Ruthenium red and caffeine affect the Ca2+-ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum.

abstract：:Polymerization of actin induced by activation of platelets was investigated using deoxyribonuclease I inhibition assay. When platelets were activated with ADP or 5-hydroxytryptamine, actin was polymerized quickly followed by rapid depolymerization to the initial level. Reactivation with the same agonist, however, did ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Imada T,Kikuchi T,Shimada H,Inada Y,Saito Y

更新日期：1984-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological recognition pattern of one of the most commonly used monoclonal antibodies, PHF-1, which detects the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer's disease, exhibits a high degree of similarity with the recognition of a polyclonal antibody, anti-T3P, raised against a synthetic phosphopeptide, GAEIVYKS(Phosp...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Lang E,Szendrei GI,Lee VM,Otvos L Jr

更新日期：1992-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of facilitative glucose transporters (Glut 1, 2 and 3) was examined by Western blot analyses 10, 20 and 30 days following surgically induced unilateral abdominal cryptorchidism. The cryptorchid testes exhibited marked degenerative changes in the seminiferous tubules and spermatogonia, impaired and incomplet...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Farooqui SM,Al-Bagdadi F,O'Donnell JM,Stout R

更新日期：1997-07-18 00:00:00

abstract：:RAB3A interacting protein (Rab3IP) has been determined to be involved in cancer progression; however, its expression pattern and function in gastric cancer remain unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the association between Rab3IP and gastric cancer, in addition to its functional role in this disease. Overe...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Ren H,Xu Z,Guo W,Deng Z,Yu X

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A secondary structure has been predicted for the hemorrhagic metalloproteases using a method developed in Zurich that extracts structural information from patterns of conservation and variation in homologous protein sequences. This prediction tests the limits of the method when applied to a small number of homologous ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Gerloff DL,Jenny TF,Knecht LJ,Benner SA

更新日期：1993-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian blastocysts are composed of two distinct cell lineages, namely the inner cell mass (ICM) and trophectoderm (TE). TE cells that give rise to the embryonic placenta are marked by an exclusive expression of the key determinant transcription factor, CDX2. Although Hippo signaling pathway is known to be responsib...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kohri N,Akizawa H,Iisaka S,Bai H,Takahashi M,Kawahara M

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian variations in the levels of prostaglandins (PGs) D2, E2, and F2 alpha were studied in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of rats. We collected CSF samples from the cisterna magna of anesthetized rats at different clock-hours (1000, 1400, 1800, 2200, 0200, and 0600 hr), and measured the concentrations of the three...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Pandey HP,Ram A,Matsumura H,Satoh S,Hayaishi O

更新日期：1995-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Epitopic peptides representing the C-terminal (HA1) region of cleaved hemagglutinin of influenza virus from different serotypes were synthesized. Circular dichroism and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopic data showed that peptides HS2 and HS3 have a predominantly alpha-helical conformation in trifluoroethanol. Re...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Holly S,Majer Z,Tóth GK,Váradi G,Rajnavölgyi E,Laczkó I,Hollósi M

更新日期：1993-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), originally identified as a potent mitogen for mature parenchymal hepatocytes, is a hepatotrophic factor involved in liver regeneration and is even essential for development of the liver. We report here that human recombinant HGF at a very low concentration and given intraportaly stimula...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kobayashi Y,Hamanoue M,Ueno S,Aikou T,Tanabe G,Mitsue S,Matsumoto K,Nakamura T

更新日期：1996-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Most proteins synthesized in cytoplasm target to mitochondria through sequences at their amino termini. However, a previous study suggests that the native carboxyl terminus of ISP6 might be critical of its specific delivery. Here we investigated the sequence directing ISP6 to yeast mitochondrial outer membrane. Unlike...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Cao W,Douglas MG

更新日期：1996-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned the cDNA encoding human PICK1 (protein interacting with C kinase 1), a PDZ domain-containing protein of 415 amino acids, and also identified the Drosophila homologue by search of the databank. Northern blot analysis shows a single mRNA of about 2.0 kb ubiquitously expressed in human tissues. Although PI...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Takeya R,Takeshige K,Sumimoto H

更新日期：2000-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The contribution of four transport pathways to Li+ influx in human, chicken and eel erythrocytes was studied. All pathways were measured simultaneously in each kind of blood sample to avoid possible temporal variations in transport parameters. We found that: 1) Li+ influx via Na(+)-K+ pump increased 2-3 fold in the or...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Romano L,Battaglia M,Cordì R,Rinaldi C,Leucci S,Amato A

更新日期：1995-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe the initial characterization of murine, human, and Drosophila hesr-1 (for hairy and enhancer of split related-1) a novel evolutionary conserved family of hairy/enhancer of split homologs. Hesr-1 cDNAs display features typical of hairy and enhancer of split-type bHLH proteins including a N-te...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kokubo H,Lun Y,Johnson RL

更新日期：1999-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:With the global pandemic of hepatitis B and C infections, the incidence of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is rapidly increasing world wide. We identified glypican-3 (GPC3), a novel oncofetal gene over-expressed specifically in human HCC, as based on data of cDNA microarrays. As GPC3 is a GPI-anchored membrane protein ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Nakatsura T,Yoshitake Y,Senju S,Monji M,Komori H,Motomura Y,Hosaka S,Beppu T,Ishiko T,Kamohara H,Ashihara H,Katagiri T,Furukawa Y,Fujiyama S,Ogawa M,Nakamura Y,Nishimura Y

更新日期：2003-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific receptors for murine TNF have been identified in homogenates of rodent brain. These receptors are saturable and bind TNF with sufficient affinity to ensure occupancy by cytokine elaborated during infection. 125I-mTNF was detected in four specific complexes of Mr 130,000, 90,000, 66,000 and 60,000 after affini...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kinouchi K,Brown G,Pasternak G,Donner DB

更新日期：1991-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificities of the binding of lung surfactant protein SP-D to glycolipids were examined using 125I-labeled SP-D as a probe. When the binding study was performed on TLC plates, SP-D bound exclusively to GlcCer, whereas it failed to bind to GalCer, GM1, GM2, asialo-GM1, asialo-GM2, sulfatide, Forssman antigen, cer...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kuroki Y,Gasa S,Ogasawara Y,Shiratori M,Makita A,Akino T

更新日期：1992-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is reported as a common and often fatal type of stroke accompanied with high morbidity and mortality, and it frequently results in long-lasting neurological dysfunctions. However, the pathogenesis that contributes to ICH has not been fully understood. Rnf112, also known as Znf179, is a m...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Zhang F,Zhang C

更新日期：2018-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota is critical for maintaining body immune homeostasis and thus affects tumor growth and therapeutic efficiency. Here, we investigated the link between microbiota and tumorgenesis in a mice model of subcutaneous melanoma cell transplantation, and explored the underlying mechanism. We found disruption of gu...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu C,Ruan B,Jiang Y,Xue T,Wang Z,Lu H,Wei M,Wang S,Ye Z,Zhai D,Wang L,Lu Z

更新日期：2017-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) has been attributed a pro-inflammatory role in atherosclerosis. Cell culture studies have identified stimulation of cytokine expression and chemotaxis by micromolar (muM) concentrations of LPC. In the present study we have investigated if LPC, in similarity with many other lipid mediators...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Olofsson KE,Andersson L,Nilsson J,Björkbacka H

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the effect of PARP gene inactivation on the expression of wild-type (wt) p53 protein. Using immortalized fibroblasts from control and PARP knock-out mice we have found by immunoblotting with the PAb421 antibody a profound decrease of the p53 expression to a barely detectable level in PARP knock-ou...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Schmid G,Wang ZQ,Wesierska-Gadek J

更新日期：1999-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen deficiency-induced obesity has a high risk of visceral fat accumulation and body weight gain. It is also associated with many adverse health conditions. Taheebo extract from Tabebuia avellanedae has been recognized as playing several biological and pharmacological roles. Therefore, we investigated whether the...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Iwamoto K,Fukuda Y,Tokikura C,Noda M,Yamamoto A,Yamamoto M,Yamashita M,Zaima N,Iida A,Moriyama T

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatic microsomal monooxygenase system was studied in hypophysectomized male rats exposed for 24 or 48 h to PB and/or TPA, an activator of kinase C. TPA attenuated basal and PB-induced levels of P450, aniline hydroxylase (ANH), ethylmorphine demethylase (EDM) and cytochrome c reductase. Hence, PB may effect induc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Steele DF,Virgo BB

更新日期：1988-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The HSP30 gene of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a seven-transmembrane heat shock protein expressed in response to various types of stress including heat shock. Although Hsp30p contains a potential N-glycosylation consensus sequence (Asn(2)-Asp(3)-Thr(4)), whether it is actually N-glycosylated has ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Kamo K,Takabatake A,Inoue Y,Izawa S

更新日期：2012-03-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro heat effect on protein characteristics of thermostable enzyme was examined using a cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase, EC 2.4.1.19) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus sp. B1001 as a model protein. The recombinant form of CGTase was obtained as an inclusion body from Escherichia coli cel...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Yamamoto T,Shiraki K,Fujiwara S,Takagi M,Fukui K,Imanaka T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arginine kinase catalyzes the reversible transfer of a phosphoryl group between ATP and l-arginine and is a monomeric homolog of the human enzyme creatine kinase. Arginine and creatine kinases belongs to the phosphagen kinase family of enzymes, which consists of eight known members, each of which is specific for its o...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Clark SA,Davulcu O,Chapman MS

更新日期：2012-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain is a common symptom of injuries and inflammatory-related conditions. The perception of pain, commonly known as nociception, depends on integrated receptors and molecular pathways. Inflammatory mediators are involved in the genesis, persistence, and severity of pain. Noxious stimuli can trigger a cascade of inflam...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Haddad JJ

更新日期：2007-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) is a potent growth inhibitor and apoptosis inducer for most normal cells. However, tumor cells are commonly nevertheless sensitive to the tumor-suppressing effects of TGF-beta1. In this paper, we focus on the effects of TGF-beta1 on two important anti-apoptotic protein kina...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Xu Z,Ma DZ,Wang LY,Su JM,Zha XL

更新日期：2003-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute phase of an inflammation induced in young rats, at various ages between 1 and 21 days after birth, by a single subcutaneous turpentine injection, is accompanied by a 35%-45% decrease of the alpha 1-foetoprotein serum concentrations. This fall is demonstrated with equilibrium dialysis binding methods, evidenc...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Savu L,Zouaghi H,Nunez EA

更新日期：1983-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine proteases have been identified in parasitic protozoa including the causative agent of Chagas' disease Trypanosoma cruzi. T. cruzi lysates subjected to substrate-containing SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis exhibit major bands of proteolytic activity in the 45-55 kDa molecular mass range (cruzipain activi...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Wiser MF,Lonsdale-Eccles JD,D'Alessandro A,Grab DJ

更新日期：1997-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cancer stem cells (CSCs), also known as tumor-initiating cells, are involved in tumor progression, metastasis, and drug resistance. Hybrid liposomes (HLs) are nano-sized liposomal particles that can be easily prepared by ultrasonicating a mixture of vesicular and micellar molecules in buffer solutions. In this ...

journal_title：Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors： Inamura K,Komizu Y,Yamakuchi M,Ishida S,Matsumoto Y,Matsushita T

更新日期：2019-01-29 00:00:00