An application of experimental design using mutually orthogonal Latin squares in conformational studies of peptides.

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) is effective in the prevention of diabetic cardiomyopathy, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is known to control vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene expression and regulate angiogenesis in diabetic hearts. We examined whether or not MT affects HIF-1 activity in the heart of diabeti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Feng W,Wang Y,Cai L,Kang YJ

更新日期：2007-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Dickkopf-1 (DKK-1) is known inhibitor of the canonical Wnt pathway. Recent studies strongly suggested that activation of DKK-1 expression results in inhibition of cell tumorigenicity. Reduced levels of DKK-1 in melanomas were recently shown. However, it is not known if DKK-1 activation in melanoma cells will inhibit c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mikheev AM,Mikheeva SA,Rostomily R,Zarbl H

更新日期：2007-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine embryonic stem cell (mESC)-derived cardiomyocytes represent a promising source of cells for use in the development of models for studying early cardiac development as well as cell-based therapies in postnatal pathologies. Here, we report a highly efficient cardiac differentiation system in which high density em...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee MY,Cagavi Bozkulak E,Schliffke S,Amos PJ,Ren Y,Ge X,Ehrlich BE,Qyang Y

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Neu2 mRNA from the mouse thymus, as we have reported [K. Kotani, A. Kuroiwa, T. Saito, Y. Matsuda, T. Koda, S. Kijimoto-Ochiai, Cloning, chromosomal mapping, and characteristic 5'-UTR sequence of murine cytosolic sialidase, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 286 (2001) 250-258], has a novel sequence at the 5' terminus tha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koda T,Kijimoto-Ochiai S,Uemura S,Inokuchi J

更新日期：2009-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is strongly associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Impaired endothelial function, a key initiating step in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, has been reported in patients with CKD, but the mechanisms responsible for endothelial dysfunction in CKD remain elusive. Emerging ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li T,Gua C,Wu B,Chen Y

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA extracts from the isthmus of laying hen oviduct contain truncated 5S RNA molecules that were found to be shorter at their 5' terminus as compared to native 5S RNA I and II. Moreover one of the truncated species differs from 5S RNA I by the absence of the 3' end nucleotide. The truncated forms increase of about 70%...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keith G,Nys Y,Fix C,Heyman T

更新日期：1986-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:BRCA1-BRCA2-containing complex subunit 3 (BRCC3), a Lys-63-specific deubiquitinase, is a member of the JAMM/MPN family of zinc metalloproteases. BRCC3 have been shown to promote the inflammasome activation by deubiquitinating NOD-like receptor containing pyrin domain 3 (NLRP3). We reported the involvement of neuronal ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng X,Xu S,Zhang C,Qin K,Yan J,Shao X

更新日期：2020-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are one of the most commonly used nanomaterials; however, it remains unclear whether AgNPs induce neurotoxicity. Here, we investigated the potential neurological effects of AgNPs and the neuroprotective effect of vitamin E (VE). We found that intranasal instillation of AgNPs in neonatal Sp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yin N,Yao X,Zhou Q,Faiola F,Jiang G

更新日期：2015-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Lembehyne A (LB-A), a spongean polyacetylene, induced neuronal cell differentiation in a neuroblastoma cell line, Neuro 2A. The LB-A treatment of Neuro 2A cells predominantly resulted in a morphological change with bipolar neurites. The acetylcholinesterase activity of Neuro 2A was also increased by the treatment of L...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aoki S,Matsui K,Takata T,Hong W,Kobayashi M

更新日期：2001-11-30 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：:The steady state kinetic study and some enzymic characterization of a selenium-containing scFv catalytic antibody (Se-scFv2F3) was carried out. A novel reaction formula of this abzyme-catalyzed reaction was proposed and a rate equation was gotten according to the formula. The constants in the equation were compared wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Su D,You D,Ren X,Luo G,Mu Y,Yan G,Xue Y,Shen J

更新日期：2001-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversion of adenine auxotrophic strains of D. radiodurans by cross-links in DNA was studied. Mutation was induced in a wild-type but not in a mitomycin C sensitive mutant after irradiation with near UV (approximately 365nm) in the presence of 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen (TMP). To get information on implication of cross-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yatagai F,Kitayama S

更新日期：1983-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Our prior studies showed that certain cobalamins inhibit productive HIV-1 infection of primary cultures of blood lymphocytes and monocytes. We demonstrate here that this antiviral activity may be mediated by an inhibition of HIV-1 integrase, an enzyme required for productive infection. Purified recombinant HIV-1 integ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weinberg JB,Shugars DC,Sherman PA,Sauls DL,Fyfe JA

更新日期：1998-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythropoietin (EPO) stimulates the production of small erythroid cell stimulating factors (molecular weight <5 kDa) in cultures of bone marrow endothelial cells. We identified a fragment of thrombospondin-4 (TSP-4) as an EPO-stimulated protein in endothelial cell lysates. Pre-incubation of the low molecular weight fr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Congote LF,Difalco MR,Gibbs BF

更新日期：2004-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline elastase YaB, produced by alkalophilic Bacillus YaB, is an extracellular serine protease having 55% homology to subtilisin BPN' and thus could be called subtilisin YaB. It is synthesized as a 378-amino acid preproenzyme and secreted into the culture medium as a 265-amino acid mature protease. To examine if th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang YC,Kadokura H,Yoda K,Yamasaki M

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have suggested that astrocytes release gliotransmitters (i.e., ATP, L-glutamate, D-serine, and peptide hormones) and participate actively in synaptic functioning. Although ATP release from astrocytes modulates the activity of neurons, the mechanisms regulating the ATP release from astrocytes and the sou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oya M,Kitaguchi T,Yanagihara Y,Numano R,Kakeyama M,Ikematsu K,Tsuboi T

更新日期：2013-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory processes within the cornea are known to be associated with corneal neovascularization (CN). We examined the effects of inflammatory mediators on the expression of angiogenic factors by corneal cells. TNF-alpha and IL-1 induced VEGF-A secretion by corneal fibroblasts (HCRF) and this was inhibited signific...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kommineni VK,Nagineni CN,William A,Detrick B,Hooks JJ

更新日期：2008-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the role of arachidonic acid metabolites in the regulation of interleukin-1 production by murine peritoneal macrophages. Indomethacin a potent inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis caused a dose-dependent augmentation of lipopolysaccharide induced interleukin production (up to 7-fold at 5 microM). ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kunkel SL,Chensue SW

更新日期：1985-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression and processing of the Hepatitis C virus core protein (HCcAg) were analyzed in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris. Two proteins with 21 (p21) and 23 kDa (p23) were detected in immunoblot with a serum from a chronic carrier patient, as the major products for HCcAg. Both proteins, p21 and p23, produc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Acosta-Rivero N,Musacchio A,Lorenzo L,Alvarez C,Morales J

更新日期：2002-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Atriopeptin (AP) is synthesized and stored in the mammalian atria as a 126 amino acid prohormone (AP126). Upon secretion, the prohormone undergoes site specific proteolysis within the atria to yield the carboxyl terminal 28 amino acid hormone (AP28). The atrial cell responsible for AP126 bioactivation has not yet been...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Greenwald JE,Needleman P,Siegel N,Tetens E,Biel B,Ritter D

更新日期：1992-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular functions induced by cytokine interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-4 signaling through signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat)6 typify a Th2-type immune response. We investigated the inhibitor effect of the NFkappaB blocker parthenolide in the late-phase, Th2-type immune response. Parthenolide blocked by...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schnyder B,Schnyder-Candrian S,Panski A,Bömmel H,Heim M,Duschl A,Moser R

更新日期：2002-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochromes P450 2E1 of human and minipig origin were examined by absorption spectroscopy under high hydrostatic pressure and by resonance Raman spectroscopy. Human enzyme tends to denature to the P420 form more easily than the minipig form; moreover, the apparent compressibility of the heme active site (as judged fro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Anzenbacherova E,Hudecek J,Murgida D,Hildebrandt P,Marchal S,Lange R,Anzenbacher P

更新日期：2005-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Exocytosis is regulated by exocytotic proteins, which are present in insulin-secreting beta-cells and play regulatory roles in insulin secretion. Non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes) is a disease characterized by impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance. Exocytotic protein immunoreactivit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang W,Khan A,Ostenson CG,Berggren PO,Efendic S,Meister B

更新日期：2002-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) pepsinogen C gene was isolated. The nucleotide sequences of all exons are presented. The organization of the gene is compatible with that of other aspartic proteinases. The predicted 388-residue amino acid (aa) sequence of sea bass pepsinogen C consists of a signal seq...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Terova G,Rimoldi S,Larghi S,Bernardini G,Gornati R,Saroglia M

更新日期：2007-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) modulates expression of particular genes associated with cellular differentiation and senescence. Our previous studies have suggested an involvement of chromatin structure in this phenomenon. Here, we examined the effect of 5-bromouracil on nucleosome positioning in vivo using TALS plasmid i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miki K,Shimizu M,Fujii M,Hossain MN,Ayusawa D

更新日期：2008-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Th2 type immune responses are essential for protective immunity against parasites and play crucial roles in allergic disorders. Helminth parasites secrete a variety of proteases for their infectious cycles including for host entry, tissue migration, and suppression of host immune effector cell function. Furthermore, a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishikado H,Fujimura T,Taka H,Mineki R,Ogawa H,Okumura K,Takai T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sulfonation of estrogens by human estrogen sulfotransferase (humSULT1E1) plays a vital role in controlling the active levels of these hormones in the body. To understand more fully the structural and functional characteristics of humSULT1E1, we have carried out site-directed mutagenesis of critical amino acids fou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hempel N,Barnett AC,Bolton-Grob RM,Liyou NE,McManus ME

更新日期：2000-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) molecules expressed by different cell types have been examined using cDNA transfection into cells of epithelial, neuroectodermal and hematopoietic origin. Variability in the CEA molecules was observed in terms of monoclonal antibody binding, apparent molecular weig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grimm T,Riethmüller G,Johnson JP

更新日期：1994-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:By DNA sequence analysis, we have determined a spectrum of 61 spontaneous mutations occurring in the endogenous tonB gene in the polA1 strain of Escherichia coli. The overall mutation frequency was approximately 2.4-fold higher in the polA1 strain and this was attributable to enhanced rates of deletion and frameshift ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agemizu Y,Uematsu N,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Crystallographic studies have shown independent binding sites for sugar and peptide ligands of concanavalin A, although they were considered functional mimics based on biochemical experiments. The topological correlation of 12-residue peptide with different carbohydrate ligands of concanavalin A showed similarity betw...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jain D,Kaur KJ,Goel M,Salunke DM

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00