Atorvastatin inhibits angiotensin II-induced T-type Ca2+ channel expression in endothelial cells.

abstract：:These studies sought to test the hypothesis that magnesium inhibits extracellular calcium entry, thereby inhibiting intracellular calcium release and cytosolic calcium oscillations in myometrial smooth muscle. In vitro contraction studies were performed using oxytocin and other uterotonic agonists with and without the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Phillippe M

更新日期：1998-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The inability to increase of islet mass adequately to compensate for the demand of insulin due to insulin resistance is an important pathophysiological feature of type 2 diabetes. Previous studies suggested a relationship between pancreatic beta-cell mass and islet vascularization, although no evidence has confirmed t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Toyofuku Y,Uchida T,Nakayama S,Hirose T,Kawamori R,Fujitani Y,Inoue M,Watada H

更新日期：2009-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Activins, TGF-beta superfamily members, have multiple functions in a variety of cells and tissues. Recently, additional activin beta subunit genes, betaC and betaE, have been identified. To explore the role of activin E, we created transgenic mice overexpressing human activin betaE subunit. There were pronounced diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hashimoto O,Ushiro Y,Sekiyama K,Yamaguchi O,Yoshioka K,Mutoh K,Hasegawa Y

更新日期：2006-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2 (ABCG2) confers to the major phenotypes of side population (SP) cells, the cancer stem-like cells. In this study, the SP cells displayed a distinctly higher ABCG2 expression level, sphere formation efficiency (SFE) and growth rate even under hypoxia condition. CXCR4 overexpre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： He C,Zhang H,Wang B,He J,Ge G

更新日期：2018-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In rat mesenteric vessels changes in external pH (pHo) alter tension. Changes in intracellular pH (pHi) and calcium ([Ca2+]i) have both been suggested to underlie the tension changes. As no simultaneous measurements of pHi and [Ca2+]i had been made, however, the relative importance and temporal relationship between pH...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Austin C,Dilly K,Eisner D,Wray S

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial cells (EC) in vivo are exposed to a multitude of physical forces with each pulse of the cardiac cycle. Ongoing studies support the concept that EC respond to these forces through specific signal transduction pathways. Previous investigations in our laboratory have shown that EC respond to the initiation of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brophy CM,Mills I,Rosales O,Isales C,Sumpio BE

更新日期：1993-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of sodium selenite on biliary secretion of methyl mercury was examined in rats. The biliary secretion of methyl mercury in rat treated with 1 mumol/kg of methyl mercury was significantly decreased by administration of selenite at doses of 0.05 mumol/kg or higher. In rats given 10 mumol/kg of meth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Urano T,Imura N,Naganuma A

更新日期：1997-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:First messengers and viral transfection are the two most common ways to stimulate cells for signal output, although their applications are limited. We investigated mechanisms of inducing neural stem cell differentiation using recombinant ephrin-B2/Fc and found that it acted as a ligand and inhibited endogenous ephrin-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xiaodong H,Zhen H,Min S,Zhiming C,Hongyan J,Chong Z,Xuefeng T,Guohua J

更新日期：2013-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of the mitochondria DNA (mtDNA) displacement loop (D-loop) were investigated to clarify different changes of exogenous and endogenous liver carcinogenesis in rats. We induced hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) in rats with N-nitrosodiethylamine (DEN) and a choline-deficient l-amino acid-defined (CDAA) diet. DN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Onishi M,Sokuza Y,Nishikawa T,Mori C,Uwataki K,Honoki K,Tsujiuchi T

更新日期：2007-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:When porcine adrenocortical microsomes were treated with Fe2+, enhanced production of malondialdehyde was observed as a result of membrane lipid peroxidation. By treatment of the microsomes with Fe2+, the activity of delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase coupled with delta 5-delta 4 isomerase, concentration of c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imataka H,Suzuki K,Tamaoki B

更新日期：1985-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3(')-->5(')-exonucleolytic activity of human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) on mispaired DNA at the 3(')-termini of recessed, nicked or gapped DNA molecules was analyzed and compared with the primary endonucleolytic activity. We found that under reaction conditions optimal for AP endonuclease activity...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lebedeva NA,Khodyreva SN,Favre A,Lavrik OI

更新日期：2003-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) is a toxin secreted by activated human eosinophils. The properties of mature ECP have been well studied but those of the signal peptide of ECP (ECPsp) are not clear. In this study, several chimeric proteins containing N-terminal fusion of ECPsp were generated, and introduced into Esch...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu CM,Chang MD

更新日期：2004-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingolipids are essential components of eukaryotic cell membranes. We recently showed that the function of the serotonin(1A) receptor is impaired upon metabolic depletion of sphingolipids using fumonisin B(1) (FB(1)), a specific inhibitor of ceramide synthase. Serotonin(1A) receptors belong to the family of G-protei...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ganguly S,Paila YD,Chattopadhyay A

更新日期：2011-07-22 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：:The vast majority of ovarian cancers originate in the ovarian surface epithelium. Unfortunately, there is a lack of appropriate animal models for ovarian cancer research. Spontaneously transformed mouse ovarian surface epithelial cells may provide a faithful animal model for human ovarian cancer. One such cell line (I...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pengetnze Y,Steed M,Roby KF,Terranova PF,Taylor CC

更新日期：2003-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2), also known as core binding factor 1 (Cbfa1), is a multifunctional transcription factor and an essential master gene controlling osteoblast differentiation. We previously demonstrated the in vivo functions of Runx2 in mesoderm-derived cells. However, no studies have been con...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shirai Y,Kawabe K,Tosa I,Tsukamoto S,Yamada D,Takarada T

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial glutamate transporter GLT-1 mRNA was selectively induced in C6 glioma cells exposed to hypertonic stress (HS), while the expression of two other subtypes, GLAST and EAAC1, was suppressed. HS increased phosphorylation of the MAPK family, ERK, p38 MAPK, and JNK. Treatment with a PKC inhibitor showed that phosphory...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imura T,Shimohama S,Kageyama T,Kimura J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasingly appreciated role of astrocytes in neurophysiology dictates a thorough understanding of the mechanisms underlying the communication between astrocytes and neurons. In particular, the uptake and release of signaling substances into/from astrocytes is considered as crucial. The release of different gliot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Potokar M,Kreft M,Lee SY,Takano H,Haydon PG,Zorec R

更新日期：2009-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Discerning oncogenic drivers from passengers remains a major effort in understanding of the essence of the initiation and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common primary liver malignancy and the third leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Here we report that MTA2, Metastasis Associated 1 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guan C,Chang Z,Gu X,Liu R

更新日期：2019-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been isolated from various tissues and used for elucidating the pathogenesis of numerous diseases. In our previous in vitro study, we showed the existence of MSCs in human spinal ligaments and hypothesized that these MSCs contributed to the pathogenesis of ossification of spinal liga...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chin S,Furukawa K,Ono A,Asari T,Harada Y,Wada K,Tanaka T,Inaba W,Mizukami H,Motomura S,Yagihashi S,Ishibashi Y

更新日期：2013-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:BAG-1 is a multi-functional protein that exists in three major isoforms, BAG-1 p50, p46, and p36. A fourth isoform of 29 kDa also exists but its function remains mostly unknown. To further understand the role of this smaller isoform in ovarian cancer cells, the SKOV3 cell line was transfected with a doxycycline-induci...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pagé V,Côté M,Rancourt C,Sullivan M,Piché A

更新日期：2005-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase is an amphipathic enzyme whose hydrophobic membrane-binding domain can be selectively labeled with a lipophilic photoreagent and removed by digestion with papain. In this paper we demonstrate that methanolysis releases covalently bound fatty acids from the hydrophobic domain and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Roberts WL,Rosenberry TL

更新日期：1985-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel inhibitory receptor of immunoglobin superfamily (IgSF), IgSF member 13 (IgSF13), has been identified from human dendritic cells (DC). IgSF13 is a type I transmembrane protein containing an N-terminal signal peptide, a extracellular region with a single Ig V-like domain, a transmembrane region, and a cytoplasmi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sui L,Li N,Liu Q,Zhang W,Wan T,Wang B,Luo K,Sun H,Cao X

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:P19 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells are pluripotent stem cells and have numerous morphological and biochemical properties in common with embryonic stem (ES) cells. However, P19 cells differentiate very ineffectively as embryoid bodies (EBs) without the specific chemical inducers whereas ES cells exhibit spontaneous dif...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morikawa K,Ikeda N,Hisatome I,Shirayoshi Y

更新日期：2013-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Synuclein is the major component of the filamentous Lewy bodies and Lewy-related neurites, neuropathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease. Although numerous studies on alpha-synuclein fibrillation have been reported, the molecular mechanisms of aggregation and fibrillation at the initial stage are still uncl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tashiro M,Kojima M,Kihara H,Kasai K,Kamiyoshihara T,Uéda K,Shimotakahara S

更新日期：2008-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A protein which inhibits the prophenoloxidase----phenoloxidase (EC 1.14.18.1) proteolytic activation in hemocyte extracts of Locusta migratoria was isolated from the plasma of the same insect and partially characterized. It shows a molecular weight of 14,000, an inhibiting activity toward the cascade system in the ins...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brehélin M,Boigegrain RA,Drif L,Coletti-Previero MA

更新日期：1991-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:bis-cyclopentadienyl [Cp] complexes of vanadium(IV) or vanadocenes are rapid and potent inhibitors of human sperm motility with potential as a new class of contraceptive agents. We investigated the utility of boar sperm as a model system to study the mechanisms of drug action because boar sperm lacks phosphocreatine a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： D'Cruz OJ,Vassilev A,Uckun FM

更新日期：2000-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyclonal antibodies have been obtained against a synthetic dodecapeptide identical to the aminoacid sequence 120-131 DSPIKDGVWPPE (inferred from its DNA sequence) of Paracoccus denitrificans cytochrome c oxidase subunit III. The antibodies had a titer higher than 1:10000 when tested against the antigen. These antibo...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Müller M,Labonia N,Azzi A

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-week exercise training decreased the steady state level of beta(2)-adrenergic receptor (beta(2)AR) mRNA in peritoneal macrophages from BALB/c mice. When peritoneal macrophages from both exercise-trained and sedentary control mice were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), interleukin (IL)-12 mRNA and protein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Itoh CE,Kizaki T,Hitomi Y,Hanawa T,Kamiya S,Ookawara T,Suzuki K,Izawa T,Saitoh D,Haga S,Ohno H

更新日期：2004-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragments of the human glutathione S-transferase pi gene and 15 kb of its 5' flanking region have been fused to the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene. Transfection into a number of human cell lines (Hela, HepG2, MCF7 and EJ) has demonstrated that the AP1 binding site, located between nucleotides -...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xia CL,Cowell IG,Dixon KH,Pemble SE,Ketterer B,Taylor JB

更新日期：1991-04-15 00:00:00