Oxytocin contracts rat uterine smooth muscle in Ca2(+)-free medium without any phosphorylation of myosin light chain.

abstract：:The idiopathic short QT syndrome (SQTS) is characterised by an abnormally short QT interval on the electrocardiogram and by an increased risk of arrhythmia and sudden death. One variant of the syndrome is linked to missense mutations that lead to a single amino-acid change (N588K; asparagine to lysine) in the S5-Pore ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McPate MJ,Duncan RS,Milnes JT,Witchel HJ,Hancox JC

更新日期：2005-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the effect of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) on the biological behavior of osteoclast precursors in vitro by establishing an indirect co-culture system of mice EPCs and RAW 264.7 monocyte cells. Results show that the survival, migration, and differentiation of osteoclast precursors were g...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pang H,Wu XH,Fu SL,Luo F,Zhang ZH,Hou TY,Li ZQ,Chang ZQ,Yu B,Xu JZ

更新日期：2013-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphate in manure of monogastric animals pollutes the environment if improperly applied to soil. Strategies that reduce phosphate inputs into animal production systems reduce environmental pollution. Using a novel vaccine to fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23), we induced neutralizing antibodies that reduced the ph...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bobeck EA,Burgess KS,Jarmes TR,Piccione ML,Cook ME

更新日期：2012-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The human ST2 gene has been known to encode three splice variants; namely, a soluble secreted form of ST2, a transmembrane form of ST2L, and ST2V of undetermined localization. Therefore, analysis of tissue distribution and subcellular localization of ST2V is important to elucidate functional relationships among the th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tago K,Noda T,Hayakawa M,Iwahana H,Yanagisawa K,Yashiro T,Tominaga S

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Deinococcus radiodurans exhibits an extraordinary ability to withstand the lethal and mutagenic effects of DNA damaging agents, particularly, ionizing radiation. Available evidence indicates that efficient repair of DNA damage and protection of the chromosomal structure are mainly responsible for the radioresistance. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hua Y,Narumi I,Gao G,Tian B,Satoh K,Kitayama S,Shen B

更新日期：2003-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:IRE1α (Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 α), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident sensor for mammalian unfolded protein response, is a type I transmembrane protein which has a bifunctional enzyme containing kinase and RNase domains. Although the luminal domain and cytosolic domain of IRE1α are thought to play crucial role...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cho H,Lamarca R,Chan C

更新日期：2012-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Two genes encoding family 11 endo-beta-1,4-xylanases (XylA, XylB) from Fusarium graminearum were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The amount of active endoxylanase in the cytoplasmic soluble fraction was considerably improved by varying different expression parameters, including host strain and temperature du...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beliën T,Van Campenhout S,Van Acker M,Volckaert G

更新日期：2005-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A dye displacement method was developed for determination of the affinities of compounds toward the active site of the detergent-solubilized sarcoplasmic reticulum CaATPase. Titration of the enzyme with 2',3'-O-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)-ADP resulted in a large absorbance difference in the visible spectrum. Subsequent add...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Coll RJ,Murphy AJ

更新日期：1986-07-31 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：:We previously reported synergistic induction of apoptosis by IFN-gamma plus either cyclosporin A (CsA) or tacrolimus (FK506) in gastric carcinoma cells. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the mechanism for this synergistic induction of apoptosis. IFN-gamma plus CsA synergistically induced caspase-3 mediated apoptosi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beppu K,Morisaki T,Matsunaga H,Uchiyama A,Ihara E,Hirano K,Kanaide H,Tanaka M,Katano M

更新日期：2003-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:An in organello footprinting approach has been used to probe a protein-DNA interaction of a nuclear coded 25 kDa protein, previously isolated in our laboratory, that binds "in vitro" a region within the ND2 gene, located upstream of the Ori-L. Footprinting studies with the purine-modifying reagent dimethyl sulfate and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cingolani G,Capaccio L,D'Elia D,Gadaleta G

更新日期：1997-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMOylation, a post-translational modification of lysine residues by small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) proteins, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD), and in neuron- and astrocyte-specific physiological functions. Global SUMOylation is increased i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maruyama T,Wada H,Abe Y,Niikura T

更新日期：2018-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins are a family of cell surface adhesion molecules which mediate cell adhesion and initiate signaling pathways that regulate cell spreading, migration, differentiation, and proliferation. TGF-beta is a multifunctional factor that induces a wide variety of cellular processes. In this study, we show that, TGF-bet...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cai T,Lei QY,Wang LY,Zha XL

更新日期：2000-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of Interleukin-1 (IL-1) on gastric pepsin secretion in conscious pylorus-ligated rats. The intraperitoneal (ip) injection of IL-1 resulted in a dose-related inhibition of gastric pepsin output. The intracerebroventricular (icv) injection of IL-1 similarly re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okumura T,Uehara A,Okamura K,Takasugi Y,Namiki M

更新日期：1990-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Semaphorins provide crucial attractive and repulsive cues involved in axon guidance during neural development. Out of them, Semaphorin 4D (Sema4D) is enriched in the nervous and immune tissues, and acts as proliferative and survival factors of peripheral lymphocytes in the immune system, but is poorly understood in th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fujioka S,Masuda K,Toguchi M,Ohoka Y,Sakai T,Furuyama T,Inagaki S

更新日期：2003-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitylation is an essential posttranslational protein modification that is implicated in a diverse array of cellular functions. Although cells contain eight structurally distinct types of polyubiquitin chains, detailed function of several chain types including K29-linked chains has remained largely unclear. Current...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsuchiya H,Tanaka K,Saeki Y

更新日期：2013-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemin4 is a ubiquitously expressed multifunctional protein that is involved in U snRNP assembly, apoptosis, nuclear/cytoplasmic transportation, transcription, and RNAi pathways. Gemin4 is one of the core components of the Gemin-complex, which also contains survival motor neuron (SMN), the seven Gemin proteins (Gemin2-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lorson MA,Dickson AM,Shaw DJ,Todd AG,Young EC,Morse R,Wolstencroft C,Lorson CL,Young PJ

更新日期：2008-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of a radiotherapeutic regimen with telomerase inhibition is valuable when tumor cells are to be sensitized to radiation. Here, we describe cell clones unresponsive to radiosensitization after telomere shortening. After extensive division of individual transformed clones of mTERC-/- cells, about 22% of cl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ju YJ,Shin HJ,Park JE,Juhn KM,Woo SR,Kim HY,Han YH,Hwang SG,Hong SH,Kang CM,Yoo YD,Park WB,Cho MH,Park GH,Lee KH

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate for the first time that major structural changes are imposed on various phospholipid bilayers by diacylglycerol, a product of phosphatidylinositol metabolism. By 5 mole percent in phosphatidylethanolamine a lamellar to hexagonal transition starts that is complete at 10 mole percent. At 30 mole percent i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Das S,Rand RP

更新日期：1984-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The baculovirus expression system has been used to express large quantities of various proteins, including membrane receptors. Here, we reveal a novel property of this expression system to be that certain membrane proteins can be displayed on the budded virus itself. We introduced the genes encoding sterol regulatory ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Urano Y,Yamaguchi M,Fukuda R,Masuda K,Takahashi K,Uchiyama Y,Iwanari H,Jiang SY,Naito M,Kodama T,Hamakubo T

更新日期：2003-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We have established that differing effects of alpha1-adrenergic receptor (AR) subtypes on cell proliferation are due to differential coupling to the Gs/cAMP pathway; thus, both alpha1A- and alpha1B-ARs couple to Gs, while alpha1D-AR does not. To identify the region responsible for this difference in subtype-specific G...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shinoura H,Shibata K,Hirasawa A,Tanoue A,Hashimoto K,Tsujimoto G

更新日期：2002-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphofructokinase (PFK) from human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) was characterized by immunological titration with subunit specific antibodies, column chromatography on QAE-Sephadex and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Two different isozymes, M-type and L-type, were found. The M(r) values of the M and L ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Durante P,Raleigh X,Gómez ME,Campos G,Ryder E

更新日期：1995-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the members of the hsp70 major heat shock protein family in non-stressed cells participate in the intracellular transport of newly synthesized proteins and in maintaining such proteins in an unfolded state. Specific binding of other cellular proteins to hsp70 may play a role in hsp70 function...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Margulis BA,Welsh M

更新日期：1991-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:[3H] imipramine exhibits both saturable and high affinity binding sites in human lung with a maximal number of binding sites of 7.50 pmoles/mg protein and a dissociation constant of 1.74 nM. Displacement studies indicate that these sites can be considered as specific of imipramine, tricyclic compounds and also monoami...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morin D,Zini R,Lange J,Tillement JP

更新日期：1984-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects its target cells in the form of cell-free viruses and through cell-cell contact. Here we report that HCV is associated with exosomes. Using highly purified exosomes and transmission electron microscopic imaging, we demonstrated that HCV occurred in both exosome-free and exosome-associat...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Z,Zhang X,Yu Q,He JJ

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The estrogen receptor (ER) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor which regulates growth, development, differentiation and reproduction. To test the hypothesis that the diverse effects of the ER could be mediated by interacting with other transcription factors/oncogenes, the present study assessed its interaction ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu CL,Driggers P,Barrera-Hernandez G,Nunez SB,Segars JH,Cheng S

更新日期：1997-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Secreted gelatinase from human neutrophils was purified as a 94 kDa polypeptide. Gelatinolytic and type IV collagenolytic activities of the purified protein were measured and compared. Immunoglobulins purified from antisera raised against gelatinase inhibited both the gelatinase and type IV collagenase activities. The...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Morel F,Berthier S,Guillot M,Zaoui P,Massoubre C,Didier F,Vignais PV

更新日期：1993-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoblasts regulate bone formation and remodeling, and are main target cells of oxidative stress in the progression of osteonecrosis. The stem cell factor (SCF)-c-Kit pathway plays important roles in the proliferation, differentiation and survival in a range of cell types, but little is known about its functions in o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yang L,Wu Z,Yin G,Liu H,Guan X,Zhao X,Wang J,Zhu J

更新日期：2014-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited proteolysis converts the 39200 molecular weight catalytic domain of rat tyrosine hydroxylase to a monomer with a molecular weight of 37600. The purified monomer is almost fully active, with minor changes in kinetic parameters at pH 7. Mass spectral analysis and N-terminal sequencing of the proteolytically gene...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lohse DL,Fitzpatrick PF

更新日期：1993-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of cytochrome b5 to rat cytochrome P450 2B1 was inhibited (by 75%) by a synthetic peptide corresponding to P450 residues 116-134. The role of Lys-122 and Arg-125 were evaluated using peptides in which one or both of these basic residues were replaced with Glu. The Lys-122 substitution nearly abolished while th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Omata Y,Sakamoto H,Robinson RC,Pincus MR,Friedman FK

更新日期：1994-06-30 00:00:00