Tumorigenesis of a v-Ha-ras-expressing pre-B cell line selects for c-myc activation.

abstract：:The major biological effects of glucocorticoids are thought to be initiated through changes in the expression of cellular genes. However, the mechanisms involved in the suppression of some gene products by glucocorticoids are not well defined. ID13 mouse fibroblast cells were treated with the synthetic glucocorticoid ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wallace AD,Wheeler TT,Young DA

更新日期：1997-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The repair of point mutations in hprt gene by single-stranded oligonucleotides represents a model to test targeted nucleotide exchange. We studied the concurrent nucleotide exchange of two or three nucleotides in the hprt deficient hamster cell line V79-151. The used oligonucleotides resulted in mismatches at two (151...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kenner O,Lutomska A,Speit G,Vogel W,Kaufmann D

更新日期：2004-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We have partially characterized the properties of a specific acetylhydrolase in plasma from spontaneous hypertensive rats. This enzyme inactivates 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (a lipid involved in platelet aggregating, hypotensive, and allergic responses) by removal of the acetate group. The extent of ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Blank ML,Hall MN,Cress EA,Snyder F

更新日期：1983-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have obtained two new mAbs to the carboxy-terminal region of fibronectin, namely P3D4 and P1F11, and have studied their binding sites and their ability to block lymphocyte adhesion to fibronectin. ELISA and Western blot analyses showed that P3D4 reacts with both fibronectin chains and both Hep II-containing fragmen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Garcia-Pardo A,Sánchez-Aparicio P,Wayner EA

更新日期：1992-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain-type glucose transporter (bGT) is assumed to be distributed among neurons and glial cells, but to be particularly enriched in brain microvascular endothelium, which makes up the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in vivo. However, in the course of the present studies it was found that the bGT is specifically expresse...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boado RJ,Pardridge WM

更新日期：1990-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The activation of protein kinase C in human platelets by phorbol-12, 13- dibutyrate (PDBu) results in the phosphorylation of a 40,000 dalton protein. This phosphorylation is time- and concentration-dependent. Maximal phosphorylation is rapid and is not affected by indomethacin or prostacyclin. PDBu does not promote ac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lapetina EG

更新日期：1984-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can be used as a general platform for loading and delivering DNA oligonucleotides and short hairpin RNA to living systems. Here, we report the ability of functionalized AuNP to deliver RNA aptamers into the nuclei of human cells. An in vitro-sy...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryou SM,Kim JM,Yeom JH,Hyun S,Kim S,Han MS,Kim SW,Bae J,Rhee S,Lee K

更新日期：2011-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:1-4 interaction scaling factors are used in AMBER forcefields to reduce the exaggeration of short-range repulsion caused by the 6-12 Lennard-Jones potential and a nonpolarizable charge model and to obtain better agreements of small-molecule conformational energies with experimental data. However, the effects of these ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pang YP

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr is a 96-amino-acid virion-associated protein that arrests cells in the G2 phase of the cell cycle in peripheral blood lymphocytes, HeLa, 293, 293T, A549, Jurkat, CEM, SupT1, CV-1 and COS1 cells. When we transfected Vpr expression vector into mouse NIH3T3 and then cultured it in ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishino Y,Myojin T,Kamata M,Aida Y

更新日期：1997-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the bone sialoprotein (BSP) gene is important in the differentiation of osteoblasts, in bone matrix mineralization, and in tumor metastasis. We investigated BSP gene transcription by performing functional analysis of the 9256bp of the 5' flanking region of the murine BSP gene containing its promoter. We ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tu Q,Yamauchi M,Pageau SC,Chen JJ

更新日期：2004-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have generated a EYFP targeted to the mitochondrial intermembrane space (MIMS-EYFP) to determine for the first time the pH within this compartment. The fragment encoding HAI-tagged EYFP was fused with the C-terminus of glycerol-phosphate dehydrogenase, an integral protein of the inner mitochondrial me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Porcelli AM,Ghelli A,Zanna C,Pinton P,Rizzuto R,Rugolo M

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Resveratrol (trans-3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene), a polyphenolic compound found largely in the skins of red grapes, has been used as a nutritional supplement or an investigational new drug for prevention of cardiovascular diseases. Previous reports showed that resveratrol had a protective effect against oxidative agent-i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Leong CW,Wong CH,Lao SC,Leong EC,Lao IF,Law PT,Fung KP,Tsang KS,Waye MM,Tsui SK,Wang YT,Lee SM

更新日期：2007-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline elastase YaB, produced by alkalophilic Bacillus YaB, is an extracellular serine protease having 55% homology to subtilisin BPN' and thus could be called subtilisin YaB. It is synthesized as a 378-amino acid preproenzyme and secreted into the culture medium as a 265-amino acid mature protease. To examine if th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chang YC,Kadokura H,Yoda K,Yamasaki M

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although it is widely accepted that insulin stimulates leptin secretion, a dual action was observed using a validated in vitro system, i.e., an early (less than 48 h) inhibitory action, followed later (48-96 h) by a clear-cut stimulation. While the inhibitory phase was observed at every glucose concentration tested (f...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Casabiell X,Piñeiro V,De la Cruz LF,Gualillo O,Folgar L,Diéguez C,Casanueva FF

更新日期：2000-09-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A new cleavage site, which is a post-translational modification, was found between residues His-154 and Ala-155 in alpha A-crystallin from the aged human lens. After trypsin digestion of alpha A-crystallin two peptides that include Asp-151 were obtained and have remarkable differences. That is, the stereo-configuratio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujii N,Momose Y,Yamasaki M,Yamagaki T,Nakanishi H,Uemura T,Takita M,Ishii N

更新日期：1997-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Many infections are associated with diabetes, as the ability of the body to fight pathogens is impaired. Recently, low levels of defensins have been found in diabetic rodents. However, whether hyperglycemia and/or insulin deficiency/insensitivity is the reason for the reduced defensin levels is still unknown. To study...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Barnea M,Madar Z,Froy O

更新日期：2008-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a rapid and sensitive method for total DNA measurement using single-stranded DNA binding protein from E coli conjugated with horseradish peroxidase or urease. To detect DNA, the sample is heated or alkali treated to denature the DNA and then filtered through nylon or nitrocellulose membranes. After t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sheldon EL 3rd,Nagainis PA,Kung VT

更新日期：1989-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemokine receptor CCR-7 is expressed in T, NK, and dendritic cells in a time-ordered and stimulus-dependent manner. Thorough analyses of the pharmacological profiles of the recombinant ligands for CCR-7, MIP-3beta/ELC/CK-beta 11, and SLC/Exodus-2/TCA4/6C-kine, using CCR-7-expressing HEK-293E transfectants determi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sullivan SK,McGrath DA,Grigoriadis D,Bacon KB

更新日期：1999-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide kinase (CERK) converts ceramide to ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P), which has recently emerged as a new bioactive molecule capable of regulating diverse cellular functions. The N-terminus of the CERK protein encompasses a sequence motif known as a pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. Although the PH domain was previou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim TJ,Mitsutake S,Igarashi Y

更新日期：2006-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-types of high molecular mass proteases have been purified from sea urchin sperm using DEAE-Sephacel, hydroxylapatite and Superdex 200 column chromatography. Both proteases showed similar hydrolyzing activities toward synthetic peptides, but they differed in the molecular mass and peptide composition. One was proba...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inaba K,Akazome Y,Morisawa M

更新日期：1992-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:(6R)5,6,7,8 tetrahydrobiopterin (6-BH4) is an important cofactor in the regulation of melanogenesis in melanocytes, where it controls: (a) the supply of L-tyrosine from L-phenylalanine via phenylalanine hydroxylase, and (b) regulates directly dopaquinone formation from L-tyrosine via tyrosinase. 6-BH4 undergoes redox-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schallreuter KU,Büttner G,Pittelkow MR,Wood JM,Swanson NN,Körner C

更新日期：1994-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminins, the major basement membrane glycoproteins, are composed of three subunits. We identified a splice variant of the human laminin alpha4 subunit transcript containing 21 extra nucleotides. A heptapeptide sequence, MDCPTIS, was inserted close to the two cysteine residues possibly involved in the intersubunit dis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi Y,Kim KH,Fujiwara H,Shimono C,Yamashita M,Sanzen N,Futaki S,Sekiguchi K

更新日期：2002-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of analogs of the blocked insect myotropic neuropeptide leucopyrokinin (LPK) has demonstrated its relative insensitivity to amino acid substitution in the N-terminal in contrast to the C-terminal region. Truncated analogs of LPK without the first, second, and third N-terminal amino acids retain a significan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nachman RJ,Holman GM,Cook BJ

更新日期：1986-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:By constructing a new type of thermal detector, rapid production of heat was demonstrated during the rising phase of the action potential of the eel electric organs evoked by direct electric stimulation. Following the indirect (synapse-mediated) action potential of the organs, the existence of very large and variable ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tasaki I,Byrne PM

更新日期：1993-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) are widely recognised as a more physiologically relevant preclinical model than standard cell lines, but are expensive and low throughput, have low engraftment rate and take a long time to develop. Our newly developed conditional reprogramming (CR) technology addresses many PDX drawba...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mondal AM,Ma AH,Li G,Krawczyk E,Yuan R,Lu J,Schlegel R,Stamatakis L,Kowalczyk KJ,Philips GK,Pan CX,Liu X

更新日期：2019-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin 6 is a cytokine with growth and differentiation activities on a number of cell types. Human articular chondrocytes produce interleukin 6 and this production appears to be constitutive but can be stimulated in a dose-dependent manner by interleukin 1. Other stimulators of interleukin 6 production in chondro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bunning RA,Russell RG,Van Damme J

更新日期：1990-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently found that 3T3-L1 adipocytes secrete microvesicles, known as adipocyte-derived microvesicles (ADMs), with angiogenic activity. In this study, we found that ADMs contain RNA without typical 28S and 18S ribosomal RNA inside the vesicles. Microarray analysis revealed that ADMs contain approximately 7000 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ogawa R,Tanaka C,Sato M,Nagasaki H,Sugimura K,Okumura K,Nakagawa Y,Aoki N

更新日期：2010-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:p21-activated kinase (PAK) and Rho-associated kinase (Rho-kinase) have been shown to induce Ca(2+)-independent contraction of smooth muscle. PAK-induced contraction of Triton-skinned smooth muscle correlates with increased phosphorylation of caldesmon and desmin, although the role of desmin phosphorylation has remaine...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohtakara K,Inada H,Goto H,Taki W,Manser E,Lim L,Izawa I,Inagaki M

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is a calmodulin (CaM)-dependent enzyme, which generates the ubiquitous biological mediator nitric oxide. In this study, wild-type or mutant form of rat nNOS was overexpressed in a baculovirus/Sf9 insect cell system and examined for autophosphorylation. Incubation of purified wild-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Watanabe Y,Terashima K,Hidaka H

更新日期：1996-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although N-acetyl-L-aspartate (NAA) has been shown to be important to myelin synthesis and osmotic regulation, the biological rationale for the high levels of NAA found in the brain remains unknown. Here, a human astroglial cell line (STTG) was treated with NAA and stimulated with ionomycin, ionomycin/PMA, or IL-1beta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rael LT,Thomas GW,Bar-Or R,Craun ML,Bar-Or D

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00