Over-expression of angiotensin II type 2 receptor (agtr2) decreases collagen accumulation in atherosclerotic plaque.

abstract：:Bryostatin-1 is a natural activator of protein kinase C and currently examined in phase I trials as anticancer agent. We found that Bryostatin-1 induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) expression in the human cell line MONO-MAC-6. Using Northern blot analysis and a bioassay for the detection of the cytokine we...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Steube KG,Drexler HG

更新日期：1995-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting mitochondrial respiration has been documented as an effective therapeutic strategy in cancer. However, the impact of mitochondrial respiration inhibition on cervical cancer cells are not well elucidated. Using a panel of cervical cancer cell lines, we show that an existing drug atovaquone is active against t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tian S,Chen H,Tan W

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased microvessel density in atherosclerotic plaques plays a major role in promoting plaque destabilization resulting in increased risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. Previously we have shown that expression of the inflammatory cytokine, Oncostatin-M (OSM), in human atherosclerotic plaques correlated with in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Albasanz-Puig A,Murray J,Namekata M,Wijelath ES

更新日期：2012-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein kinase CK2 holoenzyme is composed of two regulatory beta- and two catalytic alpha- or alpha(')-subunits. There is ample evidence for the binding of individual subunits of CK2 to various cellular proteins and, moreover, for functions of the individual subunits, which are different from their roles in the ho...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Faust M,Kartarius S,Schwindling SL,Montenarh M

更新日期：2002-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the coding region of the human CK-2 alpha cDNA as a probe for screening a genomic mouse library, positive clones representing four different genomic loci were isolated. Partial DNA sequences of these loci encompassing the first 120 nucleotides of the putative coding region are reported. One positive clone was fu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Boldyreff B,Wehr K,Hecht R,Issinger OG

更新日期：1992-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:ANRIL is a newly discovered non-coding RNA lying on the strongest genetic susceptibility locus for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the chromosome 9p21 region. Genome-wide association studies have been linking polymorphisms in this locus with CVD and several other major diseases such as diabetes and cancer. The role of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Congrains A,Kamide K,Katsuya T,Yasuda O,Oguro R,Yamamoto K,Ohishi M,Rakugi H

更新日期：2012-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The red-ox reactions of the dinuclear iron center of mouse R2 protein upon interaction with different reductants (dithionite alone and with mediators) and oxidants (PES, methylene blue, hydrogen peroxide and para-benzoquinone) have been studied by EPR and optical spectroscopy. The obtained results indicate that the tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Davydov A,Schmidt PP,Gräslund A

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND & AIMS:Concentrations of the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) in the serum of patients with liver cirrhosis correlate with their liver function. Oral administration of BCAA can ameliorate hypoalbuminemia and hepatic encephalopathy. In this study, we aim to clarify the role of BCAA in regulating the replicati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishida H,Kato T,Takehana K,Tatsumi T,Hosui A,Nawa T,Kodama T,Shimizu S,Hikita H,Hiramatsu N,Kanto T,Hayashi N,Takehara T

更新日期：2013-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific binding of leukotriene B4 to its receptor on human leukocyte membranes was enhanced in a dose-dependent manner by metal ions. Mg2+ and Ca2+ were the most potent followed by Mn2+ and Co2+. These divalent cations increased receptor density and did not affect the binding affinity. Addition of the same divale...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ng CF,Haeggström JZ,Samuelsson B

更新日期：1997-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effects of shear stress on gene expression of prostacyclin synthesis-related enzymes cyclooxygenases (COX-1 and COX-2), prostacyclin synthase (PGS), and thromboxane synthase (TXS) and their metabolites prostaglandin (PGI(2)) and thromboxane A(2) (TXA(2)) in endothelium of intact conduit ves...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Doroudi R,Gan LM,Selin Sjögren L,Jern S

更新日期：2000-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Our goal was to characterize the glucose transporter in synaptosomes and to compare it to the different forms of transporter already identified. Cross-reactivity with antibodies to the human erythrocyte transporter, Km of glucose uptake, reversibility of NEM inhibition of transport, and insulin sensitivity were all ex...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bhattacharyya MV,Brodsky JL

更新日期：1988-09-15 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：:NF-kappaB family of transcription factors are involved in numerous cellular processes, including differentiation, proliferation, and inflammation. It was reported that hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives (HADs) are inhibitors of NF-kappaB activation. Rice bran oil contains a lot of phytosteryl ferulates, one of HADs. We ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagasaka R,Chotimarkorn C,Shafiqul IM,Hori M,Ozaki H,Ushio H

更新日期：2007-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP1A1 is largely involved in carcinogenesis through the bioactivation of numerous procarcinogens. Exposure to environmental pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) leads to induction of CYP1A1 via AhR pathway. We have previously demonstrated that fetal bovine serum (FBS) induces CYP1A1 gene transcr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： N'Guyen QB,Fallone F,Seree E,Fina F,Villard PH,Guigal N,De Meo M,Lacarelle B,Martin PM,Barra Y

更新日期：2002-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Survival ("clonogenic ability") and induced DNA repair (SOS repair) have been studied at low X-ray doses in two Escherichia coli strains (GE94 and KY943), both of which contain a recA-lacZ protein fusion. X-ray doses greater than about 0.5 Gray clearly induce SOS repair activity. However, the threshold dose that just ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ewing D

更新日期：1995-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major cause of death and lifelong disability in the world. However, the pathological process of SCI has not been fully understood. F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 5 (FBXW5), a subunit of the SCF-type E3 ubiquitin ligase complex, plays an essential role in regulating various p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhao P,Chao W,Li W

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The small heat shock protein hsp27 is associated with aggressive tumor behavior in certain subsets of breast cancer patients. Previously we demonstrated that hsp27 overexpression in breast cancer cells increased in vitro and in vivo invasiveness, suggesting that hsp27 influences the metastatic process. To investigate ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hansen RK,Parra I,Hilsenbeck SG,Himelstein B,Fuqua SA

更新日期：2001-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is reported as a common and often fatal type of stroke accompanied with high morbidity and mortality, and it frequently results in long-lasting neurological dysfunctions. However, the pathogenesis that contributes to ICH has not been fully understood. Rnf112, also known as Znf179, is a m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang F,Zhang C

更新日期：2018-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The bright bioluminescence of copepod Metridia longa is conditioned by a small secreted coelenterazine-dependent luciferase (MLuc). To date, three isoforms of MLuc differing in length, sequences, and some properties were cloned and successfully applied as high sensitive bioluminescent reporters. In this work, we repor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Larionova MD,Markova SV,Vysotski ES

更新日期：2017-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel diseases, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, are persistent disorders that lead to development of colitis-associated cancer (CAC). Facilitated resolution of colitis has been addressed as a novel therapeutic strategy to control development of CAC. Resolvin D1 (RvD1) is an endogenous li...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhong X,Lee HN,Surh YJ

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of myoplasmic free calcium was measured in fura2-loaded single rat myocardial cells to determine whether the mechanism of norepinephrine desensitization includes redistribution of calcium. Fluorescence intensities at each pixel were quantitated by use of a photon-counting, microchannel plate camera. From ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Erne P,Hermsmeyer K

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:AmB is an antifungal drug of polyene. Although it is prone to nephrotoxicity, it is still the gold standard in the clinical treatment of fungal infection. Sterol plays a decisive role in the drug activity of AmB. The antifungal activity of AmB depends on ergosterol in fungal membranes, and its toxicity is related to c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang J,Ma Y,Hou S

更新日期：2020-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Capsaicin, reported to elevate hormone sensitive lipase (HSL), is also found to inhibit the Ca++ and calmodulin-dependent cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) activity in adipose tissue of rats, fed high fat diet. The dependence of the enzyme activity on Ca++ and calmodulin in vitro, in control rats, is shown by its substanti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Salimath BP,Satyanarayana MN

更新日期：1987-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A DNA endonuclease complex which recognizes predominantly pyrimidine dimers in UVC irradiated DNA has been isolated from the chromatin of normal human and xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group D (XPD) lymphoblastoid cells. The activity of the normal complex on UVC irradiated DNA was increased approximately 2.5 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Parrish DD,Feng X,Lambert MW

更新日期：1992-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myostatin, a member of the Transforming Growth Factor beta (TGF-β) superfamily, plays an important role as a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth and differentiation. We have previously reported that IGF-1 induces a transient myostatin mRNA expression, through the activation of the Nuclear Factor of Activated ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zuloaga R,Fuentes EN,Molina A,Valdés JA

更新日期：2013-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has demonstrated that pre-treatment of platelets with phorbol esters that activate protein kinase C eg phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) results in an inhibition of inositol phospholipid breakdown and granule secretion induced by physiological agonists such as thrombin and collagen. In the present st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Krishnamurthi S,Kakkar VV

更新日期：1988-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We purified the transcription antitermination complex of phi 80 (phi 80-pN complex). This complex had a molecular weight of approx. 42,000, and the subunits of this complex could be separated by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The complex was composed of two different polypeptides, one was the phi 80 N gene pr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanemoto K,Miyashita T,Matsushiro A

更新日期：1990-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern hybridization studies showed that the level of ovalbumin mRNA decreases in the oviduct of the Japanese quail after adulthood. In order to find out if this is due to changes in the conformation of the chromatin containing the promoter region of the gene, nuclei of the oviduct of young, adult and old birds were...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Upadhyay R,Gupta S,Kanungo MS

更新日期：1996-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now well established that PA is a potent biological response modifier, showing simultaneously antitumor, antitoxic, anticarcinogenic, antifungal, antiparasitic and immunomodulatory properties. Since PA is a foreign protein, it is quite logical to assume that it may be cleaved into smaller peptide fragments in vi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sinha P,Sengupta J,Ray PK

更新日期：1999-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The acyclic nucleotide analogue (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine [(S)-HPMPA] is a potent and selective inhibitor of African swine fever virus (ASFV) replication. Using the DNA-DNA hybridization technique with plasmid pRPEL-2 as probe, we have shown that (S)-HPMPA exerts a specific, dose-dependent, in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Arzuza O,García-Villalón D,Tabarés E,Gil-Fernández C,De Clercq E

更新日期：1988-07-15 00:00:00