Silencing of the E-cadherin invasion-suppressor gene by CpG methylation in human carcinomas.

abstract：:Gold nanoparticles (NPs) wrapped in a membrane can be utilized as artificial virus nanoparticles (AVNs) that combine the large nonblinking or bleaching optical cross-section of the NP core with the biological surface properties and functionalities provided by a self-assembled lipid membrane. We used these hybrid nanom...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Xu F,Bandara A,Akiyama H,Eshaghi B,Stelter D,Keyes T,Straub JE,Gummuluru S,Reinhard BM

更新日期：2018-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The retroviral integrase protein (IN) is responsible for catalyzing a concerted integration reaction in which the two termini of linear viral DNA are joined to host DNA. To probe the potential for IN to form protein multimers, we used the yeast two-hybrid system. The coexpression of a GAL4 DNA binding domain-IN fusion...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kalpana GV,Goff SP

更新日期：1993-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Injection of 3':5'-cyclic AMP (cAMP) into larvae of the fly Sarcophaga bullata 3-4 hr before the beginning of puparium formation (red-spiracle stage) greatly accelerates the onset of tanning without affecting initiation of puparium formation (anterior retraction). Accelerated tanning resembles real tanning in two impo...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fraenkel G,Blechl A,Blechl J,Herman P,Seligman MI

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lateral inhibition is the ubiquitous strategy used by visual neurons for spatial resolution throughout the animal kingdom. It has been a puzzle whether lateral inputs in retinal bipolar cells are mediated by the horizontal cell (HC)-cone feedback synapse, by the HC-bipolar cell feedforward synapse, or by both. By bloc...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Yang XL,Wu SM

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell mechanics plays a role in stem cell reprogramming and differentiation. To understand this process better, we created a genetically encoded optical probe, named actin-cpstFRET-actin (AcpA), to report forces in actin in living cells in real time. We showed that stemness was associated with increased force in actin....

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Guo J,Wang Y,Sachs F,Meng F

更新日期：2014-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the human beta amyloid peptide (A beta) in transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans animals can lead to the formation of intracellular immunoreactive deposits as well as the formation of intracellular amyloid. We have used this model to identify proteins that interact with intracellular A beta in vivo. Mass spe...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Fonte V,Kapulkin WJ,Taft A,Fluet A,Friedman D,Link CD

更新日期：2002-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor promoter 12-O-tetra-decanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) has been defined by its ability to promote tumorigenesis on carcinogen-initiated mouse skin. Activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling has a decisive role in mouse skin carcinogenesis, but it remains unclear how TPA activates Wnt/β-catenin signaling in mouse s...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Su Z,Song J,Wang Z,Zhou L,Xia Y,Yu S,Sun Q,Liu SS,Zhao L,Li S,Wei L,Carson DA,Lu D

更新日期：2018-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 2 (IL-2) occupies a central position in the cascade of events involved in the immune response. We were interested in determining whether IL-2 could function as an adjuvant to vaccination, to increase the immune response to vaccine immunogens. Using the National Institutes of Health test for rabies vaccine ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nunberg JH,Doyle MV,York SM,York CJ

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mouse, axons of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) that express the same odorant receptor (OR) gene coalesce into one or a few glomeruli in the olfactory bulb. The positions of OR-specific glomeruli are traditionally described as stereotyped. Here, we have assessed quantitatively the positions of OR-specific glom...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Zapiec B,Mombaerts P

更新日期：2015-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenogeneic monoclonal antibodies were prepared to the murine interleukin 2 (IL-2)-dependent HT2 cell line. One rat IgM monoclonal antibody (7D4) was identified that inhibited proliferation of the HT2 cells and of IL-2-dependent CTLL cells in the presence of crude rat IL-2 as well as of purified human IL-2. The level o...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Malek TR,Robb RJ,Shevach EM

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurodegenerative diseases and noxious stimuli to the brain enhance transcription of serum- and glucocorticoid-induced kinase-1 (SGK1). Here, we report that the SGK1 gene encodes a brain-specific additional isoform, SGK1.1, which exhibits distinct regulation, properties, and functional effects. SGK1.1 decreases expres...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Arteaga MF,Coric T,Straub C,Canessa CM

更新日期：2008-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the molecular mechanism of frameshift suppression by the SUF2 gene of yeast, the sequences of DNA fragments carrying the SUF2-1 and suf2+ alleles of the gene and surrounding regions have been determined. Comparison of the suppressor and wild-type sequences indicates that the SUF2 gene product is a proline...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Cummins CM,Donahue TF,Culbertson MR

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have reported age-related changes in immune responses that could be due to alterations in lymphoid cell numbers or functions. Here we report the results of studies using immunofluorescent staining and in vitro assays of cellular function to compare the expression of cell surface antigens on lymphocytes fr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Sidman CL,Luther EA,Marshall JD,Nguyen KA,Roopenian DC,Worthen SM

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tropospheric O(3) and sulfate both contribute to air pollution and climate forcing. There is a growing realization that air quality and climate change issues are strongly connected. To date, the importance of the coupling between O(3) and sulfate has not been fully appreciated, and thus regulations treat each pollutan...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Unger N,Shindell DT,Koch DM,Streets DG

更新日期：2006-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The challenging problem of ultra-high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and small-scale portable power generation is addressed here using a distinctive thermophotovoltaic energy conversion mechanism and chip-based system design, which we name the microthermophotovoltaic (μTPV) generator. The approach is predicted to be...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chan WR,Bermel P,Pilawa-Podgurski RC,Marton CH,Jensen KF,Senkevich JJ,Joannopoulos JD,Soljacic M,Celanovic I

更新日期：2013-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular analyses of Na,K-ATPase abundance and alpha-subunit isoform distribution were performed to determine whether pump expression varies at different points through the thickness of the circular layer of colonic smooth muscle. The mRNA and polypeptides of Na,K-ATPase alpha 1 and beta subunits were twice as abunda...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Burke EP,Sanders KM,Horowitz B

更新日期：1991-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-coated latex beads (Ab-beads) were attached to Leptospira interrogans serovars illini 3055 and icterohaemorrhagiae SC1157. The movement of the Ab-beads relative to the motion of the cells was observed by direct darkfield microscopy or was recorded on videotape. When the Ab-beads were attached to the front end...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Charon NW,Lawrence CW,O'Brien S

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence is given for the existence of an electron transport pathway to oxygen in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts (chlororespiration). Plastoquinone is shown to be a redox carrier common to both photosynthetic and chlororespiratory pathways. It is shown that, in dark-adapted chloroplasts, an electrochemical gr...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Bennoun P

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Egg activation is the process in which mature oocytes are released from developmental arrest and gain competency for embryonic development. In Drosophila and other arthropods, eggs are activated by mechanical pressure in the female reproductive tract, whereas in most other species, eggs are activated by fertilization....

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hu Q,Wolfner MF

更新日期：2019-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) neuropathological hallmarks include senile plaques with aggregated amyloid beta as a major component, neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) containing truncated and hyperphosphorylated Tau, extensive neuronal loss, and chronic neuroinflammation. However, the key molecular mechanism that dominates the ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Wang H,Liu X,Chen S,Ye K

更新日期：2018-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We advance a theory of resilience as it applies to the challenges of international development. The conceptualization we advance for development resilience focuses on the stochastic dynamics of individual and collective human well-being, especially on the avoidance of and escape from chronic poverty over time in the f...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Barrett CB,Constas MA

更新日期：2014-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In many of their compounds the transition metals have covalence 9, forming nine bonds with use of nine hybrid spd bond orbitals. A set of maximum-valence single-bond radii is formulated for use in these compounds. These radii are in reasonably good agreement with observed bond lengths. Quadruple bonds between two tran...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Pauling L

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infectious RNA transcripts were generated from full-length cDNA clones of the tobacco etch potyvirus genome containing an insertion of the bacterial beta-glucuronidase (GUS) gene between the polyprotein-coding sequences for the N-terminal 35-kDa proteinase and the helper component-proteinase. The recombinant virus was...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Dolja VV,McBride HJ,Carrington JC

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the extensive literature on phytochrome mutants in the Ler accession of Arabidopsis, we sought to secure a phytochrome-null line in the same genetic background for comparative studies. Here we report the isolation and phenotypic characterization of phyABCDE quintuple and phyABDE quadruple mutants in the Ler...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Hu W,Franklin KA,Sharrock RA,Jones MA,Harmer SL,Lagarias JC

更新日期：2013-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported the hemochromatosis-like phenotype observed in our Usf2 knockout mice. In these mice, as in murine models of hemochromatosis and patients with hereditary hemochromatosis, iron accumulates in parenchymal cells (in particular, liver and pancreas), whereas the reticuloendothelial system is spared fro...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Nicolas G,Bennoun M,Porteu A,Mativet S,Beaumont C,Grandchamp B,Sirito M,Sawadogo M,Kahn A,Vaulont S

更新日期：2002-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Many models of morphogenesis are forced to assume specific mechanical properties of cells, because the actual mechanical properties of living tissues are largely unknown. Here, we measure the rheology of epithelial cells in the cellularizing Drosophila embryo by injecting magnetic particles and studying their response...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Doubrovinski K,Swan M,Polyakov O,Wieschaus EF

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Public responses where identical T cell receptors (TCRs) are clonally dominant and shared between different individuals are a common characteristic of CD8(+) T cell-mediated immunity. Focusing on TCR sharing, we analyzed approximately 3,400 TCR beta chains (TCRbetas) from mouse CD8(+) T cells responding to the influen...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Venturi V,Kedzierska K,Price DA,Doherty PC,Douek DC,Turner SJ,Davenport MP

更新日期：2006-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although normal fatty acids (FAs) are degraded via β-oxidation, unusual FAs such as 2-hydroxy (2-OH) FAs and 3-methyl-branched FAs are degraded via α-oxidation. Phytosphingosine (PHS) is one of the long-chain bases (the sphingolipid components) and exists in specific tissues, including the epidermis and small intestin...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Kitamura T,Seki N,Kihara A

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:CR1 is a short interspersed repetitive DNA element originally identified in the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus). However, unlike virtually all other such sequences described to date, CR1 is not confined to one or a few closely related species. It is probably a ubiquitous component of the avian genome, having been det...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Chen ZQ,Ritzel RG,Lin CC,Hodgetts RB

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described an antigen-specific I-Ad-restricted T-cell hybridoma, A1.1, that constitutively releases an antigen-specific immunoregulatory activity into supernatants. Using retrovirally mediated gene transfer, we have found that transfer of the T-cell receptor alpha chain (TCR alpha) gene from A1.1 to ...

journal_title：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

authors： Green DR,Bissonnette R,Zheng HG,Onda T,Echeverri F,Mogil RJ,Steele JK,Voralia M,Fotedar A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00