Role of glandular kallikreins as growth factor processing enzymes: structural and evolutionary considerations.

abstract：:Emerging evidence suggests that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in many biological processes, such as cell growth, differentiation, apoptosis, and autophagy. Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1), highly expressed in endothelial cells, is well conserved and implicated in endothelia...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Li S,Pan X,Yang S,Ma A,Yin S,Dong Y,Pei H,Bi X,Li W

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) SM protein is a member of a highly conserved family of proteins present in most mammalian herpes viruses. There is a significant amount of functional and sequence divergence among the homologs encoded by the human herpes viruses, including differences in mechanism of action and varying eff...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Swaminathan S

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chimeric long terminal repeat-thymidine kinase (LTR-tk) gene has been used to define the sequence requirements for glucocorticoid induction of gene expression. The original LTR-tk gene contains an entire mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) LTR preceding the tk gene. This gene can be expressed in a hormone-responsive fa...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Groner B,Herrlich P,Kennedy N,Ponta H,Rahmsdorf U,Hynes NE

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) are used to transport peptides, proteins, different types of ribonucleic acids (or mimics of these molecules), and DNA into live cells, both plant and mammalian. Leishmania belongs to the class of protozoa having, in comparison to mammalian cells, a different lipid composition of the m...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Keller AA,Breitling R,Hemmerich P,Kappe K,Braun M,Wittig B,Schaefer B,Lorkowski S,Reissmann S

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate changes in chromatin organization associated with DNA replication during the first stages of development of the sea urchin Tetrapygus niger, we compared micrococcal nuclease (MNase) digestion patterns of chromatin from zygotes harvested during the first S phase and from unfertilized eggs. We observed th...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Imschenetzky M,Puchi M,Gutierrez S,Montecino M

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Berberine (BBR) is an isoquinoline alkaloid derived from various medicinal herbs. Previous studies have suggested that BBR exerts antimicrobial, antitumor, and antidiabetic effects and can be used to treat Helicobacter pylori-induced chronic gastritis. However, the exact mechanism by which BBR inhibits H. pylori infec...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Wu X,Li X,Dang Z,Jia Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The signal transduction system that mediates bacterial chemotaxis allows cells to modulate their swimming behavior in response to fluctuations in chemical stimuli. Receptors at the cell surface receive information from the surroundings. Signals are then passed from the receptors to cytoplasmic chemotaxis components: C...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Lukat GS,Stock JB

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) has been shown to inhibit the growth of a number of ovarian tumor cell lines while others have been found to be resistant to retinoid suppression of growth. Interestingly, two synthetic retinoids, CD437 and 4-HPR, inhibit the growth of both ATRA-sensitive (CA-OV-3) and ATRA-resistant (SK...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Holmes WF,Soprano DR,Soprano KJ

更新日期：2003-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallo Beta (β) Lactamases (MBL) are metal dependent bacterial enzymes that hydrolyze the β-lactam antibiotics. In recent years, MBL have received considerable attention because it inactivates most of the β-lactam antibiotics. Increase in dissemination of MBL encoding antibiotic resistance genes in pathogenic bacteri...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Parimelzaghan A,Anbarasu A,Ramaiah S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) refers to a group of nonspecific phosphomonoesterases located primarily in cell plasma membrane. It has been described in different cell lines that ecto-ALP is directly or indirectly involved in the modulation of organic cation transport. We aimed to investigate, in Caco-2 cells, a putative ...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Calhau C,Martel F,Hipólito-Reis C,Azevedo I

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysyl oxidase (LO) plays a critical role in the formation and repair of the extracellular matrix (ECM) by oxidizing lysine residues in elastin and collagen, thereby initiating the formation of covalent crosslinkages which stabilize these fibrous proteins. Its catalytic activity depends upon both its copper cofactor an...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Kagan HM,Li W

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases have been implicated as important mediators of the inflammatory response. Here we report that c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), and p38 MAP kinase activities are reprogrammed during the IL-6 induced macrophage-like differentiation of...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Hall JP,Davis RJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidence indicates that some altered patterns of methylation that occur in breast tumors may also be found in breast tissue of healthy women in relation to the breast cancer (BC) risk factors. Progesterone receptor (PR) isoform α is a crucial regulator of breast hormone responsiveness and its hypermethylation...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Daraei A,Izadi P,Khorasani G,Nafissi N,Naghizadeh MM,Younosi N,Meysamie A,Mansoori Y,Nariman-Saleh-Fam Z,Bastami M,Saadatian Z,Zendehbad Z,Tavakkoly-Bazzaz J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by endothelial cells and macrophages play important roles in atherogenesis because they promote the formation of oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL). Extracellular-superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) is mainly produced by vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), is secreted into the...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Makino J,Asai R,Hashimoto M,Kamiya T,Hara H,Ninomiya M,Koketsu M,Adachi T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:WNT family genes have participated in the progression and development of many cancers, however, the association between colon adenocarcinoma (COAD) and WNTs have been rarely reported. This study investigated the significance of WNT genes expression in COAD from the standpoint of diagnosis and prognosis. The RNA-sequen...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Ruan GT,Zhu LC,Gong YZ,Liao XW,Wang XK,Liao C,Wang S,Yan L,Xie HL,Zhou X,Li YZ,Gao F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertoli cells provide the nutritional and metabolic support for germ cells. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is important for the development of the seminiferous epithelium during embryonic age, although after birth this pathway is downregulated. Cx43 gene codes for a protein that is critical during testicular development. The...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： López C,Aguilar R,Nardocci G,Cereceda K,Vander Stelt K,Slebe JC,Montecino M,Concha II

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levels of organic pollutants, such as optical brightener (OB) compounds, in the global environment have been increasing in recent years. The toxicological effects and signal transduction systems associated with OB toxicity have not been thoroughly studied. The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) plays a crucial role...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Castro I,Ekinci E,Huang X,Cheaito HA,Ahn YH,Olivero-Verbel J,Dou QP

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E-peptide of the pro-Insulin-like growth factor-I (pro-IGF-I) is produced from pre-pro-IGF-I by proteolytic cleavage in the post-translational processing. Previous in vitro studies conducted in our laboratory showed that Ea4-peptide of rainbow trout (rt) pro-IGF-I or Eb-peptide of human (h) pro-IGF-I exhibited activit...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Chen MJ,Chiou PP,Lin P,Lin CM,Siri S,Peck K,Chen TT

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitogen regulated protein/proliferin (MRP/PLF) gene is transcribed in primary mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs), but the pre-mRNA is not properly converted into a stable cytoplasmic mRNA and instead is rapidly degraded, apparently in the nucleus [Malyankar et al. (1994): Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91:335-359]. In 3T3 ce...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Malyankar UM,Rittling SR,Denhardt DT

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the effect of S100A12 gene on serum levels of anti-inflammatory/pro-inflammatory cytokines in septic rats by activating the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway. A total of 180 specific pathogen-free (SPF) rats were purchased to establish cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model. Ra...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Wen X,Han XR,Wang YJ,Fan SH,Zhang ZF,Wu DM,Lu J,Zheng YL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide is an essential first-line antitubercular drug which plays pivotal role in tuberculosis treatment. It is a prodrug that requires amide hydrolysis by mycobacterial pyrazinamidase enzyme for conversion into pyrazinoic acid (POA). POA is known to target ribosomal protein S1 (RpsA), aspartate decarboxylase (P...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Singh A,Somvanshi P,Grover A

更新日期：2018-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:1 alpha,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 exerts rapid nongenomic effects on rat osteoblast-like cells independent of the classic nuclear receptor. These effects include changes in phospholipid metabolism and cell calcium. Intracellular calcium itself has been proposed to regulate intracellular pH in osteoblast cell lines. The p...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Jenis LG,Lian JB,Stein GS,Baran DT

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well accepted, that there is communication between osteoblasts and endothelial cells. However, the influence of endothelial cells on the differentiation of bone precursors into mature osteoblasts is not yet well understood. We therefore studied the effect of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) on huma...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Meury T,Verrier S,Alini M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The PML protein and PML nuclear bodies (PML-NB) are implicated in multiple cellular functions relevant to tumor suppression, including DNA damage response. In most cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia, the PML and retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARA) genes are translocated, resulting in expression of oncogenic PML-RAR...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Yeung PL,Denissova NG,Nasello C,Hakhverdyan Z,Chen JD,Brenneman MA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cervical cancer is among the most common type of cancers in women and is associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. Genital warts are also reported to be linked with HPV infection types 11 and 6. In turn, clinical characteristics and morphological features of warts may be useful in the prediction of prognos...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Hasanzadeh M,Rejali M,Mehramiz M,Akbari M,Mousavi Seresht L,Yazdandoost Y,Farokhi S,Mahdian Z,Maleki F,Emamdadi-Aliabad Z,Jalilvand N,Khorrami S,Fadaei Z,Movahedi M,Hosseini Z,Razmi F,Takamoli T,Ferns GA,Avan A

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Runx2 is an essential transcription factor for skeletal mineralization because it stimulates osteoblast differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, promotes chondrocyte hypertrophy, and contributes to endothelial cell migration and vascular invasion of developing bones. Runx2 is also expressed during mouse embryo devel...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Westendorf JJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosphoinositides (PIs) and proteins involved in the PI signaling pathway are distributed in the nucleus as well as at the plasma membrane and in the cytoplasm, although their nuclear localization mechanisms have not been clarified in detail. Generally, proteins that shuttle between the cytoplasm and nucleus contain n...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Yagisawa H

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long noncoding RNA HOXD cluster antisense RNA 1 (HOXD-AS1) has been found to play a crucial role in the tumorigenesis and progression of human cancer. However, the role of HOXD-AS1 in papillary thyroid cancer is still unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical value and biological function of H...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Xu K,Feng Y

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aimed to determine the roles of miRNA-543 in osteoporosis in rats induced by ovariectomy. The osteoporosis rat model was established by ovariectomy induction. MiRNA-543 expression in osteoblasts was measured by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The cell proliferation and apoptosis wer...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Li X,Ning L,Zhao X,Wan S

更新日期：2018-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Compound C, a well-known inhibitor of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), has been reported to exert antitumor activities in some types of cells. Whether compound C can exert antitumor effects in human cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) remains unknown. Here, we demonstrated that compound C is a potent inducer of cell death an...

journal_title：Journal of cellular biochemistry

authors： Zhao X,Luo G,Cheng Y,Yu W,Chen R,Xiao B,Xiang Y,Feng C,Fu W,Duan C,Yao F,Xia X,Tao Q,Wei M,Dai R

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00