Generation of insulin-secreting cells from adult rat pancreatic ductal epithelial cells induced by hepatocyte growth factor and betacellulin-delta4.

abstract：:The thermal unfolding of myosin in skeletal muscle myofibrils was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). In the absence of nucleotide two major transitions with Tm of 52 degrees C and 58 degrees C, and a minor transition with Tm of 19 degrees C were detected. The unfolding can be characterized with a tota...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lörinczy D,Belagyi J

更新日期：1995-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional and pharmacological factors are needed to prevent bone loss that occurs with increasing age. The chemical compounds that act on bone metabolism as nutrients in food, however, are poorly understood. The effect of resveratrol, a natural phytoestrogen, on the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizutani K,Ikeda K,Kawai Y,Yamori Y

更新日期：1998-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation by cholera toxin of the guanine nucleotide binding regulatory protein (Gs) of rat liver membrane adenylate cyclase was inhibited by 0.1-1 mM MDL 12330A or 0.1-1 mM chlorpromazine. Basal as well as cholera toxin activated adenylate cyclase activity in liver membranes was also inhibited by the two drugs...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bitonti AJ

更新日期：1984-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously, the comparison of human MNB/DYRK cDNA sequences with publicly available genomic DNA sequence made a conclusion that MNB/DYRK gene consists of 11 exons spanning 100 kb. Here we found a novel human MNB/DYRK cDNA clone that has the 5' end different from any of those reported MNB/DYRK cDNAs. The 5' end of this...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang J,Kudoh J,Shintani A,Minoshima S,Shimizu N

更新日期：1998-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the subcellular distribution and the properties of [3H] mepyramine binding in the porcine vascular smooth muscle. A close correlation was observed between the specific binding activity of [3H] mepyramine and the extent of the enrichment of sarcolemmal marker enzyme in 4 subfractions obtained by sucrose dens...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishimura J,Kanaide H,Miwa N,Nakamura M

更新日期：1985-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Junctional membrane complexes (JMCs) generated by junctophilins are required for Ca(2+)-mediated communication between cell-surface and intracellular channels in excitable cells. Knockout mice lacking neural junctophilins (JP-DKO) show severe motor defects and irregular cerebellar plasticity due to abolished channel c...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ikeda A,Miyazaki T,Kakizawa S,Okuno Y,Tsuchiya S,Myomoto A,Saito SY,Yamamoto T,Yamazaki T,Iino M,Tsujimoto G,Watanabe M,Takeshima H

更新日期：2007-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-1, a product of the DJ-1/PARK7 gene, has been suggested to play various functions involved in transcriptional regulation, protease activity, anti-oxidative stress activity, and regulation of mitochondrial complex I. Such a variety of functions of DJ-1 are supposed to be realized through interactions with different ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yasuda T,Kaji Y,Agatsuma T,Niki T,Arisawa M,Shuto S,Ariga H,Iguchi-Ariga SM

更新日期：2013-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of capsid (C) protein interactions with itself would provide important data on how the core is organized in flaviviruses during assembly. In this study, West Nile (WN) virus C protein was shown to form homodimers using yeast two-hybrid analysis in conjunction with mammalian two-hybrid and in vivo co-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bhuvanakantham R,Ng ML

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting the centromeres of chromosomes 3, 7, 17 (CEP3, 7, 17) and the 9p21-locus (LSI9p21) for diagnosing bladder cancer (BC) is time- and cost-intensive and requires a manual investigation of the sample by a well-trained investigator thus overall limiting its use in clinical diagnostics and large-scaled epidemiolog...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Köhler CU,Martin L,Bonberg N,Behrens T,Deix T,Braun K,Noldus J,Jöckel KH,Erbel R,Sommerer F,Tannapfel A,Harth V,Käfferlein HU,Brüning T

更新日期：2014-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:A direct radioimmunoassay for the rapid and accurate detection of human ANP from unextracted plasma is described. The sensitivity was approximately 50 pg/ml, respectively 2.5 pg/tube, the intra-assay variation 4%, and the inter-assay variation less than 12%. Rat ANP (1-28, 5-25, 5-27 and 5-28), oxydized and reduced hA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jüppner H,Brabant G,Kapteina U,Kirschner M,Klein H,Hesch RD

更新日期：1986-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophobic modifications of transducin (T) gamma, such as farnesyl-and carboxyl-methylation, are essential for the association of T beta gamma with the photoreceptor disc membrane, and MEKA/phosducin is known to inhibit the association. In this study, we examined the effect of MEKA on the hydrophobicity of T beta gam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tanaka H,Kuo CH,Matsuda T,Fukada Y,Hayashi F,Ding Y,Irie Y,Miki N

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Transgenic mice expressing the rhodopsin mutant Pro347Ser (Serine 6) display retinal degeneration through apoptosis that is characteristic of the disease retinitis pigmentosa. By 5 weeks after birth, these mice have lost approximately 35% of their photoreceptor cells. Retinas from these mice showed higher levels of cA...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weiss ER,Hao Y,Dickerson CD,Osawa S,Shi W,Zhang L,Wong F

更新日期：1995-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a human placenta cDNA library, we cloned a novel member belonging to the scavenger receptor family. Complementary DNA of this clone encodes a type II transmembranous glycoprotein containing a collagen-like domain, which are typical structural characteristics of scavenger receptor class A. This protein also conta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura K,Funakoshi H,Miyamoto K,Tokunaga F,Nakamura T

更新日期：2001-02-02 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：:Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) activity in plasma is increased in diabetes, and in particular, in diabetic patients with vascular complications. It has been speculated that SSAO is involved in the development of such complications due to the production of cytotoxic compounds. In this work, we have induce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gokturk C,Nordquist J,Sugimoto H,Forsberg-Nilsson K,Nilsson J,Oreland L

更新日期：2004-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have demonstrated that connexin 43 (Cx43) mediates signals important for osteoblast function and osteogenesis. The role of gap junctional communication in bone resorption is less clear. We have investigated the expression of Cx43 mRNA in osteoclasts and bone resorption cultures and furthermore, the fun...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ransjö M,Sahli J,Lie A

更新日期：2003-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:While the appetite-stimulating hormone ghrelin can act to acutely modulate electrical activity of neurons in the appetite regulating network, it also has a role in regulating neuronal outgrowth, synaptic connectivity and intrinsic electrophysiological properties. In this study, we investigated whether ghrelin may caus...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Huang S,Lee SA,Oswald KE,Fry M

更新日期：2015-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of a human lymphoma cell line deficient in adenosine deaminase, adenosine kinase and methylthioadenosine phosphorylase enabled us to compare the effects of nucleoside transport inhibitors on the excretion of endogenously generated adenosine, deoxyadenosine and 5'-methylthioadenosine. The nucleoside tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iizasa T,Kubota M,Carson DA

更新日期：1984-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The anthrax lethal factor (LF) is a Zn(2+)-endopeptidase specific for mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases (MAPKKs), which are cleaved within their N-terminal region. Much line of effort was carried out to elucidate the catalytic activity of LF for designing the inhibitor and to understand the cellular mechanism o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim J,Chai YG,Yoon MY

更新日期：2004-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigonelline (N-methylnicotinate), a member of the pyridine alkaloids, accumulates in coffee beans along with caffeine. The biosynthetic pathway of trigonelline is not fully elucidated. While it is quite likely that the production of trigonelline from nicotinate is catalyzed by N-methyltransferase, as is caffeine synt...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mizuno K,Matsuzaki M,Kanazawa S,Tokiwano T,Yoshizawa Y,Kato M

更新日期：2014-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone (DEX) induces apoptosis in lymphocytes, while protecting some cancer cells from apoptosis, by a poorly understood mechanism. In this study, we examined the potential role of the forkhead transcription factor (FOXO3A) in DEX-induced apoptosis. Unphosphorylated FOXO3A, the active form of FOXO3A, can transl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ma J,Xie Y,Shi Y,Qin W,Zhao B,Jin Y

更新日期：2008-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermo-alkalophilic bacterium, Geobacillus thermoleovorans secrets many enzymes including a 43 kDa extracellular lipase. Significant thermostability, organic solvent stability and wide substrate preferences for hydrolysis drew our attention to solve its structure by crystallography. The structure was solved by molecul...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moharana TR,Pal B,Rao NM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effect of epsilon subunit on the nucleotide binding to the catalytic sites of F(1)-ATPase from the thermophilic Bacillus PS3 (TF(1)) has been tested by using alpha(3)beta(3)gamma and alpha(3)beta(3)gammaepsilon complexes of TF(1) containing betaTyr341 to Trp substitution. The nucleotide binding was assessed with fluor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yasuno T,Muneyuki E,Yoshida M,Kato-Yamada Y

更新日期：2009-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Although mammary epithelial cells are known to synthesize and accumulate triacylglycerol (TAG) in order to produce milk lipid in the cytosol, lipid and energy metabolism is still not fully understood. In this study, we assessed the effects of long-chain fatty acid (LCFA) on the accumulation of cytosolic TAG and uncoup...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yonezawa T,Sanosaka M,Haga S,Kobayashi Y,Katoh K,Obara Y

更新日期：2008-10-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a novel method consisting of chromatin fractionation and allele-specific detection, chromatin packaging is compared between active X (Xa) and inactive X (Xi) chromosomes for five tumor cell clones that were derived from inter-subspecific F1 female mice. Separation of heterochromatic (H) and euchromatic (E) fract...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Endo Y,Watanabe T,Kuwabara K,Tsunashima K,Mishima Y,Arakawa M,Takagi N,Kominami R

更新日期：1998-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro metabolism of the herbicide bentazon was studied in microsomal membranes isolated from 6-day-old etiolated corn shoots. Microsomes isolated from shoots of nontreated seeds did not metabolize bentazon when assayed with NADPH or peroxides. However, microsomes isolated from shoots of seeds pretreated with naphth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McFadden JJ,Gronwald JW,Eberlein CV

更新日期：1990-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the patch-clamp technique, we determined that 1-15 mM extracellular acetylcholine reduced whole-cell n-type K+ currents in human peripheral blood lymphocytes and accelerated their inactivation. The percentage increase in K+ channel inactivation rate and the degree of drug induced block were independent of membra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gáspár R Jr,Varga Z,Bene L,Marcheselli F,Pieri C,Damjanovich S

更新日期：1996-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Several populations of stem cells, including those from the dental pulp and periodontal ligament, have been isolated from different parts of the tooth and periodontium. The characteristics of such stem cells have been reported as well. However, as a common progenitor of these cells, ectomesenchymal stem cells (EMSCs),...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wen X,Liu L,Deng M,Zhang L,Liu R,Xing Y,Zhou X,Nie X

更新日期：2012-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we demonstrate that the active site architecture of the human glutathione (GSH) S-transferase Pi (GSTP1-1) accounts for its enantioselectivity in the GSH conjugation of 7beta,8alpha-dihydroxy-9alpha,10alpha-oxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydrobenzo(a) pyrene (anti-BPDE), the ultimate carcinogen of benzo(a)pyrene. F...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu X,O'Donnell R,Srivastava SK,Xia H,Zimniak P,Nanduri B,Bleicher RJ,Awasthi S,Awasthi YC,Ji X,Singh SV

更新日期：1997-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Human lung carcinoma cells (A549) were oxidatively stressed with mildly-toxic or non-toxic amounts of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 0.1 mM to 120 mM) for 5 min. Hydrogen peroxide exposure resulted in a dose dependent inhibition of binding (pH 7) of the thiol reagent iodoacetic acid (IAA) to a 38 kDa cell protein. Incubatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brodie AE,Reed DJ

更新日期：1987-10-14 00:00:00