Conformational properties of 3'-azido-3'deoxy-thymidine (AZT), an inhibitor of HIV reverse transcriptase.

abstract：:Investigations of the coenzyme specificity of N5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferases of diverse biological origin revealed previously unrecognized differences between Escherichia coli methyltransferase and the corresponding enzymes of other species. Cyanocobalamin (CNCbl) actively supports methyltra...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Beck WS,Thorndike J

更新日期：1984-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:(-)Bay K 8644 produced a concentration-dependent contraction of porcine coronary artery rings with the maximal contraction at 10(-6) M. Pretreatment of the rings with 10(-6) M nitrendipine inhibited (-)Bay K 8644-induced contraction, while pretreatment with 10(-8) M nitrendipine potentiated the contraction elicited by...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miwa K,Schwartz A

更新日期：1987-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Glial precursor cells (GPCs) are present in the adult human central nervous system (CNS) and they can be isolated and maintained in culture for in vitro studies. This study analysed expression of mGluR3 and mGluR5 metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) mRNAs in GPCs. A2B5 surface antigen positive GPCs were isolated u...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Luyt K,Varadi A,Halfpenny CA,Scolding NJ,Molnar E

更新日期：2004-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis, the systemic response to infection, is the leading cause of death in the intensive care units worldwide. Septic patients can succumb through the development of early refractory hypotension or late multiple organ dysfunction. Misregulation of apoptosis during sepsis may contribute to cellular dysfunction and mu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Brabant D,Michael P,Bleiblo F,Saleh M,Narain R,Tai TC,Ramana CV,Parrillo JE,Kumar A,Kumar A

更新日期：2011-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：:An essential pre-requisite to perform sound quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assays is to design outstanding primer pairs. This means they must have a good efficiency and be not prone to produce multiple amplicons or primer dimer products. To circumvent these issues, several softwares are availa...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nonis A,Scortegagna M,Nonis A,Ruperti B

更新日期：2011-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel ribosome-inactivating protein designated beta-kirilowin was isolated from the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii. The proteins exhibited strong abortifacient activity in pregnant mice and produced a single band after SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with an apparent mol. wt. of 27,500 daltons. It was activ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Dong TX,Ng TB,Yeung HW,Wong RN

更新日期：1994-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Distribution of mRNA expression of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptor (VDR) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-24-hydroxylase (24-OHase) along the microdissected rat nephron segments was examined by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) technique. VDR mRNA was abundantly expressed in cortical segments (glomeru...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iida K,Taniguchi S,Kurokawa K

更新日期：1993-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we established a unique human glial cell line, GDC90, derived from a human glioma and demonstrated its utility as a glial scaffold for the polarization and differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells (iPSC-NPCs). When co-cultured with GDC90 cells, iPSC-NPCs underwent rap...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Bamba Y,Shofuda T,Kanematsu D,Nonaka M,Yamasaki M,Okano H,Kanemura Y

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A few decades ago, researchers found emerging evidence showing that a number of sequential events lead to the pathological cascade of Alzheimer's disease (AD) which is caused by the accumulation of amyloid beta (Aβ), a physiological peptide, in the brain. Therefore, regulation of Aβ represents a crucial treatment appr...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Oh JH,Choi S,Shin J,Park JS

更新日期：2016-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The arachidonate lipoxygenase from rat basophilic leukemia cells (RBL-1) is widely utilized as a model to dissect the primary enzymatic reactions leading to leukotriene formation. The purpose of the present study was to optimize the specific activity of 5-lipoxygenase prepared from a high speed supernatant of RBL-1 ce...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cochran FR,Finch-Arietta MB

更新日期：1989-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied about the physicochemical stability of a novel heparin-binding growth/differentiation factor, midkine (MK). It was found that synthetic human MK was heat and acid stable. Neither incubation at 80 degrees C for 90 sec nor treatment at low pH affected the elution profile of MK molecule on the high performance...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kojima S,Inui T,Muramatsu H,Kimura T,Sakakibara S,Muramatsu T

更新日期：1995-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipases A2 (PLA2) catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of free fatty acids from the sn-2 OH-moiety of glycerophospholipids. These enzymes have a number of functions, from digestion to signaling and toxicity of several venoms. They have also been implicated in inflammation and are connected to diverse diseases, such...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mahalka AK,Kinnunen PK

更新日期：2013-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of fluctuations in blood glucose levels on atherogenesis. Apolipoprotein (apo) E-deficient mice fed maltose twice daily were used as a model of repetitive postprandial glucose spikes. We investigated the number of macrophages adherent to the endothelium and the area ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Mita T,Otsuka A,Azuma K,Uchida T,Ogihara T,Fujitani Y,Hirose T,Mitsumata M,Kawamori R,Watada H

更新日期：2007-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We showed previously [K. Moissoglu, I.H. Gelman, J. Biol. Chem. 278 (2003) 47946-47959] that oncogenic v-Src could induce 7- to 10-fold greater anchorage-independent growth (AIG) in FAK-null mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEF) compared to those expressing FAK. Here, we demonstrate that the enhanced AIG (eAIG) correlates wi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Moissoglu K,Sachdev S,Gelman IH

更新日期：2005-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular cloning of targeting vectors (TgVs) is a prerequisite procedure for gene disruption in embryonic stem cells. In cases where target genes display complex features (e.g., gene overlap, alternative exon usage), TgVs must mediate deletions with very high precision to prevent unwanted effects. This is often diffi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Miazek A,Cebula A,Skwarek M,Cebrat M,Kisielow P

更新日期：2007-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:pp120, a plasma membrane glycoprotein, is phosphorylated on Tyr488 by the insulin receptor tyrosine kinase. This requires basal phosphorylation on Ser503 by cAMP-dependent serine kinase. Phe513, the other tyrosine residue in the intracellular domain, does not undergo insulin-stimulated phosphorylation. Phe488 mutation...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Najjar SM

更新日期：1998-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) have both protective and pathological roles in inflammation, and transcriptional mechanisms are important in regulating physiological levels to maintain health. Zinc-binding protein-89 (ZBP-89) is a transcription factor with roles in regulating vital cellular processes, acting through ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Borghaei RC,Gorski G,Seutter S,Chun J,Khaselov N,Scianni S

更新日期：2016-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：:TMEM1 (EHOC-1) gene encodes a putative transmembrane protein and is located on human chromosome band 21q22.3. Analysis of a 122,638-bp genomic sequence revealed that TMEM1 gene consists of 23 exons spanning approximately 94 kb and is transcribed in the direction of centromere to telomere. The 5' region of the TMEM1 ge...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nagamine K,Kudoh J,Kawasaki K,Minoshima S,Asakawa S,Ito F,Shimizu N

更新日期：1997-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term glucocorticoid (GC) usage may cause non-traumatic femoral head osteonecrosis. Dexamethasone (Dex) is shown to exert potent cytotoxic effect to osteoblasts. Here, we investigated the potential activity of α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) against the process. Our data revealed that pretreatment of α-MS...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Guo S,Xie Y,Fan JB,Ji F,Wang S,Fei H

更新日期：2016-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional ESR spectra of 16-doxyl-stearic acid bound to bovine and human serum albumin were recorded at different temperatures in order to investigate the status of spin-labeled fatty acid in the interior of the protein globule. A computer spectrum simulation of measured spectra, performed by non-linear least-squar...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gurachevsky A,Shimanovitch E,Gurachevskaya T,Muravsky V

更新日期：2007-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The thioredoxin system is a key cellular antioxidant system and is highly expressed in cancer cells, especially in more aggressive and therapeutic resistant tumors. We analysed the expression of the thioredoxin system in the MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line under conditions mimicking the tumor oxygen microenvironmen...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Karlenius TC,Shah F,Di Trapani G,Clarke FM,Tonissen KF

更新日期：2012-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Interest in lipoamino acids as endogenous modulators of G-protein coupled receptors has escalated due to their involvement in a variety of physiologic processes. In particular, a role for these amino acid conjugates has emerged in the endocannabinoid system. The study presented herein investigated the effects of N-ara...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Console-Bram L,Ciuciu SM,Zhao P,Zipkin RE,Brailoiu E,Abood ME

更新日期：2017-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Brefeldin A-inhibited guanine nucleotide-exchange protein 3 (BIG3) interacts with and inhibits the tumor suppressor function of prohibitin-2 (PHB2), and recent in vivo studies have demonstrated that the BIG3-PHB2 interaction is a promising target for breast cancer therapy. However, little biophysical characterization ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Chigira T,Nagatoishi S,Takeda H,Yoshimaru T,Katagiri T,Tsumoto K

更新日期：2019-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) induced the inhibition of glioma cell migration. Here, we characterized the signaling mechanisms involved in the inhibitory action by S1P. In human GNS-3314 glioblastoma cells, the S1P-induced inhibition of cell migration was associated with activation of RhoA and suppression of Rac1. The...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Malchinkhuu E,Sato K,Maehama T,Mogi C,Tomura H,Ishiuchi S,Yoshimoto Y,Kurose H,Okajima F

更新日期：2008-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to assess the combined effect of trifluridine (FTD) and ionizing radiation (IR) on colorectal cancer cells in vitro. Colorectal cancer cells, HT-29, HCT-15, and HCT 116, showing low, medium, and high sensitivity to IR, respectively, were treated with the combinations of FTD and IR, and evaluated by the clonog...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Matsuoka K,Kobunai T,Nukatsuka M,Takechi T

更新日期：2017-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In rat mesenteric vessels changes in external pH (pHo) alter tension. Changes in intracellular pH (pHi) and calcium ([Ca2+]i) have both been suggested to underlie the tension changes. As no simultaneous measurements of pHi and [Ca2+]i had been made, however, the relative importance and temporal relationship between pH...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Austin C,Dilly K,Eisner D,Wray S

更新日期：1996-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:High sensitivity detection of DNA is essential for genomics. The intrinsic fluorescence from DNA is very weak and almost all methods for detecting DNA rely on the use of extrinsic fluorescent probes. We show that the intrinsic emission from DNA can be enhanced many-fold by spatial proximity to silver island films. Sil...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lakowicz JR,Shen B,Gryczynski Z,D'Auria S,Gryczynski I

更新日期：2001-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the physiological role of motilin, and more recently, on the relationship between motilin and erythromycin A, have been hampered by the lack of antagonists. We now have discovered such a compound. ANQ-11125 displaces motilin bound to an homogenate of rabbit antral smooth muscle tissue. The dissociation cons...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Peeters TL,Depoortere I,Macielag MJ,Dharanipragada R,Marvin MS,Florance JR,Galdes A

更新日期：1994-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), we compared gene expression profiles in human bone marrow MSC (11 lines) and human fibroblasts (4 lines) by RT-PCR and real time PCR. Messenger RNA levels of MHC-DR-alpha, MHC-DR-beta, MHC-DR-associated protein CD74, tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2, and neuroserpin were ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ishii M,Koike C,Igarashi A,Yamanaka K,Pan H,Higashi Y,Kawaguchi H,Sugiyama M,Kamata N,Iwata T,Matsubara T,Nakamura K,Kurihara H,Tsuji K,Kato Y

更新日期：2005-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:G-protein-coupled receptor 120 (GPR120) and GPR40 exhibit a variety of biological responses by the binding of free fatty acids. 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) is a tumor promoting agent of skin carcinogenesis. It is known that TPA treatment stimulates cell motile activity of cancer cells, including melanom...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Fukushima K,Takahashi K,Fukushima N,Honoki K,Tsujiuchi T

更新日期：2016-06-17 00:00:00