Mechanisms of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2 (SREBP-2) regulation of human prostasin gene expression.

abstract：:Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) levels increase estrogen biosynthesis in obese menopausal women. Ovariectomized mice and 3T3-L1 cells were used to explore estrogen biosynthesis in the decline of ovarian function. After ovariectomy, lipid deposition, and FSH and estrogen levels changed, and feed intake increased sig...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui H,Zhao G,Wen J,Tong W

更新日期：2018-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) are involved in hematopoiesis and tumorigenesis. However, little is known about the contribution of the FGFs identified within the past 10 years to leukemogenesis. To elucidate whether these FGFs (FGF-8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -16, -17, -18, -19, -20, and -21) are expressed i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nezu M,Tomonaga T,Sakai C,Ishii A,Itoga S,Nishimura M,Matsuo Y,Tagawa M,Nomura F

更新日期：2005-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:p21(Waf1/Cip1) is one of the key regulatory proteins in cell cycle, terminal differentiation, and apoptosis. Its promoter was shown to be transactivated by the wild-type p53 protein as well as in a p53-independent manner. In this report, we demonstrate that E1AF, an ets-related transcription factor, activates the huma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Funaoka K,Shindoh M,Yoshida K,Hanzawa M,Hida K,Nishikata S,Totsuka Y,Fujinaga K

更新日期：1997-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal human fibroblasts stop dividing after a limited number of cell divisions termed cellular senescence. Telomere shortening has been shown to be the main factor that causes cellular senescence, however, the molecular mechanism of how telomere shortening causes cellular senescence is unclear. Here we analyze the re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen HL,Lu CY,Hsu YH,Lin JJ

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant convertase is required for conversion of heavy density (H) natural surfactant to light density (L) subtype during cycling in vitro, a technique that reproduces surfactant metabolism. To study mechanisms of H to L conversion, we prepared liposomes of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and phosphatidylglyc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dhand R,Sharma VK,Teng AL,Krishnasamy S,Gross NJ

更新日期：1998-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Betulin, a natural product isolated from the bark of the birch trees, exhibits multiple anticancer effects. Activation of mTOR signaling pathway has been found in numerous cancers, including renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Here, we attempted to study whether mTOR signaling was essential for betulin to treat RCC. Based on ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng W,Ji S,Zhang H,Han Z,Liu Q,Wang J,Ping H

更新日期：2017-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs play important roles in the carcinogenesis of many types of cancers by inhibiting gene expression at posttranscriptional level. However, the roles of microRNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma, are still unclear. Here, we identified that miR-367 promotes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell proliferation by negati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Meng X,Lu P,Fan Q

更新日期：2016-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of mesangial cells to ionic Cd(2+) induces the proto-oncogene c-fos, while activating both Erk and stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) MAP kinase pathways. While we have previously used a pharmacological inhibitor of Erk activation to implicate involvement of this pathway in the induction of c-fos by Cd(2+...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ding W,Templeton DM

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic studies of the reduction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ferricytochrome c551 by Fe(EDTA)2- have been made. The reaction was found to follow a second-order rate law: k 4.2 x 10(3) M(-1) s(-1) [25 degrees, micro0.1 M, pH 7.0 (phosphate)]; deltaH+/+ 3.2 kcal/ mol; AS+/+ -30 cal/mol-deg. The electrostatics-corrected se...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Coyle CL,Gray HB

更新日期：1976-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from normal adults secreted small amounts of human growth hormone (GH; 0.2-0.6 pg/10(5) cells/7 days culture) as measured by a highly sensitive enzyme immunoassay. Stimulation of PBMCs with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) consistently showed a 4-6 fold increase in GH secretion. Tran...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hattori N,Shimatsu A,Sugita M,Kumagai S,Imura H

更新日期：1990-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms of multiple myeloma are not well defined. EEN is an endocytosis-regulating molecule. Here we report that EEN regulates the proliferation and survival of multiple myeloma cells, by regulating IGF-1 secretion. In the present study, we observed that EEN expression paralleled with cell proliferati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang EW,Xue SJ,Li XY,Xu SW,Cheng JD,Zheng JX,Shi H,Lv GL,Li ZG,Li Y,Liu CH,Chen XH,Liu H,Li J,Liu C

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:As vectors, adenoviruses (Ads) have many attractive advantages for in vivo gene therapy. However, Ads do not usually integrate into the host genome and gene expression is, thus, transient. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) integrates into a specific locus (AAVS1) on the human host's chromosome 19, while conventional recomb...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ueno T,Matsumura H,Tanaka K,Iwasaki T,Ueno M,Fujinaga K,Asada K,Kato I

更新日期：2000-07-05 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：:Advanced glomerulosclerosis, a common hallmark of chronic renal diseases (CRD) is believed to be irreversible, and it is thought that glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertrophy may participate in its pathogenesis. We demonstrate here that glomerulosclerosis is "reversible" in an animal model. We used nephrotic ICGN (n...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno-Horikawa Y,Mizuno S,Tamura S,Kurosawa T

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Human BarH-like homeobox 2 (Barx2), a homeodomain factor of the Bar family, has an important role in controlling the expression of cell adhesion molecules and has been reported in an increasing array of tumor types except colorectal cancer (CRC). The purpose of the current study was to characterize the expression of B...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mi Y,Zhao S,Zhang W,Zhang D,Weng J,Huang K,Sun H,Tang H,Zhang X,Sun X,Peng Z,Wen Y

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:During the search for ANP receptor ligands of microbial origin, we isolated a novel polysaccharide, HS-142-1, from culture broth of Aureobasidium sp. HS-142-1 inhibited [125I]-rANP binding to ANP receptor in rabbit kidney cortex membranes with an IC50 of 0.3 mu g/ml, but gave no effects on specific binding of [125I]-E...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morishita Y,Sano T,Ando K,Saitoh Y,Kase H,Yamada K,Matsuda Y

更新日期：1991-05-15 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：:Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) plays an important role in destabilizing vessels for angiogenesis, however its transcriptional regulation has not been determined. Here we isolated about 3.2kb of the 5' upstream of the human Ang-2 gene and further characterized the transcriptional regulation of Ang-2. We found 10 Ets binding si...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hasegawa Y,Abe M,Yamazaki T,Niizeki O,Shiiba K,Sasaki I,Sato Y

更新日期：2004-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The exposure of hydrophobic sites on calmodulin, skeletal muscle troponin C and their tryptic fragments was investigated using Phenyl-Sepharose chromatography. A strong binding of both proteins and their fragments corresponding to the NH2-terminal halves of polypeptide chain of respective proteins in the presence of c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brzeska H,Szynkiewicz J,Drabikowski W

更新日期：1983-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present report we analyze by reverse transcription (RT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) the expression of vasoactive intestinal peptide receptors (VIP-R) in rat thymocytes and peripheral T and B lymphocytes. We have obtained a specific VIP-R cDNA product of 311 bp identical in size to that obtained from lun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gomariz RP,Garrido E,Leceta J,Martinez C,Abalo R,Delgado M

更新日期：1994-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Sofalcone, 2'-carboxymethoxy-4,4-bis(3-methyl-2-butenyloxy)chalcone, is an anti-ulcer agent that is classified as a gastric mucosa protective agent. Recent studies indicate heat shock proteins such as HSP32, also known as heme-oxygenase-1(HO-1), play important roles in protecting gastrointestinal tissues from several ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shibuya A,Onda K,Kawahara H,Uchiyama Y,Nakayama H,Omi T,Nagaoka M,Matsui H,Hirano T

更新日期：2010-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to identify apoptotic cells within a complex population is crucial in the research and diagnosis of normal physiology and disease states. The Cellscan mark S (CS-S) cytometer was used in this study to detect intracellular fluorescence intensity and polarization (FI and FP) in several well-established model...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zurgil N,Schiffer Z,Shafran Y,Kaufman M,Deutsch M

更新日期：2000-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating hormones are engaged in initiating and controlling the process of spermatogenesis, however, the Sertoli cell tight junctions prevent these substances from directly influencing the spermatogenic cells. Thus, the Sertoli cells play a vital role in regulating the spermatogenic process. Our studies correlate r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Page KC,Heitzman DA,Chernin MI

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic prostaglandin (PG) E synthase (cPGES) is constitutively expressed in various cells and regulates cyclooxygenase (COX)-1-dependent immediate PGE(2) generation. Its primary structure is identical to co-chaperone p23, a heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)-binding protein. We have revealed that Hsp90 regulated both cP...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakatani Y,Hokonohara Y,Kakuta S,Sudo K,Iwakura Y,Kudo I

更新日期：2007-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondria has been identified as a promising target in several cancers. However, little is known on the effects of targeting mitochondria in retinoblastoma. In this work, we show that anti-malarial atovaquone, at clinically achievable concentration, demonstrates inhibitory effects to retinoblastoma cells, to a more...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ke F,Yu J,Chen W,Si X,Li X,Yang F,Liao Y,Zuo Z

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell to cell interaction in bone marrow is crucial for differentiation of hematopoietic cells. We have shown that EphB4 receptor is expressed in erythroid progenitor and its activation accelerates erythroid differentiation. To elucidate the role of EphB4 activation in erythropoiesis, we analyzed effects of EphB4 on ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sakamoto H,Zhang XQ,Suenobu S,Ohbo K,Ogawa M,Suda T

更新日期：2004-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-gated ion channels (VGCs) mediate selective diffusion of ions across cell membranes to enable many vital cellular processes. Three-dimensional structure data are lacking for VGC proteins; hence, to better understand their function, there is a need to identify the conserved motifs using sequence analysis method...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guda P,Bourne PE,Guda C

更新日期：2007-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbalanced DNA mixture is still a difficult problem for forensic practice. DIP-STRs are useful markers for detection of minor DNA but they are not widespread in the human genome and having long amplicons. In this study, we proposed a novel type of genetic marker, termed DIP-SNP. DIP-SNP refers to the combination of IN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Z,Liu J,Wang J,Chen D,Liu Z,Shi J,Li Z,Li W,Zhang G,Du B

更新日期：2018-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently isolated a neural tissue-specific syntaxin-1-binding protein, named tomosyn, which is capable of dissociating Munc18/n-Sec1/rbSec1 from syntaxin-1 to form a 10S tomosyn complex, an intermediate complex converted to the 7S SNARE complex. We isolated here two splicing variants of tomosyn: one had 36 ami...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yokoyama S,Shirataki H,Sakisaka T,Takai Y

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In diabetic retinopathy, prolonged high-level blood glucose induced significant impairments among various retinal tissues, including retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. In an in vitro model of human RPE cells, we evaluated whether 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone (DHF) may effectively prevent high glucose-induced di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu X,Liu Q,Wang X,Liu H,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00