Prostaglandins and the antiarrhythmic effect of preconditioning in the isolated rat heart.

abstract：:Glycyrrhizin, a major constituent of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) root, has been reported to ameliorate insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and obesity in rats with metabolic syndrome. Liver dysfunction is associated with this syndrome. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of glycyrrh...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sil R,Ray D,Chakraborti AS

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guanidino compounds of guanidinoethanesulfonic acid, guanidinoacetic acid, guanidinosuccinic acid, N-acetylarginine, beta-guanidinopropionic acid, creatinine, gamma-guanidinobutyric acid, arginine, guanidine, methylguanidine, homoarginine and alpha-guanidinoglutaric acid are present in the mammalian brain. These guani...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Hiramatsu M

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The JNK-interacting protein 3 (JIP3) is a molecular scaffold, expressed predominantly in neurons, that serves to coordinate the activation of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) by binding to JNK and the upstream kinases involved in its activation. The JNK pathway is involved in the regulation of many cellular processes...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Caswell PT,Dickens M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on two inflammatory diseases, viz., "diabetes mellitus (DM)" that causes serious complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy, and "ischemic colitis" which is evoked by DM. Ischemic colitis originates from the reduction in mesenteric blood flow to the colon with existence of the oc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ozel Y,Elcioglu HK,Cevikelli ZA,Kudas I,Ahmad S,Uzun H,Topal C,Aktas S,Kabasakal L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The astonishing growth rate of deer antlers offers a valuable model for the discovery of novel factors and regulatory systems controlling rapid tissue growth. Numerous molecules have been identified in growing antlers using a variety of techniques. However, little is known about the spatial distribution of these molec...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Deb-Choudhury S,Wang W,Clerens S,McMahon C,Dyer JM,Li C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-1beta (IL-1) is a potent inducer of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) synthesis. We previously showed that ceramide accumulates in fibroblasts treated with IL-1 and that it enhances IL-1-induced PGE2 production. The present study was undertaken to determine the mechanism(s) by which ceramide and IL-1 interact to enh...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kirtikara K,Laulederkind SJ,Raghow R,Kanekura T,Ballou LR

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromium (VI) compounds are widely recognized as human carcinogens. Extensive studies in vitro and in model systems indicate that the reactive intermediate, Cr (V), generated by cellular reduction of Cr (VI), is likely the candidate for the ultimate carcinogenic form of chromium compounds. Here we review our current u...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Liu KJ,Shi X

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate insulin action in muscle and adipose tissue in hepatic cirrhosis, a recently described animal model was used. Dimethylnitrosamine administration induced histologically proven cirrhosis. Contrary to expectation, muscle strips from cirrhotic rats displayed increased insulin sensitivity both with respect t...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Chowdhury SA,Taylor R

更新日期：1989-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of fasted rat diaphragms, previously treated with or without insulin were assayed for glycogen synthase, protein kinase and cyclic [3H]-AMP binding. Treatment with insulin produced an elevation in the % of glycogen synthase I and a concurrent decrease in cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase activity and cyclic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Walkenbach RJ,Hazen R,Larner J

更新日期：1978-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) play an important role in the development of hepatic fibrosis. Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is essential for the maturation and activity of a varied group of proteins involved in signal transduction and cell cycle regulation. In this study, we found that two Hsp90 inhibitors, VER-49009 a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sun X,Zhang XD,Cheng G,Hu YH,Wang HY

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prooxidant and antioxidant actions of Trolox were examined in an in vitro system measuring ferric ion-induced oxidation of erythrocyte membrane lipids. Trolox was found to produce a concentration-dependent biphasic effect on the ferric ion-stimulated lipid peroxidation, with the mode of action being similar to tho...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ko KM,Yick PK,Poon MK,Ip SP

更新日期：1994-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Fat cells were preincubated for 2 h in the presence and absence of growth hormone (GH) and Dexamethasone (Dex) before the addition of increasing concentrations of either epinephrine, theophylline or glucagon and final incubation of the cells for an additional 5 minutes. GH and Dex increased by 85%, 28% and 72%, respec...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Harris R,Bennun A

更新日期：1976-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-D is a crucial mediator of angiogenesis. Following myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac VEGF-D and VEGF receptor (VEGFR)-3 are significantly upregulated. In addition to endothelial cells, myofibroblasts at the site of MI highly express VEGFR-3, implicating the involvement of VE...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao T,Zhao W,Meng W,Liu C,Chen Y,Bhattacharya SK,Sun Y

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of ErbB4 receptor is correlated with the incidence of non-metastatic types of human cancers, whereas the overexpression of other ErbB receptor families (ErbB1/EGFR, ErbB2 and ErbB3) is correlated to the formation of metastatic tumors. However, the molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon has been uncl...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yumoto N,Yu X,Hatakeyama M

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccinia virus (VV) and other pathogenic poxviruses encode for a complement control protein. The VV complement control protein or VCP, was one of the first soluble microbial proteins postulated to have an active role in the immunomodulation of the host defense. Since then, 2 other poxviruses, including variola virus a...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kotwal GJ,Miller CG,Justus DE

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pre-purified preparations of myoinositol-1-phosphate synthase (E.C. 5.5.1.4) from rat testes can be purified to homogeneity by first crystallizing the enzyme according to JAKOBY and then recrystallizing it at a pH value close to the isoelectric point while slowly increasing the temperature from 0 to 15 degrees C. This...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Pittner F,Hoffmann-Ostenhof O

更新日期：1979-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical and enzymatic properties of four collagenases newly isolated from anaerobic Clostridium histolyticum, aerobic Achromobacter iophagus, and from two lower eucaryotes, the fungus Entomophthora coronata and the insect Hypoderma lineatum are reviewed. The problems of their biosynthesis and precursors, namely the e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Keil B

更新日期：1979-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has examined whether elevated glucose can induce lipid peroxidation and contribute to the inhibition of cell growth in human kidney proximal tubule(HPT) cells. HPT cells were cultured in media containing glucose concentrations of 8 mM (control), 25 mM, and 50 mM. Lipid peroxidation was assessed by the thiob...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jain SK,Morshed KM,Kannan K,McMartin KE,Bocchini JA Jr

更新日期：1996-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of oral administration of sodium orthovanadate (SOV) and Trigonella foenum graecum seed powder (TSP), a medicinal plant used extensively in Asia, on the mitochondrial metabolism in the alloxan diabetic rats has been investigated. Rats were injected with alloxan monohydrate (20 mg/100 g body wt) or vehicle (...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Thakran S,Salimuddin,Baquer NZ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to initiate the study of the functional differences between myosin alkali light chain isoforms and to investigate the mechanisms of their differential expression, we have isolated cDNA clones for two human alkali light chain isoforms. Here we report DNA sequence and RNA blotting analyses that demonstrate that...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Wade R,Feldman D,Gunning P,Kedes L

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of D-glucose was characterized in both normal dispersed rat islet cells and the 2-mercaptoethanol-dependent insulin-secreting cells of the INS-1 line. The normal and tumoral islet cells differed from one another by the relative magnitude, concentration dependency and hierarchy of the increase in the pro...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Nadi AB,Olivares E,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sildenafil citrate (Viagra) is a potent and specific inhibitor of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-specific phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), which exhibits cardioprotective action against ischemia/reperfusion injury in intact and isolated heart. The mechanism of its cardioprotective action is not completely under...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Fernandes MA,Marques RJ,Vicente JA,Santos MS,Monteiro P,Moreno AJ,Custódio JB

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:delta-Crystallin is a major structural protein of avian and reptilian lenses that is absent from the lenses of fish, amphibia and mammals. It appears to be a tetrameric protein with a native molecular weight near 200 000 (200K) and polypeptide molecular weight near 50K and 48K) (see Note added in proof). The alpha-cry...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Piatigorsky J

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNase hydrolysis of random-coil (alkaline form) poly A follows biphasic kinetics at low salt concentrations. However, its resistance to RNase increases with the ionic strength. Helical (acidic form) poly A is alos susceptible to RNase but its hydrolysis follows first-order kinetics, and its resistance increases as...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Iqbal ZM

更新日期：1975-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of foam cells from macrophages, which are formed by the differentiation of blood-borne monocytes, is a critical early event in atherogenesis. To examine how pre-exposure of monocytes to modified proteins, such as oxLDL, influences their differentiation to macrophages, an in vitro model system using isolated ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Radhika A,Sudhakaran PR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate the alterations in the levels of various proteases such as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), kallikrein, aminopeptidases, urokinase and plasmin in serum-heart and kidney and to find out whether the changes in the levels of these enzymes could explain the pathogeneses of hypert...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rajashree S,Puvanakrishnan R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an endo-β (1-4)-D: -glucuronidase, heparanase can specifically cleave carbohydrate chains of heparan sulfate (HS) and has been implicated in development of endothelial cells dsyfunction. The advanced glycation end products (AGEs) play a pivotal role in the pathology of diabetic complications. In the present study, ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： An XF,Zhou L,Jiang PJ,Yan M,Huang YJ,Zhang SN,Niu YF,Ten SC,Yu JY

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flavonoids are naturally occurring plant compounds with antioxidant properties. Their consumption has been associated with the protective effects of certain diets against some of the complications of atherosclerosis. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) oxidative modification is currently thought to be a significant event in...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Filipe P,Lança V,Silva JN,Morlière P,Santus R,Fernandes A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A membrane-bound L-asparaginase (EC 3.5.1.1) of Tetrahymena pyriformis was purified to homogeneity. The purified enzyme is a lipoprotein, since it is inactivated by phospholipase C and its activity is restored by the addition of naturally occurring lipids, such as phosphatidylcholine, triolein and oleyl acetate. The r...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Tsirka SA,Kyriakidis DA

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-specificity phosphatases (DSPs), which dephosphorylate proteins at Ser/Thr as well as Tyr residues, are thought to be involved in critical signaling events such as control of MAP kinases (MAPKs). We have isolated the cDNA for a novel DSP and termed it low molecular mass DSP-4 (LDP-4). LDP-4 is composed of 211 ami...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Takagaki K,Shima H,Tanuma N,Nomura M,Satoh T,Watanabe M,Kikuchi K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00