Mature interleukin-33 is produced by calpain-mediated cleavage in vivo.

abstract：:The processing of human gastric procathepsin E to its mature form, cathepsin E, was studied at pH 3.5. The results revealed the autocatalytic and apparently one-step conversion of procathepsin E to cathepsin E within 10 min of incubation at 14 degrees C under the conditions used. Analyses of the amino acid sequences o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Athauda SB,Takahashi T,Kageyama T,Takahashi K

更新日期：1991-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The 55- (H-UK) and 36-kDa forms (L-UK) of human urinary urokinase lost most of esterase activity toward acetyl-glycyl-L-lysine methyl ester upon reductive cleavage of 3 SS bonds with dithiothreitol in the presence of the competitive inhibitor, N alpha-benzoyl-L-arginine amide (BAA), bound to polyacrylyl azide with C16...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miwa N,Obata Y,Suzuki A

更新日期：1983-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental gene transfer has permitted a wide variety of studies on gene regulation and function. However, possible effects of the introduced DNA on cellular metabolism are not well understood. Here we demonstrated that introduction of DNA into a promonocytic cell line, U937, by electroporation caused extensive cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimokawa T,Okumura K,Ra C

更新日期：2000-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:First messengers and viral transfection are the two most common ways to stimulate cells for signal output, although their applications are limited. We investigated mechanisms of inducing neural stem cell differentiation using recombinant ephrin-B2/Fc and found that it acted as a ligand and inhibited endogenous ephrin-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xiaodong H,Zhen H,Min S,Zhiming C,Hongyan J,Chong Z,Xuefeng T,Guohua J

更新日期：2013-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated, in guinea-pig endometrial cells, an estrogen-induced 1.8 kb RNA called gec1. Screening of a guinea-pig genomic library led to identification of gec1 gene consisting of 4 exons and 3 introns. Exon 1 contains the 5'UTR and the ATG initiation codon. A guinea-pig gec1 cDNA was obtained by 5'-RACE. The 35...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Vernier-Magnin S,Muller S,Sallot M,Radom J,Musard JF,Adami P,Dulieu P,Rémy-Martin JP,Jouvenot M,Fraichard A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laminins, the major basement membrane glycoproteins, are composed of three subunits. We identified a splice variant of the human laminin alpha4 subunit transcript containing 21 extra nucleotides. A heptapeptide sequence, MDCPTIS, was inserted close to the two cysteine residues possibly involved in the intersubunit dis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hayashi Y,Kim KH,Fujiwara H,Shimono C,Yamashita M,Sanzen N,Futaki S,Sekiguchi K

更新日期：2002-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The sIgG(+) lymphoblastoid B cell line CESS spontaneously produces a high amount of NGF and expresses both high affinity (p140(Trk-A)) and low affinity (p75(NTR)) NGF receptors. Blocking NGF signals with neutralizing antibodies or specific Trk-A inhibitors induces a rapid phosphorylation of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 protein...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Rosini P,De Chiara G,Lucibello M,Garaci E,Cozzolino F,Torcia M

更新日期：2000-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:For a series of adenosine analogues a close correlation (r = 0.986) was found between their antiviral potency (against vesicular stomatitis virus) and their inhibitory effects (Ki/Km) on S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) hydrolase; thus, in order of increasing inhibitory potency for both virus replication and AdoHcy hyd...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： De Clercq E,Cools M

更新日期：1985-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) receptors belong to G protein-coupled transmembrane receptors (LPA receptors; LPA(1) to LPA(6)). They indicate a variety of cellular response by the interaction with LPA, including cell proliferation, migration and differentiation. Recently, we have reported that constitutive active mutated...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kitayoshi M,Kato K,Tanabe E,Yoshikawa K,Fukui R,Fukushima N,Tsujiuchi T

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific polyclonal antibodies raised against purified human platelet Ca2+-ATPase were used with protein A-gold immunocytochemistry to localize this protein in human platelets. Immunolabeling specifically detected Ca2+-ATPase over the surface connected membrane system (SCS) in sections of paraformaldehyde-fixed, Lowic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Herbener GH,Dean WL

更新日期：1988-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well-established that non-random patterns in coding DNA sequence (CDS) features can be partially explained by translational selection. Recent extensions of microarray and proteomic expression data have stimulated many genome-wide investigations of the relationships between gene expression and various CDS feature...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu G,Nie L,Freeland SJ

更新日期：2007-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The major bovine seminal plasma protein, PDC-109, binds to choline phospholipids of the sperm plasma membrane and induces an efflux of cholesterol and choline phospholipids (cholesterol efflux), which is crucial for sperm capacitation. PDC-109 also exhibits chaperone-like activity and protects target proteins against ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Singh BP,Saha I,Nandi I,Swamy MJ

更新日期：2017-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The secondary structure of human pancreatic thread protein (HPTP) in solution at acid pH was derived using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and laser Raman spectroscopic studies. The experimentally derived secondary structure of HPTP was compared with the secondary structure obtained by the Chou-Fasman algorithm. Pa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Renugopalakrishnan V,Dobbs JC,Collette TW,Carreira LA,Hutson TB,Garduño-Juarez R

更新日期：1999-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In resting mesangial cells, angiotensin II and the calcium ionophore A23187 stimulated prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) formation. After pretreatment with interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) or tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), which are themselves potent stimuli for PGE2 synthesis, mesangial cells displayed an amplified res...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pfeilschifter J,Mühl H

更新日期：1990-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphibian skin contains rich bradykinin-related peptides, but the mode of biosynthesis of these peptides is unknown. In the present study, a novel bradykinin-related peptide, termed bombinakinin M, was purified from skin secretions of the Chinese red belly toad Bombina maxima. Its primary sequence was established as D...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lai R,Liu H,Hui Lee W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2001-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatectomy (Px) is known to cause islet hypertrophy and is a putative method to mimic hyperglycemia representing type II diabetes mellitus. Therefore, finding new genes related to pancreatectomy will help to understand the molecular mechanism of hypertrophy and hyperglycemia, and may provide new diagnostic markers...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lim HW,Lee JE,Shin SJ,Lee YE,Oh SH,Park JY,Seong JK,Park JS

更新日期：2002-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We report high resolution images of RecA-double stranded (ds) DNA complexes obtained by atomic force microscopy (AFM). When a carbon nanotube (CNT) tip was used, AFM images visualized the 10-nm pitch of RecA-dsDNA complexes and RecA filaments as three-dimensional surface topography without reconstruction analysis. The...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Umemura K,Komatsu J,Uchihashi T,Choi N,Ikawa S,Nishinaka T,Shibata T,Nakayama Y,Katsura S,Mizuno A,Tokumoto H,Ishikawa M,Kuroda R

更新日期：2001-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination evoking immunity in susceptible individuals has become the most effective solution to combat infectious diseases. The surface antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBsAg) is a mandatory vaccine for children in China. Herein, we designed an antimicrobial protein consisting of an antimicrobial peptide Thanatin at th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fan X,Xu W,Gao W,Xiao H,Wu G

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Th2 cell differentiation is critically influenced by transcription factor GATA-3 and by various cis-acting elements including enhancers, silencers and a locus control region (LCR) in the Th2 cytokine locus. Th2 LCR-deficient Th2 cells completely lost the expression of GATA-3 and the phosphorylation of STAT6. Histone 3...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hwang SS,Kim K,Lee GR

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Dexamethasone produced an increased activity of stearoyl-CoA desaturase through the enhancement of delta 9-terminal component activity, and a corresponding decrease of oleoyl-CoA desaturase activity via the reduced activity of delta 12-terminal component in Tetrahymena microsomes. However, the content of cytochrome b5...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Umeki S,Nozawa Y

更新日期：1984-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The chaperonin containing t-complex polypeptide 1 (CCT) is a heterooligomeric molecular chaperone that assists in the folding of actin, tubulin, and other cytosolic proteins. We show here that degradation of CCT in mammalian cells is inhibited by a proteasome-specific inhibitor, lactacystin. When CCT synthesis was inh...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yokota S,Kayano T,Ohta T,Kurimoto M,Yanagi H,Yura T,Kubota H

更新日期：2000-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Unbalanced DNA mixture is still a difficult problem for forensic practice. DIP-STRs are useful markers for detection of minor DNA but they are not widespread in the human genome and having long amplicons. In this study, we proposed a novel type of genetic marker, termed DIP-SNP. DIP-SNP refers to the combination of IN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu Z,Liu J,Wang J,Chen D,Liu Z,Shi J,Li Z,Li W,Zhang G,Du B

更新日期：2018-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting mitochondrial respiration has been documented as an effective therapeutic strategy in cancer. However, the impact of mitochondrial respiration inhibition on cervical cancer cells are not well elucidated. Using a panel of cervical cancer cell lines, we show that an existing drug atovaquone is active against t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tian S,Chen H,Tan W

更新日期：2018-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:cGMP-Phosphodiesterase 6 (PDE6) is the central effector enzyme in the phototransduction system of vertebrate photoreceptors. We have recently found that PDE6 accumulates in a detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fraction in response to excitation of bovine rod phototransduction system. Here, we studied the molecular mec...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Liu H,Seno K,Hayashi F

更新日期：2003-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous report has shown that honokiol (HNK), a constituent of Magnolia officinalis, induces a novel form of non-apoptotic programmed cell death in human leukemia NB4 and K562 cells. In this study, we further explored the relationship between the cell death pathway and cytoplasmic vacuolization and studied the un...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang Y,Zhu X,Yang Z,Zhao X

更新日期：2013-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Osterix (Osx) is an essential transcription factor required for osteoblast differentiation during both intramembranous and endochondral ossification. Endochondral ossification, a process in which bone formation initiates from a cartilage intermediate, is crucial for skeletal development and growth. Osx is expressed in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oh JH,Park SY,de Crombrugghe B,Kim JE

更新日期：2012-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs are involved in cancer-related processes. The microRNA-21(miR-21) has been identified as the only miRNA over-expressed in a wide variety of cancers, including cervical cancer. However, the function of miR-21 is unknown in cervical carcinomas. In this study, we found that the inhibition of miR-21 in HeLa cerv...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yao Q,Xu H,Zhang QQ,Zhou H,Qu LH

更新日期：2009-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of N-formylated chemotactic peptides to specific cell surface receptors on polymorphonuclear leukocytes initiates a wide range of biological responses including migration of inflammatory cells, superoxide release, lysosomal enzyme secretion, calcium mobilization, and cellular activation. We previously establis...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shawar SM,Rich RR,Becker EL

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal tissue contains a network of nerve fibers expressing several neuropeptides, including vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and the related peptide pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide (PACAP). These peptides have been demonstrated to regulate osteoclast formation and osteoclast activity. Using atomic...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ransjö M,Lie A,Mukohyama H,Lundberg P,Lerner UH

更新日期：2000-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins 60 (hsp60) and 10 (hsp10) are essential for the formation and restoration of many supramolecular structures. For reconstitution of these structures, we isolated stable hsps of 61kDa and 12kDa, which are similar to hsp60 and hsp10, respectively, from the supernatant fraction of thermophilic bacteriu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tamada H,Ohta T,Hamamoto T,Otawara-Hamamoto Y,Yanagi M,Hiraiwa H,Hirata H,Kagawa Y

更新日期：1991-08-30 00:00:00