Detection of mRNA for the transforming growth factor beta family in human articular chondrocytes by the polymerase chain reaction.

abstract：:A hammerhead ribozyme directed against murine TNFalpha (mTNFalpha) mRNA has been constructed. In vitro studies showed that this ribozyme was released from the parent molecule by flanking cis-acting hammerhead and hairpin ribozymes. This same anti-mTNFalpha ribozyme specifically cleaved both synthetically derived subst...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： MacKay SL,Tannahill CL,Auffenberg T,Ksontini R,Copeland EM 3rd,Moldawer LL

更新日期：1999-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein degradation is an essential quality control and regulatory function in organisms ranging from bacteria to eukaryotes. In bacteria, this process is initiated by ATP-dependent proteases which digest proteins to short peptides that are subsequently hydrolyzed to smaller fragments and free amino acids. While the e...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jain R,Chan MK

更新日期：2007-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistin, an adipocyte secreted cysteine rich hormone has been implicated as molecular link between obesity and type 2 diabetes in a murine model. Although, at the protein level mouse and human resistin show remarkable similarities with respect to conserved cysteine residues, the physiological role of human resistin i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Raghu P,Ghosh S,Soundarya K,Haseeb A,Aruna B,Ehtesham NZ

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cyclin D3 protein is a member of the D-type cyclins. Besides serving as cell cycle regulators, D-type cyclins have been reported to be able to interact with several transcription factors and modulate their transcriptional activations. Here we report that human activating transcription factor 5 (hATF5) is a new int...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu W,Sun M,Jiang J,Shen X,Sun Q,Liu W,Shen H,Gu J

更新日期：2004-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed lethal malignancies among gynecological malignant tumors worldwide. Chemo-resistance is one of the key causal factors in cervical cancer death. Osthole (OST), a natural compound, exhibits various pharmacological activities, including anti-tumor effects. However, it...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Su J,Zhang F,Li X,Liu Z

更新日期：2019-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of anadamide, 2-arachidonoylglycerol and related compounds on the specific binding of a radiolabeled cannabinoid receptor ligand,[3H]CP55940, to synaptosomal membranes were examined. Anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, reduced the specific binding of [3H]CP55940 to synaptosomal membranes...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sugiura T,Kondo S,Sukagawa A,Nakane S,Shinoda A,Itoh K,Yamashita A,Waku K

更新日期：1995-10-04 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

abstract：:Zebrafish have high regenerative ability in several organs including the fin. Although various mechanisms underlying fin regeneration have been revealed, some mechanisms remain to be elucidated. Recently, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been the focus of research with regard to their role in cell-to-cell communicati...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohgo S,Sakamoto T,Nakajima W,Matsunaga S,Wada N

更新日期：2020-12-17 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：:Leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)) is a potent chemoattractant and activator of neutrophils, macrophages and T cells. These cells are a key component of inflammation and all express BLT1, a high affinity G-protein-coupled receptor for LTB(4). However, little is known about the neuroimmune functions of BLT1. In this study, we d...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kihara Y,Yokomizo T,Kunita A,Morishita Y,Fukayama M,Ishii S,Shimizu T

更新日期：2010-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme-dependent mechanisms which prevent accumulation of chromanoxyl radicals derived from the vitamin E analogue, 2,2,5,7,8-pentamethyl-6-hydroxycromane (PMC), were characterized in rat liver microsomal and mitochondrial membranes. The free radical oxidation product of PMC (chromanoxyl radical) was generated in memb...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Packer L,Maguire JJ,Mehlhorn RJ,Serbinova E,Kagan VE

更新日期：1989-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunoglobulin G of a polyclonal antiserum (pIgG) from a patient with insulin resistance and hypoglycemia was tested for its ability to inhibit insulin binding and to affect the autophosphorylation of partially-purified insulin receptors extracted from rat liver membranes. pIgG, when added 4 hr prior to insulin, i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cordera R,Gherzi R,De Pirro R,Rossetti L,Freidenberg GR,Andraghetti G,Lauro R,Adezati L

更新日期：1985-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been shown that anti-cancer drug induces secretion of serotonin (5-HT) from small intestine which activates serotonin type 3 (5-HT(3)) receptor to cause nausea and vomiting. In general, antagonist for 5-HT(3) receptor is used as anti-emetics during chemotherapy. However, we found that anti-cancer drug irinoteca...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakamura Y,Ishida Y,Yamada T,Shimada S

更新日期：2011-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) localized on the plasma membrane plays a central role in various normal biological responses including tissue remodeling, wound heeling, and angiogenesis and in cancer cell invasion and metastasis, by functioning as a collagenase and activating other matrix metallopro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miyata T,Ohnishi H,Suzuki J,Yoshikumi Y,Ohno H,Mashima H,Yasuda H,Ishijima T,Osawa H,Satoh K,Sunada K,Kita H,Yamamoto H,Sugano K

更新日期：2004-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of purified protein kinase C with H2O2 results in the generation of a persistently activated form of the enzyme which is no longer dependent on Ca2+ or lipid cofactors. This oxidative activation of purified protein kinase C requires added Fe2+ in the incubation medium. Treatment of the soluble fraction of h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Palumbo EJ,Sweatt JD,Chen SJ,Klann E

更新日期：1992-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Groucho is a protein implicated in Notch signaling and involved in segmentation and neural development in Drosophila. Groucho forms transcription complexes with the basic helix-loop-helix proteins encoded by the hairy/Enhancer of split ("hairy-like") gene family. These interactions are mediated by the carboxyl-termina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Grbavec D,Stifani S

更新日期：1996-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:TRAF2 is a key molecule involved in TNF signaling, which is crucial for the regulation of inflammatory processes. We have identified a novel TRAF2 binding protein, designated as T2BP (TRAF2 binding protein), by a mammalian two-hybrid screening approach. T2BP is a relatively small protein of 184 amino acids, which incl...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kanamori M,Suzuki H,Saito R,Muramatsu M,Hayashizaki Y

更新日期：2002-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have demonstrated previously that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) show an increase in serum and synovial fluid levels of complexes between alpha1-proteinase inhibitor (alpha1PI) and IgA. These are believed to form through disulfide binding between the Cys232 residue on alpha1PI and the penultimate cysteine ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Scott LJ,Russell GI,Nixon NB,Dawes PT,Mattey DL

更新日期：1999-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-19), represents a far more serious threat to public health than SARS and MERS coronaviruses, due to its ability to spread more efficiently than its predecessors. Currently, there is no worldwide-approved ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Santopolo S,Riccio A,Santoro MG

更新日期：2020-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Hippo pathway regulates cell proliferation and differentiation. Yes-associated protein (Yap) and transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif (Taz) are effectors of Hippo pathway. The function of Yap/Taz in embryonic liver development has yet to be reported. Here yap1 and taz were found expressed in liver and ot...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yi X,Yu J,Ma C,Li L,Luo L,Li H,Ruan H,Huang H

更新日期：2018-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin is produced from an inactive precursor, prorenin, through endoproteolytic cleavage at paired basic amino-acid residues. Using (35S)methionine-labeled prorenin, that was synthesized with Xenopus oocyte expression system, as a substrate, we have determined the tissue distribution and the nature of prorenin-convert...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakayama K,Kim WS,Hatsuzawa K,Hashiba K,Murakami K

更新日期：1989-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), named NS5B, is phosphorylated by the cellular protein kinase C-related kinase 2 (PRK2) at two serine residues (Ser29 and Ser42) of the finger subdomain (genotype 1b). Herein, using bioinformatics, we selected four potential phosphorylation residue...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hernández S,Figueroa D,Correa S,Díaz A,Aguayo D,Villanueva RA

更新日期：2015-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In adrenalectomized rats, diacylglycerol, a potent activator of protein kinase C, specifically enhanced the induction of tyrosine aminotransferase and ornithine decarboxylase by even maximally effective doses of dexamethasone phosphate, but itself had no effect on these enzyme inductions in the absence of glucocortico...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kido H,Fukusen N,Ishidoh K,Katunuma N

更新日期：1986-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung fibrosis is a common and serious complication of radiation therapy for lung cancer, for which there are no efficient treatments. Emerging evidence indicates that lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and its receptors (LPARs) are involved in the pathogenesis of fibrosis. Here, we reported that thoracic radiation with 16Gy ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gan L,Xue JX,Li X,Liu DS,Ge Y,Ni PY,Deng L,Lu Y,Jiang W

更新日期：2011-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Myozyme is a recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase (rhGAA) that is currently the only drug approved for treating Pompe disease, and its low efficacy means that a high dose is required. Mannose-6-phosphate (M6P) glycosylation on rhGAA is a key factor influencing lysosomal enzyme targeting and the efficacy of enzyme ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park H,Kim J,Lee YK,Kim W,You SK,Do J,Jang Y,Oh DB,Il Kim J,Kim HH

更新日期：2018-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we have generated a EYFP targeted to the mitochondrial intermembrane space (MIMS-EYFP) to determine for the first time the pH within this compartment. The fragment encoding HAI-tagged EYFP was fused with the C-terminus of glycerol-phosphate dehydrogenase, an integral protein of the inner mitochondrial me...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Porcelli AM,Ghelli A,Zanna C,Pinton P,Rizzuto R,Rugolo M

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Nrf2 is a key regulator of many detoxifying enzyme genes, and cytoplasmic protein Keap1 represses the Nrf2 activity under quiescent conditions. Germ line deletion of the keap1 gene results in constitutive activation of Nrf2, but the pups unexpectedly died before weaning. To investigate how constitutive activation of N...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Okawa H,Motohashi H,Kobayashi A,Aburatani H,Kensler TW,Yamamoto M

更新日期：2006-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The hspA gene encodes a small heat-shock protein in the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus vulcanus. To gain insight into the post-transcriptional regulation, hspA was expressed in Escherichia coli. HspA was induced upon a temperature upshift from 30 to 42 degrees C, although the hspA transcription in E. coli o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kojima K,Nakamoto H

更新日期：2005-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:CD1d is a specific ligand for the invariant Valpha24Vbeta11-natural killer T (iNKT) cells that play an important role in placental development during early human pregnancy. The localization and regulation of placental CD1d expression remain unclear. Immunohistochemistry of human early gestational placentas revealed CD...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsumoto J,Kawana K,Nagamatsu T,Schust DJ,Fujii T,Sato H,Hyodo H,Yasugi T,Kozuma S,Taketani Y

更新日期：2008-06-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In rodents, the transcription factors early growth response 2 (EGR2) and sterol regulatory element binding protein 1a (SREBP1a) regulate transcription of the stearoyl-CoA desaturase 2 (SCD2) gene during peripheral nerve myelination, which may be important for synthesis of the lipid component of myelin. Most non-rodent...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lengi AJ,Corl BA

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00