Cereblon inhibits proteasome activity by binding to the 20S core proteasome subunit beta type 4.

abstract：:Glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) are extensively studied members of the steroid hormone receptor superfamily that regulate the transcription rates of numerous genes. Notwithstanding, the role of each GR amino acid in the various steps of transactivation is still unknown. A recent report shows that linear DNA has the sam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chen J,Blackford JA Jr,Simons SS Jr

更新日期：2004-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate whether p21waf-1/cip-1/sdi-1 expression is associated with loss of growth potential of hepatocytes of old rats, we determined p21waf-1/cip-1/sdi-1 expression of hepatocytes from old (30 months) rats during the cell cycle in primary culture. A high level of expression of p21waf-1/cip-1/sdi-1 was detected a...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Sawada N,Kojima T,Obata H,Saitoh M,Isomura H,Kokai Y,Satoh M,Mori M

更新日期：1996-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of UDPglucose, rabbit muscle phosphofructokinase appeared to use PPi as a phosphoryl donor, as reported previously (Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 121, 842-847). This apparent activity was due to conversion of UDPglucose and PPi to glucose 1-phosphate and UTP, the latter being metabolized by phosphofru...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kruger NJ,Dennis DT

更新日期：1985-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock cognate protein 70 (HSC70) has been shown to bind to the peptide corresponding to amino acids 197 to 216 of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) envelope protein, gp46, and an anti-HSC70 monoclonal antibody (mAb) inhibits HTLV-I-induced syncytium formation. These findings suggest that HSC70 is ne...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fang D,Haraguchi Y,Jinno A,Soda Y,Shimizu N,Hoshino H

更新日期：1999-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：:RT-PCR, a rapidly emerging technique for the detection of RNA, is being used by many investigators to quantify small amounts of RNA. Accurate quantification of RNA content has been facilitated by the use of competitive amplicons as internal controls. We demonstrate that losses in sensitivity and accuracy are associate...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Henley WN,Schuebel KE,Nielsen DA

更新日期：1996-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of nicotinamide and flavin coenzymes on the 5-lipoxygenase activity has been determined in cell-free extracts from rat polymorphonuclear leukocytes. 5-lipoxygenase was assayed in the presence of 5-hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acid (5-HPETE), which caused a 3 to 4-fold stimulation in the maximal conversion of...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Riendeau D,Leblanc Y

更新日期：1986-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) are a class of bacterial quorum-sensing (QS) signals that are commonly used by Gram-negative bacteria for cell-to-cell communication. Recently, it has become evident that AHLs can regulate plant root growth and trigger plant defense responses; however, little is known about the plant ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miao C,Liu F,Zhao Q,Jia Z,Song S

更新日期：2012-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), which was recently found to be a selective ligand for one of the two known natriuretic peptide receptor guanylyl cyclases (NPR-B), potently stimulates cGMP production in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) and exerts potent antiproliferative effects on the cells. To inves...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Furuya M,Tawaragi Y,Minamitake Y,Kitajima Y,Fuchimura K,Tanaka S,Minamino N,Kangawa K,Matsuo H

更新日期：1992-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of the ibpAibpB heat-shock operon of Escherichia coli was found previously not to conform to the known pattern of expression of the sigma(32)-regulated operons because the rpoH gene mutation inactivating the sigma(32) protein did not abolish the ibp induction. We show here that this effect can depend pa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuczyńska-Wisńik D,Laskowska E,Taylor A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-induced endogenous elicitor isolated from potato having molecular weight 9200 was degraded with trifluoroacetic acid to determine the sugar composition. The requisite composition of the elicitor was estimated to be a 2:3:4:7 mixture of galactose, rhamnose, arabinose, and galacturonic acid. Furthermore, the st...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Monden T,Nakamura H,Murai A

更新日期：1995-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) is an integral membrane protein composed of multi-membrane-spanning regions and a large intracellular loop (HAS2-loop). We previously examined the effect of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and/or 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) on the synthesis of hyaluronan (HA) in human skin fibroblas...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kasai K,Kuroda Y,Takabuchi Y,Nitta A,Kobayashi T,Nozaka H,Miura T,Nakamura T

更新日期：2020-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:aDNA extraction and amplification procedures have been optimized for Pompeian human bone remains whose diagenesis has been determined by histological analysis. Single copy genes amplification (X and Y amelogenin loci and Y specific alphoid repeat sequences) have been performed and compared with anthropometric data on ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cipollaro M,Di Bernardo G,Galano G,Galderisi U,Guarino F,Angelini F,Cascino A

更新日期：1998-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A phosphate buffer containing a mixture of glucose oxidase, acrylic acid derivatives, N,N'-1,2 dihydroxy-ethylene-bis(acrylamide), N,N'-(methylene)-bisacrylamide and surface-modified silica was radically polymerized with (NH4)2S2O8. The polymer formed a thin layer around the silica beads. After sieving of these polyme...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Burow M,Minoura N

更新日期：1996-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of transketolase with its acceptor substrate, ribose 5-phosphate, has been studied. The active centers of the enzyme were shown to be functionally nonequivalent with respect to ribose 5-phosphate binding. Under the conditions where only one out of the two active centers of transketolase is functional, ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yurshev VA,Sevostyanova IA,Solovjeva ON,Zabrodskaya SV,Kochetov GA

更新日期：2007-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta), a key pathological event in Alzheimer's disease, has been shown in vitro to be profoundly promoted by Zn(II). This fact suggests that some factors in the normal brain protect Abeta from the Zn(II)-induced aggregation. We demonstrate for the first time that Cu(II) effectivel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Suzuki K,Miura T,Takeuchi H

更新日期：2001-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Cereblon (CRBN) was originally identified as a target protein for a mild type of mental retardation in humans. However, recent studies showed that CRBN acts as a negative regulator of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) by binding directly to the AMPK catalytic subunit. Because AMPK is implicated in myocardial ischemi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kim J,Lee KM,Park CS,Park WJ

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure was developed for real-time measurement of the interaction between an archaeal TATA-binding protein (TBP) with stress-gene promoters from the archaeon Methanosarcina mazeii using surface plasmon resonance (SPR), the BIACORE 3000 equipment, and the SA (streptavidin) Sensor Chip. Measurements were based on t...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Conway de Macario E,Rudofsky UH,Macario AJ

更新日期：2002-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases mediate the response of renal glomerular mesangial cells to a variety of physiologic and pathologic stimuli. This investigation examines the effect of the cyclopentenone prostaglandin 15-deoxy-delta(12,14)-prostaglandin J2 (15d-PGJ2) on MAP kinases in human mesangial cells. ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wilmer WA,Dixon C,Lu L,Hilbelink T,Rovin BH

更新日期：2001-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Olfactory adaptation requires the change of intracellular calcium concentration during stimuli. To contribute in the study of the molecular mechanism of calcium-dependent regulations in olfactory receptor cells, we isolated a novel 26-kDa Ca2+-binding protein named p26olf from the frog olfactory epithelium after four ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miwa N,Kobayashi M,Takamatsu K,Kawamura S

更新日期：1998-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:CD44 is a major cell-surface receptor for hyaluronate (HA). By alternative RNA-splicing a large number of CD44 variants are generated. To explore the role of CD44 splicing in the regulation of cell binding to HA, three different isoforms of CD44 were transfected in the CD44 negative B-cell lymphoma line Namalwa and in...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： van der Voort R,Manten-Horst E,Smit L,Ostermann E,van den Berg F,Pals ST

更新日期：1995-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been shown to play a key role during the initiation and clinical progression of the cardiovascular diseases, such as atherosclerosis. We have recently shown that expression of tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) in human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) was induced by choles...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Espada S,Stavik B,Holm S,Sagen EL,Bjerkeli V,Skjelland M,Dahl TB,Espevik T,Kanse S,Sandset PM,Skretting G,Halvorsen B

更新日期：2017-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNA (lncRNAs) UCA1 has been known to be critical for the chondrogenic differentiation of marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). In this study, we explore the effects and mechanisms of UCA1 on the promotion of chondrogenesis of MSCs. During the processes of chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs, UCA1, miRN...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Shu T,He L,Wang X,Pang M,Yang B,Feng F,Wu Z,Liu C,Zhang S,Liu B,Wang Q,Rong L

更新日期：2019-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The pancreatic islets of Langerhans produce several peptide hormones, predominantly the metabolically active hormones insulin and glucagon, which are critical for maintaining normal fuel homeostasis. Some evidence exists that pancreatic endocrine cells turn over at a slow rate and can regenerate in certain conditions....

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Hunziker E,Stein M

更新日期：2000-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic diseases worldwide characterized by insulin resistance and pancreatic β cell dysfunction. miRNA plays an important role in DM. In previous studies, miRNA-92a could function as targets for innovative precision medicines to reduce T1D islet autoimmunity. However,...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wang W,Wang J,Yan M,Jiang J,Bian A

更新日期：2018-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose that one manifestation of altered sphingolipid metabolism within tumor cells may be a reduced sensitivity to anti-cancer therapies because of an inability to produce a sufficient apoptotic signal via sphingomyelin hydrolysis to ceramide. If so, then sphingomyelin administration could reverse this effect and...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Modrak DE,Lew W,Goldenberg DM,Blumenthal R

更新日期：2000-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To elucidate the role of endogenous endothelin on DNA synthesis in endothelial cells, we have investigated the effects of rabbit anti-ET gamma globulin on DNA synthesis in cultured human vascular endothelial cells. DNA synthesis was markedly inhibited by anti-ET gamma globulin in a concentration dependent manner in th...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takagi Y,Fukase M,Takata S,Yoshimi H,Tokunaga O,Fujita T

更新日期：1990-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) strictly correlates with the intracellular free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) concentration. We now demonstrate that the histamine-induced rise in [Ca2+]i of human umbilical vein endothelial cells is mostly due to activation of a membrane current which allows Ca2+ entry. This m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Graier WF,Groschner K,Schmidt K,Kukovetz WR

更新日期：1992-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:As studied by intravital microscopy, local challenge with the mast cell secretagogue compound 48/80 was found to increase the leukocyte rolling fraction, decrease rolling velocity and induce firm leukocyte adhesion in postcapillary venules of the rat mesentery. These effects of compound 48/80 were inhibited by a monoc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Thorlacius H,Raud J,Rosengren-Beezley S,Forrest MJ,Hedqvist P,Lindbom L

更新日期：1994-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The MYST acetyltransferase HBO1 is implicated in the regulation of DNA replication and activities of transcription factors such as the androgen receptor. Since the androgen receptor and NF-kappaB transcription factors crossmodulate their transcriptional activity, we investigated whether HBO1 regulates NF-kappaB signal...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Contzler R,Regamey A,Favre B,Roger T,Hohl D,Huber M

更新日期：2006-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycated insulin was evaluated in plasma and biological tissues of diabetic animal models by immunocytochemistry (ICC) and a novel radioimmunoassay. Glycated insulin circulated at 0.10 +/- 0.04 ng/ml and 2.20 +/- 0.14 ng/ml in lean and diabetic obese (ob/ob) mice, corresponding to 12.5 and 9.8% total plasma insulin, r...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： McKillop AM,Mooney MH,Harriott P,Flatt PR,O'Harte FP

更新日期：2001-08-24 00:00:00