Effect of nifedipine administration on the functional capacity of neutrophils.

abstract：:Cervical cancer remains the second leading cause of gynecologic cancer-related mortality among women worldwide. STING (stimulator of interferon genes) was reported to be involved in the immune surveillance of tumors. However, the specific role of STING in cervical cancer remains unclear. In this study, we found that t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shi F,Su J,Wang J,Liu Z,Wang T

更新日期：2020-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether interleukin-1alpha (IL-1) would induce gene expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in cardiac myocytes and, if so, whether nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) was involved. We evaluated the VCAM-1 gene expression in cultured neonatal rat cardiac myocytes by the reverse transcrip...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hattori Y,Akimoto K,Murakami Y,Kasai K

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare the role of the Ca(2+)-receptive protein (troponin), in the characteristic myofibrillar contractile response of chicken fast and slow skeletal muscles, the troponin in both kinds of myofibrils were partially exchanged, under slightly acidic conditions. The Ca(2+)- or Sr(2+)-activation of the ATPase...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kawashima A,Shiraishi F,Ohtsuki I,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1994-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver-X-Receptor alpha (LXR-alpha) that belongs to nuclear receptor/transcriptional factor family has been recognized to play crucial role in the regulation of lipid metabolism and inflammation. Consequently, the present study was addressed to explore the functional genomics of LXR-alpha within human blood immunomodul...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kaul D,Gautam A,Sikand K

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Chronic ethanol abuse can lead to harmful consequences for the heart, resulting in systolic dysfunction, variability in the heart rate, arrhythmia, and cardiac remodelling. However, the precise molecular mechanism responsible for ethanol-induced cardiomyopathy is poorly understood. In this regard, the present study ai...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu X,Zhang D,Dong X,Zhu R,Ye Y,Li L,Jiang Y

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triplex forming oligonucleotides (TFO) are known to be potential agents for modifying gene function. In most instances they are utilized for repression of transcription. However hybrid molecules containing cis-acting elements in a duplex DNA in a hairpin form contiguously with the TFO can bind transcription factors in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ghosh MK,Katyal A,Chandra R,Brahmachari V

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-arrestin-2 is an adaptor protein that terminates G protein activation and seems to be involved in the modulation of the inflammatory response. Small hyaluronan (HA) fragments, such as 4-mer HA oligosaccharides, are known to interact with the toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4) with consequent activation of the nuclear f...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Campo GM,Avenoso A,D'Ascola A,Scuruchi M,Calatroni A,Campo S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The flux through the de novo pyrimidine biosynthetic pathway is controlled by the multifunctional protein CAD, which catalyzes the first three steps. The cell cycle dependent regulation of pyrimidine biosynthesis is a consequence of sequential phosphorylation of CAD Thr456 and Ser1406 by the MAP kinase and PKA cascade...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kotsis DH,Masko EM,Sigoillot FD,Di Gregorio R,Guy-Evans HI,Evans DR

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified by immunoblotting and ADP-ribosylation by cholera toxin and pertussis toxin the presence of Mr 43 and 46 KDa Gs alpha, and 39 and 41 KDa Gi alpha subunits in rat parotid gland plasma membranes but not in granule membranes. A Mr 28 KDa polypeptide that served as substrate for ADP-ribosylation by both...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ali N,Agrawal DK,Cheung P

更新日期：1992-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:RGPR-p117 was originally discovered as a novel protein that binds to a nuclear factor I (NFI) consensus motif TTGGC(N)(6)CC, which is present in the 5'-flanking region of the regucalcin gene (rgn). RGPR-p117 has been identified in human, rat, mouse, bovine, rabbit, and chicken livers. Phylogenetic analysis of six vert...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yamaguchi M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of our previous studies demonstrated that acute streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats evoked a decrease in skin collagen content with little effect on glycosaminoglycans (GAG) content. In our present study we employed the model of chronic diabetes in order to check its effect on skin GAG content. It was ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cechowska-Pasko M,Pałka J,Bańkowski E

更新日期：1996-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased protein kinase C (PKC) activity has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of diabetic complications, and high concentrations of glucose have been shown to increase PKC activity. The present study was designed to examine the role of PKC in diabetes-induced (and glucose-induced) cardiomyocyte dysfunc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Davidoff AJ,Davidson MB,Carmody MW,Davis ME,Ren J

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis results in life-threatening cardiovascular pathologies, including ischemic heart disease, stroke, myocardial infarction, and peripheral arterial disease. The role of increased serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and resultant accumulation of oxidized-LDL (oxLDL) in atheroma formation is well establishe...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Khwaja B,Thankam FG,Agrawal DK

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric cataract of the congenital type is the most common form of childhood blindness and it is clinically and genetically heterogeneous. Mutations in 22 different genes have been identified to be associated with congenital cataracts, and among them, eight mutants belong to αA-crystallin. To explain how mutations i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kore R,Hedges RA,Oonthonpan L,Santhoshkumar P,Sharma KK,Abraham EC

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-glutathionylation, the formation of mixed disulfides of glutathione with cysteine residues of proteins, is a broadly observed physiological modification that occurs in response to oxidative stress. Since cysteine residues are particularly susceptible to oxidative modification by reactive oxygen species, S-glutathion...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leonberg AK,Chai YC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are known as crucial regulators in the development of OC. In the current study, we aim to explore the function and molecular mechanism of lncRNA DLEU1 in OC. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was applied to determine the expression of DLEU1, miR-429, and TFAP2A i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Xu H,Wang L,Jiang X

更新日期：2020-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to find out whether administration of selenium (Se) will protect the immature heart against ischemia/reperfusion.The control pregnant rats were fed laboratory diet (0.237 mg Se/kg diet); experimental rats received 2 ppm Na(2)SeO(3) in the drinking water from the first day of pregnancy until da...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ostadalova I,Vobecky M,Chvojkova Z,Mikova D,Hampl V,Wilhelm J,Ostadal B

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the links between electrical excitation and contraction in mammalian heart muscle. Using isolated single cells from adult rat ventricle, a whole-cell voltage-clamp technique and quantitative fluorescence microscopy, we have measured simultaneously calcium current (ICa) and [Ca2+]i (with fura-2). W...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Lederer WJ,Cannell MB,Cohen NM,Berlin JR

更新日期：1989-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Both NADPH oxidase (NOX) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) are the main sources of reactive oxygen species in kidney. However, their interactions in oxidative stress and contributions to kidney fibrosis during diabetic nephropathy have not been studied. Human mesangial cells were treated with normal glucose (...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Gao L,Huang W,Li J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was addressed to understand the interrelationship between Receptor-Ck activation, mevalonate pathway and primary response genes such as c-fos, c-myc and cyclin 'D' involved in the cell cycle. The results reported here unambiguously revealed that the phosphatidic acid (generated through the activation...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kaur M,Kaul D,Sobti RC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are highly reactive transient chemical species, which play an important role in the etiology of tissue injury in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The effects of milk extract of Semecarpus anacardium Linn. nut (SA) was studied on adjuvant arthritis in rats. Ar...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ramprasath VR,Shanthi P,Sachdanandam P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SAP155 is an essential component of the spliceosome and its phosphorylation is required for splicing catalysis, but little is known concerning its function and regulation during spermatogenesis in postnatal murine testes. We report that inhibition of dual-specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation regulated kinase (DYRK) IA...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Eto K,Sonoda Y,Abe S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined the effect of fenoldopam, a known dopamine-1 receptor (DA1) agonist in order to understand its involvement in the cardiac hypertrophic process. Male Sprague-Dawley rats underwent abdominal aortic constriction (AB) with placement of a suprarenal ligature while sham operated animals served as ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ganguly PK,Mukherjee K,Sahai A

更新日期：1995-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-component solution, containing α-ketoglutaric acid (α-KG), 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), N-acetyl-seleno-L-methionine (NASeLM), and N-acetyl-L-methionine (NALM) as active ingredients, has been tested considering its supposed antioxidative effect with respect to heart transplantations. Oxidative stress was i...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Russ M,Jauk S,Wintersteiger R,Andrä M,Brcic I,Ortner A

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed whether aging augments left ventricular (LV) damage, remodeling, and dysfunction and alters expression of healing-specific-matricellular proteins (HSMPs), matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and other pertinent proteins after acute reperfused-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (RSTEMI) in the dog mode...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jugdutt BI,Palaniyappan A,Uwiera RR,Idikio H

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone-morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) play an important role in development and many cellular processes. However, their functional role in the development and progression of breast cancer is not clearly understood. In the present study, we performed a systematic expression analysis of the 14 types of BMPs in 10 human bre...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Guo D,Huang J,Gong J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation plays an important role in regulation of gene expression and is increasingly being recognized as a determinant of chemosensitivity of human cancers. With the aim of improving the chemotherapeutic efficacy of breast carcinoma, the effect of DNA methyltransferase inhibitor, 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mirza S,Sharma G,Pandya P,Ralhan R

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We firstly characterized zinc uptake phenomenon across basolateral membrane vesicles (BLMVs) isolated from normal rat kidney. The process was found to be time, temperature, and substrate concentration dependent, and displayed saturability. Zn(2+) uptake was competitively inhibited in the presence of 2 mM Cd with Ki of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kaur J,Sharma N,Attri S,Gogia L,Prasad R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction (ED) has a high incidence in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is identified as a precursor to cardiovascular events. Recent studies suggest that leptin may be the missing link between ED and CKD. The objective of this study was to investigate the mechanism by which leptin causes ED and the conn...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu B,Qiao J,Hu J,Fan M,Zhao Y,Su H,Wang Z,Yu Q,Ma Q,Li Y,Lv Z,Wang R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00