更新日期：1993-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat pancreatic acinar cells AR 4-2J respond to dexamethasone by differentiation and a decreased proliferation rate. Protein labelling by [3H]-mevalonolactone, used as a precursor of farnesyl and geranylgeranyl isoprenoid groups, was increased in the presence of dexamethasone. In these same conditions, dexamethasone de...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lambert M,Bui ND

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Recently there has been a moderate resurgence in the use of flax-seed in a variety of ways including bread. The scientific basis of its use is very limited. There is some claim for beneficial effects in cancer and lupus nephritis. These claims could be due to its ability to scavenge oxygen radicals. However, its antio...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Prasad K

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The simultaneous administration of the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide (0.15 mM) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (VD3) (10 nM) synergistically induced the differentiation of HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells. Similar results were obtained using U-937 human promonocytic cells, or the topoisomerase II inhib...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Torres R,Calle C,Aller P,Mata F

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norepinephrine (NE) is involved in many cardiovascular diseases such as congestive heart failure. We have recently reported that NE had a comitogenic effect in isolated cardiac fibroblasts, and that it activated p42/p44 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK). This study was designed to characterize a possible mechani...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leicht M,Briest W,Zimmer HG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium ions variably influenced activity of highly purified thymidylate synthetase preparations from different mouse tumors, activating the enzyme from Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells and inhibiting the enzyme from L1210 and L5178Y cells and from 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (FdUrd)-resistant EAC cells. In the presen...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rode W,Jastreboff MM

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An arginase isolated from a capsulated Bacillus anthracis strain was highly purified and crystallized. The chemical and immunological characteristics of this enzyme re described. Some very important properties differ from those of another bacterial arginase, i.e. Staphylococcus aureus arginase, described in a previous...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Soru E

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular senescence is a restricting factor for regenerative therapies with somatic stem cells. We showed previously that the onset of cellular senescence inhibits the osteogenic differentiation in stem cells of the dental follicle (DFCs), although the mechanism remains elusive. Two different pathways are involved in ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Morsczeck C,Hullmann M,Reck A,Reichert TE

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in demands for Na+ transport alter expression of the Na+,K+ -ATPase subunit isoforms. In skeletal muscle, the effects of these changes on expression the alpha2 isoform, the major isoform expressed in differentiated muscle cell, is not known. Therefore, this study examines regulation of the alpha-subunit isofor...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ladka R,Ng YC

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders are caused due to misfolding and aggregation of many intra- and extracellular proteins. Protein misfolding and aggregation processes in cells are strongly regulated by cellular molecular chaperones known as heat-shock proteins (Hsps) that include Hsp60, Hsp70, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Paul S,Mahanta S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinomenine, a pure alkaloid extract from Sinomenium acutum, has anti-inflammatory and immunoregulatory functions. This study investigated the efficiency and the signalling pathways involved in the effect of sinomenine on vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) dedifferentiation in response to platelet-derived growth factor...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhu L,Hao Y,Guan H,Cui C,Tian S,Yang D,Wang X,Zhang S,Wang L,Jiang H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xanthine oxidase was purified from bovine milk-fat globule membrane by extraction with butan-1-ol, precipitation with ammonium sulphate, separation by preparative electrofocusing and chromatography on Concanavalin-A/Agarose. The enzyme had an A280/A450 ratio of 4.8 and a specific activity of 3.09. At least five to sev...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sullivan CH,Mather IH,Greenwalt DE,Madara PJ

更新日期：1982-04-16 00:00:00