Stromal-epithelial interaction mediates steroidal regulation of metalloproteinase expression in human endometrium.

abstract：:West Nile virus, which is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes while feeding on birds and humans, has emerged as the dominant vector borne disease in North America. We have identified natural compounds from humans and birds, which are detected with extreme sensitivity by olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs) on the antennae of...

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

authors： Syed Z,Leal WS

更新日期：2009-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Band 3, the major intrinsic protein of the human erythrocyte membrane, was specifically labeled with the covalent fluorescent probe eosin isothiocyanate. The lateral mobility of labeled band 3 in the plane of the membrane under various conditions of ionic strength and temperature was examined by using the fluorescence...

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

authors： Golan DE,Veatch W

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescent trauma (AT) is a common risk factor for adult-onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, the vulnerability to AT among different individuals varies dramatically, indicating that other cofactors are important. Despite extensive studies, the identification of those cofactors has had little success. ...

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

authors： Joseph A,Tang M,Mamiya T,Chen Q,Yang LL,Jiao J,Yu N,Tang YP

更新日期：2013-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Biologists regularly search databases of DNA or protein sequences for evolutionary or functional relationships to a given query sequence. We describe a ranking algorithm that exploits the entire network structure of similarity relationships among proteins in a sequence database by performing a diffusion operation on a...

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

authors： Weston J,Elisseeff A,Zhou D,Leslie CS,Noble WS

更新日期：2004-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial barrier disruption is a major cause of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, the cellular and molecular regulation of intestinal epithelial homeostasis remains largely undefined. Here, we show that the C-type lectin receptor LSECtin (Clec4g) on macrophages is required for protection against dextran sul...

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

authors： Yang Z,Li Q,Wang X,Jiang X,Zhao D,Lin X,He F,Tang L

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Old noninbred fly mortality decreases according to the inverse linear law and reduces to a single suborder-specific age. Relative child mortality (the mortality at a given age related to the mortality at 10 years) from 1 mo to 11 years is the same with 8% mean accuracy for all humans, independent of race, country, sex...

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

authors： Azbel' MY

更新日期：1998-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:A reversible growth arrest of simian virus 40-transformed human fibroblasts has been produced by replacement of methionine in the growth medium by its immediate metabolic precursor, homocysteine, Although these arrested cells exhibit a greatly reduced cloning efficiency when plated in methionine-supplemented medium, t...

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

authors： Hoffman RM,Jacobsen SJ

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced by the mammalian host defense to kill invading bacteria and limit bacterial colonization. One main in vivo target of ROS is the thiol group of proteins. We have developed a quantitative thiol trapping technique termed OxICAT to identify physiologically...

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

authors： Leichert LI,Gehrke F,Gudiseva HV,Blackwell T,Ilbert M,Walker AK,Strahler JR,Andrews PC,Jakob U

更新日期：2008-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) activity has been attributed to the highly labile nitric oxide radical (NO). In view of the fact that the plasma and cellular milieux contain reactive species that can rapidly inactivate NO, it has been postulated that NO is stabilized by a carrier molecule that preserves its...

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

authors： Stamler JS,Simon DI,Osborne JA,Mullins ME,Jaraki O,Michel T,Singel DJ,Loscalzo J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA synthesis in isolated brain nuclei was analyzed 2.5 hr after the intravenous administration of d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to young rabbits. The drug stimulated transcription by 54% in brain stem nuclei and by 13% in cerebral hemisphere nuclei expressed over saline controls. Both nucleoplasmic and nucleolar...

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

authors： Brown IR

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bonds have only rarely been found in intracellular proteins. That pattern is consistent with the chemically reducing environment inside the cells of well-studied organisms. However, recent experiments and new calculations based on genomic data of archaea provide striking contradictions to this pattern. Our r...

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

authors： Mallick P,Boutz DR,Eisenberg D,Yeates TO

更新日期：2002-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A deficit in early clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) is crucial in nosocomial pneumonia and in chronic lung infections. Few studies have addressed the role of Toll-like receptors (TLRs), which are early pathogen associated molecular pattern receptors, in pathogen uptake and clearance by alveolar macr...

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

authors： Descamps D,Le Gars M,Balloy V,Barbier D,Maschalidi S,Tohme M,Chignard M,Ramphal R,Manoury B,Sallenave JM

更新日期：2012-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have selected from a mixture of random polynucleotides an RNA that is able to replicate in the presence of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Escherichia coli, provided the medium contains Mn(2+) and ITP, in addition to ATP, CTP, and UTP. The RNA consists of a chain of about 125 (+/-25) nucleotides and appears to ...

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

authors： Biebricher CK,Orgel LE

更新日期：1973-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear hierarchies, the classical pecking-order structures, are formed readily in both nature and the laboratory in a great range of species including humans. However, the probability of getting linear structures by chance alone is quite low. In this paper we investigate the two hypotheses that are proposed most often...

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

authors： Chase ID,Tovey C,Spangler-Martin D,Manfredonia M

更新日期：2002-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Frizzled polypeptides are integral membrane proteins that recently were shown to function as receptors for Wnt signaling molecules. Here, we report the identification of a novel, secreted 36-kDa protein that contains a region homologous to a putative Wnt-binding domain of Frizzleds. This protein, called Frizzled-relat...

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

authors： Finch PW,He X,Kelley MJ,Uren A,Schaudies RP,Popescu NC,Rudikoff S,Aaronson SA,Varmus HE,Rubin JS

更新日期：1997-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is central to calcium homeostasis and bone maintenance in vertebrates, and as such it has been used for treating osteoporosis. It acts primarily by binding to its receptor, PTH1R, a member of the class B G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) family that also includes receptors for glucagon, calci...

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

authors： Pioszak AA,Xu HE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-dependent protein kinase (PKR) is induced as part of the IFN response in mammals and acts to shut down protein synthesis by the phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2alpha (eIF2alpha). In fish, a PKR-like kinase activity has been detected, but the enzyme responsible has elude...

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

authors： Rothenburg S,Deigendesch N,Dittmar K,Koch-Nolte F,Haag F,Lowenhaupt K,Rich A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisome proliferators cause rapid and coordinated transcriptional activation of genes encoding peroxisomal beta-oxidation system enzymes by activating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) isoform(s). Since the thyroid hormone (T3; 3,3',5-triiodothyronine) receptor (TR), another member of the nuclear ho...

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

authors： Chu R,Madison LD,Lin Y,Kopp P,Rao MS,Jameson JL,Reddy JK

更新日期：1995-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice have been used to address the issue of the oncogenic potential of mutant guanine nucleotide stimulatory factor (Gs) alpha subunit in the thyroid gland. The expression of the mutant Arg-201-->His Gs alpha subunit transgene has been directed to murine thyroid epithelial cells by bovine thyroglobulin prom...

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

authors： Michiels FM,Caillou B,Talbot M,Dessarps-Freichey F,Maunoury MT,Schlumberger M,Mercken L,Monier R,Feunteun J

更新日期：1994-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Zeatin is the most active and ubiquitous of the naturally occurring cytokinins. The O-glucoside of zeatin, found in all plants examined, is considered to be important in cytokinin transport, storage, and protection against cytokinin oxidases. The enzyme UDPglucose:zeatin O-glucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.203) was previo...

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

authors： Martin RC,Mok MC,Mok DW

更新日期：1999-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently characterized corticosteroid receptor on amphibian neuronal membranes appears to mediate rapid, stress-induced changes in male reproductive behaviors. Because the transduction mechanisms associated with this receptor are unknown, we performed radioligand binding studies to determine whether this steroid r...

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

authors： Orchinik M,Murray TF,Franklin PH,Moore FL

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selective therapeutics for nuclear receptors would revolutionize treatment for endocrine disease. Specific control of nuclear receptor activity is challenging because the internal cavities that bind hormones can be virtually identical. Only one highly selective hormone analog is known for the thyroid receptor, GC-24, ...

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

authors： Borngraeber S,Budny MJ,Chiellini G,Cunha-Lima ST,Togashi M,Webb P,Baxter JD,Scanlan TS,Fletterick RJ

更新日期：2003-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens are confronted with an apparently insurmountable dilemma. Each should show a binding preference to a common enough variety of nonapeptides, so that one relevant nonapeptide can be found in at least every other viral protein to provoke a cytotoxic T-cell response....

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

authors： Ohno S

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The large class of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (aGPCRs) bind extracellular matrix or neighboring cell-surface ligands to regulate organ and tissue development through an unknown activation mechanism. We examined aGPCR activation using two prototypical aGPCRs, GPR56 and GPR110. Active dissociation of the nonco...

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

authors： Stoveken HM,Hajduczok AG,Xu L,Tall GG

更新日期：2015-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that nuclei of young embryos (to gastrula stage) promote normal development when transplanted into enucleated eggs. As development proceeds to later stages, the nuclei become increasingly restricted in their capacity to promote normal cleavage and development, and the majority of the embryos th...

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

authors： Hennen S

更新日期：1970-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication reports a modulating effect of intracellular ATP on the steady-state and kinetic properties of the delayed rectifier of the giant axon of the squid. When internally dialyzed or perfused giant axons from Loligo plei or Loligo pealei are voltage clamped at -60 mV and washed free of ATP, the potassium ...

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

authors： Bezanilla F,Caputo C,DiPolo R,Rojas H

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During development, organisms acquire three-dimensional (3D) shapes with important physiological consequences. While basic mechanisms underlying morphogenesis are known in eukaryotes, it is often difficult to manipulate them in vivo. To circumvent this issue, here we present a study of developing Vibrio cholerae biofi...

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

authors： Fei C,Mao S,Yan J,Alert R,Stone HA,Bassler BL,Wingreen NS,Košmrlj A

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of the fluorescence polarization of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene in membranes of normal, transformed, and revertant 3T3 cells allowed estimation of microviscosities (eta) of the lipid bilayers of these cells. Fluorescence polarization values observed with normal cells were significantly lower than those obser...

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

authors： Fuchs P,Parola A,Robbins PW,Blout ER

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transport of peptides across the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum for assembly with MHC class I molecules is an essential step in antigen presentation to cytotoxic T cells. This task is performed by the major histocompatibility complex-encoded transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP). Using a combinat...

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

authors： Uebel S,Kraas W,Kienle S,Wiesmüller KH,Jung G,Tampé R

更新日期：1997-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteriophage lambda integrates into the chromosome of its Escherichia coli host by means of a site-specific recombination between a locus on the phage chromosome (phage att site) and a locus on the bacterial chromosome (bacterial att site). The nucleotide sequence of four lambda att sites altered in site-specific rec...

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

authors： Hoess RH,Landy A

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00