A dominant negative TAK1 inhibits cellular fibrotic responses induced by TGF-beta.

abstract：:Transient receptor potential canonical (TRPC) family contains a non-selective cation channel, and four TRPC subunits form a functional tetrameric channel. TRPC4/5 channels form not only the homotetrameric channel but also a heterotetrameric channel with TRPC1. We investigated the interaction domain required for TRPC1/...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Myeong J,Ko J,Hong C,Yang D,Lee KP,Jeon JH,So I

更新日期：2016-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Porin or VDAC, the pore forming protein in the outer mitochondrial membrane, was identified as a binding site for microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2). By affinity chromatography using covalently bound MAP2, two proteins were selectively purified with molecular weights 63 and 70 KD. The 63 KD protein was identified...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lindén M,Karlsson G

更新日期：1996-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The Znf131/ZNF131 protein belongs to the superfamily of POK proteins containing a BTB/POZ domain in its N-terminal part and 5 typical C2H2 zinc fingers and an additional C2HC zinc finger structure in its C-terminal region. In mouse and human two alternatively spliced transcripts are expressed from the Znf131/ZNF131 ge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Trappe R,Buddenberg P,Uedelhoven J,Gläser B,Buck A,Engel W,Burfeind P

更新日期：2002-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage-derived growth factors, enhance proteoglycan synthesis in cultured chick-embryo chondrocytes, and have almost no effect on cell proliferation. Addition of cartilage derived growth factors to cartilage cells loaded with the fluorescent Ca2+ indicator quin 2, caused a rapid, concentration dependent decrease in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Eilam Y,Beit-Or A,Nevo Z

更新日期：1985-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term glucocorticoid (GC) usage may cause non-traumatic femoral head osteonecrosis. Dexamethasone (Dex) is shown to exert potent cytotoxic effect to osteoblasts. Here, we investigated the potential activity of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) against the process. Our data revealed that pretreatment of α-MS...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo S,Xie Y,Fan JB,Ji F,Wang S,Fei H

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in apoptotic cell death, cellular proliferation, differentiation, inflammation, and tumorigenesis. In tumors it is secreted by tumor associated macrophages and can have both pro- and anti-tumorigenic effects. To identify genes regulated by TNFal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guardiola-Serrano F,Haendeler J,Lukosz M,Sturm K,Melchner Hv,Altschmied J

更新日期：2008-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We show here that the susceptibility of endothelial cells to Shiga toxin (Stx)s differs remarkably depending on their cellular origins. The concentration of Stx-1 required to reduce cell viability by 50% as measured by MTT assay was 30 and 300 fM for neonatal and adult human microvascular endothelial cells (HMVEC), re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohmi K,Kiyokawa N,Takeda T,Fujimoto J

更新日期：1998-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Cilia are microtubule-based organelles that are present on the surfaces of almost all vertebrate cells. Most cilia function as sensory or molecular transport structures. Malfunctions of cilia have been implicated in several diseases of human development. The assembly of cilia is initiated by the centriole (or basal bo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagai Y,Asaoka Y,Namae M,Saito K,Momose H,Mitani H,Furutani-Seiki M,Katada T,Nishina H

更新日期：2010-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a complex pathological process and many cellular and molecular events may occur. The ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2 (UBE2C) was found to play an oncogenic role in several human cancers. However, its functional role in HNSCC tumorigenesis remains unkn...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jin Z,Zhao X,Cui L,Xu X,Zhao Y,Younai F,Messadi D,Hu S

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Bordetella pertussis, causative agent of whooping cough, produces an adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) that is an important virulence factor. In the host cell, the adenylate cyclase domain of CyaA (CyaA-ACD) is activated upon association with calmodulin (CaM), an EF-hand protein comprised of N- and C-lobes (N-CaM and C-C...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Springer TI,Goebel E,Hariraju D,Finley NL

更新日期：2014-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Until today, 14 isoforms of mammalian calpains have been identified, including calpain-5. The C. elegans calpain-5 homologue tra-3 is reported to be essential for necrotic neuronal cell death. In this study, we cloned and characterized rat calpain-5, which is highly homologous to human and mouse sequences. The nucleot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Waghray A,Wang DS,McKinsey D,Hayes RL,Wang KK

更新日期：2004-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver kinase B1 (LKB1), a tumour suppressor, participates in many cellular processes, including cell survival, growth, apoptosis, transformation, and metabolism. Upon performing yeast two-hybrid screening, co-immunoprecipitation, and GST pull-down, we identified that BRCA1-associated protein 1 (BAP1), a deubiquitinase...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang C,Ding H,Yang Y,Yang L,Yang Y,Fang M,Ren J,Hu R,Wang C,Geng W

更新日期：2020-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 1 alpha (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) are two monokines which play a prominent role in the response to inflammation and injury. We recently observed that TNF leads to an increase in the synthesis of the heavy chain of ferritin, suggesting that TNF may be involved in iron homeostasis (Torti e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wei Y,Miller SC,Tsuji Y,Torti SV,Torti FM

更新日期：1990-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Within 4 h following the addition of 3,3',5 triiodo-L-thyronine to monolayer cultures of hepatocytes isolated from hypothyroid rats, a very distinct stimulation of fatty acid and cholesterol synthesis, measured as incorporation of either [1-14C]acetate or [3H]H2O into these lipid fractions, is observed. A smaller but ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gnoni GV,Geelen MJ,Bijleveld C,Quagliariello E,van den Bergh SG

更新日期：1985-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide acts as a second messenger and modulates many cellular functions. This molecule can be produced by enzymatic digestion of sphingomyelin, a phospholipid which has been shown to be in high concentration in a chromatin phospholipidic fraction. In order to clarify whether chromatin sphingomyelin has a role in thi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Albi E,Magni MP

更新日期：1997-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Crystallin, a major eye lens protein, has been shown to function like a molecular chaperone by suppressing the aggregation of other proteins induced by various stress conditions. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to cause structural and functional alterations in the lens macromolecules. Earlier we observed tha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reddy GB,Reddy PY,Suryanarayana P

更新日期：2001-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) has been associated with "primary" and "secondary" mtDNA missense point mutations, and a synergistic role has been proposed for secondary mutations. No previous study has investigated the effects of LHON primary or primary plus secondary mutations on the respiratory competenc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vergani L,Martinuzzi A,Carelli V,Cortelli P,Montagna P,Schievano G,Carrozzo R,Angelini C,Lugaresi E

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructose is a key dietary factor in the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Here we investigated whether WAY-362450 (WAY), a potent synthetic and orally active FXR agonist, protects against fructose-induced steatosis and the underlying mechanisms. C57BL/6J mice, fed 30% fructose for 8 weeks, were ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu X,Xue R,Ji L,Zhang X,Wu J,Gu J,Zhou M,Chen S

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The idiopathic short QT syndrome (SQTS) is characterised by an abnormally short QT interval on the electrocardiogram and by an increased risk of arrhythmia and sudden death. One variant of the syndrome is linked to missense mutations that lead to a single amino-acid change (N588K; asparagine to lysine) in the S5-Pore ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McPate MJ,Duncan RS,Milnes JT,Witchel HJ,Hancox JC

更新日期：2005-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous structural and mutational studies of bovine pancreatic deoxyribonuclease I (bpDNase I) have demonstrated that the active site His134 and His252 played critical roles in catalysis. In our present study, mutations of these two His residues to Gln, Ala or Gly reduced the DNase activity by a factor of four to fiv...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen WJ,Lai PJ,Lai YS,Huang PT,Lin CC,Liao TH

更新日期：2007-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Glypican-4 (Gpc4) has been found to play an important role in enhancing miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs). But, the relationship between Gpc4 and epilepsy is still a mystery. In this study, we investigated the expression patterns of Gpc4 in patients with epilepsy and in a pilocarpine-induced rat mode...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Y,Zheng F,Yang Y,Xu X,Wang W,Zhu B,Wang X

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The olfactomedin-domain has been first identified in olfactomedin, an extracellular matrix protein of the olfactory neuroepithelium. Members of this extracellular domain-family have since been shown to be present in several metazoan proteins, such as latrophilins, myocilins, and noelins, but their biological function ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagy I,Trexler M,Patthy L

更新日期：2003-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The abilities of FK506 and rapamycin to block distinct signal transduction pathways are mediated by soluble binding proteins. Previously, a family of these receptors has been recognized that includes a 25 kDa protein, FKBP25. We now report the isolation of a cDNA for FKBP25 from a human hippocampal cDNA library by oli...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hung DT,Schreiber SL

更新日期：1992-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Oct4-Sox2-Nanog transcriptional networks are critical for the maintenance of embryonic stem (ES) cell self-renewal and induction of pluripotency. However, in transcription factor-induced reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), Nanog is initially dispensable and Oct4 remains the sole...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moon JH,Yun W,Kim J,Hyeon S,Kang PJ,Park G,Kim A,Oh S,Whang KY,Kim DW,Yoon BS,You S

更新日期：2013-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneity in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy is thought to have derived from conformational variation in an abnormal isoform of the prion protein (PrPSc). To characterize PrPSc in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and scrapie, we analyzed the newly generated N-terminus of PrPSc isoforms by digestion w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi HK,Yokoyama T,Takata M,Iwamaru Y,Imamura M,Ushiki YK,Shinagawa M

更新日期：2005-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational modifications (PTMs) play pivotal roles in controlling the stability and activity of the tumor suppressor p53 in response to distinct stressors. Here we report an unexpected finding of a short chain fatty acid modification of p53 in human cells. Crotonic acid (CA) treatment induces p53 crotonylation...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liao P,Bhattarai N,Cao B,Zhou X,Jung JH,Damera K,Fuselier TT,Thareja S,Wimley WC,Wang B,Zeng SX,Lu H

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular calcification increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, and it is closely associated with metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. We investigated whether the activators of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), metformin, resveratrol, and exendin-4, im...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee J,Hong SW,Kim MJ,Kwon H,Park SE,Rhee EJ,Lee WY

更新日期：2020-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Kallikrein 7 (hK7), a chymostatin-like serine protease, is overexpressed in pancreatic adenocarcinomas as well as other human cancers. Although it has been demonstrated to participate in normal desquamation by facilitating cell shedding at the skin surface, its role in human malignancies remains unclear. To investigat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ramani VC,Haun RS

更新日期：2008-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Britannin (Bri), isolated from Inula aucheriana, is a sesquiterpene lactone (SL), a class of secondary metabolites. Previous studies have suggested the anti-cancer potential of Bri; however, the molecular mechanism remains elusive. The present study investigated the effects of Bri on liver cancer progression. Our find...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui YQ,Liu YJ,Zhang F

更新日期：2018-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to determine whether ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) was up-regulated by growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) via the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase Cζ (PKCζ)/specificity protein 1 (SP1) pathway in THP-1 macrophages. METHODS AND RESULTS:We investiga...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu JF,Wang Y,Zhang M,Tang YY,Wang B,He PP,Lv YC,Ouyang XP,Yao F,Tan YL,Tang SL,Tang DP,Cayabyab FS,Zheng XL,Zhang DW,Zeng GF,Tang CK

更新日期：2014-02-14 00:00:00