Glycerol absorption by Na+-dependent carrier-mediated transport in the closed loop of the rat small intestine.

abstract：:In Japan, an increasing number of people suffer from pollenosis, a typical atopic disease. Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) pollen is the most common allergen that causes pollenosis. Although Cry j 1 and Cry j 2 are the common allergenic proteins contained in the pollen, there is a small population of patients wh...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsumura D,Nabe T,Mizutani N,Fujii M,Kohno S

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fat-specific protein 27 (Fsp27) gene belongs to the cell death-inducing DNA fragmentation factor 45-like effector family. Fsp27 is highly expressed in adipose tissue as well as the fatty liver of ob/ob mice. Fsp27 is directly regulated by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) in livers of geneti...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuo K,Matsusue K,Aibara D,Takiguchi S,Gonzalez FJ,Yamano S

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with antipsychotic drugs has been associated with hyperprolactinemia. The same antipsychotic drugs have also been associated with side effects such as menstruation disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of hyperprolactinemia and menstruation disorders in women undergoing antipsychoti...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takechi K,Yoshioka Y,Kawazoe H,Tanaka M,Takatori S,Kobayashi M,Matsuoka I,Yanagawa H,Zamami Y,Imanishi M,Ishizawa K,Tanaka A,Araki H

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fat specific protein 27 (FSP27) was originally isolated by screen for genes specifically expressed in fully differentiated mouse adipocytes. FSP27 and cell death-inducing DFF45-like effector C (CIDEC), the human homologue of FSP27, belong to the CIDE family. The FSP27 in adipocytes was recently reported to be a lipid ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsusue K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Upon stimulation, endothelial cells release various factors to regulate the vascular tone. In particular, vasorelaxing factors, called endothelium-derived relaxing factors (EDRFs), are altered in the production and/or release, as well as their signaling every vessel and under pathophysiological states, including cardi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsumoto T,Takayanagi K,Kojima M,Katome T,Taguchi K,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized a new quaternary ammonium salt, N-alkyl-N-2-hydroxyethyl-N, N-dimethylammonium butyl phosphate (ABP) that does not precipitate in the presence of anionic surfactants by incorporating a paired butyl phosphate anion into cationic surfactants. ABP showed much greater bactericidal activities and antirusting...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ohta S,Makino M,Nagai K,Zenda H

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral tolerance is thought to have a role in preventing allergic responses and immune-mediated diseases. Modulation of this tolerance by drugs and chemicals can cause or suppress them. An improved model of oral tolerance to ovalbumin (OVA) in mice was developed to detect modulators of the tolerance and to apply it to s...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim JH,Ohsawa M

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) that mainly target ion channels or post-synaptic receptors are in clinical use, but a proportion of patients are resistant to these traditional AEDs and experience repeated severe break-out seizures. Given its involvement in the etiology of epilepsy, the neurotransmitter glycine may se...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhao J,Tao H,Xian W,Cai Y,Cheng W,Yin M,Liang G,Li K,Cui L,Zhao B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Parkinson's disease, while dopamine (DA) replacement therapy, such as with L-DOPA (levodopa), improves the symptoms, it does not inhibit the degeneration of DA neurons in the substantia nigra. Numerous studies have suggested that both endogenous and environmental neurotoxins and oxidative stress may participate in ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kitamura Y,Kakimura J,Taniguchi T

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the recommended theophylline therapeutic range in the treatment of acute airway obstruction. Twenty seven patients (20 to 64 years) with acute asthma attack were given aminophylline intravenously to obtain a theophylline concentration between 10 and 20 microgra...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakahara Y,Murata M,Suzuki T,Ohtsu F,Nagasawa K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bioassay-guided fractionation of a MeOH extract of the heartwood of Caesalpinia sappan L. provided two neuroprotective compounds, sappanchalcone (2) and 4-O-methylepisappanol (3), together with a methoxychalcone, isoliquiritigenin 2'-methyl ether (1), and three aromatic compounds, 4-O-methylsappanol (4), caesalpin...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Jeong GS,Lee DS,Kwon TO,Lee HS,An RB,Kim YC

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the mechanism by which the human lung cancer drug resistance-related gene BC006151 regulates chemosensitivity by down-regulating BC006151 expression via antisense gene transfer in H446/(C)DDP cells. A retroviral vector containing the antisense BC006151 sequence was constructed and trans...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li S,Shi H,Ji F,Wang B,Feng Q,Feng X,Jia Z,Zhao Q,Qian G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antitumour activity of the methanolic extract of Glinus lotoides (MGL) has been evaluated against Dalton's ascitic lymphoma (DAL) in Swiss albino mice. A significant enhancement of mean survival time of tumour bearing mice and peritoneal cell count in normal mice was observed with respect to the control group. Whe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kavimani S,Manisenthilkumar KT,Ilango R,Krishnamoorthy G

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When carbohydrate metabolism is impaired, fatty acid metabolism is activated. Excess acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA) is generated from fatty acids by β-oxidation and is used for the formation of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) and subsequently for acetoacetate. High levels of secreted ketone bodies (acetoacetate and ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakagawa S,Kojima Y,Sekino K,Yamato S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calreticulin is an abundant endo/sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-binding protein. To investigate whether calreticulin (CRO1) is involved in the cold-stress response in rice, a transgenic plant was constructed. The transcriptional level was decreased within 30 min and recovered within 2 h of a cold treatment. The calreticu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li Z,Onodera H,Ugaki M,Tanaka H,Komatsu S

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Threohydroxyaspartate (THA) causes glutamate excitotoxicity in motor neurons in organotypic culture of rat spinal cord. Some drugs, including sulforaphane (SF) and riluzole, can protect motor neuron against excitotoxicity. It has been demonstrated that SF is a potent inducer of Phase II enzymes, while riluzole is a cl...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chang G,Guo Y,Jia Y,Duan W,Li B,Yu J,Li C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen flavonoids including flavonols, flavones, flavanonol and catechins, and five aromatic compounds were examined for their ability to scavenge superoxide radical (O2-*) generated enzymatically in a xanthin-xanthinoxidase system and non-enzymatically in a phenazine methosulfate-NADH system. Pyrogallol, gallic acid...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Furuno K,Akasako T,Sugihara N

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To ascertain if there is stereoselectivity in peroxisomal proliferation induced by chiral peroxisome proliferators, induction by stereoisomers of 2-methyl-4'-chlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2-methyl-2-(2'-4'-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid were studied in rat in vivo and in vitro with isolated rat hepatocytes. No significant...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Koibuchi Y,Yamada J,Watanabe T,Suga T

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma hyaluronan-binding protein (PHBP), a serine protease that can activate coagulation factor VII and prourokinase, circulates in a single-chain form (pro-PHBP) and autoproteolytically converts to an active two-chain form with the aid of an effector such as spermidine and heparin. It has been postulated that PHBP p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamamoto E,Nishimura N,Okada K,Sekido C,Yamamichi S,Hasumi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyporus (P.) umbellatus, an endangered medicinal fungus in China, is distributed throughout most areas of the country. Thirty-seven natural P. umbellatus samples collected from 12 provinces in China were subjected to the inter-simple sequence repeat (ISSR) assay to investigate the genetic diversity within and among ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Liu MM,Xing YM,Guo SX

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the activity of lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (cytochrome P-45014DM) by dietary cholesterol was studied in rats. In male rats fed a 3% cholesterol diet for 1 and 4 weeks, the activity of 24,25-dihydrolanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase was decreased in the liver. The cytochrome P-45014DM protein content de...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sonoda Y,Amano C,Endo M,Sato Y,Sekigawa Y,Fukuhara M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analgesic activities of Randia siamensis CRAIB (R. siamensis) extract and pseudoginsenoside-RP1, a constituent of the extract, were examined in the writhing test, hot plate test and Randall-Selitto test. Oral administration of R. siamensis extract dose-dependently decreased the number of writhings and stretchings indu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Reanmongkol W,Matsumoto K,Itharat A,Watanabe H

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ty2 retrotransposons are the mobile genetic elements of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transcriptional regulation of Ty2-917 requires a complex set of cis acting elements which are located both upstream and downstream of the transcription initiation site. Previously, the glycolysis regulatory protein Gcr1p has be...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Türkel S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sialic acid binding lectin from bullfrog Rana catesbeiana oocyte (cSBL) is known to have anti-tumor activity. In order to investigate the relationship between the net charge of cSBL and its anti-tumor effect, cSBL was modified with a water-soluble carbodiimide (EDC) in the presence of three kinds of nucleophiles, ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Iwama M,Ogawa Y,Sasaki N,Nitta K,Takayanagi Y,Ohgi K,Tsuji T,Irie M

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hairy roots of interspecific hybrid ginseng (Panax ginseng x P. quinquefolium), induced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes ATCC 15834, grew well in B5 liquid media supplemented with 2.5 microM auxins (3-indole butyric acid (IBA), 1-naphtaleneacetic acid (NAA) and 3-indoleacetic acid (IAA)). The hairy roots cultured in B5 liq...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Washida D,Shimomura K,Takido M,Kitanaka S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a severe chemotherapy-resistant malignancy associated with prolonged infection by the human T cell-lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1). One approach to prevent the onset of ATL is to inhibit the growth/transmission of HTLV-1 infected cells using arsenic trioxide (As(2)O(3)). However, there are...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nabeshi H,Yoshikawa T,Kamada H,Shibata H,Sugita T,Abe Y,Nagano K,Nomura T,Minowa K,Yamashita T,Itoh N,Yoshioka Y,Tsunoda S,Tsutsumi Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Costunolide is an active compound isolated from the root of Saussurea lappa Clarks, a Chinese medicinal herb, and is considered a therapeutic candidate for various types of cancers. Nevertheless, the pharmacological pathways of costunolide are still unknown. In this study, we investigate the effects of costunolide on ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee MG,Lee KT,Chi SG,Park JH

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We earlier reported that collagen synthesis in false aged model rats was stimulated by the administration of a methanol extract from the leaves of Eucommia ulmoides OLIVER. When the methanol extract was fractionated to n-hexane, ethyl acetate, acetone and methanol fractions by silica gel chromatography, we discovered ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Li Y,Metori K,Koike K,Che QM,Takahashi S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two subclones (K562-L and -H) were previously isolated from K562 human leukemic cells according to hemoglobin production: K562-L was expressed in less than 5% and K562-H in more than 90% of dianisidine positive cells. 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13- acetate (TPA) suppressed the expression of the erythrocytic (glycophori...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sasaki D,Kosunago S,Mikami T,Matsumoto T,Suzuki M

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dopamine agonists have neuroprotective properties in addition to their original pharmacologic function. We examined the effects of pergolide mesilate (PM) on the levels of metallothionein mRNA expression and lipid peroxidation in the corpus striata of 1-methyl 4-phenyl 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced Parkins...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ono S,Hirai K,Tokuda E

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00