Down regulation of CD4 expression in cultured microglia by immunosuppressants and lipopolysaccharide.

abstract：:The cDNA encoding human ferrochelatase [EC 4.99.1.1] was isolated from a human placenta cDNA library in bacteriophage lambda gt11 by screening with a radiolabeled fragment of mouse ferrochelatase cDNA. The cDNA had an open reading frame of 1269 base pairs (bp) encoding a protein of 423 amino acid residues (Mr. 47,833)...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakahashi Y,Taketani S,Okuda M,Inoue K,Tokunaga R

更新日期：1990-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Under nitrosative stressed condition intracellular GSNO accumulation is common to all cell types. Conserved NADH-dependent GSNO reductase was reported previously as an important cellular protective measure against this. In spite of the constitutive nature of the enzyme, we observed in vivo inactivation of two importan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sahoo R,Sengupta R,Ghosh S

更新日期：2003-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer chemotherapy with taxol often fails due to acquired resistance of cancer cells, which is frequently associated with an overexpression of P-gp and alterations of beta-tubulin. A taxol-resistant cell line, QGY-TR50, derived from a human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) QGY-7703 cell line was used to investigate the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou J,Cheng SC,Luo D,Xie Y

更新日期：2001-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-linking the antigen receptor on B cells results in a rapid increase in protein tyrosine kinase activity as detected by increased phosphorylation on tyrosine residues of multiple proteins. Although the identity of most of this substrates remains unknown, some have been proposed. One possible substrate of the anti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Roifman CM,Wang G

更新日期：1992-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice, a monocot model crop, contains at least 48 putative E2 ubiquitin (Ub)-conjugating enzymes. Based on homology comparisons with 40 Arabidopsis E2 proteins and 35 human E2s, 48 rice E2s were classified into 15 different groups. Yeast two-hybrid analyses using the U-box-domain regions of armadillo (ARM)-U-box E3 Ub-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bae H,Kim WT

更新日期：2014-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to understand the mechanism of action through which carnosine (beta-alanyl-L-histidine) acts as a quencher of cytotoxic alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes, using 4-hydroxy-trans-2,3-nonenal (HNE) as a model aldehyde. In phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.4), carnosine was 10 times more active as a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aldini G,Carini M,Beretta G,Bradamante S,Facino RM

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many advances have been made in the treatment of gastric cancer (GC), numerous difficulties, such as the emergence of chemo-drug resistance, continue to lead to disappointing GC prognoses. Thus, novel alternative strategies are urgently needed. The use of natural products could be a viable option to treat GC....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhou Q,Wu X,Wen C,Wang H,Wang H,Liu H,Peng J

更新日期：2018-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:p105 plays dual roles in NF-kappaB signaling: in its precursor form it inhibits NF-kappaB activation, but limited processing by the ubiquitin system generates the p50 active subunit of the transcription factor. Here we show that ABIN-1, an A20-binding protein that is also known to attenuate NF-kappaB activation, inhib...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cohen S,Ciechanover A,Kravtsova-Ivantsiv Y,Lapid D,Lahav-Baratz S

更新日期：2009-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the steady-state levels of intermediate filament mRNA in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using the RNAse protection assay (NFL, NFM, NFH; corrected against GAPDH) or by PCR (peripherin, alpha-internexin, nestin, and vimentin; corrected against beta-actin). Significant elevations of NFL and peripherin mR...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Strong MJ,Leystra-Lantz C,Ge WW

更新日期：2004-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:3q21q26 syndrome, an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) with chromosomal translocations or inversions between the bands 3q21 and 3q26, is frequently associated with dysmegakaryocytopoiesis and increased platelet counts at the initial diagnosis. Since the EVI1 gene at 3q26 is transcriptional...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimizu S,Nagasawa T,Katoh O,Komatsu N,Yokota J,Morishita K

更新日期：2002-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone (DEX), a glucocorticoid which induces cleft palate, causes marked alterations in the synthesis and degradation of phosphatidylinositol (PI) but not phosphatidylcholine in an established fibroblastic cell line derived from a human embryonic palate. Incorporation of radiolabeled inositol into phosphatidyli...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grove RI,Willis WD,Pratt RM

更新日期：1983-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Enhancers are essential for long range chromatin opening and the activation of V(D)J recombination at the antigen receptor loci. The murine immunoglobulin lambda light chain locus is a duplicated locus and, using a bacterial artificial chromosome spanning the 3' half of the locus to generate transgenic mice, we have i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Haque SF,Bevington SL,Boyes J

更新日期：2013-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary mechanism of imipenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa has been ascribed to an outer membrane impermeability owing to a loss of expression of protein D2. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in conjunction with statistical methods has been used as a new approach to rapidl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sockalingum GD,Bouhedja W,Pina P,Allouch P,Mandray C,Labia R,Millot JM,Manfait M

更新日期：1997-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously found that p53 binds to the catalytic subunit of the p34(cdc2)/cyclin B1-kinase. In the present study we analyzed the functional consequences of this interaction. Binding of wild-type p53 to p34(cdc2)/cyclin B1 results in a significant decrease of its histone H1 kinase activity. Binding of p53 to the kin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ababneh M,Götz C,Montenarh M

更新日期：2001-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we briefly review RRF (ribosome recycling factor, previously called ribosome releasing factor) (for recent reviews covering historical background see (1, 2)). ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaji A,Teyssier E,Hirokawa G

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) plays important roles in cellular cholesterol homeostasis. Two ACAT genes exist in mammals. We report here the genomic organization of human ACAT-2 gene and analysis of its promoter activity in various cell lines. The human ACAT-2 gene spans over 18 kb and contains 15 exons....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song BL,Qi W,Yang XY,Chang CC,Zhu JQ,Chang TY,Li BL

更新日期：2001-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is a calmodulin (CaM)-dependent enzyme, which generates the ubiquitous biological mediator nitric oxide. In this study, wild-type or mutant form of rat nNOS was overexpressed in a baculovirus/Sf9 insect cell system and examined for autophosphorylation. Incubation of purified wild-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe Y,Terashima K,Hidaka H

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effects of three unrelated topoisomerase 2 inhibitors, genistein, adriamycin, and etoposide, on phosphorylation/activation of the checkpoint kinase Chk2 in normal or ATM-deficient (ATM-) human fibroblasts and in cells overexpressing a catalytically inactive ATR kinase. We demonstrate that geni...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Théard D,Coisy M,Ducommun B,Concannon P,Darbon JM

更新日期：2001-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Myozyme is a recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase (rhGAA) that is currently the only drug approved for treating Pompe disease, and its low efficacy means that a high dose is required. Mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) glycosylation on rhGAA is a key factor influencing lysosomal enzyme targeting and the efficacy of enzyme ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park H,Kim J,Lee YK,Kim W,You SK,Do J,Jang Y,Oh DB,Il Kim J,Kim HH

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases and are modified in response to a variety of stimuli such as bioactive peptides, cytokines and/or grown factors. In this study, we demonstrated that angiotensin II (Ang II) induces a time- and dose-dependent increase...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiménez E,Pérez de la Blanca E,Urso L,González I,Salas J,Montiel M

更新日期：2009-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB results in protection against apoptosis, and the chemotherapeutic agent 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) exerts its cytotoxic effect through the induction of apoptosis. Thus, we examined whether 5-FU could induce apoptosis through the suppression of NF-kappaB activity. We found th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aota K,Azuma M,Yamashita T,Tamatani T,Motegi K,Ishimaru N,Hayashi Y,Sato M

更新日期：2000-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of sucrase-isomaltase mRNA was investigated along the crypt-villus axis of rat small intestine using differentially isolated cells and in situ hybridization. A partial rat sucrase-isomaltase cDNA was cloned which coded for a protein that was predicted to be 88% homologous to those encoded by the rabbit ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Traber PG

更新日期：1990-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is known to contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory hyperalgesia and neuropathic pain. Prior studies have shown that Vitamin E treatment is associated with attenuated hyperalgesia and reduced neuropathic pain in rodents. Given these observations, we investigated the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hegde B,Vadnal P,Sanghavi J,Korde V,Kulkarni-Almeida AA,Dagia NM

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that the mutational strand asymmetry is more strongly exerted upon the mitochondrial cytochrome b (Cytb) gene, which is distant from the origin of the light-strand replication (Ori(L)), than upon the ATPase subunit 6 (ATP6) gene, which is close to the Ori(L). To test this hypothesis, we determined the ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fuku N,Oshida Y,Takeyasu T,Guo LJ,Kurata M,Yamada Y,Sato Y,Tanaka M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen exchange between high-valent metal-oxo complexes and bulk water has been monitored for nonligated model porphyrins (hemin, FeTDCPPS, MnTMPyP) and the axially ligated microperoxidase-8 (MP-8). Exchange extents up to 90% were measured for MP-8 in spite of the presence of an axial histidine ligand and accompanied ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Primus JL,Teunis K,Mandon D,Veeger C,Rietjens IM

更新日期：2000-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened various isoprenoids to search for inducers of apoptosis-like cell death ("apoptosis") in the shoot primordia of Matricaria chamomilla and found that geraniol has the most potent apoptosis-inducing activity among terpenoids, as judged from DNA fragmentation in the cells. The apoptosis-inducing activity of g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Izumi S,Takashima O,Hirata T

更新日期：1999-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Epithelial cells form a globular organ-like multi-cellular structure called cyst when cultured in extracellular matrix. The cyst generates extension followed by cell chains and tubules in response to hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). The Rho family small GTPases play essential roles for tubulogenesis. FilGAP, a Rac spec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zuinen T,Tsutsumi K,Ohta Y

更新日期：2019-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Free energy changes for ATP synthesis (delta GP) and 2e(-)-transfer across Site 3 (delta GR) were determined during oxidative phosphorylation by rat liver mitochondria. At static head, -delta GR/delta GP ranged narrowly between 1.55 and 1.59 with five different respiratory substrates. Thus, an ATP/2e- of 1 1/2 at Site...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lemasters JJ,Fleishman KE

更新日期：1987-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Fut8 (α1,6-Fucosyltransferase) heterozygous knock-out (Fut8(+/-)) mice had an increased influx of inflammatory cells into the lungs, and this was associated with an up-regulation of matrix metalloproteinases, MMP-2 and MMP-9, after treatment with porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE), exhibiting an emphysema-prone phenoty...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kamio K,Yoshida T,Gao C,Ishii T,Ota F,Motegi T,Kobayashi S,Fujinawa R,Ohtsubo K,Kitazume S,Angata T,Azuma A,Gemma A,Nishimura M,Betsuyaku T,Kida K,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Topical application of hexadecane has been shown to induce hyperproliferation and hyperkeratosis in rodent skin. The application of hexadecane to epidermis from the backs of piglets less than 1 week old resulted in a rapid biphasic-rise in the level of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity. The second phase of the el...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Owusu S,Cunliffe WJ,Wood EJ

更新日期：1989-06-30 00:00:00