3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid, one of metabolites of tryptophan via indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase pathway, suppresses inducible nitric oxide synthase expression by enhancing heme oxygenase-1 expression.

abstract：:Steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase deficiency (11 beta OHD) is derived from mutations in the P45011 beta gene (CYP11B1) and inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. In the present study, we have performed a molecular genetic analysis of CYP11B1 in a Japanese patient clinically diagnosed as classic 11 beta OHD. Nucleotide ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang LX,Toda K,Miyahara K,Nomoto S,Kinoshita E,Baba T,Yoshimoto M,Araki K,Kurashige T,Hashimoto K

更新日期：1995-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:G-rich is a Drosophila melanogaster selenoprotein, which is a homologue of human and mouse SelK. Subcellular localization analysis using GFP-tagged G-rich showed that G-rich was localized in the Golgi apparatus. The fusion protein was co-localized with the Golgi marker proteins but not with an endoplasmic reticulum (E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen CL,Shim MS,Chung J,Yoo HS,Ha JM,Kim JY,Choi J,Zang SL,Hou X,Carlson BA,Hatfield DL,Lee BJ

更新日期：2006-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Septins, a conserved family of GTPases, are heteropolymeric filament-forming proteins that associate with the cell membrane and cytoskeleton and serve essential functions in cell division and morphogenesis. Their roles in fungal cell wall chitin deposition, septation, cytokinesis, and sporulation have been well establ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Juvvadi PR,Fortwendel JR,Rogg LE,Steinbach WJ

更新日期：2011-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have screened a lambda gt11 cDNA library from chicken gizzard muscle with polyclonal antiserum to avian synemin. Immunopositive clones were characterized and sequenced. Computer searches identified primarily intermediate filament (IF) proteins as being homologous to the synemin clones. Synemin's sequence contained ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Becker B,Bellin RM,Sernett SW,Huiatt TW,Robson RM

更新日期：1995-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of hyaluronan binding protein 1 (HABP1) in cell signaling was investigated and in vitro kinase assay demonstrated that it is a substrate for MAP kinase. Phosphorylation of endogenous HABP1 was also observed following treatment of J774 cells with PMA. HABP1 was coimmunoprecipitated with activated ERK, confirmi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Majumdar M,Meenakshi J,Goswami SK,Datta K

更新日期：2002-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the intracellular localization of the myosin binding subunit (MBS) of smooth muscle myosin phosphatase. In MDCK cells in a confluent monolayer of polarized epithelial sheet, MBS was concentrated to the cell-cell adhesion sites. Double-immunofluorescence analysis with anti-MBS and anti-beta-catenin antibodi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inagaki N,Nishizawa M,Ito M,Fujioka M,Nakano T,Tsujino S,Matsuzawa K,Kimura K,Kaibuchi K,Inagaki M

更新日期：1997-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its interaction at hypothalamic sites to affect feeding and energy expenditure, leptin has been shown to exhibit a proliferative response in erythropoietic cells. The functional leptin receptor is also present in pancreatic islets and we now demonstrate that a commonly used clonal insulin secreting beta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Islam MS,Morton NM,Hansson A,Emilsson V

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Human prostasin was recently identified as a potential regulator of epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) function. Through the use of positional scanning combinatorial substrate libraries, prostasin was shown to have a preference for poly-basic substrates: in position P4 preference was for arginine or lysine; in P3 prefer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shipway A,Danahay H,Williams JA,Tully DC,Backes BJ,Harris JL

更新日期：2004-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is a toxin secreted by activated human eosinophils. The properties of mature ECP have been well studied but those of the signal peptide of ECP (ECPsp) are not clear. In this study, several chimeric proteins containing N-terminal fusion of ECPsp were generated, and introduced into Esch...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu CM,Chang MD

更新日期：2004-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA-binding activity of a 42-kDa phosphoprotein from salivary gland cells and cultured epithelial cells of Chironomus tentans have been analyzed by the Southwestern technique. Both the salivary gland and the epithelial cell 42-kDa polypeptides were found to be single-stranded DNA-binding proteins. They bind to sin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Stigare J,Egyhazi E

更新日期：1991-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:GLUT4, the insulin-responsive glucose transporter expressed primarily in muscle and adipose tissue, contains a single N-glycosylation site. We characterized a mutant GLUT4 lacking the N-glycosylation site (Asn57-->Gln) in primary cultures of rat adipose cells. We transiently transfected cells with expression vectors f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ing BL,Chen H,Robinson KA,Buse MG,Quon MJ

更新日期：1996-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Two blind source separation methods (Independent Component Analysis and Non-negative Matrix Factorization), developed initially for signal processing in engineering, found recently a number of applications in analysis of large-scale data in molecular biology. In this short review, we present the common idea behind the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zinovyev A,Kairov U,Karpenyuk T,Ramanculov E

更新日期：2013-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:S100A8 and S100A9 are members of the S100A8 protein family that exist as homodimers and heterodimers in neutrophils, monocytes, and macrophages. Recent studies have shown the pivotal roles of S100A8 and S100A9 in the propagation of inflammation and keratinocyte proliferation in psoriasis. We found significant up-regul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee Y,Jang S,Min JK,Lee K,Sohn KC,Lim JS,Im M,Lee HE,Seo YJ,Kim CD,Lee JH

更新日期：2012-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously by selection and inbreeding of Wistar rats susceptible or resistant to the cataractogenic effect of galactose the S and R rat strains were developed as a model of oxidative stress. It was earlier found S rats have elevated level of OH-radical generation and enhanced lipid peroxidation compared with that for...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yelinova V,Glazachev Y,Khramtsov V,Kudryashova L,Rykova V,Salganik R

更新日期：1996-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphorylation of HMG 14 proteins from calf thymus and avian erythrocytes was studied using a cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase from bovine lung. HMG 14 from calf thymus was a good substrate for the enzyme, but HMG 14 from avian erythrocytes was not phosphorylated. Of the potential phosphorylation sites, the one in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Palvimo J,Linnala-Kankkunen A,Mäenpää PH

更新日期：1983-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A general method to obtain the variable region DNA sequence of the immunoglobulin heavy chain using anchored polymerase chain reaction is described. Based on this DNA sequence, clone-specific oligonucleotides were designed to anneal to the complementarity determining regions. These were used to identify the original B...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ratech H

更新日期：1992-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the large, unsolved problems in human genetics is the proportion of functional sequences in genomes. Recently, the encyclopedia of DNA elements consortium revealed that the majority of the genome is biochemically active, which were described as biochemical functions. This has been used as evidence to pronounce ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Niu DK,Jiang L

更新日期：2013-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major roles of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is to promote the differentiation and support the survival of neurons in the central nervous system. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of BDNF on the fate of adult rat hippocampus-derived neural stem cells (AHPCs) transplant...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki T,Ooto S,Akagi T,Amemiya K,Igarashi R,Mizushima Y,Takahashi M

更新日期：2003-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP is the universal energy currency but mysteriously its cellular concentration is much higher than that needed for providing energy. Recently ATP was decoded to act as a hydrotrope to dissolve liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of FUS whose aggregation leads to ALS/FTD. By DIC microscopy and NMR, here we characte...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kang J,Lim L,Song J

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophil migration and activation are the cornerstones of the acute inflammatory response. Interleukin-8 triggers several functions of neutrophils in host defense: chemotaxis, degranulation and enzyme release, and superoxide production. Interleukin-8 is most potent as a chemoattractant, so chemotaxis is likely the m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Quan JM,Martin TR,Rosenberg GB,Foster DC,Whitmore T,Goodman RB

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, also known as the canonical Wnt pathway, plays a role in cell proliferation and differentiation in several tissues/organs. It has been recently described in humans a relationship between type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and mutation in the gene encoding the transcription factor TCF7L2 associ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maschio DA,Oliveira RB,Santos MR,Carvalho CP,Barbosa-Sampaio HC,Collares-Buzato CB

更新日期：2016-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:This article has been withdrawn at the request of the author(s) and/or editor. The Publisher apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause. The full Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xiao F,Hu Q,Zeng M,Guan L,Liu X,Yang Y,Zhong C

更新日期：2012-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Chalcone and stilbene synthases (CHS and STS) catalyze condensation reactions of p-coumaroyl-CoA and three C(2)-units from malonyl-CoA, but catalyze different cyclization reactions to produce naringenin chalcone and resveratrol, respectively. Condensing activities of wild-type CHS and STS as well as STS-C60S mutant we...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suh DY,Kagami J,Fukuma K,Sankawa U

更新日期：2000-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently reported that synthetic peptide amides corresponding to regions of human FSH beta-subunit, hFSH-beta-(33-53) and hFSH-beta-(81-95), bind to receptor and stimulate estradiol biosynthesis by cultured rat Sertoli cells. Because of experimental difficulties caused by the presence of free sulfhydryl groups...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grasso P,Crabb JW,Reichert LE Jr

更新日期：1993-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of tyrosine phosphorylation of FAK in the stretch-induced MAPKs (extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38MAPK) activation in mutant FAK-transfected fibroblasts. In response to uniaxial cyclic stretch (1 Hz, 120% in length), the levels of tyrosine phosphorylation of the Tyr-397 and Tyr-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang JG,Miyazu M,Matsushita E,Sokabe M,Naruse K

更新日期：2001-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Various bacteria and bacterial products induce in pure, lymphocyte-free bone marrow-derived mononuclear phagocytes (BMMø) the generation of tumor necrosis factor, nitric oxide (NO) synthase, NO and nitrite (NO2-), the flow of L-arginine to citrulline, and tumoricidal activity. The flow of L-arginine to citrulline and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keller R,Bassetti S,Keist R,Mülsch A,Klauser S

更新日期：1992-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play essential role in the progression of many tumors. Wnt/β-catenin pathway is crucial in maintaining the stemness of CSCs. (-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), the major bioactive component in green tea, has been shown to possess anti-cancer activity. To date, the interventional effect of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu J,Jiang Y,Yang X,Wang S,Xie C,Li X,Li Y,Chen Y,Wang X,Meng Y,Zhu M,Wu R,Huang C,Ma X,Geng S,Wu J,Zhong C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamate receptor delta2 (GluD2) is selectively expressed on the postsynaptic spines at parallel-fiber (PF)-Purkinje neuron (PN) synapses. GluD2 knockout mice show a reduced number of PF-PN synapses, suggesting that GluD2 is involved in synapse formation. Recent studies revealed that GluD2 induces presynaptic differe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuroyanagi T,Hirano T

更新日期：2010-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Seizure susceptibility and neurodegeneration induced by microinjection of kainic acid (KA) into the left amygdala (LA) in C57BL/6 and FVB/N mouse strains were compared. Mice were administered 0.5 microg of KA into the LA. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) and behavior were monitored for 48 h after KA microinjection. Neuron...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kasugai M,Akaike K,Imamura S,Matsukubo H,Tojo H,Nakamura M,Tanaka S,Sano A

更新日期：2007-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin mu intronic enhancer is a potent B cell-specific transcriptional activator. The enhancer is activated by the appropriate combination of transcription factors, amongst which are ets and bHLH proteins. HMGA1 (formerly HMG-I(Y)) is a demonstrated co-activator of the mu enhancer. HMGA1 functions through...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Andreucci A,Reeves R,McCarthy KM,Nikolajczyk BS

更新日期：2002-03-29 00:00:00