Canonical Wnt signaling maintains the quiescent stage of hepatic stellate cells.

abstract：:DNA containing unmethylated cytosine-guanine motifs (CpG DNA) initiates innate immune responses, including the secretion of cytokines from macrophages. Some antimicrobial peptides modulate the responses to CpG DNA, although the molecular mechanisms of this process remain unclear. This study examined the effects of fou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishihara S,Kawasaki K

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The α1,3/4-fucosyltransferases (FUT) subfamily are key enzymes in cell surface antigen synthesis during various biological processes. A novel role of FUTs in tumorigenesis has been discovered recently, however, the underlying mechanism remains largely unknown. Here, we characterized FUT6, a member of α1,3/4-FUT subfam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo Q,Guo B,Wang Y,Wu J,Jiang W,Zhao S,Qiao S,Wu Y

更新日期：2012-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Triglyceride deposit cardiomyovasculopathy (TGCV) is a rare and newly identified disease among patients requiring cardiac transplantation. TGCV is characterized by cardiomyocyte steatosis and triglyceride (TG)-deposit atherosclerosis, resulting from the abnormal intracellular metabolism of TG. TGCV is classified into ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takagi A,Ikeda Y,Kobayashi K,Kobayashi K,Ikeda Y,Kozawa J,Miyauchi H,Li M,Hashimoto C,Hara Y,Yamaguchi S,Suzuki A,Toda T,Nagasaka H,Hirano KI

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Study the effects of alcohol extract of Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn (AESM) on the metabolism of blood fat, morphology of fenestrated liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSEC), and the ultrastructure of liver cells of the rats with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). METHODS:Divide SD rats into control ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peng Q,Zhang Q,Xiao W,Shao M,Fan Q,Zhang H,Zou Y,Li X,Xu W,Mo Z,Cai H

更新日期：2014-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier investigations have shown that (a) antibodies against a carrier-coupled 20-residue synthetic peptide (C-20), (200)HACQKKLLKFEALQQEEGEE(219), corresponding to the C-terminal partially helical sequence of chicken riboflavin carrier protein (RCP; 219 AA) curtail pregnancy in mammals and (b) helix stabilization by...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Subramanian S,Karande AA,Adiga PR

更新日期：2001-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the relationship between insulin like growth factor-II (IGF-II) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) that are upregulated in psoriasis, we monitored IL-8 expression in IGF-II-treated human keratinocytes and explored the signaling pathways of IL-8 expression by IGF-II. IGF-II increased the IL-8 mRNA and protein l...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim HJ,Byun SJ,Kim TY

更新日期：2004-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic fibrosis can be considered as wound healing process in response to hepatocellular injury. Activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) is a key event of hepatic fibrosis since activated HSCs are the cellular source of enhanced extracellular matrix deposition, and reversion of liver fibrosis is accompanied by cl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Valletta D,Czech B,Thasler WE,Müller M,Bosserhoff AK,Hellerbrand C

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (Ang-II) has been shown to possess several atherogenic properties including its ability to induce macrophage-mediated oxidation of LDL and to form Ang-II-modified LDL which is taken up by macrophages at enhanced rate. Oxidized-LDL (Ox-LDL) is also taken up by macrophages at enhanced rate via several sca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Keidar S,Attias J

更新日期：1997-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The hereditary renal carcinoma (RC) in the rat, originally reported by R. Eker in 1954, is an excellent example of a Mendelian dominantly inherited predisposition to a specific cancer in an experimental animal. Recently, we have identified a germline mutation of the sclerosis (Tsc2) gene in the Eker rat (Nature Geneti...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Orimoto K,Tsuchiya H,Kobayashi T,Matsuda T,Hino O

更新日期：1996-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of terrorist attacks utilizing either nuclear or radiological weapons has raised concerns about the current lack of effective radioprotectants. Here it is demonstrated that the BH4 peptide domain of the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL can be delivered to cells by covalent attachment to the TAT peptide transduct...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McConnell KW,Muenzer JT,Chang KC,Davis CG,McDunn JE,Coopersmith CM,Hilliard CA,Hotchkiss RS,Grigsby PW,Hunt CR

更新日期：2007-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Sma- and MAD-related protein 3 (Smad3) plays crucial roles in the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)-mediated signaling pathway, which produce a variety of cellular responses, including cell proliferation and differentiation. In our previous study, we demonstrated that protein inhibitor of activated STATy (PIA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imoto S,Ohbayashi N,Ikeda O,Kamitani S,Muromoto R,Sekine Y,Matsuda T

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:AtNPF7.3/AtNRT1.5, which is a nitrate transporter that drives root-to-shoot transport of NO3-, is also involved in modulating the response to K+ deprivation in Arabidopsis by affecting root development and K+ transport. However, whether NPF7.3/NRT1.5 functions in regulating plant responses to deficiencies of other nut...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cui YN,Li XT,Yuan JZ,Wang FZ,Wang SM,Ma Q

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified 13 transcript isoforms of a trinucleotide-repeat-containing gene, cag-8, that is expressed almost exclusively in the mouse brain. The polypeptide deduced from the cDNA consists of 137 AAs, of which 74 are glutamines. The 130-kb gene is composed of 16 exons, from which at least 13 isoforms with variable U...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ji JW,Yang HL,Kim SJ

更新日期：2006-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Interaction of P2X7 receptor with P2X4 receptor has recently been suggested, but it remains unclear whether P2X4 receptor is involved in P2X7 receptor-mediated events, such as cell death of macrophages induced by high concentrations of extracellular ATP. Here, we present evidence that P2X4 receptor does play a role in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kawano A,Tsukimoto M,Noguchi T,Hotta N,Harada H,Takenouchi T,Kitani H,Kojima S

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We intended to examine the functional role of microRNA 26 (miR-26a) in regulating H2O2-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in RGC-5 cells in vitro. METHOD:Various concentrations of H2O2 (0-1000 μM) were added in RGC-5 culture. Cell cytotoxicity was monitored by viability assay and gene expression level of mi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kang Y,Jia P,Zhao H,Hu C,Yang X

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the genomic organization of pancreatic zymogen granule membrane-associated protein GP2, a GPI-anchored protein exhibiting self-aggregation at acidic pH, in order to construct a gene-knockout mouse. Cloning and analysis of lambda clones encoding GP2 from 129 Svj mouse genomic DNA libraries showed that t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobayashi K,Yanagihara K,Ishiguro K,Fukuoka S

更新日期：2004-09-17 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：:A nonreducible cyclic analog of somatostatin (SRIF) was prepared by a combination of solid phase and solution peptide synthesis. The compound, gamma-Abu-Lys-Asn-Phe-Phe-Trp-Lys-Thr-Phe-Thr-Ser-Asp-OH, was tested for its effect on the release of growth hormone, glucagon and insulin in rats. It significantly suppressed ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Garsky VM,Clark DE,Grant NH

更新日期：1976-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The p21(WAF-1) promoter contains binding sites for a number of transcription factors which mediate its activation by a variety of external signals. Moreover, it has been reported that the transcription factors involved in p21(WAF-1) activation by certain signaling factors, like the phorbol ester TPA, may vary in diffe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schavinsky-Khrapunsky Y,Huleihel M,Aboud M,Torgeman A

更新日期：2003-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that some inflammatory cytokines promote the expression of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in trophoblasts during pregnancy and that placental CRH could induce the production of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in humans. However, whether the same is true in rodent placenta remains ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang H,Tsukada T,Shimada H,Sakata-Haga H,Iida Y,Zhang S,Shoji H,Hatta T

更新日期：2020-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced macrophage/monocyte activation and pro-inflammatory cytokines production are important mediators for periodontitis progression. The current study tested the potential role of insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 1 (IGF2BP1) in the process. METHODS:THP-1 human ma...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xie J,Li Q,Zhu XH,Gao Y,Zhao WH

更新日期：2019-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Crk and CrkL adaptor proteins have SH2 and SH3 domains and play essential overlapping, as well as distinct, roles in many biological processes, ranging from cell structure and motility to proliferation. Conditional ablation of both Crk and CrkL in neuronal progenitor cells, using a Nestin-Cre transgene, resulted i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park T,Curran T

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium is a toxic metal present in the environment and its inhalation can lead to pulmonary disease such as lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These lung diseases are characterized by chronic inflammation. Here we show that exposure of human airway epithelial cells to cadmium promotes a polarized ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rennolds J,Malireddy S,Hassan F,Tridandapani S,Parinandi N,Boyaka PN,Cormet-Boyaka E

更新日期：2012-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which lithium (Li(+)) inhibits the protein kinase glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that Li(+) is a competitive inhibitor of GSK-3 with respect to magnesium (Mg(2+)), but not to substrate or ATP. This mode of inhibition is conserved between mammalian and Dictyostelium...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ryves WJ,Harwood AJ

更新日期：2001-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular Ca2+ plays an important role in a variety of second messenger cascades. The function of Ca2+ is mediated, in part, by Ca2+-binding proteins such as calmodulin, calretinin, calbindin, neurocalcin, recoverin, and visinin-like proteins (VILIPs). These proteins are highly expressed in rat olfactory receptor ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mammen A,Simpson PJ,Nighorn A,Imanishi Y,Palczewski K,Ronnett GV,Moon C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of human APOA5 in mice results in dramatically decreased plasma triglyceride levels. In this study we explored the mechanism underlying this hypotriglyceridemic effect. Initially we found that triglyceride turnover was faster in hAPOA5 transgenic mice compared to controls, and this strongly correlated w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fruchart-Najib J,Baugé E,Niculescu LS,Pham T,Thomas B,Rommens C,Majd Z,Brewer B,Pennacchio LA,Fruchart JC

更新日期：2004-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Leucine-rich alpha(2)-glycoprotein (LRG) is a plasma protein in which leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) were first discovered. Although the physiological function of LRG is not known, increases in the serum level of LRG have been reported in various diseases. In this study, we found that LRG was induced by recombinant human...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shirai R,Hirano F,Ohkura N,Ikeda K,Inoue S

更新日期：2009-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxocobalamin is present in fairly large proportions both in foods and in the human body and apparently plays an important biological role. Since cyanocobalamin seems to play hardly any significant biochemical role in healthy humans, several physicians prefer to administer hydroxocobalamin to vitamin B12 deficient ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kohli RK,Nath A

更新日期：1984-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotaxis of rabbit peritoneal leucocytes stimulated by fMet-Leu-Phe, a synthetic chemoattractant, was inhibited by Glu-Glu-Glu-Glu-Tyr-Pro-Met-Glu (MT peptide) and Leu-Ile-Glu-Asp-Asn-Glu-Tyr-Thr-Ala-Arg-Glu-Gly (Src peptide). Both peptides did not inhibit the binding of [3H] formyl-NLe-Leu-Phe, a chemoattractant, t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hirata F,Notsu Y,Matsuda K,Vasanthakumar G,Schiffmann E,Wong TW,Goldberg AR

更新日期：1984-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor suppressor, RASSF2 (Ras association domain family 2), is frequently downregulated in a number of cancers. Although exogenously expressed RASSF2 induces apoptotic cell death, the precise roles of RASSF2 under pro-apoptotic conditions remain largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that MST1 (mammalian sterile 20...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song H,Oh S,Oh HJ,Lim DS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00