Aspartic acid residue 124 in the third transmembrane domain of the somatostatin receptor subtype 3 is essential for somatostatin-14 binding.

abstract：:Diabetes is a worldwide health problem with increasing prevalence. Some reports indicate the interplay between bone and glucose metabolism. The imbalance between bone resorption and formation resulted in the structural integrity and strength of bone. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and its agonists (Liraglutide) have ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Gao L,Li SL,Li YK

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD36, a surface membrane glycoprotein, functions as a class B scavenger receptor that binds to several distinct ligands. Included among these is oxidized low-density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL), a major trigger of atherosclerotic lesions, and the levels of CD36 activity and Ox-LDL uptake may have an impact on coronary artery...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Thorne RF,Zhang X,Song C,Jin B,Burns GF

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T cells express HLA class II molecules upon activation. The factors that regulate the induction of expression of these molecules are for the most part unknown. Here we report preliminary results indicating that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) regulates the induction of cell-surface HLA-DR, DO, and DP mol...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Kamoun M,Zerva L,Sloan S,Zmijewski C,Monos D,Trinchieri G

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the role of polymorphic variants of apolipoprotein E (APOE) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPARD) genes in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD), and the PPARD and APOE gene-gene interaction in a Turkish population. This study was carried out usin...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Yılmaz-Aydogan H,Kucukhuseyin O,Kurnaz O,Akadam-Teker B,Kurt O,Tekeli A,Ozturk O,Isbir T

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has suggested that microRNAs play important roles in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and are involved in drug resistance. miR-21-5p was overexpressed in a variety of cancers and promoted the tumorigenesis; however, the function of miR-21-5p in HCC still remains unknown. In this ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chen S,Yang C,Sun C,Sun Y,Yang Z,Cheng S,Zhuge B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA condensed agents can improve the transfection efficiency of the cationic liposome delivery system. However, various condensed agents have distinct transfection efficiency and cellular cytotoxicity. The object of this study was to screen the optimal agents with the high transfection efficiency and low cytotoxicity ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wang J,Ye X,Ni H,Zhang J,Ju S,Ding W

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disruption of cell-matrix interactions can lead to anoikis-apoptosis due to loss of matrix contacts. We previously showed that Nerve/glial antigen 2 (NG2) is a novel anoikis receptor. Specifically, overexpression of NG2 leads to anoikis propagation, whereas its suppression leads to anoikis attenuation. Interestingly, ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Joo NE,Miao D,Bermúdez M,Stallcup WB,Kapila YL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced the cDNA corresponding to the rat preproepidermal growth factor (ppEGF) mRNA. The cDNA contained 4,801 nucleotides, similar to that reported for the mouse (4,749 nucleotides) and the human mRNAs (4,871 nucleotides). The predicted protein sequence would contain 1,133 amino acids, smaller th...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Saggi SJ,Safirstein R,Price PM

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNA) are a class of small noncoding RNA molecules that have been implicated in a wide variety of cellular functions through post-transcriptional regulations on target genes. Common genetic variants (single-nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs) in pre-miRNA genes may alter their expression and/or maturation effe...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Mittal RD,Gangwar R,George GP,Mittal T,Kapoor R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ADH1A, ADH1B, and ADH1C genes encode alcohol dehydrogenases (ADHs) that metabolize ethanol. They evolved by recent tandem duplications and have similar proximal cis-acting elements, but differ in tissue-specificity. We hypothesized that distal cis-acting elements confer tissue-specificity. In this article, w...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chen HJ,Carr K,Jerome RE,Edenberg HJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNAs encoding the human bone morphogenetic proteins BMP-2 and BMP-4 in an eukaryotic expression vector were permanently transferred into the murine mesenchymal progenitor cell line C3H10T1/2. Originally, these cells are known to differentiate into myotubes, adipocytes, and chondrocytes upon the addition of azacyt...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ahrens M,Ankenbauer T,Schröder D,Hollnagel A,Mayer H,Gross G

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The upstream transcription control region of the rat alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) gene was analyzed using transient expression of CAT genes in HepG2 cells which express the gene; H4C3 cells which repress the AFP gene but express the albumin gene; and four nonexpressing cell lines. Deletion analysis based on the DNA sequenc...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wen P,Groupp ER,Buzard G,Crawford N,Locker J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation plays an essential role in carcinogenesis. Promoter hypermethylation can result in transcriptional silencing of specific genes, such as tumor suppressors. Thus far, few reports have investigated the effect of curcumin, an active component of the perennial herb Curcuma longa, on DNA methylation. In the ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wu B,Yao X,Nie X,Xu R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) plays a major role in development and metabolism. Currently, the cDNA-derived primary structure of IGF-I is known for some mammals and for chicken, frog, and salmon. Additionally, the organization of the human, rat, and chicken IGF-I genes has been established. The investigation of...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Kavsan VM,Koval AP,Grebenjuk VA,Chan SJ,Steiner DF,Roberts CT Jr,LeRoith D

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of overlapping cDNAs coding for mouse prothrombin (coagulation factor II) have been isolated and the composite DNA sequence has been determined. The complete prothrombin cDNA is 1,987 bp in length [excluding the poly(A) tail] and codes for 18 bp of 5' untranslated sequence, an open reading frame coding for 61...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Degen SJ,Schaefer LA,Jamison CS,Grant SG,Fitzgibbon JJ,Pai JA,Chapman VM,Elliott RW

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of p53 in mediating nitric oxide (NO)-induced cell death remains uncertain. The exogenous NO donor S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) produced a concentration-dependent reduction in cell viability in embryonic chick cardiomyocytes in culture. Western blotting and immunocytochemistry for p53 showed that p53 was incre...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Klassen SS,Rabkin SW

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of growth factors, proteolytic enzymes, fibrogenic factors, and cytokines is altered in the Helicobacter pylori-infected gastric mucosa. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the association of functional promoter variants of transforming growth factor (TGF)-B1 and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7 genes with ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Achyut BR,Ghoshal UC,Moorchung N,Mittal B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of premature ovarian failure (POF), a condition causing amenorrhea and hypergonadotropic hypoestrogenism in women before the age of 40, has been increasing in recent years. As an irreversible pathological change, improved treatment strategies for this disease are urgently needed. In this study, a type of...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Liu T,Qin W,Huang Y,Zhao Y,Wang J

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palindromati, the massive host-edited synthetic palindromic contamination found in GenBank, is illustrated and exemplified. Millions of contaminated sequences with portions or tandems of such portions derived from the ZAP adaptor or related linkers are shown (1) by the 12-bp sequence reported elsewhere, exon Xb, 5' CC...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Castro-Chavez F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have screened an Aplysia atrial gland cDNA library using a prohormone convertase (PC)1 probe prepared by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and have isolated an Aplysia PC1-related full-length 3.6-kb cDNA clone. The cDNA sequence (3,565 bp) encoded a putative preproendoprotease (APC1) of 703 amino acid residues that s...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Gorham EL,Nagle GT,Smith JS,Shen H,Kurosky A

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production is regulated by growth factors and inflammatory cytokines, and VEGF plays a role in migraine. We examined for the first time whether three functional polymorphisms in the promoter region of VEGF gene (C(-2578)A, G(-1154)A, and G(-634)C) and VEGF haplotypes are assoc...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Gonçalves FM,Martins-Oliveira A,Speciali JG,Izidoro-Toledo TC,Luizon MR,Dach F,Tanus-Santos JE

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice expressing interleukin-12 (IL-12) under the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) promoter were evaluated for their sensitivity to herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection of the cornea. There was a modest but significant decrease in the infiltration of mononuclear cells in the cornea of the GFAP...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Carr DJ,Ash J,Al-Khatib K,Campbell IL

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is known for its ability to infect immune cells, including T-cells and macrophages. The 96-amino acid Vpr, a virion-associated protein, is essential for viral replication in monocytes/macrophages and increases viral replication in primary and established T-cell lines. The Vp...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Muthumani K,Montaner LJ,Ayyavoo V,Weiner DB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play important roles in the development of human cancers. This is the first case-control study of the association between specific polymorphisms in lncRNA genes and the risk of lung cancer, as well as the gene-environment interaction between the polymorphisms and cooking oil fume exposure...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Gao M,Li H,Lv X,Zhou B,Yin Z

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The search for new chemotherapeutics unaffected by efflux pumps would significantly increase life expectancy in patients with malignant cancers. In this study, butylcycloheptylprodigiosin and undecylprodigiosin were HPLC-purified and verified, using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Cell cytotoxicity and transp...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Mirzaei SA,Safari Kavishahi M,Keshavarz Z,Elahian F

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, efficient procedure for cross-linking two complementary oligonucleotides, which does not require chemical modification of either oligonucleotide, is described. One of the oligonucleotides is first converted to the 5'-phosphorothioate derivative with polynucleotide kinase. It is then incubated with its comple...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chu BC,Orgel LE

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoter elements located up to 2 kb upstream of the apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) gene are necessary for apoA-I expression in liver and intestine cells in tissue culture. In transgenic mice, a distal enhancer located between the apoA-IV and apoC-III genes is additionally necessary for tissue-specific expression of apoA...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Jones DR,Leffak M

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant baculovirus vAc beta hCG-luc was constructed that carried the cDNAs encoding firefly luciferase (luc) and beta-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (beta hCG) placed under the transcriptional control of individual copies of the baculovirus polyhedrin gene promoter. The simple, rapid, and sensitive det...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Hasnain SE,Nakhai B,Ehtesham NZ,Sridhar P,Ranjan A,Talwar GP,Jha PK

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a serious neurodegenerative disorder that lacks effective therapeutic methods. In this research, expressions of PPARα, RXRα, and miR-21 were evaluated in PD patients and normal controls. To investigate the effects of miR-21, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and aspirin (ASA) on PD, as well as the...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Fu Y,Zhen J,Lu Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenic strains of Vibrio cholerae that cause acute enteric infections in humans are derived from environmental nonpathogenic strains. To track the evolution of pathogenic V. cholerae and identify potential precursors of new pathogenic strains, we analyzed 324 environmental or clinical V. cholerae isolates for ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Rahman MH,Biswas K,Hossain MA,Sack RB,Mekalanos JJ,Faruque SM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00