The N-terminal domain of α-dystroglycan, released as a 38 kDa protein, is increased in cerebrospinal fluid in patients with Lyme neuroborreliosis.

abstract：:Thioredoxin (TRX) is a ubiquitous dithiol-oxidoreduction enzyme broadly expressed in cells from prokaryote to eukaryote organisms. Human thioredoxin (human TRX) gene, previously cloned in our laboratory, codes for a 12-kDa protein found in the culture supernatant of several hemopoietic human cell lines. This protein i...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wollman EE,Kahan A,Fradelizi D

更新日期：1997-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the genomic organization and the functional promoter of the monocyte specific gene Dif-2, the human homologue to genes in mouse (gly96) and rat (PRG1), that is downregulated during cell differentiation. The Dif-2 gene consists of two exons and a single intron of 112 bp in length. RNase protection assay ind...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pietzsch A,Büchler C,Schmitz G

更新日期：1998-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of vision loss among working-age populations in developed countries. Current treatment options are limited to tight glycemic, blood pressure control and destructive laser surgery. Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are a group of enzymes involving in the rapid conversion of carbon...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Weiwei Z,Hu R

更新日期：2009-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel inhibitory receptor of immunoglobin superfamily (IgSF), IgSF member 13 (IgSF13), has been identified from human dendritic cells (DC). IgSF13 is a type I transmembrane protein containing an N-terminal signal peptide, a extracellular region with a single Ig V-like domain, a transmembrane region, and a cytoplasmi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sui L,Li N,Liu Q,Zhang W,Wan T,Wang B,Luo K,Sun H,Cao X

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine interleukin 6 (mIL-6) has been synthesized as a fusion protein using a lac operon inducible plasmid in Escherichia coli. The first 8 amino acids are from the N-terminus of bacterial beta-galactosidase and the last 175 amino acids are from residue number 12 to the end of native mIL-6. This fusion protein is equi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Simpson RJ,Moritz RL,Van Roost,Van Snick J

更新日期：1988-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have purified and characterized recombinant Xenopus bone morphogenetic proteins (xBMPs): homodimers of xBMP-4, 7 and heterodimers (xBMP-4/7) produced by a baculovirus expression system. Highly purified xBMPs had homogeneous NH2-termini predicted from a consensus motif, Arg-X-X-Arg, while they possessed diverse suga...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Aono A,Hazama M,Notoya K,Taketomi S,Yamasaki H,Tsukuda R,Sasaki S,Fujisawa Y

更新日期：1995-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The fragile X syndrome, one of the most common forms of inherited mental retardation, is caused by an expansion of a polymorphic CGG repeat upstream the coding region of the FMR1 gene. These expansions are associated with hypermethylation of the FMR1 gene, which results in the absence of the gene product, the FMR1 pro...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Willemsen R,Bontekoe C,Tamanini F,Galjaard H,Hoogeveen A,Oostra B

更新日期：1996-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of ATP-binding cassette transporter isoform C1 (ABCC1) to the basolateral membrane of polarized cells is crucial for export of a variety of cellular metabolites; however, the mechanism regulating basolateral targeting of the transporter is poorly understood. Here we describe identification of a basolatera...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Emi Y,Harada Y,Sakaguchi M

更新日期：2013-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we briefly review RRF (ribosome recycling factor, previously called ribosome releasing factor) (for recent reviews covering historical background see (1, 2)). ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaji A,Teyssier E,Hirokawa G

更新日期：1998-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The inhibitory effect of sodium selenite on biliary secretion of methyl mercury was examined in rats. The biliary secretion of methyl mercury in rat treated with 1 mumol/kg of methyl mercury was significantly decreased by administration of selenite at doses of 0.05 mumol/kg or higher. In rats given 10 mumol/kg of meth...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Urano T,Imura N,Naganuma A

更新日期：1997-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The AML1 gene encodes DNA-binding proteins that contain the Runt domain and is found at the breakpoints of some translocations associated with leukemias. It has been reported that AML1 plays pivotal roles in myeloid differentiation, probably through the transcriptional regulation of various hematopoietic genes. Here w...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imai Y,Kurokawa M,Tanaka K,Friedman AD,Ogawa S,Mitani K,Yazaki Y,Hirai H

更新日期：1998-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) is expressed not only in neuronal cells but also in non-neuronal cells such as astroglial cells. In the present study, the prion protein (PrP) gene (Prnp)-deficient astroglial cell line GpL1 from hippocampal cells of ZrchI Prnp(-/-) mice were established. Transfection of Prnp suppressed...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nishimura T,Sakudo A,Xue G,Ikuta K,Yukawa M,Sugiura K,Onodera T

更新日期：2008-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：:p47-phox is one of the cytosolic activation factors of NADPH oxidase in neutrophils and known to translocate to plasma membranes and function by protein kinase C-phosphorylation. In cytosol fraction, prepared from calyculin A-treated neutrophils, the activity of cytosolic factor to activate NADPH oxidase was more redu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamaguchi M,Saeki S,Yamane H,Okamura N,Ishibashi S

更新日期：1995-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The three mammalian Raf proteins (A-Raf, B-Raf, and C-Raf) are key components of the MAPK pathway. Although diverse functions have been proposed for Raf kinases, it is still not clear how interacting proteins contribute to differences in the signaling functions of the three Raf kinases. Here, we report the comparative...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang XY,Guo H,Huang Y,Hao PQ,Yang Y,Liu Y,Guo XX,Hao Q,An S,Xu TR

更新日期：2019-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that 5-methoxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (MICA) could induce preconditioning effect in the ischemic brain of rat. In the present study, we addressed the question of whether MICA could also trigger a postconditioning effect in ischemic stroke. To this end, MICA (100 mg/kg body weight) was injected ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wu J,Jin Z,Yang X,Yan LJ

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report that we could obtain a highly differentiated smooth muscle cell line by screening the expression of a-smooth muscle actin from p53 knook out mice aorta. This cell revealed extended bipolar shape and expressed h-caldesmon and calponin as well as a-smooth muscle actin as protein markers of differentiated ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ohmi K,Masuda T,Yamaguchi H,Sakurai T,Kudo Y,Katsuki M,Nonomura Y

更新日期：1997-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori releases VacA both as free-soluble and as outer membrane vesicle (OMV)-associated toxin. In this study, we investigated the amount of VacA released in each of the two forms and the role of each form in VacA-induced cell vacuolation in vitro. We found that: (1) free-soluble toxin accounted for about...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ricci V,Chiozzi V,Necchi V,Oldani A,Romano M,Solcia E,Ventura U

更新日期：2005-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells from human neuroectodermal tumors (retinoblastoma and neuroblastoma) and from neuroblastoma cell lines express a gene, N-myc, which is frequently amplified in these tumors. We report here that N-myc mRNA content is markedly decreased in cells of a neuroblastoma cell line (LA-N-5) following differentiation induce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Amatruda TT 3rd,Sidell N,Ranyard J,Koeffler HP

更新日期：1985-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinusoidal endothelial cells proliferate following hepatocyte regeneration in the liver after partial resection. The expressions of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors, flt-1 and KDR/flk-1, were studied by Northern blotting in isolated rat liver cells and 70% resected rat liver. VEGF was expres...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mochida S,Ishikawa K,Inao M,Shibuya M,Fujiwara K

更新日期：1996-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence of a complex formation is a crucial step in the structural studies of ligand-receptor interactions. Here we presented a simple and fast approach for qualitative screening of the complex formation between the chimeric extracellular domain of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α7-ECD) and three-finger protei...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kulbatskii DS,Shulepko MA,Sluchanko NN,Yablokov EO,Kamyshinsky RA,Chesnokov YM,Kirpichnikov MP,Lyukmanova EN

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies characterizing H-ras have been conducted in constitutively expressing cell lines. To explore the early interaction between H-ras p21 and signal transduction systems we have utilized an NIH3T3 fibroblast line transfected with a steroid inducible MMTV H-ras vector. Exposure to dexamethasone resulted in tran...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Murphy SK,Lindberg JB,Prussack DA

更新日期：1994-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of the full-length cDNA for a novel ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter from human macrophages. The mRNA is of 6.8 kb size and contains an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide of 2146 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 220 kDa. The predicted protein product is compos...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kaminski WE,Orsó E,Diederich W,Klucken J,Drobnik W,Schmitz G

更新日期：2000-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Rbx1 and Rbx2 are essential components of Cullin-RING E3 Ligases. Vif is generally believed to preferentially recruit the Cul5-Rbx2 module to induce proteasomal degradation of antiretroviral enzyme APOBEC3G, although some investigators have found that the Cul5-Rbx1 module is recruited. Here, to investigate the functio...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang X,Wang X,Wang W,Zhang J,Wang J,Wang C,Lv M,Zuo T,Liu D,Zhang H,Wu J,Yu B,Kong W,Wu H,Yu X

更新日期：2015-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a single actin gene and the gene product, actin, is essential for growth. Two mutants of yeast actin that do not support yeast growth were prepared from yeast by coexpressing the mutant and a 6-histidine-tagged wild-type actin followed by separation of the wild-type ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Frieden C,Du J,Schriefer L,Buzan J

更新日期：2000-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) functions as a natural bypass in the event of coronary obstruction, which markedly improves prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in multiple physiological and pathological processes, including angiogenesis involved in CC...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hou S,Fang M,Zhu Q,Liu Y,Liu L,Li X

更新日期：2017-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:CD24 is a differentiation antigen expressed by murine hematopoietic and neural cells which is linked to the membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor. In monocytic ESb-MP cells the molecule serves as a ligand for P-selectin and triggering with CD24 specific antibodies can activate VLA-5/L1-mediated cell...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sammar M,Gulbins E,Hilbert K,Lang F,Altevogt P

更新日期：1997-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) mediated inhibition of virus-specific genes has emerged as a potential therapeutic strategy against virus induced diseases. Human hepatitis B virus (HBV) surface antigen (HBsAg) has proven to be a significant risk factor in HBV induced liver diseases, and an increasing number of mutations in HB...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cheng TL,Chang WW,Su IJ,Lai MD,Huang W,Lei HY,Chang WT

更新日期：2005-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Anions of cytosine and thymine predominate in radiation-damaged DNA. This is in contrast to the experimental order of adiabatic electron affinities: A, 0.95; G, 1.51; >T, 0.79, U, 0.80; C, 0.56 (+/-0.05 eV). Excited negative-ion states of adenine (A) and guanine (G) are identified using semiempirical AM1-MCCI quantum ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen ES,Chen EC

更新日期：2001-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of Grb2-SH2 domain antagonists is considered to be an effective and non-cytotoxic strategy to develop new antiproliferative agents because of their potential to shut down the Ras signaling pathway. We developed a concise route for the efficient synthesis of G1TE analogs on solid phase. Using this route, a ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Jiang S,Li P,Peach ML,Bindu L,Worthy KW,Fisher RJ,Burke TR Jr,Nicklaus M,Roller PP

更新日期：2006-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted drug delivery has been an important issue for tumor therapy including photodynamic therapy (PDT). The purpose of our study is to increase the targeting efficiency of photosensitizer (PS) using folate-modified nanoparticles (NPs) to tumor site in vivo. Folate receptor is over-expressed on the surface of many h...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Son J,Yang SM,Yi G,Roh YJ,Park H,Park JM,Choi MG,Koo H

更新日期：2018-04-06 00:00:00