Abstract:
:The HIV-1 Tat protein is an RNA-binding transcriptional transactivator. Recent findings suggest that Tat associates with a cellular kinase that phosphorylates the carboxyl-terminal domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. Here we review, in brief, the role of Tat-associated kinase in Tat-activated transcription. We discuss evidence that suggests involvement of TFIIH and/or P-TEFb.
journal_name
J Biomed Scijournal_title
Journal of biomedical scienceauthors
Jeang KTdoi
10.1007/BF02253352subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-01-01 00:00:00pages
24-7issue
1eissn
1021-7770issn
1423-0127pii
jbs05024journal_volume
5pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Our goal was to develop a system to study proteins that associate in vivo with the Moloney murine leukemia virus (M-MuLV) enhancer elements by the isolation of intact proviral chromatin. The M-MuLV long terminal repeats (LTRs) contain tandemly repeated transcriptional enhancer sequences consisting of smaller motifs th...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02256602
更新日期:2001-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:LncRNA Gas5 is known to be a key control element during growth, differentiation and development in mammalian species. However, the role and function of Gas5 in growth plate chondrocytes has not been determined. METHODS:The overexpression and knockdown models of Gas5 and miR-21 in cells and animals were cons...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-018-0424-6
更新日期:2018-02-28 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The probability of local tumor control after radiotherapy (RT) remains still miserably poor in pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). Thus, understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible of tumor relapse is essential to identify personalized RT-based strategies. Contrary to what has been done so far, a correc...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-020-00683-6
更新日期:2020-08-27 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this study was to determine whether the common forms of dyslipidemia could affect either the lipid composition or insulin receptor processing (down-regulation) of erythrocytes. The study included 22 patients with type IIa hypercholesterolemia, 15 patients with type IV hypertriglyceridemia and 12 patients wi...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02253384
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4) genotype is a major risk factor for developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Inheritance of apoE4 is also associated with impairments in olfactory function in early stages of AD. In this project we examined the effects of the three common isoforms of human apoE (apoE2, ap...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1423-0127-20-49
更新日期:2013-07-12 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dengue virus (DENV), a member of the family Flaviviridae, is at present the most widespread causative agent of a human viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Despite the increasing incidence of this pathogen, there are no antiviral drugs or vaccines currently available for treatment or prevention. In a pre...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-015-0134-2
更新日期:2015-04-17 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Homeostasis of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the skin is regulated by antioxidant defenses. The inflammatory states of skin diseases which range from acute rashes to chronic conditions are related to the level of ROS. The involvement of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in restoring the antioxidant capacity can ...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-016-0226-7
更新日期:2016-01-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) reduces both invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and other pneumococcal infections worldwide. We investigated the impact of stepwise implementation of childhood PCV programs on the prevalence of pneumococcal pneumonia, severity of acute inflammation, and associations betw...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-020-00680-9
更新日期:2020-08-19 00:00:00
abstract::The present study was to investigate the effects and action mechanisms of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on steroidogenesis in rat adrenal zona glomerulosa cells (ZG). ZG cells were incubated with DHEA in the presence or absence of angiotensin II (AngII), a high concentration of potassium, 8-Br-cAMP, forskolin, 25-OH-c...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11373-008-9241-3
更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Bisphosphonates are an important class of antiresorptive drugs used in the treatment of metabolic bone diseases. Recent studies have shown that nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates induced apoptosis in rabbit osteoclasts and prevented prenylated small GTPase. However, whether bisphosphonates inhibit osteoclas...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1423-0127-21-10
更新日期:2014-02-03 00:00:00
abstract::In many solid tumor types, tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are important components of the tumor microenvironment (TME). Moreover, TAMs infiltration is strongly associated with poor survival in solid tumor patients. In this review, we describe the origins of TAMs and their polarization state dictated by the TME. W...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/s12929-019-0568-z
更新日期:2019-10-20 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The association of TGF beta1 polymorphisms and atrial fibrillation (AF) in essential hypertensive (EH) subjects remains unknown. Methods EH subjects with AF (EH+AF+) and sinus rhythm (EH+AF-) were enrolled. The polymorphisms of +869 T --> C at codon 10 and + 915 G --> C at codon 25, were genotyped. The clini...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1423-0127-17-23
更新日期:2010-03-31 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Developing brain is a major target for alcohol's actions and neurological/functional abnormalities include microencephaly, reduced frontal cortex, mental retardation and attention-deficits. Previous studies have shown that ethanol altered the lateral ventricular neuroepithelial cell proliferation. However, t...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-016-0225-8
更新日期:2016-01-19 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Fallopian tube epithelial cells (FTEC) were thought to be the origin of high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC). Knowledge of the stemness or initiating characteristics of FTEC is insufficient. Previously, we have characterized the stemness cell marker of FTEC, this study aims to further characterize the...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-019-0602-1
更新日期:2020-02-08 00:00:00
abstract::Acetylcholine (ACh), the first neurotransmitter to be identified, regulate the activities of central and peripheral functions through interactions with muscarinic receptors. Changes in muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) have been implicated in the pathophysiology of many major diseases of the central nervous sy...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1423-0127-16-38
更新日期:2009-04-03 00:00:00
abstract::Diazoxide is a selective mitochondria ATP-sensitive potassium (K(ATP)) channel opener, which has been reported to preserve the microvascular integrity of ischemia-reperfusion (I/R)-injured tissues. Our study aimed to assess diazoxide's effects on I/R-injured cremaster muscles and to further elucidate its underlying me...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11373-005-3730-4
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Mounting evidences have showed the important role of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in immunological surveillance of tumors. Some studies have also indicated human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G-associated immune escape involving TGF-β management in gastric cancer (GC). However, the mechanism underlying it ...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-015-0177-4
更新日期:2015-12-02 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Chemotherapy and targeted therapies have made important strides in cancer treatment yet they often fail and new therapies are still needed. Here, we employed a phenotypic screen to identify and analyze the mechanism of action of novel small molecules that interfere with critical pathways involved in tumor ce...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-018-0408-6
更新日期:2018-02-08 00:00:00
abstract::While virus-like particles (VLPs) containing subgenomic replicons, which can transduce replicons into target cells efficiently for studying viral replication and vectors of gene therapy and vaccine, have been established for several flaviviruses, none has been reported for the four serotypes of dengue virus, the causa...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s11373-007-9204-0
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hypoxia is an important microenvironmental factor that induces cancer metastasis. Hypoxia/hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) regulates many important steps of the metastatic processes, especially epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) that is one of the crucial mechanisms to cause early stage of tumor metastasis. T...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/1423-0127-19-102
更新日期:2012-12-14 00:00:00
abstract::The midbrain periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is an important brain region for the coordination of mu-opioid-induced pharmacological actions. The present study was designed to determine whether newly isolated mu-opioid peptide endomorphins can activate G proteins through mu-opioid receptors in the PAG by monitoring th...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02255469
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A large group of small Rab GTPases which mediate secretory and endosomal membrane transport, as well as autophagosome biogenesis, are essential components of vesicle trafficking machinery. Specific Rab protein together with the cognate effectors coordinates the dynamics of trafficking pathway and determines the cargo ...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/s12929-016-0287-7
更新日期:2016-10-06 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To mimic systemic inflammation in humans, different animal models have been developed. Since these models are still discussed controversially, we aimed to comparatively evaluate the most widely used models with respect to the systemic effects, the influence on organ functions and to the underlying pathophysi...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-017-0370-8
更新日期:2017-08-24 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Cell adhesion has been shown to induce activation of certain growth factor receptors in a ligand-independent manner. However, the mechanism for such activation remains obscure. METHODS:Human epidermal carcinoma A431 cells were used as a model to examine the mechanism for adhesion-induced activation of hepat...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1423-0127-18-78
更新日期:2011-10-27 00:00:00
abstract::Ischemia and reperfusion (I/R) - induced injury has been described as one of the main factors that contribute to the observed morbidity and mortality in a variety of clinical entities, including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, cardiac arrest and trauma. An imbalance between oxygen demand and supply, within the...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/s12929-016-0220-0
更新日期:2016-01-19 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is a proinflammatory cytokine and elevated in the regions of tissue injury and inflammatory diseases. The deleterious effects of TNF-α on fibroblasts may aggravate heart inflammation mediated through the up-regulation of adhesion molecules such as vascular cell adhesion molecu...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-015-0165-8
更新日期:2015-07-15 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is considered as an increasing major life-threatening concern among the malignancies encountered globally in females. Traditional therapy is far from satisfactory due to drug resistance and various side effects, thus a search for complementary/alternative medicines from natural sources with les...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/s12929-016-0257-0
更新日期:2016-04-16 00:00:00
abstract::The Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a hereditary disorder that predisposes an individual to benign and malignant tumors in multiple organ systems. Recently, the locus responsible for PJS was mapped genetically to the LKB1 gene, with a subsequent investigation proving that it is responsible for most cases of PJS. LKB1 ...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02256059
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hyaluronic acid (HA) is present in many tissues; its presence in serum may be related to certain inflammatory conditions, tissue damage, sepsis, liver malfunction and some malignancies. In the present work, our goal was to investigate the significance of hyaluronic acid effect on erythrocyte flow properties....
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1186/1423-0127-17-8
更新日期:2010-02-12 00:00:00
abstract::Schistosomiasis causes significant levels of morbidity and mortality in many geographical regions of the world. The disease is caused by infections with parasitic blood flukes known as schistosomes. The control of schistosomiasis over the last several decades has been centered on the mass drug administration (MDA) of ...
journal_title:Journal of biomedical science
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1186/s12929-020-0621-y
更新日期:2020-01-22 00:00:00