Soluble multimer of recombinant endostatin expressed in E. coli has anti-angiogenesis activity.

abstract：:The VEGFs and FGF-2 stimulate angiogenesis. Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) and thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) strongly inhibit angiogenesis. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) expressed VEGF-A, -B, -C, the VEGF receptors R1, R2, and R3, PEDF, FGF-2, and TSP-1, but VEGF-D transcripts were barely detect...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aparicio S,Sawant S,Lara N,Barnstable CJ,Tombran-Tink J

更新日期：2005-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 is a potent vasoactive peptide which may play a role in the regulation of vascular resistance through its autocrine/paracrine effects. We have investigated the influence of salt loading on the renal and cardiac production of endothelin-1 in stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rats, a classical model o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Feron O,Salomone S,Godfraind T

更新日期：1995-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study the sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) pepsinogen C gene was isolated. The nucleotide sequences of all exons are presented. The organization of the gene is compatible with that of other aspartic proteinases. The predicted 388-residue amino acid (aa) sequence of sea bass pepsinogen C consists of a signal seq...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Terova G,Rimoldi S,Larghi S,Bernardini G,Gornati R,Saroglia M

更新日期：2007-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of a myeloid leukemia cell line (HL-60) to undergo membrane electrical potential changes was followed during neutrophilic differentiation induced by 2 compounds. Membrane-potential changes were induced with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) or formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) and were ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brown GE,Fischkoff SA,Ordonez JV

更新日期：1984-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the role of myotonin-protein kinase (MT-PK) in the pathophysiology of myotonic dystrophy (DM), we developed specific antibodies against synthetic MT-PK peptides. The antibody identified a 53kDa protein in skeletal muscle and recognized decreases in the amount of the protein in both adult and congenital ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koga R,Nakao Y,Kurano Y,Tsukahara T,Nakamura A,Ishiura S,Nonaka I,Arahata K

更新日期：1994-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:GLM, a luteolin derivative, shows anti-melanogenic effect via regulation of various signal molecules; however, it is unclear whether it also exerts anti-inflammatory effect. This study investigated the mechanisms of the anti-inflammatory effect of GLM on activated dendritic cells (DCs) to elucidate its therapeutic pot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim WS,Song HY,Han JM,Byun EB

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior to the binding of peptide in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I heavy chain associates with an assembly complex that includes the transporter associated with antigen processing (TAP). The proximity of a part of the MHC class I alpha2 domain alpha-helix to areas pre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Turnquist HR,Vargas SE,Solheim JC

更新日期：2001-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrogen bond network leading from bulk water to the trinuclear copper center in bilirubin oxidase is constructed with Glu463 and water molecules to transport protons for the four-electron reduction of dioxygen. Substitutions of Glu463 with Gln or Ala were attributed to virtually complete loss or significant reduc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morishita H,Kurita D,Kataoka K,Sakurai T

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:CED-4, a pro-apoptotic factor in Caenorhabditis elegans, activates the cell death protease CED-3. CED-9 directly binds to CED-4 and represses this. However, it has remained unclear whether a mammalian CED-9 homologue, Bcl-XL, inhibits the function of the mammalian CED-4 homologue, Apaf-1, by direct binding. To analyze...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yajima H,Suzuki F

更新日期：2003-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of foreign genes in vivo is a standard method to disclose functions of specific genes and to alter physiological conditions in distinct cell types and tissues. Virus-mediated gene transfer has proved to be a valuable tool for directed gene expression in vivo complementary to transgenic approaches. However, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ebelt H,Braun T

更新日期：2003-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Deltakephalin, Tyr-D-Thr-Gly-Phe-Leu-Thr (DTLET) was rationally designed as pure delta-probe from proposed models of mu and delta opiate receptors. On peripheral organs, deltakephalin displays a 3000 times higher inhibitory potency on the electrically stimulated mouse vas deferens (IC50 = 0.15 nM) as on the guinea pig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zajac JM,Gacel G,Petit F,Dodey P,Rossignol P,Roques BP

更新日期：1983-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a glycosylated heme-containing enzyme present in the azurophilic granules of normal human polymorphonuclear neutrophils. This enzyme plays a major role in the microbicidal activity of the host defense system by catalyzing the formation of the potent oxidant, hypochlorous acid. Although the ami...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Taylor KL,Uhlinger DJ,Kinkade JM Jr

更新日期：1992-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins are detectable in human atherosclerotic plaques, especially in endothelial cells. In this report we show by immunofluorescence that incubation "in vitro" with OxLDL is a stress capable of inducing the expression of heat shock protein 70 in both the EAhy-926 cell line and human umbilical vein endoth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhu W,Roma P,Pellegatta F,Catapano AL

更新日期：1994-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Antitrypsin was resolved into two pools by ion-exchange chromatography. Pool 2 contained three anodal isoinhibitors and an N-terminal sequence identical with the one found by others. Pool 1 contained, in addition to the anodal ones two cathodal isoinhibitors as well. The sequencing data of Pool 1 indicate that the cat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hercz A

更新日期：1985-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of sufficient amounts of oligosaccharides is the bottleneck for the study of their biological function and their possible use as drug. As an alternative for chemical synthesis, we propose to use Escherichia coli as a "living factory." We have addressed the production of the Galp alpha(1-3)Galp beta(1-4)G...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bettler E,Imberty A,Priem B,Chazalet V,Heyraud A,Joziasse DH,Geremia RA

更新日期：2003-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats were fed for 15 days a diet containing ammonium acetate (20% w/w) and then injected i. p. with ammonium acetate (7 mmol/Kg). Only 1 out of 18 control rats but 9 of 18 rats fed ammonium survived, indicating a protective effect of ammonium ingestion against an acute ammonia challenge. Blood ammonia returned to norm...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miñana MD,Felipo V,Grisolía S

更新日期：1988-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of endothelins (ETs) on the production of stromelysins, a sub-family of matrix metalloproteinases, were examined in cultured astrocytes. The treatment of cultured rat astrocytes with ET-1 increased stromelysin-1 mRNA levels, while stromelysin-2 and -3 mRNAs were not affected. Immunocytochemical observation...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Koyama Y,Tanaka K

更新日期：2008-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer cells enhance autophagic activity as a survival measure against metabolic and therapeutic stresses. The inhibition of autophagy may represent a valuable sensitizing target for cancer treatment. Recently, we examined the ability of various cytochalasins to inhibit autophagy and demonstrated the potent inhibitory...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takanezawa Y,Nakamura R,Kojima Y,Sone Y,Uraguchi S,Kiyono M

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:A synthetic geranylgeranoic acid (GGA) induced apoptotic cell death in a human hepatoma cell line, HuH-7, but not in mouse primary cultured hepatocytes. Prior to chromatin condensation, GGA induced a dramatic loss of the mitochondrial membrane potential in 1 hour and in a dose dependent manner in HuH-7 cells, but not ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shidoji Y,Nakamura N,Moriwaki H,Muto Y

更新日期：1997-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate that the active site architecture of the human glutathione (GSH) S-transferase Pi (GSTP1-1) accounts for its enantioselectivity in the GSH conjugation of 7beta,8alpha-dihydroxy-9alpha,10alpha-oxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydrobenzo(a) pyrene (anti-BPDE), the ultimate carcinogen of benzo(a)pyrene. F...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu X,O'Donnell R,Srivastava SK,Xia H,Zimniak P,Nanduri B,Bleicher RJ,Awasthi S,Awasthi YC,Ji X,Singh SV

更新日期：1997-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of nitric oxide (NO.) and the induction of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from different sources was studied in bone marrow derived macrophages (BMM phi). NO. production was found to be linked to the induction of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, suggesting the possible ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Corraliza IM,Campo ML,Fuentes JM,Campos-Portuguez S,Soler G

更新日期：1993-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Betulinic acid (BA) exhibits various biological activities such as anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-human papilloma virus (HPV), and anti-cancer activities. HPV infection is associated with a high risk of cervical cancer, which is the leading cause of deaths among women worldwide. Therefore, BA is an attractive...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim HJ,Cho HS,Ban HS,Nakamura H

更新日期：2020-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:RING finger (C3HC4-type zinc finger) is a variant zinc finger motif present in a large family of functionally distinct proteins. We describe the cloning and characterization of a novel human transcript RNF38 encoding a new member of the RING finger protein family. The complete mRNA consists of about 6.8 kb widely expr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Eisenberg I,Hochner H,Levi T,Yelin R,Kahan T,Mitrani-Rosenbaum S

更新日期：2002-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) is effective in the prevention of diabetic cardiomyopathy, and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is known to control vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene expression and regulate angiogenesis in diabetic hearts. We examined whether or not MT affects HIF-1 activity in the heart of diabeti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Feng W,Wang Y,Cai L,Kang YJ

更新日期：2007-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)] initiates the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin in ROS 17/2.8 osteosarcoma cells with the resultant generation of cell-associated ceramide. Increases in ceramide levels were detectable at 15 min and maximal one hour after exposure of cells to 1,25(OH)(2)D(3). Neither 1,25(OH)(2)D...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu R,Xu Y,Farach-Carson MC,Vogel JJ,Karin NJ

更新日期：2000-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Survivin is a member of inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), and also belongs to be a member of the chromosomal passenger complex (CPC) which has multiple functions including inhibition of apoptosis and regulation of cell division and SAC activity. Plk1 (polo-like kinase 1) associates with the spindle poles and al...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sun SC,Liu HL,Sun QY

更新日期：2012-05-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) has been shown to negatively regulate adipogenesis. To explore to what extent PGE(2) inhibits the differentiation of cells to adipocytes and to examine whether its effect could be due to EP4 receptor signaling, we used microarrays to analyze the gene expression profiles of 3T3-L1 cells expo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugimoto Y,Tsuboi H,Okuno Y,Tamba S,Tsuchiya S,Tsujimoto G,Ichikawa A

更新日期：2004-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to develop improved synthetic gene transfer vectors, we have synthesized bifunctional peptides composed of a DNA binding peptide (P2) and ligand peptides selected by the phage display technique on tracheal epithelial cells. We have evaluated the capacity of these peptides to enhance the gene transfer efficien...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vaysse L,Guillaume C,Burgelin I,Gorry P,Férec C,Arveiler B

更新日期：2002-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A screening system comprised of a randomized hybrid-ribozyme library has previously been used to identify pro-death genes in Fas-mediated apoptosis, and short sequence information of candidate genes from this system was previously reported by Kawasaki and Taira [H. Kawasaki, K. Taira, A functional gene discovery in th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee MR,Shin JN,Moon AR,Park SY,Hong G,Lee MJ,Yun CW,Seol DW,Piya S,Bae J,Oh JW,Kim TH

更新日期：2008-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxynucleoside triphosphate concentrations in Chinese hamster ovary cell lines, CHO-K1 and Mut 8-16, were examined following exposure of cells to UV or dimethylsulfate. Marked decreases in dCTP were observed 2 hr after exposure to both mutagens. In contrast, dTTP concentrations increased with increased cell killing a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Newman CN,Miller JH

更新日期：1983-07-18 00:00:00