Full sequence of neurocalcin, a novel calcium-binding protein abundant in central nervous system.

abstract：:Hyperglycemia-induced podocyte injury plays a vital role in the development of diabetic nephropathy. Sulfiredoxin-1 (Srxn1) is emerging as a cytoprotective protein that protects from various insults in a wide range of cell types. However, whether Srxn1 is involved in regulating hyperglycemia-induced podocyte injury an...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shen Y,Chen S,Zhao Y

更新日期：2019-09-03 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：:Retroviruses have two essential activities: reverse transcription and integration. The viral protein integrase (IN) covalently joins the viral cDNA genome to the host DNA. Prototype foamy virus (PFV) IN has become a model of retroviral intasome structure. However, this retroviral IN has not been well-characterized bio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mackler RM,Lopez MA,Osterhage MJ,Yoder KE

更新日期：2018-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin releasing hormone is a hypothalamic decapeptide that stimulates the release of gonadotropic hormones from the anterior pituitary gland. Therapeutically, the human pituitary GnRH receptor is the target of agonists used in the suppression of prostate cancer. Here we report the isolation of a cDNA representi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kakar SS,Musgrove LC,Devor DC,Sellers JC,Neill JD

更新日期：1992-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The crypt-villi axis of intestinal mucosa maintains homeostasis by renewal of epithelia, and also exhibits different properties from undifferentiated to terminally differentiated cells. We investigated differential susceptibility to genotoxin-induced cell death, based on the degree of differentiation of epithelial cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chae B,Yang KM,Kim TI,Kim WH

更新日期：2009-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A phosphoprotein with associated tyrosine kinase activity has been purified from a 26,000 x g particulate fraction of rat spleen. The molecular weight of the native kinase is 85-90 kDa as estimated by gel permeation chromatography on Superdex 200 while SDS/PAGE of an autophosphorylated sample indicated a single 28-kDa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Borowski P,Medem S,Laufs R

更新日期：1993-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The human promyelocytic leukemia cell line, HL-60, stimulated with PMA, produced human HGF-like immunoreactivity (HL-60 HGF), which was detected with human HGF-specific ELISA. The purified HL-60 HGF was indistinguishable from human HGF in the plasma of patients with fulminant hepatic failure by studies of subunit cons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishino T,Kaise N,Sindo Y,Nishino N,Nishida T,Yasuda S,Masui Y

更新日期：1991-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The kallikrein family (KLK) has been implicated in cancer and may be useful as tumor markers. Here, we compared the 15 KLK genes' expression in malignant and normal breast tissues using real-time quantitative PCR. Most KLKs were expressed at lower levels in breast cancer compared to normal breast tissue. The only exce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mangé A,Desmetz C,Berthes ML,Maudelonde T,Solassol J

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have demonstrated homology between bone-derived growth factor and beta 2 microglobulin. We have shown that beta 2 microglobulin has proliferative actions on human bone-derived cells in vitro and that these cells also show immunogenicity for beta 2 microglobulin. beta 2 microglobulin stimulated the incor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Evans DB,Thavarajah M,Kanis JA

更新日期：1991-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:5-Aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) is conventionally used as a first line drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Because 5-ASA is well absorbed in the small intestine, very high dose of 5-ASA is required to deliver it to the large intestine which is a target site. Interestingly, 5-ASA is reported to be transported into...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yuri T,Kono Y,Fujita T

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GlcNAc-TI) catalyzes the first reaction in the conversion of ASN-linked cell surface oligosaccharides from a mannose-terminating structure to more complex carbohydrate structures. The mutant Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line, Lec1, is deficient in this enzyme and, therefore, show...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ripka J,Pierce M,Fregien N

更新日期：1989-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian variations in the levels of prostaglandins (PGs) D2, E2, and F2 alpha were studied in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of rats. We collected CSF samples from the cisterna magna of anesthetized rats at different clock-hours (1000, 1400, 1800, 2200, 0200, and 0600 hr), and measured the concentrations of the three...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pandey HP,Ram A,Matsumura H,Satoh S,Hayaishi O

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphofructokinase-2 from rat liver is inhibited by phosphoenolpyruvate and ADP. Phosphoenolpyruvate reduces the maximum activity in respect to fructose-6-phosphate and ATP but does not give rise to complete inhibition of phosphofructokinase-2. ADP increases the apparent Michaelis constant of the enzyme for ATP and l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kretschmer M,Hofmann E

更新日期：1984-11-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The DiFi and HT-29 human colorectal cancer cell lines were characterized and compared with respect to binding properties of alpha adrenoceptors present on the cell surface. Both cell lines possessed alpha-1 and alpha-2 adrenoceptors of high affinity; however, DiFi cells were rich in alpha-1 adrenoceptors, whereas HT-2...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agrawal DK,Wildrick DM,Boman BM

更新日期：1992-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In our efforts to identify immunoreactive antigens in ovarian cancer, we used the method of immunoscreening of an ovarian carcinoma cDNA expression library with ascites fluid from ovarian cancer patients. Among many positive clones, one was found to contain partial sequence of a novel gene. By searching expressed sequ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luo LY,Soosaipillai A,Diamandis EP

更新日期：2001-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Adipose tissue is an active endocrine organ producing a variety of cytokines and chemokines, which may be involved in the deregulation of glucose and lipid homeostasis as well as in the inflammatory state observed in obesity. We have shown previously that differentiated human adipocytes secrete a variety of cytokines ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sell H,Dietze-Schroeder D,Eckardt K,Eckel J

更新日期：2006-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In investigations on self-splicing in the group I intron of the pre-mRNA from the nrdB gene of bacteriophage T4 it was found that 2'-amino-2'-deoxyguanosine can replace guanosine as cofactor. This is the first guanosine-analogue with a modification in the 2'-position and substantial activity in a group I self-splicing...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Strömberg R,Hahne S,Sjögren AS,Sjöberg BM

更新日期：1992-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A trisaccharide (Glcalpha1-4Glcalpha1-6Glc) and a tetrasaccharide (Glcalpha1-4Glcalpha1-4Glcalpha1-6Glc) the structures of which are related to that of repeating unit of pullulan have been obtained, exploiting the transglycolytic activity of Aspergillus niger cyclodextrin glucanotransferase. Both products were obtaine...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Campa C,Vetere A,Gamini A,Donati I,Paoletti S

更新日期：2002-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney anion exchanger 1 (kAE1) mediates chloride (Cl⁻) and bicarbonate (HCO₃⁻) exchange at the basolateral membrane of kidney α-intercalated cells. Impaired trafficking of kAE1 leads to defect of the Cl⁻/HCO₃⁻ exchange at the basolateral membrane and failure of proton (H+) secretion at the apical membrane, causing a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sawasdee N,Junking M,Ngaojanlar P,Sukomon N,Ungsupravate D,Limjindaporn T,Akkarapatumwong V,Noisakran S,Yenchitsomanus PT

更新日期：2010-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:By DNA sequence analysis, we have determined a spectrum of 61 spontaneous mutations occurring in the endogenous tonB gene in the polA1 strain of Escherichia coli. The overall mutation frequency was approximately 2.4-fold higher in the polA1 strain and this was attributable to enhanced rates of deletion and frameshift ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Agemizu Y,Uematsu N,Yamamoto K

更新日期：1999-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:HMG 14 and protamine can be used to enhance intermolecular ligation of low concentrations of linear DNA. Adding HMG 14 (50 moles per mole DNA) caused 50% of blunt-ended DNA to form predominantly dimers, and all cohesive-ended DNA to form multimers (greater than 6-mer) in response to T4 ligase. Protamine was maximally ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sheflin LG,Fucile NW,Spaulding SW

更新日期：1991-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rpb4/7 subcomplex of RNA polymerase II in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is known to play an important role in stress response and stress survival. These two proteins perform overlapping functions ensuring an appropriate cellular response through transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Rpb4 and Rpb7 also perform ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh SR,Pillai B,Balakrishnan B,Naorem A,Sadhale PP

更新日期：2007-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Thick filaments from some striated muscles are regulated by phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chains (RLCs). A tarantula thick filament quasi-atomic model achieved by cryo-electron microscopy has advanced our understanding on how this regulation occurs. In native thick filaments, an asymmetric intramolecular ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sulbarán G,Biasutto A,Méndez F,Pinto A,Alamo L,Padrón R

更新日期：2020-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Native LDL would be a mitogenic and chemotactic stimulus of VSMC proliferation and differentiation in the atherosclerotic lesion where endothelial disruption occurred. In previous studies, our group investigated the molecular mechanisms by which LDL induces IL-8 production and by which PPARalpha activation abolishes L...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Heo KS,Kim DU,Ryoo S,Nam M,Baek ST,Kim L,Park SK,Myung CS,Hoe KL

更新日期：2007-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In multiple myeloma (MM), bone marrow microenvironment has an important role for the survival and growth of plasma cells. We previously showed that a high bone turnover, induced by ovariectomy, increased MM cells growth in the 5T2MM model. The present study characterized a new plasma cell line (5THL) which was isolate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Libouban H,Moreau MF,Baslé MF,Bataille R,Chappard D

更新日期：2004-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously indicated that Xenopus Suppressor of Hairless 2, XSu(H)2, is involved in the morphogenesis of gastrula embryos in a different manner from the XESR-1-mediated Notch signaling pathway. To address the downstream factors of XSu(H)2, we investigated the effect of XSu(H)2 on XenopusPOU-V genes, Xoct25 and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ito M,Nishitani E,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2007-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rh blood group antigens are carried by two distinct but homologous membrane proteins encoded by two closely related genes, RCHE and RHD. Rh50 glyco-protein is the membrane protein tightly associated with Rh polypeptides and is critical for expression of Rh antigens. The amino acid sequence and predicted membrane t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwamoto S,Omi T,Yamasaki M,Okuda H,Kawano M,Kajii E

更新日期：1998-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium vivax malaria is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases in Asia and Latin-America. The difficulty of maintaining this parasite culture in vitro has hampered identifying and characterising proteins implied in merozoite invasion of red blood cells. We have been able to identify an open reading frame in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Perez-Leal O,Sierra AY,Barrero CA,Moncada C,Martinez P,Cortes J,Lopez Y,Salazar LM,Hoebeke J,Patarroyo MA

更新日期：2005-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein B (apoB) mRNA editing involves a site-specific cytidine to uridine transition catalyzed by the cytidine deaminase, APOBEC-1, in the context of and regulated by a multi-protein-containing editosome. ApoB mRNA editing in vivo is subject to tissue specific, developmental and metabolic regulation. We demons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Van Mater D,Sowden MP,Cianci J,Sparks JD,Sparks CE,Ballatori N,Smith HC

更新日期：1998-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] on the growth of normal human keratinocytes cultured in serum-free medium was investigated. 1,25(OH)2D3 inhibited the cell growth at 10(-7) M by 75.3% and at 10(-6) M almost completely. The growth inhibition was accompanied by changes related to proliferation: (1) r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsumoto K,Hashimoto K,Nishida Y,Hashiro M,Yoshikawa K

更新日期：1990-01-30 00:00:00