Co-culture of human CD34+ cells with mesenchymal stem cells increases the survival of CD34+ cells against the 5-aza-deoxycytidine- or trichostatin A-induced cell death.

abstract：:We proposed to use a novel stepwise sequence-constructive SELEX method to develop DNA aptamers that can recognize Globo H which is a tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen. A combinatorial synthetic library that consisted of DNA molecules with randomized regions of 15-bases was used as the starting library for the firs...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang CY,Wu CY,Hung TC,Wong CH,Chen CH

更新日期：2014-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:High blood glucose levels of KK-A(y) mice with type 2 diabetes mellitus were normalized by daily intraperitoneal (ip) administration of a zinc(II) complex, bis(maltolato)zinc(II) (Zn(Mal)(2)) with a Zn(O(4)) coordination mode, following the finding of strong in vitro insulinomimetic activity in isolated rat adipocytes...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yoshikawa Y,Ueda E,Miyake H,Sakurai H,Kojima Y

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed minimal levels of NF-kappaB activity in rat distal lung epithelial cells cultured at fetal (23 mmHg) or adult alveolar (100 mmHg) P(O2), but revealed significant activation of this transcription factor in cells exposed to a rise in P(O2) mimicking that experienced at birt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Haddad JJ,Collett A,Land SC,Olver RE,Wilson SM

更新日期：2001-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure is described for preparation of homogeneous inositol monophosphate phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.25) from beef brain in less than 2 days with an overall recovery of 15-25%. This enzyme, an essential part of the inositol phospholipid cycle in brain, is a proposed site of action of lithium ions in manic-depressive d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Meek JL,Rice TJ,Anton E

更新日期：1988-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive disorder whose molecular pathology is poorly understood. Here we developed an in-house cDNA microarray ("lung chip") originating from a lung-normalized cDNA library. By using this lung chip, we analyzed global gene expression in a murine model of bleomycin-induced fibrosis and selec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Katsuma S,Nishi K,Tanigawara K,Ikawa H,Shiojima S,Takagaki K,Kaminishi Y,Suzuki Y,Hirasawa A,Ohgi T,Yano J,Murakami Y,Tsujimoto G

更新日期：2001-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants possess several defense mechanisms against pathogenic attack. One of these defenses is the use of protease inhibitor proteins, which interfere in the development and growth of pathogens. Sugarcane productivity can be impacted by the plant's susceptibility to fungal diseases that result in production losses. A r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Soares-Costa A,Beltramini LM,Thiemann OH,Henrique-Silva F

更新日期：2002-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular transport and storage of retinoids were shown to be conducted by fatty acid-binding protein (FABP). When rat liver cytosol was gel filtrated, retinyl palmitate-binding activity was mainly eluted in the fraction with a Mr. of around 14,000, in which both FABP and cellular retinol-binding protein (CRBP) co...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukai F,Kase T,Shidotani T,Nagai T,Katayama T

更新日期：1987-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated immunohistochemically the localization of p33, an endogenous substrate protein for an arginine-specific ADP-ribosyltransferase in chicken liver. Polymorphonuclear-pseudo-eosinophilic granulocytes (heterophils) in interlobular connective tissues of the liver were exclusively and strongly stained with th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Osago H,Mishima K,Tsuchiya M,Tanigawa Y,Umeno T,Shimoyama M

更新日期：1991-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of pancreatic islet B-cells to D-glucose and many other insulinotropic agents results in an increase of cytoplasmic calcium concentration, which triggers the exocytosis of secretroy granules. Previous studies have demonstrated that calcium itself, at concentrations ranging from 2 to 18 mM, is able to induce a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rasschaert J,Malaisse WJ

更新日期：1999-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Consumption of a single serving of tomatoes by healthy human volunteers was sufficient to alter levels of oxidative DNA base damage in white cell DNA within 24 h. Levels of the mutagenic oxidized purine base 8-hydroxyguanine decreased, especially in those subjects whose initial levels of this base were higher than the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rehman A,Bourne LC,Halliwell B,Rice-Evans CA

更新日期：1999-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation with protein kinase NII did not result in phosphorylation or inactivation of mouse kidney ornithine decarboxylase. Partially purified ornithine decarboxylase preparations contained a protein kinase activity and stimulated the activity of RNA polymerase I. However, these properties were due to contaminating ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seely JE,Stetler DA,Jacob ST,Pegg AE

更新日期：1984-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunctions, such as pyroptosis, are chronic inflammatory processes with important roles in atherosclerosis. Adiponectin (APN), an adipocyte-derived protein that is abundant in circulation, reportedly protects against atherosclerosis. However, the mechanism underlying its antiatherogenic effect on human a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang L,Yuan M,Zhang L,Wu B,Sun X

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Gelsolin, a Ca(2+)-dependent actin regulatory protein, was recently suggested to participate in apoptosis regulation. In this study, we found that the level of gelsolin is elevated in senescent human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs) and also in the tissues of old rats, i.e., in the liver, kidney, heart, spleen, stomach, and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahn JS,Jang IS,Kim DI,Cho KA,Park YH,Kim K,Kwak CS,Chul Park S

更新日期：2003-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the function of mouse organic cation transporter OCT2 (TC 2.A.19.1.5) in comparison with that of OCT1 (TC 2.A.19.1.1). Uptake of [(3)H]1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ([(3)H]MPP(+)) by Xenopus laevis oocytes injected with mOCT1 (Slc22a1) or mOCT2 (Slc22a2) cRNA was attenuated by an increase of extracellul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kakehi M,Koyabu N,Nakamura T,Uchiumi T,Kuwano M,Ohtani H,Sawada Y

更新日期：2002-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA coding for rat IL-5 was obtained by RT-PCR from total spleen RNA. With the exception of a single a.a. replacement at position 85 (L-P), it is identical to the published sequence obtained by retroviral gene transfer. This cDNA was used to express biologically active recombinant IL-5 in E. coli and in insect cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pierrot C,Cocude C,Cêtre C,Godin C,Lafitte S,Capron M,Khalife J

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen phosphorylase (a or b) binds 125I-calmodulin in a Ca2+-dependent manner, in the 125I-calmodulin overlay technique. This binding is quantitatively identical to 125I-calmodulin binding to myosin light chain kinase. In an in vitro assay, calmodulin stimulates phosphorylase activity at limiting concentrations of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Slaughter GR,Means AR

更新日期：1985-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are used as a treatment for a variety of conditions and hypertension is a well-recognized side effect of their use. The mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced hypertension is incompletely understood and has traditionally been attributed to promiscuous activation of the mineralocorticoid receptor by cortis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Goodwin JE,Zhang J,Velazquez H,Geller DS

更新日期：2010-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclo-oxygenase (COX) exists as two isoforms. In endothelial cells, the induction of COX (COX-2) elicited by endotoxin or inflammatory cytokines is mediated by tyrosine kinase. Here we have investigated whether the induction of COX-2 elicited by IL-1beta in human pulmonary epithelial cells (A549) is mediated by tyrosi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Akarasereenont P,Thiemermann C

更新日期：1996-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Stefin B is the major general cytosolic protein inhibitor of cysteine cathepsins. Its main function is to protect the organism against the activity of endogenous potentially hazardous proteases accidentally released from lysosomes. In this study, we investigated the possible effect of endosomal/lysosomal aspartic cath...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Železnik TZ,Kadin A,Turk V,Dolenc I

更新日期：2015-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to identify the mechanism by which cyclic AMP stimulates expression of the human renin gene (REN), the effect of forskolin was tested in transient expression analyses of REN 5'-flanking DNA-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene constructs in secondary cultures of human chorio-decidual cells, a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Smith DL,Morris BJ,Do YS,Law RE,Shaw KJ,Hseuh WA

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that a specific inhibitor of insulin-like growth factor (IGF) action in vitro can be isolated from normal human serum and subsequently partially purified on an IGF-affinity column. The ability of the inhibitor to bind the IGFs has now been confirmed directly using covalent cross-linking tec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ooi GT,Herington AC

更新日期：1986-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-documented that large amounts of endotoxin produce hemorrhagic mucosal lesions in the stomach. To determine whether endotoxin, when injected at small doses, similarly exerts ulcerogenic actions, endotoxin (0.4-40 micrograms/kg) was injected into 24 hr-fasted rats. These small doses of endotoxin did not affe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsuji K,Uehara A,Santos SB,Namiki M

更新日期：1993-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance protein 1 (MRP1) is a member of the ATP-binding cassette superfamily. Using the energy provided by ATP hydrolysis, it transports a broad spectrum of substrates across the plasma membrane, including hormones, leukotriene C(4), bile salts, and anti-cancer drugs. Recent works have suggested that P-gl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cerf E,Gasper R,Belani JD,Rychnovsky S,Chang XB,Buyse F,Ruysschaert JM

更新日期：2007-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The catalytic and immunological properties of acid phosphatases (EC 3.1.3.2.) in different tissues were studied. It was demonstrated that high uptake forms of lysosomal enzymes like beta-galactosidase isolated from human platelets and bovine testis are mature enzymes, which have not lost their mannose-6phosphate marke...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu P,Parenti G,Keulemans J,Hoogeveen AT

更新日期：1990-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the classical IκB kinases (IKKα and IKKβ) was previously shown to contribute to obesity-induced inflammation and insulin resistance. Using knockout mice, we investigated whether the related isoform IKKε plays a similar metabolic role. IKKε(-/-) mice had reduced body weight, leptin levels, as well as high...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Scheja L,Heese B,Seedorf K

更新日期：2011-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:We have created genital skin fibroblast cell lines directly from three patients in a Chinese family affected by androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS). All patients in the family share an identical AR Arg840Cys mutant but show different disease phenotypes. By using the cell lines, we find that the mutation has not infl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang M,Wang J,Zhang Z,Zhao Z,Zhang R,Hu X,Tan T,Luo S,Luo Z

更新日期：2005-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated Agrobacterium tumefaciens was exposed to different extremely low frequencies of square amplitude modulated waves (QAMW) from two generators to determine the resonance frequency that causes growth inhibition. The carrier was 10 MHz sine wave with amplitude ±10 Vpp which was modulated by a second wave generator...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fadel MA,El-Gebaly RH,Mohamed SA,Abdelbacki AMM

更新日期：2017-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody against actin isolated from a human EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid B-cell line exerted an inhibitory effect on in vitro IgM secretion by a different lymphoblastoid B-cell line, LA350. This effect was dose dependent showing from 24-40% inhibition at a dilution of 1:100 and 68-80% inhibition at a dilution of 1:...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosenblatt HM,Green CG,McClure JE,Shearer WT

更新日期：1986-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AHCY) catalyzes the reversible hydrolysis of S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) to adenosine and l-homocysteine. This enzyme is frequently overexpressed in many tumor types and is considered to be a validated anti-tumor target. In order to enable the development of small molecule AHCY inhib...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Uchiyama N,Dougan DR,Lawson JD,Kimura H,Matsumoto SI,Tanaka Y,Kawamoto T

更新日期：2017-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymatic hydrolysis of the synthetic substrate succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Xxx-pNA (where Xxx=Leu, Asp or Lys) catalyzed by bovine chymotrypsin (CHYM) or Streptomyces griseus protease B (SGPB) has been studied at different pH values in the pH range 3-11. The pH optima for substrates having Leu, Asp, and Lys have been found ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Qasim MA,Song J,Markley JL,Laskowski M Jr

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00