Ginkbilobin, a novel antifungal protein from Ginkgo biloba seeds with sequence similarity to embryo-abundant protein.

abstract：:Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) was partially purified from rat liver cytosol and used to synthesize phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3), using phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) as a substrate. Purified PIP3 (free of chromatographic oxalate) activated protein kinase C (PKC) in the pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh SS,Chauhan A,Brockerhoff H,Chauhan VP

更新日期：1993-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Hsp16.3, a small heat shock protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), was originally identified as an immuno-dominant antigen and later found to be a major membrane protein. In vitro studies show that Hsp16.3 exists as nonamers and undergoes dynamic dissociation/re-association equilibrium in solutions. Neverthele...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang H,Fu X,Jiao W,Zhang X,Liu C,Chang Z

更新日期：2005-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Bortezomib (BTZ) is one of the most frequently used drugs in treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), but drug-resistance often occurs and limits its clinical efficacy. Annexin A1 (ANXA1) is upregulated in MM, and its knockdown enhances chemosensitivity in MM. However, whether ANXA1 inhibition can increase antitumor activi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jia C,Kong D,Guo Y,Li L,Quan L

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclei were isolated from bloodstream forms of Trypanosoma brucei by nitrogen cavitation and sedimentation through percoll density gradients. Transcription studies with these nuclei in vitro demonstrated features not seen with other eukaryotes: RNA synthesis was much greater in the presence of Mn2+ than with Mg2+ and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Earnshaw DL,Beebee TJ,Gutteridge WE

更新日期：1985-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term incubation of HeLa cells in the presence of diferric transferrin or ferricyanide, which are reduced externally by the transplasma membrane reductase, produces a stoichiometric decrease in NADH and increase in NAD+, which is stimulated by insulin. The NADP/NADPH ratio does not change during 15 min incuba...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Navas P,Sun IL,Morré DJ,Crane FL

更新日期：1986-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuromedin B and neuromedin C are the novel mammalian bombesin-like peptides isolated from porcine spinal cord. We have developed highly specific and sensitive radioimmunoassays for neuromedin B and neuromedin C, and determined their regional distribution in rat central nervous system. Prior to measurements of the tis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Minamino N,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1984-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The calmodulin-like domain of calpain is important for the association of the calpain large and small subunits. We expressed the calmodulin-like domains of the large subunits of rabbit mu- and m-calpains and their small subunits in E. coli and purified them to homogeneity. Unlike the full-length subunits, the calmodul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suo S,Koike H,Sorimachi H,Ishiura S,Suzuki K

更新日期：1999-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cognitive impairment, acute or long-term, is a common complication in patients with severe bacterial infection. However, the underlying mechanisms are not fully verified and effective medicine is not available in clinics. Interferon gamma (IFNγ) is a pivotal cytokine against infection and is believed to be a tune in h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu Y,Yang Y,Peng Z,Xie L,Zhong X,Liang F,Yuan C,Lu B

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydropteridine reductase from human brain has been purified to homogeneity using a naphthaquinone affinity column followed by chromatography on a 5'-AMP-Sepharose column. Contrary to earlier findings, dopamine (I), noradrenaline (II), and adrenaline (III) do not inhibit this enzyme at concentrations below 200 microM...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Armarego WL,Waring P

更新日期：1983-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:S-100 protein and annexin II2-p11(2) were reported to inhibit and to stimulate the assembly of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), respectively, in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. Here we show by a number of experimental approaches that S-100 protein contrasts all the effects of annexin II2-p11(2) on GFAP assembly and,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bianchi R,Garbuglia M,Verzini M,Giambanco I,Spreca A,Donato R

更新日期：1995-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Study the effects of alcohol extract of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn (AESM) on the metabolism of blood fat, morphology of fenestrated liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC), and the ultrastructure of liver cells of the rats with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS:Divide SD rats into control ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peng Q,Zhang Q,Xiao W,Shao M,Fan Q,Zhang H,Zou Y,Li X,Xu W,Mo Z,Cai H

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the initial results of our study into the use of a potential transition state (TS) of the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme estrone sulfatase (ES) in the design of a series of simple 4'-O-sulfamoyl-4-biphenyl-based compounds as novel inhibitors of ES. The results of the study show that these compounds are: po...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahmed S,James K,Owen CP

更新日期：2002-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Human prostatic acid phosphatase (hPAP) is intensely expressed in epithelial cells of the prostate gland following puberty. Its regulatory regions were analyzed in transgenic mice and cell line transfections, in order to clarify the mechanisms of tissue-specific gene expression. A construct containing the sequence of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shan J,Porvari K,Kivinen A,Patrikainen L,Halmekytö M,Jänne J,Vihko P

更新日期：2003-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential antiatherogenic actions of the angiotensin II receptor antagonist, losartan were investigated in apolipoprotein (apo) E deficient mice, an animal model with severe hypercholesterolemia and extensive atherosclerosis. In these animals accelerated atherosclerosis is associated with increased lipid peroxidat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keidar S,Attias J,Smith J,Breslow JL,Hayek T

更新日期：1997-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the effect of ionophores on Cl- distribution in human erythrocyte suspensions, we measured the membrane potential by using 19F and 31P NMR methods. Incubation of human erythrocytes with 0.005 mM of the neutral ionophores valinomycin and nonactin resulted in membrane potentials of -21.2 and -17.8 mV in t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wittenkeller L,Mota de Freitas D,Ramasamy R

更新日期：1992-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial ATTR amyloidosis is caused by point mutations in the transthyretin gene. The clinical manifestations are highly varied but polyneuropathy and/or cardiomyopathy are generally the main symptoms. The amyloid fibrils can either be composed of only intact ATTR molecules or intact together with fragmented ATTR spec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ihse E,Stangou AJ,Heaton ND,O'Grady J,Ybo A,Hellman U,Edvinsson A,Westermark P

更新日期：2009-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on natural killer (NK) cell activity of human lymphocytes was examined. The addition of an emulsion of trieicosapentaenoyl-glycerol (EPA-TG) emulsified with purified phosphatidylcholine from krill to a cytotoxicity assay system resulted in a marked depression of NK activity. T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamashita N,Yokoyama A,Hamazaki T,Yano S

更新日期：1986-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver X receptor (LXR) functions as a receptor for oxysterols and plays a critical role in the regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism. We recently described a synthetic LXR inverse agonist that displayed efficacy in treatment of hepatic steatosis in a mouse model of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Griffett K,Burris TP

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The addition of the chemotactic factor fMet-Leu-Phe to cell homogenates causes a decrease in the pertussis toxin catalyzed ADP-ribosylation of a 41 kDa protein. The fMet-Leu-Phe induced decrease is not abolished in homogenates prepared from phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate treated neutrophils. This decreased ribosylati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsumoto T,Molski TF,Kanaho Y,Becker EL,Sha'afi RI

更新日期：1987-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the generation of prostanoids, and is thus one of the key players in the inflammatory process. Contrary to the constitutively expressed isoform COX-1, the expression of COX-2 is rapidly and transiently upregulated following pathological stimuli but little is...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brender S,Barki-Harrington L

更新日期：2014-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A subclone termed as HSG-S8 was previously isolated from human salivary adenocarcinoma cell line, HSG, and proliferated in a serum-free culture. When HSG-S8 and parental HSG cells were transplanted into nude mice i.m. or s.c., both cells reproducibly induced adenocarcinoma. Furthermore, injection of HSG-S8 consistentl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hatakeyama S,Ohara-Nemoto Y,Kyakumoto S,Satoh M

更新日期：1993-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate that the active site architecture of the human glutathione (GSH) S-transferase Pi (GSTP1-1) accounts for its enantioselectivity in the GSH conjugation of 7beta,8alpha-dihydroxy-9alpha,10alpha-oxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydrobenzo(a) pyrene (anti-BPDE), the ultimate carcinogen of benzo(a)pyrene. F...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu X,O'Donnell R,Srivastava SK,Xia H,Zimniak P,Nanduri B,Bleicher RJ,Awasthi S,Awasthi YC,Ji X,Singh SV

更新日期：1997-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research revealed that doxorubicin (DOX) decreased expression of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) in cancer cells. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying this effect are not well established. Here, we demonstrate that doxorubicin down-regulates PD-L1 expression through induction of AU-rich element (ARE) b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim DJ,Jang JH,Ham SY,Choi SH,Park SS,Jeong SY,Kim BC,Jeon DY,Lee BJ,Ko BK,Park JW,Cho WJ

更新日期：2020-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The partitioning of the acylenzyme acetyl-(Gly)n-Phe(NO2)-chymotrypsin (n = 0,1,2) to peptide and peptide acid is observed spectrophotometrically. Values of partitioning ratios for various nucleophiles are calculated from the spectral data. They are a measure for the "true" nucleophile reactivity and are useful in the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Petkov DD,Stoineva I

更新日期：1984-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been well documented that tumor suppressor p53 is mutated in about 50% of all human tumors. p53 status might be one of the critical determinants for the chemo-sensitivity of human tumors. In the present study, we have found that p53 family member p73 as well as 14-3-3sigma is down-regulated in response to adria...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sang M,Li Y,Ozaki T,Ono S,Ando K,Yamamoto H,Koda T,Geng C,Nakagawara A

更新日期：2006-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A mouse hepatoma cell line, Hepa-1, is highly sensitive to the toxic effects of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1). Half maximal survival (LD50) of cells occurs at 0.068 ug AFB1/ml. Benzo(a)anthracene, which induces aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase and cytochrome P1-450 in Hepa-1, causes a slight increase in the toxicity of AFB1 (LD50 =...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kärenlampi SO

更新日期：1987-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In a survey for unknown bioactive peptides in mammalian cell lines, we isolated peptides exhibiting a strong relaxant effect on chick rectum from a phorbol ester-supplemented culture medium of the human monocytic cell line, THP-1. The peptide was deduced to be a C-terminal 29-residue peptide derived from a human C-typ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishizaka Y,Kangawa K,Minamino N,Ishii K,Takano S,Eto T,Matsuo H

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:2-((2-Pyridylmethyl)sulfinyl)benzimidazoles, selective inhibitors of the H+/K+-ATPase in the parietal cells of the stomach, have been investigated concerning their chemical behaviour in acidic medium. Protonation of the sulfoxide and subsequent elimination of water forms a sulfenium ion or a chemical equivalent thereo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rackur G,Bickel M,Fehlhaber HW,Herling A,Hitzel V,Lang HJ,Rösner M,Weyer R

更新日期：1985-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is featured by hepatic steatosis, insulin resistance, lipid deposition and inflammation. However, the pathogenic mechanism of NAFLD is still poorly understood. Dual-specificity phosphatase 16 (DUSP16), a c-Jun N-terminal kinase-specific phosphatase, has been reported to negativ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu YK,Hu LF,Lou DS,Wang BC,Tan J

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Activins, TGF-beta superfamily members, have multiple functions in a variety of cells and tissues. Recently, additional activin beta subunit genes, betaC and betaE, have been identified. To explore the role of activin E, we created transgenic mice overexpressing human activin betaE subunit. There were pronounced diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto O,Ushiro Y,Sekiyama K,Yamaguchi O,Yoshioka K,Mutoh K,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2006-03-10 00:00:00