Gaf-1b is an alternative splice variant of Gaf-1/Rip11.

abstract：:Self-association of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) is considered to be an initial step in the development of Alzheimer's disease and is known to be promoted by negatively charged lipid membranes. We have examined the possibility of non-electrostatic Abeta-membrane interaction by using neutral phosphatidylcholine lipids....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoda M,Miura T,Takeuchi H

更新日期：2008-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells enhance autophagic activity as a survival measure against metabolic and therapeutic stresses. The inhibition of autophagy may represent a valuable sensitizing target for cancer treatment. Recently, we examined the ability of various cytochalasins to inhibit autophagy and demonstrated the potent inhibitory...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takanezawa Y,Nakamura R,Kojima Y,Sone Y,Uraguchi S,Kiyono M

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Prion protein (PrPc) is expressed in many tissues, both in human and animals. The scrapie isoform of PrPc has been shown to cause neurodegeneration. In other studies it has been demonstrated that overexpression of the PrP gene can result in nonneuronal tissue degradation. Little is known, however, about the normal fun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kniazeva M,Orman R,Terranova VP

更新日期：1997-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation has multifaceted role in cancer progression including initiation, promotion and invasion by affecting the immune surveillance and associated signaling pathways. Inflammation facilitates the over-expression of cytokines, chemokines and growth factors involved in progression of different cancers including b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suman S,Sharma PK,Rai G,Mishra S,Arora D,Gupta P,Shukla Y

更新日期：2016-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) secreted from rat cardiocytes in culture was purified and characterized. The purification procedure involves extraction of ANF by activated Vycor glass, followed by HPLC on C18 mu Bondapak and Vydac columns. The detection of ANF in column eluates was performed by a simple and sensit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gutkowska J,Lazure C,Racz K,Thibault G,Garcia R,Seidah NG,Chrétien M,Genest J,Cantin M

更新日期：1985-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide with rising incidence. MicroRNAs are small non-coding RNAs that implicate in multiple physiological or pathological processes. The aberrant expression of miRNA-215 (miR-215) has been illustrated in various types of cancers. However, the expression ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen Z,Han S,Huang W,Wu J,Liu Y,Cai S,He Y,Wu S,Song W

更新日期：2016-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Ling Zhi-8 (LZ-8), a novel immunomodulatory protein, markedly enhanced the expression of CD11b, but not CD11a, CD13, CD14, CD18, CD33 or HLA-DR, on the U937 cell line in a dose-dependent fashion. It also induced ICAM-1 expression on vascular endothelial cells and significantly augmented gamma - interferon-induced cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyasaka N,Inoue H,Totsuka T,Koike R,Kino K,Tsunoo H

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallodaunomycin has been shown to cleave DNA only in the presence of oxygen, a reducing agent and a metal ion under reaction conditions similar to those used for the cuprous-phenanthroline complex. The intermediacy of 02-. and H2O2 has been substantiated by experiments with superoxide dismutase and catalase, respect...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mariam YH,Glover GP

更新日期：1986-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the possible mechanism of gene transcription changes induced by magnetic field (MF), we examined the DNA binding behavior of the transcription factor cyclic-AMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) in HL60 cells after exposure to a 0.1mT 50-Hz extremely low frequency (ELF) sinusoidal MF by a gel sh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou J,Yao G,Zhang J,Chang Z

更新日期：2002-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) has been shown to interfere with the function of specific genes in various invertebrate species. However, it has not yet been reported that this technique can be applied to vertebrates as well. We have investigated whether dsRNA treatment will inhibit gene function in zebrafi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wargelius A,Ellingsen S,Fjose A

更新日期：1999-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein (apo-) B mRNA editing at nucleotide 6666 converts cytidine to uridine, transforming the codon for glutamine-2153 to a termination codon. To investigate this editing mechanism, [a-32P] and [5-3H] CTP were incorporated into synthetic apo-B RNA. After the substrate had been edited extensively in vitro by a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Johnson DF,Poksay KS,Innerarity TL

更新日期：1993-09-30 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：:The crystal structure of the NTF2-like domain of the Drosophila homolog of Ras GTPase SH3 Binding Protein (G3BP), Rasputin, was determined at 2.7Å resolution. The overall structure is highly similar to nuclear transport factor 2: It is a homodimer comprised of a β-sheet and three α-helices forming a cone-like shape. H...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vognsen T,Kristensen O

更新日期：2012-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The stromal cell-derived factor-1α/C-X-C chemokine receptor 4 (SDF-1/CXCR4) axis is involved in various aspects of tissue repair, regeneration and development. However, the role of SDF-1/CXCR4 in acute lung injury (ALI) remains largely unknown. The aim of the present investigation is to examine pathological changes in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo W,Li Z,Xie X,Tan T,Wang S,Xie N,Fu M,Zhu H,Qin T

更新日期：2014-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence has indicated that transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) induces the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in cancer cells, thus promoting their motility and invasiveness. Quercetin, a member of the polyphenolic flavonoid family, has been reported to display anticancer activity against a broad...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Feng J,Song D,Jiang S,Yang X,Ding T,Zhang H,Luo J,Liao J,Yin Q

更新日期：2018-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin inhibits hepatic very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) apo B secretion in rats. Current studies test whether the insulin effect is LDL receptor-mediated by examining the effect of insulin on VLDL apo B secretion in hepatocytes derived from Ldlr-/- and control mice. Primary hepatocytes were incubated overnight wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chirieac DV,Cianci J,Collins HL,Sparks JD,Sparks CE

更新日期：2002-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatography of a rat liver extract on DEAE-cellulose resulted in the near total loss of 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA epimerase activity. The activity was regained either when fractions were recombined or when purified crotonase was added to the early column fractions. A new enoyl-CoA hydratase present in these early fractions...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Smeland TE,Li JX,Chu CH,Cuebas D,Schulz H

更新日期：1989-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenopus XmN-cadherin gene appears to have dual functions, since its mRNA is maternally provided in unfertilized eggs, once disappears almost completely during gastrula stage, then accumulates again specifically in neural tissues in later stage embryos. In the present experiment, we first followed the change in XmN-cad...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hojyo T,Tooi O,Tashiro K,Shiokawa K

更新日期：1998-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Myelin basic protein (MBP) has been shown to bind calmodulin (CaM) in a specific Ca(2+)-dependent manner via a primary target sequence at its C-terminus [Protein Sci. 12 (2003) 1507]. Upon deimination of MBP, the nature of the interaction changed significantly, suggesting either a new binding site or different conform...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Libich DS,Hill CM,Haines JD,Harauz G

更新日期：2003-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about histone sequences and histone gene organization from invertebrate chordates is completely lacking. A genomic clone containing linked H3 and H4 histone genes from the urochordate Styela plicata was analyzed. The nucleotide sequence indicates that the two genes are transcribed in opposite directions an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishaq AI,Rizvi SB,Wells DE,Tomlinson CR

更新日期：1993-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate plays an essential role in human growth and development. Here, we characterized the functional properties of the human Na(+)-sulfate cotransporter (hNaS2), determined its tissue distribution, and identified its gene (SLC13A4) structure. Expression of hNaS2 protein in Xenopus oocytes led to a Na(+)-dependent tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Markovich D,Regeer RR,Kunzelmann K,Dawson PA

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:NOS activity has been recently described in airway epithelial cells. Because these cells are often ciliated we hypothesized that NO modulates airway ciliary beating. CBF was measured in cultured BBECs using video microscopy. L-NMMA, a NOS inhibitor, caused a 40% decrease in CBF following pre-stimulation with isoproter...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jain B,Rubinstein I,Robbins RA,Leise KL,Sisson JH

更新日期：1993-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP2A5 is a major enzyme responsible for nicotine and cotinine metabolism in mice. Nicotine and cotinine enhance alcoholic fatty liver in wild type (WT) mice but not in CYP2A5 knockout (KO) mice, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated during the CYP2A5-mediated metabolism contributes to the enhancing effect. In c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen X,Wang K,Cederbaum AI,Lu Y

更新日期：2019-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A trisaccharide (Glcalpha1-4Glcalpha1-6Glc) and a tetrasaccharide (Glcalpha1-4Glcalpha1-4Glcalpha1-6Glc) the structures of which are related to that of repeating unit of pullulan have been obtained, exploiting the transglycolytic activity of Aspergillus niger cyclodextrin glucanotransferase. Both products were obtaine...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Campa C,Vetere A,Gamini A,Donati I,Paoletti S

更新日期：2002-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Peptide biosynthesis within a neuron involves several steps occurring at the soma and during its travel to the nerve terminal, where it accumulates to be released under stimulatory conditions. We have measured hypothalamic TRH and TRH mRNA during ontogeny and circadian cycle and observed that TRH mRNA variations are m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Covarrubias L,Uribe RM,Méndez M,Charli JL,Joseph-Bravo P

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The small GTPase Rheb binds and activates mTORC1, which plays a pivotal role in diverse cellular physiologies. To increase our understanding of how Rheb regulates mTORC1 signaling, we set out to identify Rheb binding proteins using shotgun proteomics approaches. In this study, we characterized HSP70, one of the identi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryu HH,Ha SH

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Nikkomycins act as a competitive inhibitor of chitin synthetase and display potent activities against phytopathogenic and human pathogenic fungi. sanT is located in the gene cluster of nikkomycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces ansochromogenes. Sequence analysis revealed that the deduced product of sanT has an unusual do...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jia L,Tian Y,Tan H

更新日期：2007-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A small fraction of tumor cells are thought to possess the potential for both multiple-lineage differentiation and self-renewal, which underlies the cancer stem cell hypothesis. However, the differentiation mechanisms of these cells have not been elucidated due to a lack of appropriate culture methods. Here, we establ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawamata M,Katsuda T,Yamada Y,Ochiya T

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The new potent tumor promoters teleocidin and debromoaplysiatoxin , which are structurally unrelated to phorbol esters, activate Ca2+-activated, phospholipid-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C). The concentrations of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, teleocidin and debromoaplysiatoxin for half-maximum acti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujiki H,Tanaka Y,Miyake R,Kikkawa U,Nishizuka Y,Sugimura T

更新日期：1984-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate whether residues in the extracellular domains of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) are required for ligand binding, a number of mutants were constructed where charged residues were converted to alanine. The residues targeted for mutagenesis were Ser6, Glu102, Arg109, Asp184, Glu269, and Thr272. The mutant ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chhajlani V,Xu X,Blauw J,Sudarshi S

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00