The caspase family in urochordates: distinct evolutionary fates in ascidians and larvaceans.

abstract：:This review highlights new developments in miRNA as diagnostic and surveillance tools in diseases damaging the renal proximal tubule mediated by endothelin in the field of renal carcinoma, proteinuric kidney disease and tubulotoxicity. A new mechanism in the miRNA regulation of proteins leads to the binding of the miR...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Fries JWU

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there are many macromolecular complexes which play extremely important roles in biology, and despite continued progress in X-ray crystallographic and NMR methods, it is still very difficult to obtain atomic level structural information about such large assemblies. It is now clear that a powerful approach is t...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Wade RH,Hewat EA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LDs (lipid droplets) have long been considered as inert particles used by the cells to store fatty acids and sterols as esterified non-toxic lipid species (i.e. triacylglycerols and steryl esters). However, accumulating evidence suggests that LDs behave as a dynamic compartment, which is involved in the regulation of ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Hapala I,Marza E,Ferreira T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:AQP10 (aquaporin 10) is a new member of water channels and two different transcripts have been reported. The difference between these transcripts is in the presence or the absence of an insertion of 475 nt, which leads to a translation frame shift resulting in a different termination of amino aci...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Li H,Kamiie J,Morishita Y,Yoshida Y,Yaoita E,Ishibashi K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p126 protein is synthesized by P. falciparum between the 32nd and the 36th hour of the erythrocytic cycle, and is localized in the parasitophorous vacuole. It is processed when schizonts rupture and the major fragments (50, 47 and 18 kDa), which are released into culture supernatant, have been characterized using ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Delplace P,Bhatia A,Cagnard M,Camus D,Colombet G,Debrabant A,Dubremetz JF,Dubreuil N,Prensier G,Fortier B

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of the constant development concerning physical mapping of eukaryotic genomes, the mouse chromosome 19 remains poorly characterized. In order to improve the possibilities for studying this chromosome, we have constructed a chromosome-specific EcoRI DNA fragment library from mouse chromosomes 19 sorted by flow...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Baron B,Métézeau P,Kiefer-Gachelin H,Goldberg ME

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are the key enzymes responsible for the remodelling of extracellular matrix. Two of them, namely MMP-2 and MMP-9 (gelatinases A and B, respectively), are expressed in skeletal muscles and are involved in their regeneration after the injury. Although MMPs are prima...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Zimowska M,Swierczynska M,Ciemerych MA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of sperm and egg at fertilization induces well-coordinated molecular events including specific recognition between species, adhesion and fusion, that lead to the formation of a zygote, a totipotent cell that develops into a new individual. A calcium signal, common to a great number of species, from marine ...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Ciapa B,Chiri S

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane fluidity of erythrocytes obtained from 15 children with trisomy 21 and 20 healthy controls were studied by measuring steady-state fluorescence anisotropy and fluorescence lifetime of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) and 1-(4-trimethylammoniumphenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (TMA-DPH) incorporated in hemog...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Kantar A,Giorgi PL,Curatola G,Fiorini R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative ultrastructural study was performed on 56 ejaculates showing anomalies of the sperm axonemal complex. The anomalies comprised either the absence of one, or more often several, axonemal structures, or defective elongation of the doublets. Several characteristics relating to the extent and superimposition...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Escalier D,David G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A monoclonal antibody of the IgG2a subclass was isolated from the supernate of a hybridoma line obtained with splenocytes from a mouse immunized with a crude nucleolar fraction of human Namalwa cells. This antibody identifies a single nuclear polypeptide antigen characterized by: (a) presence in proliferating human ce...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Philipova RN,Zhelev NZ,Todorov IT,Hadjiolov AA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:During apoptosis, the first morphological change is a distinct cell shrinkage known as the AVD (apoptotic volume decrease). This event is driven by a loss of intracellular K(+), which creates an osmotic gradient, drawing water out of the cell through AQPs (aquaporins). Loss of water in balance wi...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Jablonski EM,Hughes FM Jr

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The translocase of the mitochondrial inner membrane (TIM) imports most of the nucleus-encoded proteins that are destined for the matrix, inner membrane (IM) and the intermembrane space (IMS). Trypanosoma brucei, the infectious agent for African trypanosomiasis, possesses a unique TIM complex consisting of se...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Singha UK,Tripathi A,Smith JT Jr,Quinones L,Saha A,Singha T,Chaudhuri M

更新日期：2020-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:There are several reports indicating that starved fibroblasts show higher proliferation rates when re-fed with foetal bovine serum. We have evidence demonstrating that this phenomenon is related to secretory proteins which may be beneficial to wound healing. RESULTS:After re-feeding, 16 and 72 h...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Golpour M,Fattahi S,Niaki HA,Hadipoor A,Abedian Z,Ahangarian GR,Parsian H,Mosapour A,Khorasani HR,Vaziri HR,Bijani A,Mostafazadeh A

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow DNA analysis was performed on samples from 71 surgically removed lung cancers and from 145 patients undergoing bronchoscopy. Abnormal DNA stem lines, characterized by their DNA index (DI), were frequently observed in operated lung carcinomas (87%). Two or three abnormal DNA stem lines were discovered simultaneous...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Chassevent A,Berruchon J,Bertrand G,Chretien MF,Tuchais C,George P,Larra F,Rebel A,Oury M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) has been utilised to study the post-mortem distribution of aluminium in air-dried frozen sections from unfixed, unstained human brain in order to minimise contamination of the tissue and avoid redistribution and extraction of endogenous tissue aluminium. Substrates, sputt...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Candy JM,Oakley AE,Mountfort SA,Taylor GA,Morris CM,Bishop HE,Edwardson JA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Separation by velocity sedimentation at unit gravity according to the STAPUT system of Miller and Phillips was applied to a population of rabbit megakaryocytes previously enriched by density gradient centrifugation. By this means, 80,000 to 100,000 megakaryocytes with 100% purity were collected in eight fractions acco...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Dupont H,Dupont MA,Bricaud H,Boisseau MR

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:Caspase-dependent and -independent death mechanisms are involved in apoptosis in a variety of human carcinoma cells treated with antineoplastic compounds. Our laboratory has reported that p53 is a key contributor of mitochondrial apoptosis in cervical carcinoma cells after staurosporine exposure....

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Nicolier M,Decrion-Barthod AZ,Launay S,Prétet JL,Mougin C

更新日期：2009-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of cells with the extracellular matrix are essential for the control of tissue remodelling, cell migration, and embryogenesis. At the cell-extracellular matrix contact points, specialized structures are formed and termed focal adhesions, where transmembrane adhesion receptors provide a structural link bet...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Petit V,Thiery JP

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The role of the LIM-domain-containing protein Ajuba was initially described in cell adhesion and migration processes and recently in mitosis as an activator of the Aurora A kinase. RESULTS:In the present study, we show that Ajuba localizes to centrosomes and kinetochores during mitosis. This loc...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Ferrand A,Chevrier V,Chauvin JP,Birnbaum D

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:PrAO (primary amine oxidase), also known as SSAO (semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase)/VAP-1 (vascular adhesion protein-1), is an enzyme (EC 1.4.3.21) that is highly expressed in blood vessels and participates in many cell processes, including glucose handling or inflammatory leucocyte recruitm...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Solé M,Unzeta M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our recent data suggest that during auto- and allograft recognition in sponges (Porifera), cytokines are differentially expressed. Since the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction modulates the synthesis and release of cytokines, we intended to identify one key molecule of this pathway. Therefore,...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Böhm M,Schröder HC,Müller IM,Müller WE,Gamulin V

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our knowledge of cell signalling pathways in the molluscan immune system and their response to immunological challenge is currently poor. The present study focused on the Protein Kinase C (PKC) pathway in the immune cells (haemocytes) of Lymnaea stagnalis and its response following exposure to bacterial lipopolysaccha...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Walker AJ,Plows LD

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating glucocorticoid (GC) levels are thought to modulate the basal activity of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons within the mediobasal hypothalamus (MBH) of the male rat. In a recent study we demonstrated that Fos-immunoreactivity (Fos-IR) was spontaneously induced throughout the dark phase of the light/dark c...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Jamali KA,Tramu G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We took advantage of one of the main possibilities of ion microscopy, ie isotopic analysis, to study the cellular distribution of molecules labelled either with carbon 14 or with stable isotopes of low natural abundance such as nitrogen 15 and deuterium. The surface of the sample is bombarded with an ion beam (O2+, Cs...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Hindie E,Coulomb B,Beaupain R,Galle P

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The identification of a source of stem cells able to regenerate skeletal muscle was the goal of numerous studies with the aim to develop new therapeutic approaches for genetic muscle diseases or muscle injuries. A series of studies have demonstrated that stem cells derived from various tissues ma...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Dimicoli-Salazar S,Bulle F,Yacia A,Massé JM,Fichelson S,Vigon I

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peroxisomes are present in most eukaryotic cell types, and have different enzymatic content and metabolic functions throughout the life scale. The endosymbiotic origin of these DNA-devoid organelles is supported by evolutionary data concerning genes encoding not only most peroxisomal proteins, but also several transcr...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Latruffe N,Vamecq J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to evaluate whether hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the pancreatic acinar cells induced by caerulein remained after termination of the hormonal treatment. Rats received subcutaneous injections of saline or caerulein for 4 days and were killed immediately after termination of treatment or 2, 15...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Morisset J,Grondin G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive developmentally programmed DNA rearrangements, including thousands of internal deletions, occur in the differentiating somatic macronucleus in Tetrahymena thermophila. Some deletion systems involve the use of multiple alternative deletion sites. We report here the cloning and the sequences of three new alter...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Chau MF,Orias E

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND INFORMATION:The rod outer segment (OS) is the specialised organelle where phototransduction takes place. Our previous proteomic and biochemical analyses on purified rod disks showed the functional expression of the respiratory chain complexes I-IV and F1 Fo -ATP synthase in OS disks, as well as active solubl...

journal_title：Biology of the cell

authors： Calzia D,Barabino S,Bianchini P,Garbarino G,Oneto M,Caicci F,Diaspro A,Tacchetti C,Manni L,Candiani S,Ravera S,Morelli A,Enrico Traverso C,Panfoli I

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00