Regulation of proteins involved in insulin signaling pathways in differentiating human adipocytes.

abstract：:Postmenopausal women treated with estrogen hormone replacement therapy and female patients with hypoplasminogenemia receiving oral contraceptives show increasing plasminogen (PLG) concentrations. The elevated PLG levels are in contrast to the estrogen dependent decline of lipoptrotein(a) [Lp(a)], whose main protein co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobelt L,Klammt J,Tefs K,Schuster V

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is the causal molecule of familial Parkinson's disease (PD), but its true physiological function remains unknown. In the normal mouse, LRRK2 is expressed in kidney, spleen, and lung at much higher levels than in brain, suggesting that LRRK2 may play an important role in these organ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maekawa T,Kubo M,Yokoyama I,Ohta E,Obata F

更新日期：2010-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Autophagy and apoptosis are two important regulators of cell survival, and are often observed simultaneously in response to noxious stimuli. Anoxia is a known stimulus for autophagy and apoptosis, and angiotensin (Ang) II is a major mediator of anoxic injury. However, specific responses to anoxia and Ang II ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Dai Y,Ding Z,Khaidakov M,Mercanti F,Mehta JL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bovine heart mitochondrial F1-ATPase complex exhibits an intrinsic tryptophan phosphorescence that can be used to monitor structural changes of the epsilon-subunit. The phosphorescence decay rate of F1 containing the tightly bound nucleotides increases upon addition of adenine nucleoside triphosphate in the presen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Baracca A,Barogi S,Gabellieri E,Lenaz G,Solaini G

更新日期：1995-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Aerobic incubation of rat spermatozoa in a balanced salt solution containing 10 microM of gossypol produced a loss of sperm motility. This effect was not reverted by the presence of 25 mM Theophylline, a well-known stimulant of motility, but was significantly diminished by the addition of 10 mM Mannitol. As mannitol i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fornés MW,Barbieri AM,Burgos MH

更新日期：1993-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is an epigenetic phenomenon by which a subset of genes is asymmetrically expressed in a parent-of-origin manner. However, little is known regarding the epigenetic behaviors of imprinted genes during human development. Here, we show dynamic epigenetic changes in imprinted genes in hESCs during in vit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park SW,Kim J,Park JL,Ko JY,Im I,Do HS,Kim H,Tran NT,Lee SH,Kim YS,Cho YS,Lee DR,Han YM

更新日期：2014-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:(6R)5,6,7,8 tetrahydrobiopterin (6-BH4) is an important cofactor in the regulation of melanogenesis in melanocytes, where it controls: (a) the supply of L-tyrosine from L-phenylalanine via phenylalanine hydroxylase, and (b) regulates directly dopaquinone formation from L-tyrosine via tyrosinase. 6-BH4 undergoes redox-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schallreuter KU,Büttner G,Pittelkow MR,Wood JM,Swanson NN,Körner C

更新日期：1994-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains a mostly incurable disease. The fact that the identity of the mechanisms that regulate metastasis in HCC is known hampers the development of anti-metastatic therapies. Currently, there is no effective treatment for HCC once it is progressed to metastatic stage. Therefo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu Y,Liu ZG,Shi MQ,Yu HZ,Jiang XY,Yang AH,Fu XS,Xu Y,Yang S,Ni H,Shen SJ,Li WD

更新日期：2017-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term glyburide therapy has been reported to improve glucose-induced insulin secretion in patients with NIDDM. We examined the effects of glyburide on the synthesis and release of insulin and insulin gene expression in isolated islets in vitro. Incubation with glyburide (500 ng/ml) significantly increased insulin ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamato E,Ikegami H,Tahara Y,Fukuda M,Cha T,Kawaguchi Y,Fujioka Y,Noma Y,Shima K,Ogihara T

更新日期：1994-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS coronavirus, SCV, has been recently responsible of a sudden and widespread infection which caused almost 800 victims. The limited amount of SCV protein structural information is partially responsible of the lack of specific drugs against the virus. Coronavirus helicases are very conserved and peculiar proteins wh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bernini A,Spiga O,Venditti V,Prischi F,Bracci L,Huang J,Tanner JA,Niccolai N

更新日期：2006-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of mRNA expression of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor (VDR) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-24-hydroxylase (24-OHase) along the microdissected rat nephron segments was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique. VDR mRNA was abundantly expressed in cortical segments (glomeru...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iida K,Taniguchi S,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1993-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Many proteins exhibit strong binding affinities to surfaces, with binding energies much greater than thermal fluctuations. When modelling these protein-surface systems with classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, the large forces that exist at the protein/surface interface generally confine the system to a sing...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Prakash A,Sprenger KG,Pfaendtner J

更新日期：2018-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A phosphate buffer containing a mixture of glucose oxidase, acrylic acid derivatives, N,N'-1,2 dihydroxy-ethylene-bis(acrylamide), N,N'-(methylene)-bisacrylamide and surface-modified silica was radically polymerized with (NH4)2S2O8. The polymer formed a thin layer around the silica beads. After sieving of these polyme...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Burow M,Minoura N

更新日期：1996-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the GJB2 gene, encoding connexin 26, are the most common cause of hereditary congenital hearing loss in many countries and account for up to 50% of cases of autosomal-recessive non-syndromic deafness. By contrast, only a few GJB2 mutations have been reported to cause an autosomal-dominant form of non-synd...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Melchionda S,Bicego M,Marciano E,Franzè A,Morgutti M,Bortone G,Zelante L,Carella M,D'Andrea P

更新日期：2005-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In the areas of North Africa, Southeast Asia as well as South China, Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is among the most widespread cancers. Plenty of research findings confirmed that Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) played a crucial role in NPC. EBV-encoded Latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) which continuously expressed in cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cao Q,Zhang D,Mao Y,Meng C,Zhu J,Feng Z,Chen R

更新日期：2017-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hepatocarcinoma Hep G2 cells were grown in culture medium containing [45Ca2+]. The secreted lipoproteins of d less than 1.063 g/ml and d 1.063-1.21 g/ml were isolated from the culture media and analyzed by 3.3% and 7% SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Radioactivity profiles of [45Ca] from the gels showed t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dashti N,Lee DM,Mok T

更新日期：1986-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) are pluripotent, and can be directed to differentiate into different cell types for therapeutic applications. To expand hESCs, it is desirable to maintain hESC growth without differentiation. As hESC colonies grow, differentiated cells are often found at the periphery of the colonies,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lam H,Patel S,Wong J,Chu J,Lau A,Li S

更新日期：2008-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:E3b1, a binding partner of Eps8, plays a critical role in receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK)-mediated Rac activation by facilitating the interaction of Eps8 with Sos-1 and the consequent activation of the Rac-specific guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity of Sos-1. Here we present evidence that E3b1 levels are regul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chi S,Chang S,Park D

更新日期：2004-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hepatic stellate cells (HSC) activation and proliferation mediated the pathogenic development of hepatic fibrosis (HF). However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to investigate the miR-29a-3p and its effects on PIK3R3 expression in HF pathogenesis. METHODS:LX-2 cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fu J,Wu B,Zhong S,Deng W,Lin F

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cecropin A-melittin (CAM), a chimeric antimicrobial peptide with potent antimicrobial activity, is threatened by some special extracellular proteases when used to deal with certain drug-resistant pathogenic microbes in the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, a four-tryptophan-substitution mutant (CAM-W) from CAM was develop...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ji S,Li W,Zhang L,Zhang Y,Cao B

更新日期：2014-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe the cDNA structure, genomic organization, chromosomal localization, and promoter analysis of the mouse peptide transporter PEPT2. The PEPT2-cDNA is 3987 bp long and encodes a protein of 729 amino acids. The functional properties, analyzed by expression in Xenopus laevis oocytes, showed a typical PEPT2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rubio-Aliaga I,Boll M,Daniel H

更新日期：2000-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that intraplatelet "cyclic AMP jumps" produced with newly synthesized photoactivatable cyclic AMP analogue, inhibited washed rat platelet aggregation and serotonin release as induced by thrombin. Using the same approach on human platelets, thrombin-induced platelet aggregation was dose-depe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blache D,Ciavatti M,Ponsin G,Nargeot J

更新日期：1987-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a radioassay for Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP)-binding, eight out of 33 plasma samples from healthy human subjects exhibited specific binding ranging from 2.6% to 46.7% of total [125 I]VIP. This binding was competitively displaced by unlabeled VIP. The structurally homologous peptides, Peptide Histidine Isole...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Paul S,Heinz-Erian P,Said SI

更新日期：1985-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify genes that may be causally involved in replicative senescence, we have isolated several gene sequences that are overexpressed in senescent human fibroblasts by differential screening of a cDNA library derived from mRNA of a subject with Werner syndrome of premature aging (Murano, S., et al., Molec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Thweatt R,Lumpkin CK Jr,Goldstein S

更新日期：1992-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we reported that the activity of protein kinase FA/glycogen synthase kinase-3alpha (kinase FA/GSK-3alpha) can be detected in several brain membrane fractions. In this report, we examined whether kinase FA/GSK-3alpha can directly interact with membrane phospholipids by using anti-kinase FA/GSK-3alpha antibod...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu JS,Chan WH,Yang SD

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs) promote cellular proliferation through interaction with FGF-2. To examine the role of cellular specificity of HSPG in FGF-2 function, a recombinant soluble isoform of CD44 (rsCD44v3,8-10) was expressed in various cell types; 293 T fibroblasts, the epithelial carcinoma cell lines A...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fiore MM

更新日期：2001-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The maximal activity of the enzymes hexokinase and 6-phosphofructokinase were measured in interscapular brown adipose tissue during ageing in the rat. The activity of these glycolytic enzymes increased markedly during the suckling-weaning transition (20-22 days of age), but from 30 to 100 days of age the activities pe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Simpson ML,Cooney GJ,Caterson ID,Newsholme EA

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal lipid metabolism may contribute to the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) protein mediates the transport of cholesterol and phospholipids from cells to apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) to generate nascent HDL particles. Previous studies revealed th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liang H,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously identified the gene expression of renin-angiotensin system in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (DCs). This study was conducted to examine the mechanisms by which angiotensin II and captopril, the inhibitor of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), affect human DCs. In DCs, lipopolysaccharide (LPS...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lapteva N,Ide K,Nieda M,Ando Y,Hatta-Ohashi Y,Minami M,Dymshits G,Egawa K,Juji T,Tokunaga K

更新日期：2002-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor proteins assemble in tight core complexes which promote fusion of carrier vesicles with target compartments. Members of this class of proteins are expressed in all eukaryotic cells and distributed in distinct subcellular compartments. All vesicle tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Karim S,Ramakrishnan VG,Tucker JS,Essenberg RC,Sauer JR

更新日期：2004-11-26 00:00:00