Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 is a putative marker for cancer stem cells in head and neck squamous cancer.

abstract：:Cofilin, a key regulator of actin filament dynamics, binds to G- and F-actin and promotes actin filament turnover by stimulating depolymerization and severance of actin filaments. In this study, cytochalasin D (CytoD), a widely used inhibitor of actin dynamics, was found to act as an inhibitor of the G-actin-cofilin i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shoji K,Ohashi K,Sampei K,Oikawa M,Mizuno K

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A mass screening program for congenital hypothyroidism has markedly improved prognosis of children with congenital hypothyroidism and also revealed several cases with unknown pathogenesis. We here report two independent Japanese multigeneration families with multinodular goiter (MNG) with euthyroidism and with high TS...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takahashi T,Nozaki J,Komatsu M,Wada Y,Utsunomiya M,Inoue K,Takada G,Koizumi A

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine induced a concentration-dependent increase in intracellular cyclic-AMP of the two human melanoma cell lines SK23 and DX3.LT5.1; maximal stimulation was obtained with 17.8 microM histamine which consistently produced greater than 50-fold increases in the cyclic AMP content of both cell lines. The dose-respons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Whitehead RJ,Taylor DJ,Evanson JM,Hart IR,Woolley DE

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old Japanese male suffering from very slowly progressive amyloidosis was studied by immunohistopathologic, mass spectrometric, and molecular genetic methods. After confirming the immunoreactivity of transthyretin (TTR) in the amyloid deposits using an anti-TTR polyclonal antibody, matrix-assisted laser desor...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Terazaki H,Ando Y,Misumi S,Nakamura M,Ando E,Matsunaga N,Shoji S,Okuyama M,Ideta H,Nakagawa K,Ishizaki T,Ando M,Saraiva MJ

更新日期：1999-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoacoustic Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy was used to study phosphoamino acids and phosphoproteins. Using this method, we have found that the spectral properties of phosphate esters depend on the nature of the linkage, pH, and binding of metal ion. At high pH values, dianionic symmetric stretching of phosp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Graves DJ,Luo S

更新日期：1994-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the interaction of melittin with ganglioside GM1 by steady-state fluorescence, one-dimensional (1)H NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. In the presence of GM1 the emission maximum of melittin is blue shifted and fluorescence quenching efficiencies of iodide and acrylamide are substantially reduced,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chatterjee C,Mukhopadhyay C

更新日期：2002-03-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first systematic study on the pancreatic beta cell function in the heterozygous mouse with targeted disruption of the beta cell glucokinase gene. The heterozygotes' beta cell displayed the following characteristics: (1) impaired glucose sensitivity with normal glucose responsiveness, (2) poor discriminatio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aizawa T,Asanuma N,Terauchi Y,Suzuki N,Komatsu M,Itoh N,Nakabayashi T,Hidaka H,Ohnota H,Yamauchi K,Yasuda K,Yazaki Y,Kadowaki T,Hashizume K

更新日期：1996-12-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously that the neuropeptide, galanin, transiently and promptly increases the cytoplasmic concentration of Ca2+, [Ca2+]i, in insulin producing clonal RINm5F cells prior to a reduction in [Ca2+]i. We found that galanin (100 nM) transiently increased the [Ca2+]i in the presence of 15 mM glyceraldehyde and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ahrén B

更新日期：1996-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported that salmosin, a novel disintegrin, was isolated from Korean snake (Agkistrodon halys brevicaudus) venom and significantly inhibited solid tumor growth in mice by perturbation of tumor-specific angiogenesis via blocking alphavbeta3 integrin expressed on vascular endothelial cells. In this s...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kang IC,Kim DS,Jang Y,Chung KH

更新日期：2000-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The cancer/testis (CT) antigen NY-SAR-35 gene is located on the X chromosome and is aberrantly expressed in various cancers but not in normal tissues, other than testes. Previously, we reported the expression of NY-SAR-35 enhanced cell growth, proliferation, and invasion in HEK293 and cancer cells. To extend understan...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Song MH,Kim YR,Bae JH,Shin DH,Lee SY

更新日期：2017-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its interaction at hypothalamic sites to affect feeding and energy expenditure, leptin has been shown to exhibit a proliferative response in erythropoietic cells. The functional leptin receptor is also present in pancreatic islets and we now demonstrate that a commonly used clonal insulin secreting beta...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Islam MS,Morton NM,Hansson A,Emilsson V

更新日期：1997-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2) D(3)] exerts its biological effects by binding to the vitamin D receptor (VDR), which binds in turn to the vitamin D response elements located in the target gene's promoter. We have previously demonstrated that VDR binds in vitro with high affinity to the 5'-flanking sequence of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Seoane S,Alonso M,Segura C,Pérez-Fernández R

更新日期：2002-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress in the field of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) biology has enabled their clinical application. In the autologous cell transplantation therapy, the source of MSCs are quite important to reduce patients' physical burden. In this study, we isolated MSCs from the synovial fluid (SF) and synovial membrane (Syn...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Amemiya M,Tsuji K,Katagiri H,Miyatake K,Nakagawa Y,Sekiya I,Muneta T,Koga H

更新日期：2020-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Impaired activity of NK (natural killer) cells has been proposed as a mechanism contributing to viral persistence and chronic infection in hepatitis C (HCV) infection. We aimed to assess the impact of HCV infection on NK cells regarding frequency, subset distribution, and cytotoxic and cytokine secretion functions, as...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dessouki O,Kamiya Y,Nagahama H,Tanaka M,Suzu S,Sasaki Y,Okada S

更新日期：2010-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Myosin heavy chain (MHC) mRNA isoforms were quantified in soleus (SOL) and gastrocnemius (GAS) muscles from rats exposed to 14 days of either hindlimb unweighting (HU), clenbuterol treatment (CB), or HU combined with CB treatment (HU-CB). All conditions induced in SOL a shift from slow to faster MHC mRNA isoforms and ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Stevens L,Gohlsch B,Mounier Y,Pette D

更新日期：2000-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyclic pyrimidine nucleotide, cCMP, is an endogenous substance in mammalian cells but little is known on its functional role. We studied the effects of cCMP, its cell-permeant analogue, N4,2'-O-dibutyryl cytidine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (Bt2cCMP), and of butyrate on superoxide (O2-) formation and cytosolic Ca2+...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ervens J,Seifert R

更新日期：1991-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was made of the effects of the venom of the Chilean spider Latrodectus mactans on endogenous ion-currents of Xenopus laevis oocytes. 1 microg/ml of the venom made the resting plasma membrane potential more negative in cells voltage-clamped at -60 mV. The effect was potentially due to the closure of one or seve...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Parodi J,Romero F,Miledi R,Martínez-Torres A

更新日期：2008-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison was made of cytosynalin- and MAPs-induced microtubule formation. Cytosynalin (a 35 kDa cytoskeleton-interacting and calmodulin-binding protein) facilitated more rapid and extensive microtubule formation than MAPs. Electron microscopic examination revealed that the cytosynalin-induced microtubules were 24 ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Itoh K,Sobue K

更新日期：1987-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is involved in a wide range of pathological conditions including neurodegenerative disorders, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis, inflammation, and infection. The ability of ER stress to induce an inflammatory response is considered to play a role in the pathogenesis of these diseases...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimasaki S,Koga T,Shuto T,Suico MA,Sato T,Watanabe K,Morino-Koga S,Taura M,Okada S,Mori K,Kai H

更新日期：2010-11-12 00:00:00

abstract：:While recent evidence has uncovered that circular RNAs (circRNAs) are vital regulators of carcinogenesis, their role in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) is not clearly understood. In this study, we reveal that lower levels of circRNA circ-ITCH are expressed in PTC tissues than in normal adjacent tissues. Gain-of-functio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang M,Chen B,Ru Z,Cong L

更新日期：2018-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:NMR spectroscopy is used to compare the structure of the EGF-like domain of heregulin-alpha and HT1, a mutated form of heregulin-alpha with significantly reduced activity. HT1 is a chimeric protein that has the first seven residues of transforming growth factor-alpha and the sequence of heregulin-alpha from the first ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Adler M,Thompson SA

更新日期：1999-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin signaling can be negatively regulated by phosphorylation of serine 307 of the insulin receptor substrate (IRS)-1. Rapamycin, an inhibitor of the kinase mTOR, can prevent serine 307 phosphorylation and the development of insulin resistance. We further investigated the role of mTOR in regulating serine 307 phosp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Carlson CJ,White MF,Rondinone CM

更新日期：2004-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The androgen receptor (AR) plays a central role in the development and progression of prostate cancer. AR expression is maintained throughout the progression of prostate cancer and is also associated with an aggressive, castration-resistant (CR) phenotype. Despite the critical roles of AR expression in prostate cancer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee JW,Kim GY,Kim JH

更新日期：2012-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular (circ)RNAs have been implicated in cancer development. However, few studies have examined the role of circRNAs in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). In this study we found that circNUP214 was upregulated in clinical PTC specimens relative to adjacent normal tissue. In vitro analyses showed that circNUP214 knockd...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Li X,Tian Y,Hu Y,Yang Z,Zhang L,Luo J

更新日期：2018-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have generated a great deal of interest in clinical situations, due principally to their potential use in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering applications. However, the therapeutic application of MSCs remains limited, unless the favorable effects of MSCs on tumor growth in vivo, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shin KK,Lee AL,Kim JY,Lee SY,Bae YC,Jung JS

更新日期：2012-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated expression of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn), a presynaptic protein involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, in erythroid cells. Using various immunological procedures, immunoreactivity of alpha-syn was unambiguously demonstrated in erythroid lineage in murine bone marrows and p...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakai M,Fujita M,Waragai M,Sugama S,Wei J,Akatsu H,Ohtaka-Maruyama C,Okado H,Hashimoto M

更新日期：2007-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-association of the transactivator HBx protein of hepatitis B virus was investigated using the yeast two-hybrid system. Expression vectors for the full-length HBx (X0) and its truncated mutants (X15 and X16) were constructed by separately ligating the DNA-binding (BD) and transactivation domains (AD) of Gal4. Co-t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Reddi HV,Kumar V

更新日期：2004-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Histamine H3 receptor (H3R), one of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), has been known to regulate neurotransmitter release negatively in central and peripheral nervous systems. Recently, a variety of intracellular proteins have been identified to interact with carboxy (C)-termini of GPCRs, and control their intracel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Maeda K,Haraguchi M,Kuramasu A,Sato T,Ariake K,Sakagami H,Kondo H,Yanai K,Fukunaga K,Yanagisawa T,Sukegawa J

更新日期：2008-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) specifically phosphorylates the E1alpha subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC). Sequence analysis of cloned PDKs led to the proposal that they are mechanistically related to prokaryotic 2-component His-kinases. The reaction mechanism of protein His-kinases involves auto...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mooney BP,David NR,Thelen JJ,Miernyk JA,Randall DD

更新日期：2000-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous synthetic chemicals have estrogenic activity by interacting with the estrogen receptor. In this report, we test the hypothesis that some estrogenic chemicals may also modulate the human progesterone receptor (hPR) signaling pathway. This was evaluated by examining synthetic chemicals for their ability to modu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tran DQ,Klotz DM,Ladlie BL,Ide CF,McLachlan JA,Arnold SF

更新日期：1996-12-13 00:00:00