NADH-ferric reductase activity associated with dihydropteridine reductase.

abstract：:We have examined the effect of hypoxia and nutrient depletion on the growth of human neuroblastoma cells with normal or enhanced expression of the N-myc oncogene. The combination of both conditions reduced the growth of neuroblastoma cells with normal N-myc expression. However, this effect was much more pronounced in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rössler J,Schwab M,Havers W,Schweigerer L

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The reactivation of mitochondrial ATPase by acidic and isoelectric phospholipids was studied comparatively with two purified enzyme preparations exhibiting different gel electrophoretic patterns: the preparation of Serrano et al. (1976, J. Biol. Chem. 251, 2453-2461) and the complex V of Galante et al. (1979, J. Biol....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dabbeni-Sala F,Palatini P

更新日期：1985-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting the BCR-ABL oncoprotein in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) are remarkably effective inducing deep molecular remission in most patients. However, they are less effective to eradicate the leukemic stem cells (LSC), resulting in disease persistence. Therefore, there is great need to de...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dolinska M,Piccini A,Wong WM,Gelali E,Johansson AS,Klang J,Xiao P,Yektaei-Karin E,Strömberg UO,Mustjoki S,Stenke L,Ekblom M,Qian H

更新日期：2017-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial strains were isolated from the pig colon to screen for phytase and acid phosphatase activities. Among 93 colonies, Colony 88 had the highest activities for both enzymes and was identified as an Escherichia coli strain. Using primers derived from the E. coli pH 2.5 acid phosphatase appA sequence (Dassa et al....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rodriguez E,Han Y,Lei XG

更新日期：1999-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chondrocyte mechanotransduction in response to mechanical loading is essential for the health and homeostasis of articular cartilage. The actin cytoskeleton has been implicated in cell mechanics and mechanotransduction. This study tests the hypothesis that loading modulates actin dynamics and organisation with subsequ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Campbell JJ,Blain EJ,Chowdhury TT,Knight MM

更新日期：2007-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The intensity of the fluorescence emission of the fluorescent 1,4-dihydropyridine (DHP) derivative felodipine increased upon binding to both isolated cardiac sarcolemma (SLM) and skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) preparations, the latter containing SR-transversal tubule junctional diads and triads. The fluor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minarovic I,Mészáros LG

更新日期：1998-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine catabolism is considered to be an important metabolic pathway for cancer cells. Glutaminase (GLS) is the important rate-limiting enzyme of glutamine catabolism. miR-137 functions as a tumor suppressor in many human malignant tumors. However, the role and molecular mechanism of miR-137 and GLS in malignant me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luan W,Zhou Z,Zhu Y,Xia Y,Wang J,Xu B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms underlying ultrasound-induced apoptosis remain poorly understood. We have demonstrated that in Jurkat cells, the over-expression of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 inhibited ultrasound-induced apoptosis, but not necrosis. Inhibition of caspase activity also protected the cells from apoptosis,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinoshita M,Eguchi Y,Hynynen K

更新日期：2007-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro, survival and function of rat pancreatic β-cells are optimally preserved in the presence of 10 mmol/l glucose (G10) and markedly altered by prolonged culture at either 2 mmol/l glucose (G2) or 30 mmol/l glucose (G30). The increase in islet cell apoptosis in G2 and G30 vs. G10 is preceded by parallel increases...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Duprez J,Jonas JC

更新日期：2011-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified human decapping enzyme 2 (hDCP2) as a binding protein with Ro52, being colocalized in processing bodies (p-bodies). We also showed that the N-terminus and C-terminus of Ro52 bound to hDCP2. Moreover, Ro52 enhanced decapping activity of hDCP2 in a dose-dependent manner. Our data support the novel notion o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamochi T,Ohnuma K,Hosono O,Tanaka H,Kanai Y,Morimoto C

更新日期：2008-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Paclitaxel (PTX) is a cytotoxic chemotherapy drug with encouraging activity in human malignancies. However, free PTX has a very low oral bioavailability due to its low aqueous solubility and the gastrointestinal drug barrier. In order to overcome this obstacle, we have designed erythrocyte membrane nanoparticles (EMNP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang X,Wang K,Zhou Z,Zhang Y,Sha H,Xu Q,Wu J,Wang J,Wu J,Hu Y,Liu B

更新日期：2017-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme is central to oxygen sensing and utilization in all living organisms. It directly regulates numerous molecular and cellular processes for systems that sense or use oxygen. In mammals, heme plays an indispensable role in erythroid cell differentiation. To investigate heme regulatory functions, we identified, by di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu Y,Hon T,Zhang L

更新日期：1999-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol is one of the lipids that construct thylakoid membranes, and is distributed from cyanobacteria to plastids in plants including a red lineage. One of the most primitive red algae, Cyanidioschyzon melorae, similar to cyanobacteria and green plants, possesses homologs of the SQD1 and SQD2 g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sato N,Kobayashi S,Aoki M,Umemura T,Kobayashi I,Tsuzuki M

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Discoidin domain receptor 2 (DDR2) is a receptor tyrosine kinase that is activated by fibrillar collagens. DDR2 regulates cell proliferation, cell adhesion, migration, and extracellular matrix remodeling. The decrement of endogenous DDR2 represses osteoblastic marker gene expression and osteogenic differentiation in m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawai I,Hisaki T,Sugiura K,Naito K,Kano K

更新日期：2012-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Human myogenic cells have limited ability to proliferate in culture. Although forced expression of telomerase can immortalize some cell types, telomerase alone delays senescence of human primary cultured myogenic cells, but fails to immortalize them. In contrast, constitutive expression of both telomerase and the E7 g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto N,Kiyono T,Wada MR,Shimizu S,Yasumoto S,Inagawa M

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA replication mechanisms are poorly understood in most of trypanosomatids, in particular the replication of the peculiar mitochondrial DNA, the kinetoplast DNA (kDNA). To contribute to the knowledge on the mechanism of kDNA replication in Trypanosoma cruzi, we have previously characterized the Universal Minicircle S...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Coelho ER,Rodrigues Dde C,Urményi TP,Rondinelli E,Silva R

更新日期：2006-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3' untranslated region (UTR) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is believed to function in the initiation and regulation of viral RNA replication and protein translation by interacting with the viral and host components. To examine host proteins interacting with the HCV 3'UTR, biotinylated 3'(+)UTR, and its reverse co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tingting P,Caiyun F,Zhigang Y,Pengyuan Y,Zhenghong Y

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A biological synthesis of phosphocitrate is described from precursors, citrate and adenosinetriphosphate reacting in the presence of rat liver homogenate. Identity of the newly formed product was examined by enzymatic digestion of reactions mixtures, HPLC chromatography and 1H-NMR spectra. Authenticity of product was ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moro L,Stagni N,Luxich E,Sallis JD,de Bernard B

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic administration of 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) facilitates the development of select striatal lesions, and some reports provide clues about this pathology. In this study, we investigated the relationship between reduced levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in lesioned brain regions and caspase a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho KJ,Kim GW

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In Escherichia coli, endonuclease III (endo III) repairs the oxidation products of 8-OHGua. However, the corresponding repair enzymes in eukaryotes have not been identified. Here we report that 8-hydroxyguanine (8-OHGua) is highly sensitive to further oxidation. We also show that Ntg2, a functional homolog of endo III...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim JE,You HJ,Choi JY,Doetsch PW,Kim JS,Chung MH

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:E-cadherin plays a mechanical role in mediating cell-cell interactions and maintaining epithelial tissue integrity, and the loss of E-cadherin function has been implicated in cancer progression and metastasis. Syndecan-2, a cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycan, is upregulated during the development of colon cance...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jang B,Jung H,Chung H,Moon BI,Oh ES

更新日期：2016-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Upregulation of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-II expression has been reported for a variety of childhood and adulthood tumors. We determined IGF-II gene promoter usage in human cancerous and benign tissues by semiquantitative RT-PCR using P1-P4-specific primers. Although the human IGF-II gene structure is commonly ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mineo R,Fichera E,Liang SJ,Fujita-Yamaguchi Y

更新日期：2000-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Although GPRC5B and GPRC5C are categorized into the G protein-coupled receptor family C, including glutamate receptors, GABA receptors, and taste receptors, their physiological functions remain unknown. Since both receptors are expressed in the brain and evolutionarily conserved from fly to human, it is conceivable th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sano T,Kim YJ,Oshima E,Shimizu C,Kiyonari H,Abe T,Higashi H,Yamada K,Hirabayashi Y

更新日期：2011-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the physiological role of motilin, and more recently, on the relationship between motilin and erythromycin A, have been hampered by the lack of antagonists. We now have discovered such a compound. ANQ-11125 displaces motilin bound to an homogenate of rabbit antral smooth muscle tissue. The dissociation cons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peeters TL,Depoortere I,Macielag MJ,Dharanipragada R,Marvin MS,Florance JR,Galdes A

更新日期：1994-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway viral infection disturbs the health-related quality of life. B7-H1 (also known as PD-L1) is a coinhibitory molecule associated with the escape of viruses from the mucosal immunity, leading to persistent infection. Most respiratory viruses generate double-stranded (ds) RNA during replication. The stimulation of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kan-o K,Matsumoto K,Asai-Tajiri Y,Fukuyama S,Hamano S,Seki N,Nakanishi Y,Inoue H

更新日期：2013-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Anders et al. (2011) [11] reported that cyclinD1/Cdk4 and cyclinD3/Cdk6 enhance the transcriptional activity of FOXM1c by phosphorylating its TAD. They defined 12 Cdk consensus sites as essential for the activation of FOXM1c by cyclinD1/Cdk4 and cyclinD3/Cdk6 and stated that the 12 Cdk-sites are positioned within the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wierstra I

更新日期：2013-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:One hypothesis for the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) is that the formation of proteinaceous inclusion, which is mainly composed of alpha-synuclein, may contribute to the selective loss of dopaminergic neurons. To further explore the role of alpha-synuclein in neurodegeneration of PD, we examined the possible ef...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu F,Xu H,Zhuo M,Sun L,Dong A,Liu X

更新日期：2005-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX)-2 is induced by bacterial and viral infections and has complex, poorly understood roles in anti-pathogen immunity. Here, we use a knock-in luciferase reporter model to image Cox2 expression across a range of tissues in mice following treatment with the either the prototypical bacterial pathogen-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kirkby NS,Zaiss AK,Wright WR,Jiao J,Chan MV,Warner TD,Herschman HR,Mitchell JA

更新日期：2013-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the Vpr protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been shown to act as a transcriptional activator of the HIV-1 LTR and certain host genes, the current study demonstrates that it can also function as a potent inhibitor of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. Previous studies have shown that th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu X,Guo H,Wang H,Markham R,Wei W,Yu XF

更新日期：2015-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraordinal activation of nigrostriatal and mesolimbic dopaminergic systems (midbrain dopaminergic system) is thought to be one of the most important etiologies for schizophrenia, though the reason why unusual hyperactivation of the dopaminergic system occurs in the schizophrenic brain is quite obscure. Dysbindin, on...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kumamoto N,Matsuzaki S,Inoue K,Hattori T,Shimizu S,Hashimoto R,Yamatodani A,Katayama T,Tohyama M

更新日期：2006-06-30 00:00:00