miR-27a is a negative regulator of adipocyte differentiation via suppressing PPARgamma expression.

abstract：:Regulation of the in vitro phosphorylation process of the photosynthetic form (G form) of Sorghum leaf Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC: EC 4.1.1.31) was studied. Results established that: 1) PEPC was efficiently phosphorylated on seryl residues in crude leaf extract 2) Pyruvate, orthophosphate dikinase (EC 2.7.9...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Echevarría C,Yidal J,Le Maréchal P,Brulfert J,Ranjeva R,Gadal P

更新日期：1988-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocytes from human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hBM-MSCs) are expected to be a useful source for cell transplantation. However, relatively low efficiency and repeatability of hepatic differentiation of human BM-MSCs remains an obstacle for clinical translation. Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha (HNF...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hu X,Xie P,Li W,Li Z,Shan H

更新日期：2016-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of macrophage paraoxonase 2 (PON2), a cellular lactonase with anti-oxidant and anti-atherogenic properties, was shown to be upregulated under high oxidative stress. The aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between the extent of cellular oxidative stress in J774A.1 macrophage and PON2 lac...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shiner M,Fuhrman B,Aviram M

更新日期：2006-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Three small serum proteins (SSP-1, -2, and -3), with molecular masses of 6.5-10kDa, were isolated from Habu (Trimeresurus flavoviridis) serum, and the amino acid sequences were determined by protein and cDNA analysis. Despite only limited sequence identity to any mammalian prostatic secretory protein of 94 amino acids...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aoki N,Sakiyama A,Deshimaru M,Terada S

更新日期：2007-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The apical membrane of distal nephron epithelium (A6) had a Ca(2+)-activated outwardly rectifying Cl- channel with single-channel conductances of 3 pS for outward current and 0.8 pS for inward current. The single-channel conductance for inward current was dependent on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration. Insulin increased th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shintani Y,Marunaka Y

更新日期：1996-01-05 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：BACKGROUND:In diabetic retinopathy, prolonged high-level blood glucose induced significant impairments among various retinal tissues, including retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. In an in vitro model of human RPE cells, we evaluated whether 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone (DHF) may effectively prevent high glucose-induced di...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yu X,Liu Q,Wang X,Liu H,Wang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfate plays an essential role in human growth and development. Here, we characterized the functional properties of the human Na(+)-sulfate cotransporter (hNaS2), determined its tissue distribution, and identified its gene (SLC13A4) structure. Expression of hNaS2 protein in Xenopus oocytes led to a Na(+)-dependent tr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Markovich D,Regeer RR,Kunzelmann K,Dawson PA

更新日期：2005-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study is to characterize the ENaC-mediated Na+ absorption in human upper airway epithelia, nasal cavity, and paranasal sinus. To perform the purpose, we obtained epithelial cells from human nasal polyp (NP) and paranasal sinus mucosa (PSM) by endoscopic surgery. We measured the short-circuit...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yasuda M,Niisato N,Miyazaki H,Iwasaki Y,Hama T,Dejima K,Hisa Y,Marunaka Y

更新日期：2007-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a multi-target cell tracking program TADOR, which we applied to a series of fluorescence images. TADOR is based on an active contour model that is modified in order to be free of the problem of locally optimal solutions, and thus is resistant to signal fluctuation and morphological changes. Due to ad...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kurokawa H,Noda H,Sugiyama M,Sakaue-Sawano A,Fukami K,Miyawaki A

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A homodimeric protein designated quinqueginsin, with a molecular weight of 53 kDa, has been isolated from the roots of American ginseng Panax quinquefolium. It was unadsorbed on DEAE cellulose in low ionic strength and neutral pH, and adsorbed on Affigel blue gel and SP-Sepharose under similar conditions. Its N-termin...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang HX,Ng TB

更新日期：2000-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous phytochemicals are believed to have beneficial effects on human health. N-Coumaroyltyramine accumulates in plants in response to wounding and pathogen attack. Due to the scarcity of N-coumaroyltyramine, its biological activities have not been studied in human cells. In this study, N-coumaroyltyramine was chem...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Park JB,Schoene N

更新日期：2002-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A Bacillus thuringiensis isolate, 89-T-34-22, belonging to the serovar shandongiensis (H22) produced noninsecticidal and nonhemolytic proteins crystallizing into irregular-shaped parasporal inclusions. The proteins showed in vitro cytotoxicity to human cells, including cancer cells, only when activated by protease tre...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee DW,Akao T,Yamashita S,Katayama H,Maeda M,Saitoh H,Mizuki E,Ohba M

更新日期：2000-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequences coding for the cytoplasmic and transmembrane domains were removed from the cDNA of the human Golgi resident membrane protein beta 1,4 galactosyltransferase (gal-T). The remaining sequences coding for the stem and catalytical domains of this glycosyltransferase were fused to sequences coding for the yeast inv...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kleene R,Krezdorn CH,Watzele G,Meyhack B,Herrmann GF,Wandrey C,Berger EG

更新日期：1994-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The carnitine/acylcarnitine carrier from rat liver mitochondria was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The expressed protein, recovered as inclusion bodies, was solubilized with sarkosyl and purified by Sephadex G-200 and celite chromatography. A yield of 15 mg of purified transport protein per liter of cell culture w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Indiveri C,Iacobazzi V,Giangregorio N,Palmieri F

更新日期：1998-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous data from a human leukemic cell line made resistant to the nucleoside analog (NA) 9-β-D-arabinofuranosylguanine (AraG) revealed a massive upregulation of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) genes and the ABCB1 gene coding for the multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein (P-gp). The expression of these genes is regulated th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fyrberg A,Skoglund K,Wolk M,Lotfi K

更新日期：2012-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribose methylation of eukaryotic rRNA is directed by box C/D small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), which pinpoint the nucleotide to be methylated in specific position within the rRNA sequence. Here, we report the identification of a novel double-guide C/D box snoRNA termed snR88 that directs methylation of two previously un...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bi YZ,Qu LH,Zhou H

更新日期：2007-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of HMG1 on the transcriptional block caused by left-handed Z-form in a highly negatively supercoiled DNA was examined using a supercoiled plasmid containing a (CG)10 sequence downstream of promoters. The transcription by E. coli RNA polymerase was blocked at the boundary of alternating CG sequence in the Z-...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Waga S,Mizuno S,Yoshida M

更新日期：1988-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We have recently shown that optimal growth temperature (T(opt)) is one of the factors that influence genomic GC in prokaryotes. Our results have been disputed by Marashi and Ghalanbor, who claim that the correlations we show are not "robust" because the elimination of some points (arbitrarily chosen) leads, in some fa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Musto H,Naya H,Zavala A,Romero H,Alvarez-Valin F,Bernardi G

更新日期：2005-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:At 10 microM, 1-0-oleoyl-, 1-0-palmitoyl-, and 1-0-myristoyl-2-0-acetyl-glycerol weakly stimulated neutrophils to release lysozyme, an enzyme in secondary granules, but had no such effect on the release of a primary granule enzyme, beta-glucuronidase. The glycerides (1-10 microM) had a second effect on both granule po...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： O'Flaherty JT,Schmitt JD,McCall CE,Wykle RL

更新日期：1984-08-30 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：:Ceramide kinase (CERK) and its product, ceramide-1-phosphate (Cer-1-P), are implicated in signaling processes, but the action mechanisms are not fully elucidated. When checking for intracellular effects of Cer-1-P by exposing CERK-expressing CHO cells to truncated ceramides, an unexpected decrease in CERK activity and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Van Overloop H,Van Veldhoven PP

更新日期：2007-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide DNA hypomethylation is a critical mechanism underlying neoplastic transformation. Thus, genes that are suppressed in normal tissues or in specific cell types may become aberrantly expressed in neoplasia. To determine whether DNA methylation can modulate matrix metalloproteinase (mmp) gene expression, we ha...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Couillard J,Demers M,Lavoie G,St-Pierre Y

更新日期：2006-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified a species relevant to polo-like kinase family, a human homologue of mouse serum-inducible kinase, hSNK gene, whose mRNA expression was rapidly increased in cultured human thyroid cells after X-ray irradiation. The cDNA cloning and genomic analysis of the hSNK gene showed the presence of 14 exons spanning...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shimizu-Yoshida Y,Sugiyama K,Rogounovitch T,Ohtsuru A,Namba H,Saenko V,Yamashita S

更新日期：2001-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels are inversely correlated to the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is one of the major protective systems against atherosclerosis, in which HDL particles play a crucial role to carry cholesterol derived from peri...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Tsubakio-Yamamoto K,Matsuura F,Koseki M,Oku H,Sandoval JC,Inagaki M,Nakatani K,Nakaoka H,Kawase R,Yuasa-Kawase M,Masuda D,Ohama T,Maeda N,Nakagawa-Toyama Y,Ishigami M,Nishida M,Kihara S,Shimomura I,Yamashita S

更新日期：2008-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 tumor suppressor protein is a critical checkpoint in prevention of tumor formation, and the function of p53 is dependent on proper formation of the active tetramer. In vitro studies have shown that p53 binds DNA most efficiently as a tetramer, though inactive p53 is predicted to be monomeric in vivo. We demons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Webber TM,Allen AC,Ma WK,Molloy RG,Kettelkamp CN,Dow CA,Gage MJ

更新日期：2009-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of a glycolytic cancer cell was introduced by Warburg over 70 years ago. This perception has since become the rationale that drives a considerable proportion of basic research on cancer, and it influences the current strategies for the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of cancer. Here we review the data...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zu XL,Guppy M

更新日期：2004-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallosphaera sedula is a thermoacidophilic autotrophic archaeon and known to utilize the 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle (3-HP/4-HB cycle) as a carbon fixation pathway. The 3-HP/4-HB cycle in M. sedula is associated with central metabolism, and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) is an enzyme involved in the cent...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lee D,Hong J,Kim KJ

更新日期：2019-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In cranial skeletal development, the establishment of the ectomesenchymal lineage within the cranial neural crest is of great significance. Fgfs are polypeptide growth factors with diverse functions in development and metabolism. Fgf20b knockdown zebrafish embryos showed dysplastic neurocranial and pharyngeal cartilag...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamauchi H,Goto M,Katayama M,Miyake A,Itoh N

更新日期：2011-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental choriocarcinoma, a reproductive system carcinoma in women, has about 0.81% occurrence frequency in China, which leads to over 90% lethality due to indistinct pathogenesis and the absence of efficient therapeutic treatment. In the present study, using immunostaining and reverse transcription PCR, we reported ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peng S,Miao C,Li J,Fan X,Cao Y,Duan E

更新日期：2006-11-24 00:00:00