Reassignment of the human macrophage colony stimulating factor gene to chromosome 1p13-21.

abstract：:Mesenchymal Stem Cells are known to engraft and integrate into the architecture of colorectal tumours, with little known regarding their fate following engraftment. This study aimed to investigate mediators of Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC) and colon cancer cell (CCC) interactions. Mesenchymal Stem Cells and colon cancer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hogan NM,Joyce MR,Murphy JM,Barry FP,O'Brien T,Kerin MJ,Dwyer RM

更新日期：2013-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：:To address the role of brain gangliosides in synaptic activity, the ceramide analogs, D-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol (D-PDMP) and its enantiomer, L-PDMP, were used to inhibit and stimulate ganglioside biosynthesis in cultured cortical neurons. Prolonged treatment with both PDMP isomers exhibi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inokuchi J,Mizutani A,Jimbo M,Usuki S,Yamagishi K,Mochizuki H,Muramoto K,Kobayashi K,Kuroda Y,Iwasaki K,Ohgami Y,Fujiwara M

更新日期：1997-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of Mg-GTP, the rat liver guanylate cyclase, in either intact membranes or trypsin solubilized form, was stimulated by protoporphyrin IX 6 to 10-fold. However, when Mn-GTP was the substrate, protoporphyrin IX activated the membrane-bound guanylate cyclase only 50%, in contrast to the marked activation r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lacombe ML,Eberentz-Lhomme C

更新日期：1983-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Leukotrienes play an important pathophysiological role in chronic inflammatory states and, as previously shown, cause increased levels of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) in intestinal epithelial cells. The anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 is also elevated by LTD(4) stimulation, and in colon cancer, so we studied the mechanisms o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wikström K,Ohd JF,Sjölander A

更新日期：2003-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine 4-carboxylic acid 5-dehydrogenase (FHMPCDH) from Mesorhizobium loti is the fifth enzyme in degradation pathway I for pyridoxine. The enzyme catalyzes a dismutation reaction: the oxidation of 5-formyl-3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine 4-carboxylic acid (FHMPC) to 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mugo AN,Kobayashi J,Mikami B,Yoshikane Y,Yagi T,Ohnishi K

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell membrane receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGF) appears to be a glycoprotein of Mr 170,000 and mediates the mitogenic and metabolic responses of cells with EGF receptors (EGF-R). Normal rat kidney (NRK) have about 3 X 10(5) EGF-R per cell. Upon transformation of NRK cells by Kirsten sarcoma virus, the tra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chua CC,Geiman DE,Schreiber AB,Ladda RL

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Menin, encoded by the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene, is a tumor suppressor and transcription regulator. Menin interacts with various proteins as a scaffold protein and is proposed to play important roles in multiple physiological and pathological processes by controlling gene expression, proliferatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim B,Song TY,Jung KY,Kim SG,Cho EJ

更新日期：2017-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of thin aggregative fimbriae (Agf) in Salmonella, which is responsible for bacterial cell adhesion to surfaces, aggregation, and formation of biofilms, is regulated by a complex mechanism. In order to identify gene(s) involved in the expression of Agf, the TnphoA transposon was introduced into Salmonella ty...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoo AY,Yu JE,Yoo H,Lee TH,Lee WH,Oh JI,Kang HY

更新日期：2013-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The smallest protein of hepatitis B virus, HBX, has been implicated in the development of liver diseases by interfering with normal cellular processes. Its role in cell proliferation has been unclear as both pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic activities have been reported. We showed molecular evidence that HBX induced a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lu YW,Chen WN

更新日期：2005-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish a simple system for purification of recombinant infectious hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles, we designed a chimeric J6/JFH-1 virus with a FLAG (FL)-epitope-tagged sequence at the N-terminal region of the E2 hypervariable region-1 (HVR1) gene (J6/JFH-1/1FL). We found that introduction of an adaptive mutat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi H,Akazawa D,Kato T,Date T,Shirakura M,Nakamura N,Mochizuki H,Tanaka-Kaneko K,Sata T,Tanaka Y,Mizokami M,Suzuki T,Wakita T

更新日期：2010-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:It is commonly assumed that plants do not possess consciousness. Since the criterion for this assumption is usually human consciousness this assumption represents a top down attitude. It is obvious that plants are not animals and using animal criteria of consciousness will lead to its rejection in plants. However usin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Calvo P,Baluška F,Trewavas A

更新日期：2020-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian-target-of-rapamycin (mTOR) is a multidomain protein that is important in regulating several components of the translational machinery. mTOR signalling is stimulated by hormones (e.g., insulin) and by amino acids. Our recent data suggest that TOR signalling responds to intracellular amino acids rather tha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Proud CG

更新日期：2004-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In this communication, we document the self-assembly of heterologously expressed truncated human aromatase (CYP19) into nanometer scale phospholipids bilayers (Nanodiscs). The resulting P450 CYP19 preparation is stable and can tightly associate with the substrate androstenedione to form a nearly complete high-spin fer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grinkova YV,Denisov IG,Waterman MR,Arase M,Kagawa N,Sligar SG

更新日期：2008-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the effect of low density lipoprotein (LDL) on histamine release from purified human lung mast cells. LDL inhibited anti-IgE- induced histamine release in a dose-dependent manner, with 100 micrograms/ml LDL-protein inhibiting histamine release by 53 +/- 8% (mean +/- SEM); half-maximal inhibition occurred a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schulman ES,Quinn TJ,Post TJ,O'Donnell P,Rodriguez A,Gonen B

更新日期：1987-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we found a depression in the activity of hepatic xanthine dehydrogenase in rats fed clofibrate or di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate. The present study further demonstrated that dietary addition of other peroxisome proliferators, including bezafibrate, dehydroepiandrosterone and perfluoro-n-octanoic acid also depres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Satoh A,Sasago S,Takahashi S,Kato N

更新日期：1993-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Microfilaments play an important role in the formation of apoptotic bodies. This study examined expression patterns of beta-actin, a key component of microfilament, during apoptosis. The data suggest that continuous beta-actin expression is not required for formation of apoptotic bodies. beta-actin mRNA levels rapidly...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Naora H,Naora H

更新日期：1995-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyamine biosynthesis pathway has long been considered an essential drug target for trypanosomatids including Leishmania. S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (AdoMetDc) and spermidine synthase (SpdSyn) are enzymes of this pathway that catalyze successive steps, with the product of the former, decarboxylated S-adenosyl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mishra AK,Agnihotri P,Srivastava VK,Pratap JV

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATPase activity of F1 isolated from the thermophilic bacterium PS3 is stimulated at 30 degrees C by the anionic detergents cholate or deoxycholate. Maximal activity obtained with these detergents (35 mumol/min X mg) is similar to the activity reported for the optimal temperature, 75 degrees C. The activity is line...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Norling B

更新日期：1986-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase (I-GlcNAc6ST, GST-4alpha) and corneal N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferases (C-GlcNAc6ST, GST-4beta) are two highly homologous GlcNAc 6-O-sulfotransferase isozymes encoded by two intronless open reading frames that reside approximately 50 kb apart on human chromo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bartes A,Bhakta S,Hemmerich S

更新日期：2001-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether thrombin, the final activator of coagulation cascade, regulates expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-9 in human monocytes. We show that thrombin stimulation induced MMP-9 secretion of monocytes dose- and time-dependently as revealed by gelatin zymography. Real-time RT-PCR and Western b...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang CJ,Hsu LA,Ko YH,Chen PL,Chuang YT,Lin CY,Liao CH,Pang JH

更新日期：2009-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of cyclin D1 expression is a critical feature of growth factor-induced cell proliferation in hepatocytes. To clarify the mechanisms regulating cyclin D1 gene expression, we isolated the rat cyclin D1 gene and analyzed the transcriptional regulatory elements in rat hepatoma cells and primary cultured rat hepa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moriuchi A,Ido A,Nagata Y,Nagata K,Uto H,Hasuike S,Hori T,Hirono S,Hayashi K,Tsubouchi H

更新日期：2003-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the expression of a Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) elav-like gene, which we designated elr-1. The elr-1 gene encodes a predicted 456-amino-acid protein containing three putative RNA-binding domains and belongs to the ELAV family, which is functionally involved in neuronal differentiation. Northern blo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujita M,Kawano T,Ohta A,Sakamoto H

更新日期：1999-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified to have more and more important roles in tumorigenesis and may be novel biomarker for cancer therapy. LncRNA TP73-AS1 is a novel identified lncRNA that has been demonstrated to be increased in several cancers, however, its function in bladder cancer remains unknown. T...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tuo Z,Zhang J,Xue W

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial fibrosis is the pathological consequence of injury-induced fibroblastto-myofibroblast transition, resulting in increased stiffness and diminished cardiac function. Histone modification has been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiac fibrosis. Here, we identified H3K27me3 demethylase ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Long F,Wang Q,Yang D,Zhu M,Wang J,Zhu Y,Liu X

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We show here a novel non-viral strategy to transduce human cells by using an EBV-based vector system. The EBV-based vectors, the plasmid vectors carrying EBV oriP (origin for plasmid replication) and EBNA (EBV nuclear antigen) 1 gene from EBV genome, were combined with 2 gene delivery systems, i.e., cationic liposome ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Satoh E,Osawa M,Tomiyasu K,Hirai H,Shimazaki C,Oda Y,Nakagawa M,Kondo M,Kinoshita S,Mazda O,Imanishi J

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:APOBEC3B (A3B) is a DNA cytosine deaminase and catalyzes cytosine deamination, resulting in mutations in genomic DNA. A3B is aberrantly expressed in a variety of cancers and considered to be a source of genomic mutations that contribute to cancer progression and metastasis. However, the mechanisms through which A3B ex...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maruyama W,Shirakawa K,Matsui H,Matsumoto T,Yamazaki H,Sarca AD,Kazuma Y,Kobayashi M,Shindo K,Takaori-Kondo A

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) is a critical immunosuppressive cytokine that inhibits the cell-mediated immune responses partly via inhibition of immunostimulatory cytokine production from T cells, NK cells, and macrophages. Here we investigated the effect of TGFbeta on NK cell activation induced by interle...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi H,Inoue Y,Tsutsui H,Okamura H,Nakanishi K,Onozaki K

更新日期：2003-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody (mAb) 25B1 directed against fetal bovine-serum acetylcholinesterase (FBS AChE) was used to examine the ability of the cholinergic enzyme to promote the assembly of amyloid-beta peptides (A beta) into Alzheimerś fibrils. This mAb binds to the peripheral anionic site of the enzyme and allostericall...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reyes AE,Perez DR,Alvarez A,Garrido J,Gentry MK,Doctor BP,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：1997-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular parasitic protist Trypanosoma cruzi is the causative agent of Chagas disease in Latin America. In general, pyrimidine nucleotides are supplied by both de novo biosynthesis and salvage pathways. While epimastigotes-an insect form-possess both activities, amastigotes-an intracellular replicating form o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto M,Morales J,Fukai Y,Suzuki S,Takamiya S,Tsubouchi A,Inoue S,Inoue M,Kita K,Harada S,Tanaka A,Aoki T,Nara T

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) is expressed not only in neuronal cells but also in non-neuronal cells such as astroglial cells. In the present study, the prion protein (PrP) gene (Prnp)-deficient astroglial cell line GpL1 from hippocampal cells of ZrchI Prnp(-/-) mice were established. Transfection of Prnp suppressed...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishimura T,Sakudo A,Xue G,Ikuta K,Yukawa M,Sugiura K,Onodera T

更新日期：2008-12-26 00:00:00