Significant decrease in plasma N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline level in patients with end stage renal disease after kidney transplantation.

abstract：:Dacarbazine (DTIC) is converted to the photo-degradation product 4-diazoimidazole-5-carboxamide (Diazo-IC) by light. Diazo-IC production is often responsible for the pain reactions observed during peripheral intravenous infusion of DTIC in clinical settings. Although light shielding during infusion decreases the photo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tashiro M,Naito T,Yamamoto C,Katoh SY,Kawakami J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes the activity of Ca(2+)-ATPase in liver plasma membrane and cytosolic-free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in an individual vital cell in mouse liver 18 h after endotoxin administration. Ca(2+)-ATPase activity in liver plasma membrane in the poisoned mice was markedly decreased to 28% of that i...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sakaguchi S,Tsutsumi E,Yokota K

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catalase protects cells from reactive oxygen species-induced damage by catalyzing the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide to oxygen and water. Arsenite decreases catalase activity; it activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and its key downstream effector Akt in a variety of cells. The PI3K pathway is known to inhib...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim S,Lee SH,Kang S,Lee L,Park JD,Ryu DY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antioxidant property and hematopoietic repair capacity are important characteristics of radioprotective agents. Some studies have demonstrated that 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose (PGG), a molecule isolated from the waterlily, has antioxidant, hematopoietic repair, and anti-inflammatory activities. In this st...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Bing SJ,Kim MJ,Park E,Ahn G,Kim DS,Ko RK,Lee NH,Shin T,Park JW,Jee Y

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the association of biological components in airborne particles, i.e., proteins and endotoxins, in outdoor air with asthma exacerbation in the Fukuoka metropolitan area, Fukuoka, Japan. Data on emergency department (ED) visits for asthma in children (age, 0-14 years) and adults (age, 15-64 years) were colle...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishida T,Khan MS,Kodama H,Uejima Y,Kawase Y,Matsumoto T,Yamamura Y,Sera N,Gotou T,Hirakawa M,Yano Y,Shima M,Yamagishi N,Wakabayashi K,Watanabe T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most species, solar light is both a DNA-damaging agent and the key entraining stimulus for the endogenous circadian clock. The zebrafish is an attractive vertebrate system in which to study the influence of light on gene expression because the DNA repair proteins and circadian oscillators in this species are light-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Osaki T,Uchida Y,Hirayama J,Nishina H

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (NO) and the partial pressure of oxygen (pO(2)) in the liver were simultaneously quantified in rats with partial hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury (PHIRI). Real-time NO/pO(2) monitoring and immunohistochemical analysis for superoxide dismutase and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and endothelial N...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hataji K,Watanabe T,Oowada S,Nagaya M,Kamibayashi M,Murakami E,Kawakami H,Ishiuchi A,Kumai T,Nakano H,Kobayashi S,Otsubo T

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of quercetin, a naturally occurring plant flavonoid, in protecting against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-, excitotoxins-, and free radical-induced neuronal injury in mouse cortical cell cultures was investigated. Pre- and co-treatment with quercetin (100 microM) inhibited 50 min OGD-, 20 microM N-...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ha HJ,Kwon YS,Park SM,Shin T,Park JH,Kim HC,Kwon MS,Wie MB

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Possible involvement of the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) in hemin/protoporphyrin-induced erythroid differentiation of human leukemia K562 cells was investigated by the use of the ligands, diazepam and PK11195. Diazepam itself exhibited differentiation-inducing activity on K562 cells. The PBR-specific ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakajima O,Hashimoto Y,Iwasaki S

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Ginkgo biloba leaf extract (GBE), one of the most widely used herbal dietary supplements in Japan and the United States, on the pharmacokinetics of nifedipine (NFP), a typical probe of P450 (CYP) 3A, but not a substrate of the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp), were studied using rats. Simulta...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshioka M,Ohnishi N,Sone N,Egami S,Takara K,Yokoyama T,Kuroda K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiac toxicity of amitriptyline and the effect of the light schedule on it were studied in chick embryos. Fertilized eggs of White Leghorns were incubated under dark conditions and investigated, on two occasions, in the light phase and in the dark phase. Amitriptyline was injected into the air sac of fertilized ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshiyama Y,Sugiyama T,Kanke M

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro antimalarial activity against human malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum, FCR-3 strain) was examined using 59 triterpenoids obtained during studies on the triterpenic constituents of Cimicifuga spp. The 50% effective concentration values (EC50) of 25 active triterpenoids were 1.0-3.0 microM, and 19 of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takahira M,Kusano A,Shibano M,Kusano G,Koizumi K,Suzuki R,Kim HS,Wataya Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the role of the abnormal expression of the bile salt export pump (BSEP) and multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) in isoniazid (INH)-induced liver injury, we assessed the liver injury induced by INH in rats and HepG2 cells in vitro. The regulatory pathways via Sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) and farnesoid X receptor (FXR...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Qu X,Zhang Y,Zhang S,Zhai J,Gao H,Tao L,Song Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel type of arylsulfate sulfotransferase (ASST) from a predominant human intestinal bacterium catalyzes the stoichiometric transfer of a sulfate group from phenolic sulfate esters to phenols. We clarified that polyphenols were better substrates of this enzyme than the corresponding glycosides. Additionally, a coum...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Konishi-Imamura L,Sato M,Dohi K,Kadota S,Namba T,Kobashi K

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxynybomycin was identified as an inducer of p21the/WAF1 gene following screening using a reporter, p21/luciferase. The present study examined its anti-proliferative effect on human tumor cell lines. Deoxynybomycin selectively inhibited growth of human osteoblastic sarcoma Saos-2, gastric cancer TMK-1, and monocytic...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Egawa K,Yamori T,Nosaka C,Kunimoto S,Takeuchi T,Nos K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether poly-L-arginine (PLA) could improve permeation of the hydrophilic compounds, FITC-labeled dextran (MW 3800, FD-4) and pyridoxamine, through ocular surface tissues. Samples of cornea, conjunctiva, or conjunctiva/sclera composite from Japanese white rabbits were mounted in Ussing chambers to meas...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nemoto E,Takahashi H,Kobayashi D,Ueda H,Morimoto Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase (PL) A2 activity prepared from isolated rat fat pads incubated with sodium orthovanadate (vanadate) was increased in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The increasing effect of vanadate was reduced in the presence of tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Under the inhibition of protein synthesis by cycloheximide, ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Morita T,Imagawa T,Kanagawa A,Ueki H

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conditioned medium (CM) was prepared by culturing human sperm at 3.0 x 10(6) sperm/ml for 12 h. The fusion index increased significantly when the sperm penetration assay (SPA) was performed with CM (0.6 without CM to 2.0 with CM). The conditioned medium was also effective on the sperm from 11 patients who showed a l...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ikawa M,Ying X,Tanaka K,Ohashi K,Saji F,Okabe M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently suggested that the transferrin (Tf)-gallium-67 (67Ga) complex dissociated on the surface of the hepatocytes after partial hepatectomy and free 67Ga bound to heparan sulfate in the extracellular matrix. In the present study, we investigated whether the entering of indium-111 (111In) and iron-59 (59Fe) with ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sato R,Abe S,Yamada Y,Toyama D,Ohtake Y,Sato N,Ohkubo Y

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of aged garlic extract (AGE) on longevity and learning and memory performances were studied in the senescence accelerated mouse (SAM). A solid diet containing 2% (w/w) AGE was given to SAM from 2 months of age. The survival ratio of SAM P8, senescence accelerated animals, treated with AGE was significantly...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Moriguchi T,Takashina K,Chu PJ,Saito H,Nishiyama N

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bupleuri Radix (Chai-hu in Chinese and Saiko in Japanese) is one of the most important traditional Chinese crude drugs for treating hepatitis malaria and intermittent fever. B. kaoi is one of the Bupleurum spp. families locally found in Taiwan. The effects of saponin-enriched fraction (SEF) from Bupleurum Kaoi in huma...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hsu YL,Kuo PL,Weng TC,Yen MH,Chiang LC,Lin CC

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier (AAC) has 6 transmembrane regions and 3 matrix loops. Our previous mutational study on the Cys residue in the LM1s of chimeric bovine type 1 AAC (yN-bAAC1), in which the N-terminal 11 amino acids of bovine type 1 AAC are substituted with the corresponding 26 amino acids of yeast type ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kihira Y,Ueno M,Terada H

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variable region of heavy chain [V(H)] of human rheumatoid factor (hRF) IgM was connected with the variable region of light chain [V(L)] with the peptide-linker (GGGSGGGSGGGS) by genetic engineering method and the single-chain Fv (scFv) was expressed in E. coli. On design, scFv and scFv (tag) were planned; the latt...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hashimoto Y,Ikenaga T,Tanigawa K,Ueda T,Ezak I,Imoto T

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids are effective drugs for the treatment of allergic skin diseases. In the present study, we observed the effects of prednisolone on the cutaneous reaction and skin barrier function in mice treated with a hapten, 2,4-dinitrofluorobenzene. Repeated hapten application onto the mouse ear resulted in a potent...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda Y,Sone T,Inagaki N,Nagai H

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemorrhoids are a common anorectal disease. Epidemiological studies on medication trends and risk factors using information from real-world databases are rare. Our objective was to analyze the relationship between hemorrhoid treatment prescription trends and several risk factors using the National Database of Health I...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mukai R,Shimada K,Suzuki T,Nakao S,Tanaka M,Matsumoto K,Yoshida Y,Goto F,Inoue M,Satake R,Nishibata Y,Sugihara H,Nakamura M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-inflammatory effects of 1,6-anhydro-3,4-dideoxy-2-furfuryl-beta-D-threo-3-enopyranose (MT2221) were investigated using animal models and compared with the effects of dexamethasone (DEX) and cyclosporin A (CYA). MT2221 inhibited carrageenan-induced acute inflammation and adjuvant arthritis in rats, as well as ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Mizukoshi S,Tsukamoto M,Tanaka H,Nakamura K,Kato F

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma hyaluronan-binding protein (PHBP), a serine protease that can activate coagulation factor VII and prourokinase, circulates in a single-chain form (pro-PHBP) and autoproteolytically converts to an active two-chain form with the aid of an effector such as spermidine and heparin. It has been postulated that PHBP p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamamoto E,Nishimura N,Okada K,Sekido C,Yamamichi S,Hasumi K

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ras, a small G-protein, physiologically directs cell proliferation and cell cycle via regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling cascade. Dysregulation of Ras/MEK/ERK signaling has been reported to cause tumorigenesis and gliomas. Nobiletin, a citr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Aoki K,Yokosuka A,Mimaki Y,Fukunaga K,Yamakuni T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of caffeine and theophylline on the development of dental caries in rats. Six Wistar dams (spf), mutans streptococci free, were obtained, each with six male pups. The dams were infected by Streptococcus sobrinus 6715 and divided into three groups which received d...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ruenis AP,Rosalen PL,Volpato MC,Groppo FC

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ointments of the skin depigmentation agent hydroquinone (HQ) have been prepared by extemporaneous nonsterile compounding in our hospital. The HQ ointments were highly effective in the treatment of various types of skin pigmentations; however, various problems have emerged including chromatic aberration of the ointment...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsubayashi T,Sakaeda T,Kita T,Kurimoto Y,Nakamura T,Nishiguchi K,Fujita T,Kamiyama F,Yamamoto A,Okumura K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00